Beautiful In Dark
15. Penetrating Boundaries
When I had believed, had been near, had been curious
Everything is open
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Lita leaned back on the chair, folded her hands on her chest while contemplating for a moment. Ignoring his pop noodles that he had not touched earlier. Then, he cursed small, feeling stupid himself.
“Gue really bego anyway,” murmured while exhaling rough breath. He remembered his mother's message while still alive, then felt sorry.
“Don't tell this power of yours to anyone huh.”
“Emang why, Bu?” little Lita asked, who had just been told by her mother about her specialty.
“Mother is afraid that people know your strength, they look at you strangely,” Mother said. “Not to mention the same people who benefit your strength for things that are not good. Danger, Lita.”
The girl rummaged softly, hitting her own head slowly. “Sinting, crazy, crazy.”
Lita feels guilty for breaking a promise to her mother.
“If the Darka leaks how? If he benefits me how do you try? Could die me,” he continued while rubbing his face rough.
“Ck ck. Just this time I saw a passionate girl live a frowning indistinct life.”
Lita looked ahead. The minimarket ghost looked at Lita concerned, propping up her chin while shaking her small head. The ghost has been around since Lita got into the minimarket and brewed her noodle pop.
“Diem lo,” said Lita slowly but ketus. “Gue does not ask you to make a comment,” he continued while grabbing a pop of noodles that start to cool and eat it.
“Ihh I'm not talking to you.” Reply the ghost did not lose ketus. Following Lita's style of sitting, continued to look at the face of the girl in front of her. Seemed agitated at the thought of something that was not necessarily going to happen in front of him.
“You must have thought of that guy yesterday huh?” ask the ghost.
Lita nodded, “Gue keceplosan said if you can see ghosts.” He answered without looking at the ghost. Focus on the food because the stomach that had been thrashing for food.
“Serious?” screamed at the ghost, unable to believe what he had just heard.
Because this is Jelita Geanessa, who even to be familiar with people just hard to ask for forgiveness. Familiar with this ghost only the ghost has to work hard. Fortunately, this ghost is friendly. Especially after he told about Darka, the ghost felt meritorious in Lita's life.
The ghost then smiled obliquely. “You want to know something?” the ghost asked, making Lita's movement about to put the noodles into her mouth become stopped.
Lita just cleared her throat, continuing her delayed activities earlier. Letting the ghost tell you what he wants to say.
“It looks like the guy will not macem-macem deh same you.” The ghost began to explain. “You are getting closer right?” the Ghost asked, raising his eyebrows.
“Regular aja.” says Lita flat. The ghost giggled to see Lita trying to calm down after being teased like that.
“Alah. You say it's normal ehh it turns out in the heart has grown seeds of love aww,” the ghost again.
“Gue tonjok also yes lo.”
“I'm stabbed. Darka also pounded dong,” said the ghost did not want to lose. “Oh yes, there is no way Darka was punched, it is special.”
Lita rolled her eyeballs lazily, “Serah lo, satan.”
The ghost laughed out loud, feeling that winning had cornered the girl. He doesn't usually see Lita trying to calm down like that.
“You are calm. He will not benefit you anyway,” said the ghost was intent on calming Lita of her secret that Darka had known. “Instead, your strength is helping him.”
“That means I used dong,” reply Lita ketus.
“Again.” The ghost said again, “He will not ask you, but you are like the one who will nawarin themselves.”
Lita then fell silent, not knowing what to answer.
“You don't wonder why I told you she's fragile?”
****
Ever since Lita was told by her mother that she had a privilege that made her different from the others, everything was so secretive as possible that no one would know about it.
Including his own father.
Even until her mother was gone, even now, Lita remained silent not to tell.
It would be considered strange, saying unnatural things about other creatures. It is not said that he was considered strange and troublemaking because some of these ghosts often bother him.
Tia's birthday party was the worst. Lita was so embarrassed that she felt unworthy to be friends with the beautiful girl.
The girl hugged her knees while putting her chin on her knees. He had been coming home from the minimarket since an hour ago. Now he was already in his bed, yet his two jet-black eyes had yet to show any signs of exhaustion about to fall asleep.
He still thought of several things, including his mother's words about ghosts. Again, he had to remember that painful thing.
“You must inget. If the ghost is too late seneng or too angry, he can make artificial wind. But, only you can handle the wind.”
“If the wind is shady and cool, the ghost is again happy. If the wind makes you uncomfortable, it means he is angry again.”
“Means, yesterday the ghost at Tia's party again angry with me?” ask Lita who she knows. He remembered that the wind he felt at that time made him very uncomfortable.
Lita changed her position to sit cross-legged, scratching her non-itchy cheeks. Analyze the sequence of events that he experienced.
“Why don't I know whose ghost it is?”
Lita told the minimarket ghost that she messed up at Tia's birthday party. He said that there were ghosts who disturbed him to make a painting fall.
And Darka helped her.
Lita doesn't know who the ghost is.
Just this time he felt he could not guess who the ghost was. Even after the ghost messed up, the ghost disappeared for some reason.
The case he experienced was the same as Darka. He can't read Darka's past, nor can he guess who the ghost that messed up at Tia's birthday party was.
Lita then broke down. His eyes straightened at the ceiling of his room. The room is minimal lighting because Lita does not like to sleep in a state of lights on. Pulling his pillow roll, then he put it on his body and hugged.
The girl thought back to the response of the ghost.
“Can be a ghost it has something to do with Darka.”
“Darka has something to do with ghosts? She was dating a ghost?”
Lita closed her mouth, suffocating stifled. Feeling horrified himself if his conjecture was indeed true. The girl instantly changed her sleeping position to prone, covering her face on the pillow. Not forgetting to pull the blanket under his feet. Then wrap yourself up like you're in a sack of rice.
Lita is goosebumps. A ghost noticed him behind the door. It made her afraid and forced herself to fall asleep.
****
The break bell instantly resuscitated Lita who had earlier drowned her face in hand, not intending to follow today's lesson. The first lesson was so boring, that was because Lita did not like the subjects and also because she was sleep deprived.
He really can't sleep, even though the ghost doesn't bother him anymore. It's not because ghosts are actually.
But because of the fragility of Darka that could be the reason there is a ghost.
Lita allowed her hoodie, rising from her stool, to quickly step out of her class.
He needs to see someone now.
****
“Gakudi he is the same human jellyfish macem lo,” continued Anwar and replied Putra with a menoyor the young man's head.
“Neng Jennie, Brother Password to you, sheyeng,” connect Sandi lebay.
“Kampungan really lo all. I've never seen a pretty girl.” Darka shook his small head, looking at his friends with a concerned look.
Darka is unaware that his behavior when ngefanboy is more disgusting than his three friends.
Darka's gaze was unintentionally on the classroom door, where a girl in a red jacket was circulating a look like she was looking for someone.
Darka raised his hand then waved it so that the girl could see his whereabouts.
“Jeli, Jellies!” call the young man slowly.
A moment later, Lita saw him. Then, the girl moved her hand, telling the boy to come closer to her.
Darka happily moved on and accelerated his pace.
“What the hell is neng? Neng kangen yes same brother?” goda Darka while raising both eyebrows together.
Lita's eyes instantly widened, reflexively slapping the young man's arm slowly.
Suddenly Lita staggered to the side, holding her suddenly dizzy head.
“Jeli.”
Darka was also surprised, even his hands stretched out forward to touch the girl so as not to fall. But he broke it. Darka was afraid that if he touched Lita, the girl would get dizzy.
“Gue no papa kok,” sela Lita fast. Still holding his head that feels throbbing, but not as terrible as before. Thank goodness he didn't faint.
“Can we talk for a minute? But not here.”
*****
After arguing about where a good place to talk is, Darka agrees to follow Lita's desire to talk on the roof.
Darka doesn't like being here.
The place was very quiet, making Darka a parno. Moreover, he already knew that this Lita could see spirits.
“Lo seriously here really no?” darka asked me how many times, whether Lita was lying or not.
Lita looked at Darka puffed up, “Does anyone think a macem-macem can not?”
“Jawab was here or not?”
“Nothing, Darka. I've told you how many times that there is no.”
Darka close his lips, shrinking at the nagging girl in front of him. Lita if nagging like this looks increasingly fierce and scary.
“Yaudah wants to say what,” said Darka Ketus. Take it easy, he just pretended to be angry to look more fierce and so Lita was scared.
Unfortunately, Lita doesn't care at all.
“Kalo for example I tell my secret, you also have to tell your secret,” said Lita full of emphasis.
“Hah,” squeals Darka feeling confused himself. “Ngapain for-share secrets?”
“Gue want to know,” firmly Lita.
Darka smiled obliquely, more looking like a tease. “So, that's a condition so that brother can have eneng.”
Lita cursed herself. He forgot that the person he was talking to right now was a less sane person.
“Not that,” said Lita cooler. “There is something you should know about me,” he continued seriously.
"What?"
“Gue can not only see ghosts, but can laugh at a person's past when making physical contact.”
Darka's mouth gaping, had let out a shout but not too strong. He looked at Lita in disbelief.
“So...lo during this...” Darka was silent for a moment, then looked at Lita with a look of amazement while clapping her hands.
“Newly this time there are people like lo,” he said praising, not intending to demonize Lita at all.
“Lo teased me,” said Lita saw his exaggerated expression Darka. Darka immediately shook his head a few times quickly.
“Gue seriously, Jel. That's really cool,” Darka said with confidence. “Ngapain also I scoffed. For me, your privileges even become a gift, tau.”
Lita was suddenly frozen. Can't believe anyone said that to her, other than her own mother.
His eyes glare, trying to find the lie in Darka's eyes. Unfortunately, he could not find.
Darka really sincerely praised him.
The girl breathes weakly, “Now it's lo.”
“What?”
“Secrets of lo."
“Can udah.” Darka walked towards the crumpled and somewhat dusty looking sofa. Sit himself there.
“Hello kitty is not a big secret for me.” Lita was still standing in her place, noticing Darka who was actually trying to casually face Lita.
“Gue still waiting.” Lita really cornered Darka.
Darka grumbled violently, feeling dislike.
“Keep if you know, you want what?” ask her with a hint of emotion in that sentence.
“At least you have a place to share.”
Darka.
“Because we are friends. I want to be friends with you. I want to be a good listener for my friends.” stressed Lita.
“Gue doesn't know about your past when we touch. Instead I even fainted, I also do not know why,” explained Lita.
“Means I want to hear directly from lo.”
Darka's heart immediately slipped hearing it. The girl in front of him, I don't know. Seeing Lita who revealed who she was, made Darka think whether to express the problem to the girl he just knew.
He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Hoping, being able to tell this in front of the girl.
Darka Samudra and his heartbreaking story were ready to be heard by Lita.
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