Those Who Want My Body
A Grandfather
Hey weird kid." Shouted a child my age and his friends shouting while covering me with pebbles.
I cried not because of the pain of being hit by a stone, but because blood dripped from my forehead through my eyes.
"Hey weird kid, go play with your friends!"
"Oooooo.. akuuuu is your frienduu... H.ha.haaaa..." They imitate Casper's style.
They kept making fun of me, but no one helped me.
"Hey, there's a ghost behind you." A boy came shouting at them while pointing at them. The children ran away in tears.
"Come with me!" Bring along.
"I'm your brother's friend, Andi." Plus, because I was just silent.
I also wanted to go with him. He took me to his house, his mother took care of my wounds gently. His parents were very kind, making me forget that I just cried because in jahili the children of my home complex.
Mas Anwar invited me to play in front of his house, he was a good boy. Not long ago, Andi's father and brother came. Dad said he'd get a call from Lasmana sir, if I was in his house.
"Aish all right?" Ask dad.
I'm just patting.
"Let's play Anwar again." Take Brother Andi.
"Sister, it looks like one day I'll marry Mas Anwar and we have a son."
"What's true, it must be just your wish because Anwar has helped you from the wayward children, right?" Brother Andi keeps laughing at me.
It seems like Anwar's father and family have known each other for a long time, because they talked for a long time. Somehow the grandfather kept glancing at me, whether the grandfather was his grandfather Mas Anwar. Or maybe there's something wrong with my clothes, or Grandpa's angry that I'm playing with Anwar's mas.
"Dad, let's go home." I pulled Dad's hand.
"Let's go home. Or her grandfather mas Anwar will be even more angry with Aish." I keep whining.
The atmosphere turned silent after hearing my remark regarding his grandfather mas Anwar. I slowly realized that what I saw could not be seen by anyone else. Sure enough, when I left the Anwar mas house, the grandfather suddenly disappeared.
***
"The noodles are ripe, you want them too?" Mas Anwar broke my daydream.
"Ah..no mas, mas only eat. After that shower, mas smells dry." I mocked Anwar.
"Who says, smells like this." He said while sniffing his body.
"Basic, I'm too confident to know. Is there a new movie, right?"
"Emm. Wanna watch? It will be after Isya."
I just nodded.
Mas Anwar always reminded me to pray on time, although sometimes I still postpone it. Often I feel happy because I pray together with Anwar mas.
"What did you do'a?"
"Mas asks God to let our household live as a family."
"Aamiin's."
After the prayers Anwar and I went to the living room to watch the new movie that Anwar said. Mas Anwar was busy looking for movie files while I was sitting sweetly waiting for Anwar to play the movie. Then Anwar lay on my lap.
The movie is almost finished, suddenly I just realized Anwar is not sleeping on my lap anymore. Maybe Anwar went to the bathroom. But the film finished playing and Anwar has not returned, where did Anwar go?
