The House 1937's
21. Come Here Handsome Child....

The sunlight in this afternoon was quite blazing, standing right under this dense water guava tree was enough to help Akiong to protect himself from the scorching sun. Akiong was quite excited by the pole he was holding while watching closely the white water guava fruits that grew densely and lushly that was right on it. He also glanced at the red water guava tree which was not too far from where he stood with its fruits no less dense than this white water guava tree. Earlier when he stopped by my grandmother's shop this afternoon, grandma told her that the two water guava trees next to the house near the chicken coop were in full fruit and my grandmother allowed her to pick some water guava there after handing over the black plastic bag large size and gave a bamboo pole that my grandmother always put right behind her stall.

"Father Mak if Akiong metik his crest?", asked Akiong a little hesitant.

"Father take aja, mumpung again bear much fruit.", replied my grandmother half laughed.

"Jim when did Mak Dateng come here again?", My grandmother gave a look of understanding maybe Akiong was bored if he picked the fruit alone.

"Emak does not know yet when Jim Dateng yesterday again, maybe later again because it has not been off school.", replied my grandmother then.

"Kalo would like to invite the others gapapa Akiong...",

"They're leaving Mak so you can't...", Akiong who has rarely played to the back alley of the floodgates is now more often played with Ucok and Chi Kian which is the distance of their home is only a few houses from here. But because they both have their own family affairs, Akiong chose to stop by my grandmother's shop.

"Oh yeah, metik own gapapa?, ntar his jam take home aja yes..",

"Yes, thank you Mak.", replied Akiong while carrying bamboo pole and crackle bag then walk through the house and the spacious side yard to go to the guava tree water.

He held the pole straight and began to hook one by one the water guava is very tempting and then began to put it in the pocket of the crackle after making sure the fruit is good and not rotten. Quite a lot of white water guava that he took, he took, then his gaze turned to the red water guava tree located not far from there and then he took back the pole and crackle that was half full of white water guava fruit that he took earlier. Under the tree, he took one white water guava and started to bite it, the sweet and sour taste and the water content of the water guava were quite a lot that directly mixed in his mouth. While chewing the guava he then lifted the pole again and began to hook the red water guava fruit, he said, Akiong needs to try a little hard because the red water guava tree is slightly higher than the white water guava tree earlier. He got some grains that if he looked back much more white water guava fruit compared to red, but for him it does not matter because the taste of the two fruits is very similar, just different skin color. He caught a glimpse of the contents of the bag of crackle that he thought was full enough, finally Akiong took the initiative to return the pole to my grandmother's shop while carrying the crackle filled with water guava fruit.

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"BUDAAKKK KASEEPP...., KADIEU ATUHHH.", (From handsome boys..).

Akiong was finally able to shout loudly and was finally able to move his entire body to take the thousand steps, along with the thousand steps he took, he immediately felt his body ache and was heard shouting Grandma and her mother called his name.

"Akiong..., Akiong..., wake up..., lu why??" his mother seemed to shake his son's body which was already cold and with a pale face full of sweat. Her grandmother was in the kitchen, fetching warm water for her granddaughter.

Akiong finally slowly opened his eyes and saw his mother's increasingly visible shadow along with his consciousness that began to gather. Seeing her worried mother, Akiong immediately reflexively hugged her mother while crying. He did not expect the terrible event was a dream that he thought was too real for the size of a dream.

"Mama.., Akiong was afraid of Ma.", Akiong still sobbed, his embrace did not loosen even with his body that still felt cold.

"Lu was sleeping while screaming in fear, you dream what's so rich?", Mama Akiong fixed his son's forehead who was still sweating coldly with a handkerchief.

Akiong was silent, he was afraid that if he told the truth, neither his mother nor his grandmother would allow him to come to visit my grandmother's house. He took a breath to answer his mother's question.

"Satan wants to chase Akiong Ma...",

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