River Suburbs Village
River bank gamelan

Every day Subhan made a routine of making a raft that Subhan would use to cross the river. Right on Friday, Subhan and Sutikno remained excited to make a raft that was soon almost so. I don't feel like it's getting late in the afternoon. Subhan and Sutikno seem to have forgotten when the time had come.

Until the sun starts to set and when the sun starts to set, then Subhan realized if he was late to go home.

"Sutikno, it's night now"

"My raft will probably be tomorrow"

"Well, how is it?"

"It looks like grandma is going to be angry because I came home late" Subhan said as he looked at the sky

"Subhan, relax"

"Your grandmother won't be angry"

"Now, let's go home" Sutikno told Subhan.

"Well, you're also home late"

"Aren't you afraid your mom and dad are angry?" ask Subhan curiously

"Ah, if I'm free"

"My mother's father will never be angry with me" Sutikno told Subhan

"Well, you're good"

"Your mother's father seems to understand you"

"If I, my grandparents were very strict to look after me"

"I went out for a while, they always forbade me for the dangerous reason of leaving the house alone" Subhan said while putting the remaining wood in an ordinary place

"Yok, let's just go home" asked Subhan

Sutikno nodded in agreement. Subhan and Sutikno finally went home with faces that looked very tired.

Of course, when they returned home, they both had to pass through the riverbank that surrounded the village.

Incidentally, the river was still very swift and it made Sutikno a little horrified.

"Subhan, am I staying at the farm?"

"I was afraid to go through the river" Sutikno told Subhan

"Huh?"

"Come on "

"There's me beside you" Subhan said as he pulled Sutikno's hand.

"In the field the atmosphere is very cold"

"You feel like you're sleeping in there with no blankets?" ask Subhan curiously

"Well, Subhan"

"You don't know if the field is half my soul"

"It was already my second home and my parents already knew my habits" Sutikno said as he looked at the field with a sad look.

Hearing Sutikno's statement, Subhan's hair was goosebumps, as if Sutikno said the impossible

It is impossible for someone to feel alone in the field, while through the river alone he is afraid especially in the field alone.

"Sutikno, you're a freak"

"If you're in the fields, you're not afraid, but in the fields there's no one there at night"

"But now you and I are just passing by the river, but you're afraid it's amazing"

"Emang, what's on the river?" ask Subhan curiously

Sutikno let out a long sigh hearing the words from Subhan. He also said

"Subhan, it's the river that made my brother never come back here"

"It's true, my mom and dad are still home"

"But some of my brothers who crossed the river never came back" Sutikno said

"Just this time, you're coming with me"

"Trust me, I can definitely finish it" Subhan told Sutikno

Sutikno said Subhan's invitation and right that night, they both ventured through the river on the edge of the village. Until one day, strange things happen.

At the beginning of their journey on the edge of the river, the river that is usually calm looks bumpy as if you do not like if Sutikno and Subhan pass on the edge of the river.

Sayup-sayup heard the sound of gamelan that came from nowhere came. The sound of gamelan was getting louder and louder to make Subhan curious, because during his stay in the village, Subhan never heard the sound of gamelan or any other music. And that voice was a foreign voice that Subhan heard.