The Night Hugging the Stars (The Ghost Mystery of the Dark Forest)

Satru

Pakha dropped her body carelessly on the soft mattress of the kosan room. Today he felt very tired even though he did nothing, the incident of Boy who suddenly hit Jidan made himself shocked. Somehow his body felt pain when he remembered the battered Jidan as if Boy had just grinded Jidan into a pulp.

“Now what time is it?” muttered Pakha then looked at the wall clock in the corner of the room.

The clock has shown at five in the afternoon, he was shocked because today he will go home. Although inwardly lazy to go home because his parents do not care about his existence but Pakha still look at the condition of his parents, however they both remain his biological parents. Tomorrow, he has no college schedule.

After the bath, Pakha immediately got ready to pull. When he wants to turn on the motorbike engine he borrowed from his boarding friends, suddenly the phone in his pocket reads a sign of the phone coming in.

He immediately took the hp in his pocket, looked at for a while then put the hp back in. Because there's a Boy name that appears on his phone screen. The heart wanted to be better for Boy, but his heart was still irritated. Feeling unacceptable with the bad attitude Boy he just knew yesterday. A good couple must accept all the shortcomings of the couple. Pakha wanted to be like that yet it was as if her heart still did not accept. He tried to escape first by going home. So that Pakha does not meet Boy. And he will try to accept the fact that Boy is also an ordinary human who can be angry at any time, because he is a human being not a subtle creature like Bima who always be nice to him.

Today is a good time to visit his hometown. For almost two months he had not yet established his native land. Backpacks, gloves, leather jackets, black shoes and also do not miss the helmet he has worn on the head. Preparations are complete, Pakha also immediately left his boarding to his hometown.

A minute after Pakha left the boarding house, Boy's car arrived at Pakha's boarding yard.

With an anxious face Boy directly knocked on the boarding door while shouting calling Pakha's name. There is no sign of the occupants of the boarding house, quiet, silent only dark visible in the room.

Boy tried several times, he was very surprised when one woman in black clothes glared behind his body. It turned out that it was true that the figure of an old woman was standing behind him.

"Good surprise. "yell Boy while stepping back.

"Who is looking for" said the figure whose dark face was not visible, as it faced opposite to the light of the lamp.

"Sister. huh"Boy took a breath then continued his talk.

"I was looking for a boarding house named Pakha, since I called there was no answer. Does Grandma know where she is now? "ask Boy at that figure.

The figure did not answer, suddenly there was a breeze hit the white hair so it was clear that the face from earlier was invisible because of the light factor and part of the hair that covered the face of the grandmother.

"So much, "yells Boy when he sees a smashed face with red eyes glaring at him.

Boy immediately ran in the fog, and in the end he did not know where Pakha was now.

Now that Pakha had reached halfway, the adzan magrib began to sound in his ears. Pakha decided to stop for a moment at a small stall on the side of the road to rest at once to wet her arid throat.

"Mu iced tea one yes" said Pakha then sat facing a table full of various fried foods.

Deftly his hand immediately grabbed tofu meatballs that felt appetizing.

"niki demonstrated an neng. "said the mother of the warung handed him an ice tea order Pakha.

meaning:"this is neng's drink"

"Thank you ma'am, " replied Pakha immediately sipped the drink.

"Ahh fresh. "inner Pakha then put an empty glass in front of him. He averted his eyes to breathe the night air, unintentionally staring at the figure of the white-haired grandmother who was staring intently at him.

Warung made Pakha stop is a small stall located in the middle of the forest and has no neighbors on the left side. Only the wilderness and the sound of crickets became neighbors of the stall.

Pakha always passes through the forest if he wants to go back to his hometown, because it is the only access road that he has to pass.

"Why did the grandmother stare intently at me, she seemed to want to convey something. "inner Pakha who slightly glanced at the old grandmother dressed like an ancient kebaya complete with a wooden stick in her hand for the third leg.

"Mom here is another village in the forest? "ask Pakha to the shop owner's mother.

"Mboten wonten neng, niki namung alasan. "answered by the shopkeeper in Javanese.

meaning:

("No neng, it's just a forest")

"Oh so yes ma'am. "answered Pakha understood the words of the stall owner's mother.

Actually Pakha is a child of Javanese descent and dayak tribe. The Javanese gene was put down by his mother and dayak was put down by his father. Hence he also slightly understands Javanese despite not being fluent.

"Mother isn't afraid to be alone guarding a stall here?"Pakha asked the guard again.

"Kula mpun kulino neng, ing village mother ngggeh piyambak."ansi the mother.

meaning:

("i'm used to being alone, in the village my mother is also alone")

"Oh yes ma'am, yes I want to continue the journey first. Here's the money, the change I take it. "said Pakha while giving fifty thousand to the shop owner's mother.

"Satur suwun neng. "the shop owner replied with a smile.

it means:"Thank you neng"

Pakha simply nodded then resumed her journey. Because adzan magrib has finished reverberating. The dark path only in the light of fireflies adds to the aura throughout the Pakha journey.

"After a long time, why can I again see the subtle creatures anyway. "the inner Pakha on his motorbike traveling at medium speed.

At the Aunt's house

Nawang and Oci finally arrived at his aunt's house which will hold the seven-monthly thanks of their second child.

Upon arrival there Nawang was welcomed happily by the Oci family, including his mother Oci who immediately embraced Nawang like her own son did not distinguish that Nawang was a son-in-law.

"Where are you doing, it's better yet." wondered Mrs Oci still hugging Nawang.

"Alhamdulillah ma'am. "Jawab Nawang's.

After that Nawang directly in the hand of Oci's mother headed into the house. While Oci Manyun saw his mother treat Nawang like that, while he even just shook hands.

"Mother forgets who her child is. "murmured Oci stared at the departure of Nawang with his mother. Then he walked over to the other brother who had gathered to talk with his brother.

After Nawang arrived at the house of Aunt Oci with her mother-in-law. He greeted one by one Oci's relatives. After that he headed to the kitchen to help prepare for the prayer later that night.

As he carried many glasses in a tray filled with hot tea, suddenly a little boy accidentally bumped into him as the little boy ran. That way he and also the tray containing the glass fell together.

The sound of the glass breaking was heard from outside.

"She's okay. "Nawang asked the little boy who just hit him. He was worried about others and did not realize that he was the one who was hurt while the little boy was okay.

The little boy was shocked by the incident just now and just silently stared at the place. A few seconds later people started arriving including Oci who arrived first compared to others.

"Ummi." said Oci surprised to see Nawang and broken glasses scattered.

Nawang was also shocked to hear Oci's scream just now. He was afraid that Oci would scold himself for the carelessness he had just committed.

"Bii me.... "Jawab Nawang hesitated.

With a swift Oci directly carrying Nawang drenched in blood. Nawang was shocked by what Oci did. Nawang only remained silent as Oci held him, he was also shocked by the incident. His mind was even worried about the little boy earlier and he had not even realized that his hands and feet were bleeding.

"Ummi hold it for a while huh. "said Oci while carrying Nawang towards the room.

Arriving in the room Oci sat Nawang on the edge of the bed.

"Bii how the little boy was doing, is that okay? "asked Nawang kwatir.

"UMMI ENOUGH. "snap Oci in front of Nawang. Oci was half-dead to himself while he was worried about others. Unknowingly Oci even snapped at Nawang.

Nawang was very hit with the snaps of Oci just now, instantly his tears immediately fell along with the pain he felt.

So first yes... still wondering what will happen? look forward to the answer in the next episode. Reading spirit.