
After days of traveling Anang around promoting his song, today they can return to the city, where their apartment is located.
The temperature in the city, it's much better than the last time they came back.
The warmth of the sun, can already feel a little Anang on the skin of his face.
Although still have to wear two-layer clothes, Anang no longer need to wear a thick long jacket.
"today... I mean it's a little late in the afternoon, there's something I need to see" Santi said, as they were both in the apartment.
"Who?" asked Anang while looking at Santi closely.
"That, loh! Singer from the Philippines!" sahut Santi's.
"So I sent him a message" continued Santi.
Anang approached Santi, who seemed busy unpacking the items, which had been taken from the Miss Jordan studio.
Anang hugged Santi from behind, then interrupted Santi's work there.
"Why?" santi asked, who finally stopped taking things out, from the plastic bags.
"Do you still need to ask?" ask Anang.
"Aren't you tired?" Santi asked back, and almost laughed.
"No...!" sahut Anang, then turned Santi's body, to face him.
Their trip that week was indeed more extra, than the days of the previous week.
But, the last few days since Santi was sick at that time, Anang whose mood had improved, no longer felt excessive fatigue.
"You now?" santi asked, then biting her own lips.
Why delay?
There's still time, Anang wants it now!
It was Santi's turn to reply to the voice of Anang who sang for him all this time, with a melodious voice des*h*n Santi who echoed in Anang's ear.
Anang was also unwilling and would not stop, until he was completely relieved.
Or until both are satisfied?
Ah, never mind...
There was no need to discuss it, let alone imagine what Anang and Santi were doing.
To be sure, both are equally diligent, and eager to do their respective tasks, alternately.~
"What do you see?" santi asked, when she came out of the bathroom.
Anang who had been daydreaming by staring out the window, while waiting for Santi to take a bath, somewhat jerked in surprise with the voice of Santi who suddenly appeared near him.
Santi who was still wearing a bathrobe, stood in front of Anang, then followed by looking out the window.
Anang hugged Santi from behind.
"That's...!" anang.
"What are people camping on the sidewalk for? I've seen them set up tents, since we haven't been here long. But, how come they still haven't dispersed?" connect Anang.
Anang then lowered his head, until his chin leaned against one side of Santi's shoulder.
The fragrant aroma of shampoo and soap Santi, as if provoking a commotion in Anang's brain.
It felt like something was said by Santi, but Anang could not hear clearly.
"Mas!" santi exclaimed, while patting Anang's hand that was coiled on the waist, until his stomach.
"Eh, what?" ask Anang.
"Did you hear what I said just now?" ask Santi.
"No...!" sahut Anang slowly.
Bodo.
Anang did not really want to know, what the people who camped on the sidewalk meant.
Enjoying the smell of Santi is more interesting for Anang.
"Mas!" santi again.
"What?" sahut Anang, who closed his eyes, with his face attached to Santi's neck.
"They're homeless! Bla, blah, blah." said Santi, and there was still another that Santi said, but Anang did not listen to the rest of Santi's sentence, except...
"Still want?"
The two words that became Santi's question at the end of his sentence, could be heard clearly in Anang's ear.
Already, ah!
Tired!
Just like Anang and Santi.~
Anang was relieved, had eaten, had taken a bath, now Anang was ready to face anything in front of him.
"What time did you meet the Filipinos?" anang asked, while wearing his clothes.
"Hm... Any minute!" sahut Santi was braiding his hair.
"Tumben, your hair is tied so!" chirps Anang.
Santi just laughed a little, while still wrapping around every part of his long hair.
"Later to meet him on a ferry, while traveling to Staten island," said Santi.
"It can also take pictures with the background of the statue of liberty, even if only while passing by," continued Santi again.
"Ooh.." said Anang who had finished dressing.
"Wear a jacket, right?! The short one, no longer the long one!" santi said as she pointed with her eyes, Anang's long jacket hanging near the closet.
Santi braided her hair.
Starting from the port to the ferry, the wind blows quite strong.
Anang stood near the fence of the ship, while Santi talked to the singer from the Philippines.
Anang really enjoyed the view he could see from the ferry.
Enough to attract the attention of Anang, and enough to calm his mind, from the fatigue of his song promotion trip in recent days.
The passengers on that ship were not too many.
There are still many areas on the ship that are empty, so Anang is not disturbed by other passengers.
When passing the statue of the woman who lifted the torch he was holding, Anang then saw Santi, in case Santi became photographed there.
But, Santi was still busy talking modestly, with the Filipinos who were with them.
Yes, let it be...
Anang watched the large statue standing on one of the separate small islands.
It still looks magnificent, even though the color looks a bit dull.
Anang imagined the length of the statue stood there, and survived despite being eroded by the weather and time.
"What do you think makes the statue green?" ask Santi suddenly.
Anang saw Santi, who now only lives alone with him, while the singer from the Philippines was no longer there.
"Where are the Filipinos?" asked Anang curiously.
"He went to the toilet" Santi said.
"Did you hear what I was asking you?" keep reminding Anang.
"Cat?" sahut Anang hesitated.
"No. It's called 'patina'. The statue was made of copper. The copper metal is weathered due to oxidation... I mean, because of the water and the air. That's what makes the 'patina' appear...
'That 'Patina' is just a thin layer. But with the 'patina', the family is protected so that it can last longer" said Santi.
Anang nodded his head.
Patina.
Like rust in iron.
It's just that rust can damage iron, but this one protects its copper.
Unichowo.
Like a person who goes through a difficult obstacle in life, and almost makes it fall, but the result of that obstacle, which makes the person stronger.
Obstacles cannot be removed, just try to stay afloat, until it can produce a protective layer like 'patina' it.
"Later when we return, we take pictures?! I still have to talk to that guy" Santi said.
Anang nodded his head.
"Yes" said Anang.
Before long, the singer from the Philippines was already seen coming back to Santi, then talking with Santi there again.