The Day After's

Friends and Commitment

But Reno immediately dispelled that intention when she heard the man greeting her.

"Damn, Ren. Gua guess who was it, already scared the cave first." The person chuckled and stepped over to Reno, carrying her bag that seemed to be about to explode from fullness.

"Replace?" Said Reno squinting, making sure that the person was Rendi, his closest friend at school.

"Huh, that's who else." Reply Rendi while regulating the breath. Sweat was pouring down his body and face.

"Well, why are you here?"

"Well? Yes, please save yourself. You don't know what's out there? Severe men."

"Well, don't you think about it?"

"Yes, continues?"

"Why aren't you in kosan lo aja?"

"Udah flat on land."

"Keep, what's Andi? He's a kos ama lo."

"Si Andi mah it, in lu —"

"Woi, Rendi! Bantuin, why'd bengong alone inside." A cry from behind the gate cut through their conversation.

"Prophe napa. Ampe shouts all. Not afraid to die?" Rendi replied to the call.

"Yes cepet that's why, the cave is already parno nih."

"Don't you throw the rope!"

Not long after, a rope was thrown from behind the gate, hovering and landing in the hands of Rendi who caught it.

"No, help the cave dong, pick up the bongsor."

Without speaking, Reno immediately held the end of the rope, while Andi was in front of him. Instantly the rope tightens, holding the weight of someone who is climbing the gate while holding on to the rope.

"Hold."

Both hold the rope, tighten their grip so as not to loose while slightly pulling it so that the person gets to the top of the gate faster.

Finally, bit by bit the rope began to loose, and a fat man appeared at the top of the gate.

Reno recognizes the man as Andi, one of her closest friends at school and Rendi's boarding friend.

Andi perched at the top of the gate while throwing his huge backpack into the courtyard. Then get ready to jump down.

"Be careful at." Rendi.

Andi jumped and landed with a little limping due to his body that was too heavy.

"Eheh, this fat guy is ae." Rendi stepped forward and patted softly on Andi's shoulder.

While Reno pulls back the mine inside and rolls it up. Who knows, it will be useful later.

"Reno?" Andi frowned, looking fixedly at Reno while breathing out from exhaustion. His body weight is excruciating.

"In." Reply Reno, greeting the fat man while continuing to roll the mine neatly.

"Why are you here?" Ask Andi.

"Yes, same as you're on."

"Will there be a house?"

"Elderly equal ground. Just got attacked yesterday."

"Who's the guy?"

"That rioter, who else?"

"The specifics of the cave mean."

"Huh?" Reno scratched her non-itchy head. He did not understand Andi's intentions. Whichever rioter is more; to Reno it's all the same.

Rendi stepped forward and said "Entar cave. Now we go in first, it's not safe here."

Reno and Andi nodded in agreement. The three of them walked together into the school building. Reno takes her two friends to the mess. There, Rendi and Andi choose their own rooms and put their belongings.

"Where's Ren's room?" Ask Rendi.

"That's, at the end." Reno replied, pointing to the location of her room.

"Eh, instead of the electricity going off, how come this light can go on?" Andi's chirps are changing her clothes.

"Pake the generator." Reno.

"Gensets...? Can you turn it on?"

"Cih, you don't know just Ndi, this Reno is the most genius man in school, what the hell he can't." Sahut Rendi slightly teased Reno.

"Eat him learn, don't skip the mute class." Reply Reno with a contrived cynical tone.

"Uhh, damagenya..." Said Andi while holding his chest.

"Eh, Ren," Reno said later. "Said you want to tell a story to the cave."

"Yes the cave knows. But let's find a place first, let's have a good conversation." Rendi.

"Feed it if you can." Andi again.

"Eh, bahlol, eat your mind mulu." Rendi clenched Andi's head which immediately complained of pain.

"Woy, sick tau."

"Racaine."

"Udah woy, fight mulu. Go to the dining room. If you want to eat, bring it yourself. There's only a cave supply in there." Reno mediates the quarrel of Andi and Rendi.

"Lo has supplies?"

Reno nodded. "That you don't bring."

Rendi shakes.

Andi nodded and said, "Gua bring the hell. But the cave won't go to Rendi."

Sontak Andi immediately got a slow hit on his shoulder by Rendi.

"What is temen lo?"

"Finished."

"Keep."

"Yes, you yourself hit the cave. Two more times." Andi rubbed his slightly bruised shoulder. Apparently Andi's punch wasn't light either.

Feeling careless, Reno again mediated the two. "Udah, the cave for ama Rendi. Come on!" He walked to the dining room, ahead of his two friends.

Now the three of them had already sat down in the dining room. Perhaps previously forgotten to explain that Reno school does not have a canteen. All matters concerning the food of his students are managed by the school. This is because the school is a special school for families from the military, so that ranging from the education process to teaching is also military style, or semi-military.

And now, in the dining room, Rendi fulfilled her promise by telling Reno.

"So what did Andi mean? Is there another rioter?"

Rendi nodded. "There's."

"Where do you know?"

"Heh, Ndi's story!"

Andi, who was eating a cup of her innate instant noodles, raised her head and protested "Well, what cave?"

"Aren't you listening to their conversation?" Obviously Rendi.

"Yes, but I promise you a story." Reply Andi. "Lagian you also know the outline. Tell me a story first, about the cave addin."

"Ah, eat your mute work." Rendi for the second time pinned Andi's head.

"Okay, sick ****! Lo jitak mulu long ago tonjok cave also."

"Tonjok if you dare."

"WOI!! This is when you want to tell." Sergey Reno is upset. This time he did not mediate but yelled at the two friends, whose quarrels had never ended since they met. "The two of you fight once again the cave's out of here."

"Eits, hehe, sorry boss." Rendi raised both of her hands, reconciled the sign, and began to continue her story.

"okay." Said Rendi finally, deciding to start serious. "Definitely at first the cave, lo, same Andi, think that the rioters are just the ones who are crazy under the pressure of the current economic crisis, really?"

Reno nodded, agreeing.

"But in retrospect, does it make sense that they would be so crazy? Cave point, okay they're looting. Anarchists and so on are common, though still not common. But rape, murder, it's beyond reason."

Reno snorted cynically. "For a cave it's natural for a human being."

"Heh, danger first. Times have changed. We're not the same people we were in 98. The public is open minded."

"Keep, that doesn't mean shutting down the possibility of dong, there are still people kayaking them?"

"Well that is."

"Huh?" Reno raised her eyebrows in wonder. Just now that Rendi refuted her argument, why would she suddenly now agree to it?

"There are people like them, whose minds should be open and closed. Not because I don't want to, but it has to be closed." Obviously Rendi.

"Huh?"

"Lo hah, huh, mulu. Don't you mean the cave?" Rendi clucked in annoyance.

"Yes, you speak clearly. Do not use open closed everything. So open minded."

"They're ridden." Suddenly Andi interrupted their conversation. He just finished sipping out his instant noodle sauce. "The same unknown person."

"Well that is." Timpal Rendi's. "That's why the cave told Andi to tell the story."

Reno frowned and said "You mean Ndi, is there someone behind all this?"

Andi nodded and stared fixedly at Reno. His face turned serious. Actually Andi has a witty expression, especially with his body bongsor, making him one of the favorite men in school, especially from among female students who idolize funny men or funny looks. But as Andi becomes as resolute as he is now, the antics disappear altogether, changing into a hard, unforgiving figure and a little, scary, even for Reno.

"Lo have proof?" Reno asked, still unsure of what her friend said.

"No. I mean, the cave can't give you evidence in front of your eyes right now, but the cave can tell." Answer Andi.

"Wear."

"OK, so just as the boarding of the cave Rendi was attacked, we both managed to beat one of them."

"Brother that?"

"Yes. Well, not just one, but two. There, just as we hid their bodies —"

"Wait." Reno Sela. "They're dead? Killed you?"

Rendi and Andi shook their heads.

"No," Tukas Rendi. "We're just fainting at it."

"Ok, continued Andi." Reno.

Andi cleared his throat and continued. "Our men hid their bodies, the cave found a gaffe."

"What?"

"Tattoos."

"Tattoos? Keep."

"They both have the same tattoo. Shield star emblem on wrist. And you know, who's got that tattoo."

Reno nodded, a little unexpected but also not surprised. Because he knows the symbol of the tattoo, here are the people who wear it.

"Stellar Base of War." Her speech.

Andi nodded. "Gua believes, there is a possibility that all of this was moved by the bases in the capital."

"No, no."

"You mean?"

"Gua knows very well the kayak base. They will not walk if there is no profit. The capital is now a war zone. They will think twice about history because they also have to take care of their respective regions."

"So, according to you, who?"

"The people don't know." Reno shook her head slowly and sighed heavily. "But the cave is sure, behind all this there is a greater purpose than just riot."

Rendi and Andi fell silent. Both think. Perhaps Reno was right, and his beliefs were reasoned.

Maybe there is something bigger behind it all.

***

Not felt, it was already late at night. In the west the sun sank beautifully, inflicting a tinge of orange on the sky of the capital, among the skyscrapers that stood firm like stone pillars.

Reno stood on her school rooftop, fiddling with the transmitter in her hand while enjoying a cigarette in her mouth.

Not far from him, Rendi and Andi sat down while enjoying the same thing. Both of them exhaled smoke and sucked again. No matter what other fumes are out there, which are emerging from some point of settlement and office; thick black, though some are already thinning.

Reno is still fiddling with her transmitter. Start getting upset because it has not got a frequency that is still active. Previously he had tried, this afternoon, and at that time some radios were still actively giving broadcasts, although the news was not very important. However, gradually the number of broadcasts is getting smaller. The frequencies he used to listen to one by one began to disappear. Until now nothing was heard except the noise in his ears.

"Is there any info?" Ask Rendi.

"Not yet." Reno replied briefly.

"It's still not there, the signal?" Andi Timpal.

Reno shakes. He breathed out the last smoke and threw out his cigarette butts, and stepped on it.

Rendi sighed slowly. The last smoke also came out of his mouth, before he did the same with Reno.

"It's not over yet?" Ask Andi.

Andi shakes. The cigarette was long and had not burned.

"Totally long."

Andi chuckles. "Stop quality cigarettes. Cigarettes are you."

"Cih," Rendi chuckled back. "All cigarettes are the same. What matters is favors."

"The gua agreed."

"Tumben agrees ama cave."

"Well, that's the important thing. Especially in a situation like this, never you think, if only this is the last moment we smoke."

"Yes, ever. Only if you think this is the last moment you should worship, pray cake, not even crow."

"Uhh." Said Andi while stroking his chest.

"Heh, that cave jokes knows."

"You know, it's stale too."

Rendi laughed softly. Then both are silent. No longer know what to talk about. Andi was still enjoying her cigarette, while Rendi stood up and looked at the scenery.

"About," said Rendi, reopening the conversation. The wind blew on her hair that was already too long for the size of a school student. "How long can we be here?"

Andi finished her cigarette and threw it away, then stood beside Rendi.

"I don't know" he said. "Lo just came here."

"Well....., is it possible that we're here all the time?"

"No." Reno replied suddenly. He had given up on his transmitter and kept the thing, then stood up and stepped beside Rendi.

Now the three of them stood side by side on the edge of the rooftop, both looking at the sun that was almost sinking, in a shade of shade that created the silhouette of the three of them as if standing defiantly on the day. Next, the night came. The stars glittered in the sky, and the clouds were slowly knocked out, revealing a full moon that once again shone brighter than Earth.

"We're leaving" Reno continued. "If the food runs out and the electricity dies."

"Where?" Ask Randy again.

Reno shrugged and said "Where fate takes us. Out of town maybe. Caves of other regions have not been this severe. How's it?"

"The gua agreed." Answer Rendi.

"Cave too." Andi Timpal.

Reno nodded, looked at her two friends enthusiastically and looked up, towards the starry sky, to the moon whose light seemed to highlight the three of them.

"We have to survive."