Sleeping Rooster

3. Worrying

Ardan took off his bike to leave Linda's house. Through the dark night sky. He stopped at a stall with so many customers waiting in front of the stall. Ardan pulled out his bike and immediately entered the stall despite jostling with other customers.

"Sorry sir, I'm late." Ardan told Mr. Herman.

"Yes not papa Ardan. Just go straight back. Please help your mother." replied Mr. Herman while wiping the dirty customer's desk.

"Good Sir."

Ardan then went into the back kitchen to see Farda's mother, Pak Herman's wife, was busy pouring meatballs in a bowl that lined up a lot.

"Let me help you." Lontar Ardan then took the cetong that had been held by Bu Farda.

Bu Farda nodded and took over wrapping the meatballs of her customers.

Pak Herman's meatball shop is very selling especially among factory people. The meat stall is very close to a large factory factory, so many customers who sometimes do not get a seat have to snack in front of the stall.

The night is getting late. The crowd of the stalls slowly began to desolate. There may be only one or two customers left who still eat the food.

"Ardan eat first. I've prepared a special meatball for you." ask Bu Farda to stop Ardan washing his dirty bowl.

"But ma'am, stay a little longer." continued Ardan cleaned the remaining bowl one and then rushed to meet Bu Farda.

Bu Farda gave a special bowl of meatballs to Ardan. Ardan then sat down and ate a special meatball made by Bu Farda.

"Where were you from? Tumben just came tonight." asked Mr. Herman suddenly arrived because he had wiped the dirty table.

"I was fighting. But no papa kok sir." said Ardan while eating his food.

"Trus wasn't hurt, was he?" Bu Farda held Ardan's face and twisted his face to make sure that Ardan was okay.

"There is no mom. Take it easy." replied Ardan while holding the hand of Bu Farda who was holding her face.

"Thank God" said Bu Farda.

Ardan smiled because Ardan could feel the pleasure of having foster parents who were very worried about him.

Her birth mother always took another man to her house. Apart from the snares of the father who always did rough to his mother even made his mother's body look a lot of scars. So because of his father, his mother became fond of playing with striped men, Ardan thought.

The night was so late. Time shows at half 1 am. Ardan closed Pak Herman's meatball stall and locked it with a padlock. Mr. Herman saw that Ardan was still trying to lock his stall.

"Have son?" ask Mr. Herman.

"Already sir. It's the key." Ardan returned the key to Mr. Herman.

"Oh yeah. This is your pocket money." said Mr. Herman held out a sheet of money for Ardan.

"Thank you sir." Ardan took the money.

"Jaudah sir. I say yes first. It's getting late" said Ardan kissed Mr. Herman's hand.

"Oh yaudah, heart, son." Mr. Herman received a hand kiss from Ardan.

Ardan returned to his sport bike and turned it on. The motorcycle drove at high speed through shops and also many high-rise buildings. Sepinya streets are also added to the breeze of the wind accompany Ardan's journey to his home.

It didn't take long. Ardan reached the porch of his house and Ardan found a man's shoe in front of his house. Ardan was used to seeing things like that. When he entered his house. Ardan heard a male moan in his mother's room. Ardan ignored him and immediately rushed to his room to sleep.

Morning's approaching. The pain in his heart recurred again making Ardan unable to get up from his bed. He palpated his side table to pick up the medicine that Linda had put down. Unfortunately, the medicine fell on the floor. Ardan couldn't pick up the scattered medicine. He could only endure the pain by falling asleep for the pain to go away.

In the school area. Linda was looking for someone while wailing around here and there but Linda did not find her whereabouts.

"Lu why, like someone's nyariin." said Dion patted his friend's shoulder.

"So, the cave doesn't look at anyone anymore." Linda said.

"Nih cave buyin you drink." Dion gave Linda her favorite lemon-flavored drink.

"Thank you." said Linda jutek.

He might not be going to school. Later try the cave stop by his house. Inner Linda.

Linda's worry grew even more so when she recalled the time Ardan was so pale to endure the pain he was suffering. Until Linda did not concentrate on listening to the teacher's explanation.

Linda can't help but worry about Ardan.

What kind of feeling is this. I always think of him. Inner Linda.

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The school bell rings. Linda rushes off to leave the classroom, but is prevented by Dion.

"Where are you going?" said Dion blocking the departure of his friend who had felt anxious like thinking something.

"Lu don't need to know." chirps Linda got rid of Dion's body. But Dion did not move a little from where he stood.

"Lu have to tell you which cave you went to?. Otherwise, the cave will still come at you." Dion told Linda.

"Lu why the hell. The importance of the cave. Remember you're just a cave brother. Not the cave boyfriend. You don't need to be too possessive to the cave. YOU UNDERSTAND!!" snapped Linda.

At that time all crowded saw the commotion of the love couple. Linda sauntered away leaving Dion with the crowd who arrived to gather to see their quarrel.

Linda ran until she arrived at the edge of the highway. Waiting for the taxi he ordered to hurry to Ardan's house. It didn't take long, the taxi he ordered came. Linda immediately left school.

In the car Linda can't think straight. She kept worrying about Ardan like a mother's premonition to her child.

Ardan you don't papa, do you?. Inner Linda

On the one hand Ardan still can not relieve the pain he feels now. He could not even get up to pick up the medicine. His face paled like a mayit.

"Mother.......Mother....." frail Ardan called his mother but unfortunately he did not realize that he had been left by his mother this morning. Ardan is alone in the room hoping someone can help him.

Linda gets to the front of Ardan's house. He paid for the taxi he was riding in then rushed to open the taxi door.

Linda knocked on the brown door but no one responded to open it.

"Ardan, you're inside right?" linda shouted as she unceasingly knocked on Ardan's door.

"Ardan.....Ardan...lu's inside, right?" Linda still did not leave the house.

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Dion was following where Linda went. Accidentally finding Linda banging on the door of someone else's house.

Dion rushes on her bike and pulls Linda away from the house.

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Suddenly, Linda's hand was pulled by someone to make her step away a little backwards from the door she knocked. Linda forcibly let go of her hand because she knew that the one who pulled her hand was Dion.

"Lu napa is following the cave." - Linda.

"Gua is worried about you." Dion was so unsettling his friend who arrived to leave him that he did not want to be with him anymore.

Suddenly the sound from within like shards of falling glasses shocked them. Linda is increasingly worried about Ardan's situation.

"Ardan, open the door!" linda shouted from the outside while banging on the door of Ardan's house.

Dion, who heard this, rushed to the door of the house.

*Gubrak* the door sounds forcefully open.

Linda went straight to Ardan's room and opened the door. Seeing Ardan already lying limp on the floor made Linda wake Ardan while shaking her body shake.

"Ardan, wake up ardan.." said Linda. His heart is no longer broken. He didn't even think about the phone ringing from his parents.