Vampire Aedes
12. Aster Meet His Mother

"NO!" his screams were accompanied by gasping breaths. Aster breathes a lot of air by trying to calm down. His fingers clutched a thick warm red blanket. He had returned to the real world, but again had to ascertain what date it was.

The door creaked, indicating someone opened it. It turned out to be a woman in her forties who had given birth and cared for her. "Aster baby, you're okay, right?"

"Mother!" Aster hugged the woman very tightly. Every dream about Prince Aedes somehow he always felt homesick with people in the real world. It was like a long time no meeting.

"Nightmare?" The mother stroked her son's hair. Hoping to reduce the fear that Aster felt.

"Yes, I'm afraid" he said softly.

Mom took off both hands Aster. Then he pulled out his daughter's nose. "Hat habit, you if you have a fever must often be a nightmare. At midnight like this, sleep again ah, don't forget to read the prayer."

Aster smiled at the passing of the woman. He looked at the small apple-shaped clock on the nightstand. Twelve o'clock exactly. Because he does not want to return to the dream world— is more true to be afraid to return to that world if asleep, Aster chose to leave the house for fresh air.

He wears a red hoodie with rubber slippers. Not forgetting to bring a smartphone. Really? Her appearance was now like that of a naughty girl who wanted to go on a date.

"Engh ... Who is it?" Hoarseness coming out of the phone hole.

Aster twists his eyes while bringing the screen closer to the ear. "Bukain door! I'm in front of your hostel."

"WHAT?!" Vanesa's voice boomed, causing Aster to turn away his phone. From the outside, he could hear the screams of his friends.

Phone connection disconnected. Aster turned towards the side of the window that had been dark, now turned bright. Behind the glass, the maroon curtains were revealed and Vanessa's face was seen with disheveled hair. Aster smiled funny.

Chequek.

"Oi, the middle of the mall to my house, you want to mop? Mending don't aish! I'm in a monetary crisis."

Aster didn't heed the words. Consider it wind. Vanesa threw a sofa cushion at him. Aster did not respond, even letting the pillow land on the floor. Feeling something troubled, Vanesa approached his close friend by sitting next to him.

"Not usually. Why are you lemes?" Vanesa touched Aster's forehead. "Jidat lo hot. Pantsan face lo rada-rada budet."

"No. My face is cold."

"Well, cold air. Hot new day. Uh, but seriously hot. Can I make an angel drink?"

Aster nodded weakly. "Our right now, but a splinter ya."

"So, you don't know shame."

The noise of the vehicle outside adds to the dizziness in the head. Ah, just remembered what day it is. Yeah, Sunday night. Usually motorcycle gangs are busy pitting speed.

Suddenly his nose sniffed an unpleasant scent, very unsettling. Vanesa came with a cup filled with warm liquid. "Please drink, Princess," she said.

Aster sipped a little, then stopped. It feels too familiar. "What drink is this?"

"Where do I know. That's my aunt's recipe. My aunt said, so I can sleep well. His son has insom."

"Ooh." Aster nodding. Then put the cup to the table. Looks like, he won't sip that drink again—in any world. They are drinks with the same taste and effect.

"Lo why? Is there a problem with the family? Don't run away from home anymore" she guessed.

"No need to worry. I just wanted to come here. I'm like a girl like lo, alone, must be lonely."

"Lebay! Actually, my cousin lives here. Count nemenin. It's a clock ...," Vanesa turned on the phone's screen so it displayed 00.15 local time, "strange. The boy should have come home from here. I'm going to his mama to let him know how he feels."

"Who's the kid, Bocil?" timpal the guy who suddenly crossed behind the sofa while carrying a black jacket on his shoulder. He took Vanessa's flushing plan.

"Aw!" Vanesa turned his head quickly while pulling the hair from the grasp of the 'spoken'. "Lo nyelonong from where the hell. I'm a ghost."

Aster looked at the guy without blinking. Feeling noticed, the opponents eyes looked back. But this time not a trivial grin, but a naughty blink.

"Eh, lo? Wasn't it the upperclassman I hit in the hallway?" ask Aster while pointing his nose with his index finger. Shouldn't be wrong, Aster won't forget the faces he's met in person. The person across his desk looks a lot like a upperclassman, the Equator Crest!

Aster was sure to get a response like this. He stood up, then bowed for a moment. And it happened in a dream. "Ooh, I'm Aster. Btw not really. I should've said 'sorry'. I was wrong."

Vanessa interrupts, "Hmm, wrong people times. My cousin doesn't go to school at our place. Where could you possibly crash with him?"

"Well, yeah?" Aster rounded his eyes.

Rizho smiled obliquely. "No. I've moved. Yesterday stopped by SMP lo make loyat-liat. Tomorrow Monday we go together, will you?" bargained for. Without waiting for a response, he ran towards the room. The sound of a door being slammed hard.

"That brat! Dih, from the beginning I was suspicious because of the stuff he brought a lot of beut! Even though it was third grade, a very hobby ortanya oper child here and there. Not worth what money. Anyway, I, have to ask for the same salary Auntie," he chanted at length.

Aster understood why Rizho had left immediately. He also wanted to hide in the room after hearing Vanesa's chirp. "Emm, Nes. You think you can not meet someone in a dream before meeting in the real world?"

Vanesa. "So you met Rizho in a dream, or what?"

"No. I think you can't?"

"It could be. I have read the article, he said fitting sleep, the human soul is crossing space and time. On that journey, they could witness events or known people, even strangers." Vanessa typed something in the search field. "Well, I just found you!" yells.

"What, Nes?"

"Lo still want to? One High School student who dreamed of her boyfriend, used to ampe viral loh among Junior High School children," she showed a selfie of a couple who embrace each other, "the guy broadcasts on the field speaker nyari nih the girl who is dreaming. So sweet, bad!"

"This is ...." Aster frowning in. The couple that Vanesa said resembled the faces of the Prince and the Seventh Princess from the Floating Palace.

"Sir Aidan is Ailyn's sister."

"No wonder I, if there was ever a case of kayak gini in High School One." It's unbelievable. What he initially thought was a twin, turned into a couple. Their pictures look good. Brother Aidan wears a black hoodie leaning his head against Kak Ailyn's shoulder. The girl next to him pulled both corners of his lips wide. Aster can imagine the sound of creepy laughter that will come out later.

"Lo anyway, kudet! Old news though. So sweet aish!"

"Is crazy you know?" Given the relationship the two are bound by blood.

"I don't think so—btw, where are you going to sleep? The guest room already has 'dwellers. With me?" Vanesa raised his eyebrows.

"Gahhh, I want to go home." Aster gets off the couch.

"Wait ...!"

Vanesa pulled the head covering from the jacket Aster was wearing, forcing him to turn his head. "Ck, what the hell?"

"Aren't afraid of being kidnapped? Danger know girls out of the mallem. Are you alone, want me anterin?"

"Jude, come on."

"Hisk, but I'm just talking. Nape lo ayokin anyway?"

Aster patted his friend's ass. "Damn lo! No, I'm going home alone."

"Aw, tumbenan angrily lo. PMS?" From the fence, Vanesa observed the figure of Aster who quickly shrank. It looks like he ran. His ten fingers clenched together, forming a funnel then attached to the mouth. "Btw be careful, Aster!"

Vanesa turned around and a moment of squealing found a flat face. "Buck! If you don't show up like a ghost then can't it?!" His cousin's presence was always in silence.

Ignoring the question, Rizho asked back. "Temen lo turning itself back?"

"Well, afraid to eat."

Rizho returned to the room to pick up the jacket. Seeing that, Vanessa stretched out her hands in front of the gate, intending to get in the way. "Lo want to run away again?"

"Gue wants to save the Princess." Her hand pulled Vanessa's flick which was the girl's weak point. For some reason when the tip of the pussy is pulled, his body reflexively moves to the side. Finding a gap, Rizho then turned the key and rewarded a dismissive sneer to Vanesa.

"Gue Aduin to Auntie!"