Malay Romance Zaman Now
28. Hope
Mahogany and trembesu become coolers this afternoon. Moreover, the six of them were sitting in a cottage in Kambang Iwak Besak. The wind made their conversation even better. Water ripples kambang become the center of the scenery in the park.
Suddenly Vio spewed out his false voice which was very unpleasant to hear. “This intimacy... don't be quick to pass...”.
“I've omongi you're a catech of talent to be a singer,” caci Rama.
“Iya, Ram. Yes, your voice is good. Don't sing, just shut up you're good!”
“You fart sound ugly, Vio, let alone the sound you make.”
“Iya. Deaf people only, or worse people who do not have ears only know that my voice is evil for mercy. Mending hear rabies dog barking again.”
“You remember, Jok, the time you wanted to make an adzan in the breach, but dak was obtained by the guard breaking?”
“Oh, remember, Jok. Severe nian.”
“That's why I don't want to be invited to karaokean,” always Dita.
“But I'm willing to sing, Dit, as long as I can hear your golden voice. Well, especially Dita, her voice is good. Deserve to be the keeper of the clothing store at the Sixteen Market. Stop by, stop by, dress her, dress her, baby boy, baby boy. Ha-ha”
“Vio, say if anyone wants to be homongi with Dita. He's coming home tomorrow. Will be long time no see,” said Masayu.
“We yesterday road to Jakabaring. Keep eating grilled corn. Yeh, Vi?” seloroh Dita again.
Rama protested loudly, “Ke Jakabaring continues. Caught nian when dead-end.”
“Photos around the stadium. Ngomongi people, ngatai people, mocking people. Lots of fun activities there. In a moment,” Vio tidied up his sitting position and his hands were moving around like doing body language, “I want to analyze the astonishing event yesterday. Now the children of alay and the girls of the chili-cabean species are scattered everywhere even rampant. Many nian in Jakabaring. The wrong driving procedure they often apply. Boti, aka bonceng three, his thighs go everywhere because of the snoring they gap in the wind. I'm afraid the generation of cool people, like us-we're going extinct like the Komodo dragon. So we have to preserve the punk culture and how to dress pecesiebel-style pink like these girls.”
Vio once cross-checked on the field about another more intense case. And it will be revealed in the forum now. “Teen-teenager whose pee has not been straight and his nose does not stop anymore snot, now it is really gilo. This can be called trabel.”Vio's point is trouble. “Ball supporters, all black clothes, steal how to dress punk style, make a lot of troublemaking. They brawl, attack each other, argue, splash hard water, make a scene. They are not right. The image of punk is broken. As a punk fan, I don't want the reputation of punk to be freefall like this. Rama, you talked to me and Kiagus once, by working we can change the world. Just look, once we are known and respected later, we will raise the name of punk, punk genre, how to dress punk, and for sure we must eliminate the wrong system in association and virginity, he said, especially this romance in Palembang. And most importantly, Jok, we must change the mindset of people in treating punk. Do not let the punk enthusiast continue to make trouble, make chaos, and his hobby makes people restless. We have to get it straight, so that the crowd can't judge punk as evil, scary, often brutal, and anarchist. We must make punk good, right, and good.”
“So later join the contest?” ask Masayu.
“Pasti.” Vio. “First of all, we want to be known by friends, continue to be a famous indie band in Palembang.”
“We pray for the success of the three of you. And if you are already a famous person, do not squirrel the three of us,” said Masayu hope.
“Definitely, Yu. Because of you, especially.. you Dit, we can be like this.”.
“We will continue to give prayers and support to the three of you,” Dita said beaming.
“We are sure to be a famous punk band. Ram, you just shut up. By oy!”
“Iya, Vi. Our dreams want to be famous. Continue to be able to concert together with Superman Is Dead and Endank Soekamti. And we're gonna set foot on Olympus!”
Masayu was amazed by their dreams and especially by Rama. He clearly heard the words of Rama just now that sounded flat without a tone. The intonation sometimes makes the meaning of the conversation almost deviated. However, when viewed from the face that is far from hypocritical, surely Masayu is sure of all that and believes that these three singles will succeed even beyond their dreams.
“When is the contest, Ram?”
“Front month, Yu. We will focus on training first. And we are also required by the committee to perform one song themselves.”
“There's a song?”
“Already, our song is still SMP first. Fortunately Kiagus still kept the manuscript of the song. The lyrics and song keys are there.”
“Sip.” Masayu gave a thumbs up while smiling. “Good luck!”
“Moreover that we can help?” ask Dita.
“Nantif my body is tired, achy, you massage me bae, Dit. He-he. Dak wear ples-ples, Dit. Aih, yasaman, you are, stingy nian,” taunt Vio fierce.
“Pays per second.”
“Pay use love.”
The roast pempek in the plastic wrap is left one.
“Expire, Jok!” rama said to Vio.
Kiagus.
Dita commented, “Three of you, Wong Palembang nian.”
The red yaris arrived at the parking lot. The sound of her horn was squealing, so their conversation came to a halt. And soon a sporty-looking man got out of the car. He combined his red Adidas shoes with red training pants and an Adidas-branded orange t-shirt. His athletic body is fresh thanks to his current clothing model. Bright, colorful, fresh, and captivating to the eyes of women. He was the center of attention when he did some stretching and warming up. The type of man like him is really coveted by women, especially for those who have a passion for lovemaking.He walks before running, again for warming up. And did not have time to run, suddenly he saw a girl who was not foreign to him.
“Honey,” greet Dodi, in disbelief.
And Masayu kept his sitting position away from Rama. “Kok you can't say if you want to jog in K.I today, Dodi?”
“Honey, from this afternoon I BBM you, keep calling you repeatedly. Where did you put the HP?”
“Sorry.” Masayu started to fret. She freaked.
“Dak nothing, Darling.” Dodi is getting closer to Masayu. “Why don't you talk about it here again? I'm worried, honey.This is your college buddies, sweetie?”
“I Rama.”
Seeing Rama extend a hand, Dodi greeted him with warmth. “I Dodi, her boyfriend Masayu.”
Rama is getting drowned.
“I Vio.”
“If my name is Kiagus.”
“What majors?”
“We are not your girlfriend's college friend, Jok,” asserted Rama. “We are in college.”
Dodi's mangosteen again. While paying attention to how to dress the three bachelors, Dodi had thought that they were uneducated. Not wrong anymore.
“Beas.”
Masayu invites Dodi to leave.
***
The excitement of activity in Kambang Iwak did not stop, more crowded, but in one of these wooden huts, silence gripped. Rama. The elbows of his arms that lay down on his thighs supported his hollow body. Repeatedly he grabbed and ruffled his Emo hair until it looked tangled. It was true at that time. The Masayu poetry book. He spoke loudly and firmly. Not as usual. Break silence.
“Why don't you two ever say that Masayu already has a girlfriend, ha?”
There's no sound.
“Jawab!”
Even Vio and Kiagus were unable to defend Dita and Devrieya.
“All will not be like this if you both talk from far away that Masayu already has a girlfriend.”
He's never been this angry. Even if never.
“Tay! Bastard!” He took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from his pants pocket. He ignited the flame on the cigarette, sucked it deeply to fill the space of his mouth, and let it out quickly.
“Should have said that Masayu already has a girlfriend! Wrecks!”
Rama. Vio and Kiagus were unable to prevent it.
***
The first meeting in Kambang Iwak, all the delusions about beauty, the gaze when in Masayu campus, poetry, Levi’s pants, litotes, tract eat chicken noodles, watch a movie, eat in a fancy restaurant, eat in a, the event at the turn of the year, clubbing in CS, about the consent of Masayu's parents, hope—all just a play. The series of stories become points. Then the dots form a round line. His decision to remove all hope.
Another hope was waiting for him, another hope, that would carry him out of these shackles.
“Bu...” Rama gasping. “Besok Rama will send Mother to Twenty Six Ilir Market. Continue.. Rama would like to meet Nyayu.”
