Baby Amber
The Midnight Disturbance

Like any other night, this time I also chose to sleep alone in the next room. But tonight feels very long. My tired body makes me even more unable to sleep. It's almost midnight, my eyes don't want to sleep with me. Even now the contents of my mind go along to think about the events that may have happened to the siblings, one of whom is now my wife.

It can be ascertained how Ratih faced his trauma during the fateful incident that claimed the life of his sister in the end now causes various disorders in my family. Ratih who has been quiet and closed because it harbors a hope of the destruction of the life of a man who has destroyed the happiness of his family. By allowing his sister to take revenge and find Radit's father and intend to destroy his life for making him lose the life he so desperately wanted. The ideals of Ratih and Ranti that almost materialized, just destroyed by irresponsible men.

I pulled the blanket over my entire body, while the laughter of children playing and joking outside the room sounded. It's clear who did it. But I tried to ignore it and hoped to fall asleep soon. The second of the clock sounded loud, unpretentious to the sound of an owl that was always perched on top of a tree behind the house. The sound of giggling laughter sounded so loud. Even the sound of footsteps chasing each other was heard so clearly pacing back and forth from the front of the room, the living room towards the kitchen. My body shivered despite being covered in a blanket. But my sweat was pouring out profusely. Can't feel if I have to live life with this kind of disorder continuously.

I was shocked when all of a sudden the blanket I was wearing was exposed. With my eyes closed, I tried hard to reach and find a blanket to cover my body that was still shivering with fear. But it seems my efforts were in vain. I've been trying to reach for the blanket for a long time, but the stuff I'm looking for I didn't find. I opened my eyes and tried to look under the bed.

"Astaghfirullah." I half yelled and then went back to the bed with my mouth shut and my eyes shut. The figure of a child with a creepy face half destroyed under the bed was engrossed in playing with the blanket cloth I was wearing. By reciting the short prayers I still remember, I tried to drive away the fear of this endless terror.

"Why do others do, but I must be affected." I swear in my heart.

I don't know how long I've been cowering without a blanket. Just by closing my eyes and reading the prayers, I finally felt a little calm. The horrible sounds are starting to go unheard. With my breath still going up and down, I tried to grab the blanket that had fallen under the bed. Silent, even the sound of night beasts was almost inaudible. I'm worried about Ratih, but he always seems to be okay with all these distractions. Get caught in the mind to bring Ratih home to see Mom. I want to stay there for a few days and feel calm. Tired of having to deal with these subtle creatures all the time.

My eyes were fresh again, even my drowsiness disappeared in an instant. In fact, there is a very tired feeling because for days I could not rest because of the disturbances I received. Even sometimes I often fall asleep while at home eating because it feels very sleepy despite the work is a lot.

I took a cell phone, went back to find out through the internet about the terror of the naked baby and also kuntilanak at home. How to overcome and how to drive them away so as not to disturb my family again. There are so many suggestions that I have found, from the natural thing to the extraordinary thing to be able to escape their entanglement.

I stopped my activity when I realized a gust of wind was hitting the nape of my neck. Like a very close breath, the wind felt very close and almost stuck to the nape of the left neck. I dare not touch, let alone look. I just pretended to keep playing the phone and open an app that shows a wide variety of videos. A wind that felt like the roar of breath was still so pronounced, this time moving right in front of my face. I chose to close my eyes. But the wind from the gust that didn't know where it came from blew right in front of my nose. A sudden stinging aroma pierced both nostrils, making me instantly stop breathing and hold it as hard as I could. But apparently the aroma has already been smelled and entered into the nose. The stench that was so sticky and pungent as if it was still left inside the nasal cavity and made me always feel the stench every time I took a breath. A cold hand touched my wrist. The phone I was holding suddenly fell when the cold hand touched the hand and climbed up to the arm.

With my body still trembling, I shuffled back. Lean on the bed wall and try to hold on.

The bed feels moving. It seems like someone is sitting on it. Slowly it moved, slowly approaching and getting closer. The cold began to come back. A heavy breathing sound was heard right next to me. My mouth went back to reciting short prayers that I repeated every time. Until in the end it seems like the figure is not getting close. He disappeared when I opened my eyes.

Leekklleekkk ...

The sound of the door handle being pressed from outside. I was stunned, suddenly my heart came back racing and rumbling. Blood flow seems to return quickly and make the body feel hot. Sweat begins to pour from the forehead, and flows through both temples and falls on the mattress.

"Mas." Train to enter by bringing a glass of water. Apparently he knew I wasn't sleeping.

"Drink." I grabbed the glass that Ratih was holding and gulped it down the toilet. Without saying anything more, I pulled Ratih's hand and asked her to sit next to me.

"Sir, how about tomorrow we look at Mother in the village?" take me to Ratih. Suddenly, Ratih's face changed, he was silent and did not immediately answer my invitation.

"Hows it? Wanna?" ask me one more time.

"But, Mas."

"We haven't seen Mom in a long time, sir." persuaded me. Whereas before we often took the time to go home and look at Mother who is now alone in the village.

"Alright." finally Ratih want me to take home the village and how happy I imagine sleeping soundly and enjoying the peace of life without interference from Mbak Ranti and Radit.