"bro, you finally came too," said bayu when he saw roni arrive, he had been waiting for him for a long time.
"what is it bayu, it seems like something important?" asked roni.
"this is it, i want to invite you to go to a coffee stall, just consider it a sign of thanks for helping repair my roof last night, i couldn't possibly ask for help for free," said bayu.
"my goodness, you are something else, that was just a normal thing, helping each other, i thought there was something important, so where is the coffee stall here?" said roni.
"bro, even though this is a city, it's not inferior to the village, come on follow me, we'll use my motorcycle," said bayu while walking and inviting roni to ride his vario motorcycle.
"alright let's go," roni did not refuse because he also wanted to warm his body by drinking hot coffee.
after a few moments of riding the motorcycle, bayu and roni finally arrived at the coffee stall.
"well this is the place, this is indeed a usual hangout spot for boarding house kids like us, soon it will definitely get crowded, sorry for inviting you in the afternoon like this, i'm afraid it will rain again tonight, in jakarta it rains very often at the beginning of the month like this," said bayu.
"two coffees please..." ordered bayu.
"i see, oh yeah bayu i want to ask, i'm looking for a job, maybe you have acquaintances or something, i'm a village person without much money so if i don't work i can't continue living," said roni jokingly.
"well later bro i'll ask my boss, don't worry, it's lucky you asked the right person like me, i'll let you know if there is any," said bayu while praising himself because he was indeed good at finding jobs since he already knew the city of jakarta very well.
"thank you then, you really seem like you've been in the city for a long time, where are you originally from?" asked roni to bayu because bayu had not yet told him his origin.
"i'm from medan bro, here i work while studying," explained bayu informing roni.
"hi bros... anyone wants two hundred thousand per night, full service," suddenly a sexy woman approached them and offered a service.
"service? what service?" asked roni innocently because he did not understand what the sexy woman meant.
"it means like this bro, you give them money then you will be served all night on the bed," said bayu explaining to roni.
"no way, i'd rather use my little money for daily snacks, besides that amount can last me a week," said roni immediately refusing after understanding the woman's meaning.
"are you sure that amount can last two weeks, this is a city you know, you won't even be full," replied the woman mocking roni.
"for me that's enough miss, please look for others, i refuse," said roni rejecting the woman's offer and the woman angrily left them while mocking, "so poor..." she said.
but roni who was self-aware could only remain silent.
"don't take it to heart bro, around here there are indeed many like that, they sell their bodies for that kind of money," said bayu calming roni so he would not be affected by the woman's words earlier.
"don't worry, i can understand, this is a city and i've prepared myself long before deciding to come here," replied roni while smiling.
after some time, young people each bringing their girlfriends came to the stall to buy food, indeed the stall they were at was very popular among young people not because it was cheap but because the place was complete and comfortable.
"it's starting to get crowded bayu, how about we just go back, i haven't showered yet, i also want to prepare for my college tomorrow, let's come back here again tomorrow," invited roni.
"alright bro wait a moment, i want to pay first," asked bayu and went to pay their order.
suddenly a group of thugs came there, their purpose was none other than to extort money.
"come on as usual five thousand per person," said their leader who had red hair.
"bro let's go quickly, the thugs have come, it's their habit to extort people," said bayu quickly inviting roni to leave.
but it was all too late, bayu's motorcycle was held by them. "where are you going huh, pay five thousand first quickly, oh yeah for you because you want to run away ten thousand here," said one of the thugs who was holding bayu's motorcycle.
"alright bro here is twenty thousand, ten thousand for my friend," said bayu because he didn't want trouble he immediately gave his money to the thug, but before it was taken by the thug, roni from behind bayu took it first.
"if you want money then you should work, aren't you ashamed to take other people's rights like this," said roni, this time he was no longer afraid because he indeed disliked the thug's style of asking with threats.
"bro.. look there's a hero here, he dares to insult us," said the thug calling his two friends, including their leader with red hair who came approaching bayu and roni.
"which one?, him..?" he said while pointing at bayu. "no bro alek this is a misunderstanding, my friend is still new and doesn't understand your rules, i'll replace it with fifty thousand but let him go," said bayu not wanting the thugs to beat roni.
"me.. why?, if you don't like it then come fight me," said roni, he immediately kicked one of the thugs, seeing his friend being hit by roni, alek as the leader became furious and attacked roni followed by one of his friends, fortunately roni who was skilled in martial arts was able to face them, because the thugs only relied on scary looks and fake toughness, they were certainly no match for roni who was skilled in self-defense. easily roni knocked the three of them down.
"come on stand up again, if you can defeat me i'll give you all my money come on, how can you lose to just one person," said roni provoking their emotions, they attacked again but fell again, until finally they gave up and ran away.
bayu who witnessed it was very shocked because roni was so brave fighting them.
"bro you are good at fighting, my goodness i just realized you are skilled in martial arts."
"hey look we have a hero now," said bayu praising roni.
"you're exaggerating bayu, i was just defending myself, besides why are you so afraid of them, they only rely on their looks," said roni while patting bayu's shoulder and returning the money that bayu almost gave to the thugs earlier.
"i'm not as good as you at fighting, it's crazy you can defeat them, i respect you," expressed bayu again praising roni.
they then returned to the boarding house, luckily they arrived just as the rain started to fall.
"wow it's raining bro, good thing we arrived quickly or we'd be soaked," said bayu happily that they arrived fast.
"bayu i'm going in first, i want to shower, my body feels sticky," said roni.
"alright bro, later tonight i'll stop by there, we can chat again if there's time," replied bayu.
"bro wait a moment," just as roni stepped his foot to return to mbak maya's house someone called him, it seemed like a boarding house resident.
"yes what's up bro?" asked roni.
"this is my monthly payment, please give it to mbak maya, tell her this is the remainder from yesterday," said the person, apparently he wanted to entrust the payment to roni because he thought roni was mbak maya's family since roni lived in mbak maya's house.
"alright bro i'll deliver it," said roni while accepting the money.
"thank you bro, alright i'll excuse myself."
"alright bro."
roni then continued his steps, he opened the house door and immediately called mbak maya.
"mbak, there's a payment deposit for the boarding house, they said it was lacking yesterday, i'll put it on the table okay," called roni calling mbak maya, but there was no answer from mbak maya, roni then put the money down and went to get a change of clothes then entered the bathroom to take a shower.
after some time roni came out of the bathroom he saw the money was still there.
"where is mbak maya?" he wondered, he then took the money again and knocked on mbak maya's bedroom door, but there was no answer.
"could it be mbak maya went out, but it's raining outside, where would she usually go?" muttered roni, he became worried and opened mbak maya's bedroom door, when he opened the door he immediately saw mbak maya sleeping naked on the bed, my goodness it turned out she was sleeping.
"mbak.. mbak this is the payment," but mbak maya did not respond because she was indeed sleeping soundly.
"did something happen?" thought roni.
he then stepped closer to mbak maya and tried to wake her by touching her shoulder but mbak maya still did not wake up.
because mbak maya did not wake up, roni did not dare to wake her anymore, he sat on the edge of the bed and placed the money beside the sleeping mbak maya, then he decided to leave.