DUSK INJURED

Plan (b)

Aurel, Bara, and Ranu arrive at the grounds of the silent Skala house. Bak in horror films, now Aurel feels creepy because it is dusk too. But the thought of a ghost or similar creature was instantly dissolved when Bara snapped his finger in front of Aurel's face.

"Dream mulu, already want maghrib." Bara.

Aurel nodded in fear and gripped the side of the shirt at Bara's waist. Ranu who remained in the company of Bara just giggled amusedly to see Aurel look frightened.

Hiduprak!

Aurel hugged Bara's waist while reciting al-fatihah.

"What the hell? This is Skala's house, not a haunted house!" Upset that her waist was hugged by Aurel, she replied.

Aurel finally took her hand off Bara's waist. "What's that sound?"

"Who knows if the bucket fell, or the scale fell."

"Eh, by the way.." reprimand Aurel by the head-scalks.

Then after they arrived at the door of the Skala house. Who knocks on the door with misgivings. This is because Aurel overreacted due to the sound of debuman from inside the house.

"Assalamu'alaikum.." said Bara.

Aurel rang the doorbell and no sooner did Scale out while groping two suitcases. His appearance was like a sweat bath, his clothes were a mess.

"Skala, where are you going? We promised to"

"Bak Sofi and Bang Andre killed themselves."

Glegarrr~

Tub struck by lightning, Aurel pias's face. He saw a silent bar like a mannequin. While Ranu who since the beginning has not been told who his biological parents are just confused to see their expressions.

"Bu-suicide?" ask Aurel again.

Scale nodded. "Yes." Yeah." The man glanced at Ranu, "they died."

"What?" Bara looks unacceptable. "they kill themselves, continue to die? It's easy to find a way out."

"Bara, this is not the time to get angry. We're going to Bandung now, okay?" Aurel doesn't want any commotion here. "you drive ya, Bara?"

Bara nodded resignedly, "Yes." He was obviously the one driving, Ranu was sitting on the side, while Skala and Aurel were sitting at the back.

"Dad, what is suicide?" asked Ranu with his innocent look.

"Just ask later. Father again drive," replied Bara did not want to be disturbed.

"Ishh, I'm a kepo." Ranu grumbled in annoyance.

"Yes, then! We're in a hurry."

Aurel who had been furious had immediately pushed the head of Bara in front of him. "Can it be unusual? Don't take the gelud."

The scale pulled Aurel's shoulder, "Rel, take his hand lightly."

"Yes, her mouth is also light!" say emotions. "people in panic, even nagging."

Scale massaging his temple, "Yes. No need to make any more noise."

Bara clucked, "Yes!"

"Father same brother Aurel fight... continue..." Ranu gets bored every time he comes with his father, there is Aurel but they do not get along.

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"GRANDFATHER! GRANDMA!" Ranu suddenly shrieked loudly until everyone turned their heads towards him.

The dew that turned his head first immediately hugged Ranu, "RANU... Are you still alive? Aunty thought you were"

The scale of removing the Dew from Ranu, "Don't now." The dew that did not understand his first brother's intent was just frowning. Especially when Skala took Ranu's hand towards Dawn - her third sister.

The dawn that was still fixated was immediately approached by the Scale, "Jar, please take Ranu to the room."

Dawn nodded stiffly, "I-iya."

Akhza stood close to the Scale, "Skala. So Ranu's been alive all this time?"

"Yes, he's alive, he's healthy too." Not the Scale that answers, but Bara with a bitter tone. He looked at Sofi and Andre.

"Then, where has he been?" ask Akhza confused.

"Ranu was adopted by Bara, the doctor who used to be involved in a single school bus accident," replied the Scale as briefly as possible.

Rhea moved, she took something out of her shirt pocket. "Your mother found this letter, Scale."

The scale opens and reads it in the heart. Aurel is also reading.

Sorry our...

We are not strong anymore..

We thought, Ranu burden us while still alive.

But it turned out to be a burden to us.

Sorry Mom and Dad, Ranu...

Excuse me...

I took the paper. After he read, he immediately squeezed it and threw it in any direction. "Coward." Bara went straight out of Scala's house with mixed feelings.

Aurel who was worried about Bara immediately chased him out. If Bara had always helped him, then now it was his turn to stretch out his hand.

"Bara," he called after he had successfully blocked the Bara road.

Bara stopped and rubbed his wet cheek.

"You crying?" Aurel was more worried. Rarely did he see Bara cry. "do not cry dong.. I'm so sad.."

Bara leaned behind his car and squatted down. She feels disappointed in Ranu's parents. Until this moment he was not given a description of why they had to leave a child as small as Ranu. If it wasn't Bara who helped him, Ranu could be in the wrong hands.

Aurel endured his grief even though he did not refuse to cry if he saw his best friend cry. He crouched down in front of Bara, "Bara. You have to show them, you deserve Ranu."

"Not that problem, Rail. They don't know what it is. Instead of apologizing directly, instead run away first from the problem." Really disappointed, but what can I do. They were already dead, there was no way he would have told them to get up again.

Aurel shook his head, "They've apologized to themselves, Bara. In the letter, they are very happy. And maybe, they had time to find Ranu, but they gave up first." Aye right. In the letter they wrote that considering Ranu dead even became a real burden. That means, they were haunted by a sense of guilt that spread. But they gave up on the situation. This situation reminds him of the incident, when he decided to commit suicide as well, he once gave up on the situation, but God gave him the opportunity to fix everything.

"Bara. What are your plans for Ranu?"

"It's up to Ranu to come with who."

"Let's go in first, we have to ask Ranu." About what decision Ranu wants to follow who, Bara hopes that the boy chooses to come with him.

Yeah, he hopes so.

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