The Midnight Radio
Episode 53

"Inoxu, don't go up first. The studio lights are off. Just buy it for a while to Deltamart," said Kang Utep as soon as I saw me enter.

"Yes," I answered briefly and headed towards the sofa to sit down.

Ting! A message that turned out to be from Bang Win just got into my phone.

[I still can't go to the studio. Will you be careful home, right? Please have Nyx pick you up]

[Okeii] My reply was brief.

It's been a few days since Bang Win didn't come to the studio with the flu. Before putting the phone in the bag, I play a song that automatically connects to the headphones and wait for the broadcast time to arrive.

Ting! I just put in my phone, a new message, it was received.

[Xu! I can't broadcast this mall. Oma I came suddenly] Gia wrote.

[Ongkeh] reply quickly.

I went back to listening to the song and saw the new clock showing at half-eleven.

"Teh, have you come? Diligent," said Aful walking in. In his hand he carried a plastic bag that I thought was a light bulb.

"Youngpam!" reply brief.

"We broadcast both Tea. You see, Teh Gia and Teh Remi can not come. Teh Gia there is an oma, if Teh Remi motornya broke down when his brother dipake abis," said Adul still standing. "Eh, you love this to Kang Utep first. I've been waiting for."

Without waiting for my answer, he immediately shot to the second floor. I leaned back and enjoyed the song until eleven o'clock less. After disconnecting from the phone to the headphones and putting both in the bag, I headed towards the stairs.

As per the agreement, tonight I'll be broadcasting myself. Adul will replace Remi as a song operator and also an ad.

"Teh Inoxu! Yuyao! Come on standby," cried Adul. "Hiji, two, tilu, start!"

"Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi. Inoxu is here again to greet all listeners of the Story of Midnight 12.08FM Radio Rebel Bandung wherever they are. Tonight I return with various stories to accompany the rest of the listeners all, for the next hour and a half. One song request Husnul Atiyah from Happy Asmara with Klebus will be the beginning of the story tonight. Don't go anywhere and just stay tuned."

I turned off the mic and picked out the number of the source I was going to call when Adul called out loud. "Teh Inoxu, there's a call coming in!"

I stared at the flashing red marks on the monitor and pressed down on the receipt. "Hello?"

"Hello Inoxu Tea! Tea, I want tea, be the source of the Midnight Story. I have been sending pisan pesen to WA number but have never been contacted as well. Sebel! Yes, I finally had tea mutusin to call first tah!"

The words without pause that I heard left me instantly speechless. "Yes, wait a minute, okay? Later we talk about the song finished playing. Don't let it die by the phone."

I pressed the hold sign and shuddered for a moment. The voice at the end of the connection was clearly heard as a male voice, but coupled with a touch of a coquettish and flirtatious tone.

"That's Klebus from Happy Asmara. Enakeun is the song too? Welcome I say to the pen—."

"Hello Inoxu Tea? When are we talking about it? Teteh mah meni lama!" The voice of the source who cut my words shocked me half to death.

"Eh yes Kang, sorry. I continued opening first abis muterin song," I said with still pounding.

"Next time don't do it, Tea! The speaker was told to wait a long time. Ih how the hell is this Inoxu Tea," nagged again.

"Well, now what does Akang want to tell you?" ask me to give up.

"Ey just haphazardly ya iyey! Get behind! The timing of the voice of the gini-dayu is called Akang?" his jolt.

I was aghast and glanced towards Adul who also looked shocked. "Yes, what dong? What do you want to call him?" ask again.

"Jeng! Jeng yes! Angel, Jeng!"

"Oh yes ready, Jeng. This is with Jeng who's where?" I'm trying to be patient. Throughout my career as a broadcaster, only this time I met a speaker like this.

"Th kepo! Okay who am I?" ketus answer.

I patted my forehead slowly. "Let his name be known to other listeners, who knows to be famous," I said.

"With Jeng Merlin," he replied again still in a sniffling voice.

"Where's Merlin from?" ask me in a soft voice.

"From just now wait for Inoxu Tea!" jerk again.

I clenched my hand a sign of annoyance. "I'm sorry, I made Jeng Merlin wait. Sorry huh?"

"That's fine. I'm from Longan."

"OKAY. Please Jeng Merlin, what story do you want?"

"Who said I want a story? I want to call Radio Rebel, not tell a story."

"Well what the hell? Kan broadcast now the title Story of Midnight, which means there must be a story," I reply.

"Want to ah. I want to give you a guess for Inoxu Tea," he said.

"That's fine. Sok, what's the guess?"

"What pickpocket is the most reckless?" Jeng Merlin began to ask.

"Hhmm, all the copetters are reckless," I replied.

"Ih, I don't think about it. Is wrong! That's a gold-tooth pickpocket."

Bhulu!

"Continue on," my challenge.

"OK again, huh? What's the difference in Inoxu Tea equals painting?"

"What yes?" muttered. "Different anyway. I'm three-dimensional if it's a two-dimensional painting."

"Wrong. If the painting is getting more antique, if Inoxu Tea is getting more beautiful."

"Haha!" I laughed quite hard. "Makasi Jeng Merlin."

"Ih ge-er," her scolding that made me stop laughing at once. "One more thing!"

"Yes, what's the pretentious?" manya curious.

"Why do zombies go everywhere?"

"Hhmm, because they live in groups" I replied confidently.

"Wrong! Because the road itself is called single. Rich Inoxu Tea!"

"Haha!" I looked at Adul who was laughing.

"Have a son! I have a boyfriend who knows" I said annoyedly to Jeng Merlin.

"Yes continues? I'm not doing it!"

I patted my forehead a few times in annoyance.

"Udah ah! Talk to Inoxu Tea without Enakeun. Babay," exclaimed Jeng Merlin then before turning off the connection unilaterally.

I gawked for a while as I tried to digest what had just happened. Fortunately, the wave of Adul's hand awakened me immediately.

"It's funny Jeng Merlin. This prime yes, there are sources not stories but even guessing to me. Seriously but. Make a big difference Jeng Merlin! The remaining fifteen minutes I will spend playing songs to the requests of the listeners who have entered. Finally, Inoxu and Adul please say goodbye, wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi wabarakatuh."

I turned off the mic and stared fixedly at the monitor to make sure that all connections were disconnected. "Nyebelin really," I complained while opening the headphones. The vibration on the phone, made me grab the thing and find a new incoming message from Bang Win.

[Oxu, later before going home, please go to studio one continue to grab the stack of papers on my desk. After that love to Adul to get triple photocopied. Tomorrow morning the photocopy is on my desk?]

[Yes] My reply was brief.

I tidy up my things and approached Adul. "Don't go home first. Bang Win asked for a copy of the paper on his desk. Bentar Teteh take it first., wait on the sofa below," said I who was embraced by Adul.

I walked downstairs and headed straight to studio one. My steps came to a halt as I opened the door and found the room in complete darkness. The light switch that I pressed many times did not also make the lights turn on.

"Well, break up also this is the light ball," I said softly. With a potluck illumination from the phone, I walked towards Bang Win's desk.

"Luckily dear, if not mah males be told to be rich in gini," I murmured again.

"Oxus... Inox...."

The soft, heavy and hoarse voice made my steps freeze and my heart pound.

"Oxus... Inox...."

The fear began to rush through my body quickly.

"Oxu...."

Enough is!

"Win Bang!" I screamed and ran towards the studio door that the real* couldn't be opened. Hysterically I screamed and banged at the door again, hoping someone could open it from the outside.

"Oxu .... Help me!"

"Mama! Mama!" my screams are getting hysterical. I pulled the door hard even to push the wall right next to the door with my legs to make it more powerful when pulling the door that is difficult to open.

Bruaks!

It worked! After a while, the door opened and I ran outside. The view outside the studio shocked me half to death. Kang Utep, Adul, Gia, Remi, Teh Hani, Teh Opi, other broadcasters even Nyx has been standing right in front of me with lots of balloons and wearing party hats.

"Happy birthday, Inoxu!" yell at them all.

I was stunned for a while and was still in a daze as one by one came forward and greeted me.

"Where's Win?" asked Kang Utep suddenly.

"Win' Bang?" askaku.

"Yes! It's in dalem studio. Want to surprise your birthday cake."

I was shocked to death and went back into the studio with the others following me while carrying emergency lights. The sight I saw wanted to make me cry and laugh together. How not, Bang Win sat on the floor with one hand rubbing his face and one hand holding a birthday cake that is not shaped. The hoodie he wore was full of cream that came from the cake.

"So I hid in the gap between the closet and the door. When Oxu was scared, I wanted nyamperin, but my legs were clamped. So I reflexively shouted for help and Oxu grew more frightened. He knocked on the door and maksa opened the door as hard as he could, until finally I was still wedged between the gap of the closet and the door hit by the door leaf when Oxu opened it by force," obviously Bang Win at everyone who was gathered on the sofa.

In a few seconds silence occurred before the outbreak of thunderous laughter. Some wiped away tears and some held stomachs with still laughing.

"Sorry," I said as I held back my laughter.

"Without anything, a lesson for me so that next time you don't have to make a horror surprise for you" Bang Win replied.

I smiled and he held my hand gently. "Happy birthday. All the best prayers for you, Oxu," he whispered in my ear among the smiles and prayer strings of the companions who surrounded me tonight.