Duren Campus
Bali

The same dream is repeated. Alex thought, I don't know what the cause of dreams that always repeat. Dream about a woman. He did not know, for sure his instincts missed the affection of a woman.

Tonight Alex chooses not to sleep because she is reluctant to dream again. By opening his old laptop he hopes his best friend Youtube can help him.

After Alex goes to the Youtube home page, Alex clicks the close menu on the Youtube tab. Cancel it! Alex has canceled his YouTube company this time. Tonight he was lazy to meet YouTube.

Soon Alex clicks data D on his laptop. With the intention to see the memories of his early career and walk backwards to see the video of his marriage with Nindi. He was again filled to see his wedding photos in the past, a time where He was happy with his late wife and then Alex daydreamed at the memories contained in his Laptop.

As a man, sometimes Alex began to glance at some YouTuber singles that appeared on his Youtube homepage. Alex has a principle of life. For him, only once married for a lifetime.

That's the principle Alex has held since childhood. He learned it from his uncle. His uncle Christian often took him for walks and told him about his past with his ex-wife.

The flashback

“Alex, did not go to your school today?” Christian asked his nephew. Christian became the adoptive father of his own nephew after his younger brother died of brain cancer. Yang eventually died and was buried in Bandung where his sister lived with his family.

“No Om, today is a national holiday.” Alex answered his beloved uncle. Alex approached Oomnya who was sitting while smoking on the porch of the house.

“Om can't Oom just stop smoking. Teacher Alex says cigarettes are not good for health.” Alex to Christian. He was concerned to see Oomnya who spent three packs of cigarettes every day. His homeroom teacher often said that if your family smokes, tell them to quit because smoking is very damaging to health.

“Have you washed your school uniform Alex?” Christian asks again, He is ignoring Alex's message and continues to smoke cigarettes. Christian started playing with the cigarette smoke. Removing smoke with a round shape intact. Like a circle of doughnuts that's just this circle of cigarette smoke.

“Not Om.” Alex answered briefly. He knows that he is being ignored. Alex chose the middle ground to not talk much anymore.

“Then wash your uniform immediately.” Christian's orders were strictly with his nephew. Christian did not love his nephew. It's just that Christian hates it when someone starts telling him to stop smoking. Cigarettes are Christian's friend. Who else?

Christian is a proud widower in Bali. His neighbors knew that Christian should not be spoken to because he had poor emotional control since he was a widower.

His wife could not stand the temperament of Christian until his wife filed for divorce. Then by going through several twists and turns of divorce finally the divorce was legalized by the government.

Life itself is widening, making it start to get frustrated. Even Christian barely believes in women anymore. In the office where she works, not a woman starts to approach but Christian is the one who moves away.

The exact reason his coworker's woman approached Christian was because he was already a single man. In addition to the face of English-Bali blaster makes it look very handsome.

The good looks are down to Alex. Of course Alex also has Anglo-Bali ancestry from his father. Because Christian is a real brother with his father. No wonder Alex is no less handsome than his uncle.

“Where are you Alex?.” Christian asks who saw Alex walking out of the house. Alex was wearing neat clothes, He didn't look like a Junior High kid at the time. The face of the crossbreed makes him look like a more mature person, like a high school boy.

Alex walks down the streets of Bali. At that time the road looks crowded filled with vehicles that pass. Which incidentally his people are mostly foreign Caucasians. Bule comes from all over the world. Given that at that time Bali became the number one tourism destination in the world.

Arriving at Krisna's shop. Alex went into the store. The store was large enough for the size of the store that was only filled with souvenirs. Inside the shop are many large blue statues. Krishna Statue.

Alex walked in without looking at the stuff. Until Alex finds the door. Without hesitation Alex entered by opening the unlocked door. Alex is used to this store. Not to buy souvenir knickknacks but to meet Abipraya his friend.

After entering, Alex was immediately faced with a yard in the middle of which there was a fish pond measuring three times four meters. Around the courtyard there were many densely growing plants. Alex walked down the middle path that defended the Fish pond.

Walking while looking at Koi Fish swimming here and there. Arriving in the middle, Alex stopped and squatted in focus looking at the beautiful Fish.

“Have come You Alex.” Said Abipraya who shouted at Alex with Balinese accent and waved. Alex stood up and looked for the direction of the sound.

“Here, over here.” Shouted Abipraya again. But Alex never found Abipraya. Eventually Abipraya decided to approach Alex. Then the two met and Abipraya invited his best friend to enter the guest room.

Alex and Abipraya begin their schoolwork. They both had no trouble doing the job. Because indeed they are both Children who hold rank one and two in their class.

Crew. Suddenly the door opened. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Alex turned his head spontaneously. He saw three people enter the living room. One of the guests came to Alex's attention. Walking slowly and approached by both parents Abipraya.

“That's his name Nindi, my cousin who lives in Jakarta. He and his parents were on vacation here for a few days and my father offered us our home for their staycation in Bali. But they refused, he said he had already booked a villa in Ubud.”

Jemari Abipraya is still working on the task. But his mouth never stopped explaining and Alex was still focused on seeing Nindi who then disappeared behind the next door. The two boys did their job until they were done. Then continue with play. It was Alex and Abipraya.

“Eh I want to go home first. I'll have Oom.” Said Alex who was now waving. He paid no more attention to what Abipraya answered. He just rushed home. Alex glanced at his hourglass which was already showing at half-six in the afternoon.

After the schoolwork is done. Alex also played with Abipraya hinggan forget about time. Alex regrets. Not much thought Alex ran away. Hope to get home before sunset.

“Live your shower Alex. If you have, there is Spaggety that Oom bought for you on the dinner table.” Christian said softly.

However, people often talk about the ugliness of Oomnya. For Alex He is both Oom and a good foster father. Attention to him is like a child of his own. It's just that Christian is stuck with a past that he regrets to this day.

Flashback off

Just like Alex is stuck with the past with Nindi.

Alex's eyes clenched, the signal from his drowsiness getting stronger. Can't stand it, Alex straightened up and took a blanket and fell asleep.