Hidden In The Mist
Chapter I Leave

The afternoon air began to feel warm, slowly the sunlight dimmed, watering the earth with orange light decorating the sky. Angga hurriedly tidied up the work table. Today, Angga's first major holiday has been approved.

For three years, Angga has worked in a multi-national foreign-owned company. The busyness keeps him away from the word relaxed, that's why he doesn't want to miss the first big vacation that falls on this day.

Angga quickly devised a plan for holiday activities. He will go to the city of Malang for the main purpose, then go to the city of Banyuwangi to meet the invitation of an old friend named Herly.

"I have to fast packing. Otherwise, I'll miss the plane."

Angga looks riled up, he immediately drove his car through the traffic jam. As usual, the streets of the capital are always jammed in the hours of home office. The car he drove was very slow, creeping, but Angga was not carried away by emotions, because he had become accustomed to it. Angga patiently lingered on the road for a long time to arrive home safely.

For office workers like Angga, this phenomenon is inevitable. Fortunately Angga is a private type that has quite a lot of patient stock. After waiting long enough, finally Angga managed to also break through the traffic jam. He immediately gasped to get home on time.

As expected, Angga arrived home on time. His watch shows at seven o'clock in the evening. He rushed to the room to change clothes, then quickly finished the dinner that was on the table.

After everything was sorted out, Angga immediately ordered a taxi online. He hurriedly took his small suitcase, as soon as the taxi he ordered arrived. At exactly seventy-thirty Angga left for the airport.

"Thank God still had time, fortunately the driver's father online agile, otherwise I would have missed the plane by now."

Angga muttered softly. After passing several checks Angga immediately entered the waiting room, and mingled with prospective passengers to Surabaya.

Unexpectedly, she meets Ryo and Jaka there. Apparently they both got the same invitation from Herly.

"You're Ryo right, my God, bro, we haven't seen each other for three years, you're so fat right now. Must be good business, right?"

Angga shook Ryo's hand and hugged a classmate, while they were still learning in college. Ryo and Jaka were great friends in college. After graduating from the same university, they both decided to open a culinary business in the East Jakarta area.

"You work where you don't, from this perlente look anyway, I can guess, if you work in a large company owned by foreign investors, right bro?"

"Hehehe... Yes Jak, I got accepted to work in a foreign company, once we graduate college."

"You haven't changed bro, you still like weird, ask yourself, answer yourself."

Angga laughed a little answer to Jaka's question that suddenly appeared from the direction of the toilet. The burly man named Jaka immediately shook Angga's hand warmly, and immediately joined in their chat.

Angga who has no chat material, just a moment to discuss the matter of Herly's invitation. Their classmate, who was missing the news after he graduated earlier than his classmate.

For three years they had no news. But now, suddenly he appeared with an invitation to vacation in the village of Herly's parents who were far away in the corner of Banyuwangi city.

Although at first Herly's invitation seemed somewhat mysterious, but then Angga, Ryo, and Jaka, they all agreed to come to meet the invitation.

By chance today they met on the same flight. Ryo tried to persuade Angga that they were the same to Banyuwangi, then continued the plan of Angga vacation to the city of Malang.

"Gga, you go to Banyuwangi with us, later from there to Malang, and we go straight back to Jakarta, how?"

For a while Angga just fell silent. He thought for a moment, then agreed to Ryo's proposal. A call to enter the cabin was heard, they ended the conversation and rushed into the plane.

Shortly after the plane took off. Everyone is busy with their own business. The clock shows at eleven o'clock at night when the plane arrives in Surabaya. Angga, Ryo, and Jaka decided to stay at the same hotel tonight.

Tomorrow morning they will head to the station to continue the journey by train. Ryo and Jaka choose to sleep in the same room. Angga sleeps alone in a different room.

By morning the three were ready to check out. After breakfast, they went straight to the train station. Angga walked to the counter to print their travel ticket, while Ryo and Jaka just sat waiting in the passenger seat.

"Where, bro, do we get what number of carriages, the seats do not separate, right?"

Jaka walked over to Angga then asked the number of their carriages and seats. Angga did not answer Jaka's question, he just gave each person a ticket, then pointed towards the carriage they were going to ride in. The Banyuwangi train will soon be in action. They rushed into the carriage and sat down at their respective places.

"It's been a long road, it looks like I'll get tired of sitting for seven hours."

Ryo opened the chat, while Jaka was still sleepy, she chose to go straight to sleep with the small pillow she was resting on the glass wall of the carriage.

Meanwhile, Angga who had no other choice, finally inevitably, the young man had to wait for Ryo to chat.

"The seven hours were not long Yo, taken just relax, later also will certainly arrive."

"Oh yes from yesterday, we were just talking about Herly, your family how are you?"

"My parents are healthy, they're fine, still living in the old house. If I lived in Bekasi. Since breaking up with Mila, I've never dated again, so I haven't been married until now."

"Almost all the time I had, was up to work at the resto. As you know, we pioneered this culinary business both from scratch. So I haven't had the time to think about having a partner."

"Unlike this one flea, she keeps dating Raina, even though I know model girls, like Raina, just want to snack on her."

Ryo tells her love story that has run aground. Angga just listened, actually he did not care too much about their romance story. He himself has a little bit of a romance with Ryo.

Pluit officers rang, the sound of the train's locomotive engine roaring slowed down. The train they were riding had arrived at a small station. Angga quickly got off, then asked the officer, how long the train will stop.

"Sorry, this train leaves how many minutes, if it's still a long time, I want to go to the restroom for a while."

"Ten minutes later, don't be late, the train won't wait for late passengers."

"If it's too late to get into the carriage, we'll definitely leave."

Ten minutes is enough time to just urinate and wash your face, thought Angga. He immediately ran to the toilet, and planned to buy snacks to listen to Ryo's story.

Meanwhile Ryo follows Angga down from the carriage. The young man walked back and forth to straighten his sore kakin.

Sometimes Ryo is seen greeting prospective passengers who will ride the train. The young man smiled kindly, while smoking a cigarette in his right hand.

Ryo really enjoyed his trip this time. The atmosphere of the station was rather quiet, making everyone able to relax a little more. Ryo decided to sit on a wooden bench.

The cool morning air, makes Ryo can more tenag enjoy the view of the station while continuing to sip his cigarette.

After spending two cigarettes, Ryo walked towards the toilet. Suddenly his focus was shifted to the figure of an old woman who was all black who was standing bent beside the hallway to the toilet.

The old granny seemed to be focusing on watching Ryo. His eyes were sharp as if he was holding anger. Angga who just came out of the toilet directly approached Ryo.

"You see what bro, your eyes from earlier glared not blinking at all. Is there a cute chick in that toilet?"

Ryo did not respond, he remained silent, while his eyes continued to focus on the grandmother wearing the black kebaya. Upset not getting an answer, Angga then pats Ryo on the shoulder, inviting the fat man to climb back onto the train.

"Hey Yo.., come on in, the train's leaving again!"

The pat on his shoulder made Ryo wake up instantly, and the mysterious grandmother, was no longer there.

"Home...!"

"Don't keep going on this trip, if you all want to survive."

Suddenly Ryo heard the voice of the old woman in his ears. The sura sounded very clearly snapped. The confused Ryo immediately circulated a glance towards the surroundings. But there was no one else in that place, except himself.

Pluit had rang Ryo quickly climbed into the carriage. His face was pale, a look of anxiety that he could not hide.

"You why else Yo, today your behavior is really very strange, what's the matter exactly?"

"I saw a grandmother wearing a black kebaya standing in the hallway near the toilet door. His eyes were sharp, as if he hated me so much."

"And then, as you patted me on the shoulder, the old grandmother suddenly disappeared, but then I heard the hoarse voice of a woman whispering in my ear."

"You know what he said?"

"The woman's voice says, we have to go home. He's like forbidding us to continue on this journey. I swear to what, I heard clearly the woman's voice in these ears bro."

Angga laughed a little, closed his mouth. He does not believe Ryo's words. He thinks the fat guy just exists. For him Ryo was just tired, so hallucinated.

"You've got Yo, I've just come out of the toilet, and when I pat you on the shoulder, there's nobody there."

"It's just you and the train attendant who are ready to signal the train to leave. That's all, there's nothing else."

Ryo started to doubt himself. He chose to believe Angga's words, then tried to calm down and just ignore the events he had just experienced at the small station. Meanwhile, Angga chose to sleep while hearing music from a headset attached to his ear.