
The days of Bani and Namira passed beautifully. The new Moon holiday is about to begin tomorrow. Bani will go see her grandmother on Je island while Namira will also meet her grandmother on Te island. Before they left, they exchanged messages.
Bani, be careful on the road.
message sent by Namira.
Ready. You be careful too.
Reply Bani
The journey is quite long due to heavy traffic flow. Even to queue a ship to Je Island before finally arriving at the island Te turned out to last up to 3 hours.
Bani, I'm still in port. Lining the sea ship. My family and I have been here for an hour. (Namira sent a message)
Oh yeah? I'm also in port. Which car is your family next door? let's meet up. (Bani retaliates)
Namira got out of the car but did not dare to go far. Getting lost if in fact his parents' car has entered the ship will certainly create new problems.
Our car will soon enter the ship. Yes because we've been here for over an hour (reply Namira)
Oh, my family's car is still in the back queue. We arrived about 30 minutes ago. (reply to Bani).
Eventually Namira boarded the ship and arrived at Je Island. He did not inform Bani. The journey still continues one day to go to another port before heading to the island of Te.
That night, Namira's father chose not to stay the night. He kept driving and looking for dinner. Just then a car had an accident until it caught fire. Namira remembered Bani. 10 O'clock at night. He and Bani have not exchanged messages yet.
Bani, have you arrived? I saw an accident. May we all be safe until our destination and return to our destination.
Not long after that Bani replied.
Namira, you haven't slept? I'm already on Je island. Don't think weird. Happy holidays!
Namira smiles reading Bani's message. Thank goodness the guy she likes is okay. The trip to Te Island was a lot of fun. Even though he did not like the environment where his grandmother lived, now he has another activity that can make him happy is to contact Bani.
Days change. Namira's still on her way. A message came from his phone.
Namira, where have you been? (Bani sent a message)
I'm still on the road. It feels so tired.
Reply Namira.
Bani also replied.
Yes, far away Te island. The butt can take root.
Namira just laughed reading Bani's message. He did not reply anymore because typing in the car made him dizzy.
In the afternoon Namira arrived at Te Island. It was warmly welcomed there. That day he no longer sent messages with Bani. So tired, he fell asleep.
tring...
namira's phone rang. A message came in from Bani.
Namira, have you arrived yet? I didn't send any more messages yesterday because I was so tired. I went to my brother's houses.
Namira smiled reading it. He replied to Bani's message and prepared breakfast. There were many of his brothers waiting. One thing that makes him lazy is talking. How not? They are always asking for expensive things.
"Come aunt. It could be." Answer Namira casually.
"But aunt asked for the watch you wear? that must be expensive. Aunt take you for a walk. Wages of the watch."
Namira rolled her eyeballs. He thought it would be like this. Well, instead of getting bored here, he should just accept his tant offer. Moreover, the watch he used was not up to a hundred thousand. Understandably, on the island of Te is still very primitive.
They also take a walk on public transport.
"Huh? like this mall gede?" inner Namira.
The place was more like a market with various shops in it plus a supermarket that sold various needs. Only the supermarket has AC.
"Namira took her aunt to the AC. It can't stand the hot market-like environment. Arriving there, there was a silver ring salesman. The ring has a pair. There are carvings on its surface and can actually be carved names inside. Unfortunately if you want to be carved you have to wait the next day.
"Tante, wait a minute, okay? Namira wants to look around the ring". Namira.
"Make boyfriend? Why did you buy it? He dong should have bought it." Said aunt Key.
Namira doesn't care. He still bought a pair of lightweight silver rings even though he did not know the size of Bani's fingers. He was happy to step home. Namira's father took Mama and Namira to sleep at his father's house, not at Grandma's. Indeed Namira's father had built a house near Aunt Key. Every day Aunt Key cleans up. That afternoon the wind blew. Namira's sister Firda is playing with her cousin, Iko. They suddenly fell down and cried. Aunt Iko ran, "Hurry to the house! That thing .raged!" Said aunt Key. Unfortunately, my house has a separate bathroom and kitchen. So when they want to go to the toilet they have to go out of the house and see the lush forest across the river behind the house.
"Tante, what's going on?" ask Namira.
"It used to be that people from other islands came here. The Astral Tribe is called. They had a fight with the residents here and there was murder. Aunty often sees them headless walking around here. They also ask the animals to eat." Aunt Key's words are scared.
"Aunty, why can aunty see them? Who's aunty really?" ask Namira.
"Tante Key used to be an Astral tribe like mama. But mama has faded her ability to see Astral beings or hear conversations of animals and plants. But Aunt Key still has her abilities." Obviously mama Namira.
"But if you don't go to the toilet at night. Don't leave the house!" said aunt Key.
"If he speaks, listen. Sometimes I can still listen." continued mama Namira.
"Don't mbak! the danger! better not deal with them!" Prevent aunt Key. Namira also shakes. He remembered Bani.
Bani, there's something creepy here.
Namira sent a message. Until nightfall, Bani did not reply. The night is out of electricity. It really freaks out. Firda cried while mom and dad calmed her down.
Bani, I want to go home! Namira said in her heart. He was really scared.
"Dad, tomorrow we'll just sleep at Grandma's." Bargain Namira.
"There's too much noise. We've been living in the city all this time. It's more comfortable here, in the interior." Answer Father.
Bani, why don't you return my message?
Namira continued to bathe until she fell asleep.
***
Bani still hasn't replied to Namira's message. The woman panicked and called. He called many times, but there was no response.
Bani, what's wrong with you?
Namira wondered again.