
...NIGHTMARE 6'S...
...The Silent of Rest Place...
Step by step they walked down the path from the slope of the mountain –where their villa is - which they plan to go to the high mountain hill and take pictures of the joy there later.
Second by second. Minute by minute. Hour by hour. Some are excited, some are lethargic. Some are tired, some are not. Their journey was enveloped by a different atmosphere.
After a few centimeters had become meters and turned into kilometers again, they finally arrived in the middle of the wilderness.
"Hn? Do you hear the sound of water in the distance?" Rizal paused his footsteps briefly, closed his eyes, and sharpened his hearing –which was indeed sharp –trying to find out the source of the sound it came from.
Not long after that Rizal opened his closed eyes, "Disana." His feet followed the direction of his ear hearing to the source of the water gurgling.
Sandi who was in front as the leader invited Rizal to walk in front of him, and the others followed Sandi from behind.
Passing through thickets and large trees, they finally arrived at the source of the sound.
"Well, there's a river, look!" exclaim Kurnia glee.
"I've seen it too, I don't have eyes?" answer Joints with a little annoyance.
"Hey, come on.. Don't fight mulu why?" separate Novi who had earlier also kept upset about the nature of the two of them.
"Rather than standing here all the time, how about we get close to that river and rest for a while?" proposal Fitri who from earlier his legs were tired of long walks.
"Come, we're approaching" Sandi set her foot intending to approach the relentlessly flowing river.
"The water is very pure." Jihan murmured with admiration because she rarely saw the river water as clean as this.
"Of course the water is clear, Jihan! Because now we are in the mountains. " Kurnia answered Jihan's murmur because she was beside her, so of course she heard it.
"Hoh.." said Jihan who never seemed to go to a mountainous area like this.
"alright. For the next half hour, we'll rest here! You can put your backpack and other supplies that you carry in your hands in one place, not scattered!" tukas Sandi is firm in giving notices and warnings.
Then, they put all their luggage in a circle. Some were stretching their muscles, some were yawning, some were directly sitting around the luggage just in case.
"Candy! Can we go for a walk?" tanya Joints and Kurnia together.
Sandi nodded her head once, "But remember.don't stay away from here, and don't make the others bother and worry later." Password Message to them. "Oh yes, and in less than thirty minutes you should already be here!"
"Yes, sir!" they said together accompanied by a respectful style and immediately turned around to walk around. Sandi smiled at the behavior of her two friends.
Fitri and Novi immediately sat around the luggage that had been collected. Although Sandi? Do not ask again, he immediately fell asleep and folded his hands behind his head as a pillow of his head, while looking at the sky which was slightly covered in tree leaves.
Novi and Fitri spoke an obscure theme while sometimes his expression was serious and then turned into a self-righteous laugh. How quaint. Indeed indeed.
And Rizal and Jihan? They are in charge of filling their own bottles of drinks as well as others, not to mention filling the water in their super duper-sized spare bottles.
"Well..Zal, look! The water's so clear, huh?" Hello, Jihan... Didn't you just discuss this with Kurnia earlier?
"Hn. The name is also water in the mountains, so it is only natural that the water is clear because it is filtered naturally with rocks around the river."
"Oh…"
"Oh yeah, you know what? We're gonna fill those bottles with this river water. Now." Now."
"Huh? Can you drink the water too?" jihan asked with a feeling of surprise and wonder.
"Hn. This was your first mountain climbing experience, right, Ji? Better keep all your memories here, with us. everything." Onyx Rizal's eyes looked at Emerald Jihan's eyes deeply and meaningfully. Differ. It was so different as Rizal looked at his other best friend. It's warmer. Real warm.
Because our Jihan is insensitive and still innocent. So, Jihan means the view of our Prince is just ordinary. "May I try it?" jihan asked with a bright smile while still looking into Rizal's eyes.
"certain." By looking at Jihan's smile, I don't know if Rizal returned Jihan's smile with a big smile.
They both knelt by the river. Seen on Jihan's face, a worry that was easy to guess. Because this will be the first time Jihan tasted water directly, without being processed, cooked, and sterilized first with a sophisticated machine.
Seeing Jihan's face hesitating to take some water to drink, Rizal finally spoke up. "Trust me.. Have I ever lied to you?" Rizal puts on a slight look of contempt for Jihan, hoping that Jihan sympathizes with her.
"ah! It's not like that, Zal! I always trusted you and Kurnia, but-" Jihan explained her feelings so that Rizal did not misunderstand her doubts, before Jihan finished her sentence Rizal cut off her words.
"But what?" Rizal's eyes looked at Jihan full of tenderness and still with her glaring look. "If you believe me, take water with your hands and drink?"
"OK, OK! I'll drink it." Jihan raised both her hands into the air the sign of giving up clashing with Rizal. Although Jihan's heart felt strange and uneasy at this moment, when she saw the water in the river.
"Then let's drink." tell Rizal to point at the water with his chin.
See the command code from Rizal. Jihan did not hesitate to put her hands in the water, put them up, lifted them up, and put her mouth closer to her two raised hands, and drank and swallowed the water. Certainly is.
DEG!
Suddenly Jihan's eyes widened, and she did not dwell on her current position.
Rizal began to panic with Jihan's sudden reaction like that. "Ji? Jihan, are you okay?" rizal exclaimed with a tone getting higher. Jihan did not react.
For whatever sake, now Rizal was really panicked to death seeing his little friend sculpt like that. Rizal's mind floated thinking of the possible hypotheses on the river water flowing in front of him right now, whether the water is mixed with chemicals from nature and others or so that has made Jihan react like this when drinking it.
Rizal's two hands moved to grab Jihan's shoulders and shake her body, trying to let Jihan move just a little bit from her sculpting position like that. "Ji! Jihan why are you? What's wrong with you? Please, don't confuse me and panic!"
Hearing the words of Rizal and his usual behavior that stayed cool, Jihan laughed and both hands held her stomach that hurt due to her laughter that was passed. "Aahaha! I'm just kidding Zal.. Don't look weird like that dong! Ahhaha…"
Rizal again tried to put up his stoic look, although with a feeling of annoyance that can not be held anymore because Jihan had played him earlier. "You think it's good to act like that. You know ji? My heart was about to escape the network that connected it to my whole body."
"Zal, can you talk in your usual style? Don't use that medical language here. Come on, guys, we're on vacation, okay?" Jihan criticized the style of speech that Rizal used earlier while holding back a little laughter while talking.
Rizal let out a long sigh and concentrated on what he would say to Jihan. "alright. Do not repeat your actions. You know, we're in the middle of the woods right now. Please take care of that attitude." Rizal clasped his hands together in front of his chest.
"Iya~, Doctor Rizal!" jihan shouted as he moved his hand to pay his respects to his best friend.
"Ouch! Zal, your hand is ruining my well-arranged hair!" Jihan puffed her cheeks and tried to get Rizal's hands off her head.
"Yes, yeah. Since when did my best friend start paying attention to her appearance?" rizal asked as if he was interrogating Jihan.
"Huh, you're this. I can't pay attention to how I look like this once?" Jihan had a sullen expression on her face.
"Hahaha. Very, very well you can pay attention to your appearance. Oh yeah, how does the water taste? It's fresher than the water we usually drink at home, right?"
Jihan nodded with vigor twice. "Hn. The water is very fresh and... healthy?" Hearing Jihan's question, Rizal immediately nodded his head once. "Yes, very healthy."
"Hhh.. okay. How about we start filling the bottles now?" take Rizal and be answered by Jihan's nod once.
They each took one bottle in their hands, opened the lid, and pointed the bottle water inlet opposite the river current. While filling each bottle with water to the brim, Jihan opened their conversation with a question.
"Hey, Zal. Is your hearing very sharp?"
Rizal tilted his head in order to see Jihan who had been staring at him with a curious feeling emanating from his face. "Hn. As you saw earlier. Don't you know that since we were kids?"
"Yes, I know. But I think your hearing distance is getting sharper and farther than before."
Hearing Jihan's opinion, Rizal just shrugged his shoulders. "Eitherway. I haven't paid much attention to my sense of hearing either." And Jihan only responded with 'oh' ria.
I don't think the bottles that were empty are now fully filled. Rizal glanced at his watch slightly, calculating the remaining time now. There are fifteen minutes left. Rizal's face again looked at Jihan who was arranging the bottles to be neat.
"Ji, you want to soak my feet here?" take Rizal, look a small smile that sincerely adorns the face of his handsome now more handsome made.
"certain. With pleasure." Unwittingly by herself, Jihan smiles at Rizal's smile which can make a red tinge appear on Jihan's beautiful face.
They take off the footwear they wear on their feet one by one.
Rizal extended his right hand only to Jihan, then Jihan happily grabbed Rizal's right hand with her right hand smaller than Rizal's. And the two hands were twisting each other.
Slowly, Rizal guided and led Jihan to walk in the deep river to the extent. Arriving in the middle, Rizal sat Jihan on a rock that was wide and rather high, but can still be used to soak the legs, by holding his waist and lifting him up to sit comfortably in his place. After Jihan had sat down, Rizal immediately sat himself on the same rock as Rizal. Right next to him.
At first glance Rizal saw a happy feeling flashed on the sweet face of Jihan. Understandably, this was the first time that Jihan was directly related to nature. "You like it?" rizal's eyes still looked at Jihan's face with a gentle look.
"Like. It's very like." Jihan tilted her face and she could see Rizal's face watching her carefully. "What's up, Zal? How do you see me like that?"
"Hn. No. gabe. There's nothing." Rizal turned his gaze straight in front of him. He could see the view of the various trees in the forest and the long stream he was enjoying now with Jihan.
Unable to hold on for long by turning his eyes away from Jihan, Rizal looked at Jihan again. "Jihan.. Do you have feelings for someone now?"
"Yes. Not someone, but a lot of people. Starting from my parents, my friends, and all my friends. They're very valuable." Jihan's eyes glared infinitely straight ahead. "That's called feeling affection, Rizal."
"Hn... affection, yes.." Rizal raised his head to the blue sky, "Is it different from the feeling that his name is 'love'?" His head returned and he pointed it at Jihan.
Jihan held her own chin. Pose thought. "People say the feeling of 'love' is different from compassion. Deeper, different, special, and. I don't know, I don't know for sure what 'love' is like." Jihan's face smiled briefly and chuckled. Like trying to melt that serious atmosphere.
'Love', yes. A small smile adorned his face, "Will there be that feeling in me?" rizal muttered in a barely audible voice.
"Hn? What's up?"
"No. There's nothing." I reckon. Rizal added in himself.
The silence lasted a long time. The two of them were swept away in their own minds, until the voice of Sandi echoed throughout the forest, calling out to the two of them who were each busy with thoughts in his head.
"Rizal! The jihan! When do you want to be there, huh?"
Guaranteed the sound of Sandi's screams made Rizal and Jihan's ears squeal in pain, and the people around him suffered impromptu deafness.
"You don't see the time now? I know you're in the process of approaching, but please watch the time around, okay?" And of course the last question sentence mocked the two men.
"Hhh, yes, yes" replied Jihan resigned in her small voice.
"Basic doesn't know himself. Highly educated, but such was his behavior." said Rizal with his mutterings as he came down from the rock and again led Jihan and guided her back to the mainland.
The two of them also stepped their feet shortening the distance between the two of them with their 'Sandi and friends' who were looking at the two of them, starting from a distance until Rizal and Jihan right standing in front of them.
Sandi's eyes looked at Rizal for a moment and moved to Jihan in turn. "I think you're okay. All right, next we'll continue our journey to where we're headed."
"Well! I can't wait to see such a sight." Kurnia stretched her achy body after seeing the object around the forest with Joints a few minutes ago.
"Well, especially for our new partner" Novi said in a dislike tone and her Lavender iris looked at the iris emerald Jihan with a condescending look.
Seeing Novi's attitude towards her, Jihan tries to convince her. "Huh? A pair? You mistakenly thought Nov. Rizal had nothing to do with me. Yeah, isn't Zal?" Her emerald iris meets Rizal's onyx iris for a moment
"Hn." answered Rizal briefly.
"Tuh right. There's nothing." Jihan looked back at Novi.
Novi still did not believe in the words of Jihan and still looked at Jihan with an unfaithful look of a friend. Sandi who over and over felt bored with what was happening in front of her eyes diverted the conversation. "So... can we go on our hiking trip now?"
Without hesitation Sandi stepped her feet away from the resting place earlier after speaking to her friends. Without hesitation, the others followed him from behind.
Now the resting place they occupied felt lonely again. There is no air of human life, there is no intelligence that occurs.
Silent. Only silence enveloped the area. But…
I don't know why the place feels crowded and crowded. A gripping atmosphere was re-assembling in that place.
Well. their resting place. Earlier.
...~Lost In Nightmare~...
...To be Continued…...