
"Sir, I got a reunion invitation from Hang Tuah huh. That really?" Incidentally, Juna discussed the reunion, Niken so all of you will invite this child to attend the event that will be held in the next week.
"Yes really. I got the message too. Oya, go with yok!" bring Niken. Although Niken only realized, Juna had to spend money in if desperate to attend this event because the trip will be traveled quite far not to mention the leave permit that will not necessarily be obtained.
"Males. The show is a week away, I have not paid," refused Juna immediately make Niken lower his shoulders, limp.
"Yes, when I left alone Jun. What if I meet Nabila? He must have come to the show, he's a Hang Tuah alumni as well." Niken gave a pretty reasonable excuse. Diani has certainly come to this event with her distended stomach and is certainly accompanied by her ex-fiance aka husband Nabila.
"It's wrong of them to say you're afraid to meet them. They should be the ones who are ashamed to meet you. How the hell?" Niken throbbed to hear the sentence that Juna said.
"So you're really not coming, Jun?" Niken still hopes Juna wants to change his mind.
"No. We are still two years from Hang Tuah, nothing has changed from us."
"Hmm, I have to go alone anyway, Jun."
"Take meen kos mu. There's no Hang Tuah alumni either." Juna gave me an idea. Niken remembered that there seemed to be no friend boarding his one school with him.
"Well, I thought again, what not to come." Niken says lethargic. The phone conversation continued to talk about something else.
***
Niken has decided not to attend the reunion event held at her school. The event will be held tomorrow and Niken feels lazy to be present without any close friends accompanying. There later Niken will definitely meet his old friends but Niken is not so familiar with them. There was Eni who used to be quite close to him even they had known each other since sitting on the bench of Junior High but Eni had already given the news of not being able to attend because his schedule coincided with the exam on his campus.
Niken stomped her neck as soon as she got off the motorcycle that brought her home from the Salwa boutique. His neck was cramped from being down for too long. When Niken looks up and stares at the road properly, Niken finds Juna already sitting sweetly in the waiting room. There's a motorcycle parked in the yard that Niken just passed. Maybe because of too focused massaging the nape of his neck, Niken was not aware of the existence of the motor.
Niken immediately called out Juna's name and almost hugged him when Juna actually held his head with his hands.
"Don't hug. You just got home from work, haven't had a shower and a lot of germs" Juna rece said. Niken pouted and almost kicked Juna's shins if only his good friend did not immediately dodge and sit back in his chair. He stood up when Niken called out his name.
"He can't go home, he hasn't paid, how come he's here?" niken asked happily because Juna was in front of him.
"My father is the same someone who wants to attend the reunion but does not dare to come alone. I got to defend the money debt with the boss for the cost of going home." Juna quipped and Niken could only laugh with that innuendo.
"Males Jun came alone. Temen kos ku no Hang Tuah alumni. There's no way you owe money to your boss. I know what your salary is for the month."
"How dare I, what the hell am I afraid of? Seriously just scared to meet Nabila?"
Niken shrugged, "Come. I remember back in school at Culture, I was scared to take the bus myself." Niken's mind glared at the thought of her good times attending school in Culture. Niken had even whined to Dhani to accompany him waiting for the bus but Dhani sableng instead entrusted him with Rayya.
"Tomorrow to leave at what time?" Juna's question breaks Niken's daydream.
"It starts at 10. We leave at 9 to get there at 10. When did you get here, Jun?" ask Niken curiously. Coincidentally the event was held on Sunday, the day where Niken was always off work.
"So morning till home. I got in the same car as my friend who happened to want to go home to Padang. I'm hitchhiking. That's fine, irit fare to take the bus."
"It's up to you. What matters is that you got here. I'm gonna take a shower, you wanna go home or wait for me to finish my bath?"
"I want to go to my friend's house and I'll come here again for food." They both go and finish their own business.
Niken passed to his room and was astonished by Juna's words that he was going to ask for food. Though all this time if Juna comes to visit, the brothers who sell food are the ones who feed them.
***
"Rame is also coming, Jun," said Niken while observing the hall building that was transformed into a reunion meeting room. Five members were invited to this event. Two levels above and two levels below Niken. Be Niken in the middle class.
"Yes. Most of them should be busy with college. Maybe this is coming mostly unemployed." Niken pounced back with Juna's voice. If until the unemployed hear it can be bad.
"Eh I'm going there. You're looking for your fellow woman." Juna immediately passed after saying that.
Niken turned his head to look for a horde of humans who if he knew and happened to have a table containing his former classmates. Niken rushed over and immediately greeted kindly.
"What's busy, Nik?" ask one of his friends named Mila.
"I'm busy looking for money, so I can buy diamonds" joked Niken. They keep numbers but rarely communicate. Probably the effect of their busy lives. Niken with his busy work and his friends with his college activities.
"Yes, find a lot of money for what Nik? Marriage capital? That's the job of the bachelors." Niken's other friends joked about making their tables crowded with laughter.
The welcoming ceremony of the reunion chairman began. Formal events began to take place one by one. The teachers from Hang Tuah who attended were made to cry when one by one the alumni greeted them and occasionally remembered the mischief or kindness of their students. When the formal event has been completed, the alumni are welcome to enjoy a relaxing event by chatting and gathering with other friends.
Niken continued the conversation with his friends who were present at the event. Laughter and occasional mockery of each other. The atmosphere was so lively and full of laughter. For a moment they forget the busyness that has been shackling them.
The show broke up at three in the afternoon. Alumni are allowed to disperse. Niken was grateful throughout the event did not find the existence of Nabila. Maybe he's not present. And now Niken is sitting at a stop near the school gate to make it easier for Juna to find him. While being engrossed in his head and playing a cell phone, Niken is shocked by the sudden presence of someone sitting next to him.
"I've been looking for you since I didn't see you. I just broke up the show."