
Tok.dok..
The sound of the door being knocked.
Anis was aghast to hear the door of his room was knocked on by someone, before long the door handle moved down and by itself the door opened.
"Neng Anis, can you help Mamang now?" Ask Mr. Parman outside in his relaxed style.
His whole heart was shocked to hear Mr. Parman's voice greeting him in a relaxed tone as usual, even though the reality of the engagement was clearly known by Anis, but seeing the look on his face and the way he spoke now seemed to tell him that nothing happened worse than that. Makes Anis have to hold her breath until Mr. Parman leaves from before her.
"What's the Mang?" Anis asked still unable to throw the trembling tone out of her mouth.
"Mamang has prepared incense and other ingredients, please do!" Mr. Parman said flatly and left immediately without listening to Anis's approval.
Another assignment, Mr Parman still dare to order Anis for the worship he did?
Anis just glared silently not paying attention if Mr. Parman has passed, in his mind is currently only filled with dream problems that are like reality, and thousands of questions rained down on his brain. Did nothing really happen? He's just dreaming?
Hearing Mr. Parman's words alone and his intentions came to make Anis helpless to say nothing to refuse, but when Mr. Parman left it was upset as if it was immediately boiling with his blood.
Until whenever Anis will remember it, but he can not do anything and this time it was already gone after getting a threat from his dream Anis could not choose another path. In order to survive he had to agree to every request about the assignment from Mr. Parman and to know when he would do it.
Most of his heart never wanted to do the dirty work with both hands that were so painstaking to toughen up. Just how could he be able to refuse that request? How-to?
Mr. Parman's request came back, not giving him a little time to breathe calmly. Anis consciousness felt forced again to obey, meet the demands that will be very influential for life and death, it feels if immediately reject something bad will happen immediately.
Inevitably the request of Mr. Parman did not feel into the habit of Anis and began to have to do every time, until one by one many bad incidents occurred in plain sight, Anis was just a silent witness without revealing what she knew, she thought about her safety alone it was enough and nothing else.
The days changed and it did not take long, after a month passed the residents of the boarding house reduced until all the rooms were empty, until now after 2 years of the incident Anis alone there is still working on a request from Mr. Parman to provide offerings and invite others from outside to stop by to stay there. All he did for 2 years without him asking any more, without him feeling any more misgivings.
*****
Andre shook his head after experiencing the long journey in his dream, past the short time Anis had experienced with his life in that cursed place. Even it feels like Andre is upset, furious with the behavior of the boarding owner.
His vision now describes the day of the meeting with Anis and as his last meeting.
One by one each incident was seen by Andre gloomily, nothing makes him more sad and frustrated than this because after Anis' death maybe Andre was the only person who was still silent without doing anything like Anis. Shut up and don't let Anis calm down.
"Wake up!"
"Mas!"
"Mas!"
Andre felt his body being shaken several times by someone's hands and a faint soft-sounding voice clearly ringing into his ears.
"Astag." Andre said in shock. His eyeballs moved and seeing his body still on the mattress, the wall clock also showed at 06:00 a.m.
"Eh, Tri!" Andre said embarrassedly. Uninvited the shadow of the events of the night returned to the air in his mind.
"I'd like to take a shower!" Said Andre without seeing Tri who was still sitting next to his bed. Even Andre was in such a hurry to leave did not let him chat for longer.
"Why is this Andre?" Tri murmured in the heart. As his eyeball moved to look at the mattress that had not been tidied up, Tri's hands immediately moved up and tidied one by one pillow and blanket.
While Andre who still cannot forget the incident last night felt ashamed of himself staring at Tri who was in front of him. But he is not the one who did it himself? But the shame reached the crown of the head.
"Mas Andre! Another shower, huh?" Shouted again Tri from outside.
Andre felt shocked and looked at himself who was still silent yet to light the water faucet. "It's Dek Tri, sorry for so long." Said Andre and had to sigh to say it.
"The towel I keep outside Mas, later if it is Mas can take clothes in the closet Mas yes just look for enough." Tri told him again.
Andre had turned on Air pretending not to hear because of the sound of water, so he ignored Tri's well-intentioned remarks to him.
"Why should I see it?" Grumpy Andre upset, if only not himself who saw maybe Andre need not be misbehaved.
Tok...
"Who's inside?" There was the voice of the fathers and like Mr. Tarman.
Andre again rounded his eyes to the voice of Mr. Tarman from the outside.
"So Tri is now Mr Tarman?" Inner Andre.
Andre twisted the water cramp leaving it to stop. "I'm sorry inside sir, excuse me to take a shower first." Andre said.
"Oh my son Andre, well I immediately wait in front ya." Reply Mr. Tarman in a relaxed tone speaking to him.
Andre immediately turned on the water again without replying to Mr. Tarman's words. Like running a marathon, listening to their voices makes Andre's heart race fast, he can not calm down because of the actions of both?
"What a question!" Strangled Andre while taking some water and continuing to take a bath.
*****
Everyone laughed happily in the room, Andre guessed it was probably the people in the room after the kitchen. Once inside Andre got a mat that was held on it there was breakfast with rice and a full side dish of vegetables. "It's not breakfast, it's heavy." Andre's mind while going inside.
Indeed, everyone was very friendly towards him, rarely were there people who were caring in the middle of a city like this.
"Son Andre don't hesitate, please eat as much here." Said Mr. Tarman who was ready with food on his plate.
Tri is in charge of taking everyone's rice in turns. And the coincidence that didn't make Andre happy, because Tri was right sitting next to him made him very awkward.