CITY SITE: ALPHA & OMEGA
Episode 3
Barry's been coming home from Omega's apartment since a few hours ago, but the girl can still feel the fragrance of the cologne her lover left behind in every corner of this room. Omega is getting sadder smelling this fragrance. Fragrant Barry.
He recalled again with their quarrel a few hours ago. Quarrels on the basis of a very ridiculous problem. Just because of radio. Damn the radio! They should not listen to the radio or watch television when they are together. Barry's there, everywhere and all that bothers Omega.
“Night, Listeners, tonight in our hot news session we have the hottest hot hot news and fresh from the oven!” The light sound of the female radio announcer filled the car that Barry was driving with Omega as his passenger. At that time Omega was busy staring at Barry's face which already showed thin hair around his chin. It makes him more handsome.
“Don't see me continue to do so, later the handsome is gone you want responsibility?” Barry spoke while still looking at the road ahead. Omega can only smile.
The voice of the radio announcer was no longer heard because the Omega had already sunk inside Barry's hard face. Yeah, at least Omega didn't listen to the broadcast until the announcer suddenly mentioned Barry's name. HIS BARRY.
“Yes, Listeners! Barry's famous jazz guitarist from the phenomenal band Zero was found out yesterday from the same hotel room as the beautiful model, Gracia, in Singapore. You know that Zero is touring Asia and yesterday they closed their Asia Tour in Singapore. Whoa, what's going on between Gracia and Barry?”
Omega surprised. His face was pale for a moment.
Barry's? He could not believe the news.
“Don’t overthink it. It's just unclear gossip. Don't think about it, please.” Barry stared briefly and glanced towards the Omega. Omega knows that.
“You did go the same way Gracia yesterday?” ask Omega cold.
“Jeez, Mega! I'm with Gracia just talking about work yesterday. We didn't do anything like the reporters thought was unclear.” Barry defended himself. His concentration broke out between wanting to stare at his lover or stare at the street they were walking through.
Omega's hand was stretched out to turn off the radio which was now playing one of Zero's songs. “Barry, if you want the unclear news to stop, you can tell the media that you already have a boyfriend and your girlfriend is very disturbed by the news they make.”
“Do not joke, Megs..”.
“WHAT?”
“I won't announce anything about us to the media. Now's not the time, Megs. So you don't have to joke like gini.”
Omega rolled his eyes. He made it clear what was on his mind now, “You think I'm kidding?”
Barry hunchback.
“I’m tired, Barry. Don’t overthired me because you will regret everything.” Threatening like this is the most cowardly way Omega can do it. Sadly, Barry remained silent.
When he arrived at the apartment, Barry only briefly entered to pick up his favorite guitar left in the apartment. Barry also drank cold water for a bit then darted away without saying goodbye.
Please remind Omega not to listen to the radio or to tune up the television again if Barry is nearby. He felt it was always the source of their problems. The source of the most trouble, even after three years the two had a relationship together.
***
“Why are you so blue today?” The question came out of a woman with an all-purple appearance from head to toe.
“And why are you so purple today, Ze?” Omega looked at Zeta in front of him who looked all purple from head to toe.
“Lo don't answer my question, Megs.” Zeta instantly realizes Omega is shifting the subject.
“Task your husband, gih!” Omega answered lazily while sipping the ocha that Zeta had prepared at the dinner table.
“Later if my man wakes up I will ask him. Now I want to hear from the main suspect first.” Zeta does not want to lose and also sips her ocha while taking her place in the high bar chair next to her best friend.
They were at Zeta's house, enjoying Saturday morning together. As soon as Omega said he wanted to meet last night, Zeta invited him to come over this morning for an ocha. Zeta is most aware that his homemade ocha has become a medicine when Omega is feeling bad mood or there is a problem.
Zeta's husband is the vocalist of Zero and automatically becomes Barry's co-worker. It was Omega that brought them both—Zeta and her husband together. Barry and Omega were close five years ago when Barry was taking his graduate education at fte Juliard School while Omega was taking a master's degree at St. John University's.
After getting to know Barry through the campus event at that time, Omega felt immediately clipped. Equally being Indonesian in The Big Apple, let alone equally liking jazz, there is no reason anymore to make the two not directly close from the first second.
After being close to Barry, Omega was also instantly close to his bandmate—Zero. There is Leo as a vocalist who sounds hot swing, then the twins Iwan and Awan who each hold the piano and bass, then finally there is Ian as a drummer.
Omega still remembers Leo's question after Barry introduced him to his bandmates, “Mega, you have a girl friend? If there is, you should know me. My soul mate can be as beautiful as you later.”
The question made Omega laugh exploding even he immediately made a mental note to introduce Leo to Zeta. They will be a fitting couple because they are both crazy and outspoken. Well, that's not wrong because once Christmas was the same year, when Zeta stopped by New York for the holidays and met Omega, she introduced Leo to Zeta, they immediately fell in love. Really, their love story is too cheesy to always make Omega's hair goosebumps.
“Eh, daydream! Again interrogated too.” Zeta's voice breaks Omega's daydream.
“Then what's it?” Omega asked back while idly penged. Running on Zeta was her last choice because she was Omega's only friend who knew about her relationship with Barry.
“Gue just asked, lo same Barry why else?” Zeta has now placed the ceramic glass containing the ocha to the bar table in her kitchen.
Omega raised his shoulders and Zeta grimaced. “Trouble trust issue and recognition again?” ask Zeta.
Once again Omega raised his shoulders.
Zeta is really anxious to see it, “Oh, come on! You guys have been dating for three years and are still stuck in the problem of the cemen macem?”
“Ze, it's not a cemen problem. Bayangin girlfriend lo a phenomenal band guitarist and so the target of every woman, but no one knows lo girlfriend him.” Omega rolled his eyeballs.
“Uhm, my male vocalist of the band is phenomenal, but I do not feel related to the problem lo.”
Omega looked at him sharply, “Leo was your husband, not lo.”'s girlfriend
“What's the difference?”
Seriously, are we having this conversation now? Omega complained in his mind, too tired with this conversation.
“Bedah, Ze.” Omega started to get anxious too, “Lo has become his wife, the whole world also knows Leo vocalist Zero already taken and no one will dare to call him.”
Zeta stared at the figure of Omega sitting limp now with her dark black eyes penetrating into the pores of Omega skin, into every millimeter of Omega body parts. “Stop being so insecure, Megs. You are smart, sweet, beautiful, kind, supple, and definitely worth all the things in this universe. Barry's lucky to have lo, so don't insecure anymore, okay?”
An omega? An insecure? Not likely. That word doesn't explain the problems he's having with Barry right now.
“Yes, you are Meg.” Zeta's voice pierced into Omega's heart. The words seemed to be a bomb that destroyed the working rhythm of the Omega brain. Maybe those words have a point.
This is the first bitter pill Omega has swallowed today. The fact that the source of Barry's problems is not radio, television, the media, or even Barry's work. The problem is on itself. Insecurity eats away at her confidence following with her trust in Barry.
Where is the ocean? It feels Omega want to plunge in the ocean and then eaten by ferocious fish.
***
Shortly after Omega and Zeta finished cooking the meal for lunch, Leo was seen coming down the stairs and walking straight to the kitchen. He was not surprised to see Omega and instead immediately scolded the woman, “Please, Mega dear, if you want to marahan with Barry, please wait after we finish recording the album material, dong. He swore he had almost a week bad mood so bad that the strings of the guitar just broke all.”
Omega grimacing. “Ih, why also fight should follow the schedule of the band lo. I thought you guys wanted recording, cake, mastering, cake. Fuckin' brawl, Leo.”
Leo was reluctant to hear the answer glaring at Omega. Fortunately Zeta defended, “Iya, Leo! Mega really! Enough of us girls are having trouble keeping up with your schedule. Do not make a fight schedule should also follow your schedule, dong.”
Leo seemed to still not accept it, but he relented. Leo followed Omega and Zeta walked to the dinner table to eat lunch. “So Mega come here to ngunjungin bumil?” Leo had already changed the subject while picking up some sweet sour shrimp.
Omega shakes. UH! A pregnant bitch? Mom pregnant?
“Lo pregnant, Ze?” Omega looked at Zeta opposite her asking for an answer.
Zeta just laughed indistinctly. “Ze...” Omega resisted the upset.
“Iya, Zeta is pregnant, it's been two months. We have checked with the doctor, directly after I touch down Jakarta from Singapore.” Leo helped Zeta give her an answer.
“KOK DIDN'T SAY?!?!?!?!?!” Omega is hysterical now.
“Duh, don't shout times,” Zeta still laughs, “kan, earlier lo again blue so, I don't feel good to tell.”
“The reason is not validdd!” Omega immediately got up from his seat and hugged Zeta. Zeta screams but Omega doesn't want to let go. Omega was happy to hear this good news. “Congrats! Congrat! Congrats, yes, Zeta Darling, future moms.”
Zeta kept laughing. The three of them laughed together.
***
Zeta's happiness seems to be more complete when the afternoon of her favorite brother comes. Alfa had actually been invited since the morning when the two women were still cooking lunch. Alas, Alfa said it could come a little afternoon because it was mandatory to ensure the preparation of the general meeting of shareholders—RUPS— went well.
Zeta had time to sulk because he thought it was Saturday but the beloved mas still preferred work rather than visiting his sister. However, Zeta remains Zeta, who sees her brother on the doorstep instantly forgetting that he is sulking.
“Meg, look, no! As soon as there is Mas Alfa, I'm dilupain, Meg.” Leo jokingly pretended to be angry to see Zeta instantly so like the mother of excess attention since Alfa came.
The insinuated can only be smeared, “If angry go only so that later Junior can I monopoly alone.”
“That's right, Meg. Denger himself, right? Our baby is not born yet just want to be monopolized with him!”
“Udah, ah! Not to me mulu, did I mam lo?” Omega brushed Leo's hand off his shoulder.
Alfa and Zeta who were sitting on the sofa opposite laughed at Omega and Leo's claws. Zeta then stood up and moved the seat to the side of Leo making Omega only got a little place on the sofa for the two people.
“Iya, deh yes, this moved so that Leo does not sprain again.” Zeta spoke and pointed at the sofa beside Alpha with her chin hinting Omega to move. Omega complied and moved the seat to the sofa that Alfa occupied.
“You've thought of a name?” Alfa opens up a rather serious conversation once Omega lands a butt on the couch.
Leo shook his head, “Not yet, Mas. We think that later if the content of Zeta is already bigger. What does a name mean.”
“That name is important, you know! Some kind of prayer!” Omega snatched with dust. “I used to give my parents my name Omega Dianbiru long before I was born. He said Omega means the last and Dianbiru because they wish I could get the blue eye gene from my great-grandmother, her name is Dian. If from the family painting that I have seen, the color of my great grandmother's eyes is indeed envious. Bam! Right you! I was their first and last child. Plus my eyes are also blue.”
“Oh yes?” Leo was interested.
“And I told you, Le. Can't believe you anyway,” Zeta chimed.
“Mas new first heard the story about your name.” Alfa is interested.
“If I could, I really want to repeat the time when my parents gave me that name. Try lo shadowin, pity I now have no brother. My eyes are blue, but my skin is Indonesian. You know yellow langsat straighten sapodilla rot.”
All kontan laugh.
“Well, how on my ngetawain? Every time I do not use contact lens items must be office people in Nanya Mbak Mega tumben use contact lens? Blue again! Funny, huh! Suer I feel humiliated. Semacem I spelled it so bule asphalt so.”
Again, they laughed even harder.
“Other times say the same to your office person, Meg! My eyes are blue, if envy says so! That's it, Mega. You're badass,” Alfa advises Omega in between her laughs.
Omega pursed lips, “Badass from Hongkong. Later if the word asphalt bule can die me. Mending they think I use contact lens only, thanks.”
“Crazy, Megs. After so long knowing you, finally you inspire me too!” Leo was amazed. God fucking.
“Campret lo!” spray Omega just like that.
“Leo, you're guarded. Ngegodain Mega mulu sengannya,” Zeta defended. “Please know he's been bullied asphalt bule in the office is still in-bully with you. Later bombed using financial statements with him, just know your taste.”
God fucking. This is Zeta, what's going on? “Same as you, Ze!” Omega says ketus.
HAHAHA. Leo and Zeta laughed. A fucking couple indeed.
“Udah do not be seduced mulu. Poor, the time of the beautiful girl seduced continues,” Alfa talk. He just defended me, right? What did he say? A beauty? Jesus, is this the sun rising from the west this morning? Omega gets cold without knowing why.
“Wah, thank you very much, Mas Alfa, want to save me from this mess. They don't know their thanks. Forgot the same thing that their matchlangin.” It was fortunate that his lips could still spit out words in response to Alfa's joke.
“Iya equally, Beautiful.” Alfa looked at the girl fixedly. Anaesthetizes. His gaze drugged. How to get out of this look. HOWS IT? Omega own company.
“Mas Alfa call pretty-pretty mulu from earlier.” Zetas! Thank you, Zeta. His words managed to release the Omega from the hard-line hypnotism that Alpha's eyes emitted.
“Lah, be beautiful.” Alfa smiled as she spoke. Omega could feel it but he did not dare to look towards the Alpha anymore. Not after the super weird incident.
“Yes, Mega Gorgeous, but no one has. Where can Mas Alfa be with him. Later Barry cry, Leo also bothered.” Zeta continued to speak.
Alfa responded casually although her smile now began to sink no longer in her eyes, “Well I love her as much as I love you. You are Mas's most beautiful sisters anyway.”
Omega suddenly short of breath. Chest hurts. So hurt. What did Alfa say? Her sister? Uh.
“Aw.” Omega held onto his chest and squeezed the t-shirt he was wearing.
Zeta panicked to the side of Omega. “Why, Meg?”
“No idea, Ze, my chest suddenly hurts. So ill. Breathlessness. It hurts so much, Ze.”
“Easy, easy. Take a breath.” Zeta tries to calm her friend down.
Omega according. He took a deep breath and then slowly released.
“Mega want to go home? Let Mas inter.” Alpha sitting next to Omega is not urung also immediately panic. His hand was already grasping Omega's right arm although not sure if it could ease the attack that Omega was naturally taking.
Omega's chest is getting sicker. He just nodded.
Anything. Anything to make this pain go away. So hurt. It was like being the second bitter pill he swallowed today. Oh, dearGod.
***
