The Midnight Radio
Episode 33

This morning I just walked into the radio station and saw Adul with a tired face coming down from the top floor.

"Adul!" myrag. He turned his head and immediately threw down the broom he was holding.

"Teteh almighty, on the heart of it all! Ninggalin Adul is the same as that."

I chuckled and recalled the incident two days ago when we finished broadcasting. "Yes maap. You want my number, anyway. Who isn't afraid to try? If it looks as simple as yesterday! It's half body, it's tongue long again! The rich ex-mercenant tuh satan."

"Ish Teteh mah" grumbled Adul. "Eh, but what is Teteh here at this hour? The broadcast mah later malem. This is nothing that has come yet, only Adul aja."

"In order Bang Win, he said he wanted to meet again before the morning broadcast. His work meeting mulu dah, rich board members only."

"Ah! Teteh was also seneng in the call, can meet Bang Win," ledek Adul.

"Youngpam!" I answered short and headed to the sofa.

"Are you staying, Tea?"

I nodded in agreement and pulled out my phone to pass the time.

"Xu, what a fuck?" greet Teh Hani who just came in.

"Yes Tea, usual. Nebeng same brother earlier," I replied putting the phone down.

"Oh yes, Teteh forgot to mention tau. Yesterday someone came here during the day for you. Thought you were broadcasting noon."

"Who's Tea?" my many.

"Rideo, Xu! Saucy, tall, kinda thick. Teteh just doesn't take his name because he's out hunting."

"Oh, that's Tea time, who wants to grab a souvenir of the Midnight Story. The story is read with souvenirs," I replied.

"Yes maybe, huh?" teh Hani continued walking towards the pantry after putting her bag and jacket on the reception desk. Not long after, he returned with one glass whose contents appeared to be steaming.

"Copy, Xu?" bargained for.

"Mango, Tea. I haven't eaten yet, like heartburn if you're taken to coffee."

"Ah weak!" Tea Hani chuckles.

From the sofa I was sitting on, I could see that Bang Win's car had gotten into the parking lot.

"Oxu, please help me make a script for the morning news broadcast. Opi can't come in, there's a family need" he said as soon as he came in and saw me.

Tea Hani again chuckled as I stood up and followed Bang Win towards the studio. As soon as I entered, I saw the figure of a girl with a bermben standing behind the table that Bang Win used to use. With a whistle and a fist, I threatened him until the figure was shocked and disappeared.

"Sit here, please make a news script huh? I'll record the sound." Bang Win put a sheet of paper on the table. "I'll be out for a minute. Are you afraid that I will stay?"

"Ngga, Bang. Aman," I replied short and immediately focused on the paper in front of me. I started typing on the laptop and was unconscious when Bang Win left the studio.

Right after I finished making the script, Bang Win came in with a package with the logo of one of the fast food restaurants in his hand.

"Eat first, abisin," he ordered. He himself held a cardboard glass filled with coffee in hand and headed to the broadcast table to record it off the water.

Finished recording, he sat in a chair right in front of me and watched me eat. "What time did it come?"

"Who?" tanyaku stopped the chewing and looked at Bang Win's eyes fixed.

"That's ... Your ex."

"Ngga knows. Tea Hani just said there was a nyari," answered me back to eating. "But I don't know who."

"The hell is he."

"Well, if he is, why? Bang Win will be able to bring me if he comes," I replied casually.

"Why did you break up?" ask after a few moments of silence.

"The guy's toxic, poison."

"Roof?" ask again.

"Temperamental to be precise. Frequently rude talk. Likes to be angry for no reason or if there is something that is not as you wish."

"Continue?"

"Yes break up. Why spend time with the same people who even make you uncomfortable."

"Are you ashamed to date me?"

"Huh? How do you know that?" I looked at him in wonder.

"I'm not young anymore. Maybe you're not comfortable with me."

"It's safe," I cut. "Even though the reality is that Bang Win is old. But if we go with me, we look like we're lost. Maybe it's because of my youthful energy that's snared at Bang Win."

"I'm soaking up" he said, leaning his back on the chair.

"Haha. Bang Win's family doesn't anyone ask for marriage?"

"Eh Bang Win, Bang Win can like me since when?" I asked out of curiosity. "We rarely see each other because I broadcast the malem. Earlier afternoon broadcasts but I met every once in a while."

"From a long time ago. Ever since I saw you like eating siomay up front."

"That's doang? Just because I ate siomay?" I just don't believe it.

"Yes. I see you are a person who does not like to bother with the situation. You can go alone where you want, can eat with pleasure even though there is nothing cool. No hassle."

I held back a smile hearing her answer.

"Udah full? To the meeting room?" invite him to stand up and thrust the hand that in a short time I have grasped.

Just as I walked towards the door, I looked back because I felt someone watching me and again found a sinister figure looking at me with an angry look. Leisurely, I pointed my middle finger at him while sticking out my tongue.

"Ngga need to be treated. I'm worried that suddenly your behavior is strangely rich," said Bang Win who made me chuckle.

In the meeting room everyone had gathered including Adul.

"Ah! Kirain had not yet come to Xu. He knows dating again," said Kang Utep who made everyone present to smile.

I almost let go of Bang Win's hand to head to an empty seat next to Teh Hani as he tightened his grip even more.

"Don't be far away from me" he whispered, making all present quiet and making the atmosphere quiet.

Gubrak gubrak!

Kang Utep shook the empty chair next to him with a sinister look as I followed Bang Win and sat down on the chair next to him. Gia and Remi looked at me with mischievous smiles from where they were sitting.

This time the meeting discussed the plan of the gathering to be held in a villa at the top. Everyone who works at Radio Rebel will be there for three days to have fun. I looked at the timetable plastered on the projector screen and raised the sound.

"Bang Win, the time of the gathering coincides with the broadcast of the Story of Midnight. How so? Put on the footage off the water?" my many. Not without reason I asked. For other broadcasts, the broadcasters were used to recording off the water like Bang Win had done.

Bang Win nodded slowly and asked Gia. "Gi, have you ever tried off the water Story of Midnight?"

"But, 'Will usually the Story of Midnight interact with listeners from the phone line, only two days later we cut off the interaction and replace it by reading the story of the listener sent to the email."

Bang Win was silent for a moment and asked again. "Where's good? Want to try the footage off the water?"

"You are Bang. But the date of the gathering coincided with the announcement of the winner of the quiz from the vendor. And the vendor sends the results on the same day. So if it's off the water, we don't know the names of the listeners who won the quiz."

"So it's obvious you can't off the water?" Bang Win frowned.

"It can't be" replied Gia.

"Why not broadcast in the villa?" the Kang Utep. "And we have portable equipment. It is not as good as in the studio because there is a possibility of noise. But if the broadcast is in a quiet place, the rich can."

"Same Adul Oxu has no problem if you have to broadcast in the villa?" ask Bang Win again.

"Aman Bang" I answered and was taken by Adul.

"Okay if so, ready just the tools just want to leave later. A meeting today. Yes rice?" Bang Win closed the meeting and got us all out.

In front of the meeting room, Teh Hani approached me. "Xu, the one with the fame."

I looked towards the sofa and found a figure sitting behind me. After nodding, I decided to approach him.

"Inox!" exclaimed Luigi while standing up and greeting me. "Finally I can see you again. You how are you?" tanyakanya.

"Alhamdulillah good. What's the need?" I asked him back after letting him sit down.

"There is no need, just past the pass and a prank stop by. You know you exist. All of you want to give me this," he replied offering an invitation.

"Wih, want to marry dong," I cried as I watched the invitation in my hand.

"Yes dong! If you are still alone, right? I told you a long time ago, you are too relaxed, Inoxu! They don't care about their own appearance. Try seeing? Your style is still the same. Snakers shoes, torn jeans, t-shirts, flannel shirts. Culun knows! Anybody want to be with you."

An annoyance slowly arose in my heart and for a while I considered whether to punch this person in front of me or not.

"I want to!" bang Win approached us. Luigi's eyes glared with an expression of a wondering face.

"I'm Oxu's future husband" Bang Win added in a pressing tone.

Luigi looked at Bang Win from top to bottom and chuckled softly, "Your taste is now om-om?" the tanya turned to me.

Some of the people present besides us seemed to be able to feel if the atmosphere started to heat up. Teh Hani watched with a serious face, and Kang Utep who just came out of the studio stood still.

"Inoxu has its own style. And I like his style that does not market and other than others. Maybe in the eyes of your average rich man, he doesn't look valuable. But in my eyes, he is precious. Sorry bro, you and I are standing on different levels, which is why, I can see that she is much more valuable than the women out there" said Bang Win.

Pork!

I was shocked and immediately stared at Adul who hit Kang Utep so that he made the broom, bucket and mop that he brought down to the floor. It seemed like he was amazed to see and hear Bang Win's words.

Luigi himself just nodded and stood up. "I'm waiting for his arrival" he said before exiting the radio station.

I sighed in relief and saw Kang Utep approaching Bang Win who was still standing with an annoyed face. "Look down Win, it's still morning. I thought you just wanted to stop people. I've been waiting for that, I want misahin."

"Almost," replied Bang Win short. "I have to move faster, Tep," he added while looking at me fixedly.