Floating Boat

01

...Who's Coming...

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An unusual night changes the feeling inside me. My race is increasingly disjointed by the stigma between yes and no. To answer or to avoid are two contradictory feelings in me. But whatever my day, I have to go home to welcome the diamond.

Miss is a cute girl who came from Makassar to a small island at the southern end of Karumpa island. In order to complete his studies he arrived by Phinisi ship owned by Bugis Makassar.

She lives in my little house with my parents, including me. Great indeed, I call her the most beautiful woman also dressed attractively. How not to look like all this time I've never seen a woman in my village like her.

He was taken by the Village Chief directly to my house for the time being, he stayed with us during my studies. At that time I was on the beach with friends enjoying the night atmosphere. The moonlight that shone through the ocean penetrated the calm recesses of the sea floor. The sand that glittered like stars added to the joy of the night. There, the sand lay splashing a beautiful white light like an angel.

The truth is, my friends are still busy playing guitar forgetting the world and women even hit the drum, some sing, some jogged like forgetting who we were that night.

An invitation from home. The neighbor's son who came to me, he called me to come home for a little while. Ical, his name is !.

"Eden, in your house there is a Village Chief with a group from the city, who are they ?. I was told by your mother to call you home !" He said for a second.

"Hurry, Eden ! If you don't go home now you'll regret it because you won't see the beauty of that woman tonight."

That pretty word. Young people in my village when they hear the name of a beautiful woman they will race to go see her.

"Yoi Cal, tell my mom I'm coming soon. Here, there's still something I want to finish. Say so Mamah yeah, Cal."

"You're definitely gonna regret Den. When else can you see a girl as beautiful as her, coming from the city. White shines like the moonlight tonight. Here, you only see the moon from a distance if you go home, now hmm...! You'll see the moon closer."

"Ah little boy, you know what ?. The woman is the same Cal. Nothing is beautiful and nothing is perfect. And if she's as pretty as the moon in the sky, I'll charge you money."

I say goodbye to my friends who are still playing the guitar and drums sober.

"Cal, what exactly did you say earlier ?."

"Eden, don't you see Phinisi's ship docked at the dock there, which is filled with many lights that light around including fish, squid that are in the sea, dancing near the ship. You don't even want to see that girl who came from the city, beautiful and bright. Clean just seen from afar, the eyes already appear wide open because of the rays of his skin. Good thing you ! He wants to stay at your house !."

"Little boy, you know a lot about women. Learn where you're about women ?. I lost just as you were a kid already knew which whites were blacks. Your black head is stung by the sun every day, because you play in the sea a lot."

While walking towards the house, we both burped about the woman of the city.

"Cal, you've heard no names Phinisi the captain and ABK his ships are all women. I've heard the ship's name was Cal, but long ago. When I was a kid, I was about that age, like you."

"Sister Eden, don't tell the ship or what ?. Just cut the road because at home, Mamah, and the Village Chief and the beautiful woman, are waiting for you there !. Hmm.., you lose if he wants to live in someone else's house. I want him to stay in my house, brother, Eden."

"Little child, you know also the same concern of women ?. Parents used to say, children who are not old enough that his eyes are beautiful, his brain is naughty, he will not grow up like me. You want, you're a kid and you don't keep getting big ?."

"No way ! If it's small, not big, who wants to marry me later ?."

"Cal, you go there ! If Mamah asks where Eden is, tell me you didn't find me. Yeah.huh...! Tell me so, my mom, Cal."

"Sir Eden, you want to teach me to lie huh ? It can't be, Eden. If you don't want to go there, just say no. Don't use telling me to lie, brother. It's not good it's_"

"Aunt Ginger, Eden's here !. He didn't want to go there, he said he was afraid of the Village Chief."

"You are afraid of the village chief. No Mah, I'll be there."

Hearing Ical's report to Mamah, thus made the city girl laugh a little. His face was as sweet as sugar.

I headed towards them even the closer I seemed to notice by stealing glances. Somewhat afraid actually do not get caught with the city girl.

Ouch ! It turned out that the Village Chief was watching me. He blinked his eyes at me, hinting no, if the danger was discovered.

If this city girl had been my girlfriend maybe I didn't eat two days to celebrate my thanksgiving to God.

In that warm conversation, I remained silent who only occasionally answered their questions. This time the Village Chief directly asked me "Eden, do you agree that Guests who come from far away, while staying at your house ?."

How can I answer that question. Is it possible that the Village Chief has been myopic even he did not see that our house is small and narrow. Which is enough for this six-man Guest.

"PakDe, don't ask me, ask my mother. Our house is small. How could it possibly accommodate those who came and amounted to how many of these people." We speak in a regional language that they do not understand, I replied to PakDe.

Sometimes I look at the woman. She's so beautiful. Is it possible that my eyes were wrong to see or that Ical was lying to me.

Trying to pinch the skin on my arm turned out to be sore. Looking back at it, the moon was shining right in front of me. It is nothing to lose that I fulfilled Mamah's call. Usually if again playing the same game friends are called also eat for sure I have many reasons to be able to linger to go home.

This is probably the soul mate God sent me. Before my imagination drifted beyond my own sight.

Daydreaming a little imagining a touch of taste touching me . This is because imagining the Village Chief when talking to me I did not pay attention to him.

"Eden, what are you ?. Don't dream about it ?. I asked him to be quiet."

"Ohh oh. Yes.. yes..., what, what ?."

"This is how you fantasize. Quick answer if you can't, let me find a house for this girl. Not everyone will stay here. Her friend is just two people who want to stay here, she's the same."

"May that be it but know that our house is small. Sleep a little, definitely won't be good."

He just said that he just kept quiet, "Originally comfortable !" Said.

How could he be comfortable sleeping in such a small house. In the city maybe he never saw a model house like our house. Nothing, the important thing is that I get to know him.