GREY MARNI
A Bad News

Finally everything came back to how it was. Rudi has now gone to work with Salsa again, but now their relationship is no longer just a friend, of course, Rudi becomes more friendly with Salsa and vice versa.

From that day on, Salsa began to bring food for Rudi. Rudi was like a schoolboy who was forced by his mother to bring supplies wrapped in a cartoon-shaped container.

Erlang who knew Rudi was carrying a bag wrapped in plastic was not reluctant to make fun of him and so was Pak Darto the bus driver. Rudi just came smiling to see his friends making fun of him.

"Rud, the provisions do not forget to be finished yes. The chicken's going to be convulsing!" Ejek Erlang's.

"Yes, brother, if hungry, say yes too! It's got baskom rice"

"Haha... The rice doang se-baskom! There is no one!"

"Haha..."

Erlang and Rudi returned to work after making fun of each other. Rudi put his provisions on the front dashboard of the glass bus that there is a drawer that is wide enough to accommodate the provisions are large enough. Actually Rudi does not usually bring supplies because he rarely eats lunch while working, but Salsa has made a stock and Rudi appreciates it.

Rudi and Erlang returned to the bus and started the first trip. Rudi charged the passenger fare for this time. While Erlang guard the back door.

Erlang was quite happy to see Rudi today who came back cheerful and even more cheerful than his usual day. He felt that was how his friend should be, not a quiet person who liked to be dazed and confused.

Today was quite hot and hot. Even a bus that is speeding by with the windows opened wide still can not make the whole bus cooler. Rudi stood beside the door of the bus and pulled out his head filled with sweat in order to feel the wind even more.

But as he gazed out the window, he saw the figure of the woman he had greeted before. The figure of the woman who once made him curious. He was Marni, but at that time Rudi still did not know if Marni was the woman he had met on the bus at that time.

Rudi seemed to want to approach the woman, but the bus drove very fast and there was no place to pull over. He just stared at Marni from a distance and got further and further away by the extremely fast speed of the bus. It took only a few seconds and Marni was gone from her sight. At the last moment, Marni was able to look at Rudi who was removing her head, and Marni seemed to smile at Rudi.

Somehow he felt a different sensation when he saw the marni, unlike when he saw Salsa whose smile was happy, Marni's smile was more of a cold and warm feeling in one room. A curious and stirring feeling in one tray.

Rudi finished his daydream about Marni and looked back to the front.

"Rud call Sarno" ordered Pak Darto.

"OK!"

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...How a poet plays the word...

...That is a secret...

...Beautiful words they say...

...It comes from heartache buried deep...

...Delivered with pain...

...Explained with a heart that still hurts...

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The bus is already at the terminal base, Rudi and Erlang doing their usual activities, heading to the stall and ordering their favorite coffee. Erlang saw Rudi eating voraciously and suddenly a voice from his stomach was heard by Rudi. Rudi offered her food to Erlang but she refused it and ordered her own food. A vegetable lodeh with fried tempeh and still warm sambal pecel served on a white plate with a glass of water.

The two of them ate side by side, exchanged side dishes and fed each other with bribing jokes like an airplane.

The job has waved its hand. They ate food and went back to work.

There is nothing like a day other than a packet of rice brought by Salsa. Neither did the passengers give a different impression. Only one two of them were capable enough to provide a pleasant chat for them.

It was already 16:30 and Rudi had finished work and started to leave home. On the way home, the cargo driven by Rudi grazed a garbage truck which resulted in checks between the angkot driver and the truck driver. Although not too long they check, but the situation was quite crowded and made some people swarm them.

All problems are successfully solved with family and no violence committed by irresponsible individuals.

Rudi got down from angkot after angkot to the front of the boarding building. Rudi saw a crowd in front of Salsa's room. Rudi felt something bad was happening. Rudi approached Salsa's room with a feeling of anxiety.

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