The House in the Middle of Sawah

Tent Stalls

"Where's Fee's accident? How's the story going?", my breath was wheezing, a few sweaty feathers dripping in the cold tonight.

"Nobody knows Daann. .so Paklik found people on the road with his motorbike badly damaged" Febi explained.

"Te-continue, how is the condition now Fe?"

"It's still in the Hospital And, I don't know, Mom lik daritadi cry continues, pity. .", Febi's voice sounded vibrating, it seemed she was really shaken.

"I skate there, you calm down" I snatched the jacket on the hanger, hung up the phone and rushed out of the house.

Just stepping a few feet from the room door came the sound of Ibuk thumping.

"Where are you, this is malem you know .", Ibuk stopped my steps.

"Not yet malem buk, only half eight kok. I'm not metu sebentaaarrr aja Buk", I put a face melas.

"Let's recover a month, wes arep ngluyur neh to lee", Ibuk approached, offering fifty thousand money.

I grimaced, grimacing.

"Hud, pancen oyeeee. . .", I kissed Ibuk's hand and rushed out of the house.

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Arriving at the hospital, I found Febi sitting languidly in the waiting room. I took a seat next to him. His eyes look puffy. He didn't look at me, I chose silence, not knowing what to do.

"Dann, Lik Wo. . .still unconscious" Febi turned to me.

"You'd better move Dann, not there, before there's any more harm" Febi sobbed.

"But Feee. ."

"Yesterday you, now Lik Wo, tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? Next days? Sopo neh Dan's? Me?", Febi cut my mouth off, this time she was really sobbing.

"What matters now, we help pray, so that Lik Wo will wake up and recover as usual", I pat Febi on the shoulder.

Febi nodded slowly.

"Eat already?" I asked, remembering the fifty thousand money from Ibuk earlier. Febi just shook her head. I sighed softly.

I stood up, pulling Febi's hand slowly. Febi looked up, looking at me.

"Where?" Febi asked softly.

"Golek rubok. .ya eat lahh. .", I tried to joke.

Febi smiled for a moment, sweet. Hmm, my chest rippled at a glance.

"Yukk", I took off my hand, walked ahead of Febi.

Febi ran a little, caught up with me. And quickly grabbed my hand. I don't know, this time I can't refuse it. We walked hand in hand along the hospital corridor.

Febi chose a barn tent beside the hospital. The smell of fried chicken was tempting, smelling from a distance. I ordered chicken and iced tea, while Febi chose fried duck and iced orange. We sat in the back.

"Later after eating, you immediately go home, Dann, already lazy", Febi opened the conversation.

" Lha you?", I asked back.

"So I called dad, he said he'd come here" Febi saw the watch. I nodded in understanding.

Our order came, the smell was really appetizing. The worms in my stomach were screaming. Food may indeed be the right escape from all the jumbled problems that come. By satisfying appetite, for some time we can forget all the problems of life. Kulrikik Febi, he ate voraciously. Her tiny lips twitched cutely enjoying dinner tonight. Recollecting how the lips had touched my lips, hmmm? Husshh huushh, I have to expel these kinds of thoughts. I continued eating, no longer stealing eyes on Febi.

At nine o'clock the night after I finished eating, I said goodbye to Febi, she waved her hand, gave me a sign to go home soon. I looked up for a moment looking up at the sky. The crescent moon shimmered among millions of stars. I took a slow breath and drove my bike on this warm night.

Bruuummmmm