There is No Need for Love

Splitting the Forest In The Blind Night

Risda looked at the calendar hanging in her room and saw the graffiti she made, Risda counting with her finger, right. Risda and Asrul have entered the end of the journey to carry out their duties in the interior of Borneo.

If calculated, the time they have passed so much, do not feel the time so fast, now Risda has entered the last phase, if the time here divided by three phases, early, middle, and now, and end.

Even in this final phase has been lived more than half. Risda is grateful until now he has not found what obstacles, everything is still running smoothly and running quite well and satisfying.

Not even their programs stagnated in any way, everything went according to plan, almost without obstacles. Support came from many parties, not only the schools where they serve, the village government and others.

There is one party that supports a lot in terms of funds, Haris, which Risda is familiar with calling Mr. Nas. Yes, Haris is always coming forward to support Risda and Asrul, even the volume of his presence continues to increase.

From once a month, to twice, to then once a week. Now even Haris visit to the village where Risda serves sharply increased to twice a week, Asrul who knows only a smile, Risda who does not even know what, but Risda who knows what, he is very close to Haris.

The event is now more about administration, visitation and visitation, practically Risda only teaches three days a week, because time is running out for visits to the city, both to the sub-district capital, regency, and so on, also to the provincial capital.

Tired, maybe that's the most certain, why not, early in the morning is now used to have to take a boat for hours to reach the capital city of the district, take another ojek with incredible terrain to reach the district capital.

If it is not possible, forced to stay overnight, a trip that takes half a day just to pursue a seminar that is not up to two hours, sometimes even not until, then will face a trip back, and then will face a trip back, the same is the length of the story.

But, it is still meningan, the most extraordinary, already boarded a boat, on foot, take a new ojek of public transportation to reach the meeting place, the, and it turned out that the meeting was delayed because the person concerned was having business, once met, the meeting was not fifteen minutes.

“In Jakarta, jamming for hours is normal, but we just sit waiting, everything in time will be smooth again. We are this, I don't know ..”.

Asrul just laughed seeing the restless Risda. “We are only three years like this Ris, but we have complained, how do those who do live here, what do you think they can complain about?”.

Risda shakes. “It's none of my business”. Ketus Risda's.

“As for you, want to straighten or not. What is clear, what is the importance of you ngeluh”.

Risda looked at Asrul for a long time, returning to the head bobble. “I'm tired Rul, capek”.

“That's one of the shortcomings of lu Ris, look at the cave, safe aja”.

Risda. “Did you say ?, safe ?, snobs. Not you who was bored, sok you ?”.

Asrul laughed. “Lu was born and raised in Jakarta Ris, emang elu of North Sumatra descent, gua tofu, but you do not fit fiercely tau ?”.

Risda grunting. “Terexah”.

“Ris-fr. Gua said to you yes, if angry it was ati ati dikit”.

Risda's eyes bulged. “Emang why ?”.

“Lu getting beautiful, I swear”.

It was fortunate that Asrul immediately dodged, otherwise Risda's shoes might have landed heavily on his shoulder. Asrul laughed again, but before long, he sat down next to Risda again, feeling safe, because Risda had turned back on her shoes.

“We're back or how about Ris, just hope ?”.

Risda breathed heavily. “I am not sure of the night road on Rul boat, we better just nginap ya”. Risda begged.

“Why ?, itung itung experience”.

Asrul even teased, but he also shuddered at the thought of a night walk on a boat that clearly had no lights. Asrul even imagines anaconda film, instead of many films that are shooting locations in Kalimantan here, the fur kuduk Asrul even already standing.

Arrived Risda sumringah, slapped Asrul's shoulder slowly. “Iya also yes Rul, must be exciting it. When else do we see Kalimantan forest at night, right ?”.

Asrul turned pale. “Yang seriously lu Ris”.

Risda still looks cheerful. “Iya Rul, let's just go home. Curious i”.

Asrul was really very pale. “Lu seriously napa Ris ?”.

“It's serious. Telephon Pak Throw away, wait for us”.

“Ogah”.

Asrul wiped his face. “Gua .. cave .. ah, it is Ris, we just do”.

Risda's forehead is getting wrinkled. “Lho, why is it ?”.

“Fear of”.

Risda's laughter instantly broke. Risda instead took the phone from Asrul's hand and just contact Pak Buang. Asrul already does not know how to describe his feelings, Asrul can not imagine if he really came home, night on the river through the forest, want to find out what disease ?.

Asrul's face was completely bleached, Risda seriously asked Pak Buang to wait, and Asrul could not speak because he knew if Pak Buang said yes. That means they will really break through the forest at night, Asrul is really not sure he can calm down.

“Ris, no need to napa Ris, we just do lah”. Now Asrul was really begging.

“Lu aja nginap, cave home. Tomorrow the cave has class, it's up to lu”.

“Please Ris, we just hope”.

Risda kept shaking. “Lu aja nginap”.

Asrul. “Truth Ris. It's up to you, cave nginap, you want to go back, just turn yourself, cave here”.

Risda nodded. “Terasur lu, mah balik” cave.

Asrul so wrong, the profit that awaited appeared as well, Asrul so switched focus on the business that was the purpose of them coming here, and sure enough, it was, what requires both of them to compete with many things, does not take long, everything is completed not even ten minutes.

Out of the room, Asrul is still not sure to go home, even nanya where a safe and good place to stay. Asrul already got his info in full, but it seems that Risda seriously wants to go home, instead again contact Pak Buang saying they will go to the village port.

“If you want to catch up, just catch Rul, then I go home by myself”.

Asrul was still shaking. “Lu seriously napa Ris ?”.

“Whose not serious ?”.

Asrul is really dizzy. “Your truth behind ?, fear not ?”.

Risda shakes. “Nggak”.

“Serious napa Ris ?”.

Risda shook her head. “It's been, I've been”.

Risda went straight to the ojek that was waiting, Asrul patted the jidat and followed Risda who was already on the ojek. What can be done, Asrul still come, it is impossible to let Risda alone, Asrul's bath does not accept it, with all the bumps, Asrul also ride a motorcycle and glide towards the port.

Asrul can not possibly let Risda go home alone, although actually Asrul also will not be much benefit, it is not possible to also help Risda if something unwanted happens, but at least Asrul is sure, he said, Risda would be calmer if he existed, that's all.

Both get to the port of the village which actually people here also call it tangkahan, just a place of boat sandar only, made of planks in neatly arranged, with coconut tree poles, although it looks strong, even though it looks strong, but when stepped on rocking too.

Asrul just shook his head to look at Risda's style, when they met a look, it was good that Risda squinted her lips and immediately threw her face away. Asrul actually wanted to laugh, but imagining what he would face later, Asrul's laughter seeds had already withered before growing, even the leaves had dried up and fallen to the ground.

The journey began, at first it was beautiful, the scenery was very tempting and pampering the eyes, but it only lasted not until two hours, now nature began to lose light, first there is still a bias in view, but the next minute it was all dark.

Risda turned to sit next to Asrul, in his heart Asrul began to curse, was pretentious, now even closer, but Asrul also understood, whatever it was, in this atmosphere, for Risda of course, sitting near Asrul is the most appropriate place and the best choice that can be taken.

Everything is not visible, unfortunately the boat is absolutely no lighting, even when Asrul turned on his cellphone flashlight, immediately banned, because it is considered to invite animals, especially snakes.

This time the pale one was not only Asrul, but Risda as well. Risda did not expect if it would be this dark, fortunately there was a moon, but did not give any solution at all, everything was still dark, even more worthy of being called concentrated.

Silence, which sounded only the sound of the boat engine and the breeze that made the leaves rub against each other. Risda almost jumped when there was a noise in the water and there was a commotion in the forest, very clearly heard, but not knowing what, to ask, the two were equally as fearless.

Now that Risda's fingers were firmly grasping Asrul's fingers, even Asrul felt the shivering of Risda's hands plus the cold. That is, Risda was now in such a frightened position. Asrul breathed and was truly sorry.

There is a sense of annoyance, anger, and I don't know what else, but everything is useless, they have gone too far into the forest, want to jump back is also impossible. So that all Asrul can do is berTO’a hopefully they can arrive quickly and in a safe state.

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