Dusk Above the Horizon
Are you going to go
Rudi stared at the departure of the car on Riana, the man tightened his jaw while grasping his palm tightly.
"Sister?"
April's voice shocked her.
"Why go back to the front? sleep is night"
Rudi turned his head, somewhat surprised to find his sister was already standing right in front of him, the girl looked at her eyeballs for some time, for some reason but it could be ascertained that her facial expression was full of worry and anxiety, peeked at Rudi's face for quite a long time.
"Introduce blankets and pillows"
April thrusts two objects towards Cakra, a pillow with kerophi sarongs and a cartoon-inspired red blanket.
The man was silent for a moment when his sister put the two objects in front of his chest, the two objects almost fell because they waited too long for Rudi's movement, the man was surprised, he was surprised, directly restrain the movement and tighten the grip on the two objects.
"Many mosquitoes and cold, sofas"
Say April again.
"So I'm not going to sleep in the car"
Answer Rudi quickly.
April was a little surprised to hear that.
"Don't you brother, just sleep on the siskamling patrol over there"
He prevented.
"Why?"
Rudi raised the tip of his eyebrows.
"They said sleeping in the car could cause people to die quickly, often passing on the veranda of a tik tok who sleeps in the car suddenly his tomorrow morning dead"
The plain answer of a 17-year-old who has never tasted riding a luxury car except riding an angkot here and there.
Rudi bengong, then suddenly laughed amusedly, I don't know it had felt like for years he had not laughed off, this time so loose, without realizing there were a few tears flowing, I don't know, she hugged April suddenly, releasing a million longs that she had not known since when she was quiet.
"Sister?"
The man spoke while closing his eyes for a moment.
April was silent for a moment then slowly nodded her head.
"Aren't you okay in Jakarta? Uwak (Oom ) said...."
April did not continue her words, heavily uttered because she hoped that what she heard from Wak was mere gossip, she was not ready to listen to the reality if something bad happened to her sister Rudi.
"Of course my sister is fine"
Rudi answered quickly.
"Wouldn't you go home to Mom and Dad?"
April asked again.
"There's a lot of PR that you have to do, if you're done just try to go home for a moment"
Rudi replied again later.
"But uwak said..kakak...."
When April's cry broke out, she was the only family who could hear the news of Rudi, Mak and the father were forbidden to know even his brother Dusk was not.
Since morning wanted to ask but he was afraid to do it, deliberately waiting for the night when everyone was asleep and the right left neighbor had entered their respective homes to be able to pursue his step brother Rudi, Rudi, asking directly to convince themselves, the news that was heard never existed and happened.
"What if you lie? what if brother dies?"
Two questions came out from behind her quivering lips, she could not help her broken cry, sobbing inside Rudi's chest while holding back the roar of the heart that would not stop.
"What if you really die?"
He asked again without expecting an answer.
Rudi was silent without a sound, dropping pillows and blankets on his left hand, his right hand still hugging April as he again closed his eyeballs.