Kuyang Dribble

57. Painting In Living Room

Then Nathan gave a glass of water to Nicko who immediately gulped it down to the toilet. Nathan seemed to be staring pityfully at his sister.

"Thank you Bang" Nicko said, handing the empty glass to his brother.

"Yes. Now go to sleep again. If it's dark, the lights are dark" Nathan said as he placed the glass on the table.

"Gapapa Bang's. I'm also comfortable sleeping in the dark" said Nicko and then back to lying down.

Nathan nodded and turned the lights off. While lying on a folding mattress, Nathan heard Nicko still muttering.

"Sleep Nick !" nathan reminded me.

"Yes Bang. I just thought about it again. It's rich I've been squirming that chick, but where is it. His face was very familiar" Nicko said.

"Think of tomorrow. Now go to sleep first" Nathan said as he yawned.

Nicko nodded and closed his eyes again.

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The next day Nathan and Nicko are seen sitting on the porch of the house with Nathan's friends. They seemed to be talking warmly while joking. Their laughter stopped as Ira came while carrying a plastic bag filled with food.

"Eit, don't take it !. This is for Nicko !" Ira said aloud as a friend of Nathan extended his hand towards the plastic he was carrying.

Ira's words shocked everyone except Nathan. He seemed to smile knot knowing the lover was trying to get close to his sister. Nicko looks clumsy when he receives Ira's gift.

After giving food to Nicko, Ira also said goodbye. All of Nathan's friends force Nicko to open the plastic containing Ira's food after the girl passes.

"Oh that's the typical food here Nick. Eat it, it's delicious" said Nathan's friend.

"Later on Mas. I'm still full. If no one wants to, I put it in the room first yes," said Nicko.

"Yes. We've often eaten it so it's not too drooling Nick," joked Nathan's other friends greeted Nathan's laughter and his friends.

Nicko nodded and rushed into the room to put down the snacks Ira gave him. While passing in the empty living room, Nicko's tail accidentally looks into the corner of the room where the antique painting he saw first was located.

Nicko was surprised not to be a bitch until the plastic in his hand fell. How not. Nicko sees the girl in the antique painting as similar or possibly the same as the girl he had in his dream last night.

Nicko rushes to grab the plastic containing food that fell on the floor and puts it in his room. Afterwards he took a quick step towards the living room and stopped right in front of the painting.

Seeing Nicko observing the painting in the living room did not make Nathan and his friends suspicious. They assumed it was natural because Nicko was also a painter. They thought Nicko was learning the details of the lines or how to apply paint on the canvas to make the painting feel alive.

A friend of Nathan's boarding house who just came out of the room greeted Nicko.

"Why Nick, is it good ?" ask Ferdi.

"Yes Mas. Good to be impressed alive," said Nicko as he turned towards Ferdi.

"What do you mean, Mas ?" ask Nicko not understand.

"Yes yes, mmm .. often. After returning home at night, I was shocked to wriggle this painting because of the rich people who were standing outside of Kita. As if rich there is a hostess here who is ready to anger us for coming home late. Moreover, the position of this painting is in the corner of the room whose lighting is also minimal. So it's only natural that I'm shocked to death" said Ferdi with a laugh.

"What else is shocked, too ?" ask Nicko.

"Ga knows. Ask the others. By the way, congratulations on being the winner of yesterday's painting competition. Although not champion one, it is still a proud thing you know," said Ferdi while patting Nicko gently on the back.

"Alhamdulillah, yes. Thanks," said Nicko with a smile.

Ferdi nodded then stepped onto the terrace to join his friends.

Nicko looked back at the painting in front of him. There was a girl in a white dress sitting next to two people standing next to her. The girl's face looked sad despite the smile decorating her lips. The look in his eyes was also sad as if implying disappointment.

If the girl seen in his dream is stroking his hair, Nicko sees that the girl's hair is embossed. Although not neat but it seems exotic with some strands of hair that fall on his shoulders.

Nicko smiled and stretched out his hand to touch the painting. When the tip of his finger touched the girl's face, Nicko was surprised to feel an electric shock hit his fingers. Nicko pulled his fingers quickly.

"Apaan tuh earlier, how painful it is," Nicko murmured while observing his fingers that suddenly felt sore.

Nicko frowned when he found the tip of his fingers scratched and caused a red line. From the red line came out a speck of blood like when pierced by a needle. Not much but raises a question mark in Nicko's mind.

Nicko's reflex rubbed his fingers against his clothes to remove the bloodstains. As Nicko was about to move away from the painting, he noticed a reddish mark encircling the neck of the girl in the painting. Nicko stopped and went back to observe the antique painting.

A moment later Nicko seemed to scratch his head that did not itch because he did not find what he was looking for.

"I saw it wrong. There was clearly a rich reddish color of thread coiled around this chick's neck. But pas cautiin kok no. I'm not hallucinating. But why do you have to hallucinate everything" Nicko muttered confusedly.

Not finding what he was looking for, Nicko decided to leave the antique painting. He steps back to the terrace to join Nathan and his friends.

At the doorway Nicko turned his head back and was surprised to find the painting empty. The three women in the painting went nowhere.

Nicko sharpened his vision to convince himself that the painting was truly koskng. A moment later Nicko gasped in shock as Ferdi patted him on the shoulder while calling his name.

"Why Nick ?!" ask Ferdi.

"Eh, gapapa Mas. Just ....,"

"What's it ?" asked Ferdi while looking at the antique painting in the corner of the living room.

As Nicko winked, the painting returned to its original state. The girl in a white dress sitting in the middle and the two women standing flanking her looked back to fill the painting.

Nicko's heart beat fast believing something strange had happened in the house. But Nicko chooses to ignore it and follows Ferdi who pulls his hand to the porch of the house.

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