SECRET Love High School

The Dark Night

The earth seemed to stop spinning, the stars that had been glittering disappeared swallowed cloudy. I don't know where I am, like a dark vacuum. No matter how hard I try to understand the situation I still do not understand what is going on.

“Cie coupling!” yelling Ayu to me and the restless Dimas got me back to reality and let go of Dimas's grasp

“She said Dimas for me? hahaha,” goda Ayu

“You guys are dating? I'm just sincere, isn't it Yu?” ask Diah

“As long as you are happy huhuhu,” Ayu pretends to cry, and Dimas answers with a nod and a smile that confirms that it is true we are dating

“Tuh right, I guessed, Ih kok Eka never told you anyway? Always say it's not, nyebelin,” said Ayu who looks pretended to be upset

“Mistake no more meaning yuk hahaha,” Diah's tease to me, I'm still silently trying to find the root of this misunderstanding.

“Just aja kok, just two minutes ago, I expressed feelings with the song Abas,” replied Dimas which made Ayu and Diah exclaims excitedly and the people around us look in our direction.

I'm still silent, I really don't know what to say, all this is misunderstanding but I can't explain it. Meanwhile Abas and Aura who had just stepped off the stage were curious what was going on.

“What is this rame-rame?” asked Aura curiously

“Dimas equals Eka soan!” yell Ayu hysterically

“Wow since when?”

“Must be thanks to your song hahaha,” Ayu replied cheerfully

“Totally?” tanya Aura did not believe it

“We witness it, already hand in hand,” seduce Diah to me

“Ciiee, congratulations yes! I am touched by how we can unite you,” said Aura congratulating me and Dimas.

I still petrified not being able to say anything even though I was so anxious

“So for this you asked me to bring you this song?” asked Abas to Dimas who was greeted with a shy smile Dimas.

“Congratulations!” Abas extended his hand to congratulate me.

I don't know what Abas is thinking. I felt really bad in front of him, I mean we just got better and he said he'd always trust me, but tonight I kind of broke his trust. I know we have nothing to do but I really wanted to explain to her if this was all a misunderstanding. But as if my mouth was locked, I could only be bowed and tears slowly dripped down my cheeks.

I did not welcome Abas' handshake, I turned and ran away. I heard Dimas and friends calling me, I also knew that if Dimas was chasing me but I kept running without direction, I was trying to dodge.

-*-*_*-*-

My footsteps stopped in a dead end alley, I didn't know where it was so quiet and the lights were dim enough. I put everything that stuck in my chest crying, I don't know what I'm feeling. Upset or disappointed, sad or angry, I feel so much burden in my heart and mind but I don't know what that burden is.

Long enough I cried then I heard a male voice from behind who turned out to be the fathers who were patrolling.

Nduk or tubby or denok is a call in Javanese for girls by an older person such as the word son or son in Indonesian.

“Omahe ngendi?” asked the other father, he asked where my house was. I just kept quiet and the father asked again

“Press ngendi kok iso ning kene?” more or less means than then how can you get lost here?

I was still silent and continued my cry, actually if I remember now I was embarrassed, I mean I was a high school student not a Kindergarten child but I was often caught crying like this. That's right Dimas said I'm a crybaby. How else would it feel to be so messed up, I don't know what to do but cry.

The two gentlemen took me to the patrol station to give me a glass of warm tea and continued to search for information about me.

“Ora colonized uwong right nduk?” it means not being bullied by bad people, right, son?

“News only, maybe you can help,” said the other father

“Mboten nopo-nopo sir, kulo may stray pas badhe mantuk,” my answer which more or less means it's okay sir, I just get lost when I want to go home

“Yowes, ngendi omahmu? not terkemoleh,” the father asked my house where to take me home

“Matur suwon pak but mboten sisah, kulo mlampah mawon,” I tried to refuse because I was hesitant by saying to walk only

“Wis bengi, cah wedhok ra slick mlaku dewe, wah, ora need to spare ben in terke terte mak” Mr. convinced me to want to be escorted home which more or less means is that the night the daughter is not good to walk alone, no need to hesitate to be ushered father.

At that time I was too young, not thinking long just obey the emotions for a moment. Lucky I met good people, what would happen if I met bad people? I hope today's teenagers can be more mature in acting, not as unstable as I was at that time.

-*-*_*-*-

Arriving at Kost I saw Kak Ana and Kak Ajeng were pacing back and forth walking in front of the boarding house. Apparently they knew from Dimas if I ran away from school pension.

“Eka, where have you been? Dimas confused find you!” taya Kak Ajeng's

I did not answer and immediately walked into the room followed by Kak Ana and Ajeng who still kept asking.

“What's the Ka? Why did you just leave? Same price as Dimas?” ask Ana to know

“Ka, whatever the problem should be able to talk about well instead of playing blurry like this, this is the second time you play run away like this, we will be worried Ka!” said Ajeng advised me

“Sorry Brother, but Eka is tired of wanting to rest,” replied I want to end their celebration.

I heard Ajeng's brother take a deep breath and said

“Yes we have spoken again tomorrow, now you change clothes clean your make up and wash your feet, just slept,”

I just ignored Kak Ajeng's words and immediately covered my entire body with a blanket. I didn't mean to be disrespectful but I was very tired and that night I just wanted to sleep, I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow morning but obviously I want to forget that night and fall asleep soon with the dark. Although in reality I can't sleep thinking about what Abas thinks of me.