ARMY, DEAD (EPS. 3)
13. Reply Budi

In a place far away from the crowd, in a bus that carried him and the passengers who did not know each other. Take a slow drive to a village on the edge of a dark forest, where dense fog always envelops the forest area surrounded by small mountains. He stared at the window, watching the darkness behind the tall tree that had been lined up to hide the dark events of the past few years. The shadow of the incident with the scene after the horrific scene can be clearly remembered in his mind, where in the event there has been bloodshed due to his own actions.

Danu sighed deeply then exhaled slowly, in doing so, there was a slight feeling of relief in her heart. He thought and remembered everything he had done before, from his "Last Ascension" to the last event in the place he was going to at this time.

Slowly the faces that once regarded Danu as a friend appeared. Randy, Arie, and Beni, they're all gone, leaving little memory in Danu's mind that unfortunately has to end with bad memories. In his little heart he wondered, is he sorry? But alas, something in him always resists the fact that he still has the gentle side of man.

After traveling a long way and taking a very long time, he finally arrived at a village that he was headed to. That place hasn't changed so much, it's all the same as it used to be, the last time he left it.

Danu immediately walked towards a worn-out, whitewashed walled house near the once-disaster river that dragged him to the point of almost killing him.

Tok tok...

Danu stood in front of the door while paying attention to the conditions surrounding the house, not much changed but the condition of the roof was increasingly fragile inedible to age.

Long wait, no answer from the owner of the house, until Danu had to knock several times until the door of the house was opened by the owner.

Danu smilingly looked at the old man standing before her at this moment. He smiled with a long-lost smile on his face.

Long enough the father looked at Danu and tried to remember who the guest who came to visit his house. Old age further lowers the memory owned by the father of the helper, until in the end...

"Sorry, who are you, huh?" The man had no memory of who the guest in front of him was. Danu smiled, gently introducing herself.

"I'm Danu sir, or Randy, who three years ago was the father of a flash flood disaster in a river near this house." Danu explained who he was and what his purpose was to come here. He greeted him politely, even kissing the back of his hand, something he had never done in the last few years.

The father frowned, he was still trying to open sheet by sheet of memory in his brain slowly, until finally a smile began to be drawn on his face when he had managed to remember the person before him.

"Yes yes, I just remembered, please come in, son." The father invited Danu or better known by the father by the name of Randy in and sat in a living room chair that is so simple.

After that sit down and put a large backpack that had been on his back.

"Wait a minute, I'll get you a drink." Danu nodded with a smile, letting the father leave him alone in the living room.

The old man's figure reminds Danu of his teacher, whom he already considers to be his own parent.

Danu pensively, a large fang in his hand made Danu waver, and rethink his old path.

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The amount of money he received from Arda with a nominal amount, he must replace with a promise to help Arda get Aini's heart.

"Bro, why are you?" Seeing Daniel daydreaming with a disheveled face, Arda approached while carrying two glasses of warm coffee as a friend staying up late for them tonight. The two of them are still awake in the living room of Anita's house, while Dimas is checking Anita's room, which is where Vika and Aini have also slept in the same bed.

"Why not." Daniel warmly welcomed the coffee that Arda gave, but not as warm as he welcomed his attention.

"Udah, if there's a story problem, who knows the cave can help." Daniel does not chim in Arda, they are still new to each other, not so easy as Daniel believes him, but will Dimas his old friend understand his current condition?, Daniel's mind began to rage.

"Weight." Finally Daniel tried to trust Arda, he began to tell her about what he was going through lately, none of his best friends knew about his life journey which is currently gaining weight after he graduated from college.

"Ok, cave understand, but you don't worry, cave will help you." Daniel looked at Arda who was smiling confidently at him.

"You mean?" Daniel asked to confirm the meaning of Arda's words.

"Gua will help you solve your problem, but on one condition." Daniel begins to understand, but he does not yet know what Arda wants.

"Help the cave to dapetin Aini!"

They smiled after each other could understand each other. But unfortunately, the smile of the two people has a different meaning.

End flashback.

"Sorry cave, Ni, the cave was forced to do this, hopefully Arda is really affectionate with you and can take care of you. Maybe it's time you open your heart to Arda, forget all your past." Daniel nodded, his eyes looking far away. There was guilt for Aini and others about what she did to help Arda, but there was no other way, she had to do it to survive.

Early in the morning, the sun begins to manifest itself, bringing warmth to this bleak world, it provides hope for a new life for the withered flower.

Tit.

"Online objects." Shouted the online taxi driver from the front door of the yard of Aini's house which had previously been booked.

Aini who had prepared, immediately approached her.

"How are you, mba? Just looked again." The taxi driver was named Rangga. They both know each other, Rangga is an online motorcycle taxi driver who often receives Aini online motorcycle orders, they are not good friends, but Aini is still friendly to him, he said, and vice versa.

"Good." Aini answered with a smile on her lips, which made her more perfect in the eyes of the adam.

Rangga gave the helmet to Aini as the standard safety of the bikers, after finishing wearing Aini riding on the bonnet of the motor matic Rangga and they also left to go to Anita's house.

From afar, a smile expands with a sharp gaze watching Aini and the online taxi driver.