GRIES: Maskman

4. The Freared Man

At a closed gate. Rashabagas, Ramkeydie, and Belly, are begging Mr. Security guard with a thick mustache with a scary face. They want to go in, but the school rules are stated: That students who are late will not be allowed to enter the school.

"Sir, I beg you, sir!!" Belli looked sad because of the delay.

"Reason!" he answered quickly, then left the three of them.

"It's useless, Bell. How about we go to my usual place with Ras for coffee?" Ram persuaded Belly whose face was still smiling.

"No!"

"That's it. Come on, Race."

"Why, is that so, shhh!!"

"Gosh, girls are weird. You asked the wrong person, you didn't ask the wrong person. So what do you want, honey?" After saying that, Ram stuck out his hand. "Come on, let's get your motorbike here first," he asked softly.

Even though her face was still gloomy, Belly went up with an attitude that seemed forced. In fact, in his heart, Belly was happy to be ridden by him.

Belly also went with the duo R to a coffee shop; their usual place.

When they arrived in front of the stall parking lot, they saw an old motorbike belonging to Agung in the front row. Belli looked scared to see her motorbike, but she didn't tell the two humans who brought it. However, Ram was aware of Belly's eyes which scared Agung.

"Don't be afraid. He won't be bad here, will he?"

"I'm scared, Ram. The problem is, before he left school, my hair was pulled by him, and until now I'm still scared, Ram," he said.

"Now there is me." Ram holds her hand. As he walked Ram kept stroking his hair; like a child crying and then appeased by his parents.

When they passed Agung who was sitting with his friend, Agung glanced at Belly sharply. Then waved his hand; ordered Race who was looking at him to approach him. Race walked towards his seat, Ram and Belli kept looking for a place.

"What is it?" asked Race.

"Sit down, you i***t. It's not very polite, is it?"

"I'm too lazy to fuss with people like you, Gung."

Agung stood up and clenched his school uniform around his neck. Then he said, "I don't want to make a fuss with you, Ras. I just want to know who the new kid in your class is!" After that, he let go of his clenched hands, then Ras swept clean the marks.

"What do you want? You don't want to make a fuss, huh? Listen to me carefully. He, is no match for you!" replied Ras who left from where Agung was sitting—rejoining his two friends who were taking bribes.

"You guys are dating, right?" said Ras when he saw the two friends were romantic with each other. His eyes were sad, his face was pale: "Don't date, okay. I feel sorry for me who doesn't have anyone." His tone seemed sad as he sat across from them.

"Well, arrange?" Ram and Belli answered Race's complaint in unison.

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"Where is Belly, Dis?" asked Giska who entered Disa's class from the class next door. Incidentally, at that time Disa was playing with her cellphone.

"He's late for school." After the passage of the words, Disa told about an incident this morning.

"Oh. So, where's the guy wearing the mask?" Giska had looked around the class, but there was no one besides Disa and a boy with glasses who waved his hand when Giska looked at him and said "Hi" to Giska.

"He was out earlier. He said he wanted to get the textbook he left at his house."

"Oh. Do you want to go to the canteen, Dis?" Giska's invitation as he stood up from his seat.

"No, Gis. I have important business on WhatsApp." Hearing her say that, the dazed Giska finally saw a little conversation between Disa and someone on her cellphone.

"Okay, okay. I'll go first, okay. Bye!!"

"Bye."

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Turns out, Gries was lying. He didn't take books from his house. But he will meet someone in a place that has been shared with him via w******p. It's possible that someone got his w******p number from the school group. Because Gries doesn't want to talk much and the problem gets long, also because the author doesn't want to confuse the reader, Gries without further ado starts the meeting.

The message someone sent contained the words, "Meet me here. If you really want an answer." Gries who has a curious nature immediately rushed over. Even though he didn't know what a 'question' was. Therefore curiosity will continue to haunt him throughout the night, and he does not want his night to be disturbed just because of curiosity. If not done then, then he will never know. Cause for Gries: The one who waits, most likely won't. Just like people who plan, but only talk.

And the person he met was...

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"Bun. Dad is leaving again. There is land that must be surveyed today. He said, in the Bogor area. But two or three days he also went straight home, really," said the husband to his wife who shook hands. "Oh, yes. I told G. Father has given him an allotment for this month, and for Friska, I have given it to Mother's account."

"Careful, Dad," he said as he prevented a seven-year-old girl from chasing after her father who was already in the car. That girl is Friska, Gries' beautiful younger sister.

"Mom. How come you always go away? You don't love me, do you, Mom?" The child asked his mother.

The mother puts her body by folding her knees, and her hands are stroking her child's cheeks. "Dad went to make money for us, Friska. Don't think that I don't love you. If I'm not busy, I want to be with you, son."

Frisk just nodded. Then he asked again: "Mother. Why did you never come home? Then, I want to see your face. The problem is, every time you come home and I ask you to take off your mask, you always say: No. Actually, Friska's sister is handsome or ugly, Bun ? Do you have a photo, Mother? Mother, Friska loves you very much. But I don't think you think Friska is there. Friska is her sister, right, Mother?"

Her mother shed tears. Feel the feelings felt by his daughter.

Indeed, since Friska was born into the world, she had never seen the shape of Gries' face. Friska was also never invited to play all day by Gries. Just play a few hours and then leave the house. Gries never felt at home. He wanted to be alone and alone. Before moving, in that city too he rented a house for himself. But ever since he entered high school, Gries feels distant from Friska. Usually, once a week he comes home to see Friska, but now Gries has not seen Friska for several months. Even when he moved, he walked alone and looked for his own house without permission and without anyone knowing where his house was. While at the hospital, Friska was not there because she had fallen asleep and was not invited by her parents. In fact, since three days ago he advised Mother, "Mom, if you want to go to the hospital say yes. Friska wants to meet my sister." However, her wish did not come true until she finally cried in her room hearing that her brother had left the hospital. The daughter thought that she would not easily meet her brother when she returned to her own place.