Secret Alit

Kiko - Part 2

"Kiko is still in the rocking chair." I said inwardly as I looked at Kiko from behind the fence of Naya's house.

These few weeks, almost every day I stopped by Naya's house before the first lesson started. However, this morning was the third day I did not meet the boy. Naya once told me, Naya invited her mother to go on vacation with her office friends. Maybe he's on vacation right now.

It's been three days now anyway, only Kiko, Naya's beloved doll, whom I met. And my guess is right, he's alive! I can communicate with Kiko like any other child. It sounds weird and crazy, it does, but it's a real thing I've been through.

I sneaked into Naya's empty house and passed by Kiko's doll sitting in a rocking chair. In the backyard, I saw a child-shaped 'arwah' Kiko playing jumping alone.

"Hi, Kiko. You stay here?" My toot.

"This is my home, brother. I'm always here" he replied. "But everything changed after that great fire..."

Big fire...? I don't understand what that means.

"What big fire?" I asked back.

"At that time Brother Clown was crying, like a child. But I don't know why she's crying" Kiko didn't answer my question.

"Since then, I don't remember everything. I don't know my name, I don't know my brother's name. I just know, Naya called me Kiko, and called my sister Om Clown" she continued.

I listened to Kiko's story carefully. According to the story, when he first met the Clown Om again after the big fire, Kiko thought that the Clown Om was looking for him.

"I approached Brother Clown, I held his hand. But he just kept quiet, I didn't. I was shocked when his face turned sinister. Not friendly and cheerful anymore like Brother Clown I know," he said.

Kiko also said, Om Clown did not look like Naya from the beginning. He often scares Naya, and even laughs when Naya is cowering in fear. But on the other hand, Kiko had also seen Om Clown sitting on a rocking chair while crying and calling out someone's name.

"I feel familiar with the name that Brother Clown said when he was crying. But I don't remember who he is" Kiko said.

Naya is often frightened to see the Clown. And she hugged the Kiko doll tightly. So, I can feel the fear that Naya experienced. That incident keeps repeating. Until Kiko felt confused about the evil behavior carried out by her brother.

"Oh yeah, you have to go to school, right? Kiko wants to jump again" he said.

I looked at my watch, and the first lesson hour was almost beginning. Then I stopped and rushed to school.

***

After school, I didn't stop by Naya's house. I'd like to set a strategy to stop Om Clown's creepy treatment for Naya.

To be honest, I felt sorry for both of them, both Naya and Om Clown. They have a pretty complicated problem. First of all, I want to find out about the great fire called by Kiko. My guess is, could there ever be a fire at Naya's house? Did Kiko die in that house with little children whose spirits often played with him? I don't know the answer yet.

While thinking of a way for Naya to be free from her fear, I intend to tell this to grandma. More about Kiko's ghost. Grandma should know about this. I've been harboring stories for days about Naya and Kiko. Now, I can no longer hold. I have to clear my tangled mind with grandma's help.

"Sir, Alit wants to tell a lot." I said as soon as I got home and saw the grandmother sitting in the living room. Without changing clothes, without putting the bag down, I immediately approached and sat down next to him.

"Tell me, granny is horrified" she said with a smile.

I started to tell him everything about Naya. Starting from the first day I met him, as well as the spirit of the little boy who possessed Naya's beloved doll, Kiko.

I also expressed my mother's feelings to Naya who always spent time alone every day. Indeed, there is Yayuk, Naya's neighbor who daily takes care of her house. But, Yayuk was also busy taking care of his own family. So, after the work of cleaning the house and cooking was finished, Naya was left alone because Yayuk had to go home.

The treatment of Clown Om also did not escape my story. A large-bodied man who always comes when Naya is alone in the house, as if he knows the schedule of the residents of Naya's house. Sounds horrible indeed.

I also told Grandma about Naya crying so hard one night. He could not stop crying, resulting in his mother being furious. When I asked Naya, she didn't know why she was crying. He just cried, cried, cried, and cried again. But I think he was crying because of the long-buried anger and fear. In fact, his own mother did not know about the behavior of Om Clown who always scared him. It was unimaginable to be a child living in such fear!

Grandma was silent and serious about my story. Not felt, it was late afternoon. I've been talking to Grandma non-stop for two hours. I asked my grandmother to rest and continue my story in my grandmother's room.

***

I was a little relieved after telling my grandmother everything. Although there were still many questions without answers that stuck my mind, at least everything was out!

The next morning, I stopped by Naya's house before going to school. This time, my steps were lighter. Arriving in front of his alley, I saw Naya who was just about to enter his house.

"Surely she's taken her mother to the stop" I thought.

I ran after him and called him.

"Eh Brother! Naya just came home, sister, run out of the streets with mama," said Naya.

"Well, brother misses Naya!" I said while hugging him.

"Here come, come in, brother," he said.

I rolled out bamboo mats on the terrace for me, Naya, and Kiko. We sat together that morning, and Naya also told us a lot about the holiday experience with her mother with enthusiasm. For some reason, this morning was very bright. I was happy to meet Naya, just like the days before. But this morning was different. I feel optimistic about wiping out Naya's fears.

Hope my feeling is right...

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