SS 11 - The Story of Rinda

This is the first time I see someone sits in this place, a kid who sits in the second floor of my old apartment , when my mom and dad first arrived at Jogjakarta, they rented this apartment for a few months, waiting for my home to be finished, that's around 1997 when the home finished, this time, when I see this kid in the second floor of my home, I just think that he is a child of our neighbour, and I ask his name "hi, who are you?, I am Arda", "Oh hi, sorry I am sitting here, my name is Rinda, I was living here before", he said. I thought Rinda was some kid who miss his old apartment, and want to stay here again, "come down, meet my mom", "ah no, thanks, it's better if I stay here, your mom will not like my stay", he said to me, fine then and I just go straight downstair to meet my mom, and say to her "look mom, there's someone on the second floor, he said he was live here before us". " don't be silly Arda, no body live here for long time, this apartment was empty for about 3 to 4 years, and I think you just imagined a frined cause you don't have one, it's normal for you to have some imaginary friend" said mom to me.


But for sure, definetly I saw RInda upstairs, mom and dad still don't believe me about him, and RInda don't want to go downstairs, I don;t know why, sometimes on the afternoon I saw him there already, and sometimes he vanished just like a cough, and not seen for a few days, this really annoyed me, and I ask my mom and dad to go upstairs when RInda there, but nobody there, and back to square, my mom said it was just my imaginary friend, and I really confused about it, why RInda could be on the upstairs, but he didn't go through my mom at living room, this is really weird, and finally, after 3 days missing, I met Rinda again.


"Hi Arda, Sorry to disturb you again, I am here now, sorry for suddenly gone, I don't want your parents to see me", said Rinda that afternoon, "it's okay Rinda, they're good to me, and definelty will be good to you too, don't be afraid", " No, it's not I who afraid of them, but I think they'll afraid if they able to see me", " I don't get it" I said, and continue "and I wonder RInda, how you get in the 2nd floor and don't go through my living room?", Rinda just smiled to me, and look to downstairs again, "Arda, for what I say to you after this maybe you'll not believe me, but I wish you could believe for what I said to you", Said him, and I suddenly sat on the floor and said "Okay, you could tell me anything, aren't we friend, right?", RInda in his silent, go closer to me and sat, then he looked to me, intensely, and what he said to me, actually I already forget it, but then I remember it, when RInda come to me this night and told me "Arda, I know that you worte story about our kind, please write about me, your forgotten memories"