TUMBAL NURSING HOME

CHAPTER 9 UNDERNEATH THE TREE.

Doni put down the spoon and hurriedly took a glass of water. He drank it without pause, until his four friends were astonished. Seeing Doni's strange gurgle, Sintia asked with a body gesture. He lifted his head up, and Doni answered with a head-belt.

"After getting things done, let the parents relax first. If it's time to go to bed, take them to his room." Mariyati said before stepping away.

Mariyati always spoke in a flat tone of voice. He was never seen smiling at the six students.

"Are you going to sleep yet? Doni drive to the room now yuk!"

"Attent. It's not time for you to rest!" Grandpa Dodit said as he looked up at the wall clock.

They were all relaxing in the front room. Nek Siti was reading a book, while Nek Windu chose to knit a scarf out of woolen thread. While Nek Sejah, was listening to music from the black disc. Sintia noticed Grandpa Ridho was painting something, he helped Riko who held the table so as not to sway.

"Grandfather Ridho likes to paint huh? That's who Grandpa painted?" Sintia asked watching the sketch of a woman's face.

Grandpa Ridho smiled, and said that he was painting someone who had been in his past.

"Oh so this is Cake's wife?" Sahut Riko who was curious.

"No! He was someone who always accompanied Grandpa when everything left Grandpa alone. If there wasn't him, maybe Grandpa wouldn't have been here for a long time." Grandpa Ridho smiled again while staring at the roof ceiling of the house.

"Aafrargh!"

The screams of someone shocked them all. At once Doni and Dina ran to find where the voice came from. From a distance, Widia was seen crouching with her face covered.

"Lu why Wid? Just ngagetin' people anyway!" Seru Dinahnya ngosan.

"Dina. I was afraid, I just saw a ghost eating offerings under the big tree Din! His ghost was wearing that china shirt, his eyes were wide and his tongue was sticking out. There's also incense there, it must be that the ghost came because there's an incense smell here." Widia said crying.

Doni walked up to the big tree that Widia meant. Seen there is indeed incense that is still burning, there is a typical Chinese offerings with fruits and heavy food. There are fried noodles with a long shape, with red eggs. Next to it was a peach-shaped bread as well.

"Kok I've seen kayak gini offerings. But where it is, I forget to remember." Doni muttered to himself.

Soon Sintia and Riko arrive. They approached Doni who was still in front of the session.

"Din you invite Widia to go inside first. Just a minute, let's find out what Widia saw!" Say Cintia by hooking both eyebrows.

Dina just took a deep breath, then took Widia back to the lounge. Meanwhile, Doni seemed to be still thinking about something.

"Aw... I remember now." Doni flicked his fingers while watching the various offerings in front of them.

Just now Doni was about to open his mouth to tell me something. The sound of Mariyati screaming called out their names. The three hurried to leave the location, and returned to the room.

"Huh. Praying? Is there a show, ma'am?" Sintia asked curiously, thus stopping Mariyati's steps.

"You ask Beni yourself, we go first!" Mariyati continued her steps, she locked the door from outside the house.

Now Doni, Sintia and Riko stand together. Doni was explaining the meaning of the offerings they saw under the tree earlier.

"I used to go to Beni's house, it happened that his family had another birthday. Now they have a kayak-like offerings that we saw earlier. The difference is that the offerings are placed in front of the altar, maybe not the one who put the offerings was Beni? Bu Mariyati said, Beni is praying."

"Lu's convinced Don by your guess? What is the ghost Widia saw?" Sahut Dina who suddenly said.

"Maybe it wasn't the ghost of Beni's ancestor? He came because he was called by the offerings that Beni had prepared." Doni's guess had made his friends confused. But suddenly Beni passed in front of them all.

Widia approached Beni, seeing her face pale. Widia, who is anxious, calls her friends to see Beni's condition. Sintia also touched Beni's forehead, felt her forehead was very cold.

"Lu's sick, huh, Ben? Rest first, let's just finish it all." Sintia panics, and tries to find a cure in a P3K box.

"Don't look for Sin's medicine, I'll rest in my room. It won't hurt tomorrow either." Clearly Beni with an empty look.

"Gue bring some warm tea for you Ben." Widia said then went to the kitchen, and forgot her fear just like that.

"Loh Wid you've already." Doni could not continue his words because Riko had her mouth shut.

"Cockfighting! I'm a big boy!" Doni protested and then snorted in annoyance.

"Partially, why would you want Widia's ingetin? It's good he's not afraid anymore, even want you to ingetin!" Sahut Riko shook his head. Sintia and Dina agree with Riko. They compactly hit Doni's arm in turn.

After everything was done, they all went into the room. The atmosphere of the night was somewhat different from before. There was the sound of crows flying over the house, and the cold burst into the room. Almost all of them could not close their eyes. Only Beni seemed to be sleeping well. Until the sound of women giggling from the outside. Neither women nor men dared to leave the room. They remembered the message of Mariyati, if there are many criminals in the area and so on. Not to mention, the voice heard this time was more like a giggling kuntilanak sound. Dina, who was originally lying on her bed, chose to join in the same bed with Widia and Sintia. He forgot his problem with Sintia, because the situation that night was really gripping.

"Gaes I'm scared! You can slide a little bit again, right?" Pinta Dina shuffled into the blanket Widia was wearing.

"Udah stuck Din, don't move much!" Sintia is cornered on the wall.

Unlike the men in her room. The original Doni and Riko awake, suddenly both are hit by an extraordinary drowsiness. They slept well until morning. And the next day, they woke up and saw Beni was no longer in his bed. Doni who sleeps one bed with Beni confused, because not usually Beni woke up earlier than Riko.

"Where's Ko, Beni?"

"Gue doesn't know Don either, it's just that I woke up not long before you woke up. My son woke up before me!" Beni said astonished.

Doni scratched his unscratchy head. He got up from the bed, walked to the window and opened it. And as soon as he looked out the window, Doni saw something that he thought was strange. Until he rubbed his eyes, to make sure what he saw was real.