Room No.11B
Part. 22

Today I was not excited, so even college was reluctant to feel I stepped away. Tired of crying, I fell asleep.

***

"Assalamualaikum, Dek Adi."

Someone's voice woke me up. Uh, what time is it? 11:20am. I slept long enough.

Tok tok tok tok

"Assalamualaik."

Uh, Nek Iyah's voice. I'll wake up soon too.

"Waalaikumsalam" I replied.

I opened the door. Nek Iyah stood in front of my room carrying a plate of rice with quite a lot of side dishes.

"Yes, what's wrong?" my many.

"It's the deck, I happen to cook a lot. This is Dek Adi." Nek Iyah handed over a plate of rice with a full side dish.

"Well, thanks a lot of granny." I received a plate of rice containing a piece of fried chicken, a pile of stir-fried vegetables, three pieces of fried tempeh, a lump of red sambal, and a few pieces of salted squid. Luxury for child size boarding.

"I see from the morning Dek Adi not out of the room, vacation huh?" ask Nek Iyah.

"No, just no longer excited anywhere." I replied.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Nek Iyah pamit's.

"Yes grandma. Thanks a lot, Grandma." I said.

"Delayed the food!" He said while moving away from my room.

"Yes, definitely." I said.

So back to my memory. Ah, sadly I couldn't see her shady face for the last time. I was still standing in front of the room, holding a plate of rice given by Nek Iyah. I saw my coffee cup this morning, filled with black ants. Connected. Dozens of ants are floating motionless on the surface of the coffee.

I went inside to the bathroom, I put a rice plate on the floor of the living room. I keep the door open, so fresh air blows in.

After I washed my face, I rushed towards the front room. Hungry also feels like my stomach. To my surprise, ten cats circled my plate unmoving. Looking towards the plate.

"Husah!!" I screamed to drive the cats away.

Strange, the ten cats did not budge in the least. I rubbed the body of a cat with the big toe, he turned. His gaze looked at me. Don't take a headache, I'll take a sledgehammer.

Wush! the Ijuk sweep drifts

Bugs! hit a cat, they broke up.

Bugs! Bugs! ahaa, two cats got hit.

Ten cats running down the ridge. Feel the blow of my hijuk broom! I can finally eat in peace. And let's go! Bismillah.

A plate of rice and side dishes, now lodged in my stomach. Ah, really full. Too full. After I wash the dishes, I quickly return Nek Iyah's plate.

"Assalamualaikum nek." My greetings while knocking on the back door of Nek Iyah's house.

"Waalaikumsalam." answered Nek Iyah heard from inside.

Nek Iyah opened the door.

"Sir, I want to turn the plate over" I said, handing the plate over.

"Oh yes deck. Is it the food?" ask Nek Iyah.

"Definitely grandma. Very good cooking. Thanks to nek."

"Yes yes, the same." said Nek Iyah.

"I'm sorry grandma. Assalamualaikum."

"Waalaikumsalam." replied Nek Iyah while closing the door.

"Excuse me bang." someone greeted me with a smile.

"Yes, let's go." I replied with a smile.

They walked towards the garage, but were stopped due to Nek Iyah's call from inside the house. Nek Iyah opened the back door.

"Ela, Dini, have you eaten yet?" ask Nek Iyah.

Apparently their names are Ela and Dini.

"Ela is already grandma. Here, Dini who has not" replied Ela, a woman with chubby cheeks. Then they both laughed. Early, slightly slender yet slightly taller.

"Here first!" call Nek Iyah. The two approached Nek Iyah. Before long, Nek Iyah gave Ela two packs of rice. And they're gone.

I sat in the front room reading a novel. While reading, I was shocked by the noise on the roof of the boarding house. Grasak-grusuk. Damn cats, I thought.

Srekk Srekk Srekk

The sound from the roof was like something being dragged. His voice came from the middle room roof. Ignored.

Duuaagg

Oh, my God, what is that? The loud noise surprised me. Again from the roof of the middle room. His voice was like a blow, or something falling. I saw the roof of my living room, danger of collapsing. Ah, there's nothing. Damn, the cats here are very disturbing, I thought.

***

In the afternoon, Yuda stopped by my place.

"Lo why don't you go to college?" ask Yuda while stirring the coffee.

"Nothing Da, not feeling well anymore." I said.

"Eh Di, have you asked yet to the boarding house about the car?" Yudah reminded me.

"Gosh, I forgot Da. I will ask. Sorry sorry to sorry."

"Yes, relax." Yuda sipped his coffee.

"Da, I want to ask you."

"Ask what?"

"Yesterday, did you really see the mother who had the front house?" my many.

"Yes, he smiles at us. Just shut up." Yuda took out a cigarette.

"Emang why?" ask Yuda.

I'm silent.

"Heh, why? Quiet even." sergeant Yuda.

"Every night, I talked to the hostess 11e. Do you know what he told you about the front house?" I opened the story.

"What?" Yuda asked with a cigarette stuck to his lips.

"It turns out, who has a front house is his brother the late Mr. Thamrin, who has this boarding house" I explained.

"Well, continues?"

"The one who owned the house died a long time ago" I said.

Yuda.

"Huh? Really In?" ask Yuda.

"Yes, that's Mr. Thamrin's brother who died a long time ago. And the house has been empty for a long time, Da." I continued.

Yuda quietly leaned against the wall not budging one bit. He did not burn his cigarette. Empty look.