
There have been power outages in hotels alone while those in other places out there are still brightly lit. Something bad has happened, whether it was due to carouseling or some other reason.
There were the screams of shocked women, and also the voices of men who seemed to be security guards to help others by instructing.
Some of them are also sprightly by turning on the phone screen to get a little light.
And at that moment Dendi, it seemed that something had happened to her by feeling her hands and back trembling. In Dendi's mind, he looked like he was imagining creepy things until he muttered indistinctly why.
“Dendi? You hear me? Answer my call,” Sima said trying to make Dendi calm by stroking her back slowly.
Expect at least a little security present in Dendi who is afraid of the dark, but it seems useless.
“Dendi!”
“Stop ..stop ...don't disturb me. Don't come near me. Help me .. anyone.” His voice shook even more violently, which he then collapsed onto the floor while covering both ears tightly with both hands.
He recalled bad memories from his past when he was a child. Sitting in a corner of the room with no lights and only presents darkness around him. There was not the slightest bit of light even the moonlight was reluctant to enter through the gap of the window that was slightly open.
Just a breeze came through the gap, but it did not calm him down but it was getting more and more terrifying. The gripping Eve that frightened little Dendi, could only close her whispering ear and could only close her eyes in the hope that nothing terrible would be seen.
“Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts ..” Just these words alone that Dendi muttered since earlier. Sima tried to calm the frightened, frightened Dendi. But, Sima's voice could not reach him.
“I ..aku ..” Back he was raving.
“Pacify yourself Dendi!” sima shouted while pinching her face, and hoped that Dendi would quickly come to her senses.
Because of this dark Dendi can not think clearly and think there are ghosts or something like that, then Sima immediately took the phone behind his pocket and turned on the phone screen so that Dendi could realize the light at this time.
“See me! Or this light! Dendi!” Sima continued to shake his body as long as Dendi continued to concoct as if he was possessed by some demon.
It took about 2 minutes, then Dendi realized the light in front of the eyes. The light from the phone screen made Dendi regain consciousness and began to see the dark surroundings.
“Dendi, there I am. You are not alone here! Yes?”
Originally Sima who pretended to be frightened by being trapped by the elevator before this, Sima's intention was to be able to hug Dendi. But what happened after, it was Dendi who was now really scared because there had been a power outage at the hotel.
“You all right?” ask Sima.
Dendi did not answer at all but her condition was much more than before, and she subconsciously dropped her own body, then leaned against Sima's shoulder.
'Eh, what happened?' inner Sima was shocked because of Dendi who suddenly leaned onto her shoulder.
How Sima was not surprised and nervous even his heart beat fast like usual. Let alone that, even breathing is already very difficult. This was not because the hotel turned dark but because Dendi was too close to Sima.
Though Sima first took the initiative, but now when Dendi who did it himself even though just leaning on the shoulder actually made Sima a fog.
“Mbak Sima. Thank goodness.”
After a long time he leaned on Sima's shoulder, then Dendi hugged him and was grateful for having been met by people he knew. For a moment Sima's mind was empty, he became difficult to think or rather in a blank state.
Feel the pounding of his heart so close and felt then their bodies that feel the warmth of each other. This was a rare moment that Sima had never expected before.
“Ajib.”
“What's up Sima?” ask Dendi.
“Ah, no. It's nothing,” he said nervously as he gulped.
“Oh, yes! Sorry!” Suddenly Dendi raised her voice to apologize. Then he let go of his embrace, raising his hand in surprise.
“Sorry, what for?”
“I'm sorry for hugging Ma'am, this is obviously disrespectful, right?” she turned her face away from Sima, scratching her non-itchy face and feeling uneasy.
It was precisely Sima who had just smelled the fragrance of Dendi's body could only smile looking at him. As if holy water spilled onto his face, all the emotions that existed turned calm, calm and peaceful.
“No. To me it doesn't matter. It's me who should be apologizing, Dendi.” With a soft voice, Sima's lightly shaking hand tried to grab Dendi's fingers.
“I was the first to be disrespectful to you,” he continued with a smile.
“No! My fault! Sima's mother did so because the elevator was damaged. I might as well do something there. But, it seems like I'm overreacting because it's dark in here.”
Starting again, Dendi seemed to always fret every second for a moment after she felt calm. Something was bothering him.
“Dendi, are you afraid of the dark? Then calm yourself, if you need to hug me it does not matter,” he said who actually hopes to be hugged again. He said it while stretching out both hands.
“Iya, sorry. I'm afraid of the dark because when I was a kid, I was haunted once, Ma'am. So kebawa to adulthood and until now more and more difficult to control.”
Sima brought the phone screen closer in a state of light, to see the face of Dendi who until now did not want to look at him.
“As long as there is light, you can be much calmer right?” said Sima.
“Yes, thank you Ma'am. Sorry to be a hassle. But she was also scared because of the elevator, but suddenly I was the one who was scared. I'm a shame,” he said that vilified himself.
Sima who disagreed with Dendi's words then grabbed his chin to face him head-on. The two of them who were looking at each other with the light limited to the phone screen below them, momentarily fell silent for a while.
“Everyone has their own fears. I helped you because I wanted to. Dendi, don't call it embarrassing,” Sima said.
Adult woman. That was what Dendi had in mind about Sima. He admired her a lot and also felt comfortable just because he was close to her.
“Instead of weak women, I seem to prefer the brave and mature Sister Sima,”, Dendi said with a smile.
“A—!”
The arrow of romance has penetrated Sima's heart. It felt so crowded and hot, he was eager to slam his face for having seen Dendi's angelic smile with these blood-filled eyes.