Cantings

Episode 3

In the morning at about 06:15 Datin had finished breakfast, he heard his father talking to someone outside. Usually he chatted briefly with his mother and just left the house at 06:30. When he came out, Datin was shocked because there was Prastowo in front of the conversation with Mr. Marto.

“ How Tin is doing? Ready to go now? My school will pass Junior High School N I, so all of you as long as you have not recovered properly later I am samperin, and later I will wait for a while at your school, to nganter you physiotherapy to RSUD, he said, right stay 2 more times to?”

“ Oo…. I am healed by mas. Actually, no physiotherapy is also not a problem, I feel recovered limp back muscle that because it was grooved with the mother. Do not let mas Pras later keteter his activities because of me.” Datin said, kept his father connected : “ I have also said so earlier, but he said nak Prefas all the way.”

“ Already, do not need to be discussed again, if we argue here it could be too late really me later.”

Thus, that morning Datin was ushered Pras, when he got off the bike and began to limp the way many eyes were looking towards the two of them.

Friends of Datin, Surtini and Ambar nyamperin and lead Datin. As long as Datin did not go to school for 2 days yesterday, they both played every afternoon to Datin's house while minjami lesson notes and working with PR together. They both happened to be his home not far from Datin's house. Rudatin is a person who is pleasant, light hands and attention and more of a snacking with friends, so many who love him. In the class Rudatin visited many friends, both the class and the uzus. They go until the bell rings to start the lesson.

But this morning, there were a pair of eyes from the 2B class who noticed Datin's arrival with jealousy, and became less eager to carry out his committee duties. Monkey love is very vulnerable to the ups and downs of the spirit of activity.

Bell said the school sign was over, as usual the children scattered out. As Datin exited his class, the front door of the classroom was waiting for Buntas, with a smile Buntas said:

“ How Tin, has been quite healed right?, let me just deliver it first, you can not use a bicycle anymore. Although your house is close but if the condition of your feet has not recovered, yes, the problem is also if you have to walk.”

The sympathetic greeting of Buntas soothed Datin's heart. Two days did not meet there is a sense of kangen as well as this handsome sympathetic young man. Her son was well mannered and looked far from a tacky look. As they walked out, Datin saw a new Pras coming and was taking a waiting position under the front tree of the school.

“ Eh like this Bag, I still have to be treated 2 more times, and have been awaited mas Pras, the son of my mother who crashed at that time you know, so I can not come with you first huh. Lagian...your house is opposite my house.” Answer Datin.

Buntas looked out into the street and he saw Pras enter nyamperin Datin, while greeting the school guard who did know the same Pras because Pras was also in school here. While smiling and greeting Buntas Pras the road beside Datin who was slightly limped towards Pras motorbike. Blunt heart there is a taste like pinch, but he smiled back and greeted Pras: “ Hearts mas on the road....brought broken.” They laugh.

Arriving at RSUD they did not go directly to the physio section of therapy, but to the canteen. Pras ngajak eat first: “ Tin, we eat first because your therapy is 45 minutes not including waiting turn, while now until 14.00 you faint, so add the business.”

But Datin nolak, and besides he was not hungry and had been used to eating by late afternoon and continued not to eat dinner anymore. “ Mas, I am not hungry and want to rush the therapy, while I therapy mas Pras dahar (the main Javanese language: eat) aja first, then the completion will be together.

“ Haduuh, no one smooth talking to you that, but...yeah you sangu lemper same bakpao or what, and all the drinking water you keep carrying and eating while waiting your turn.” Pras said as he pulled Datin's hand and asked him to choose a cake.

Finally Datin waited for his turn while eating cake, and Pras went to nyari soto in front of the hospital.

A series of physio therapies have been undertaken and now Datin has healed as usual, he has returned to school as usual by riding a bicycle. The day of the second week of December is full of extra-curricular activities, in the form of matches and bazaars. Buntas was somewhat relieved because it had not seen the shadow of Prastowo again shuttle Datin.

Although Datin was cured, his parents did not dare to tell Datin to send batikan to Tembi again. Although not too far but through the big road jl Paris, or Jl Parangtritis are many large vehicles such as cars and trucks, because his father and mother are still traumatized. So now Mr. Marto himself after finishing Manding Elementary School after school, before starting to sew the order bag shop there.

Datin is now in class I High School, he attended N I Bantul High School, one rayon and close to Junior High School N I where Datin previously attended school. Datin one school with Prastowo in High School N I tsb, only when Datin just entered first class, Pras already third class.

While Buntas, a close friend of Datin, continued his High School in the city of Sidoarjo-East Java, following the transfer of duties of his parents. So the love of the Datin monkey faded.

The new school year has begun, and at the end of the student orientation period, or the School Environment Introduction Period, Datin was chosen to be the basketball core team at N I High School. His high posture is very supportive, besides indeed since SMP Datin is a basketball team at his school. In addition to basketball, the sport he mastered is swimming. Since childhood rarely can beat the agility he swam while playing in the Anak Kali Opak river at that time.

In August, in order to celebrate National Independence Day, there is an inter-county sports competition in DIY. Many sports are competed, including women's basketball. In the sports branch, Datin elected to be a team for Bantul Regency, which is a mixture of selected athletes from several SLTAs in Bantul.

Some of the N I High School guys are a lot of fans with the same Datin, because it's beautiful and nimble. During the training in the field of Bantul government, many spectators were present to encourage. Boy on brisik :

“ Let's not forget later see cave girl play ya!” said one of them, on the other end :

“ Zaenab will be in line with the cave of his house, first nyamperin only tomorrow.” Attack the others again.

Because of his high posture and his face that is very similar to the artist Maudy Kusnaedi who plays the character of Zaenab on the soap opera Doel Anak schoolgirl, then his basketball fans call Datin by the name of Zaenab.

During the training, Prastowo came to the field as the official Bantul kab team, besides his parents also as one of the sports sponsors of Bantul kab. He was curious about his friend in the fuss over Zaenab - Zaenab, who this fuss really is.

The princess basketball game is very exciting. Putri Bantul basketball team there are two favorite athletes, where two of them from the core team of N I High School, namely Retno second class child, who is a child of Bantul national plate, which is a child of Bantul national plate, and the other is Datin the first-class boy. They become favorite athletes with their own skills. Retno that is not too tall is very agile in outwitting the opponent's steps and taking the opponent's ball. While Datin, the tall one with a calm and focused step but his long-range ball shot is accurate, the ball he has been in hand rarely misses from the basket. The combination of the two is very makes this basketball attraction full of hysterical cries and suck a lot of spectators.

This princess basketball game also attracted the attention of Prastowo to take a close look. He just found out the subject that his friend fussed about. He was also fascinated to see Datin has grown up and beautiful after about a year and a half rarely or even almost never met.

Hardly blinking Prastowo noticed the Datin manouver with his focused face and attractive movements like a dead ballerina.

Since then, Prastowo has been like a magnet to facilitate Datin, supporting it by taking over the shuttle during practice. He took Datin from school to the training ground and drove her home.

Suddenly a feeling of possessiveness arises to Datin, when many who tempt this beautiful Datin by calling :

“ Zaenab……..Zaenab Continues Prastowo calmly steps the road beside Datin as if fencing, in lieu of the sentence: “ she is belong to me!”

A feeling of flattery grew on Datin's chest, accompanied by a sympathetic senior. The seed of love between the two began to grow sweetly.

And, results never betray effort. For the Basketball branch, Bantul Regency won the first champion.

Each athlete who won the first champion for Bantul Regency was given a prize money from Bantul Regent. Datin handed the money to his father to buy a motorcycle.

Prastowo and Sri Rudatin have been dating for 3 months. Their dating style is subtle, inconspicuous. If Pras plays at Datin's house, it is not special on Sunday night, but if you have the opportunity to go home from watching the book fair, or watch Pras playing futsal and activities like that, or even the other, he chatted for a while at Datin's house by sitting on a motorbike under a sapodilla tree. And it feels happy too.

On a similar occasion, after Pras from his home, at about 16:00, Datin wanted to bathe and pray ashar, his mother did not talk Datin :“ Nduk, later after bathing and praying ashar, his mother did not talk, help me bebes mother of the former terrace where I mbatik this, I want to prepare tea and manasi food first, later want me to wear folding laundry, let it be good to sit while sitting down this afternoon tea.”

“ Nggih bu, I will finish.” Answer Datin. After everything was done, his mother sat stabbed where he mbatik who was clean, while bliping the laundry he nanya to Datin :

“ Nduk, mom wants it, how do you seem to be with nak Pras it's crumbling, do you have a special relationship with him, yes..more just friends mean mom?”

Datin slightly blushed embarrassed while answering: “ If for example yes, indeed why to bu? I also can't lie by saying there's nothing special, because the truth is we're often together.”

“ Yes, this is it, I also find it difficult to talk about it. Actually there is nothing wrong, but there is nothing wrong for our position. You far away must be ready if there is a speech that is not fitting in our ears. Who are we, and who is Pras. Do not let one day you are disappointed, continue to affect your school performance. The mother just graduated class 4 SD, wong bodo nduk, already full of ridicule. I want you to be a successful person through education as high as you can and as strong as parents can afford. Your brain is as watered as your father nduk.”

“ Nggih bu, I can not leave my mind mom, that's for sure! As far as God allows, God willing.” Datin convinced his mother.

“ Here's how, you are friends yes don't be too you put in the heart really, son of Pras is the son of nobility, the official with the title Kanjeng Raden Tumenggung, what yes willing his son to get the son of one of his laborers.” His mother began frankly to the point, which is a different social strata. Then his mother continued: “ I mean mother, if we get the daughter-in-law, yes most become concubines or even apes become mistress of his language. This remains a very shameful remnant of tradition in the Javanese Platah, where we are born, live and live. Yes.. not all Javanese nobles are like that, many also do not look at different degrees anymore.”

Datin was shocked and felt the faintness of his heart. Even though his friendship is still far from leading to a marriage. But the end must have gotten there. Datin speechless, no material to answer.

“ Yo wis nduk, don't be a burden on your mind. Just give an idea, and so that you are better prepared in all possibilities to be able to face wisely. The important thing you remember as long as parents can finance, even though it is like a ndlosor even though, you do not drop out of school. Enough we're parents who bodo.”

“ Nggih buk, insya Allah.” Datin replied while chest tightness held back the crying. He saw how hard his parents struggle for his daughter's future. He won't disappoint her.