Red Cape

4

My heart skipped a beat as they still looked at me sharply, reluctant to turn away his savage gaze.

I don't know why I'm moving my steps forward, approaching them. My curiosity is getting bigger. Now they laugh again, even louder, and keep staring at me, as if I were a joke to them.

The tone of the song is now played, the drum was hit hard. People danced unconscious, they seemed to forget about. What's the matter?

I was right around those who were dancing with increasingly loud laughter. Making my eardrum buzz in pain.

Something was flowing from my ear. Bloods. My ears bleed, until they drip down my neck. Makes my neck hurt, though,

it hurt so much that I couldn't make my voice.

With my palan raised my head, my gaze only focused on the players who were eating the glass fragments. They felt no pain and continued to eat until I saw their necks bleeding. Just like me, my neck is bleeding.

The people around me laughed even more loudly, they no longer saw me but the Lumping Horse players.

Without being able to prevent my feet by themselves from approaching those lumping Horse players. Approaching them without fear of getting hurt with their speedy run. Until my feet were in the midst of them all, in the midst of the Jumping Horse players.

My body moves on its own, my soul seems to want to be removed from its body. I cannot control my own body. Seeing how the lumping horse player who was riding the toy horse stopped, along with the dance and drum music that also stopped, they all looked at me.

Very scared, my body shivered in fear, my neck hurt, making my voice restrained. In a cry I stared at Sari under a large banyan tree in the red soil of the cemetery. He just stared at me without any intention of helping me. The desire to get to him made me run with all my might, releasing the shackles that ensnared me. I ran over to Sari, and the lumping horse player also ran after me. I forget, they like the red color around my neck.

Seeing me running Sari was still silent, her face was cold with no expression. His hand was stretched out in the direction where I was. It made me unconsciously smile.

My guess was wrong, my breath choked. Sari choked my neck, adding to the pain I couldn't say.

•••

"Become...! Dara wake...!"

"Huh. huh. I'm Sar's nightmare!" Dara clasped Sari's hand tightly. His breath hunts, sweat pouring out around his temples.

"Drink first Dar!"

I gulped down the water from Sari, my breath was still hunting, my heartbeat was beating twice as fast. Unknowingly I touched my neck, the pain with blood continuously splattering overshadowed my memories.

"Dar, you don't papa?"

"Gue now again why-why Sar?"

"Dar, it's good to go back to Jakarta!"

I was stunned to hear Sari say that. This holiday feels wrong. In those few minutes Sari and I just kept quiet in the attitude, immersed in our own thoughts. Until, Sesa made us aware.

"Hello...! On the night again!" Sesa and Repa stood in front of me and Sari. They look fresh again after a long journey.

"Are you not in the shower yet?" Repa looked strangely at me and Sari.

"Gue. Dara is not yet!"

Sari's words involuntarily made me stare at my body and the three of them took turns. It's true, here it looks like I'm the one who hasn't changed clothes.

"Tumben lo woke up Sar's bad luck? Cepet bath, from earlier Deno ngerengek want to walk around the village!" Repa patted my shoulder slowly.

I nodded, slightly squeezing my hair as a form of impingement from the mess of my mind. "Yes, you can go first. I'll be followed!" I had a good smile at the time I showed it. As if I was waking up.

"That's how we go first!" Sesa pulled out Repa and Sari's hands, closing the door slowly. Leaving me alone in the silence of the morning.

The small window beside me distracted my attention. The glare from the scorching sun did not scare me when looking at him. There, in the red soil of the cemetery, under the big banyan tree, was a little boy with an ape standing there.

My feather bristles bristled, I immediately decided my gaze. Closing the curtains from the small window in front of me. It's good to ignore all the weirdness.

"Where's Rep?" Sosor Deno finds Dara with them.

"He's taking a shower!"

"Mandi? Who really lo, Dara where maybe take a shower. The guy he always takes the morning shower!" Deno evasive, the joke from Repa this morning is not at all funny.

"Sotoy. It's up to Dara dong to take a shower when!" Sesa menoyor Deno's head.

"Yes, yes.The habit is very much Sa, always my head. Tuh toyor a kelp let you be satisfied." Gerrutu Doni rubbed his head slowly. Makes them laugh for a moment over Danang's silence.

"Udah. Don't all laugh like this. My ears hurt!" Danang stared at all his friends did not like.

"Eh Nang's. Lo why? Don't sleep with the night?"

"Yes Sa. The boy did not sleep. Look at the panda's eyes!" Deno ejek without reply means from Danang. Danang mumbled softly, only to hear Sari who happened to be sitting next to him.