GREY MARNI
A Friend Named Marni

It was early morning Rudi left early this time because usually the earliest in the terminal is De Run and from today he is no longer in the terminal. Rudi arrived at the terminal and started looking for passengers, a few minutes later Erlang came and helped him.

Erlang is a man who has high solidarity, he will greatly appreciate anyone who appreciates it, this makes Rudi and Erlang become very familiar from the beginning they met.

According to De Run, Erlang is a rustic nomad who has been away from his home for a long time, no one knows what the reason Erlang is so at home in this city. Erlang has a tattoo of a little boy that he put on his right hand. No one had asked that because Erlang had never discussed it either.

After a long time the bus began to depart, Rudi now guard the front door while Erlang guard the back door.

"Kiri", Shouted Erlang.

A group of women riding the bus, Erlang seemed to smile and tease a woman by inviting her to talk. There was no impudent attitude Erlang, he understood very well how to appreciate women even though his face and appearance were a little very and like a rogue.

Buses run fast, entering the highway.

"Rud, have Kirun told you?", asked the bus driver.

"Ohh sir"

"There's no Kirun so there's no entertainment"

"Hahaha, it's Erlang sir"

"Hahaha doyan godain cewe tok!"

"Haha"

"Call Jali Rud, she rame no"

Jali is a bus driver that Arto has been working with. Rudi called him and chatted for a while.

"Lumayan said sir"

"Ohh ok if so"

The work that inexplicably felt to Rudi was like adventuring every day, traveling every day, meeting new people every day and new experiences every day. Rudi started to think if he would really leave after getting what he was looking for? The new life Rudi lived today was so full of fun. Many things he did not find while at home with various facilities.

Rudi daydreamed for quite a while until he was made aware by Erlang who patted him on the shoulder.

"Rud, I'll have a coffee together"

"Yes, whatever"

"Yeah baby"

"Well, who doesn't pay who"

"Hahaha, I'm a new kid", Jokester Erlang seems to be a child.

Erlang sat next to Rudi who was standing in front of the bus door while keeping the door closed. Erlang looked blankly ahead and then.

"Sir chauffeur, last night was up?"

"Hahaha, it's been three times"

"Pantess lemes"

"Haha"

What Erlang means by "Naik" here is the relationship between husband and wife. Erlang did not need to know each other to invite each other to joke, he always started a conversation and joke. Rudi looked at Erlang like a peace-loving person who did not have a heart that was easily hurt.

The bus is speeding up quite fast, the road which only contains a few trucks and cars that make the bus run more smoothly. Unlike other Mondays, Monday is pretty quiet.

A few hours later, the bus arrived at its destination terminal and passengers began to disembark.

Erlang invites Rudi to coffee for a while and tells Rudi to pay for his coffee jokingly.

"Mac, bitter coffee with each other anti-lemes herbal medicine one for Erlang"

"Lehh nguwawur! Mak I am anti poor mom!

"Haha"

The shopkeeper's mother began cooking water and making two coffees for Erlang and Rudi. It didn't take long the coffee they ordered was done.

"Rud, Kirun where?" asked the mother.

"De Kirun retired mom"

"Ohh, so now you're with this mongoose", Ejek mother to Erlang.

"Lohh loohh looohhh, Gini bell called civet!", Reply Erlang.

"Hahaha, handsome like Pardi"

"Ahahaha, really mak!", added Rudi.

"Ngawor ae rekk, Pardi's artist looh don't be careless"

"Bathroom art"

"Maha"

The usual coffee in the stall is indeed only a few people such as Erlang, Arto, Rudi, Pardi (bathroom guard), De Kirun and the bus driver who was netted by Rudi. Because there are several other coffee shops with younger guards and some are even sexier so the mother's shop becomes the least visited shop even though the mother's coffee is more delicious and fragrant. The black coffee served by the mother is the coffee that she cooks and mashes herself, unlike other stalls that use sasset ground coffee.

"Rud, are you married?"

"Was this a cat?"

"Hahaha, seriously me"

"Belom, why?"

"No papa, just want to know"

"Lang, how old are you?"

"I'm two nine Ruds"

"Ohh, wesan yoo tuwek!"

"Yoo!"

"Hahaha, I'm two five"

"Yo dang Mikah to"

"Haha"

Erlang ended the conversation suddenly and lit the cigarette he had been holding. Rudi also did not pay much attention to Erlang, he drank bitter coffee that he liked.

"Rud, do you believe me, if I'm a rich man?'

Erlang's sudden question left Rudi shocked.

"Well! What's?"

"I'm originally Rud's rich man"

"Seriously Lang?"

"Come, seriously"

"Keep why you work here"

"Make money"

"Well? Jaremu you're a rich man?"

"Yes, yesterday I prayed 2 rokaat which he said is more expensive than the world and its contents"

Rudi looked at Erlang with a sharp look and a little laugh then had Erlang turn around and put a hand over Erlang's head and hit him.

"Let the moron go away"

"Muahhaha, Salah opo I'm Rudd, ahahha"

"That's not the concept of prick pantaatt"

"Ahahahaha, said ustad so"

"Hahaha, two iso skirts to buy cigarettes!"

"Hahahha, ngawor ustad loo that said"

Their conversation did not find anything bad, all the things they made as a guyonan. Until Rudi rang and Rudi raised it. The driver told the two of them to start looking for passengers because there was a change in schedule and their bus would leave sooner.

The two of them quickly returned to their bus base and started working again, as usual the driver was still coffeeing and they had started looking for passengers.

"Rud, rudd Beautiful girl Ruuddd", Shouted Erlang while pointing at a woman.

"Do not dare to invite acquaintance ae mlete!", replied Rudi without turning his head and looking at the woman Erlang pointed at.

"You dare, you'll buy pecel yo?"

"Yoo gass, nek wani"

"Okee ready, later"

Several passengers were already sitting in their seats and the driver also returned from the stall. The bus has started to be panned by the driver while waiting for other passengers.

After a few minutes later the bus began to leave and Erlang asked Rudi to collect the passengers' tickets, Rudi agreed. Rudi knew the intention of Erlang who wanted to charge the passenger fare to simultaneously get acquainted with the woman who was appointed earlier.

Rudi was in the front and it seemed that the woman Erlang was targeting was in the back seat. Rudi watched Erlang until Erlang was in front of the woman. Rudi could not see the woman's face, only a woman who wore easy red clothes and wore a veil.

Rudi ignored what Erlang was doing, he preferred to face forward and enjoy the ride.

The bus arrived at the original terminal, all passengers got off and Erlang approached Rudi.

"Rud, I already know the girl's name, Hahahahhaa"

"Sopo?"

"Name Marni"

"Marni?"

"Let's go, but it's weird that he seems to know you"

"Haahh, how can you?", asked Rudi a little surprised.

"Yes, he said he knew you, he knew your name"

"Keep, what else did he say?"

"Say, he has kept his promise"

"Huh, Marni? My friend?", Rudi thought hard.

Rudi tries to remember who his friend who has the name "Marni" but Rudi does not find a friend named Marni.

"What else did Lang say?", asked Rudi.

"Emmm, no. He just said he knew you and told you what his name was"

"Emm, who is it?"

"Eh yes, he also said 'Now we are friends"

"Emmm, who is it?"

Rudi was trapped in a labyrinth that he accidentally entered.

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...Graceful-graceful woman...

...Together their flowers bloom and dance...

...No more bees...

...Their mark is no longer as strong...

...Large fields do not need a lot of flowers...

...The vast ocean needs fish and coral...

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