GREY MARNI
Buskers and their Allies

If there is something more romantic to be alone with a lover than sitting on the beach by staring at urban lights from a distance, maybe it is sitting on the sidewalk with a variety of snacks.

This time Rudi and Andin's date was held in an angkringan right in front of the city square. That night Andin looked so beautiful. Street lights illuminate Andin's pretty face. Straight hair and thin makeup, make your beauty very natural and soothing.

Rudi ordered coffee, while Andin ordered all ice blended with vanilla and avocado flavors. Among them there is a plate with a variety of snacks. Snail satay, quail egg satay, intestines, sausage and many more snacks they take from the angkringan wheelbarrow.

"Today I want to sleep in your room. Can you?" Ask Andin.

"May, but there are many mosquitoes."

"It's okay, let's get a lot more crowded"

"Haha..."

It was as if their happiness was strung together from all sorts of simplicity. The night moon was not perfectly round, yet so beautiful. A crescent-shaped moon with various stars and constellations. The stars seemed to be silent and enjoying the night Rudi with her lover.

"Rud, don't you miss your parents?"

"Actually I miss, but I'm very used to my situation now. I'm starting to enjoy my days here."

"What if they miss you?"

"That's what I'm afraid of"

"Hahaha, sometime we go to your house huh..."

"Hahaha, okay. We'll wait for the right time"

They are like flowers and butterflies. They both look beautiful and share many things in their lives. Andin told many things, stories that he had never told before. Same with Rudi. He tried to be more open to Andin and tell the dark side of his life. Including the incident that almost killed himself with Laura.

"Tonight, the wind is dancing... With the stars, the night beast roams..." A guard approached Rudi and Andin.

The busker sang a foreign song in the ears of both of them. A foreign song that is perfectly acceptable to the ears. A song that implies every feeling under the night sky. Very beautiful with the hoarse voice of the busker who had stood up long enough and sang waiting for money from Rudi.

Andin took the money out of his bag and gave it to the busker who started singing slowly. Unmitigated, the money given by Andin was quite a lot and made the face of the busker become excited and happy. After receiving money from Andin and thanking him, the guard left.

"There's a lot of money you gave to the busker An." Rudi.

"Hehehe, I feel comforted. So I give you a lot"

"Look at it later, you'll definitely nyesel give the busker money"

"Well? How am I even the one who is lazy? Isn't it good to give money to the buskers?"

"Hahaha, yes. But if it's not good here."

"What will happen?"

"Hahaha, you'll know for yourself." Rudi.

After hearing what Rudi said, Andin became very curious. He tries to find answers from Rudi by forcing him to tell him, but Rudi stays strong with his answers.

"Hahaha, you'll know for yourself. So I don't have to tell him."

Andin was increasingly curious about what his lover meant. He tried not to think about the meaning of Rudi's words.

Time goes very slowly. Adhan isya' has just been proclaimed and some other angkringan just started arranging the cart and mat.

A place in the square that was already prepared for street vendors. A strategic place because it is in the city center is also on the edge of the highway.

Some people started coming there too. Some join hands and some are alone. Some are with family and some are with friends.

The night gets more crowded and the atmosphere starts to turn into a night filled with human noise.

"No" answered Andin briefly.

"It looks like you're mad at me hahaha..."

"No"

Andin was still pouting and responding to Rudi's words briefly. The woman was still curious about what Rudi meant earlier.

Until a while later came again a busker who immediately approached the two of them. Andin who was still pouting gave money again to the second busker, but in a smaller nominal.

After the busker left, Rudi laughed grimly with a look on Andin's face that was putting his wallet in a bag with a sullen and cute face.

After a while later, came the third busker who also went straight to where the two of them were without approaching another place first. The busker sings and Andin spends the money for the third time. The money he gave was also reduced nominally, no greater than what he gave to the second busker.

Andin glanced at Rudi after he gave it to the busker. It was obvious that Andin's pouting face had changed. Andin began to be astonished and giggled with the buskers who came to his seat. Rudi was still grim and did not want to tell Andin.

"Let's move" asked Rudi.

"Why move?"

"Come on, then."

Rudi then stood up and paid. Andin followed him and immediately headed to the parking lot and immediately poked the gas to the next place.

They both move to a coffee shop that looks very comfortable with a variety of lights with different colors and shapes.

"What message do you want?" Ask Rudi.

"Whatever!"

Rudi looked at the sweet and angry Andin and then went towards the place where he was going to order.

After Rudi ordered, he sat back down and reached for Andin's cold and soft hands.

"If you give money to a busker in a place like that, don't do much."

"Why?"

"Later they will report to their fellow buskers and they will continue to admire you"

"Why didn't you say that?" Ask strictly Andin.

"Haha... It's less exciting if I tell you too soon."

Andin then released his hand which was being grasped and stroked by Rudi. The woman then stood up and sat down next to Rudi. After juxtaposing his seat, Andin immediately pinched and hit Rudi in a row.

Rudi just laughed and secured the vital parts of his body so as not to be hit by Andin.

"If you say from the beginning, I'm not going to waste my money." Andin.

"And that money I can give to the needy!" Added Andin.

"Or the money can pay for our order!!" Add Andin again while still pinching and beating Rudi.

Rudi just laughed and still protected the vital parts of his body. Andin did not stop until the brewer brought their order.

"Please enjoy my brother." Say the woman's presenter softly and sweetly.

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