ALAS ROBAN [END ]
ODDITIES

At first, Bima and Azzam did not think about the attitude of the passengers who ignored when Bima made a noise but for a long time, they were suspicious too. If under normal circumstances, a little noise can provoke attention. While the great uproar that Bima made, how could it not make a single passenger notice the two?

"What a weird Zam?" ask Bima.

"In retrospect, it seems like Bim's weird."

Azam Dam Bima started to notice around. Silence, there was no sound other than the whispers of the two of them. The bus driver and the bus driver did not talk to each other. Same with other passengers. Azam got up, took the initiative to walk forward, Bima held back.

"Why what?"

"Stttt!" said Azam while making a signal for Bima to be silent.

Next, Azam started to step normally forward. He asked the kernet, how much the ticket price was because from earlier, he and Bima had not been asked to pay. Surprisingly, the kernet only answered "later" in a flat tone. Azam gulped his saliva then turned around slowly about to return to his seat. That was the opportunity he used to observe the other passengers.

...Degs.....

Azam shuddered as he accelerated his steps and then again sat next to Bima.

"Where? ask me what you were up to the kernet?" cerca Milky.

"Cold."

"Cold? AC?"

"Dog.."

"What?"

"It's really weird."

"Why? what's up?"

"What I saw, the faces of all the passengers looked cold, their gazes focused forward and unmoving. In fact, if you look more closely, like no one blinks."

...Degs.....

"Yes, the kernet I asked him about answered flatly. It's cold, anyway."

"I'm not right about this Zam."

Seeing his friend riled up, Azam then giggled to make Bima confused.

"Why else are you?"

"I'm kidding Bim, don't be afraid. People behave this way too naturally. They were all tired, exhausted from all day activities and followed by a night bus trip. Makes sense, doesn't it?"

"Zam.. zam, can you still think so? don't you believe in the figure of the grandfather who scared me earlier?"

"Believe it but we're safe."

Bima grunting.

"Oh yes, what do you want? you want me to tell you that the bus we're riding right now is the demon bus? lt's it?"

"Husssta! ngawur you!"

"Well, how is Bima? clenching you, like a girl again PMS (Pre Menstruation)."

"Yes, don't just talk about it!"

"OK-okay."

Azam approached and whispered in Bima's ear:

"This beer, demon bus Bim."

Bima lekas punched slowly his friend who increasingly aggressively rubbed him. Either Azam is not afraid or just melt the atmosphere. What is clear, this is quite successful in melting the chunks of fear in Bima's heart until he can sleep. Azam just felt the oddity when the bus atmosphere felt increasingly quiet. In fact, buses that are usually enlivened with dangdut music, even do not set any music at all.

Other than Bima, no other passengers slept. Strangely enough, several hours had passed but not a single person had spoken. Azam could be understood if it was a passenger but, the driver and kernet were also silent. They are like strangers who don't know each other. His skull chills when he thinks of possibilities he did not expect. Azzam shook his head to ward off bad thoughts that began to stretch.

A few moments later, Bima woke up. Not long after, he just glanced at Azam and closed his eyes again. Unfortunately, Bima could not sleep quietly because, grandfather who had previously come to his dream, came again. He was seen walking towards Bima who could only stand still without being able to move his body. As a result, Bima tried to calm down while waiting for the grandfather to arrive in front of him right.

"Sir.."

Not knowing the courage from where made Bima dare to call him.

"I told you not to leave! why are you still leaving?"

The grandfather was silent until finally, Bima woke up from his dream. Bima was stunned while adjusting her breathing roar. His mind was filled with many questions.

"Who is that grandpa?"

"Why is it so bitter to warn me?"

"What will happen and what will happen if I continue on this journey?"

Bima took a deep breath and turned towards Azam who was still sleeping. Bima was confused about what to do.

"Where is it? should I take Azam back to kosan?"

"Ah, can I have a big fight later with him. My reasons are not logical to make that decision."

"Or. Just change the bus? Anyway, I still feel like all the bus passengers are weird. Kernet and Driver are equally strange. Maybe what Azam said earlier, there is a point. Is it possible that grandfather warned me about this bus?"

"Astaghfirulloh dizzy, the heart can not calm at all."

Bima tried to wake Azam slowly but Azam was difficult to wake up.

"Zam.. Zam.. Azam."

"Hmmm..."

"Wake Zam! really good for bis. Come down, change the other bus!"

"Hmmm.."

"Zam.."

"Hmmm.."

"Wake up!"

"Hmmm.."

"Hemm grandiose!"

Bima began to get upset, it was useless to wake Azam. Finally, he took the initiative to try to get one of the passengers to talk. He thought, get acquainted first and then talk lightly so that the atmosphere melts slowly. Unfortunately, the passenger's answer did not match what Bima expected.

"Down Jepara too sir?" ask Bima while reviewing a smile.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Buset, briefly very answer," Bima thought.

"Working in Jakarta sir?"

The man nodded his head.

"His own home, do all the families live in Jepara?"

Bima's question this time getting a sharp plot makes Bima immediately silent.

"I'm sorry sir! sorry to interrupt my break! please continue!" bima said as she moved back to her seat.

Not even the normal heartbeat of Bima, the bus kernet suddenly spoke in a tight tone, as if his speech was deliberately intended for Bima.

"If you want to survive, shut up! don't ask too many questions!"

Bima swallowed his saliva while nodding involuntarily.

"Eh, that's.for me, you mean?" ask Bima in the heart.

"Duh Azam, sleep really good?"

"Just this time, take this bus."

Bima still continues to mengedumel in the heart. Then, he reached into his phone from the bag and then tapped on some of his social media accounts, to shift focus so that his fear disappeared. Unfortunately, the network was unstable, making Bima snort annoyed.

"It can be bad at the wrong time. Don't know the situation, damn it!"

Bima put her phone back in the bag and read a sleep prayer while closing her eyes. Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy as he planned. His eyes seemed reluctant to be closed to make Bima more frustrated. As a result, Bima tried counting in the heart, similar to the method to put a small child who strangely even succeeded. Gradually, his count slowed down to make him completely fall asleep.

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