Trapped in 2001

What's Wrong With Adril

"Propay ya."

Ratna was seen talking to Adril the next day, Heru was also there. As Mario, Brian, and Cavin approach, Adrian leaves.

"What's the matter with Adril?" cavin asked Ratna and Heru.

He felt that there was something strange about the attitude of his cross-day friend. Unlike usual, Adril took it for granted. As long as he knew him, he was a friendly friend and always interacted well with Mario, Brian, and Cavin. Now he acted as if the three children had something wrong with him.

"It's okay" Ratna said as if covering up.

"Yes, Her." he said asking Heru for support, Heru nodded. But still Mario, Brian, and Cavin feel suspicious. It was as if something was hidden by the two children.

"Really?" ask Cavin again.

"Be, really." said Ratna in a stammering and less convincing tone. He glanced at Cavin, Mario, and Brian. Then throw his eyes in another direction.

"Gue same Heru there first, yes."

Ratna then pulled Heru, to immediately move away from the place. While Mario, Cavin, and Brian are still glued to the spot and staring at each other.

Ratna can be good at berkilah, but in the future the three of them are high school children. They could easily catch the lies within the eyes and tone of speech of a Junior High child like Ratna.

***

Dikantor Deddy's.

Deddy's been getting weird emails for days on his email page. Like a password but he himself does not understand, the password is not a familiar and commonly used by many people today. Like a sign that is deliberately self-created, and requires the person who receives it to understand.

Deddy told this to his co-workers. But none of them could break. There are even those who have been struggling with computers for a few days, to break the password.

Today he got it again, the contents are exactly the same as yesterday. It's just that at the bottom there is a picture resembling a doorknob. Deddy himself was confused, not clear who sent the email. Because there's no name on there. Though it should be an email, it will automatically show the name of the sender's email.

"It's still unsolved, too, Ded?" ask one of Deddy's co-workers who is sitting next to him.

"Not yet, do not know what I mean." replied Deddy while staring at his partner for a moment, then back to staring at the computer.

"Email from the future times." chirped one of his other coworkers.

Deddy just laughed. Sometimes he and his friends often fantasize about people coming from the future. Or messages that people intentionally send in the future and so forth.

"Maybe, look at each table drawer. Who knows if there's a portal inside." - Jelly Deddy.

"That's doraemon, Ded." said his friend while laughing.

Shortly after, an email came back in. Still without the sender's name, this time it contains more passwords that seem so unfamiliar.

"Now, nih, nih. Appear again." said Deddy while staring at the computer screen.

His co-workers are now gathered near him. They both pay attention to the computer screen.

"Copy, Ded. Let me track it." said one of them.

***

"Sir Davin, Mr Davin doesn't have a girlfriend yet?"

Agiska asked Davin, as they were both having lunch together.

"If you don't call me outside, Davin. We're the same age as I am."

Agiska smiled.

"I'm a year older, sir. Uh, Davin." Agiska said later.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yes, I know your data when you just want to go into the office. And I'm one year older than you."

"It means to be called mbak, dong." said Davin.

"Don't mbak, atuh. Giska is it."

"Ok, Giska." Davin smiled and Agiska replied.

"Huhui, that stare."

Suddenly Cavin appeared from a direction. He walked with Cavin and Brian. Davin was shocked by the boy's presence.

"Where are you going?" ask Davin later. Cavin grinned wide to the ears.

"You want les."

"Tumben's self-conscious."

"Cie who switched topics. I'll tell mommy yes, Davin has a girl."

"Cav."

Davin was about to approach, but Cavin ran. Then Mario and Brian looked the same.

"Don't want to be with Davin, if you sleep like ngigau girls' names."

"Review yes, Cav. Ntar finish it at home." shouted Davin sewot.

"Who was that?" ask Agiska to Davin.

"My brother, his name is Cavin."

"Cavin?"

Agiska looked at the boy, Cavin turned his head and still smiled. For some reason it was as if a rope was connected in their hearts now. It was like something foreign, yet it felt so close.

"He, his age?"

"Away from me. He's still second grade Junior."

"Means you're a former only child dong?" Agiska was mocked while laughing.

Again Agiska laughed, revealing her neat rows of teeth. I don't know why Davin really likes the way she laughs.

"But how is your relationship with her?"

"Okay, relative. I think the relationship between Sadara in general. Just sometimes, because so busy our parents, he was nothing to me. Sometimes I'm like his father."

"Oh yeah?" Agiska asked while holding back a laugh.

"Yes, take care of him. Nganter go to school, nganter les, nemenin for PR, nemenin he play games, sometimes I'm sick to take care of."

"But if he's on you?"

"Yes the same. He's the one with the attention, sometimes the nyebelin."

"Aren't you guys fighting?"

"Hmm, rarely. At least that's doang. Different opinions, debates. Abis was playing together, eating together again."

"Oh yes, I'm not even close to my brothers."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yes, for each of them."

"You guys live in a house?"

"Yes home, but on living in each room. Love to be alone."

"Please sir, ma'am. Here's the order." A waiter delivered their order.

"We eat first, soon the break ends" Davin said. The two then ate together.

***

While on the road.

"Buruan, Mario. Ntar hit lo, wriggling the book mulu." cried Cavin.

"Yes, stop."

Mario is still struggling with his book, even though it is very dangerous. Same with the habits of his era, who like to walk while paying attention to mobile phones.

"Buruan, Bambang...!"

"Yes." Yeah." Mario was still focused, until finally Cavin turned around and dragged the boy.

"Ntar first, Cav. It's awkward, I want to understand first."

"Yes, ntar can. Why must be on the road, anyway." grumbled Cavin later.

"Yes, ntar first."

Suddenly Brian snatched away the book in his best friend's hands. Mario is looking at Brian.

"Road or I'm ripped off a book" Brian threatened.

"Yes, yes."

Mario stepped while mengedumel, while the book is now stored by Brian in his bag.

***

That night Deddy was overtime at the office, no one else but him. As he was brewing a cup of coffee, suddenly an email came back in.

Deddy opened the email, but it was no longer a password. But a word that is repeated to one page.

"Comeback, comeback, comeback."

This is until the email is finished reading. No other words were written.

"Hey, who are you."

Deddy types the message and tries to send it even if there is no sender email address.

The message of course failed, because it does not know where to send, while the email address is not available. But Deddy didn't give up. Although it felt impossible, he still sent a reply. And then, suddenly, the message worked. Deddy was surprised to see it all, now he hopes the person reciprocates.

While at home, Mario is constantly addicted to learning. He now calls Deddy while reading, but he has another activity: waiting for boiling water to cook instant noodles.

"So according to daddy, is it really a person from the future or a doang fad?" ask Mario.

"It must be a prankster, Mario. How could someone from the future send a message, or get into this dimension."

Mario is silent, Deddy does not know if Mario is from that time. And it looks like Deddy is also the same, not just made similar by the era for the purposes of complementing Mario's life. But apparently Deddy does not have a memory of that.

"Just Deddy Kumpulin is just an email from the guy, who knows he actually wants to tell you something."

"What about?"

"It could be a company secret or something. It could be an email from someone who is in this era, maybe want to ask for help or something."

"Well, have you eaten?" ask Deddy.

"This again wants to mix noodles into the pan...."

"Bloo."

"Yeah." Yeah." Mario sounded violent across the street.

"Why?" ask Deddy later.

"His shoulders are dyed, dad. Not noodles."

"Maha."

Deddy fiddled to hear it all. He imagined the scene before his eyes. While Mario now looks sewot and grumble.