Dibalik Tembok Rahasia (MX SVT Astro)

Capitalism

"I have three priority ticket for Adam Xu's solo exhibition. You wanna go with me and my sister?"

Jay hampir keselek air pas denger nama itu, "Adam Xu?!"

"um... yeah? It's fine if you don't know about him--"

"Of course I know him! I'm not living inside the rock, Kai. Let's fucking go!"

"Oh! That's good!" balesannya Kai kayak seneng banget pas Jay ngebales gitu

"The real question is.. how could you get that priority ticket for Adam Xu's solo exhibition?"

Ada jeda beberapa detik sampe Kai ngomong lagi, "Well, Adam Xu was my parents' close friend, so.. his daughter got us some tickets"

"Damn, lucky bastard.."

Kai ketawa, "Yeah, I am"

"So... where is it? The exhibition" Jay nanya lagi sebelum minum airnya lagi

"It's in a gallery in LA... So it wouldn't be so far from your place"

"Oh great.." Jay ngerespon dan nyoba nanya balik, "How are you by the way? Are you and your sister in a good condition?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean..." Jay nyoba ngerangkai kata, "about your parents deaths, are you two fine?"

"...oh. We are fine. The news was shocking, yeah.. But it's fine" Kai ngasih tau

"Good to hear that--"

Tok! Tok! Tok!

Jay nengok ke arah pintu flatnya pas denger bunyi pintunya diketok, dan ngomong ke Kai, "Hey, I'll call you back later."

"Yeah, sure... bye!"

"Bye"

Jay langsung matiin telponnya dan jalan ke arah pintu flat. Ga langsung ngebuka pintunya, dia ngecek dulu lewat peephole di pintunya.

Ada cowok tinggi yang dia kenal, tetangga kembarannya di Jepang. Tapi... ngapain kok dia di Amerika?

Cklek!

Jay ngebuka pintunya, dan belom sempet kaget karena ternyata ada banyak cowok lain yang dateng bareng tetangga kembarannya itu, mulutnya udah langsung dibekep, terus didorong mundur makin masuk ke flat.

Jay udah mau protes, tapi salah satu dari mereka, yang pake korset, ngomong, "You know us. We are affiliated with Nakamoto"

Cowok yang punya flat itu nautin alisnya bingung, "why are you here? with Tonari-san" dia nujuk 1 cowok yang mukanya paling dia kenal

Tapi yang ngejawab malah 1 cowok lain yang pake kacamata, "We have no time, i need to borrow your table first."

"For what?" Jay ngeliatin cowok yang udah nyelonong ke ruang tamunya

Cowok itu ngejawab dan mulai ngeluarin barang-barang dari tasnya, "Testing some substance"

Jay ngebuletin matanya, "TESTING WHAT?!"

--^^--

Kai, Bahiyyih sama Jay dateng di hari pertama pembukaan pameran solo Adam Xu. Di sana udah banyak orang-orang 'penting' yang diundang secara eksklusif juga. Kebanyakan sih para kolektor.

Jay nikmatin pameran itu sendirian, soalnya Kai sama Bahiyyih suka diajak ngobrol sama orang-orang lain. Jadi, daripada awkward ngikutin mereka, mending Jay pisah aja.

Lagian dia juga suka kok ngeliatin karya-karya gini dan ngebacain deskripsi dibalik tiap karya. Kayak seru aja bisa nyoba masuk ke dalem pikiran pelukisnya.