WOMEN AND GRAVES

ROMANTIC TRAGEDY IN A CAFE

Like going to the reception, Kumal was preening neatly in front of the glass, with a noisy heartbeat and dor-doran sounds. Today is the day she and Arin are going to have a date. Kata ‘kat’ long ago continue to wander in the head Kumal.

He can't wait to meet Arin, his childhood friend and then his first love. And in a moment, he will see the smile of the woman again, the smile of honey that makes opium. His smile was like a passage of time to return to childhood .

It was the time when he met Arin. Annoying Arin, grumpy Arin, and brave Arin. He remembered how Arin often referred to him as a loser. He also remembered how Arin taught him to read and write his own name. All those memories, make it mess up on its own in front of the glass.

And the Beautiful Ghost who had noticed Kumal's strange behavior was approaching. As soon as possible Kumal took off the mesem, he pretended to justify the tie, so as not to notice that he was very happy and impatient to meet Arin.

Fana Ismi floated on the right side of Kumal, he lay on his stomach, held his chin with his hands and swung his legs in the air. The ghost watched Kumal preening, and it was not pleasant for Kumal. He felt awkward when noticed that way. “Why did you notice me like that?” Kumal Tegur.

“Why? Is that wrong?” reply Fana Ismi does not want to know.

I have no reason to reprove anymore. He also realized, there is nothing wrong with paying attention. Beautiful Ghosts have the right to notice even the rolling in the air. It's just that, again Kumal felt awkward to be seen with the sweet look of a ghost.

He also looked for another topic. “Oh yes, Fi, at that time you would have said, that not everyone died will be a ghost. The dead will become ghosts if there is unresolved business while still alive. Right, right?”

Fana Ismi nodded quickly confirming.

“So, why did you become a ghost? What business haven't you finished in the world?”

For a moment Beautiful Ghost was silent, memories of the past while still alive, seeping into his ghostly spirit. That man, that man was now clearly drawn in his head. He replied in a slightly poignant tone, “I just want to say goodbye to my lover.”

I nodded as if I understood.

“Why are you asking that?”

“Hem .. I don't know, I was just curious.”

“Do you want to help me to finish that mundane affair?” urge Fana Ismi to realize that this Kumal question is quite a step.

“I didn't say I wanted to help.”

“Then?” continued Beautiful Ghost a little annoyed at that cold answer. “Then why do you ask that when the edges do not want to help?”

“Hem... ouch!” pekik Kumal patting the jidat. The strange behavior made Fana Ismi's eyes sparkle because of curiosity. “I forgot, I forgot there was a date with Arin today. And I'm almost late,” continued Kumal made the mouth Beautiful Ghost monyong.

After seeing the watch in his right hand, he left in a hurry, and the clock ticked in a row with the heart pounding of Kumal.

***

Arin waited long enough at the cafe, alone, feeling restless and lacking confidence. Could Kumal have read my letter? Could she be dating me? Could it be that he came today or maybe not? Those questions made Arin anxious.

However, not long after Arin was worried that Kumal would not come, he also saw a handsome man in a neat shirt looking to push the cafe door leaf. The man waved at Arin. Arin throws a smile when he realizes that the man is the figure of his little friend, Kumal. They meet again as two pigeons meet on the ridge.

“Have you waited long, Arin?” kumal asked when their bodies were side by side.

“Ti... ti.. not really!” reply Arin a little nervous, because too fascinated to see the appearance of Kumal that changed drastically.

Arin invited Kumal to sit down. Sit them face to face. Looking at each other's faces made them both awkward. They don't know where to start and who to start first. They sit in silence, sit with restless legs and the look begins to tighten.

Kumal himself who plans to declare love, does not know what to start the conversation with. He was too nervous and scared. His courage towards women is instantly lost when faced with the woman he loves so much. The verses of Gemala that he had prepared, immediately decayed and disappeared. The head of Kumala tetiba moltted leaving not a single word.

“What are you doing? Why are you only silent and why is that woman also silent? You have to talk a word, otherwise this date will be a mess,” whispered Beautiful Ghost after just now just following and watching the path of this date.

“Ha?” Kumal was surprised to find Fana Ismi floating by his side. From now on, due to hurry, he did not realize, that Beautiful Ghost followed him to this cafe. “Why are you here?” ask Kumal later.

“Of course I followed you. I got tired of my own contract, so I decided to follow you. Who knows you need my help.”

“I don't need your help!” bentak Kumal's. “You know, this is my date.”

“Then why are you bothering me”

“I don't bother you.”

Fana Ismi and Kumal again bicker and continue to bicker. I forgot that he was in a cafe and was on a date with Arin.

Arin wonders what Kumal is talking about and who he is talking to. From Kumal's point of view, Arin knew that Kumal was not talking to him. But to whom? Arin confused. Arin could not see ghosts, so in his mind, Kumal was fumbling for himself. Anxious, he asked Kumal himself, “Mal, who are you talking to?” asked Arin hesitatingly.

Of course Kumal gasped, he realized again, that he was on a date with a woman he really liked. Kumal stops his quarrel with Fana Ismi, he turns to look at Arin Again. “I'm sorry, Rin. I don't mean to ignore you and even bicker with her.”

“Blercock?” Arin was curious. “You're chatting with who, Mal.”

Kumal patted the eel for his stupidity. He forgot that Arin could not see ghosts and his speech just now had complicated the already strange problem. He wanted to say that he was talking to a ghost. However, he did not want the events he had experienced with Bu Yunit to repeat. He did not want Arin to leave because he was afraid. “I'm sorry, Rin. I can't explain it, because maybe you won't understand.”

“Do not understand?” ask Arin in a different tone. He looked at Kumal with an arrow-like gaze that was about to swipe from his bow. The mood looks a little gripping. “You're humbling me, Mal. Just because I'm just a high school graduate and you're a scholar, so your words can't be understood. That's too naive, Mal!”

“That's not what I mean, Rin.” I feel wrong and everything he does goes wrong.

Arin did not want to know Kumal's explanation, he was already angry. He looked at Kumal with a disappointed look, he stood up, about to leave the cafe.

“Do you not remember the teaching of your late father to always be gentle with women. You haven't changed, Mal, you were the same when I first met you. You're still a loser! In fact, Uncle Anggi's death, it's because of your fiancee nature.”

Arin's last words make Kumal flinch, he can't do anything in the face of evil memories in the dark past. Arin's words have a point, he's still a loser. In fact, he could not stop the steps of Arin who went and passed in front of him with tears.

And Beautiful Ghost even chuckled at the funny incident just now. Fana Ismi forgot, that Arin is a figure that I crave. He also does not realize that there is a terrible change in the Kumal's countenance after Arin leaves. “Why are you laughing?” ask Kumal in a soft tone.

“Surely because it's funny,” said Beautiful Ghost slipped.

“Funny? So to you, this is all a joke worth laughing at!”

Listening to Kumal's high tone, Fana Ismi also felt guilty. Now he knew that Kumal's heart was completely torn to shreds. He regretted that he had laughed over the suffering of others. “Are you angry?” ask the pretty ghost to get a little angry.

“Of course I'm angry! Don't you see this look, ha?!”

“I'm sorry, Mal. I didn't mean to laugh at all this. I thought ..”

“What do you think?” cut the Kumal with the head almost blown off. “You think, sorry to be able to restore the situation, ha?!”

Fana Ismi felt very guilty. “Sorry, Mall. I should have stayed on the contract. I shouldn't have followed you here. I'm sorry, Mal, this is all I can say. Sorry, Mal, if I'm sorry it won't change the situation.”

Kumal's chest was still boiling with anger. Not enough to yell at Beautiful Ghost, he also returned to scold, “Ya, you should not follow me. You shouldn't have followed me from the beginning. You shouldn't be in my life! You're just a ghost, I should think of you like you never existed! Yes, you are just a ghost of a bully!”

That harsh sentence really broke the heart of Fana Ismi who had been imprinted all this time. The whole thing is also tight. “I'm sorry, Mal ...” squeals Beautiful Ghosts have no power to hold back tears. “But your words just got really nasty.”

The people in the cafe were watching. None of them dared to come closer. They witnessed the phenomenon of the man from the beginning. Everyone saw Kumal as a madman whose heart was broken from being too infatuated with the woman before. Everyone guessed, Kumal had just been rejected by Arin. They thought Kumal was blabbering and angry at himself for not accepting the rejection.

“Crude said you?” said Kumal again. “You are evil! You... so mean to me!” stab Kumal at Fana Ismi with her index finger. “Better you go. Just go! And don't ever show your ghost face again!”

Just go! Just go! Just go! The word echoed in the head of Beautiful Ghost. He also has to be self-conscious. “Alright, I'll go, Mal. I won't show you my ugly face again in front of you. I-i promise. But please, Mal, forgive me for being too heavy.”

Fana Ismi floated away from the cafe. He has decided not to meet and disturb Kumal again.Their belief to always be together was uprooted from the root of the belief.

For the waterfall, crying also crosses the rapids of suffering to the crowded chest recesses of Kumal. He could not stop Arin's passing steps away. He also could not stop the footsteps of the Beautiful Ghost that floated away. He can't do anything and he's really still a loser.

“I'm sorry, sir, I'm sorry your son keeps being a loser!” lamentable. I cannot fulfill my four teachings. He failed to be a tough kid. Now he's crying. He also cannot be gentle with women. And he's still a loser.