TRIBAL SABUNG
Chapters. 9 - Blood Tribe Bag. 1 - the

A week since I got out of the hospital, the sky felt weird. His body was completely healthy like it had not suffered a crack in his ribs. Never feel pain when lying down, or moving, the sky is even fine even though it has run to sweat.

Not only the strangeness of his body. The sky also felt Nyoman was acting strangely. The skinny boy did not bother him, even more like keeping his distance from him, watching him from a distance and when he was being sampled and asked, then he would reply;

“I have nothing to do with you.”

“You turned out to be narcissistic as well.”

“I don't know what you're talking about.” like that's roughly Nyoman's answer.

Just like at this moment, the Sky was drying its clothes when it felt someone watching it. As her blue bead glanced, she found Nyoman looking at her carefully from behind a tree about ten meters away from her.

The sky sighed softly, trying to ignore it. Today he had to finish his work in order to welcome Tio's return. All this time the sky could not visit Tio. Everyone said Tio needed a complete break, he was fine. But honestly Sky's heart was not calm, because after all his last memory was when the Forest King attacked Basuki and Tio. That final attack was extremely fatal, perhaps terrifying, otherwise how could the Heavens not remember the events after that.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the village head's car docked and stopped in front of the entrance of the Bakung Orphanage Foundation. The sky with Yatna and Basuki was already standing there, ready to welcome Tio. The first one to come out was Juki, the son of the village chief. The big man opened the back door, took out his wheelchair and then opened the side door of the wheel.

As Sky looked at the wheelchair, his heart started to grow in a frenzy. Is it that bad? no, don't think badly just yet. It was possible that Tio's condition was still weak, so he could not walk yet. Upon seeing the figure of Tio get out of the car and sit in a wheelchair, the sky immediately approached.

“Se-happy da-come, Sis..,” unfortunately Sky could not finish his welcome words.

His sea-blue bead trembled and his breath was slightly choked when he saw that one of Tio's legs was absent. The yellow-skinned teenager had to let his leg amputated to the knee. Now Tio is disabled, which is why he needs a wheelchair to help him walk.

“Hi all, I'm home!” Tio greeted them with a big smile.

Basuki was the first to reply to Tio's greeting, then Yatna, then Heaven. It took a lot of effort for the blue-eyed boy to control himself. Tio looked ordinary, as well as Basuki, they were chatting while walking into the house.

The sky walked at the very back, quietly while watching the two teenage backs in front of him. They tried hard, so the sky should strengthen Tio. He should not put on a sad face, Heaven once again strengthened his heart.

The children of the orphanage surrounded Tio, one of the brown-eyed people who was close to Tio immediately grabbed her shoulders from behind.

“The long-awaited star is finally home, how are you, man?”

“Hahaha, as you can see!” Tio raised one of his puffed legs.

“Oh–eh, well.., I mean your health! yes, your condition after surgery.., uh!”

Tio chuckled softly, as well as Basuki. The teenager stuck to the back of Tio's head.

“You are, don't be directly in the ulti so!”

“True, at least let me prepare the heart first!” The boy who had responded to Tio finally spoke up. “You don't know how my heart is right now because of the shock of seeing your wounds!”

Tio looked up, he then gently rubbed his friend's back, comforting. Rakka's name, she's Tio's roommate. His son is innocent and naive, although talkative he always needs time to respond to things that are surprising. That was the reason why Tio did it, he was teasing Rakka.

“Sister Tio, does it hurt?” Owen asked with a worried look.

The teenager smiled warmly and shook his head, “At first it hurt, but now Kak Tio is feeling better!”

“Owen will help Brother Tio! Owen will take care of Brother Tio!”

“Wah, thank you little whiz!”

“We will also look after Kak Tio!” some children spoke together, and others cried out.

Tio's brown bead inevitably started getting wet, his eyes were hot and maybe he would cry. No, he had wanted to cry since he left the hospital. Feelings of fear, sadness, and fear had already piled up in his heart. When he was told he needed a wheelchair to walk.

During this time Tio enjoyed his days of being the second oldest person after Basuki. He likes to help other children, when they run calling his name, looking for him when difficulties arise. Tio felt he was needed, and when his leg was injured, even to the point of being amputated, would he still deserve to be in an orphanage?

Does he deserve to be the oldest? can he care for other children? that was Tio's responsibility and pride all along. It was stupid of him to think about that.

“Thank you all!” Tio this time really smiled widely from the bottom of his heart.

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Yatna knocked on the door of the man's room, but there was no sound. Once again the little girl knocked on the door.

“Sky, did you not eat?”

“...”

“Do you get sick?”

“...”

“If you don't open the door, then I'll go in!”

After a slight threat, finally the door in front of him opened. The figure of a small child with messy and tangled black hair appeared. She wore a brown blanket, and the bottom of her eyes were a bit swollen and red.

“You're crying?” Yatna frowned, looking angry. “Who is bothering you? Ck, this must be the skinny boy's birthday! take it easy I'll give Nyoman a lesson with my hijuku!”

The sky hurriedly pulled out Yatna's fist. He shook his head and pulled her into the room. The sky walked straight to his bed, sitting cross-legged while covered like a pillow. Yatna had to refrain from laughing at the cuteness before her eyes.

“What makes you sad?”

Silent for a moment, it seemed like Heaven was still reluctant to the story. Yatna who already knew the character of her friend was waiting. For nearly twenty minutes, the room was silent with no one to speak. Sometimes it sounds a little sob from the sky. The boy was still locking his mouth, busy wiping away the tears that had not subsided.

Yatna reached out her hand, gently rubbing her friend's small back. Trying to give peace so that the sky feels better. After a few hiccups, Heaven finally decided to express his thoughts.

“A-I-I don't be-dare to face Kak Tio,” he said slowly.

For a moment Yatna fell silent, listening while thinking about the meaning of the words of her friend. The limitations of Heaven made Yatna learn to better understand the expression of a person and his surroundings. Previously the little girl had indeed heard the outline of what was happening in the hunting grounds.

Nyoman is a witness to the tragedy that befell Basuki, Tio, and Sky. The King of the Forest, who was presumed dead, crawled up the moat and attacked Basuki and Tio. Before the monster attacked the Sky, it suddenly just whined, fell and died. That's what Nyoman said.

“You know, it's not your fault.” Yatna who has come to a conclusion immediately said slowly.

He took Heaven's hand and then rubbed it slowly. Yatna hoped that her warm body temperature would be able to neutralize the cold Sky body.

“Actually I have disagreed with the decision of the village head to ask you to go hunting. Even more strangely, why are the adults in the back line while telling you to go forward.”

The little girl had asked Aunt Tun for the reason several times. But middle-aged women who have been considered mothers themselves always answer it with difficult sentences.

“Se-actually i-it's ka-because ka-we're a little different.”

Hearing the confession, Yatna frowned. “What do you mean?”

The sky scratched his forehead, his originally sad feeling now turned confused. This is not something that must be kept secret, just that there is never anything that requires him to talk about it.

“You-you remember that every once a year, Aunt Tun did a health check?”

Yatna nodded in response.

“Se-a year ago, ha-result my examination a-is a-I have the possibility of u-to me-me-awaken the Blood Su-tribe.” The sky sighed softly, “Kak Basuki, Kak Ti-Tio and Nyoman, they all have the possibility of i-it.”

Continues…