The Estuary of Desire Baruna

Eps. #70 Nightmares

The days were running normally, the days and nights were also changing as usual. The weather and the seasons change unexpectedly, the heat and rain come countless times.

From the afternoon, the sky of the city was seen shrouded in rows of black clouds, the speck of rain finally falling unsolicited. The horizon that should be very beautiful illuminated by the radiance of the moon when the full moon of the night, appears to be moping durja. A dark night without stars at that time, as if representing the feelings of someone who was troubled, because of the memory of a heart that was greatly missed. However, distance and time must separate, not even one can predict when the meeting will occur so that the souls who are now longing, will be reunited.

Such is the picture of the feeling that is currently being felt by Baruna. Ever since Flo disappeared from the city with her sister, Baruna felt as if there was no more spirit in her life. Although various efforts have been made, but he still has not any clue what he got about the lover he loved so much.

In the House of Waradana, that night Baruna had laid her body on the bed in her room. Although the time is now almost midnight, but so far he has not been able to close his eyes.

"Flo, where are you, honey? Hope you're okay now." Baruna's mind could never be separated from the girl he had longed for so much.

"It's been a month since you disappeared from this town, Flo. And how bad I am because until now I haven't been able to find you!" batin Baruna muttered full of regret.

For some reason that night, Baruna felt a very different longing for the owner of the heart. However, that longing was truly unusual, as if hinting at an unfavorable premonition in his mind.

Many times Baruna rubbed her face and turned her body. Even though he was very unsettled, he tried to sleep.

Baruna closed her eyes as she grabbed a pillow and covered her face. Due to exhaustion, slowly drowsiness began to come over and Baruna finally fell asleep as well.

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At the end of a pier that exists somewhere in Baruna's subconscious. He stood up and looked blankly at the middle of the vast ocean that stretched before him.

"Baruna! I'm home for you, Bar!" The screams of a girl could be heard saying her name from a distance.

Baruna could clearly recognize the girl's voice, but Baruna did not want to turn to a girl who was now running over to him. She remained frozen in place until the girl was nearby and immediately hugged her waist from behind. The girl spread her head on Baruna's back and there was sobs that sounded out from her mouth.

"I'm sorry that I was forced to accept an arranged marriage by my sister, Baruna," she said in tears.

"Are you here just to tell me that?" asked Baruna in a disappointed tone.

"I'm sorry again, Bar! I can't refuse it."

Baruna just shook her head and said, "Leave me and marry your brother's chosen man, Flo!" With a heavy heart Baruna let go of Floretta's hand which held her and continued to cry bitterly.

"But I can't leave you, Baruna! I've given up everything for you, because I love you so much." Floretta grew sobbing and remained unwilling to let go of her embrace.

"Then what can we do, Flo! Your brother hates my father and everyone in my family. Diaz is the only family you have. And he's definitely more important than me."

"No, Baruna! I don't want to lose you either! I want you to take me away from here, so that we can stay together and only death can separate us."

Along with the last sentence that Flo said, suddenly a big wave came rolling and crashing into the bodies of the two. Flo's hand hug on Baruna's waist fell apart and their bodies crashed, separated from each other to the middle of the ocean. The waves continued to rumble, the longer the tighter it rolled. Baruna swam with all her might trying to reach the beach and her body crashed near a river estuary.

"Help me, Bar!"

For a moment Baruna could still hear Flo's screams that kept calling out to her and asking for help. However, he could not see where Flo was. The waves roll so high. The longer Flo's voice was also the more inaudible it was.

"Fw.......!" baruna shouted repeatedly to him. However, no longer did the girl return her calls. The ferocity of the waves had swept Flo away, dragging him far to the middle of the ocean.

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"Fw....!" racau Baruna shouted and jumped up from her sleep.

"God! I was dreaming." Baruna rubbed her face many times, she realized that she had just had a bad dream.

"Why is my mind so unsettled? Did something happen to Flo?" The fear instantly engulfed his heart, the more bad premonition haunted his mind. He is very afraid when something unwanted happens to the girl he loves.

Baruna lifted her back and sat on the bed. The sound of the rain coming down so heavily at that moment, the more the sense of unease was increasingly disturbing in his soul.

Slowly Baruna got out of her bed and moved her feet towards the window. The curtain that covered the window and Baruna spread her gaze outside her room. The rain is falling very hard. Sometimes the dark sky looks bright. A flash of lightning accompanied by a blaring sound accompanied the trip that night.

"Lord! Hopefully nothing bad happens to Flo. My feeling is not calm. Plus, a nightmare has just come to my sleep" Baruna prayed in her heart.

For a few minutes, Baruna stood in front of the window of her room and looked at the rain that was still falling as if it would stop.

At first glance Baruna glanced at the wall clock attached to the wall of her room. At that time it was already showing at three in the morning.

Baruna closed back the curtains of her room and stepped towards the bathroom. After washing his face and urinating, he again rested his back on the top edge of his bed. The glass was on the nightstand and in a matter of seconds, the water in the glass was gulped.

Baruna pulled out the blanket and went back to try to sleep, but her mind glared far away. What happened in his dream continued to flash through his memories.

"Why is my dream so real?" Baruna closed her eyes.

"What is this sign, Lord? Why do I feel so bad?" The more he tried to close his eyes, the more real the nightmare would appear in his eyes. The worry further stoned and stifled his chest.

Until time went on, Baruna could not go back to sleep at all. Baruna tried to regulate her breathing and now she also realized that she had been through several nights with insomnia that always attacked her. Ever since Flo disappeared from her, Baruna had never been able to sleep well.