Renjana Dusk Kala

Chapter 52. The Wind Nan Tau Misses

The Wind Nan Tau Misses

(Let the wind know long - Minang-language)

- taken from the title song Minang sung by Febian-

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Jakarta

Pocktail

Three days after the marriage contract and walimatul 'urs simple, with a heavy heart accompanied by tears of tears broke, he finally left Muarabungo, the city full of memories.

"How many times have you been away?" Asked the handsome young man who had officially become her husband, bang Is. When they are sitting in front of the ticket sales agency. Waiting for a bus to take them to Jakarta.

He who is not used to chatting with bang Is just silently lowered his head. Confused in choosing words to answer. During the three days of marriage, they hardly had time for both. Because busy receiving guests and relatives.

"Oh ...." Bang Is's voice sounded smiling. "This is the second?"

Bang Is's guess made him look over.

"The first time went from Idi Rayeuk to Langsa? Continue to Medan? Continue to Muarabungo?" Bang Is was really smiling. And he was stunned when he saw their smiles adorn that handsome face.

How humiliating. Whereas for the past three days, he had seen bang Is smile a lot and happy this. But the response is always the same, which is enchanted.

"Former Adek is still this ...." Bang Is placed his right hand in front of his chest as if he was measuring something. "It still can't wear a hijab."

He was shrinking.

"Adek's hair is falling apart everywhere." Bang Is laughed at her reaction. "Where along the way kept crying. It's getting messy."

He nodded in disagreement. Recollecting her tear-filled journey all those years ago. When leaving the wave of the hand bang Umair at Langsa terminal.

But none of the sentences worked. But even so, the corner of his eye still moving actively caught the gerik bang Is who was taking something from inside the bag.

"It."

He again nodded in ignorance. When bang Is held out a black box-shaped object connected by a cable towards him.

"For friends on the road." Bang Is smiled. "Let's not get bored."

He noticed the thing that continued to be extended by bang Is. The black box that says Sony in the middle of it turns out to be a walkman.

"We will pass through rubber forests, palm forests, and other wilderness," continued bang Is. "This walkman could be a friend on the trip."

"In case you get tired of hearing the song of choice from the driver." Again bang Is smiling.

"It's more comfortable in the ear than to have to hear the whining of a coarse child," continued bang Is, this time while pointing at a small child who was walking to and fro around the waiting room.

She smiled as she watched Agam, her sister-in-law who was noticed every time she asked her mother-in-law, relentlessly.

"That's what, Mom?"

"Why is this?"

"Why is that?"

"There's a cassette." The voice of Bang Is distracts him from Agam's agility.

When looking to the side, bang Is is pressing one of the buttons to make the walkman open. Showing a tape in it.

"There's a radio too." Now bang Is shows a button that says FM/AM radio. Then he took the walkman into his hand. Because he was just silently staring no reaction whatsoever.

"Thank you" he whispered while still looking down. Look at the walkman in the hand with a racing heart.

And after almost two hours of waiting, finally the bus they were waiting for came as well. But because the bus they ride is the direction of Padang-Jakarta, then not many passengers who ride from ticket sales agents. Just a few people. Including the four of them.

"I want to sit with Brother." Agam pointed towards him while laughing cheerfully. Agam even directly pulled his arm to sit down immediately.

"Neither brother." Bang Is warned her sister before the bus left.

But Agam did not answer. Just nodding while soaring with excitement on the chair.

"That's what, brother?" And the intelligent boy began to ask all the things that they had gone through. Exactly as he often heard when Agam asked Mamak.

Unfortunately, the joy did not last long. Because not until an hour later, Agam suddenly turned quiet and looked weak. No more asking about everything.

The climax is, when Agam vomits all the contents of the stomach without exception. He immediately helped by holding out a scraping bag that had been provided in the seat pocket. While occasionally massaging the nape and rubbing the small back.

But Agam started whining. Ask to move sit with mom.

That was the first time, he was able to sit next to the bang Is, without any bulkhead between them.

"Excuse me," bang Is said as she reached out past his body. Pulling a lever next to his seat. Make the seat back move more tilted back.

"So comfortable?" Bang Is still set the lever and adjust the seat backrest slope.

He nodded without intending to try his comfort.

"Try it first." Bang Is raised an eyebrow asking him to try.

He complies by leaning his back backwards. Then he nodded in agreement.

"If this ...." Now bang Is turned to pulling something that was located below his knee. "To support the feet. Let's not cape."

He nodded again when his knees reached his calves suddenly raised upwards.

"You want to wear it now?" Tawar bang Is.

This time he nodded. "Later on."

'Ooh. let the wind know you miss.

(let the wind know that I miss)

Ooh. let the wind nan ibo ko heart grate'

(let the wind that pity my heart ache)

(Febian, let the wind miss you)

And along the way, the bus plays Minang songs that sound fun to the ear. A moment made him forget the walkman in his grasp.

"After this ... we will pass through the Sumatra Sarolangun Lubuk Linggau crossing," whispered bang Is. When the bus they were riding on came out of the Bangko terminal.

"When you first pass by ...."

He immediately shifted to the side nervously, when a puff of breath bang Is felt warm touching his cheek.

"A lot of jumping squat."

He was surprised and looked to the side.

"The windshield of the bus is topped with a trellis." Bang Is pointed to the windshield of the bus which was coated with trellis and wire.

"Because someone likes throwing stones."

He was listening to the story of Bang Is. Just knowing if the path they will pass turns out to be quite alarming.

"In the forest Lubuk Linggau even a driver dared to crash and begal."

It's getting shrunken. "Why was it hit?"

"If not hit later even endanger all passengers," replied bang Is with a serious mimic. "Could be a bus robbed the same herd of begal."

"The forest is too broad, the road is quiet, there are minimal traffic signs and street lighting." Bang Is shook his head. "The safest might be hit by a bump in the middle of the road."

But he suddenly remembered something. "Are you scaring?" Ask suspiciously.

Bang Is just smiled while shrugging her shoulders. It made him sigh in disbelief. Then hurriedly turned his face to the side of the window. Pay attention to the passing night.

When he turned back to the side, it turned out that bang Is had leaned his head and fell asleep. Make him reach for the cable connected to the walkman. Then put it in both ears.

First of all, he pressed the FM radio button. But, perhaps because it was on its way, the radio waves caught on were very few. And with a less clear voice.

He decides to turn off the radio and press the play button. Trying to listen to the tapes stored in the walkman.

'It is you who I miss

tuk became a flower in my heart

Be the shade of the heart on my journey

On my way'

(Seismic, It is You)

It was the first song he heard. Not a song by a famous band or pop singer. I don't know whose song this is. But the beautiful lyrics made him look to the side. Staring at the sleeping bang Is. A clean face with a pointed nose and thick eyebrows it looked so calm and peaceful.

"Where? Like songs?"

He was surprised when bang Is said with eyes closed. Making him blush in shame because he was caught watching silently. Then hurriedly turned his face to the side window.

But Bang Is just grabbed his hand. Then link the fingers of the two of them tightly.

'Linda be with me

in every second I do’ you

When time is separated

stay here in my heart

Yes Rabbi, allow us

to watch s’lalu in your path

Dinda do’amu

release thirst in the tiredness of the soul'

(Seismic, It is You)

He doesn't know how to behave. Whether smiling happily or crying sadly.

But a smile given bang Is managed to publish his courage to lean his head on the sturdy shoulder. Entrust oneself completely to the captain of the ark. Leaving the sad past behind. Take away the Nyanyak forever. Relieve the disappearance of Umair bang without news. Go to a new foreign place. With a new family. Can he survive?

"Dad?"

Someone whispered right in his ear. Making a warm puff of breath feel gently caressing the skin of his face.

"Do you see the sea at night?"

The whisper of bang Is suddenly awakened her. Calculated since the bus came out of the Lubuk Linggau area. Then stop for a short rest in Tanjung Enim and Way Kanan areas. He always sleeps well.

While rubbing glare eyes due to exposure to fluorescent light on the bus. He began to look around. And when looking out the window, the writing is displayed in large size.

BAKAUHENI PORT OF CROSSING

He looked at Bang Is who was smiling.

"Never seen the sea at night, have you?"

He shook.

One of the few good memories that are still strong imprinted is when he was a child, the father often invited him to play around on the beach Idi Cut. Beautiful beaches with fine sand and spruce trees that spoil the eyes, they visit almost every Sunday morning. But already back home before Azan Dzuhur reverberated. That is why he never saw the beauty of the sea at night.

"Now we see." Bang Is still smiling.

As soon as the bus goes into the hull of the ship. He and the rest of the bus passengers began to disembark to move onto the boat.

Bang Is held Agam who was soundly asleep. Mamak held her hand tightly.

"Don't get separated" whispered mamak with a face full of worry. "Today's passengers are very crowded. Can get lost if separated."

They walked up the winding stairs leading to the top of the deck. But unfortunately, the benches and seats available are fully filled.

After walking around, they finally found an empty stool right in front of the toilet door. Bang Is was about to turn back to find another place that was more comfortable. But mamak prevented.

"Just here." Mamak grabbed Agam from the sling bang Is. "Passengers are booming. It is not easy to find an empty place. This chair is our sustenance."

"Pocut is sitting here ...." Keep mamak moving a little. Leave a narrow gap for him.

But bang Is shook her head. "I'd like to take Adek to see the sea for a minute."

He asked for my mother's approval.

"Be careful." Mama looked at the two of them with worry. "Wind is tight. The waves are high."

And before he could say thank you for being allowed to see the sea, bang Is had already pulled his hand past a group of people heading to the back of the ship.

"We start from ... stern ...." Bang Is spread both hands to the side.

But he can't see anything. The atmosphere of the night was so dark and thick. There is only one spotlight on the back. He could see clearly the flickering lights of the Bakauheni port they had just left.

"Good bye!" Suddenly bang Is jumped while waving her hands up high. "See you soon!"

He nodded in wonder. Moreover, some people around them began to notice the strange behavior bang Is.

"Nobody?" His complaints don't believe.

Bang Is laughing. "Indeed."

Then grab his right hand to wave along.

"Cadaver! See you soon!" Excited bang Is as if there were a group of people who were releasing their departure.

He immediately pulled his hand from the clutches of the bang Is. Then push it down. Shame because people are paying more attention to their behavior.

"Gee!" But bang Is took his hand again. "Dadah used to be the same."

"See you soon! Brother!" Excited bang Is while waving her right hand high. "That! Risyad's brother and Umair are waving at us."

"Dadah Brother! Pray for us, Bang!"

He pulled his hand back from the clutches of the bang Is. This time it was louder and crying.

"Why crying?" Now replace the bang Is who frowned in wonder. But he had run away leaving the stern with tears in his eyes.

"Sorry."

He knew that Is was walking after him. And now he's standing behind his back. But he pretended to ignore.

While gripping the fence (railing) of the ship tightly. His eyes glared far through the darkness of the night. It looks flickering one or two lights coming from another ship. The rest is black and thick.

"Don't apologize."

It shrinks tears and the tip of the nose using the back of the hand. While the wind was blowing fast began to fly the end of the skirt and hijab that was being worn. While the sea waves are high enough as if to shake the ship to the right and to the left.

"Why?" Tanya bang Is astonished when he sat down but his hands still gripped the railing of the ship.

"Dizziness." He closed his eyes tightly with one hand smothering his mouth. "You're vomiting."

Bang Is laughing. "Sea drunk."

"This ...." Bang Is grabbed her shoulder to stand up. "We're just going inside."

Only then could he stand with great difficulty, suddenly from the front came the roar and noise of the other passengers.

"THE SHIP IS GOING TO DROWN!"

"PLEASE! HELP!"

The hysterical screams made the passengers around them start to panic. A number of people were seen running around taking buoys. Even to fight because the number is less.

Women were screaming, children were crying, takbir and istighfar voices were heard everywhere.

While high waves and very strong winds increasingly shake the ship to the right and to the left quite hard.

BYUR!

The huge waves made the sea water hit the edge of the ship. Some managed to wet them until they were soaked.

People are running around. Something is stepped on. Someone is vomiting. And he could only tightly grip Bang Is's hand while crying.

"Did you?" He gasped even more when bang Is forced to let go of their hand grip.

"Get in! Find mamak and Agam!" Command bang Is with shiny eyes.

He shook hard. "No way!"

The waves are getting louder. The atmosphere is uncontrollable. The ship is pitch black. He doesn't know where to find Mamak and Agam. He forgot where they were sitting.

"The ship will sink!" Excited bang Is with increasingly shiny eyes. "Abang find a buoy. Adek find mamak and Agam."

He still shook his head hard not to part.But bang Is had already released their grasp both of them.

"Dragon!" Panicked shouting.

"Find mamak!" Answer bang Is while running away. "Watch it back!"

He was back on the edge of the ship. With hand gripping tightly railing. While the sea water hurl increasingly heavy hit the edge.

BYUR!

His clothes were drenched again by the waves. Even the water inside the ship was already at an eye level.

He started to look around. People kept screaming and running in no direction. The children screamed in fear. With trembling knees, he began to walk in limp. While still holding on tightly to the railing, he tried to keep going.

"POCUTS! POCUTS!"

Someone was heard shouting his name. But not the sound of bang Is or mamak. It's a kind of foreign sound. Like he had heard it, even if I don't know where.

"POCUTS! POCUTS!"

The screams are heard again. This time it was more clearly from the front of the ship.

By strengthening his heart against fear, he tried to reach the front of the ship while still holding on to railing.

BYUR!

And the cry of fear immediately broke when he saw the fact that the ship's bridge had been hit by waves. A number of people who stood around him even got carried away by the current and drowned into the sea.

"Astaghfirullah ...." He cried while muttering istighfar many times. When someone came back to shout his name louder.

"POUTLET!"

Without thinking he immediately ran closer towards the direction of the sound. Defeat all fears. But he actually retreated backwards when he saw a figure who was shouting.

"HOLD MY HAND!" Shouted someone in a brown uniform with three flowers lined up on the collar. Hands out toward him.

He shook hard.

How could Tama be here?

How could Tama be here?

Didn't he just get married with a bang Is a few days ago?

Didn't he just go to Jakarta?

Nah!

He's shaking harder and harder.

Nah!

"POUTLET!" This time, my mother called him. "HANDED!"

A mama?

Why did you suddenly turn old?

Didn't the mother who took the bus from Muarabungo with him was still young?

"SISTER!"

He returned to the top.

"HURRY YOUR HANDS TO TAMA!"

A gaam?

He's getting aghast.

Agam who a few minutes ago was sleeping soundly in the cradle of mamak, why is he now a young man?

"MAMA!"

He's getting gasp.

The sasa?

Why is there Sasa's voice here?

He tried hard to keep his eyes up. Watching anyone who cries out for his name.

"MAY HELP, MA! GO, MA!"

"BELIEVE ME!" Tama continued to extend her hand towards him.

But he was just fucked. Because he found mamak, Agam, Sasa, Umay, even Icad waiting for him above.

The ship almost certainly sank. The sea water entering the ship increased. His tears also flowed into the river.

"Bang Is!" He shouted with all his might so that Mamak and Agam could hear. "Bang Is is taking a buoy!"

Mamak and Agam shook their heads.

"I'm waiting for Bang Is!" His screams with tears.

"POUTLET!" Tama called his name back.

"THE HAND OF MAS TAMA, BROTHER!" Agam increasingly exclaims.

But he shook his head.

"I'm waiting for Bang Is" she cried.

While a loud bang was heard from the direction of the bridge. Following the rising sea water filled the ship. It was just stuck in place. Hope bang Is shows up while carrying a buoy.

With the sound of Agam and Sasa screaming his name. He began to recite any prayer that could be remembered. Because soon he will be carried away by the current. Drowned because he could not swim.

That's when someone grabbed his waist.

"Trust me." Whisper the man right in his ear. The screams of fear from the passengers of the ship. Throw it on the bed. Sweat and tears.

"Astaghfirullahal'adzim ...." With trembling lips he immediately begged for protection.

Look at the entire wall of the room with gratitude. Kissing Sasa's sleeping forehead. Feeling relieved because the terrible thing that had just been experienced was just a dream. Sleeping flowers.

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Remarks :

Walimatul'urs.: commonly known as a wedding feast, is a banquet held in connection with marriage (source: Wikipedia).