
The cold weather pierced the skin, slowly Febry opened his eyes. The faint light of the sun slipped amidst the dense foliage. Febry was surprised, he was in the middle of a forest that was nowhere, and there was no one besides him.
His head hurt, he did not dare to get up, just sit while hugging the knees that felt trembling. Netraannya here and there observing around. He tried to remember how he could be in the middle of a forest like this.
"Please.." cried out with all his might. But the sound of screaming only echoed in the middle of the lush trees.
"To...longgggg," he said again.
He was silent for a moment, there was a sound of gamelan. Maybe there was a village nearby, he thought.
Febry quickly ran indeterminate direction looking for the origin of the sound.The further he ran, it felt the more he went into the forest. He stopped, his breathing began to go up and down, there was a pain that spread around his skin.
It looks like he was hit by an incision of leaves that are quite sharp when running earlier. But he did not care, he just wanted to go home quickly. Somehow.
The gamelan sound was getting closer. He went back to finding the origin of the sound. The more you listen the more you sound clear.
He continued walking until his feet stopped in a hut. From the building which is only made of woven bamboo and roofed straw, it even looks unkempt from the outside.
"Excuse me..." Febry said, there is no law from within. He peeked out from the sidelines of the wooden hole, but the hut was completely empty.
Febry braced himself to push the wooden door. The smell of stuffy and damp is so pronounced when the door is open. Slowly he put his foot into the hut. The net roamed around, nothing seemed strange about the hut.
There was only a wooden couch and an oil lamp that looked rusty. In the room that is not large there is a barrier made of woven bamboo. But his body felt stiff when his net was staring at a display on the wall of the hut.
Not a photograph or a picture of a scene. Except for a human skull. Whether the skull is real or fake, but the skull in the middle of the forest is not something that is common, think febry.
His body trembled, his legs were no longer able to support his body, until he finally fell on the ground. Cold sweat soaks Febry's temples. It was as if he could no longer think what to do.
"See..missioniii, is there anyone?" Febry, who was still sitting on the ground floor, felt that there was someone other than him inside the old hut.
There was a sound from behind, which was blocked by a room. Sounds like things being hit to the ground. That voice is Sam. Just as he had heard from his parents' room.
Yeah, Febry's starting to remember. If he had been in his parents' room, why was he in the middle of the forest?
Not lost curiosity, the voice was heard again. But this time it was louder and made the frightened Febry retreat to the corner of the room.
"Koe knows zinc jenenge promise? your promise Ra will ISO mbo renege. Gelis, kanko, you promise to press."
Febry didn't really understand Javanese, he only understood promises. The rest he doesn't understand. But strangely the voice from behind the room sounded like the voice of a grandmother.
Febry, surrounded by curiosity and fear, tried to crawl. I wonder what is behind that room.
Slowly he looked between the holes to peek, he did not see anyone inside, the room looked empty, but his heart seemed to be dislodged when he saw the apparition in the corner of the room.
An old woman with long unraveled hair, and that made Febry shudder in horror, the grandmother's head seemed to be broken until her head was seen dangling forward.
Febry was terrified, and he ran out. He ran in an uncertain direction, he accelerated when he heard the sound of a woman's laughter so loud. The voice followed him. Febry cried in fear, he ran back and forth while occasionally looking back. He did not pay attention to his steps, his legs tripped, Febry then fell down a roll bag on the ground down.
"Febb....Febry's...Febry.., uh..,"
Febry narrowed his eyes, his head felt dizzy, even his body felt pain. He was shocked when he saw the figure in front of him.
"Sir Ardi?"
"Thank God you're conscious."
Febry, who was lying on the bed, reflexively hugged Mr. Ardi who was sitting on his side. The man was surprised, but he let the girl hug him for a while. Before the girl finally let go of her embrace.
"Where am I, sir? You're sick," said Febry when he touched his forehead."
"Don't touch it, it was your forehead that was bleeding. You were at home, you passed out in your parents' room."
"Fainted?" Febry fell silent, remembering the incident earlier. Wasn't he in the middle of the forest? but why is he home now?
"So I went to the hospital, your mother was worried you couldn't be contacted, kept asking me to help you check. You why?"
"What's that?"
"Y you are why? Fainted on the floor, thank God I ate, so strong carry you up here."
"Sir I'm a weird dream."
"What dream?"
Febry did not answer, he felt his feet hurt. Even the trousers he was wearing looked dirty as if they had fallen.
"Where did you end up? Your pants are so dirty." Mr. Ardi flicked the stain on Febry's pants. The girl just kept quiet as if thinking about something.
"Sir."
"Yes?"
"I was scared" Febry hugged the man next to him. Her tears are back. Mr. Ardi did not understand what happened to the girl, but he let Febry release the tightness in his chest. She stroked Febry's hair. Slowly he kissed the head of the febry. He realized, if they do not have any relationship, but it can not be denied if he loved Febry so much and wanted to protect the girl.
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Mr. Ardi was waiting for Febry in the living room, while the girl was taking a bath. Under the water, Febry felt his legs look bruised blue. He was confused, from which he got that big enough blue bruise.
His forehead was injured, but had been covered by a wound plaster by Mr. Ardi. He felt that the incident in the forest was so real, but the reality was that he was in the house. Febry then sped up his bath because he heard Mr. Ardi calling him.