The Midnight Radio
Episode 22

"Xu!" call Teh Hani from behind the reception desk when you see me just coming for the broadcast.

"Why Tea?" tanyaku.

"There's a package for Inoxu, the Story of Midnight" he replied, handing over a box.

"There's no sender's name, Teh." I flipped through the package to find the name of the sender, but nil.

"Dad, Teteh was astonished too. The power is delivered directly here. Little do you know, suddenly it's at the reception desk."

"Yes, why Tea? Pinjem scissors dong, want me to open it here," I said after thinking for a while.

"No need, at home," said Bang Win who just came out of the meeting room.

"Why? Bang Win knows who sent it? Why can't it be opened here? Is this from Bang Win? Couldn't if you want to assign anything to the person directly?" I found him with a lot of questions.

"Ehem! Anyway, the opening was in the house," he said turned to go towards the pantry.

"Udah nurut aja. The next time he was embarrassed if I knew the contents," Hani Tea grinned.

With a nod of my head, I stuffed the package into the bag and sat on the sofa waiting for Gia and Remi to arrive.

"Xu!" exclaim Gia and Remi together.

"Hayu, just get ready," asked Gia.

"Where's the adul?" my many.

"Adul resigned, this morning he came to submit a resignation letter. Not strong he said long time working here," replied Teh Hani.

"Really Tea? Well, when it's exciting there is him," complained Gia.

"really. Yeah, well, he's super scared. Just want to pick up her personal belongings in the pantry just ask Kang Utep anter."

"Will I resign, who will change who dong?" Gia said softly.

"Well, you want to resign too, Gi?" Teh Hani asked in a tone of astonishment.

"Yes Tea, want to marry him," Remi replied representing Gia who was just a whimper.

"Oh to get married. Yeah easy, there's Remi, right? You can be a music operator and a producer."

"Cape or Tea. Nambah work to make the concept of broadcast, receiving advertisements, making promotional concepts, and others," Remi replied again.

"Oh yes, there is Bang Win. Can help you handle, "cut Gia. "But that's also if you don't hunt Bang Win resign. I heard from Kang Utep, Bang Win has the intention to resign."

"That's impossible," cut Hani's tea.

"Why Tea? Because there's Inoxu now, right?" ask Remi.

"One of them. Others yes because he is one of the owners of this radio, where else to try, if not here?"

"Oh, Bang Win owner too anyway" I said slowly.

"Yoi. Uh get ready. Even gossiped about us. Your spirit, "close Hani Tea.

The three of us nodded and walked towards the stairs.

***

"Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, good night and welcome back to me Inoxu from the second floor studio Story of Midnight 12.08FM Radio Rebel Bandung. Over the next hour and a half there will be stories from our sources to accompany the rest of the listeners all. One song requested by Mamah Allya from Seventeen with Yesterday I will play in a moment. Don't go anywhere and keep listening to the Midnight Story until it's over."

The music that greeted the ears automatically made me sing along.

"Xu, how come there's a call coming in anyway?" scream Remi suddenly.

I looked at the monitor, and sure enough, a red mark flickered as a pointer if a phone came in. "Why is that?" my many.

"Try to lift, if it is suspicious, just turn off," replied Gia.

"Don't want ah, don't know the devil," I refused.

"Ish, try it first. This time it was an ordinary listener, many of whom had already saved the number. It's just about the time of the broadcast, call."

Inevitably, I finally picked up the call. "Hello, with the Story of Midnight. Can anyone help?"

"Hello Inoxu Tea, good night. Want to be the source again dong, Teh."

"Sorry, who is this with?"

"Alex, Tea. Who used to be a source too. The story of buying satay at grandma's house."

I frowned for some time and was finally able to remember. "Oh yes! Who wants to pick up her mom at grandma's house? Want to be a source again now?"

"Yes Tea."

"By, mango. Wait a minute, Kang? Still muter song," I said with full relief.

"Okay, Tea. I wait."

I smiled lightly laughing at my innards on the phone call. While waiting for the song to finish playing, I looked around the studio. These studios often provide a different atmosphere. Sometimes it feels scary and sometimes it is as ordinary as it is today. Seeing that the duration of the song was still a bit long, I decided to go to the toilet located on the first floor.

As soon as I came down from the stairs, my eyes looked at some of the announcers who were chatting. Bang Win, who was sitting next to Opi Tea, laughed loudly at something Opi Tea said. An uncomfortable feeling entered my heart and without looking back I went straight to the toilet. Seeing that cold Bang Win could be that warm talking to another woman pissed me off.

Out of the toilet, Bang Win was already standing in front of the pantry by holding a cardboard glass. As fast as I could, I walked with my head down.

"Oxu?" call him.

"Ox!"

Climbing the stairs with a run apparently made my breath pant. As much as possible I set my breath before the time to broadcast again. After a while, I felt better and saw that the song was done.

"Welcome I say to the listeners who have just joined the Story of Midnight. We just heard about Seventeen yesterday. At the end of the connection is waiting for the speaker who will share the story tonight. Hello with who and where?"

"Alex, Inoxu Tea. How are you?"

"Good news, thank God Kang" I replied. "What other story does Kang Alex have besides that satay story?"

"Tales of time in the mess of my sister, Teh."

"Mango, please start Kang Alex," I'm welcome.

"So my sister this story just received work in Nagoya, Batam and live in a mess that is not far from his workplace. Messnya is a 3-story house building. So it's not that rich tenement room, Tea. The first floor is reserved for male employees, the second floor for women and the third floor for office managers and their families. My sister's on the first floor, and that one room could have four to five employees because it was so big."

"Such great or his house" I chanted.

"Tea Banget. Well fitting me there it's a position already night. Because of the long journey, I took a break in my sister's room. My own sister washed clothes after she worked, and her other friends were busy with their respective activities. Because sleepy, I fell on a foam mattress belonging to my sister. At first nothing was strange. The sound of the washing machine buzzing, the sound of television buzzing, even the sound of my sister who was chatting in the family room was also astonished. Until suddenly all the voices came out. It's quiet tea, so quiet. At the same time, I felt rich as I floated on the bed. I thought to myself, 'Who is this weird."

"So Kang Alex realized something was weird? I mean, don't you sleep or dream?" manya curious.

"Aware of Tea, even I took time to read the prayers as much as possible. I also wonder why I am rich in gini. Until I knew there was a strange sound, the voice said that I wanted to be moved, but in Javanese. And I immediately thought, did I ngalamin rich gini because not excuse me."

"How do you do, Kang?"

"Yes I said in my heart, sorry I did not bother, just want to ride here with my sister. Do not move and do not be disturbed because my intention came not to interfere. Miraculously Tea, finished talking it in the heart, the atmosphere re-rich and my body felt in the bed again."

"Woooh!" myrag. I started to get goosebumps hearing Kang Alex's story.

"Keep I also want if not praying isya. For fear of going back again, I hurriedly got up to perform the prayer."

"Safe but that night?"

"Friendly, Tea. Well tomorrow I get a story that it turns out the house has been empty for a long time and there was a robbery that killed the ART."

"Astagfirullah, very serem!" spontaneous attack.

"From the stories of people who live around the house, the house was once inhabited by a family with one of the ART girls who came from Java. Well, once upon a time, there was a robber who came there and got caught with this ART, so he was killed*nuh. There are also other victims from the family, only the exact number is unclear. From then on, the house was abandoned and only cleaned occasionally. Until finally hired by the office where my sister worked and bejain mess employees."

"Ngeri too, Kang? I just knew that the so-called have the energy to move humans. Serem if until the rich incident befalls me," I said.

"Don't make it to tea. May it be my first and last experience."

"Aamiin, but if the first one is not rich. Kan Kang Alex also has the same experience as mr. satay. Hopefully it'll be the last one, Kang?" my reply.

"Aamiin, may you please Tea? Tea at best, a story from me. Makasi wants to be horrified. Healthy always yes Inoxu Tea and team."

"Aamiin, did you make Kang? Always healthy too." I turned off the connection and focused on the mic.

"That's the story of Kang Alex that made me personally quite scary yes listener all. The importance of first excuses every time we enter a new place does not mean that we are subject to that. What is more? Rich notice on something that already inhabits the place if we are visiting and do not have bad intentions. The point is, yes where to keep praying and do not forget to pray. Yak, one song from Ada Band with Foolish Man requests from Siti Robiah to be the end of our meeting this time. Inoxu and team pamit, wassalamualaikum warahmatulli wabarakatuh."

I turned off the mic, took off the headphones and grabbed my bottle of mineral water. After the contents of the toilet, I put in my personal belongings and then got up to walk towards Gia's desk who was also cleaning up the goods.

"Alhamdulillah be well, hayu cepetan," asked Remi. We came out of the studio and I was jolted to see Bang Win standing not far from the studio door.

"Xu, yes first," said Gia giggling. Quickly, he took Remi's hand which waved at me.

"Breaked?" ask Bang Win.

"Well, if I've been standing in front of Bang Win, the sign is done" I replied flatly.

Bang Win looked frowned. Before he opened his mouth to ask, I set foot on the stairs.

"Bang, I go home first" I said without looking.

Right on the last rung of the stairs, Bang Win had already walked next to me and without any cues holding my hand. I felt a pretty strong pull and touched it when we were already in the courtyard.

"Ngapain the Bang? I said, I want to go home first" I said without being able to look at his face.

"And I also said, from yesterday, I will always take you home."

I looked up and saw her eyes looking at me deeply. "Ngga. Someone will be angry" my dear.

"What the hell are you talking about? You've been a gini freak ever since you went to—." Bang Win did not finish his words.

"You're jealous of Opi?" tanyanya slow. I don't know why I could see if he smiled faintly.

"What about Bang Win?" many challenging.

"Yes! Don't get me wrong, I'm the same Opi no feelings whatsoever. We're just friends, after all Opi's husband is my cousin."

"Oh," I said short but started cursing myself in my heart. I shouldn't have gone this far before I knew the truth.

"But nothing at all. If you're jealous you're a darling."

I opened my eyes and looked the other way.

"Just like I love you" he added in a soft voice.

Bang Win's words created a burst of fireworks in my heart and made me hold back a smile.

"From now on, if you want clarity, I can only say. I belong to you, Inoxu. And you too, are entirely mine" Bang Win said sternly.

I held my thumping feeling in my heart.

"Oh yeah, don't forget to open the package. I hope you like it" he added, taking my hand, and putting it in his hoodie pocket.