Jogja At A Time
28. Longing

The Denok meandering between the traffic jams of Solo Street. Fast-forward to Adisucipto airport in the afternoon. Seti who is on it looks impatient to meet Seto who reported that he will stop in Jogja first through a telegram received by Seti three days ago.

After more than a year of not meeting her brother, Seti wanted to show off all the contents of the letter sent to Seto. Starting from the campus, Malioboro lapak, Samirono kost with Mbah Jum, and of course about Asri do not want to linger just a handwritten story that is blocked by distance and time with Seto. Hope Seto justifies the contents of the letters that Seti routinely told about all his stories while in Jogja.

The road is long

With many a winding turn

That leads us to who knows where

Who knows where

But I'm strong

Strong enough to carry him

He ain't heavy, he's my brother ...

Entering the parking lot of the airport motorbike, Seti's carefree mouth sang He ain't heavy, he is my brother The Hollies. Making sure the Denok was locked safely, Seti rushed towards the airport arrival door. His hurried steps changed leisurely steps after glancing at the watch in his hand.

It seems there is still a lot of time to wait for the plane carrying Seto to arrive while coffee first in the coffee shop that looks lined not far from the airport arrival hallway.

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The hot coffee glass presented in front of his seat did not seem to arouse Seti's interest in touching it. Let the hot glass linger. Like his longing for Seto.

Thick coffee and longing seem like two similar philosophies about taste. The more left will ensnare the audience to try to linger pervading when in contact with it.

That longing does not always have to be released directly. If the written word strand can release the longing indirectly, then distance is only an obstacle. Only one's ego makes distance a hindrance a reason for longing release.

How Seto traveled thousands of kilometers just to meet him, making Seti not want to be burdened with the obstacles of longing. Not only to Seto, all of his ego will be set aside if the closest person who was confined to the distance suddenly appeared in the space of his heart longing.

If the strand of writing through his correspondence with Seto can treat the longing, another to Asri. The miss room was released by calling him. Listening to the voice of Asri is considered able to eliminate the distance of the longing blocker with a pleasant taste of each.

Last night for almost an hour Seti took the time to call Asri from the wartel to the house of Sokaraja after returning from the Malioboro lapak. The conversation about each other's routines, Joko's health development, and of course Seto's arrival took turns filling in the conversation overnight.

"Greetings from Silence," Asri turned to allude to Silence in between conversations.

"Eh ... Still in Purwokerto ?" Not expecting Asri to offend it, a little stuttered Seti realized there was someone he had forgotten after the relief and excitement at the Wirobrajan house first.

"Having returned to Jakarta with Yuni two days ago," Asri answered Seti's awkward question in a teasing tone. Realizing a little bit of rigidity of Seti's tone.

Asri's carefree tone told about his closeness to Silence and Yuni during his time at Jengki's house made Seti's concern about his loving relationship I keep Asri and Silence faded. Moreover, Asri also said that Silence is fine after Asri explained about the relationship.

Spending a coffee glass that still feels warm, Seti rushed to the arrival door to pick up Seto. Prepare to fill his other space.

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The figure that Seti misses looks more and more dashing and fresh when returning his smile. Seto hugged Seti tightly after coming out of the arrival door.

Not wanting to linger again sharing the story, the two hurried to leave the airport towards the motorcycle parking without many words.

The two young men pulled a few women who passed by to glance at him. Seto's more mature maturity and Seti's growing up to be a male with each other's charms please the opposite sex to stare at him for a moment.

Just this time Seto was alone with Seti outside the city. The opportunity to talk a lot about the problem of adult men with him was already in Seto's mind. Certainly not a mess like his past. Seto doesn't want his brother to be caught up in the shadows of the past like him.

Like it not like, the past shadow about Bening is not easily removed just like that. Knowing Bening and Joko are in serious trouble from Seti, he decides to have no doubts this time to meet Bening and Joko.

It's not about the past romances that he's going to knit again. But at least it shows that he is useful to Bening and Joko after his arrival to meet them later.

From Seti's story about Bening and Joko's disturbed financial condition after Joko gets sick, Seto tries to think about helping the two in a proper way. Bening who allowed him to look at Joko solidified his decision to find out more about what he could do without a variety of guesses.

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A quarter of an hour broke through the crowds of the road from the airport towards Samirono. Finally the Denok arrived also in front of a simple food stall that looks lonely.

Seto followed Seti into the stall. On the road earlier Seti had offended the boarding house Samirono and food stalls Mbah Jum.

"Good afternoon Mbah," Seti walked into the kitchen looking for the invisible Mbah Jum in the stall.

Seto watched from the front of the shop while washing his hands and face. Fresh water releases fatigue after his journey. Dipping his hands and face with a tissue, Seto sat leaning against the bamboo bale in the corner of the stall near the vegetable-filled table and side dishes of Mbah Jum merchandise.

"Eh no guests ...," the sound of reprimand turned Seto's attention towards the figure of Mbah Jum who was seen coming out of the kitchen door.

"Good afternoon, mbah. I'm Seto Seti's brother," Seto stood up from the bale-bale to greet the hand of the mbah Jum who greeted him.

"Yes, Seti has told me a lot about the sailor mas," Mbah Jum began to say kindly as is his habit to anyone who stopped in his stall.

Seti picked up Seto's big bag and took it to his room in the middle of the conversation between Mbah Jum and Seto. "I prepared the room first. Want to shower now or later ?" Seti asked Seti towards Seto before leaving.

"Let's just Set after coffee and smoking first here," replied Seto.

The conversation became familiar after Seti left the stall. Like his sister, Seto is also good at carrying himself. Mbah Jum was even happier when Seto laughed when he heard his story about the occupants of the Samirono boarding house. Also about his closeness with Seti and Asri who are already considered part of his family.

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