Saturday 12 January 2013

Perjalanan - BAB 6

"Wei, Thud!” Lad melaung.

Thud menoleh. Pagi-pagi dah melaung mamat ni. “Yaw, man. What’s up?”

“What’s up? Hey, dude. Remember, we got quiz this morning.” Lad bersuara.
Thud menepuk dahi. Punya lah malam tadi leka buat assignment sampai lupa hari ni ada quiz. Habislah… “Totally, I’m nyanyuk nowadays.”

“Ah, kau tu memang nyanyuk all the days lah.” Lad ketawa.

“Shut up.” Thud bagi jeling tajam macam baru habis kena asah.

“You cried.”

Zasss! Thud tersentak. Is it too obvious? “Merepek awal pagi. Malam tadi over study eh? Meh share sikit ilmu tu dekat aku.”

“It is not a question, my dear. You cried last night.” Sekali lagi Lad mengukuhkan pernyataannya tadi. Thud ni, kawannya yang paling misteri. Sama lah dengan abangnya, si Aitch tu. Mereka berdua banyak bergelak ketawa, jarang bercerita pasal keluarga atau personal things.

Thud ketawa. Padahal peluh dah bermanik-manik keluar. Damn you, Lad!

“And, you’re trying to hide it, Thud. It doesn’t work.” Lad serius.

“I’m not. I’m okay.”

“You are not okay.”

“Please, Lad. Kau jangan buat aku naik angin awal pagi ni. Or, anything that can make me kick you.”

Lad mengeluh. Kedua-dua tangannya diangkat. Surrender. “Fine. Tapi, if you are not okay, in case you are not okay, and feel like you need somebody to talk with, I’m here for you.”

Thud tersengih. Gigi ditunjuk sebelum dia memukul bahu Lad. “Too dramatic, bro. Aku okay lah.”

Lad ketawa. I know you are not. Your eyes show everything. Those eyes too loud telling me that they aren’t alright.

“But, thank you.” Thud tersenyum. Terharu sebab sekurang-kurangnya dia ada seorang sahabat yang baik dan prihatin macam Lad. Walaupun dia ni kadang-kadang menyakitkan hati. Tapi, Lad ni lah kawan dia dari sekolah rendah, sampai ke university. Kawan selagi hayat dikandung nyawa.

*

“I’ve told you. You cried.” Aitch siap berlagak dah ketawa kuat-kuat. Ketika itu papa takda di rumah. Adiknya baru sahaja balik dari kelas dan Aitch baru habis bersarapan. Hari ni takda kelas. Sebab tu malam tadi stay sampai pagi.

“Oh, shut up. Ni mesti si Lad kecoh dekat Along.” Thud terus baring atas sofa. Ah, penatnya.

“Mana pulak. It’s too obvious lah.” Aitch bersuara. Ketawanya dah reda.

Thud diam. Matanya menatap skrin tv bagai nak kasi tembus. Everyone noticed it. They did cause my eyes already swollen up. Mana taknya buat drama tangisan anak tiri malam tadi. Dia duduk di beranda biliknya. Bulan pulak ngam-ngam tengah terang. Semua nostalgia tragik berulang tayang dalam fikirannya. Air mata mengalir tenang macam air tasik. Dia cuma sayu.

Thud bangun mengejut. Aitch angkat kening.

“You doesn’t know how was that feel.” Thud bersuara perlahan.

“I know. I feel the same too. But, I can move on. Why can’t you?” Aitch menyoal.

“I’m moving on.” Thud mengeluh. “Tapi, malam tadi it was out of under-controlled.”

“Dah lah. Its over kan?”

“Almost 8 years.”

“Hmm.”

Thud mengeluh lagi. “Laparnya.”

Aitch ketawa. “Jom, makan. Dekat mana papa ajak makan hari ni?”

“I call him.” Thud mengeluar handphone.


Aitch tersengih. She’s hurt, but quickly can heal herself. She’s been through everything. She’s more stronger than superman

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