The Three Chosen
82. Hanako's Dream
Hanako arrived home as the clock showed her at half-seven. Hanako rushed into the house because she was worried about falling behind Maghrib prayer time.
“ Assalamualaikum Bunda..,” greet Hanako.
“ Wa aleikumsalam, kok sak late. Maghrib prayers not yet.?” ask Efliya.
“ Yes Bun, it was raining very hard. I got stuck in college. For a moment Bun, I pray first..,” said Hanako while stepping quickly to the room.
Efliya just shook her head watching her beautiful firstborn take off her raincoat and just put it on the floor.
“ Ntar I finished his rain coat Bun..!” hanako said from inside the room.
“ Habits, time yes diibiarin until ntar. Where wet again...,” said Efliya while grabbing Hanako's raincoat from the floor.
Without Efliya realizing there was a pinch of male hair stuck to Hanako's raincoat. And a part of that hair just fell to the floor. Efliya brought Hanako's raincoat into the laundry room and placed it under a water faucet so Hanako could wash it later.
“ Brother has come home already Bun..?” haikal asked as he chewed the fried banana in his mouth.
“ Udah, want to pray Maghrib first in his room..,” Efliya said.
“ How did Mother finish her suit Brother..?” haikal Protest.
“ Only naro in the wash. The floor will get wet because the brother is careless..,” said Efliya with a smile.
Haikal gave a sign of understanding. A little while later Hanako came out of the room to clean up the raincoat she had placed on the living room floor earlier.
“ Have been taken by Mother to the back of Kak..,” Haikal said.
“ Oh so...,” said Hanako then switched to the laundry room.
At the same time, the sound of the roar of Heru's car entered the courtyard of the house. Heru stepped into the house and accidentally stepped on a collection of hair that fell from Hanako's raincoat earlier. He frowned because he felt foreign to the rough texture of his hair.
“ Assalamualaikum. Whose hair, was there a guest..?” asked Heru while removing the strands of hair from the soles of his feet.
“ Wa alaikumsalam, no guests today Well. Why the...?” ask Eliya.
“ Keep this whose hair, rich hair boy nih...,” said Heru.
“ Try to see...” said Efliya curious and see the strands of hair on the palm of her husband's hand.
Haikal and Hanako came closer to see the hair Heru meant.
“ Wet...,” says Haikal.
“ Yes. Oh maybe not accidentally stuck in his rain coat Brother was Dad. Brother just came home, rained too. So use the raincoat earlier..,” said Efliya explained.
“ Oh that. Yes already, I want to take a shower first.” said Heru while stepping into the room followed by Efliya.
Hanako and Haikal were still observing the hair closely. As Hanako reached out to touch him, suddenly the shadow of the face of a man dressed in all black flashed quickly to Hanako's surprise.
“ Astaghfirullah aladziim..,” Hanako muttered while pulling her hand.
“ Why Brother, kok use istighfar all..?” ask Haikal.
“ Gapapa really, just surprised. Mmm...., can you please help Brother remove the hair that is not Dik..?” ask Hanako.
“ Why is it, Brother is afraid of this hair..?” goda Haikal with a smile.
“ Not afraid but Brother is not comfortable just holding it. Please yes Haikal handsome..,” pinta Hanako.
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That night Hanako looked restless in her sleep. Hanako had a bad dream. In his dream
it was Hanako as if she was running away from the pursuit of a man who kept following her. Hanako feels that the man is always spying on her even if the man has memorized all Hanako's daily activities.
“ Huuff, congratulations...,” Hanako muttered with a sigh of relief while successfully avoiding the man's pursuit.
But the relief Hanako felt was only momentary. For a second later the man had stood before Hanako with a meaningful smile. The man's hand extended forward as if he wanted to touch Hanako's face.
“ Don't be presumptuous of you..!” hanako said ferociously as she brushed off the man's hand.
“ I'm not sassy. Why touching you is presumptuous, instead We have done more than this.., darling..” said the man by emphasizing the word affection while bringing his face closer towards Hanako.
“ Don't ngaco You. We don't know each other, how can we touch each other. I think you're wrong...,” said Hanako Ketus.
“ I've never been wrong. You are my lover, my heart. And I promise to always take care of you until the end of my life. Well now I prove my promise to you Dear.” said the man.
“ Do not approach..!” hanako said then kicked the man's leg right in his kneecap until the man
he fell while holding his knee.
The man seemed to grimace in pain. He looked up and saw that Hanako was far ahead. The man smiled and laughed. His laughter blared and continued to follow wherever Hanako went.
Hanako woke up with a body soaked in sweat. In his ears was still the laughter of that man
he had already disabled.
“ Astaghfirullah aladzim.., let alone this..,” muttered Hanako anxiously.
Then Hanako turned to look at the desk clock she had placed on her desk. It showed at half-twelve o'clock at night. Hanako grabbed a glass of water that she deliberately prepared before going to bed earlier. Hanako took a sip to the toilet and turned on the room lights.
As the atmosphere of the room brightened, Hanako saw the black shadow flashed from the bathroom and disappeared behind the window curtains. Instead of being afraid, Hanako tried to sharpen her gaze.
“ Who is it..?” hanako asked as she removed the blanket from the top of her body and got out of bed.
Silence has no answer. Hanako stepped closer to the window where the black shadow had been hiding. Hanako flicked the window blinds and saw nothing there. Hanako stared out the window and only found darkness out there. Hanako let out a long sigh and then returned to tidying up the window curtains.
When turning his body Hanako was surprised because the creature he was looking for was standing upright behind his body while grinning with his wide mouth, both eyeballs turned white and his face was shattered.
“ Aaarggh...” hiss the creature right in front of Hanako's face.
“ Yes Allah..,” Hanako said as she closed her eyes in surprise at the appearance of the delicate creature.
Slowly Hanako opened her eyes to see the form of the creature before her.
“ Who are you, what do you want to follow me..?” hanako asked as she stared at the creature in front of her sharply.
There is no lawfulness. The creature lowered its face again as if embarrassed because Hanako could see its true form without showing any fear at all.
Hanako let out a long sigh then walked past the ghost just like that. Then Hanako sat on her bed staring fixedly at the ghost.
“ If you don't want to tell me now gapapa. But please don't bother me let alone get into my dreams. I sleep and want to sleep. You can stay here and tell me everything later.” Hanako said as she yawned.
As he understood Hanako's words, the ghost nodded and let Hanako pull the blanket and then went back to sleep. Hanako closed her eyes but remained vigilant. Moreover, the ghost is a foreign man who should not normally be in his room.
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