Mülheimer Mauer

Budi is ten minutes late, which is early for his taste, but for Sarah is too much, especially for today. After cutting many degrees of separation, somehow Lukas and Budi has a mutual, that is not Sarah. Michael is Lukas gymbro from US that has Indonesian girlfriend, Siti that is Budi’s friend that Sarah met in the barbecue party few months ago. They kept commenting each other’s instagram’s story and that’s how they connect their boyfriends together, and after few double dates, they got invited to the sickest Halloween Party in Sarah’s life.

“It’s like they are celebrating Satan’s holiday… everything is too scary man,” Budi roars in with a white shroud tied around his head and his neck. It’s a conversation starter indeed, but Sarah couldn’t see how scary could it be. “Maybe after few drinks..” Lukas comes in between them, offering Kölsch for both of them. He teases Budi to drink too often, until he groans, “Bro, no means no, don’t you get it?”

There goes the hope of them being good friends that could stay in Sarah’s life, so Sarah just excuses herself to go to the kitchen to help Siti preparing the buffet. A fridge door is left open, Sarah can hear clearly how Siti is trying to hold back her howl. When she check on Siti, she reveals that Michael had just covered her mouth tightly because she yaps too much in front of him, Siti tries to justify it by saying that Michael doesn’t know that it hurts her. Sarah froze for a moment, examining her tears and many other signs that she knows too much about when she was little. When she gets to her wrist and find the bruises there, she strokes it gently and kisses it, just like she did to her mother. She hugs her tight, she wants to feel her fury and be it. Right after that, without any warning, Sarah storms to the living room and trying to cover his mouth, wanting to give him his own medicine, only to be yelled at by Siti.

“What you’ve done is so embarrassing, maybe they are kinky like that. Why do you always have to meddle?” Lukas brings out more Kolsch for her, but her eyes keeps trailing Michael and Siti. “Is your mind that shallow? Do you only value the words that come from other man? Dude… look!” They are both in the kitchen again and Michael holds Siti’s cheek together. “They are together, let them figure it out with themsel…” Before Lukas finishes his sentence Sarah walks bristly towards the kitchen. “Yeah until the women die…”

She freezes in front of Michael, becoming a bystander near by kitchen island, when Michael tries to steer everything as a joke. Gladly Budi sees the whole ordeal and launch his hardest punch to his face. “Go back to your country,” he curses and grabs Siti’s arm towards the door. He gives Sarah some gesture, so she would follow him, not realizing that Sarah is still doesn’t have control over her limbs. But all she needs is her fury especially after Lukas stop them to go out. “It’s his girlfriend mate, don’t try to be a hero.”

It’s raining outside and non of the bystanders in the apartment offer them an umbrella. Sarah feels sick to her stomach and let out some vomit right after the taxi come. Sarah followed through, before easily giving middle finger to the whole party. Budi gives her the smile and that’s all she needs from now.