SEBERANG VILLAGE
Chapter 7 - Kuntilanak Wet
Two days passed since the incident, somehow a courage burst in Dekka suddenly. He no longer looked at the figure, only that the feeling of fear could not be avoided. As of now, he had just come after from the city to buy some of the equipment he needed with Bertan. As if he understood, Bertan also just silently looked at Dekka who was staring straight at one of the big trees beside their house.
All of their stuff had already been put in, and when Dekka wanted to put in a box of noodle pop that she had just bought, her steps suddenly came to a halt. The day was already dark, even the houses no longer heard a sound and only the two of them were active. Samar Dekka looks under the shade of a tree with dim street lights illuminating. The figure with long hair was there, the white shirt was touching the ground.
But to trace Dekka there was something strange about the figure, the hair and clothes worn seemed to be wet for some reason. Bertan followed Dekka's line of sight, he couldn't see anything so far but he could feel the presence of another figure there. Long Dekka was silent, before Dekka finally opened his mouth to say.
"What's wrong? It seems I've never looked for trouble with you, even I don't know you."
Long back Dekka was silent, until finally he clucked and left behind Bertan who was still confused. The figure he had asked did not respond, or whether he did not understand how to communicate with them. Bertan followed behind with a sekardus of noodles that Dekka had previously wanted to take.
"Who was that, Dekka?" ask her curious. Dekka shrugged indifferently, but he did not know who the figure was. It seems that Kek retno misunderstood his ability, because it was true that Dekka had never been able to communicate directly with them. Only the sound of laughter and crying could he hear, and not with the others.
"Can't you explain it?" ask Bertan again.
"Hair is long, his clothes are also long in white. Her hair was almost covered in face, like the rest of her face was pale." Dekka explained briefly and lazily, they still decided to sleep together. Bertan seemed to think, a creature that often existed in horror films crossed his mind.
"Counties?"
"Perhaps, but her hair and clothes are wet" Dekka said.
"Wet buntilan." Bertan cried that made Dekka laugh, Bertan also laughed and finally on that day they laughed together. What a guess Dekka couldn't think of but made sense to him. And after the laughter subsided, Bertan still seemed to think.
"Is there a waiter in the river?" ask Bertan. Dekka shrugged indifferently, many possibilities could occur. Rather than thinking about it, he would rather close his eyes and sleep his back to Bertan. His body was tired all day was invited to work, so he wanted to rest. And Bertan who did not get a response from his interlocutor could only close his eyes. The two began to fall asleep, until the next day the sun rose.
Bertan was astonished, no matter what wind made Dekka who initially refused to fish again now instead forced him to fish even when they had just finished breakfast. The two of them had not even taken a bath yet, but the older one had already forcibly pulled himself up to take the bait. And here they are, a great river with still low water.
About 30 minutes they were there, and only one fish they got. Instead of focusing on her lure, Dekka focused on looking around as if looking for something she could not see. Bertan was no longer surprised, because after he found out that Dekka was special he became accustomed to Dekka who suddenly sculpted and let out cold sweat.
The fishing rod is pulled, making Dekka refocused with his initial goal. One more fish they get and Dekka smiles satisfied. He invited Bertan to stand up, went from there to immediately cultivate the fish as before. There's a reason why Dekka wanted to fish, he wanted to find out more about communicating with 'them' from Kek Retno. Because of the shame of only coming to visit, that was why he was fishing while making sure whether the figures he had previously seen were there or not.
"We're going to Retno's house now, I want to do something with her."
And sure enough, because at lunchtime they immediately headed to the Retno Kek house and had lunch together as before. Retno's cake who saw the strange scene from Dekka just smiled, he more or less knew the purpose of Dekka's arrival there. He saw clearly from the look on the young man's face.
"Who else did you meet, Dekka?" tanya Kek Retno's.
"Wet bunches, Cake."
It was not Dekka who answered but Bertan who immediately got the elbow in his hand from Dekka. Kek Retno laughed, then looked at Dekka who hesitantly nodded her head. Retno Cake nodded along with her.
"Not asked what does it mean?" asked Kek Retno, Dekka shook her head.
"That's why I'm here, Kek, I've tried to communicate with them but still can't. I think my grandfather was wrong about me being able to communicate with them" he said honestly.
"Dekka, communicating with them doesn't just require sound. You need to calm down and completely eliminate your fear, then you can communicate with them," Kek Retno replied. Dekka fouled her nape, staring with a shy look at Kek Retno who seemed to know she was still afraid.
"Try, Dekka. Your ability is more than you think," said Kek Retno again.
"But I was curious, you who initially said you did not want to deal with them why suddenly even want to communicate with them?" asked Bertan who had earlier listened.
"The sight of yesterday's figure who bullied me, even I dreamed that figure would say something but I still can not be horrified," said Dekka.
"Then from that, you can uncover the things that become the mystery of Dekka. Who knows you become a trusted and respected one day," said Kek Retno.
"It takes courage and calm."
"Dekka will try cake, at least to prove that what Grandpa said about Delkka's ability is wrong. Dekka's not a special person like grandpa who knows a lot about them."
Dekka defiantly, he still does not believe everything that Kek Retno says. Kek Retno only replied with a nod as if accepting a challenge from Dekka, he was still convinced that the presence of Dekka to Seberang Village was the destiny line that the young man had to live. Because after a long time, finally appeared the younger generation who have such abilities in Seberang Village.
