Karang Hawu

KARANG HAWU 

"Just take my clothes," said Ahmad while opening his shirt

"Aralus pamadeugan tea, bela najan teu nauh (good stance, you defended even though you didn't know the drowning)" said the woman, smiling

The woman left the two of us in her horse carriage, I made sure the road didn't tread on the ground. Now I remember that smile I saw the second time when I wentira in the story, that's just my guess.

There was no conversation between the two of us, after the figure went to ride the buggy, the wagon went into the middle of the ocean, it was faintly visible but I'm not sure, maybe it was just my hallucination, when there was a flash of lightning like there was a gate to enter the ocean and many people stood guard the gate.

We both sat sluggish, crying, crying over everything that happened, it would be very sad for parents who drowned, we both thought continuously, We cried while sitting holding our knees,

Imperceptibly after the departure of the woman, suddenly a feeling of sleepiness that could not be resisted came, we both fell asleep sitting up

There are no nightmares or sweet dreams while sleeping, really fast asleep, and how surprised we are when we wake up, things beyond reason happen

The man who drowned, let's call him Asep's name, I didn't disguise it but I forgot his name

We wake up because of the sea breeze in the morning which is very cold, piercing to the bone, especially when I'm not wearing clothes, it makes my body shiver with cold.

How shocked he was when he opened his eyes, because the smoke was in front of us both fast asleep,

"Mad, mad" I said waking Ahmad

"Don" said Ahmad surprised to see someone lying in front of us

The first thought when we saw Asep, we thought he had died, but after a few moments there was a breath in the nose and movement of the chest when breathing.

Another thing beyond reason, now Asep is wearing my clothes, the clothes I gave to the woman last night, while all of Asep's clothes are gone, he is naked, not wearing pants or even underwear

And after a while because I was amazed, I tried to wake him up, and it turned out he was sleeping

"Wake up" I said tapping his leg

And he woke up, his body shaking because it was so cold that morning

"Thank God" we both said

"A I survived, didn't get carried away into the middle of the ocean, last night when there were big waves I was dragged by the waves, I tried to swim but couldn't and ended up unconscious, thank you very much A for saving me" said Asep

We both didn't answer, we just nodded our heads, really made me very surprised at what happened.

"Here I'm wearing my pants, I happen to be wearing layered pants, we're looking for your friend Sep, we've been looking for you all night," said Ahmad, handing him the boxer shorts he was wearing

And the three of us were looking for the four asep friends because last night we split up while looking for them, long story short we met four other friends, the four of them were sitting holding their knees while looking at the sea, looks of fear and sadness were very visible on their faces

When one of them saw the arrival of the three of us, they immediately ran and approached the three of us,

"Alhamdulillah ya Allah" said the three of them while crying continuously

"I'm sorry we didn't obey AA's words not to swim and thank you for saving Asep" said one of them

"Thank you to Allah, not to us," I said

"I don't know what to say to his parents, if Asep drowns in the sea and how sad they must be," said one of them again

And my goal of going out to sea to swim was gone, ringing in my ears, afraid to switch with me, I thought at that time

Long story short, the seven of us went home, nothing strange on the way home, it still took hours to get to Cianjur, because yes, we went up and down by truck.

When I got home, my body was very tired and strange, I slept for 4 days, no nightmares or sweet dreams, that's what uwa nunah said, she was the one who was bothering me at home, because at that time my mother was working as a migrant worker abroad, and my father still works at PLN, he is working out of town.

the end.

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