The sound of a cat woke Ain up from her sleep, she rubbed her eyes and as usual, she would look at her phone and a message caught her attention.
"You have been accepted into the University of Bukit Bintang Johor Bharu, Please come and register on that day"
Ain got up and walked towards the mirror on the wall of her room. The news should have made her happy but a heavy sigh came out of her mouth. She took a towel and took a shower.
The ringing sound of the message came in again.
Ain left her room and headed to the living room, all her siblings were eating breakfast while chatting with each other. Ain walked towards them and sat on the chair.
"This is your favorite nasi lemak, eat" said her sister Ayu. "Here is hot coffee water" said her mother walking towards them with a tray of water.
Ain took out her phone from her trouser pocket and showed it to her family members.
They all read the message and looked at each other "Ain, you accepted the invitation to continue studying there, did you register yourself" said sister Ayu. Ain saw the reactions of everyone there and their reactions were as she expected.
Ain took the phone and placed it beside her "My friend registered because the major I'm interested in is not here but in another city, so I'll save some clothes there and tomorrow I'll go buy a bus ticket" she said with a casual face.
Her mother looked at her "Mom doesn't know what you registered for, I think you forgot" Her mother said.
Ain got up while holding the food and she turned to her mother "It's not Ain who forgot what I wanted to do but you all forgot, so I have to ask others for help because they fulfilled what I asked for help" she said coldly and walked away.
The other family members felt guilty and didn't like Ain being away from home for some reason.
Sister Ayu knocked on Ain's room door and pushed it gently and she saw Ain folding clothes to put in a bag. Ayu entered followed by the others and they sat on the bed. "Ain, if you go, who will take care of mom, if you really want to study, why don't you continue in high school, it's close to home" Said sister Ayu cautiously.
Ain stopped folding clothes and she slowly took a star-shaped stick and held it tightly. "Half my life I've been in this house, I have so many siblings but I'm the only one not allowed to go out to do what I want, enough with the excuses you've all been giving me all this time, this time I insist on staying out of this house" She said with a trembling tone.
Sister Nurul stood up with an angry face "Don't you think about mom, she's alone in this house, we're all busy with work far away, we only expect you, it's up to you" She said loudly. All of Ain's sisters got up and left the room.
The tight grip was stretched, blood flowed from her palm. Tears quickly came out without having time to be blocked. Ain covered her face with a thick pillow and cried.