BLACK CAT
Ucok is sick

"Ohuk..."

"Uhukis... Uhuk... Uhuk..!"

There was a long coughing sound from under the bridge where Tigor and his four companions lived.

As usual, Tigor was used to waking up early, busy doing the routine of physical training and fighting skills and it was always he did for 7 years so that he memorized the correct moves he learned first when in the dojo owned by a Japanese Indonesian in the stone city perfectly.

Not infrequently Tigor combines the style of pencak silat with karate that he learned so as to produce a new style of the combination of the two streams.

This time it remains the same. Tigor never neglects to train himself and practice breathing in river water when the sun has not yet turned.

Maybe for his four best friends, Tigor is like a lack of work. While they were engrossed in blankets that had not been washed for how many weeks, Tigor was even very engrossed in his training. But Tigor's practice this time was interrupted because of the coughing sound of one of his companions. At first Tigor didn't care much. But over time the cough became increasingly so that Tigor was forced to stop his training and rushed to find out who was coughing.

"Why Chocolate?" Tigor asked as soon as he found out who was coughing it up.

"Tock. You why?" Ask Tigor again.

Older answers are heard.

"I'm sick with Gor. I also feel this carefree." Answer Ucok.

"Gruesome. Here I check." Said Tigor hurrying to feel the ucok forehead.

"You're so hot, chocolate!" Said Tigor who was surprised when he felt the temperature of Ucok's body felt like a sunburnt person.

"Hey wake up all of you! Take this fever." The word Tigor awakens Sugeng, Jabat and Thomas.

"What's the bang? It's still this morning." Said Jabat while wriggling.

"Wake you! Check out this Scout. He's got a fever." Tigor said making all of them instantly wake up and sit down while peeking their eyes.

"What's wrong with Ucok?" Ask Sugeng.

"You try to put your hand on his forehead. So hot!" Tigor answered Sugeng's question.

"Well yes. This man!" Sugeng.

They then took turns touching Ucok's forehead and it is true that Ucok is currently suffering from fever.

"Wad. This is bad bang. Ucok has a fever. Where we don't have any more money." Said Sugeng while sitting on his bed.

"How much money do we have right now? Let's go buy some drugs at Debora's clinic." Said Jabat.

"I've got this." Sugeng.

"I'm just like this." Said Thomas.

"Let's collect our money. Let's bang Tigor who went to see Brother Deborah. He likes Tigor. Maybe later the price of the drug can be a bit cheap." Said Jabat while picking up the joint venture money and handing it to Tigor.

"alright. You guys wait here! Just boil the water in a milk can. Compress to the forehead Ucok. I'll go first!" Tigor said then half ran away from his four best friends.

***

"Deborah. Deborah...?! Are you inside?" Tigor asked slightly to raise his voice to be heard by the person inside.

"Deborah...! It's me Tigor. I'm gonna buy some medicine." Said Tigor again. This time he was closer to the door of the Clinic where Debora opened the practice.

"Yes Bang. I exist. Just a minute." A voice came from inside the clinic.

"Is there a bang so early in the morning you're like someone chased by a ghost.?" Ask the girl to Tigor.

"My friend the Ucok. Suddenly this morning he had a fever. Love me the fever medicine is the same as the cough." Tigor said in a hurry.

"Wait for bang. I'll get you the medicine first. Wanna enter?" Ask Debora.

"Don't. I'll just wait outside." Tigor. Where would he want to go in. Later can be accused of doing nothing. Even though this is a clinic, but Deborah has always been flirtatious about her.

"Is the heat high bang?" Ask Debora.

"I think even hot times. Maybe I could bake shrimp." Tigor.

"Well, this brother." Deborah said as she pierced Tigor's chest with her index finger.

"This is bang's cure." Deborah said as she extended a small plastic package to Tigor.

"How much is this deck?" Ask Tigor.

"Typically it's 30 grand. But same brother is okay. Just pay 20 grand." Debora said with a spoiled smile.

"Still deck. Brother said first." Tigor said it soon passed leaving the clinic.

**

It had been two days for Ucok to lie limp in bed. He had also vomited several times and had no appetite. While his eyes have begun to sunken and his cheekbones have begun to appear.

Several times Tigor asked Deborah to check for Ucok disease. But due to the limitations of the tool, Debora only said that the disease suffered by Ucok is Malaria.

Deborah also suggested that Ucok be referred to the hospital in order to get better treatment so that Ucok healed soon. This is what disturbs the heads of Tigor and his friends. From where they get the money to bring Ucok treatment to the hospital which is certainly not cheap.

Tigor's load did not reach the Ucok problem.

This afternoon, Rio who attended the lake Junior High School came to see Tigor saying that the boarding money, book money, meal money and so on must also be paid off.

It has been two months Rio delinquent in room rent and also money to buy textbooks.

"Rio. Patience to dik. Brother's trying to make money." Tigor said as he was watched by his friends.

"Bao. I know it's expensive and you might not be able to. The important thing is that I know how to read. It's okay for me to quit school and help my brother here." Rio said.

Actually Rio also felt the heavy burden that his brother was carrying. But every time he wanted to quit school, Tigor always scolded him. He was also depressed at school. This was because, as a poor student, he was often humiliated and bullied by his friends. What else if sometimes he had to borrow books to my countrymen. Not the book he got, but the humiliation he received.

"Tomorrow Rio Sunday? You wait for the decision from your brother. You don't go home to your boarding house. Later brother will try his best to find money so you can pay off the room rental fee and buy a book." Tigor said as he stroked the hair of his little brother where it hung up those hopes and ideals.

"Bao. Just take Ucok to the clinic. There I can do further checks." Deborah said as soon as she saw everything under the bridge was just mute like a statue.

"I don't have any deck money. How am I gonna pay the fare?" Tigor said as he looked at Deborah.

"Bring it up first. Cost problem, you can pay when there's money." Deborah.

"Yes already. Let's take him."

"Snake! You call a rickshaw. We're taking Ucok to Debora's clinic." Tigor.

"Good bang." Said Jabat. Because of their position under the bridge, Jabat then immediately went up to the top of the fortress to find a pedicab.