Ai, Love Me
Eps 58, The Truth of the Spirit of Odessa

“quietly, fortunately this village already has a special security force guarding the forest from the volunteers of the youth in this village. I trust them. Surely they can overcome this forest and keep your trees. I promise I will always keep your tree” Johan said with a genuine smile.

“really? Promise?” ask Odessa.

“hmm, yes. Janji” replied Johan.

“ohh yes, I just remembered. In a moment, I will go home” Johan said.

“yaahhh, very sorry to go home” said Odessa while putting on a sad face.

“calm aja. Tomorrow the day after tomorrow, I will return” explained Johan.

“appointment?” ask Odessa.

“emm, a-I can't promise.maybe I came longer than that. But I promise I will come back here again” explained Johan.

“gamau know, anyway you should be able to come two more days” said Odessa with a cringe.

“i-iya yes, I will try to” Johan said.

“makasih” said Odessa with a very sincere smile.

A moment after that, when Johan who was sleeping on both thighs belonged to Odessa, in fact Aqila, Thunder, Ryu, Fathur, Fathur, Juan and Aji were in front of him to invite Johan to return to the village office. The six of them are a little upset because at a time like this, they are even busy making intimate and sleeping.

“ekheeemmm, excuse me Ryu said in a slightly irritated tone.

“ohh, i-iya sorry sorry, brother Johan again good sleep. Hehehe” said Johan spontaneously rising from his bed.

“kak Johan, we're going back. I've been sleepy” said Aqila.

“you want to go back? Yaudah let's go back to the same” replied Johan.

“sipp, okeee” says they all go first.

“hey, Juan do not run” said Fathur chasing Juan who was running.

“hey, wait for” said Aji ran as hard as he could.

“you all do not run, Brother Johan will follow” shouted Johan.

“baikk” say simultaneously they all.

“then, maybe after this I will go straight home” Johan told Odessa.

“do you promise to come back again?” ask Odessa.

“i promise I'll come back here and take you to the city. We will have fun there and spend time with” Johan said with a genuine smile.

At once Odessa hugged Johan's body so tightly that she shed her tears that wet the right shoulder of Johan's clothes. Odessa was really moved, happy, happy, safe, and so comfortable to be next to Johan. But everything will disappear when Johan wants to go home to his house in the city.

“quickly come back, I am always afraid that you are not quick to come here” said Odessa with a bitter cry in Johan's arms.

“just relax, as long as there is me, you and your tree will always be safe. Don't be afraid, for a while wait for me here” said Johan hugged the body tightly Odessa.

“appointment?” ask Odessa.

“i promise to always accompany and be beside Odessa Ai, a human woman who always sits beside me” ucpa Johan.

Hearing Johan's words like that, somehow Odessa's heart was so touched. Odessa thought “let's just Johan know who I really am, does Johan still love me?”

“i won't blame Johan if Johan is afraid of me just because I'm a spirit. Maybe Johan will just step away and leave me. While I still want to be next to Johan. Don't stay away, I'll always follow you. I'll be the human Johan wants” thought Odessa by hugging Johan's body even tighter.

“until there is someone who will cut down my rare and precious tree, I will use as much time as possible not to save my tree, but will always spend time with Johan. Until my tree is cut down and my body is split in two, I will not give up on staying together next to Johan. I won't let Johan down. I want to always cheer her up and see her beautiful smile. After all, I am an ordinary spirit who loves ordinary humans as well” thought Odessa in heart.

“until the lumberjack sees my rare and precious tree wood, I will keep Johan company in town. Anyway, I don't want Johan to go back to doing something dangerous and harming himself. Maybe going to town with Johan is the only way I can save Johan from dangerous people. Stay in town, Johan. Take care of yourself” thought Odessa with sobs of her tears.

“when will the lumberjacks come to my tree and cut down my tree, then I will accompany Johan in the city no matter what. Whatever happens, I don't want Johan to see me again and risk his life to see me again” thought Odessa with tears streaming down her cheeks.

“I will accompany you to the city, provided you can be safe from the criminals in this village. Johan, I will always love you” thought Odessa in heart.

On the other hand, Johan was flooded with thoughts and feelings of bad feelings if Johan left Odessa alone here. Johan was stiff without twitching when the bad thoughts and feelings attacked his brain.

“what if Odessa was attacked by the striped men again? she is just an ordinary woman. He is weak and helpless against mature men” thought Johan in cold sweat.

“ Anyway, I have to bring Odessa as soon as possible so I can secure it from the depraved men here. However, the young people in this village can be relied on and certainly they can handle the illegal loggers” Johan thought.

“if only the Odessa tree felled, I no longer know how angry and disappointed Odessa would be to me. He'll probably slap me and leave me. If I had bought him a plant in a new pot, he would have been unable to forgive me so quickly. I will advise the youth in the village to prepare a special protection on the tree belonging to Odessa this” thought Johan in heart.

They were both completely silent in their arms at that moment. They are thinking about their plans to make their loved ones happy. At that moment, Johan let go of his embrace a little.

“then, I pamit” whispered Johan.

“be careful on the road, I love you” whispered Odessa slowly taking off her embrace.

At that time, they considered that their time together really felt so short. The two of them thought that if only they would spend time together in the city, it would definitely be a lot of fun.

“dadahhh, Johann” shouted Odessa from her tree while waving away her arms.

“I'll be back soon” shouted Johan waving his hand anyway.

Johan ran after the village children who had left him far ahead. So quickly, Johan forced himself to catch up with the children.

“heyy you, tunggu dhulu. Janghan larih” shouted Johan with a breath that was so ngosan.

“as fast Brother Johan” shouted Thunder.

“quickly run or we will leave you” cried Fathur.

“you are evil once” shouted Johan.

“spirit brother Johan” shouted Aqila.

“Iris will always pray for you here. Excitement from Johan. Give the soul soul freshness in the physical heart of Brother Johan so that Brother Johan can run fast as a hippo. Latom” shouted Aji while lifting his AF high.

“nile horses cannot run fast. Moreover, the prayer you offered is not at all similar to Iris” cried Johan.

“your basics all jaahhaattt” shouted Johan with a breath that had really reached its limit.

In the end, Johan also managed to catch up with them in a state of already flooded with blood. It is true that one hard struggle considering that Johan is a child who was born in a condition so weak as Aji. Finally, they walked as they left.

They join hands and sing in the middle of a bright and dense forest. As usual, Aji was carried by Johan because he was so exhausted considering the condition of Aji's body was really the same as what was suffered by Johan. As a more mature sister, Johan wants to help ease Aji's burden by carrying her.

Arriving at the building, in fact they all immediately ran into the building while Aji who was in Johan's arms still walked as usual. Finally, when Johan enters the building, Johan is called by Aji's father and mother to ask what happened to his son.

“a-what happened to our son?” asked Aji's mother so worriedly.

“it's okay, we're all together with a friend of his just playing. No one was hurt. It's just, Aji was probably asleep while I was holding her because Aji was a little tired while running around at last” Johan replied.

“hmm, fine then. Thank you very much for accompanying Aji to play”, said Aji's father.

“ehh, yes. I didn't do anything” said Johan humbled himself.

“actually, I was only followed by the boy when I wanted to be alone with Odessa. I should have been able to stay longer with Odessa, but maybe…. Byeah, do not think onward” thought Johan inwardly.

“emm, sorry to be sassy because of my question, but does Aji indeed have stamina and a weak body from birth?” asked Johan with a condescending tone.

“iya, Aji was born with such a small body and malnutrition. Aji always lost in sports competence in the village because his stamina is very much lower than that of girls even though” replied the mother Johan.

“if I can be honest, I also feel the same as Aji” Johan said.

“hah? really?” asked Aji's mother and father so surprised.

“i can't even beat a running race with a female rival in my class. I can't do more than two pushups and just sit ups I can count on. However, I was born in a family that arguably msaih sufficed in his economy. That's why I'm not malnourished and just a decrease in stamina. Therefore, my heart was slashed when I saw the spirit of Aji's life. He was actually still able to resist the cruelty of the world with this tiny body of his. After all, I already considered Aji as my own biological sister. That's also if you don't mind” said Johan.

“Aji would be so happy to get such a good and wise brother like you. We as parents really feel that we have failed in playing a role that is so full of responsibility. Even we could not afford nutritional milk for him when he was a child” said the mother.

“no mother, you did not fail. So too with dad. You two have raised a submissive and kind-hearted child like Aji. You should be grateful for being able to give birth to a child as well as her. Not all children are as good as Aji, even when I was Aji's age, I always whined asking for toys to both my parents and my grandparents. I'm really a bad boy where I always wet my bed. I also often play in the fields even I have been bitten by insects. I am much more naughty than Aji where at the age like Aji today, I have often yelled at my own parents for not being given my favorite cake. I am really very proud and envious to see you two being able to give birth to a child as great as Aji” Johan explained with a genuine smile.

“kita too. Our son is really great” said they both reply with their big smiles.

“then, right now Johan is sleeping on my back. Can you guys take him?” ask Johan.

“ma-sorry, I will take it soon” said Aji's father took Aji's body which was on his back.

“then, Johan pamit dua” said Johan walked up from there.

“thank you so much” said the two of them.

At that time Johan went back to his room and opened the door. When he entered, he was a little surprised to see the chairman sitting together with the deputy, treasurer and secretary on the same mattress along with the driver carrying the food.

The five of mekeka were playing UNO cards while being entertained by a warm cup of coffee that was so bitter and kicking. Johan really did not end up thinking about what they all did together on the same mattress.

“what do the five do?” ask Johan.

“hey, Johan. Do you want to come?” ask the driver.

“follow quickly, the treasurer is really cupu when playing this card. He has lost several times playing this” said the representative.

“don't be noisy!, I just succumb to you guys who are much more cute” said the treasurer sir.

“what are you playing?” ask Johan.

“we are playing kartup” replied the secretary.

“hey, wait a minute. That's the card in my bag” said Johan a little annoyed.