After Two Decades
Go home

"Haha, you're right, buddy!" Jan casually laughed and laughed.

I rubbed my eyes again. Grazed a few times. I still can't believe what my eyes see. Jan my best friend sat down with a amused smile. What the fuck? Just last night Kaka Danu said this place is not known to just anyone. Hidden. Not even on the map. Thousands of miles away from our city. And even I've been missing for four months from them. How did Jan know it was here?

"Hey, can your face be ordinary, buddy?" chirp my best friend.

I scratched my head inexhaustibly. Stare confused and confused. Then just sitting on that bed with his head suddenly attacked many more questions.

"I know you're confused, buddy!" Jan says. "But that's it, I do know where you are."

"I've been missing for four months. There is no sign of you, I guess you have lost track and are no longer searching" I replied.

"Oh, no. That's a big mistake" Jan denied. "It was precisely during these four months that I purposely let you. I know you want to find peace, and you want to get away from the city. It's free to chase you even if I know. So, I decided to let you go wherever you want, for four months. I convinced everyone who was looking for you to leave you alone. I hope that time will restore your heart!"

"Yes, more or less so" I replied. "Though I slept last night, I haven't been able to sleep well. All right, thank you, Jan!"

"Thank you for what?" Jan came down from the window. Switch to the side of the bed and then sit on the table while crossing your hands on your chest.

"Thank you for visiting me here even though I don't understand how you know I'm here" I replied.

"You're wrong, mate," Jan said. "I didn't come to visit you, but to pick you up. Go home, Ren!"

"Why am I going home?"

"Corp. Masadepan desperately needs your presence."

"No," I'm begging. "Don't Korp. The world no longer needs me. What am I going home for?"

"Who said that" replied Jan. "Everybody's looking for you, buddy. They're in the fog. Not just the corps. Masadepan, but many others lost. Your figure is much needed. I understand very well that you need to rest and calm down. Four months should be enough for you, now go home."

"How did you know I was here?" I hurriedly shifted the subject.

Jan smiled. He replied, "It's been a daily job for me, buddy. How could the most reliable elite police intel not be able to find the whereabouts of his own best friend?"

"But I asked more specifically. How'd you do it?" my pedicabs.

"Because the truth is, you're not gonna be able to run away from me, mate. Wherever you go, I'll always know where to look. Wherever you are, I will always be around him. Wherever the earth you hide, I will come to dismantle your hiding place. You can run as far away as you can, but you won't be able to hide from me, my friend Renato!"

"Because you're the most reliable elite police intelligence?" my tukas.

"No," Jan denied quickly. "It's not because I'm an intel, but because you .. are my best friend!"

"Well, 30 years is a long time." I bow down. "I want to hide from a trained inteler who knows me well even before he becomes intel himself."

"Hahaha," Jan chuckled. "That's how we are, mate. I might lose track of you. And one more thing, maybe you'd be surprised, but there's a secret you should know."

"Confidential?"

"Actually, I've been with you for four months, mate. With Grandpa Baik, and Steven, and the other kids."

Instantly I glared again. Staring at Jan with surprise. Stuck with such a view.

"You mean, you're actually ...."

"Right," cut Jan. "So Danu is me."

"Well, this is really crazy. I really did a big miss!" I exclaimed.

"Actually, since the beginning of your flight to East Nusa Tenggara, I already know," explained Jan.

"Jan, you're really ... Ahh, stop!" I soared up onto the bed full of wrath, admiration, disbelief, and more mixed. I'm not angry, it's just that I'm really upset with myself. How could I not be conscious? So stupid.

"Sit down first, let me tell you!" said my best friend.

I also immediately complied. Sitting in front of him was full of curiosity. Like an impatient little boy waiting for a fairy tale from his father.

"First of all, take off your suit!" jan Pinta.

I glanced in wonder. I immediately did his orders. The suit on my body I'll leave immediately. I've been wearing this suit ever since I left my town. Until now I still wear this suit, I am lazy to buy a new suit for it. Even last night I went straight to sleep without taking off this suit first, so this morning I woke up still in a suit.

Jan took my suit and showed me his back.

"Look!" said it.

I close my face to look closer. And what I saw was a very small object the size of a transparent phone memory card attached tightly to the back of my suit. Needless to say, I already know very well what I saw.

"You put a tracking device on my suit?" I looked at my friend in wonder.

"Well, that's how I do it." He threw my coat on the bed. Then I switched to sitting by my side.

"You remember that time in the corridor of the Korp building. Masadepan?" continued. "I ambushed your body then, but you rebelled until I fell to the floor. You don't realize that I've attached that thing to your suit!"

"Fuck you, yeah!" timpal.

"That's why after that I wasn't too worried. Because with that, I'll easily know where you're going!"

"Why are you so sure about the tracking device you just stuck in your suit. I could've changed that suit and thrown it away."

"But in fact until this morning you're still wearing, right?" Jan smiled triumphantly. "You're my best friend, Ren. I know very well how your nature gets to the details. That's why I know, you're the kind of guy who doesn't like changing suits if you're not really dirty. You'll wear the same suit wherever you go for days or even months, at most just the inside shirt you replace. I do, don't I? It's all because you live alone. Just try you have a wife, surely your wife will nag you about how close you are."

Jan laughed for a moment. Then continue to tell,

"Next I tracked your position with the software in my salary. It's easy, it looks that the direction of your movement towards the airport. You'll definitely go far. Actually without having to track, I can guess exactly where you're going to fly. That afternoon I went to the airport. Fly to East Nusa Tenggara, Sabu Raijua."

I'm nodding. I am beginning to get interested in my best friend's story. He always had a unique way of carrying out missions or doing things. Attract my attention. Marvellously. Even in this case, the target is myself.

"Information for you, the thing I put on your back is not only usable for tracking. Because it also has a recording device, so I can hear whatever you're talking about."

"It's good, yeah. I've been like a dangerous mafia member you treat!" chirping.

"Well, when I heard you called your partner out of town. And you got a suggestion to meet Kaka Danu. I quickly preceded you. Me and Kaka Danu already know each other. So I'm ...."

"Wait a minute," I cut the chant. "So you said Kaka Danu it was you, then how could you and ...."

"Listen first," Jan cut back. "So Danu really exists, but it's not the person who's been with you for four months, it's me in my disguise."

"You mean, Kaka Danu really does exist. It's just that you disguised yourself to trick me?"

"Just right," Jan patted my back. "Kaka Danu and I know each other. So, before you meet him. I took quick steps to contact him first. I relayed my plan to fool you, I told you a little bit about what happened in town. And Kaka Danu is easy to compromise, he's an exciting person. So he agreed. So I started doing my act. Aided by a completely realistic mask technology, perfect my disguise. To the extent that my best friend who had been together for decades was unconscious."

"Honestly, I'm fucked. My heart is fucked, my mind too. Everything was. It is only natural that my instincts, instincts, or abilities decline. I really didn't think of anything when I arrived at Sabu Raijua, I just wanted to calm down."

"I understand, mate."

"Then how do you perform your role perfectly? You know the ins and outs of Kaka Danu's life?" my many.

"Not really," replied Jan. "If you notice, there's a radio communication in my ear every time I see you. Whatever you say, the real Kaka Danu can hear. So, he will convey the necessary answers to me. I'll just answer your question as directed, as if I were the real Kaka Danu."

"So, Kaka Danu controls from afar and leads you to say what, is that it?"

"Exactly. So, whatever you want to ask about Kaka Danu, I'll be able to answer."

"What about the real estate agents and the people we meet?"

"They don't consider me Kaka Danu at all. They knew Kaka Danu, except for Grandpa Baik's family and the people of the complex. You're the only one who thinks I'm Kaka Danu."

"Huh, I'm really stupid."

"No, mate. You're smart, it's just that your heart is in turmoil and losing spirit. That's all the problem."

"Yes, that's it. At least these four months might be enough to treat my heart's wounds."

"Hopefully so. Just so you know, I originally wanted to take you home when we met at that restaurant. The plan was for me to admit my disguise immediately, but I remembered about your good intentions of helping the Good Grandpa's family. So, I'm postponing it first. I am amazed by your generosity. Instead of wasting money on ponya-foya, you spend money to help the hard people. Unmitigated, you bought a housing complex for all of them. Complete with its contents. Plus the business opening capital. All cash. I'm sure the figure is trillions of rupiah."

"That's all I can do to calm my heart. Because with a sad mood, remembering too much treasure while I did not know what to look for, only made me feel guilty. I should use that advantage for something useful."

"Because of your generosity, Kaka Danu is also interested in providing help. You made his heart knock, until he decided to give his restaurant business to Grandpa Baik."

"Yes, I'm glad to hear that too."

"When it's over you take care of it. Steven's at school, the other family's comfortable at the compound. I thought about taking you home. However, I after I reconsider, there's no harm in me letting you calm yourself down any longer. Refreshing your mind and heart with that fun family. So, I decided to wait a few more months. I called the Korp office. Masadepan, tell me you're okay. And just have to wait for the right moment to take you home. I'm approximate five months, but it turns out that in the fourth month you've contacted me because you want to get away from East Nusa Tenggara. I thought you wanted to go home, but you wanted to hide further. So on the advice of the real Kaka Danu, I brought you here. The island is nameless, with classic buildings that belong to Kaka Danu."

"Good, this building is absolutely perfect for me. Especially on a dark night." I got up and went to the window. Staring at the view of the meadow that stretched without sides.

"Well, buddy. I told you everything. Now, gohome!"

I'm speechless. Looking up at my best friend, but gawking without saying anything.

"Trust me, Korp. Masadepan really needs you. Remember, the company belongs to your father. He must be proud!"

"Jan, it's hard for me to accept all this. I'm lazy to talk about this. If only for the Korp. Masadepan, there are still many others who can replace me, even you can. The thing is, I'm completely demoralized now, don't force me to go home. It's hard to go back there. I don't even understand."

"That's it, go home. So that you understand everything, that some things in this world are created painful to convey a valuable message that will make you perfect in the future."

"Don't you understand my condition, buddy?"

"I understand very well, buddy. But trust me!"

"Come, Jan. I'm fine here, you don't have to comfort me or persuade me!" my firmness.

Jan smiled knot. A smile that contained so much speculation that it made me frown at seeing it.

"After two decades, you haven't changed, my friend. You're still the same, just like the old Renato."

"You mean?"

"Your words just now" replied Jan. "Same exactly what you said two decades ago. You were locked up in your room for days because you were sad, you lost your father. Long time. A lot of people came to talk you out, but nothing worked. Even me too. Do you remember when I came to visit you that day? I comforted you, took you out, hoping you wouldn't be sad anymore. But you still refuse. I remember the words you said back then. You said, 'Go home, Jan. I'm fine here, you don't have to comfort me or persuade me!' "

I'm stunned. Gulp.

Jan smiled faintly. Look seriously at me.

"One more time I'll reiterate, buddy!" said it. "This time it's not about the Korp. A front, or a business, or whatever. I ... Need you. So please, go home!"

I'm stunned again. Stare blankly at Jan's face waiting for my answer. Inside my head, I thought hard.

And finally a long breath. "All right."