BLOODLETTING
Doubt

Alika looked at the old face that was now in her eyes, watching every corner of the former handsome behind it, a sense of admiration shown by Alika on the figure of the grandfather.

Although sometimes his grandfather always did the unexpected but for Alika whatever he did was a pleasure for him.

"You leaving now?" asked Jaka who fixed his grandson's eyes sharp.

"Come on!" alika got up from bed excited.

Jaka laughed at a glance at how Alika who seemed very enthusiastic.

They set off for the cemetery, Jajang walking with a small stick in his right hand and Alika walking beside him showing their harmony.

"Eh kek, if Sani's grandmother is rich what is the man?" on the way Alika asked Sanga grandfather as if he was very curious about the figure of the woman.

"Want to know or want to know?" asked the grandfather chuckling at the curiosity of his grandson.

"Banget a thousand times a thousand cakes!" said Alika chimed in the joke of the grandfather.

"A million!" said the grandfather to make the laughter both broken.

But they stopped again when the banyan tree now appeared before them, the age of the tree reflects the age that is not young.

"Assalammu'alaikum is a qubur expert!" said Jaka lirih who followed Alika later.

Jaka's steps lead to a tomb with a marker tombstone, without a name or the like.

The ground in the tomb was even flat, if not because there were two stone markers that maybe Alika would assume if in front of him it was not a tomb.

"This is Jajang's grave, and this is Sani's!" the grandfather showed me two tombs.

"And this is Surya's tomb!" said Jaka smiling bitterly staring at the smaller headstone than the others.

"Alik will often come here after, and Alik is very proud to know your figure!" alika rubbed the stone.

The chanting of holy verses and hadorohpun is propelled until the atmosphere feels instantaneous wisdom.

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After returning from the funeral on the way Alika saw Ipung who appeared to use his majesty coat and ready to go to work.

"Where to it?" Ipung seems to greet Alika, as if an uncomfortable feeling arrived at Alika's heart from nowhere to make Alika close to her body to the grandfather.

"From a funeral!" answer Alika briefly.

"You're okay all night, right?" tanya Ipung pretends to be worried about Alika's condition.

"Alik is good, but maybe in the future we will rarely meet because Alik will change schools." said Alika and suddenly made Ipung surprised.

"Moved school? But why?" asked the man again curious about his hand which is now at the base of Alika's hand, shaking Alika's body like a toy.

"Put your arms young man!" said Sangar Jaka issued a very scary simanya to make Ipungpun creeps in horror and release his hands.

"Because there's better education, that's all!" alika said again briefly.

"It was a long time ago, Alik same grandpa wanted to say goodbye. Alik wants to pack!" alika said and passed away.

Angry perched on Ipung's chest to make the man dark in the eyes and pounded a stone on the sidewalk of the road. But instead of the stone flying as many people think, but the stone turned out to be very sturdy and now I am sure it is the one who is sick due to his own mistakes.

"Mamma papa? What's in here?" tanya Alika hugged both her parents alternately let go of longing.

"You'll pick you up!" said the short mama to make Alika raised her eyebrows next to.

"From where mamah know kalo.."not yet selasai said the sentence Alika's eyes immediately fixed on the figure of the brother.

"It's all gotta be you, right?" alika pointed to her brother who appeared to be standing.

"Why is that why? Next month I want to get married, you want to make me have trouble to pick you up again! Anyway I brought a motorbike here where can take two passengers at once!" said the brother laughing.

"Ck, I guess. Help me pack, if you don't help me I won't be back!" alika threatened her sister.

"Well, my adek is cute!" adit said to make everyone laugh to see the behavior of both.

After packing breakfast with all his family members, he felt his own comfort with it.

But a riot was heard outside the house and attracted all of them and rushed out of the house.

"What is this, sir?" alika's father asked one of the men who appeared to be running a small run.

"It was a aya anu bade suicide in the lohuren tower in the plaza!" (that's my brother there are people who want to kill themselves on top of the tower in the middle of the village).

Suddenly everyone was surprised and saw the noise that occurred, the distance of the square that was not far from the residence of Alika's grandfather also made it easier for them to quickly get there.

A woman who was screaming in obscurity on top of the tower called out someone's name.

"A Ipuu.. I'll kill myself if you don't listen to me!" threaten the woman.

Everyone immediately focused on a man in a strapping body that is Ipung.

"A Ipung?" lirih Alika is still faithful to pay attention to the current situation.

"Ih, sanesna the Ipungteh kabogohna neng his Alik? What is nami kabogoh batur? So wonder about urangmah!" (ih instead of Ipung his girlfriend neng Alik? How do you call someone's girlfriend's name? I like to confuse me!) said a mother who stood not far from Alika.

Alika refused to comment, her eyes stretched sharply towards Ipung who now seemed to shake, as well as everyone who was now staring at the three people alternately, namely, the woman on the tower, Alika and Ipung.

"The drama!" said Adit immediately until the view of Alikapun leads to his brother who seems to be eating nuts that he has out of nowhere.

"here! Ask me!" alika said that she took the peanuts from her brother's grasp.

"If you hear this, Neng Alika forgive me! But a Ipung has promised me to marry me!" said the woman loudly mentioned Alika's name.

Alika's eyebrows raised next door, there is indeed a little heart slashed but he also knows in a relationship there will certainly be obstacles, and he is sure if Ipung is able to go through all this.

Everyone's gaze was directed at Alika, making the girl feel very uncomfortable with that view.

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