Chapter 12 - -12-

Nathan walked perfectly, he ignored all the terrible things there. He had promised not to think about anything, be it about his personal matters or about anything else as well, this was the problem, this was an unthinkable thing even then. Nathan tried to shake his head perfectly, he lowered his face perfectly, pulling his bag so real, unthinkable even then. He kept walking until he reached Bobby's house. In front of Bobby's yard, Nathan took a deep breath perfectly. This is something that is unthinkable at all times. This is unimaginable, this is the worst thing ever.

Again, Nathan took another deep breath. Then he looked at the white door numbered 37. Would he come asking what Bobby saw? Or is he just having a simple conversation? This is an unimaginable thing even until then, this is the best thing that has ever existed even until then. Nathan held his breath, then exhaled completely. He had to go in, rather than he had to be here with the most terrible thoughts ever. An unthinkable thing even until then.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Nathan also knocked on the door, the door was not opened for a long time. Nathan knew that Bobby's parents weren't home at this hour, or it could be said that Bobby's parents would always be perfectly out of the house, and would come when it was almost midnight. Both of Bobby's parents were hard-working figures, private employees in well-known companies of course. That's why Bobby had to do this, alone and always inviting his friends over, spending all day and into the night watching or doing whatever. and now when Bobby learned of the incident, Bobby was alone at home, how could Bobby spend his life properly?

"Bobby, are you home? I want to visit you! I know you're lonely at home, Bobby!" shouted Nathan at last. This is the problem, if Bobby doesn't want to come out then Nathan will never be able to help Bobby at all.

"Who are you? Are you human? Or are you a ghost?" shouted Bobby from inside.

Relieved, maybe that's how Nathan felt. How not, at least this is the reality, at least this proves that Bobby is fine.

"I'm Nathan, do you think I'm a ghost? Come on, aren't you crazy, Bobby? You are a human and a grown man. How can there be ghosts in broad daylight like this? You are crazy!" said Nathan.

Then he fell silent, his mouth perfectly shut. This is the problem, this is something unimaginable even until then. how not, because Nathan had already met a non-human figure, even in the morning until noon. This is the unthinkable, this is the thing that is above normal even at all times, this is the problem, this is the unthinkable even at all times. This is the most terrible thing in here.

"Come on, come on in!"

Nathan fell on his knees in surprise, he didn't expect that he would see Bobby's figure suddenly opening the door like this, Bobby's face was pale like a corpse, Bobby only opened the door slightly while thrusting his face. This is an unimaginable thing, this is an unthinkable thing even until then. a thing that made Nathan think that Bobby was a pale-skinned ghost just like the person he met, namely… Maria.

"Come on in, I don't want to be outside for too long. I'm afraid to be outside, the outside makes me shiver, I don't want to look at the sky, and I don't want to see anything either, I'm afraid to see all sorts of terrible things, Nathan."

Nathan immediately nodded his head perfectly, then he entered Bobby's house. The atmosphere at Bobby's house is very messy. He saw on the sofa in front of the TV looking very terrible various kinds of prepared food eaten in a terrible way, then on the other side also something that was unthinkable until then. This is an unthinkable thing even ever.

"You… did all this?"

"Of course! Don't you know that Mom and Dad haven't been home for a few days? I'm at home alone, I'm scared and almost crazy because of this fear, I try not to think about anything else, but what happened? no one cares about me. You don't even come near me at all."

"What about a few nights?" annoyed Nathan in the end. He immediately put his backpack on the sofa, then he tidied up all the things that were scattered there, swept some food and all the tissues, and did other things to keep the room clean. Nathan glanced at Bobby again who was now jumping on the sofa covering himself, Nathan took another deep breath perfectly. "Even though that incident just happened two days ago, you've gone too far and said that it was a long time ago and you suffered a lot. Why didn't you call me so I could accompany you? Why are you silent like an idiot and even compared to me who is your neighbor, Roberto is the one who knows your situation far better than I do. Have you gone mad? Have you lost your mind? Are you out of your mind to do something like this?" annoyed Nathan. He then took another deep breath, put the garbage in a plastic bag, went outside and put the garbage outside Bobby's fence which was where Bobby's family dumped it until the garbage truck picked it up.

"I'm sorry, Nathan. I can't think properly at all. I've never done anything well at all. this is the problem, this is a gripping thing. You know, we both ran to the house together and you're the last one compared to me right? So how come you don't know it all? I don't understand at all, I don't understand at all what's really going on now, was that night…" Bobby paused, his face fixed on Nathan. "Did you know anything that night, Nathan?"