The Midnight Radio
Episode 74

I spurred my feet quickly as I got off the angkot and was immediately startled when several announcers who were concurrently field news seekers ran outside from Radio Rebel to their respective vehicles. Right at the entrance, Teh Hani and Adul stared at them with worried eyes until they were unaware of my arrival.

"Teh, the news in the Whatsapp group is real!?" manya panic. How can I not be nervous? Almost half an hour ago, in a Whatsapp group consisting of broadcasters and Radio Rebel employees, news spread that there had been a bo*m bu*nuh event in*ri at the Astana Anyar police station. It made me remember Bang Win who said goodbye this morning to go to the office of one of the new vendors, which is located not far from the scene. Panicking, without changing my clothes, I immediately ran towards the highway and rode the angkot.

"Bang Win hasn't been here yet, Teh?" ask me again in an increasingly nervous voice.

"Bang Win and Kang Utep have an appointment to meet with a new vendor, Xu, so from now on have not come here. Why the hell? How worried about the power?" Tea Hani looks at me clingy.

"Yes, I know it's mah. Earlier this morning Bang Win decided to meet a new vendor. He said, the location of the vendor office is not far from the Astana Anyar police station, Teh! That's why I'm worried" I replied.

"Oh God!" exciting Teh Hani and Adul compact.

"Have you connected, Tea?" ask Adul.

"Udah, but not picked up the phone," I complained rubbing the sweat on my forehead.

"Patience, positive thinking, Xu. Go in first, hayu? Duh you meni still wear pajamas that way anyway," Teh Hani looked at me concerned.

"Well, Tea? People panic. Boro-boro thought of an appearance, " I replied as I walked, then sat on the sofa followed by Teh Hani, while Adul passed towards the pantry and returned shortly afterwards with two Tea Boxes in his hands.

"Drink first, Tea. God willing, Bang Win is okay" he said, giving me one Tea Box and another drink of his own.

"Ish the Adul, Kirain wants to talk to Teteh," said Teh Hani cynically who responded to the grunt.

Almost half an hour we spent without chatting and focusing on the phone in each hand. The tension was felt when he saw information on the Whatsapp group that reported that the incident took eleven casualties from the civilian side and also from the police. They also reported if they did not see the figure of Bang Win and Kang Utep there.

"No news yet, Tea," I said softly with growing worry.

Right after I said like that, the phone in my hand vibrated a sign there was an incoming call.

"Teh, there's a number not known to call, how is this? I'm sure you want a ngabarin that's not good!" I panicked in a high voice.

Teh Hani and Adul's face was tense to see me. They looked at each other and looked confused.

"Thank you, Xu," said Teh Hani.

"No dare, Tea," I replied, who had involuntarily shed tears.

"You won't be picked up later, you don't know, Tea," added Adul.

"Yes! Adul who lifts up," I cried with increasingly firmer cries while thrusting my phone at him.

Adul swallowed the saliva several times before grabbing my phone. Nervously, he pressed the receipt and brought the phone closer to his ear. "Hello?"

Something was stabbing me slowly inside here as Adul looked straight at me. Her face was tense and slowly thrusting the phone back at me.

"From Bang Win" he said. His tense face changed with a narrowed look.

I quickly received back my phone and immediately felt a great relief when I heard Bang Win's voice at the end of the connection.

"There's nothing, right?" cynical Adul. While Teh Hani just looked at the two of us in confusion.

"Yes, why not," I chuckled. "Bang Win just said that when the incident happened, he was not far from the location. That's why, he helped take the victim to the hospital. Because the conditions there suddenly rumbled, the phone fell, kept dying" I explained without being asked.

"Alhamdulillah" cried Hani Tea. "Euh, you mah, Xu! Meni already cry everything, make parno know no!"

"Yes sorry, his name is also worried," I grinned. "Udah ah that is. I'll go home first, okay?" On the verge of standing up from the sofa, Adul and Teh Hani coded me through their eyes so that it instantly made me turn towards the entrance.

I shut up and looked at her who walked up to me with a fashionable-looking woman next to her.

"Is there anything you can help?" tanya Teh Hani stood up. I immediately moved to the sofa right next to Teh Hani. As for Adul, he also stood up as if protecting me.

"Oh, there is obviously! My wife wants to advertise here, make our business. Count to add to this radio income," he replied arrogantly.

"could. Please come with me, let's talk inside," replied Teh Hani coldly.

"Later on, I want to meet my wife in Inoxu, because, she yesterday did not come to my wedding." Luigi and his wife were walking and sitting right in front of me, right where I was sitting.

"Hello, I'm Luigi's ex who said he was a village. What a pity, huh? His taste in college is low, that's why he can be me," I smiled broadly at the woman next to Luigi.

Luigi's wife's face flinched instantly and quickly turned cynical. "Yes I know, you're Inoxu right?"

"Beuh, Tea! Richly this zuma toad has not moved on from Teteh deh, until the sick sample of Teteh to his wife," Adul relaxed and then sat back by my side, as well as Teh Hani.

"Yes, look," continued Teh Hani holding a laugh.

"If you still carelessly talk, I'm off to advertise here!" luigi's jolt with her face starting red.

My heart skipped a beat and made me remember the past. Normally, after his face turned red, Luigi would lose control and vent his emotions at anyone. Unfortunately, because at that time I was the closest person, then I was the most frequent target. Those painful words and words have entered my heart and caused a sense of trauma. I trembled and felt limp so that I could only look down because of the fear and anxiety that was somehow suddenly present.

"No problem! We also have requirements for clients and vendors who will cooperate with us. Although not as big as other radios that already have a name, Radio Rebel is notoriously selective in choosing partners. Likewise in choosing employees and broadcasters. All who work here have good attitude and attitude, so do not brag or even to call others at will."

Bang Win's intimidating voice when he had just entered, made me look up instantly. At a time like this, his figure standing next to Kang Utep looked cold and cynical.

"If you came here to cooperate, please follow Hani and do your goal. But if you're only here to show off in front of my wife and friends, I'm sorry if I have to say this. The exit over there," said Bang Win coldly and pointed at the door with his chin.

"Wife?" ask Luigi lirih. "So you're married to this om-om?"

"What's the problem for you?" askaku.

"No! Just want to laugh, could-can marry the same om-om. Kaya simplenenan tau ngga?"

"Certainly? What's your business? Richly you haven't moved on from my wife to that extent, Bang Win replied.

"Adul said that too. His ex Inoxu Tea hasn't moved on! The intention is very much to come here to show off doang, alesan want to advertise," Adul pointed his lips towards Luigi.

"I'm not advertising here!" exclaimed Luigi standing with a face that was getting flushed.

"But, really pede! Kaya sure will be accepted," replied Adul again.

Adul's words made Luigi immediately leave by pulling his wife's hand rough. There was a sense of pity, seeing that woman treated the same as I used to. I can imagine what will happen to him after this.

"Why? I'm so messy, aren't I?" I asked while looking at myself because Bang Win looked at me fixedly. Pajama pants, plain shirts, long cardigans, hotel slippers, even my hair that I carelessly pinched me in my heart.

"Beautiful" he said briefly with a gentle look.

"Ah! Dul, can't you just yuk?" take Kang Utep while pulling Adul's hand, then head to the pantry with Teh Hani followed.

"Have coffee, but hold on!" jakak Adule as it passes. I grinned at the three of them who were wrong before looking at Bang Win who was still looking at me so that I also followed the wrong behavior.

"I'll go home first, okay?" pamitku lirih while standing. As he walked closer to her, Bang Win grabbed my hand and instead pulled me into the studio.

"Because I'm here, all the friends I'm broadcasting" he said softly after being inside the studio before hugging me tightly just as the studio door had closed.