Hydra

Chapter 3

Sunlight penetrated directly through the glass of Dirga's room after Bi Siti opened the window curtains. Dirga himself was still lying on his bed with a blanket covering part of his body. Dirga wriggled as she opened her eyes slowly, the sunlight radiating right towards her eyes.

“Build, early morning. Nak Dirga school there,” tell Bi Siti.

“Emang now what time, Bi?” ask Dirga. Both of his eyes were wide open.

“Udah at six, wake up quickly.”

When he got out of his bed, he did not need to go all the way down to the first floor to go to the bathroom, in this room is already available his own private bathroom, he said, so every day he took a bath in the bathroom in his room. It's been about two weeks Dirga only lived with Bi Siti in a house this big. For some people may be happy to be in a house this big alone or alone with someone other than the parents, can do anything free no one will forbid, but for Dirga this is not what people imagine. He himself was even fed up with the silence in his house, even if it was crowded, there must be a commotion.

Immediately Dirga headed to his bathroom after Bi Siti came out of his room. Dirga relaxed shower while singing. He ignored the clock that kept turning, until he himself realized that he had to go to school today. In a hurry Dirga immediately took a shower.

Out of the bathroom, Dirga immediately took her school uniform. Dirga dressed as usual when going to school. He picked up his cell phone and car keys on the table, then went down to his garage.

After being in the car, Dirga started the engine of his car, then he immediately left his house to school. At standard speed Dirga drives cars along the road.

***

“Ehh, you see Dirga, no?” ask Ayu to Udik who just entered the class.

Prawny looking around it. “Maybe he hasn't come yet. Wait, if there is no, yes, Dirga must be truant again. Kan, easy,” said Udik with his leisure.

Ayu patted Udik's head reflexively after the original Udik spoke before him. “Lo is his friend, time does not know Dirga enter what not.”

“We are not home, it is natural that I do not know.”

Rafika walks into the classroom with a smile as shown to her friends. What's up with Rafika today? Rafika looks less obvious smile on her own, Ayu was confused. Rafika tells Ayu to get out of her chair so she can sit in her chair. Ayu came out, and Rafika immediately sat in her chair. His smile had now faded when he saw the back seat beside Udik still empty.

“Dik, which side of lo?” rafika asked Udik who was already sitting in his chair.

“Do not know me. Ehh, what's the matter today, how come you two are called Dirga?” ask back Udik curious.

“Nothing, it's natural that nanyain friends other friends.” Rafika is back facing forward.

Moments later the person they were looking for walked into the classroom. Dirga just came in with Rahman. All students say hello to Dirga who came with a cool look, but according to Ayu not cool anyway if the clothes issued. Dirga smiled at them all. Rahman walked towards his chair, while Dirga was still standing near Ayu's desk.

“Again, Dirga. Lo today is cool, Di,” praise Ayu for the appearance of his friend who looks cool. “But the shirt is inserted, the naughty do not look so bad, Di.”

“Ahh, every day also how to dress I gini mulu, Yu,” bela Dirga on himself.

“These are real, Di.”

Dirga stared at his tie which Ayu said was less neat. Dirga was about to tidy up his tie by himself, but Rafika directly helped him to tidy up the tie. Dirga was astonished to see the courage of Rafika who immediately tidied his tie. No one told Rafika to help Dirga tidy up her tie, it was purely her own initiative.

“Udah,” said after finishing smoothing Dirga tie. “ Tomorrow make your own tie lo, Di,” Rafika continued. He smiled for a moment in front of Dirga who was still silent.

“Assalamualaikum,” greet the teacher who just entered their class.

Spontaneous Dirga instantly realized from her daydream, she immediately headed for her seat to take the lessons today.

As usual, Dirga only took out books and stationery without touching it at all. Now he prefers to play games on his phone secretly. His bag was placed on the table so that his position while playing the game was not so visible, sometimes Dirga also seemed to be recording something in his book, even though it was not properly done.

Rafika today began to pay attention to Dirga, it makes Dirga himself like a child who does not know how to dress neatly while at school. However, Dirga was not angry about the attitude Rafika showed him, but it was a little excessive because Dirga did not like to be paid too much attention.

If you want to be my close friend, you have to know what you have to do so that I am comfortable making friends with you, dirga said inwardly as she stared at Rafika who was focusing on copying the material on the board.

Dirga himself is still focused on his phone, but now he no longer plays games, he just opens whatsapp. Dirga read the status of several contacts in his whatsapp, including the status written by Rafika.

“Do not ever harbor the problem alone, or you will be difficult to live the life”

The status written by Rafika is the same as the problem currently being experienced by Dirga. Whether it was status was intended for him, or Rafika wrote it was just a fad. Surely the life of Dirga at this time is very difficult, proven every time he has to think about his family problems, not to mention his own personal problems. The freedom he wants is not to have everything without anything forbidding, but the freedom to feel happy in the family environment. That was all Dirga had hoped for until now.

Throughout the lesson Dirga did not pay attention to the teacher who was teaching, he was engrossed in his own busyness. None of his friends dared to rebuke him unless caught by the teacher who was teaching, because Dirga would be more angry with his friend if he was bullied while being comfortable. Mobile phones have a lot of time with Dirga every day, at home or at school just the same, Dirga continues to busy themselves with his own cell phone. That's what sometimes makes his friends feel upset with Dirga when again gathering or chatting.

***

It's school time now. Dirga went straight to the parking lot after saying goodbye to his friends that he would go home first. Dirga got into his car, he turned his car around and immediately left the school area.

Arriving at home, Dirga has been made uncomfortable with the commotion of his parents who somehow came home from work, Dirga broke through his parents who were fighting in the living room, and the family, he rushed to his room.

“See that's your son's attitude! He doesn't care about his parents at all! This is all because you never had time for Dirga!”

“Don't mistake me dong. Try to think for yourself, you also just returned from out of town, where once the same attention Dirga. It is usually just angry, angry, and angry.”

From the room, Dirga still heard his parents quarreling. The atmosphere at this time was disturbing his feelings, Dirga could not linger in this house if there were both parents. He changed his clothes, and went straight down to his Papa who had just called him.

“What's up, Pa?” dirga asked without seeing her Papa's face.

“This you see! Look at this!” His father showed several envelopes of call letters piled up to Dirga.

“Udah, do not bother dateng, it does not matter, Pa,” replied Dirga bravely.

“You how many times Papa said, don't make trouble in school!” Her father kept yelling at her without knowing why Dirga got the call.

Dirga's actions this time were very brave, he took several envelopes of the call letter from his Papa's hand. Walking closer to the trash can in front of his house, Dirga threw everything away without saying much more. Then he went back to his father.

Wulandari, Dirga's mother, was just speechless to see the behavior of her son. He was confused by all the problems that happened in his family. Sitting on the couch trying to calm himself down.

“Mama wants to go to the room first,” she said for a moment, then headed to her room because of dizziness listening to babbling from her husband constantly.

“As of you!” hardik Bastian, papa Dirga..

“Completed, right? So you don't have to come to school to attend that call! Dirga will not make Papa bother to come to school to ask that his son be forgiven for doing wrong. No need, Pa,” Dirga said in front of her Papa.

After Dirga boldly said that, Bastian with emotion almost slapped Dirga. Luckily, he was still able to hold his hand which he was currently eager to slap his son's mouth, but he was aware because Dirga was their only child.

“Why not be, Pa? Please, please if you want to slap Dirga! Dirga receive!” Dirga's eyes began to glaze over after she almost got the less pleasant treatment.

Dirga returned to his room. She took out some of her daily clothes, and also her school uniform, Dirga stuffed them all into a bag. Then he came down again. Without saying goodbye first, Dirga just left his house by using his car. He drives at above-average speeds, Dirga no longer worries about his safety. His thoughts right now were very chaotic. Dirga continues to increase the speed of his car.

Although Bastian is not his biological parents, Dirga still considers him as his parents. Dirga did not want if Wulandari, his mother, again had to feel a failure in the household as before. Simply once Dirga saw his parents were disappointed because they had failed to build a household with his biological father. Dirga did not expect that her current husband turned out to be almost the same behavior as her parents, always angry, only concerned with work, never time for family, always blaming others, always blaming others, never wanted to give up―imbasnya on Dirga himself, he was less noticed.

The thing that Dirga also hated was the change in attitude of his mother. In the past, Wulandari was very attentive to Dirga, whatever she would do for her son, whatever would be followed from Dirga happy, but now her nature is the same as her current husband. Broken home makes Dirga less attention, he must look for happiness outside the home by doing things that he thinks are fun, make him comfortable.

Dirga turned out to be kosan Rahman. He parked his car in front of Rahman's boarding house, then got out of the car and immediately sat on a chair on the terrace. Not long after Rahman came out because he already knew that there was Dirga who came.

Rahman looked at Dirga with worry.

“Udah you don't need to know, Man,” replied Dirga.

“Gue is serious, Di. If there is a story problem, do not be harbored alone.” Rahman continued to persuade Dirga to tell him about the problems he was experiencing.

Dirga's face still looks gloomy, daydreaming alone is unclear. Pissed off? Sure is! Dirga must have been very upset by the incident at his house earlier, he did not even know after this what to do again. Dirga took the phone out of his pants pocket. “This is not what I want” Dirga wrote the status on his whatsapp.

Within seconds, Dirga instantly got a message from someone. He opens it, the message turns out to be from Rafika.

“Lo why, Di?”

Rafika immediately asked Dirga's situation after seeing the status of his friend who seemed to be having problems.

“It's okay, Ra. Relax, I'm fine.”

Dirga replied to the message that Rafika had sent earlier. What happened to Dirga this time? Now he wants to reply to a message from Rafika. Dirga really thinks that they are friends now.

Message back in on Dirga's phone. It's still from Rafika.

“News, it's okay. I'm ready to hear your story, Di.”

“No need. Kan, I once said that you don't have to get involved in my problems. So I ask you or others not to get involved, Ra.”

Rahman just watched Dirga reply to a message with someone on her phone. Rahman himself already knows how Dirga's attitude if in trouble, even if there are problems in his family, Dirga must go to Rahman's boarding house to calm down. In Rahman's boarding house there was only her own, so Dirga would not listen to the noise from anyone, she could calm herself down.

Dirga put his phone on a table nearby. Then he leaned his head against the wall with his foot on the table, Dirga began to close his eyes. I don't know, now he wants to do it again after the commotion in his house earlier.

Dreams began to enter him, now Dirga has really fallen asleep. Rahman let his friend sleep in a chair while glancing, he himself did not dare to wake Dirga for fear of being scolded later.

Many times Dirga's phone rang, but no one picked it up. It was a call from Rafika and some messages from Ayu. Never mind opening, Rahman himself also did not dare to touch Dirga's phone. Just the same, he was afraid that he would get angry.

Rahman found his phone shaking. He saw Udik calling him.

“What's up, Dik?” rahman asked after receiving a call from Udik.

“Dirga is in kosan lo, gak?”

“Iya, Dirga in my boarding house. Why, Dik?”

“Nothing, this is Ayu and Rafika nanyain he mulu from earlier. He said Dirga did not pick up the phone from Rafika, Ayu's message was also not reciprocated by him. Wh why? Tell Dirga to receive a phone call from Rafika or reply to a message from Ayu, I can't stand the horror of their babbling, Man.”

Rahman laughed for a moment listening to Udik.

“Lajar Dirga did not pick up the phone from Rafika, and reply to a message from Ayu, the person also had slept.” Rahman laughed with satisfaction.

“Man, me and Rafika to kosan lo now.”

Ayu's voice said that she was going to Rahman's boarding house before the phone was closed.

Rahman sat back outside playing his phone.

Sure enough, Ayu and Rafika actually come to Rahman's boarding house to see Dirga's condition. After the status made Dirga earlier, his friends were very worried about the state of Dirga. They knew that Dirga had just had a problem, so they immediately wanted to see him, all of them wanting to know what kind of problem Dirga was having right now.

The arrival of Ayu and Rafika suddenly makes Dirga wake up from his sleep. The noise from the two of them made Dirga's comfort disturbed. He opened his eyes, and saw that Ayu and Rafika were already nearby. Dirga corrected his way of sitting, his legs lowered.

“Lo is no problem, Di? Story to us, do not be harbored alone.” Ayu immediately asked eagerly listening to the problems that Dirga was experiencing.

“Di, you should tell us about the problem lo,” pinta Rafika.

Dirga looked towards the two of them. Sighing his breath long. “Udah, not important either.”

“Gue is afraid that you will get frustrated, Di.” Ayu's eyes started to glaze over. He was serious about his words this time.

“Udah, you don't have to until next time. I'm doing fine. Relax, it's just a matter of debt I have with someone, you don't need to worry,” said Dirga accompanied by a small laugh from him. Dirga was forced to laugh to cover up her sadness, she still did not want to tell her friends.

“Udah, I know you will not minjem money with others. Lo it has a lot of money, it is impossible you owe it to others.” Ayu who already knew with the Dirga family still did not believe that Dirga reasoned to have a debt problem.

He laughed for no reason. It seems that what Ayu said was funny, even though the forced laughter could not be covered.

“Lo no need to make a smile, Di,” said Rafika.

At once Dirga's laughter stopped hearing the words of Rafika. Dirga looked at Rafika with an unusual gaze. They look at each other. You won't know, Ra, what I'm feeling right now. You're different from me, Ra. Do not make me continue to be constrained by your attitude, said Dirga in his heart. Then he turned again in the other direction, and again leaned his head against the wall. His hand grabbed his phone on the table.

Dirga was really shocked when he saw many incoming calls from Rafika and some messages from Ayu during his sleep earlier. His index finger started to press the message sent by Ayu. Then it was removed after everything was read. Notification of incoming calls from Rafika also he just deleted it.

“Dirga!” exclaim Ayu.

“Come, Di .. lo don't be a coward gini, Di,” said Rahman immediately said that Dirga's current attitude shows that he is a coward.

Dirga raised his body, he stood before Rahman. “Lo says I'm a coward! You don't know what I'm feeling, man. I don't know how sick I feel when I'm at home! You'll never get rid of the same thing as me, Man! You will never.” Dirga's words stopped. He sat back in his chair with annoyance approaching him. “Sorry, Man. Sorry, I'm angry with you. I don't know what else to do, Man.” Dirga apologized for his anger earlier.

“Lo shouldn't be like that, Di,” said Ayu reminded Dirga.

“Sabar, In. I and everyone will help you. We are all your friends, so whatever your problem, we are ready to help.” Rafika offers Dirga help.

Time keeps changing, the weather was clear this afternoon now began to turn dark night. Ayu and Rafika soon return to their respective homes. Meanwhile, Dirga chose to remain in the boarding Rahman somehow until when.

“Lo want here, Di?” ask Rahman to make sure.

“Iya, I stay in kosan lo first.”

“Ya. School uniform brought, right?”

“Ahh, skip tomorrow.”

“Don't, Di! You don't have to skip. Anyway you have school tomorrow, my only uniform is there.” Rahman was willing to lend another school uniform to be used Dirga, so that his friend remained in school, not to skip. “Nakal may, but skip school do not,” Rahman continued.

“Kayak lo never truant, Man,” sneer Dirga. “Quiet, I've brought clothes.” Dirga headed to his car to pick up his bag, as well as his school shoes.

“Take in, Di,” tell Rahman after Dirga took his things in the car.

They both went to Rahman's boarding house. Indeed, Rahman's residence is small when compared to Dirga's residence. In fact, Rahman's boarding house only has a front room, and kitchen, but Rahman himself is grateful to be able to live in Jakarta, even though he is in the boarding house only alone.

Rahman is living in Jakarta alone, he comes from Sumatra, precisely in Palembang. Actually there is a tantenya in Jakarta, but the tantenya rarely meet him. Even if the tantenya to kosan Rahman, it was only delivering money sent by his parents. Kosan Rahman and his aunt are far away, but if anything Rahman still asks for help on his tant.

Dirga is very grateful to have a friend as good as Rahman who would accept him to live in his place. Sometimes, Dirga and Udik often gather at Rahman's boarding house just to hang out. Perhaps, Dirga's luck only gained good friends, his luck did not rub off on his family. Hope, hope, and continue to hope that one day he can feel the happiness of gathering with family like other people.