One Hundred Eighty Degrees

Childhood

The aroma that smelled the smell of the ground sign of the first rain this season last night. The dews are tangled spoiled at the end of the foliage and wet the body of the weeds. Puddles filled the potholes of unpaved roads. The expanse of rice is green in some places and also yellow in some other places. Forming a neatly arranged box descending. The scenery of the countryside is quite beautiful and ready to spoil the eyes of the visitors.

From a distance, two children were busy playing and running among the haystacks in the middle of the rice field. One of them carries a large concave-shaped container. While others only armed with a small celurit that is not too sharp. It could be said that it was just a toy squeak.

Arinal Haque is a young woman who is still in the fourth grade of elementary school.  Long hair and long hair. Round-eyed decorated by lentic eyelashes. The other child who was with him was the Word.  A distant brother who was two years older than him.

“Mas!  Here there are many!” arin exclaimed with excitement. His slightly shabby appearance signifies that he has not yet taken a bath.  Sepagi chose to go to the rice field with friends and relatives far away.  It happened to be a school holiday for both of them. 

“Where?” tanya Firman as he walked towards Arin and also the haystack that Arin had pointed at.

“This loh mas, inside this haystack.” Arin answered while pointing at a heap that was quite large compared to the other haystacks around him.

“Try you open!” the Word's Commandment to Arin.

“No want ah, I'm scared!” arin replied quickly. He instead chose to step a little further away from the haystack that he had just pointed at.

“Fear what the hell deck?” ask Firman while starting his action to reveal the straw with a small celurit in his hand.

Sure enough, with one flick of the Word made amazed and also happy. It looks in it lined with some pretty big mushrooms. Straw mushrooms are one of the many types of mushrooms that can be consumed by humans. This type of mushroom is commonly called a mushroom. Mushrooms are one of the species of mushrooms that have high nutrition. So many people who process it into a delicious meal.

“I'm afraid there's a thousand feet.” Arin answered explaining the reason for his fear. “Tell you guys, the thousand feet if you bite people can make you sick. If it hurts, he says there is no cure!  The cure is only the moon and the Star of Doang can cure,” said Arin continued the explanation of the reason just now. Hearing this immediately makes the Word surprised and laugh out loud. He could not help but laugh out of his little mouth. Holding his stomach with his right hand.

“Ish, what the hell?  Not funny shit! Ari is really scared.” Arin was a little annoyed by the response of the Word who did not take his fear seriously. Instead of calming his worried heart, the Word laughed at his explanation.

“Yeah deck!  Where is the Moon and Stars can be used as medicine?” ask Word a little bit of a teasing. “Partially who can take it?”

“Yes, that's what my friends say!  I was just trying to tell you. Look out!  You actually got bitten by a thousand feet!” Said Arin seriously while scaring the Word.

“Ah, I am not afraid! Where is?” Firman chose to be busy picking mushrooms that grew heavily in the haystack that he had just opened. “News how you trust deck!” he shouted at Arin who still chose to stay away from where he was.

“This deck!  Help me get the mushrooms! This is quite a lot of tablets, cook the mas must take it yourself?” his orders slightly forced Arin against his fear. “Awas yes! You also eat the mushrooms!” his orders again with a slightly threatening tone.

With a slightly doubtful and full of misgivings. Arin slowly advanced towards the direction the Word was. A few seconds later after he was right next to the Word. An idea that was a little fad suddenly occurred in the mind of the Word. He immediately looked for a small brown animal that had many legs among the haystack that he had taken from the mushrooms. After finding one, he immediately held it in his left hand swiftly.

“Dek! Why your hands?” say the Word with a tone full of worry.  Though it was only his wits in carrying out the mission that was in his mind.

“Emang why my hand?” arin replied while raising both of his hands and paying attention by flipping through both of his palms.

“This is it first!  I think there was something just now!” insist Firman full of theatrics.

“Aaan anyway?  There is nothing!” once again Arin checked the palms of two hands that were nothing there.

“Yeah, come here first! I want to see the deck!  You see something just came to your hand!” again the Word half forced Arin to show his hand.  Arin innocently thrust both hands right in front of the face of the Word while opening wide both palms.

Seeing that, Firman immediately put a thousand feet that size is quite large in the palm of Arin's hand. Arin who had not realized that in fact he was being bullied by Word reflex surprised and screamed loudly. Soon he cast down the beast which he thought was the most disgusting on the face of the earth. Not only that, he was also reflexively crying at once.

“Mas Evil Word!” he said shortly after he finally chose to run away from the face of the Word.

Instead of apologizing or regretting, Word instead chose to laugh at Arin's attitude which he thought was funny.

The next day, Firman looks for Arin who usually leaves for school together. But this morning when he picked her up at home on his ontel bike. He did not find Arin but Grandma Aminah who was busy taking care of her favorite flowers. According to Grandma, Arin deliberately went first to ask Mr. Lukman anther. The gardener at Arin's grandmother's house. Looks like Arin is still angry with the incident yesterday morning in the rice field. Naturally he was angry with the nosy behavior of the Word. Moreover, the Word did not come to just persuade or apologize to Arin.

At school he immediately looks for Arin to his class. After arriving there he found Arin who was sitting on the bench row number three while holding a pencil in his right hand and a sharpener in his left hand. He was very focused on his favorite pencil. So it is not aware that there is someone who has been watching and also approached him.

“Arin!” greet the Word while bluffing the table in front of Arin.  Arin was shocked and immediately raised his face.  Seeing that it was the Word He immediately knitted his two eyebrows together and turned in another direction. Regardless of the sweet smiling Word towards him.

“Hey, how did you leave first?” ask Word.

Arin silently did not answer. Still busy with the pencil sharpener in his hand.

“Arin!” call the Word once more.

Instead of answering the called instead choose to go through the Word who still hopes for an answer from his greeting.

Seeing Arin's behavior, Word finally followed from behind.

“He deh. Mas sorry!” said Firman as he walked ahead of Arin and turned to face Arin. He said the words while holding both his ears.

Realize that the Word is blocking his way. Arin chose to stop and look at the face of the Word.

Arin breathed a heavy sigh.

Hearing that question Word slightly frowned and thought.

“Ghost!” answer's short.

“After that!” arin said a little annoyed.

The Word began to put on a more serious face than before.

“Tikus!”

“After that!” arin exclaimed, raising his voice because he was getting annoyed.

“What else is well?” said Firman while scratching his head that does not itch. “Do not know I deck! I know those two!”

“Ok, I know ya. Number three is a thousand feet! And mas with a stand of nakut-nakutin I use the beast!”

“Yes, I don't know the deck! Apologize yes?” ask the Word while putting together his palms.

“Gak!” arin answered and shook off the hand of the Word. He walked through the Word that was still standing.

The Word does not know the word surrender. He keeps following Arin from behind.

“Oh, I have something for you!” word a little provoking Arin's curiosity.

Arin remained silent and ignored the words of the Word.

“OK, if you don't want to. Though this is a very pretty thing and you definitely love it.”

“Bodo’ I don't care!” arin said while sneering.

“Totally? Watch out nyesel yah! I only have one loh. And this is only the only one in the world right now.”

“Important!”

“OK, keep ramming. I don't want to get dizzy. My friend much.” Word started bluffing a little.

Arin turned and approached the Word. Their faces are now close together.

“Mana?” asked Arin while thrusting her palm.

“He doesn't matter?”

“Uh, yes if not the intention!” sumpul Arin was getting annoyed because he felt played.

“Eh, uh, uh, wait a minute!” Firman grabbed Arin's hand that was almost gone.

“This!” Said the Word while putting something in Arin's hand.

Arin opened his hand and saw what was there.

“Wah! This?” he said in amazement and half in disbelief. A necklace with a mermaid-shaped pendant. The most beloved cartoon character Arin. The locket is made of Clay. Looks beautiful and unique. It is seen how much effort the maker has done. Arin stared hard at the Word.

“It was me who made it myself with my hands.” Say Firman prides himself on having managed to make a necklace as beautiful as that.

“Like?” ask the Word to make sure that his efforts are not in vain.

“Gotly like! Thanks!” Arin smiled happily.

“So I'm forgiven right?” ask the Word again.

Not answering. Arin steps away with a winning smile.

This is the life that happens between the two.  Friendships that are sometimes decorated by quarrels still do not make the two hostile.

Until one day an important event separated their friendship. The divorce of Arin's parents made him have to join his mother to another city. He was forced to separate from his beloved father and grandmother in the village. Arin does not understand why her parents chose to separate.

Little Arin could only feel sadness as well as a feeling of loss. But he never dared to ask what really happened. He could only cry alone and feel the sadness alone. Without friends to share like the Word.