
POV: Disa
“Siiuuttt…. Siuuttt.. dhuaarr..”.
The sound of firecrackers and fireworks together to enliven the night of the new year. The dark night sky turned bright instantly as a torrent of fireworks lit up the black sky that was only accompanied by a few stars.
My lips are always chatty when I see people smiling and laughing through the turn of the year night that is never quiet from the joy and buzz of live music enlivened by famous singers or just laughter the thunderous evoked happiness.
All partying as if everything they passed in the last year was just a story and welcoming a new day with new hope.
I'm still here, in the clown costume of the winnie the pooh character I was wearing today. The hot and sultry had become comrades and no longer meant anything when I saw their happiness. The little ones ran around me and laughed cheerfully. Sometimes they take me pictures, sometimes they kiss me and sometimes they prank me. Everything is too ordinary for me to get this kind of treatment.
Not without reason I feel happy today. If you look at the calendar, today is exactly 20 years old. Said the late father, I was born when the clock ticking from the highest peak shifted ten beats to the right they welcomed my birth with a haru cry and thanksgiving.
I always felt like people were celebrating my birth. In my imagination, I was a princess in a beautiful dress who was having a party. Not as a cinderella but I'm Prince Henry's sister. Funny no, I even created my own imaginative character to please my heart.
Unfortunately, that happiness is so easily lost. Imagination is so easily erased. Just like the sparks of fireworks that blaze beautifully in the dark sky, happiness is so easily lost without a trace as the beautiful spark is extinguished.
For me everything is pseudo and for me everything is just for a moment. They disappeared along with the laughter that started to dim and left me alone again. Just like the Chrysanthemum flame that started to go out. My mother went to the 60th beat after my birth. Without even having time to hug me without having time to kiss me or just say, "Hay my baby,.."
“God, you took all mine. But look, I can still stand up and smile. Don't you get upset because I'm too strong?”
That's what I say every night I'm born. Yes, God has taken everything but I will not wail. In fact, I never asked for anything on my birthday. Being able to stand straight through every color-giving problem in my life, is already the greatest gift God has given me. So, what else should I ask for?
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“Wah my income is quite a lot..” exciting Disa in heart. So ordinary that sweet girl was called.
He began to count the rupiah sheets he took out of the front pocket of his costume. Her hair was still very messy after she took off the head of Winnie the pooh that covered her head all day. The gusts of the night breeze helped blow away the sour smell of sweat from the thick strands of her hair.
“Six, seven, eight, add this dime seven thousand five hundred. Yup! Six hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred rupiahs!” exclaiming Disa while clenching her hands into the air with a smile expanded.
The most fun thing when working like this is being able to earn a lot of money tips. In his head has begun to formulate a plan of what he will do with the money. Can fold his money and hold it tight. Sometimes he kissed her with a kiss.
“A pooh, thank you for keeping me company. I'll wash you and remove all the ice cream stains on your face. Look, you're getting adorable!” Disa pinched and kissed Winnie the pooh's cheek which she hugged in front of her stomach.
He smiled to himself with gratitude in his heart as he remembered the pleasant day he had spent with Winnie the Pooh. He was always smiling, as was Disa with the curvature of his thin lips that never faded. As difficult as any day he faced, it actually felt lighter when he could still smile and encourage himself.
“With this money I will send grandma and some for auntie meri. Then I can save some for college. Yes, pay for college.” Mumbled Disa while looking up at the night sky.
Finished with his plan, Disa immediately went to meet his fellow clowns. The atmosphere of the game arena that began to quiet, made Disa feel a drastic change from the number of laughter to very quiet. Fairy Horse had stopped spinning and the lights had been completely extinguished.
“Jesus!!” dissa's steps stopped and was aghast at his place when he found the figure of a man standing in his way.
“Where is my part?” ask the man who is currently putting his hand on Disa.
Disa immediately hid the money in her grasp behind her body.
“Don't now, brother, I just got a little.” said Disa nervously.
It seems that the face of Disa did not dampen the steps of the man who is now actually approaching. He stood exactly 2 steps ahead of Disa and stared at her sharply.
“Lo know, besides I can ask well I can also take forcibly?” Damar whispered in Disa's ear, making the girl's guts shrivel. Clearly, he could already guess what Damar could do if he refused.
Disa could only open her eyes and swallow her coarse saliva. With trembling hands he showed the money he had in his hands.
“Sret!” Damar took the full money from Disa's hand.
“Wuihhh, much too!” yelled Damar with a thin grin and a sharp look. He counted the amount of rupiah in his hand was happy. “Make lo, that is enough to buy eggs with crackers?” damar was satisfied.
He stared at the money in his hand. Yes enough for 3 eggs and a packet of crackers, his favorite food. No, the menu broke up.
“But brother, I have to.”
“Ssttt!!!” Damar put his index finger on his lips. “Inget, a good sister will always follow her brother's orders.” Again, Damar's gaze was so intimidating.
Within a few moments Damar left Disa without guilt. Isn't this not the first time Damar has done this? Of course he's very used to it.
Back crossed the mind Disa shadow of the face of the grandmother who had been more than a month he did not send money. Disa immediately regained her senses and approached Damar.
“Kak, do not take all, I need for grandma.” Disa grabbed Damar's hand but Damar shook it violently. “Kak, I beg you...” this time Disa sobbed.
“Go before I admit crazy things!” bluff Damar without looking at Disa in the slightest.
“I gag will go, I need,”
“GO!!!!!” damar shouted making Disa fixated in her place. His lips clenched strongly and slightly trembled withstanding the cry.
It felt as if his feet were starting to limp hearing Damar's screams at him. His heart was pounding and pounding very fast. Damar's shout had not only shocked him, more than it had hurt his heart.
Disa no longer flinching, she just let Damar go carry all his money.
“ARGH SHIT!!” only the snorting was heard before Damar passed from before him.
Within moments the mind of Disa was empty. He moved his feet in no direction. The night is getting darker with a circle of tears that cover the corneas and can drip at any time.
From a distance he saw an empty bench. His current goal was just to get there so he wouldn't fall because of his limp body. He needs a backrest.
He could sit his body on a brown bench. He began to sob with his shoulders moving up and down. Although Damar never really made physical contact but from his bluff Can imagine what his half-brother would do who was often drunk. Maybe Damar will really beat him up.
Can only cry, his effort all day means nothing.
“Aaaaahhahaha... Sis Damar, you evil brother...” cried Disa this time really broke, he cried as soon as he was looking for the brother. Both of his hands covered his crying face.
“You know I've been cape-cape, gag eating all day, dehydrated and my body smelled of sun. But it's so easy you take money from me. I'm wrong huh, what am I wrong?!” disa yelled at the man in her mind.
“WOY!!! NOISY!!” a voice behind him. Can be silent for a moment with the mouth tightly closed. Even her tears tried to hold.
This is the second time he gets a knock and harder than Damar did. Just imagine, it feels like his heart will fall sagging to the bottom of his stomach which begins to feel nauseous. I don't know why people like to beat him.
Apparently, without realizing it, the bench behind him was occupied by someone who was lying down and had to wake up because he heard the cries and swearing of Disa. Disa did not dare to turn her head in the slightest but from her heavy and deep voice, she was sure it was the voice of a man.
In his mind, the man was sturdy and thick-muscled. Maybe his eyebrows swooped down like an angry bird. It was inconceivable how sharp the gaze of the eyes might be on him and his ten fingers had claws that could tear his body into shapelessness.
Shuddering to himself, he immediately wiped his tears violently. He could not be dissolved in his imagination which sometimes tormented himself.
“Sorry if I interrupt.” Lirih Disa with a trembling voice.
“Om you said?! Since when did I marry your aunt?!” the man started to shake from his bed.
Disa's guts are shrinking. He did not dare to look back. It was possible that the man was raising a sword or pointing a gun at his head and preparing to shoot Disa at any time if he returned mispronounced.
Disa immediately put on the head of Winnie the pooh in her arms. His breath hunted and his body trembled, he wanted to hide and save himself.
“Sorry, I won't bother you anymore.” He said as he left at his quick pace.
“Woyy!! I'm not done talking!!! You disturbed my sleep and ran away. Woooyy lo responsibility!!!!” yell that man.
Disa further accelerated her pace despite fatigue due to the costume she wore, she chose to continue walking away in a hurry. Several times this almost fell but his fear made Disa try to survive.
He imagined that the man might be drunk and could attack him at any time. Jeez, her imagination this time really tormented her.
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