JUMPING HIGHER
ACCOMPANY KENIA ROAD
Well, Kenia is more beautiful when it's been groomed. Surely the people who saw us walk both told me how lucky I was to get Kenia. I was just a friend and living in his apartment. So if you judge people not from the outside alone, 90 percent must be wrong.
"It's the key, you can take the car, right?" Kenia gave me the car keys.
"It's funny to travel, a girl driving a car" Kenia said, opening the apartment door. We also went out together.
"So one of your preferred male criteria, should you be able to bring a car?"
"If I'm pregnant and suddenly have to give birth in the middle of the night, then my husband can't bring a car, how? Do I have to wait for the ambulance to come, hunt down my son's brojol."
"It was far from there" I commented.
"I am far from thinking about the future. Not like you whose mind is short. There's a problem with me continuing to leave the house."
"Because I'm young, only 17."
"I'm also young, only 20 years old" Kenia interjected.
"Disclosure on my ride?" I said I felt shunned. Because Kenia was alluding to the problem I ran away from home.
”Kok, by the way?" Kenia looked at me.
We were still down the corridor of the apartment to the elevator door. I kept quiet and did not respond to Kenia.
"If I object, it's been since yesterday at the Post Security that I rejected you.
***
On the road I drive at a moderate speed. Kenia sat in silence. It's my fault, too, why doubt his good intentions to help me give a ride in his apartment, but I don't know, lately I've been very easily offended and felt. It may be the law of nature, people who are in trouble and distress are easy to hurt, angry and angry. Patience is victory. Patience is good for anyone.
"I'm sorry" I said breaking the silence.
"I'm sorry about that," said Kenia.
"Why keep quiet, like an angry person?" say again.
"I am lazy to talk, later you misunderstand again, offended again," said Kenia without turning her head.
"No, I must know myself" I said in response to Kenia's words.
Kenia looked over and smiled at me.
"You're an irritable person and it's easy to forget."
"For what linger in anger" I said as I continued to concentrate on driving the car.
"But I don't like guys who are irritable. Like women!" Kenia turns on the music from the audio car.
"Are women easily offended?" many wonder.
"Most of all that."
"Including the one talking, right?" I looked a little at Kenia.
"I was stupid, not dizzy with people talking. If my head is hit then I am offended and angry,” said Kenia lightly.
"I'm actually more of a fool than you. I was never offended, let alone angry. Stupid, dumb, or slow as family and friends at school, I never get angry."
"Why is that?"
"In fact I'm slow.”
Kenia laughed at my confession.
"Where do you know that I'm a smart kid?"
"My instincts are always right."
"God! From yesterday-yesterday's instincts continued?" my tease.
"What are my advantages there?"
”Muhun, aunt ka anjeun," I said with a smile.
"Lho, how can you talk Sundanese?"
"When we first met, did you not know it was Bandung?" So I secretly learned Sundanese.
Kenia laughs.
”Your boyfriend, don't believe me, but I like reminder guys like you. Many men do not like to remember something that he thinks is trivial, but for women it can be very touching his heart. Like you still remember where I came from."
"Touching heart?" many wonder.
It is easy to touch a woman's heart. Just remember the trivial things, surely they like. One more secret about the women I got from Kenia. I glanced at him a little. She's so beautiful. Kenia looked at me suddenly. I looked back to the front. The road was a bit jammed and the car was choked up, the opportunity I used to have a long chat with Kenia and occasionally while looking at her face.
”But anjeun tiasa snacking anu alit, definitely dipikareuseup my wife. Aconstitution!" kenia suddenly said.
I'm dumbest. Whoa, extension. Where do I know?
”Abdi teu ngartos naon anu mawasoskeun ku anjeun?" I replied to Kenia's words.
"Well, is that you use Sundanese again?" wonder Kenia.
"Yes, I'm usually just a little bit."
”Anjeun tea cane nyinceutna, Jang!”
"Indeed!" i laugh.
"Do you know what I said?"
”No," I replied still laughing.
"Basic, blekog!" Kenia patted my shoulder.
Passing through a little campus of Panca Budi University, I turned the car towards a row of shophouses in the Lido hotel area. Jasmine class hotel in Sei Sikambing area.
”Ngapain we're here?" Kenia looked at me in wonder.
"Find my friend."
"He's staying at this hotel?"
”Not, but it's stuck around this place. If we look for it from end to end, we'll meet."
I stopped the car in the parking lot.
"Come, let's go find him. Usually that street painter has an amazing advantage."
"Reason?"
"Because they use their wild emotions and imagination."
”Sok knows, ah!" Kenia opened the car door.