I Admire A Ghost

by Nurul Fajriyah


For a moment, Mulan felt a sense of enchantment with Giring’s beauty. She looked Giring seriously until forget to switch off the washbasin. Giring wished that Giring came to her.

"Excuse me Miss, please switch off the washbasin if you don’t use it anymore!” Giring said softly.

“Oh, yes …” Mulan ashamed.

“Is this your first time to come here?” Giring asked friendly.

“Yup. I’m less interested to accompany my sister who shops so I have an idea to hide in this toilet,” Mulan replied.

“O,” Giring said briefly and lifted a pail which contained dirty water.

“Where are you going, Giring?” Mulan asked.

“I will clean the next toilet,” Giring said. “How do you know my name?” Giring confused.

“Your name is written on your shirt,” Mulan smiled. “I think the closet number three is still dirty,” Mulan said.

Giring caught what Mulan’s mean so he cleaned the third closet.

… You can stand under my umbrella ella ella…(the sound of Mulan’s mobile phone ring tones).
Mulan answered her mobile phone.

“Hello!” Mulan turned her body. “Sister Dani, I’m still in the toilet. I don’t want comeback to that place again because I’m dizzy to hear the weird voice from the buyers,” Mulan whispered because she worried that Giring heard what she said.

“It’s OK if you don’t want comeback to this place. I will wait for you in the car parking,” Sister Dani replied.

“OK,” Mulan closed her mobile phone. Giring can I …,” Mulan turned her body again.

Mulan wrinkled her forehead because Giring suddenly disappeared.

“Huh…it’s because Sister Dani called me so Giring went away,” Mulan angry.

Mulan went hurriedly to the car parking and obviously Sister Dani already waited her.

“Where have you been? You are very so long,” Sister Dani complained.

“Whatever!” Mulan was angry.

She entered the car directly.

“You are weird, Mulan. I asked you to go to the supermarket but you dislike it. Instead, you like to go to the toilet out there. What is going on in that toilet?” Sister Dani also angry.

Sister Dani entered her goods to the baggage.

“I don’t care about your goods so you don’t need care about me. Do you understand?” Mulan said angrily.

“I’m tired to talk with you, Mulan,” Sister Dani resentful.

The morning sun still hid behind the cloud and the air was still cold to be inhaled. Nevertheless Mulan not felt those. She already stood until 30 minutes for waiting the supermarket was opened.

“Uhh…it’s very so long,” Mulan said resentfully.

Not long time after that, the supermarket gate was opened. Directly, Mulan asked to the security who opened the gate.

“Excuse me Sir, is the supermarket already opened?” Mulan confirmed.

“Is it you who already stood about 30 minutes in front of the supermarket?” the security asked.

“He…he…yes, Sir,” Mulan smiled. “Are you bored with my question?” Mulan laughing.

“It’s you third question,” the security bored. “The supermarket is already opened so you can enter right now,” the security pleased Mulan.

“Well, thank you Sir,” Mulan happy.

“I think she doesn’t want miss the sale…,” the security wondered.

The security’s pronunciation stopped because he looked Mulan went toward the toilet that placed beside the supermarket. He wondered why she not entered the supermarket entrance. The security approached Mulan with many question in his mind.

“Excuse me, Miss. This is a toilet and that is the entrance door,” the security explained.

“Yes, Sir. I know it,” Mulan was resentful.

“Mmm, you are here because you want to shop, right?” the security interrogated.

“That’s right if I have time to shop,” Mulan explained.

The security confused with Mulan’s explanation. He not asked any question anymore because he was worry that he will more confused with her explanation.

“When the toilet is opened, Sir?” Mulan asked.

The security looked Mulan with wonder because she wanted to enter the toilet hurriedly.

“I want to enter the toilet hurriedly because I want to urinate, Sir,” Mulan explained.

“Oh…so you want to urinate,” the security said. “I think it’s better if you use the toilet which placed inside of the supermarket, Miss…,” the security suggested.

“Mulan, my name is Mulan,” Mulan said her name. “No, I want this toilet, Sir,” Mulan compelled.

“But…,” the security said reluctantly.

“Hurry up Sir, before I urinate in here,” Mulan said while humped her body to make sure the security.

Without taught anymore, the security ran to his office to take the key.

“Sorry Sir, I deceive you,” Mulan said while mocked to the security.

A minute later, her behavior became soft when Giring came.

“Hi, Giring! Would you like to open the door for me? I can’t restrain my urine,” Mulan said with spoiled.

“OK! Have you been here for a long time?” Giring asked.

“Oh, no. I just have been here and suddenly I want to urinate,” Mulan replied.

Giring opened the door then switched the lamp. After the door was opened, she went quickly to the third closet. Giring cleaned the washbasin and prepared to clean the floor whereas Mulan was still in the closet almost half an hour. Obviously, she prepared some question for Giring as chat matter. Finally, Mulan came out from the closet.

“Mulan, I think you are unconscious in the closet because you are so long in there,” Giring said while cleaned the washbasin.

“Oh…it’s a girl business,” Mulan smile. “By the way, how do you know my name?” Mulan wondered.

“That’s also my business,” Giring replied.

“Obviously, you also can joke,” Mulan mocked.

Mulan and Giring were laughing, joking, telling, and mocking together.

“I think you like to do some strange things,” Giring said.

“Mmm, how do you know that?” Mulan asked.

“It’s better if you not do the stupid thing because you will regret it,” Giring said seriously.

“Why?” Mulan also asked seriously.

“Don’t do it,” Giring said in a loud voice.

Mulan felt scared.

“I used to do stupid thing and I regret it right now. I can’t do anything anymore.” Giring regretful.

“Never mind, Giring. The important thing is you have to rise up right now. Don’t give up!” Mulan cheered to Giring.

Giring was quite and didn’t say a word. Mulan was more interested in Giring’s beauty. Unconsciously, she is already talked to Giring until two hours.

…You can stand under my umbrella ella ella eh eh eh…(the sound of Mulan’s mobile phone ring tones).

“Hello, Sister Dani! Oh my God, I forget it. All right, I will shop right now,” Mulan shocked.

“What happened, Mulan? Why you look so shocked?” Giring worried.

“I forget to shop my sister’s orders. See you, Giring!” Mulan said while went out from the toilet.

Giring gave sweet smile which made Mulan flew. Mulan went to the supermarket to buy her sister orders.

“Finally, I can finish my shopping,” Mulan relieved.

She went toward the toilet to meet Giring again.

“Mulan… Mulan…!” came the scream.

“Haaa! That’s Sister Dani’s voice,” Mulan said to herself.

Mulan turned her body. That’s right, the woman who screamed her name was Sister Dani.

“Sister Dani? Why you are here?” Mulan was resentful.

“Why you are so long? My orders are not much but you are shopping until two hour,” Sister Dani was angry. “I suspect that you come to that toilet again so I come afterward from home for you,” Sister Dani was angrier.

“I’m sorry, Sis. I…,” Mulan apologized.

“Come on! Let’s go home!” Sister Dani ordered.

When they were on the car parking, they met the security who was deceived by Mulan.

“Oh, you are the girl who wanted to enter that toilet, right?” the security ascertained. “I looked for you but I can’t find you. That toilet was not used for a long time,” the security said seriously.

“Ah, you are joking, Sir. I just come to the toilet… Oops!” Mulan closed her mouth directly.

“So, what I said was right. You went to the toilet,” Sister Dani resentful. “Let’s go home!” Sister Dani ordered.

Mulan entered to the car directly without defense whereas the security still confused with Mulan’s said.

The next day, Mulan came to the supermarket again. But at that time, there was a “CLOSED” writing that hung on the supermarket gate. Mulan confused and decided to find someone who could be asked. Fortunately, the same security as yesterday came out from the gate.

“Excuse me, Sir,” Mulan came toward the security. “Why the supermarket is closed?” Mulan asked while peeped from the gate to see the supermarket.

“Oh, you again?” the security wondered. “Miss Mulan, we were demolishing the building which placed beside the supermarket. Therefore the supermarket is closed,” the security explained.

“Demolishing the building, Sir? Which building?” Mulan was confused.

“The toilet that you entered yesterday,” the security confirmed.

“What!” Mulan was shocked.

Mulan entered the gate. It was right that the toilet was demolished. It was a place where she and Giring met for the first time. But the toilet that she saw was very dirty not like yesterday that the toilet was very clean.

“Why the toilet was demolished, Sir?” Mulan asked with a weak voice.

“After held some investigations, there often happened some odd things,” the security replied.

“What do you mean with odd things, Sir?” Mulan asked anxiously.

“I ever heard a man cried or sang in the toilet, the sound of water that flowed from the washbasin. The toilet was closed for a long ago since there was a man suicide,” said the woman employee.

“What? Suicide? Who?” Mulan shocked.

“Do you remember with the incident which happened three years ago?” the woman employee asked to the security. “The man was leaved by his fiancée to marry with another man then the man felt desperate and suicide in that toilet. He was handsome but did stupid thing,” the woman employee explained.

“Who was the man’s name?” Mulan asked with scare voice.

“GIRING,” the woman employee replied briefly.

“Giring??? No way!!!” Mulan shocked. “So during this two days, I talked with… Nooo…,” Mulan cried.

Mulan was unconscious. The security saved her and carried her to the security office. Suddenly, her sister arrived and brought her to the home. In home, Sister Dani placed Mulan on a bed.

“Mulan… Mulan…,” Sister Dani called softly.

Mulan opened her eyes slowly.

“Where I am?” Mulan asked with a low voice.

“You are in home,” Sister Dani replied.

“Sis, I don’t want come back to that supermarket anymore. I don’t want come back to that toilet anymore. Hiks…hiks…hiks…,” Mulan cried while embraced to her sister.

“It’s OK right now, Mulan. Cup…cup…cup…,” Sister Dani calmed.

“He is a ghost. I don’t want with him anymore. Hiks…hiks…hiks…,” Mulan was still crying.

“I know. All of the employers were confuse when you entered that dirty toilet…,” Sister Dani said.

“Hah, dirty? But the toilet was clean and neat,” Mulan sobbed.

“Never mind, Mulan. It’s better if you take a rest,” Sister Dani suggested. “I will take a cup of tea for you,” Sister Dani said and went to the kitchen room.

A few minutes later, there was a smell of tea.

“This is your tea, Mulan. Drink it while it’s warm!”

“That voice is…,” Mulan whispered.

Mulan opened her eyes.

“Hah!!! Gi… Gi… Giring…?!?” Mulan was shocked.

“Hi, Mulan!!!” Giring greeted softly.

“Noooo…!!!” Mulan screamed.

Mulan was unconscious again.

Semarang, December 25th 2007