TWENTY
New Neighborhood

The bus carrying twenty students who joined the Real Working Group (KKN), one of the leading universities in East Java, eventually slowed down its pace, prepare to stop because it has arrived at its destination. I was one of the students in the group.  Introduce, my name is Nala Ayu Kinanti, just call Nala. I'm a student in English Literature Education.

Somehow it will be later when we are twenty this— with the background and personality of each of which is certainly different— is required to work together for the next month. Lucky I'm the extrovert type, dealing with new people is not a big deal for me.

For now I began to get familiar with Salma who is a faculty with me, only from the department of Indonesian Language Education. His appearance wearing a wide robe and hijab is in line with his personality. The child is calm, a bit quiet, but fun to talk to.

“Na, which bag are you in? Here, let Abang bawain!” Well if this one is called Radit, a typical crocodile guy. All girls treated the same as me earlier, made to feel special until soaring above the sky to be thrown into the bottom of the earth. I found out the extent of Radit's decay not because we knew him closely, but because he was popular with the college. And as it turns out, I was assigned to the same group as this guy.

“Nih, same suitcase .. all of you have Salma too. I'm going down first, bye! Come, Salma!” Soon I pulled my friend's hand to leave the bus.

“You're so mean, anyway, Na? Poor to know, Radit lifts so much.”

“Lho, right, he himself offered. Pity if rejected,” I said while grinning.

After everyone got off the bus, we were greeted by Mr. Karto. He is one of the representatives of the villagers who will help us throughout this KKN. We also gathered to listen to his instructions.

The houses that will be our temporary residences are located side by side even inside the same fence, maybe the owners used to be one family. If you pay attention, this temporary house looks quite comfortable with mango trees and rambutan trees on the left and right. The yard is also quite large.

Busy looking around, it made me not realize that Mr. Karto had returned to his residence 300 meters away from here and friends had started to enter the house.

“Nala!” cut someone to me.

“Eh, yes?” my spoken.

“Buruan enter! The sooner it gets better. Later tell the girls to directly gather on the terrace when it is finished beberes.” Ehem, if this one is Alif Muhammad, the leader of our group. His face resembled that of an Arab, his body was perfect, and his whim was radiated at every word. Perhaps his firmness and compassion were obtained from his father who was a soldier.

“Na?”

“Eh, yes! Here I go inside. Later I will tell you to gather on the terrace.” Immediately I stepped away leaving Alif towards the still empty room.

Since there are two bedrooms for students, four people will fill one room and five people fill the other room. Of course I immediately chose to stay in the room with Salma who turned out to have joined Iren and Tika.

“Tik, your mattress is a little sliding, dong! Narrow, nih!” Iren Protest.

“You are aja body, Ren, who is big. If I slide around, I can hit the door!” tika Seloroh. Well, that Tika is if you like it really, he he he he.

“This big body means the sign of my mother and father successfully welfare his son. Is it you, Tik? Skinny body flattened like ice cream sticks,” reply Iren. Yes indeed, if Iren and Tika stand side by side can form a number ten formation.

“Already, Ren, Tik! It's just a matter of place, no need to make a fuss. Tika, you can slide to the side a little, will not crash the door anyway. Pity Iren if constriction,” set Salma. And beyond my expectations, Tika was directly obedient to Salma's orders. Admittedly, the maternal aura of Salma is very pronounced. I am sure during this KKN period she will get the role of a dorm mother.

“Aaaaaaaa!!!!!!”

Suddenly I heard a scream from the next room. Who can make the sound of crumb like a parrot like this, anyway, who else if not Gea. Not that I do not like this one girl, but since the beginning of the KKN briefing on campus, I feel that she does not like me. At that time I asked to get acquainted, uh, he even rolled his eyeballs. Who is not upset, try?

“What's up, anyway, Ge?” asked Iren, representing the four of us as residents of the next room who were disturbed.

“Tuh! That's tuh! There's a caterpillar!” exciting Gea.

Sure enough, I saw two large black-red caterpillars crawling casually on the floor of the room. I saw him shudder in horror. The friends who were watching in front of the door of the room were tense.

“Cepet call boy, let dumped outside!” shouted Sita the most beautiful girl charming with her body until ouhai.

“Halah, no need to call them! Just so how hard is it, anyway?” said Tika who stepped forward like a hero of misfortune.  He pulled out a few sheets of tissue which he then used to pick up the two caterpillars. It's great! This chick has no fear at all.

“Cepet dumped it, Tik! Why are you still holding on?” Well, even Astri the super quiet girl with a flat face and the look of the plate now looks frightened. But I am am amused myself. The first expression I saw from Astri was precisely the expression of fear with the contours of the face unconditioned so. Falling is the image of ice girl that you have been building, As!

“Times these cute caterpillars you guys are scared, anyway?” joking Tika who seems to be acting jail. He started walking towards us while showing the caterpillars. Those of us who were scared to death immediately ran into chaos. But unfortunately, he was chasing while shaking his hand.

Pluck it!!

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”

“TIKAAAAAA!!!!” We simultaneously screamed.

***

After cleaning up the luggage, we all gathered at the men's house feels as ordered by Alif. The terrace in the house was much wider.

“Lho, girls are only seven? Where are Iren and Puput?” Radit the crocodile opened his voice.

“Against the room, got a caterpillar. Pity it, his body bentol-bentol,” sahut Gea with style of the centilnya.

“Kok can?” ask Alif.

“Cause of Tika! Caterpillars made toys. Jail is so people!” My sewot tone started to recur. But with her leisure Tika just grinned the horse, making me hotter.

“Ya already then. Now we discuss about the program that we will carry out in the next month.”

At this brief meeting we just finalized the program that had previously been discussed debriefing time, while re-examining the equipment of the group who were worried that something was missing. This meeting we also use as an event to get to know each other better.

My new friends have different characters. Abdul, who is a faculty member with me, is somewhat rancid. Then, Rangga, who is also a faculty member with me, is like Astri version guy. His person was quiet with sharp eyes. Somehow the feeling of his students later if he taught with a tense face bin seriously so. Maybe, even though there are students who want to ask will definitely be afraid of being pounced, he he he.

Well if the one from earlier was just leaning on the porch pillar while holding the phone was his name Yusuf, but called Ucup by his friends, including me. This cup is typical of acute gamers. Don't you dare approach him if Ucup is playing a game. Any kind of animal in the zoo can come out of its mouth and hearing it will make us want to continue to say something. Especially if Salma hears, Ucup may be lectured seven days and seven nights.

Guys from the Faculty of Informatics indeed seem to usually get a special call. Yes like Ucup earlier for example, then another one is Naufal who was called Nopal by his friends. In contrast to his call that seems funny, Nopal likes to watch sadistic films and films about psychopaths. So, yeah .. I'm kind of scared, anyway, near this guy. Moreover, our group has no members who come from the department of psychology so no one can judge whether the original personality modeled psychopath or not. Hence, I chose to interact as necessary with Nopal.

“Oh yes, dues and other necessities do not forget, you know! Which does not pay, do not get rations!” said Rere who showed his fangs. With that ferocious attitude, he fits in, deh, to be the treasurer.

“Bu treasurer why so sadistic, anyway? If you don't eat it, you die. If you die later on longing,” chirped Revelation who began to throw joking dimehnya. Those of us who hear can only cheer him up. This guy from the Faculty of Economics and Business is a hobby to throw a joke. He said he wanted to make everyone feel happy even if only for a moment.

“Nih, I pay the dues right now,” said Rendi while removing several sheets of hundreds of thousands from her wallet.

Among others, I first knew Rendi. That is only natural because we are game friends. From Kindergarten to Junior High we are always accepted in the same school, and just separated at the High School level. Eh it turns out that our college time again entered the same university, it's just that he chose a major in Computer Science, a field that suits his interests.

This rendition could be said to be some kind of son of the sultan. His family is twisted! Once in the second grade Junior High, he got the second champion. Well, the excitement is not playing, to the extent that he treats me to eat my favorite satai. But ... turn to pay, he just realized that in his wallet there is no money. Obviously we panicked, dong, let alone my money in the wallet might not be enough to pay our bills. What will Randy do next? He took a piece of plastic card from his wallet and said to the brother of the paratrooper, “Bang, use a credit card can, do not?” I felt like I was going to faint at that moment.

“Well, dong!” exclaim Rere while receiving a note from Rendi. Perhaps due to his treasurer's instincts, Rere's eyes instantly sparkled as if there was a 100-watt light shining behind his retina.

“Oh yes, cleanliness picket schedule can be seen later in WhatsApp group. If the business of cooking, let it be flexible please girls who set how good.” We were listening to Bayu the secretary of our group.

Actually during the formation of stewardship we chose Rangga as a secretary, but Rangga— who did look objection—malah put a sharp gaze of his mainstay. And the gaze that seemed to want to devour that person was successful made us gulp our own saliva. So re-election was done, and suddenly Bayu casually raised his hand to propose himself so that he became his secretary now. This Bayu has a hobby of writing, and claimed to be a big fan of Pidi baiq. The goal is of course to be a great writer like the author of the novel Dilan.

Well, the guy who from the beginning to the end of the activity continues to hold the camera complete with his tripod is Indra, a YouTuber. Although I do not know the name of his YouTube channel, it is said that he is quite famous and has many subscribers. Know for yourself, right, if handsome guys sing famous songs while playing the guitar guaranteed to get a lot of fans. Therefore, the task of documentation during KKN activities falls to him.

The last one is a guy who sits to the left of Alif named Fahmi, the smartest student in the Faculty of Medicine. According to his close friends, Fahmi has been smart since childhood. Always the first champion! Anyway good, deh, if a group with him. If you need an idea, just ask because the person is not stingy to share. Fahmi's father is the owner of a fairly large hospital so certainly Fahmi will occupy the CEO's seat at the hospital. It's cool, right, to have a CEO friend. May I have success, amiin.

In the afternoon, me and some other students chose to return to their rooms to rest because they were exhausted from the four-hour trip. But Gea seemed tireless, she stayed on the porch and kept trying to get close to Radit like a chick afraid of losing its mother.