The After I Die
Second Terror
After returning home from the village activities cemetery is still quiet, residents prefer to put their work together today and stay at home, gather with family, Kina even forgot her school, and even her school, on a clear Tuesday they spend time in their rooms
Her mother screamed from the kitchen telling her to help with the kitchen activities, Kina exhaled an irritated breath, moved from her bed, towards the kitchen
Seen the mother was cutting some spices and put it in a small mortar for mash
Kina started pounding lazily, she did not really like cooking
Glancing at her mother who was peeling some eggplants and then cut them small, put them in a pot and glanced at Kina, her mother clucked
“WHICH GIRL CAN'T COOK?! ONLY YOU! WHAT WILL YOUR HUSBAND EAT LATER?“
His mother took the mortar and mash it and pounded it quickly, directly putting the spices into a pot that had been placed on a burning fire
Kina just silently lowered her head, she increasingly doubted her mother's affection if from day to day she received always making
The father emerged from the back door carrying several blocks of taro tubers, placed them beside the door and took a drink that was located on the kitchen table
“See your son! very slow, waiting at the new command move!"
His mother made a loud noise without seeing him, engrossed in stirring the cooking in the pot
“You don't see dishwashing piled up in the back! wash dishes there!“ Furthermore, Kina bit her lips held back her crying, her heart was very sick to hear all the words of her mother, she looked at the father trying to ask for a defense but the father just sat quietly in the chair, he just sat down, he hurried out of the house to the well behind the house, saw a lot of plates that piled up there, piling up since last night
Kina covered the water with tears breaking, felt herself very despicable in the eyes of the mother, everything she did felt wrong, what was wrong was even greater by her mother, the greater her mother, he felt he had no chance to defend himself, did not dare to fight or reply to his mother's words, could only remain silent and endure the pain in his heart making a hole that was getting bigger and bigger
Kina was not very used to doing homework, since she lived with her aunt in the city, her family economy was not okay at that time, her aunt had a shop in the market, she was a big lady, not big but enough to support Kina until junior high school, making her spend more time in the market trading than at home, Kina memorized the price of rice to soap, making her a lot of time in the market, but she could not distinguish ginger from turmeric, and her mother always used her weakness to tell her
The dishes had been washed clean when the mother arranged the food at the dining table, her father had been sitting on a chair, his heart was a little warm because his parents had not left him to eat first
They ate in silence, only occasionally did his mother comment on what happened today, her father only responded with a mutter
“YA PITY NUKAASS!!"
The sound of yelling bu Yuni, the next door neighbor was heard, Kina and her parents looked at each other, rushed out of the house, in their yard, Nukas lying unconscious
“This gosh why bu?”
Her mother called out in panic by running, even forgetting her flip-flops
“He suddenly fainted when I asked where he was going!“
“oh pity you naak"
Her mother said softly, followed by Bu Yuni massaging her legs Nukas
Kina's father held Nukas to the terrace, Kina rushed to fetch some water and handed it to her mother, Bu Yuni was still clamoring to make the other neighbors come over curiously
“He has a fever, we'd better take him to Ni Lewun!“
His father immediately stood up, making Kina astonished that the father was the same passive person as him, always waiting for orders
Her mother took the purse and hurried to follow her husband, she glanced briefly at Kina
“You stay home and wash dishes!"
The woman said coldly, where did the meek words go? a situation that is confusing
They went in groups towards Ni Lewun's house in the middle of the village, Kina just stared at their departure with many questions spinning in her head
One of them
Kina was doubtful
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Evening had come to pick her up, Kina peeked out from behind the window of her wooden house, since this afternoon the situation around her house was very quiet, as if there was no one there but Kina, who was there, only the sound of chicks from the cage behind his house could be heard
His father and mother had not yet returned home even Bu Yuni who was usually noisy shouting at her children to take a bath was not heard
Kina just sighed softly, actually she was a little worried and curious about what happened to Nukas, but she tried to think positively, her body moved to close all the windows and doors and then turned on the lights in the corner of the room, sitting quietly in the living room, doing nothing, just staring at the oil lamp
The night really came when he was alone, his parents did not go home, Kina was tired of waiting, she turned off the lights in every corner of the room and went to her room
A little peeked again through the wooden slit in the window of his room, the atmosphere outside was completely dark, invisible light from the oil lamp of his nearest neighbor's house, he was a little wary, he was a little worried, especially yesterday he experienced a very strange event, what if he experienced it again tonight? Is the man with the black plastic bag coming to see him?
Kina with various bad speculations started shivering in fear, blowing on the only illumination oil lamp in this house and hiding herself under the covers, her body breaking out in cold sweat, she said, he heard nothing but his own breath, the situation out there was very quiet and gripping
No matter how long he hid, his eyes were drowsy, he thought he could get through the night with sleep
DENGS…
DENGS….
Kina's eyes were wide open, her hands moved around the blanket on her body, docked to the wall, her body was trembling, the sound of bells in the middle of the village clang twice, she said, Kina Remember well last night she also heard the bell once, and why did tonight become twice?
Bad omen? will the – people of the night come to him?
He was scared half to death
Who hit the bells of nights like this?
He remembered his aunt had told him about the old bell in the middle of the village, located on a high bamboo tower, the bell had existed since the beginning of this village in the form of, made it easier for residents to keep an eye on their fields and rice fields far behind the forest. It used to be very prone to forest and land fires
But the story was a long time ago, and now there is almost never again a forest or land fire in his village.
The heat behind the blanket he ignored, the sweat that flooded his body, his breathing was stifled when he heard the sound of knocking on the door with a slow tempo sounded in front of his door
GECK…
GECK…
GECK..
Just three beats but enough to make the fur goosebumps, the muttering sound of a man in front of the door sounded, the male voice of a plastic bag yesterday!
Kina covered her head with a pillow, preventing the soft muttering sound from getting into her hearing, but it was useless, her pillow was too thin to contain only a few cotton pads mixed with the rest of the cloth sewing her mother's clothes, she cried in fear, the sound of dragging footsteps could be heard beside her house, not just one but many, many, the sound of plastic bags filled with falling water was also heard, the atmosphere around his house was very crowded, as if there was a meeting, the murmurs were heard not only the sound of men plastic bags but some people, as if there were meetings, even women
They're not human!
Kina was convinced of that when she heard the sound of the walls of her room being scratched by nails from outside
When are her parents coming home?!
He's really scared!
Sprucing up the various prayers he learned while in elementary school made Kina a little calm. He recited the same prayer so many times that his mouth felt dry, he cried without a sound
No matter how long he stayed in that position, the murmur disappeared, replaced by the morning sunlight that broke through the cracks of the walls, the walls, and the walls disappeared, Kina flinched as soon as she opened her blanket and threw her pillow with a gasp of breath, her body drenched in sweat, her face pale with dark circles in her eyes
Last night was a real terror!
