Triangle (Driehoek)
Terror from the Past
Aris lay agitated on the bed, had about an hour to lay down his body but he had not been able to fall asleep. It has been tried many times to turn to the right and to the left but it does not also help because the consciousness is still working.
Too many heavy things happen today that inevitably invite him to keep thinking. What bothered her most was of course her aunt and papa's expectations of herself and Novi.
Actually they just hope like that, anyway between Novi and Aris there is no blood relation. It's just that Aris has gotten used to the feeling of "Sister-Sister". And it made her feel very uncomfortable, also upset.
"Argh .. what the hell is this aunt and Papa, there-anything, "in his heart grumbled many times. Although he believes he can still change the wishes of his aunt and father but still this discussion is very disturbing, like a cold pimple on the taste.
Before long her phone felt vibrating, Aris grabbed it from the table beside the bed. After the screen lock is opened, WhatsApp notification appears on the phone, it turns out that a message from Novi.
"Duh", Aris's inner
"Can't sleep, brother, "a message from Novi.
It was to be expected that the girl also must have thought the same thing as Aris thought.
"Sama, sister also can not sleep, "reply Aris, at the end of the sentence Aris added laughing emoticons plus sweat on the head 😅.
Novi replied by sending emoticons with a confused head down picture or maybe ngenes times yes 😔.
Seen in the chat window it says "Novi Dahlia Falguni is typing..."
Aris was waiting for what else this girl was going to say. But until a minute awaited there is also no incoming message from Novi, Aris suspects Novi may be confused about what to write.
"Yes, take a break, my sister.."Type Aris means to end. I think there is still a long time for the two of them to talk about it. After all, if Novi did not agree with their matchmaking, and he was sure about it, of course he would support it.
Just after the message was sent, a message from Novi reappeared. It seems like the girl finally decided to return to send a message to Aris.
"If it's Novi, it doesn't matter brother, "fill the message.
"Dha?"
Aris read it and was silent in contemplation, as Novi's sentence stopped hanging. The sentence can mean several possibilities, no matter with their matchmaking or. no problem but there is a tapi.
"Hhh, "Aris sighed.
"Then think again, "inner.
He loved Novi as much as he loved himself. Ever since they were little he always tried to please the good and cute Novi. He would willingly do anything to make Novi happy.
Novi is an orphan. Papa Novi died of illness after three years of marriage to his mother, while his mother Novi was pregnant. Her mother Novi died in childbirth.
But Aris's affection all along to Novi was purely affectionate as a sister was to her sister. So unfortunately, Aris is more willing if Novi is with others as long as the girl is happy.
"Rest my sister, there is still a long time to discuss it, "reply Aris then add smiley emoticons 🙂.
After the sent message is marked two ticks, put the phone and try to close your eyes, hoping to sleep soon.
Just closing my eyes, the phone vibrated. Lazily Aris grabbed the phone and saw a new message coming in. From Novi again.
"Oh son, "in Aris.
"Novi dear sister, Mother, and Om, you are the Novi family, "so it is.
Aris read it and fell silent..
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It turns out that it wasn't just Aris and Novi who were restless tonight. Two rooms from the room occupied by Aris, Rudi sat pensively on the bed.
Rudi tried to entertain himself, maybe his feelings and thoughts became erratic because of the condition of his body that was not healthy.
Slowly he got off the bed, opened the door of the room and walked towards the kitchen to grab a drink. He deliberately walked slowly, because it was caused by a sick body, also because he did not want to wake the other residents of the house.
After passing through the dining room, he arrived at the kitchen which was then in a dark state. Turn on the lights to see more clearly. Take the glass from the shelf and pour water on the kettle located on the kitchen table.
Sipped water many times from the glass, "very fresh," he said. He felt the water running through his esophagus successfully reducing his fever.
Rudi had turned off the lights and was about to turn to the room, when his ears heard the voices of women humming outside the house. The hum was unique in that it was spoken in a language he did not understand.
"Na twintig jaar zullen bloemen. Driehoeken word losgemaakt en vrienden worden vijanden."
"Na twintig jaar zullen bloemen. Driehoeken word losgemaakt en vrienden worden vijanden."
"Na twintig jaar zullen bloemen. Driehoeken word losgemaakt en vrienden worden vijanden."
The voice was so clear, and melodious, but it implied sadness. Although this is awkward, inexplicably Rudi did not feel afraid and was curious about the voice. Though come to think of it, it was past midnight, and the presence of women humming in the darkness outside the house was not a normal thing.
Rudi opened the latch and pushed the shutters consisting of two parts to open wide.
Rudi noticed the direction the sound came from and was startled because he saw about 10 meters in front of the window where he was standing, a woman sitting curled up while humming.
The woman was sitting in a bright light like a full moon, so exotic. It was like being on stage and then there was a lamp from above that highlighted it. Only in the part where the woman sat curled up was the light, while the surroundings were pitch-black.
She was dressed like the people in colonial times. White trouser shirt with sleeves and frilly flower skirt.
His face was invisible because it was covered in hair that looked dirty and wet. His white clothes are also dirty muddy here.
After Rudi sharpened his gaze, he only realized that both of the women's hands were tied to his feet, forcing him to sit curled up like that.
Under such circumstances the woman was still humming in a foreign language like before, which was somehow meaningless, but from her tone her voice signaled a heartache.
Suddenly the dark atmosphere became somewhat bright, there were many torches burning from the darkness and he heard many people shouting even though it was unclear what they were shouting.
Only the torch collection was clearly visible, while the bodies of the holders only faintly mingled with darkness.
Then from the crowd of people who were brandishing torches up and down, a Dutch man appeared while holding a drawn sword. The sword glittered brightly reflecting the light above it.
People were heard cheering happily as the Dutch man raised his sword. Then without being prevented, the man slapped his sword towards the neck of the woman who was bound..cash!!!
Rudi was about to scream, but the incident was too fast, he just looked up in shock because he did not expect to see something like this.
Blood spurted from the base of the neck of the woman who is now open gaping, while the body twitched several times and fell lifeless.
While the head was rolling towards the window where Rudi was. Strangely the head is like a basketball that is flexible, rolling and jumping, each jump is getting higher. Until finally the head perched on the window in front of Rudi.
Rudi stood upright unable to move, unable to even close his eyes.
He saw the head of a beautiful European-faced woman. So close to their distance he can see the details of the beautiful face. The nose is pointed, the lips are red in proportion, and there are slight reddish spots around the nose as well on the cheeks. The woman's eyes were closed, visible streams of tears in the corners of her eyes.
This is the same woman that Doni saw in his dream, only that Rudi did not know that, because Doni did not have time to tell anything.
Rudi fell silent, unable to take his eyes off the head of the beautiful woman. It looks like fresh blood is pouring from the base of the woman's neck dripping on the window sill and then flowing down through the wall to the washbasin.
Suddenly the woman's eyes opened, she snickered, while her mouth grinned sinisterly, and turned wide. Then two pairs of murmurs appeared above his mouth, the color of his skin changed. Slowly the woman's head turned into the head of a stealth catfish that sucked her blood.
Rudi could no longer stand up and fell onto the cold kitchen floor.
