
Caramel's gaze was fixed on the buoy hanging on his left, he looked around hesitantly about to take the buoy. But given Rafka's words on the phone, Caramel had the courage to pick up and put on a lifeguard even though no one else was wearing it. Let the people think it strange, the important thing is that Caramel has done as Rafka directs.
"Raptain you?" Jane sees Caramel astonished at the sudden installation of a buoy.
"Rafka said there will be a high wave, I want to use just in case, you want to use it too?" Caramel whispered in fear of making the other passengers panic.
"Seriously you?" Jane glared frantically as she picked up the buoy on the left side of the ship.
"Love Doni too." Pinta Caramel's.
Without asking any more questions Jane gave a buoy to Doni. He believes in Rafka if the man says about the waves or anything related to the weather because Rafka does work in that field. There's no way Rafka is joking, Jane knows Rafka isn't a man who likes to joke.
Caramel stuffed her phone and wallet into a small, clear bag that happened to be waterproof. Models of such bags are trending lately, Caramel feels lucky to use the bag at this time.
"This ship is going to drown?" Jane asked frantically to Caramel who was pretending to be calm.
"May not." Caramel shook his head, even though he was a swimmer but still this deep ocean can not be equated with a pool. "Lagian Rafka says this is just in case, I'm sure this ship is strong enough."
Jane leaned her body on the seat not calm, as strong as any man-made ship will still be destroyed too if hit by a big wave.
Caramel realized that the once bright sky turned dark covered in cloudy, the wind was blowing very fast with a light drizzle. Caramel prayed in his heart that the ship would reach Gilimanuk harbor safely. Caramel hugged her own body that felt cold, so she was afraid to imagine bad things happening to them.
"Let's!" Some passengers screamed when they felt the boat bobbing stronger than usual. The inside of the ship is also slightly tilted due to the waves.
"Inform passengers to use buoys hanging on the right and left sides of the ship, please be calm do not make a fuss, the current waves are almost three meters." The sound of a notification from the loudspeaker made the passengers boisterous, although asked not to make a fuss but still they were rowdy and panicked.
"I'm scared of it." Jane clasped Doni's hand sitting next to her.
Caramel was holding on to the buoy he was wearing, wouldn't he drown with this buoy?
Attention, the current wave reached three meters.
Caramel's ears pick up the sound from the talkies. Why high waves so fast came, the sea was calm even Caramel and Jane had come out and capture the moment.
Officers standing in the middle of a row of passenger seats seemed to try to stay calm, hiding their anger so as not to make passengers panic.
Suddenly the passengers screamed in panic as they felt a strong hit on the body of the ship until a while later the ship became tilted to the left side. The goods were dragged following the slope of the ship.
"Get out of the boat!" A female officer told passengers to get out of the boat as soon as possible before the boat they were on actually sank.
"Sir, let's get off the boat, we'll get the other boat to evacuate the passengers, swim as far away from the boat as possible and try to stay together." The woman pulled Caramel out of the chair.
"Come on." Doni held Jane's hand to calm her down even though she was panicking herself.
Caramel was stunned, he could not walk upright on the increasingly tilted floor of the ship. Other passengers also shouted in panic, some of whom had already jumped off the ship after using the buoys as directed by the officers.
"Lu swimmer right, in the count of three we have to jump." Jane looked at the pale Caramel. He was no less afraid even his entire body was trembling but trying to stay calm because panic would only make him lose his confidence even more.
The byurr!!
Doni jumps first, he stretches his arms ready to catch Jane's body.
Caramel closed his eyes taking a deep breath, suddenly Rafka's handsome face appeared in his mind. Caramel smiled bitterly, he was not an ABG anymore but why he could not solve the problem in an adult way. Caramel has acted rashly to the point of going so far as to ignore all of Rafka's remarks when she just needs to suppress her ego a little bit in order to avoid misunderstanding. And now what? regret is of no use.
Forgive my selfish nature, you can only pray that you can be born into the world safely.
The cold of the sea water instantly embraced their bodies that were trembling with fear. The rain fell increasingly heavy making the atmosphere more tense. Where was the sun that was shining so bright?
High waves make it difficult for them to swim, the buoys worn still make them oscillate in the waves.
"Where are the people who can't swim?" Caramel looked back, the ship they were riding on was getting tilted even more half the ship's body had sunk.
"We're using buoys, they're all safe." Jane is optimistic.
Caramel shook his head, "go see some people don't use lifeboats." His voice trembled, he imagined some people could not be saved from not wearing lifeboats. "Gee!" Caramel grimacing.
"Why?" Jane saw Caramel panicking.
"Gue wetting?" Caramel swerved, not sure of what he was saying, but that was how he felt.
Doni stifled laughter hearing Caramel's words, maybe at a time like this Caramel can still laugh. But Jane was different, she looked at Caramel in fear.
"Seriously wet the bed?" The question made sure that Caramel was just accidentally urinating.
"Eh but how much?" Caramel grimaced with pain in his lower abdomen, he had felt cramps a few times before but now it hurts more.
"Lu hold on to my husband." Jane asks Caramel to hold on to Doni. "Pa, it's like Caramel broke his membranes."
"Here-here." Doni pulled Caramel's arm and wrapped it around his neck, he saw Caramel's lips begin to turn blue. They're all cold but Doni and Jane are more worried about Caramel's condition because she's pregnant.
"Jane, if I die my son can still live, right?" Caramel glanced at Jane weakly.
"Lu said what the hell!" Jane glared in dislike at Caramel's remark.
"Gue's sorry for bringing you here, I should have gone myself." Caramel's lips trembled, he grimaced with stomach heartburn. "Cold." He said raucously, he was crying in the rain and the waves that hit them. Caramel had no idea what she was feeling right now, sick, cold and sorry. If he can't be saved, he hopes Rafka will forgive him. Caramel never felt like a good wife to Rafka even though Rafka had always been the ideal husband for her.
Doni tightened Caramel's hand grip on her neck while trying to keep swimming.
"Close your mouth!" Jane snapped, she swam to the right side to see an officer not far from them. "Mas, when's the relief ship coming?" Ask.
"We've already contacted other ships, they'll come as soon as possible." Answer the officer.
"Mas, my friend is pregnant, please save her first."
"We'll save everyone."
Jane nodded faintly, "How!" He shouted back to Caramel and Doni.
"Aah my stomach hurts vow!" Caramel bit her lip to see Jane.
"Lu must survive, another ship will come and evacuate everything."
Caramel clenched her hands tightly, the cold getting pierced into the bone. His mouth was salty and slightly warm, the only warmth he could currently feel, it came from the blood flowing on his lips. Caramel had bitten her lips too hard to bleed.
Caramel so remember his dream as a child was to swim freely in the sea, in the rain without anyone telling him to go home. Such a beautiful dream in Caramel's shadow now turned into a tragedy that could have taken his life.
Caramel's eyes closed again, the corner of her lips raised to form a smile. His head fell on Doni's neck. When it happened Jane was screaming hysterically calling Caramel's name. Jane's voice is getting faint in Caramel's ears muffled by rain or because he has indeed lost consciousness.