Secret Denis
Enam

In the backhouse. Denis is still sitting on the couch. His hands were busy playing the game on his phone. Lukman was in his room after they had dinner last night. Bi Nani and Mang Jana were already invisible to the trunk of her nose after finishing all her work. It's already night. He should have been in his room at this hour. But now in his room there was someone else. Denis doesn't like to share a room with the stranger. But how else if bang Theo has been done. He is also a person who does not like to argue. Let alone to argue. He even spoke as necessary.

Alex came and sat not far from Denis.

"You haven't slept?" ask Denis. Denis glanced at the corner of his eye.

"Not sleepy yet" he answered briefly.

"Tonight I'm sleeping here" Alex said, referring to the sofa they're sitting on.

"Just be in the room, papa."

"That's your room."

"Gue can sleep anywhere." Denis is still focusing on his phone. Alex watched the guy in front of him. Very different from how he looked wearing a work shirt this afternoon. Jeans torn at the knee. White color gombrong shirt shirt. In his left hand was a silver chain bracelet and a stacked ethnic bracelet. Alex can also see a small tatoo on Denis' right hand with the initials 'D'. Maybe D's for Denis.

No less caught his eye piercing Denis' left ear. There's two. The bottom and top of her ear lobe. Fortunately, his hair was cut short. So Denis appearance still looks neat with his badboy style so. He looks fresh with wet leftovers on his hair.

"You and bang Theo always talk lo-gue?"

"Hm."

"Not real people here?"

"Bang Theo is originally from Jakarta. His wife is a real person here." Denis changed his style of sitting. With his two legs wide he kept his elbows on both knees. His fingers continued to play the game without being distracted by Alex's presence.

"You?"

"What?"

"What are you?"

Denis did not answer immediately. Alex was patiently waiting for what answer the guy would give.

"Jakarta."

"Oh yeah? Which area?" Alex sounds enthusiastic. He is also from Jakarta. There may be little hope of the answer that Denis will give. Denis mentions one area with origin.

"Oh. I know the area. My friend is there." Alex clasped his back against the couch. Denis did not answer. He doesn't seem interested in getting into talks with Alex.

Alex was silent for a moment.

"When are you coming to Jakarta?" ask Alex a moment later. Denis pulled out his shoulder. His eyes were not one bit apart from his phone.

"Gue's not coming home."

"Why? You still have a family, right?"

"No."

"Not one of them?"

"Nothing."

Alex nodded his head. His eyes looked at Denis. Guys who are really hard to talk to. The answer is short and there is no initiative to ask back. Let's not ask back. Even his eyes from just now focused on the phone did not look at him in the slightest. He was very quiet and closed.

Alex breaks down his body on the couch. Just left a little until the tip of his foot almost touched Denis. Denis shifted his seat.

"Just sleep in the room" Denis said with a slight glance at the end of his eye.

"What, just stay here."

"Nice as bang Theo. I don't think I'm going to sleep in my room." That's the longest sentence so far. Alex smiled as he closed his eyes.

"I want to sleep in the room if you sleep in the room too."

"Ck. Rese. I'm a girl."

Denis grunting. He was forced to stop playing games on his phone. He moved from his seat to his room because he was already feeling sleepy.

Alex gets up and follows Denis while scratching his non-itchy head.

In the room, Denis took a floor mattress that rolled in the corner of the room. Put it on the floor and throw a pillow over it. Alex immediately laid himself there without waiting for him to be told.

Denis himself laid his body on the bed. His eyes stared at the ceiling. The man lying under the bed. The man seemed to have closed his eyes. Denis looked at him silently. Notice how the man had the perfect face line. Strong and firm jaw. Big nose and sexy lips. Thick eyebrows shade beautiful eyes when they are open. He must have adored a lot of women in his native place.

"How can you be in this place?"

Denis shook his head against the pillow when he heard Alex's voice. It turns out that the man hasn't slept. Only his eyes were closed. His heart suddenly thumped hard. Does the man know he's being noticed? Denis closed his eyes.

"Dennis?" Alex opened his eyes. Half-awake he looked up at the bed.

"Yes?"

"How are you in this place? You still sodara bang Theo?" tanyakanya.

"Not."

"Then?"

Silence without answer. Alex clucked slowly. It's really hard to get Denis to talk.

Alex pulled his head back. His eyes did not close immediately. He was still staring at the ceiling until a regular Denis breath sounded indicating he was asleep. He didn't answer Alex's question at all. Alex closed his eyes and fell asleep in a dream.

*****

Morning activities as usual. Everyone is busy with their routines. Denis is preparing to take the daughter alone wayang bang Theo to school.

"Sister Denis. Come on."

As usual the beautiful girl called Denis with her pottery voice. Denis immediately brought the bike closer to Sisil and handed him the helmet used by Sisil.

"Have you told me you're not the same Denis?" Sisil asked while putting on his helmet. His round and clear eyes looked at Denis.

"Say what?" ask Denis.

"Say that on Sunday Denis has to go to Mall X to buy a book."

"It's a long way to mall X here as well as many bookstores" Denis murmured. He played his motor gas until it roared and the exhaust fumes billowed.

"Oh, brother Denis, noisy knows." Sisil scowled spoiled. Her natural pink lips are adorable.

"Yes, it's gone up."

"Yes, yes." There is no other choice if it involves bang Theo.

"Yeahyyy!" Sisil exclaimed in pleasure. He immediately rode in behind Denis. His face was radiant after getting an answer from Denis.

Denis immediately runs his bike away from the yard. His motorbike immediately joined dozens of other vehicles snaking on the road. Jump around and race against other vehicles. It only takes a few minutes to get to Sisil school. The motor stopped right in front of the school gate Sisil.

Desti, who was excited this morning to take his sister, seemed to have arrived first. Denis pretended not to see the girl who had widened her smile. He turned his motor to pass from there as soon as possible. He already felt lucky for not meeting Sisil's friends who were always excited. But there was another creature smiling at him and approaching him.

"Hi, Denis." Desti greeted him first. Denis simply replied with a faint smile. He was preparing to launch his motorbike.

"Hurrying greatly. It's still morning."

"Yes. Excuse me." And, Desti was only dumbfounded when Denis just left from his presence. Though he accidentally got off his bike and approached Denis. But that guy..Oh gosh. Not polite!

Desti cursed in heart. He got back on his bike and passed from there. Shame also if anyone sees it ignored by a guy. Uphhhh!

*****

At the back house that Denis had just left, Alex was still finishing up his breakfast. The dining room that opens directly facing the back of the house makes the atmosphere so natural. The morning breeze was gentle and left cold overnight. Alex chews on his fried rice while enjoying the peaceful morning atmosphere.

"Himself lo. Which other one?" bang Theo is coming. Behind him, his wife Fani, followed in his footsteps. Alex got up from his seat and smiled at Fani. This was the first time he met the wife of Theo's bang.

"Good morning, ma'am." she greeted Fani first before answering bang Theo's question.

"Good morning. Finish the breakfast." Fani smiled back at Alex's smile. He then sat down next to bang Theo who had already sat down first.

"Denis drove Sisil. Lukman just left for the workshop. Said a customer was gonna pick up the car this morning." Said Alex explained what he knew about the question bang Theo earlier.

"Oh. How about yourself?" bang Theo looked at Alex.

"If I'm allowed to go back to the workshop." Said Alex.

"Mmm.this is Alex." Fani pauses Alex's speech. It seems like he's been waiting for a chance to talk to Alex.

"Wouldn't you report to the police what happened to you? It's not that you don't want to stay here, but you must have a family who may be worried about you right now." carefully Fani issued her opinion. However, he did not want the man in front of him to misunderstand him.

Alex breathed slowly. He looked down at his fingers on the table. Then raised his gaze to the two husband and wife who are now in front of him, as if interrogating him.

"I'd really like to do that. But if I did that, then the person who had tried to kill me would definitely know that I was still alive. I don't want them to know that I'm alive and saved by my brother and sister." He was silent for a moment. Compose the words that will be spoken later.

"I promise. Once my business is done I will leave here immediately and will not trouble my brother and sister anymore." He stared closely at the two people in front of him in turn. Fani gasped at Alex's words.

"Sorry, Alex. Ma'am didn't mean to throw you out. Ma'am also does not feel bothered at all with your existence here. It's just, I don't think maybe your family feels like they lost you." It sounds like Fani's voice is a bit clumsy. He didn't want Alex to think he didn't like the man's presence in his house. "That's it."

"I understand with the intention of mbak. I am so grateful to my brother and sister for allowing me to stay here. I would also be very grateful if my brother and sister would help me by not reporting me to the police."

Fani and Bang Theo were throwing glances at each other. As if asking each other's opinions through the eyes. Bang Theo exhaled softly through his mouth.

"Gue knows what you mean." His head nodded several times.

"What's your plan now?"

"I'm still thinking about my plan bang."

"Lo can take me if you need help. Or if you don't, you can ask Denis for help."

"Dennis?" yells slowly. He doubted the new name mentioned by bang Theo. "I have trouble communicating with him."

His answer invited the naughtiness of Fani's mouth.

"He is like that. If not asked, he does not talk. Say at least one word." Mbak Fani. He also actually felt surprised by Denis who was very closed in on his person.

"Even I don't know who he is. His name is Denis. Where it came from. Who are his parents. I don't know everything." Fani smiled miris. Alex was surprised to hear that.

"I mean mbak?" his attention was on bang Theo's wife. Fani glances at her husband as if asking for his consent to tell Alex who Denis really is. Bang Theo looked at the clock in his hand.

"It's noon. You should go to work soon. I'm going to the workshop too. Pity the kids if I'm not there" he told Fani. Alex stared at Theo bang still demanding to tell about Denis who was cut off.

"We'll just go on the road." Apparently bang Theo understood the meaning of Alex's gaze. Alex nodded.

Fani left first using a car he drove himself. Bang Theo then invited Alex to leave the house shortly after his wife left. On the road, his car was still in line with his wife's car until the intersection, their car had just separated.

Bang Theo begins to tell about the beginning of his meeting with Denis so that the boy can live with him and work in his workshop. Alex listened without interrupting everything that bang Theo said.

"He came without identity. He said something was missing." Bang Theo turned the wheel of his car into his workshop area. "He also refused to return to his home. He said he had no family at all."

"So she means he's a piece?" Alex's gaze was fixed on the object that was the topic of their conversation. Bang Theo parked his car in an ordinary place. Circulating his gaze for a moment around the workshop that began to be crowded with customers. His men seem to be busy with their own work.

"I want to try to help them" Alex said as he got out of the car. Bang Theo followed his steps down the car and went straight into his room. Alex prefers to approach Andi. According to him Andi will be easier to question and easier to communicate with than Denis.

Sure enough, his guess. He quickly became familiar with Andi. He did not hesitate to ask all the things he wanted to know about the argument. Andi also happily taught Alex a few things. He's a talkative son and not stingy science. It's so much different than the guy who slept in one room with her last night. Who else if not Denis.

*****

At school, Sisil was immediately contacted by his three friends as soon as he entered the classroom. They turned out to have come first. Today they come early because there will be a repeat in the first hour.

"Sissles!" Pekik Rina splashy. He immediately hugged Sisil's shoulder followed by Gina and Anggi who immediately came to Sisil's bench.

"Where, how? So your papa really gave us permission to walk on Sunday?" Lina directly charged at him with questions. Last night Sisil immediately reported about the permission from his father that he had obtained through a group message. They talked about it last night. But it feels unsatisfied not to talk about it directly.

"Peres anyway. Denis also agreed. Waiting for Sunday." The girl's face was so crisp.

"Denis's brother just agreed?" gina asked half in disbelief.

"Yes, after saying that papa told me to." Sisil laughed. Amused himself with his actions that have half forced Denis. He's been lying to Denis, though not entirely lying.

"Ga papa deh. What matters is Denis wants to." Anggi.

"I can't wait for Sunday." Rani held her hands together. His eyes are funny.

"me too. I can't wait to walk with Denis."

"What matters is Sunday we walk."

"Yeahy!" So horrendous. They were like little children who had just been given candy. They then make a plan for what they will do next Sunday.

Their furore did not last long as the bell entering the first lesson was already heard. They disperse and sit at each other's tables. The smiles on their faces instantly faded as the teacher entered with the replay paper.

Yeaayy!!

*****