Santri Famiglia's

Duel

The blue sky is like the ocean. A child wearing a matching coloured jumper hoodie was crouching, looking at a cassava tree that was just approaching three weeks of age. The boy was performing his morning ritual which had become a mandatory routine. It's Sanubari.

After ending his obligations, Sanubari came out of the warm greenhouse. He put both of his palms into the pocket that was on his stomach. Sanubari breathed out of his mouth. Carbon dioxide smoke is also visible.

"Cold it."

This is the lowest temperature Sanubari has ever felt. The lowest temperature in Blitar district is seventeen degrees Celsius. According to him, such a low temperature is already very cold. Moreover, the conditions around Lake Garda this morning which reached nine degrees Celsius.

Sanubari is like being in a refrigeration closet when outdoors. The gust of wind made his body more goosebumps even though he was wearing a warm jumper. He kept walking with teeth grinding. The cold weather changed to warm when Sanubari entered the house.

This morning there was a different view. Suddenly, two children came running towards Sanubari. One of them greeted me first.

"Hi! You must be Sanubauri, right?" ask a short-haired boy.

"Yes, who are you, huh?" ask Sanubari.

"Meet me, I'm Kumbara!" The short-haired boy extended his hand.

Sanubari welcomes his hand. He watched the two children. They are both tall. Sanubari are only as tall as their ears.

"Greetings, I'm Sanubari."

"has known.

"Oh, yes. He he - he."

"I'm Embara. Just call me Em!" The long-haired child with two pigtails also extended his hand.

Sanubari shook Embara's hand. "Greetings too, Em! Your faces are the same. Luckily, your hairstyle is different."

"I don't want to have a similar face to him either. But, what can I do. We are twins" replied Embara.

"Oh, so you're both girls?" ask Sanubari.

"Have a son! I am a girl but I know this guy! I can prove it to you." Kumbara said.

"sorry. Your faces are the same. So I thought ...."

"You want to see the evidence?" bargain Kumbara that does not accept female.

"No-no!' reject Sanubari while shaking her head and making a gesture of rejection with both hands.

"I feel like I want to get big fast like papa. So, I could have a cooler voice and there would be no one to think of me as a woman anymore" grumbled Kumbara who was then laughed at by Embara.

The twins finally argue. There was actually something else that stole Sanubari's attention. However, these two boys were in a hurry.

Aeneas today looks different. He usually wears casual clothes. However, today he was wearing a neat suit. Besides, there is Dantae. Later, Dantae and Aeneas are seen chatting for a moment.

Afterwards, Aeneas approached Sanum and kissed him on the forehead. Next he walked up to Sanubari.

"Papa today looks different" Sanubari said.

"What's an ugly papa?" reply Aeneas.

"Papa is so cool!"

"Well, it turns out Uncle Aeneas can speak Indonesian," Kumbara said.

"Thank you to your father" Aeneas told Kumbara and Embara, "you are friends with Sanubari!"

Aeneas can speak Indonesian. However, he is not yet fluent. Aeneas could only understand a little of the words he knew.

"Ready!" answer Embara and Kumbara together.

"Papa wants to work. See you, Sanu!" Aeneas rubbed Sanubari's head slowly and left.

"Kids, why are you still standing there? Come quickly here!" call Sanum.

The three of them answered and ran to the table. Actually Embara and Kumbara had breakfast at home but they took breakfast again at the Sanubari house. They only had breakfast bread and jam at home. This was the first time the twins had eaten rice in the morning.

*****

"Why is it so hard to beat Kumbara?" inner Sanubari.

This is the fifth duel of the day. Four times in a row Sanubari lost a landslide. He couldn't touch Kumbara's body at all. Surviving the Kumbara attack was not possible.

The sound of leg stomps, squeaks and metal rubbing and clashing with each other continued to echo in the room. Sanubari retreats to avoid Kumbara's puncture.

"Let's!" Sanubari. His back hit the loper.

"Enough!" They stopped them both.

Sanubari is still lying down. Kumbara approaching Sanubari. He stretched out his hand, intending to help Sanubari get up. Navun, Emgara came closer and extended a hand.

"Why are you here, Em?" Kumbara looked at her twin brother.

"Of course to help Sanu."

"I'm enough. You don't have to follow!"

"Why did you ban me? Papa didn't forbid me. I love dong!"

"Lend me both of you hands!" sela Sanubari stretched out both her hands.

While his foil he left lying on top of the suitcase. He just wanted to mediate between the two of them. His heart was happy. For the first time a friend of his age noticed him. Since joining his father, a lot of new things Sanubari got.

Sanubari also rose with the help of the press. He took off his mask and put it next to where he was sitting. This exercise is exhausting. Breathing gasps.

"Drink first, Young Master!" Kelana handed a bottle of mineral water to Sanubari and another to Kumbara.

"Thank you, Uncle," said Sanubari and sipped the water.

"You still often drag your feet either when stepping forward or backward. Try not to drag your legs so you can move more easily" Kelana said evaluating the results of the match train today.

"Why did you use such a formal language?" ask Kumbara.

"Yes right. Sounds stiff to know!" reply Embara approves Kumbara.

"Young Master Sanu this is papa's master. It is natural that papa is polite to Young Master even though Young Master Sanu is still a child," explained Kelana.

"Em and Kumbara are right, Uncle. Think of me as my own child! I don't think papa would scold Uncle just for language." Sanubari.

"Yes, it's strange to know we heard that Papa was speaking so formally" Embara said.

"All right then."

Training terminated. The family came home after dinner together. After dinner Sanubari went to his room. He threw his body on the bed.

His body feels sore. Sanubari thought of his defeat today. One point he can't score.

Fear began to approach him. In about two and a half months the real game starts. While in the current training alone Sanubari can not do anything.

Sanubari was afraid of humiliating his family. Sanubari was afraid of disappointing his father. Moreover, Sanubari must carry the name of Indonesia in the international event. It was a heavy burden for him.

The shadow of her once insulted and shunned because her eyes came back. He is worried that the same thing will happen if he dies at the beginning of the match. It might even be worse than it used to be if he got a defeat later.

Sanubari was rolling on her bed. His mind is not calm. He is depressed about his condition now.