
"Where the hell, Sule? What time is it!" cetus Armand while shaking his waist swept a glance around.
The bus that will take them has been coming since dawn. Today those who consist of 13 people, will go KKN to a hamlet that is quite far from the big city. The place was chosen randomly by the campus, for the sake of justice for each group of KKN participants this year. So they cannot choose for themselves the place they want for the activity. All the same, indiscriminate for each participant.
"I called, he said again on the street. Wait a minute, bah!" khusnul with a distinctive Banjarmasin accent. Some of them come from Borneo. Different cities, even provinces.
"Today, this afternoon! Not that we talked about yesterday, at 7, we have to go. It's 8 o'clock, Nul!"
"Yes, tau. In a moment." Khusnul tries to persuade Armand to wait for Sule who is a hobby too late.
Armand's face was already very sour, while Khusnul was anxious while continuing to look for the whereabouts of Sule, his closest friend. However, Khusnul was certainly also upset by Sule's habits that are not timely like now.
"Well, there it is!" rahma screams and makes everyone look in the direction they are pointing.
"A long time, Le? What time is it?!" armand pointed at the G-Shock on his left wrist. Armand, is the son of the conglomerate in the group. She's the only student who has a cell phone with an antenna on it. In this year, such a phone is the best output and not even many students have it. He is also the most advanced student in appearance. The items he was wearing were all branded and original. His father worked as a diplomat. So that his life is more established than others. But Armand is a relaxed student figure, and most rational with a calm mindset and not easy to believe in the clenic thing.
"Sorry, bad luck" Sule said as she greeted everyone. "Udah? Yuk, go."
"Eh, wait! Count the person first," prevent Indy while checking a file containing the names of participants.
"How much the hell is coming?" ask Mey.
"One, two, three ... 12 Everything. Is it all coming?" ask Indy to check all the members.
"Less one," murmured Mey who did come to the count, helping to ease Indy's task.
"Are there less than one? That's it, sitting down again. He's coming too, right?" tanya Khusnul pointed to a teary-eyed young man who was sitting under a mini banyan tree not far from them.
"Oh yeah, that Dery! Yeah, well, let's go, let's go!"
Everyone boarded the bus, and prepared for a trip to a village that would be their KKN destination.
Lecture of Real Work or KKN is the program of most campuses in Indonesia. If you want to graduate, you must follow the KKN program held by the campus. Usually KKN students will be placed in villages. The goal is to be able to help build the countryside. Those who have reached the seventh semester, will definitely do this KKN activity. Everyone knows each other, although some have only met and talked.
The journey from the capital to the village is quite far, so they decided to go early in the morning to get to the place before dark. There is no access like a train line, but if they take the train it will certainly shorten the travel time.
The bus they were riding was not very big. At least enough to accommodate the 12 people to the destination. Along the way, the atmosphere looks great. Although they are different majors from each other, but they are familiar enough to be called strangers. Some became close because they were once SMU, or indeed because they were active on campus together.
Daniel who is the student leader on campus, or called the chairman of BEM. Become the spear pillar of their group to be able to make the best contribution later. They are very confident that with the presence of Daniel in their midst, it will have a lot of positive impact. See also his performance as the chairman of BEM, which got enough thumbs up.
Not only that. Because in their group there is also a student president, which is the highest position on their campus. That's Fendi.
They are different characters, and have their own uniqueness. Fendi's character that quickly mingled with the surroundings made him widely known and facilitated his work as a student President. Moreover, he is also famous for being close to some female students, and even he is stamped as a campus playboy. In contrast to Daniel who has a calm character, because of his background that pesantren child. But behind that, Daniel is a mature figure, nurturing and always calm in dealing with every problem. Although the chirping often sounds annoying, but if it all comes out of his mouth, then all can be forgiven. Everyone knows Daniel's character all along. Against the background of a pesantren child, it does not mean he is not close to women. Daniel is the only person who has a girlfriend in the group. Devi, an economics student, has been in a relationship with him for a year. Their meeting was indeed due to Daniel's activeness in the organization. Devi was also a smart student, and they were indeed very compatible with each other. There has never been a lopsided rumor about Daniel or even Devi. The two are the most harmonious pair and have never neko neko during this time. Only, KKN this time, they are not one group. Devi had to go to Jogjakarta area for KKN with her group.
While the women have almost all the same character, crowded, chatty, and likes to chat with chat material that sometimes does not matter. Except Icha and Rahma. Ike is the flattest, most relaxed, and most neutral student. While Rahma prefers cooking, and does not like to gossip as much as others. But these women actually strongly believe in the presence of subtle creatures around. In fact, they like to watch horror movies the most, and everything smells of horror. The talk of demons and such is like daily food for them.
It had been five hours they were on the bus with the smell of exhaust fumes that were quite disturbing. Eventually, the bus stopped.
"Why? How's stopping?" tanya Khusnul, the most chatty person who has a motherly character.
"Will it be until us?" mey asked, looking around.
"Ah, no. It's still in the woods! There should be a gate of the name of the village loh," said Indi.
"Why stop the bus, huh?" ask Ike.
All the questions kept coming out of their mouths. Some just decided to stay still while looking from the side window and looking for reasons why the vehicle they were driving was not running again. The bus driver got off and looked busy looking at the big tires, and checked them one by one.
"Why, Sir?" daniel asked slightly hardened his tone, looking down from the window.
"leak, Mas!" he said as he scratched his bald head, covered in a round hat.
"How did it go, sir? There's no spare tire?"
"There's. I'm just asking for help, help me change this tire, yeah!" smart driver that.
"Oh, okay." Daniel then went down followed by several people who intended to help the bus driver.
Only 5 minutes later, those who were initially patient waiting finally could not stand it anymore and decided to get off the bus to breathe fresh air outside.
"Why are you guys down?" ask Fendi.
"Boss. Sultry!" mey Sahut.
"Let's be bitten by mosquitoes, keep complaining" Cendol said.
Well, his real name is not Cendol, but Ryansyah Hermawan, but friends prefer to call him cendol because he once practiced making cendol and selling it to the campus cafeteria.
"Cen, don't be a man" Indy said.
In the end, they all got off the bus. Either watch the tires being changed, or just look around.
Ike who was actually watching his friend beside the big tire suddenly turned his head behind him. The bus position is on the left, and the leaking tire is the left rear tire as well, so automatically they are turning their back on the forest at the back.
"Huhuhuhuhu!" Suddenly he heard a short and faint sound of laughter.
Ike frowned. But when Derry who was closest to him turned his head, Ike moved his eyebrows up and down quickly. While Derry who seemed to understand Ike only shrugged his shoulders up. But the two of them were still watching the forest behind them. At that moment, the leaves behind suddenly moved quickly. Like someone was shaking her violently.
"Cock, prey!" screeched Dery while hitting Armand's shoulder who was squatting in front of him.
"Yes, be patient!" armand's a little bit upset.
Eventually the leaking tyres were replaced, and they continued the delayed journey. Along the way both Ike and Derry seemed silent, not discussing what they had seen before with the other friend. They finally did not talk about it anymore.
After a long and exhausting journey, they finally reached the village. In front of the road, there is a village gate that stands on the left right of the road.
'Welcome to Kalimati Hamlet'
The two gates were partially closed, the grass until if people who did not pay attention to the road properly, would not see the two gates were on the right and left side of the road. Even the asphalt road only arrived in front of the gate of welcome. The entrance of the village is still land and gravel that can only be passed 1 4-wheeled vehicle only.
"Well, crazy! This is really a very rural area," said Dollmen.
"Yes, the concept of KKN is that we come to areas like this to advance villages that are still remote to be better than before. How the hell!" mey Syndicate.
"Yes knows. But it's kind of like where Jin dumped the kid" Dollmen said.
"About speaking! Be careful with your mouth. Don't say anything in a place like this" Sule said.
"Handling, Le. Uh but seriously too. Serem. See there are many forests here. Where are the residents' houses? We're KKN in what village in the forest anyway?" ask Dollmen.
"The Dollmen are a pussy!" Omelette Indy.
"This is a school only 1 building per level of education?" ask Ike.
"Yes, that's what it looks like, Ke," pointed Fendi.
"Lho, how are the school kids?"
"Shift shiftan kali" sambar Derry.
"What is "Shift shift? don't understand me."
"Maybe gini, for elementary school children, grade 1 comes in at 7-9 am, Class 2 goes in at 9-12, and so on" said Daniel.
"Then does 6th grade go in dong night? That's what a school SD campus is!" cetus Fendi's.
"Rather than bewildered, we better ask the Chief of his village. Come on, get off" Armand took.
The bus left the village after dropping off their belongings. They also seem not to get too much appreciation from the surrounding residents and village devices. The proof is that they just stand still while looking around to find where the village chief is.
"Udah is clear at the village hall! Time in elementary school!" timpal Derry's.
"Look at that, the village hall is closed. There was still a village chief inside. You must have gone home" said Daniel.
"Who's looking, Mas?" ask a woman who bears her face by cradling a basket filled with vegetables.
"Sir Kades is home, Mom?" ask Daniel politely. He slightly bent his body when faced with the old woman.
"Oh yes already. Kan Village Hall is not just half a day, Mas. Where are you guys from?" asked the mother while watching them all closely.
"We are students who will KKN in this village."
"KKN kui opo? So, you guys want to see Mr. Kades, right? Yes already. Come with me, for my house passes through Mr. Kades' house."
"Good, Mom. Thank you very much."
They followed Mom away at last. The distance from Village Hall to Pak Kades' house is only about 1 km. Apparently after walking through the Village Hall, they could immediately see the houses that spread in the place quite tightly. Almost all the houses in the village were made of wood and bamboo. Only Mr. Kades' house was built with walls.
Upon entering the courtyard of Mr. Kades' house apparently the person they were looking for was sitting on the terrace of his house while enjoying a cup of coffee and fried food.
"Eh, you're that student, huh? Come, in!" mr. Kades said enthusiastically.
"Rubber, sir."
They went inside immediately after being invited by the owner of the house. Conversations began to sound until the approaching magrib. But the sky that afternoon was still bright.
"Yes already. Let me take you to the house you will occupy while in this village. It's dark soon."
Even though the settlement of residents in this area is quite tight but the atmosphere of the forest around is still felt. The more they walk the more visible these forests are on the left right of the road.
"So the house that you will occupy later is a bit far from the residential area. Because only that house can be occupied here. Coincidentally the house does belong to one of the residents who are now migrating to the land of people. And does that seem more suitable to you than the homes of other villagers. You're students from the city so it doesn't feel right to live in wooden houses."
"Ah, Father. But it is not papa if you have to live in wooden houses as long as it is not hot and rainy," Sule said.
"Hehehe. It's okay, Mom. It just so happened that the house had been prepared in advance and I had told people to clean it."
"Sir, there's no home around here anymore, is there?" ask Dollmen.
"Yes, how are we going the more we look at the roads, the more forests look?" ask Armand.
"Yes, so most people live in the neighborhood. There are a few more houses, only empty. Because most of the inhabitants have died or gone to the city to wander."
"Oh so. So we'll live alone dong, sir? There are no neighbors?" ask Khusnul.
"Hehehe. Yes, Ma. The empty house in the village is only in this area. Hope you guys stay there."
"It's an empty house too, sir?" ask Indy. He headed to the right where there was a building that was already permanent and looked dirty.
"Yes, really. The house was empty because the occupants were dead. They were found hanging themselves in the house" Mr. Kades explained without a burden.
"Huh? Hang yourself? Seriously, Sir?" mey asked as she continued to pay attention to the house and walked over to Ike.
"Yes. It's nothing. Don't worry nothing will happen. As long as you don't do bad things. Respect and respect each other around. Love and man were created by God to coexist. So we should be able to get used to living side by side with them as long as we keep trying to respect and respect each other."
They were quite surprised by the information that Mr. Kades had just given about the house that was said to have been the suicide of its owner. Especially when eating and explain it without guilt or discomfort to them. It was as if they were told to adapt to the environment by force.
They continued to walk away from the place even though occasionally some of them still often looked back to see the existence of the empty house that became more terrible than before
"Well, that's the house you're going to live in" pointed Mr. Kades to a permanent house that looked neat and more comfortable to see than other villagers' houses. They also approached the building.
" What do you think? This house is more comfortable, right?"
"Hehehe. Comfortable, Sir. Even though it was close to a former suicide house," said Derry sarcas.
" as I said, you don't have to worry about the house. You will not be okay if you can maintain the attitude and not act teaching people in this place."
"Yes, Sir. We understand. Thank you very much for all that Mr. Kades has prepared for us" Daniel said.
"The room in this house is 4. But the living room is spacious, right? So if you can not sleep in the room then you can use the living room to rest. Tomorrow I'll have people deliver mats and floor mattresses for you to wear."
"Oh yes, sir. Where's the bathroom?" ask Rahma.
" there is no bathroom. So if you want to shower or pee you can use the river that is not far from this house."
"Sir, seriously? There is no bathroom in this house? Later if I go to midnight how dong," Mey said.
"Pake bottle, Mey," said Dollmen.
"Yee!"
" yes. I'm sorry in advance if this house does not have a bathroom, so If you want to shower or urinate you can use the river. It's better before dark, you've already finished your dreams in the afternoon, so tonight there's no need to go to the bathroom anymore."
"Oh yes, sir."
The comfort of the house is still uncomfortable when you hear that the house does not have a bathroom. After explaining some things to the students, Mr. Kades immediately decided to go home because the day was getting dark.
" so this house is at the very end of the village?" ask Indy.
" and we don't have neighbors that we can help if there's something" Khusnul said.
"Yes Allah. What else is this," said Mey.