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"Dann... Danny?", terperanjat aku pada waktu itu, manakan tidak setelah melihat sosok tubuh yang lama aku kenal sejak di bangku sekolah lagi sedang tegap berdiri di penjuru sebelah hadapanku. Dia hanya tersenyum kosong saat mata kami saling bertentangan antara satu sama lain. Pandanganku mulai kabur dan suasana yang hingar-bingar itu semakin pudar kedengaran dengan tiba-tiba. "Danny, Danny. Senyap saja kau selepas kita semua sambung belajar. Selalunya kaulah yang paling rancak berborak-borak, sekarang sunyi sepi sudah", aku terimbau kembali saat aku terbuka sembang kumpulan di Whatsapp sewaktu berbaring di katil sebelum ini. Sejak dia menyambung pelajarannya di semenanjung, tiada satu khabar atau berita yang aku terima darinya. Pernah aku cuba untuk bermesej dengannya di Whatsapp namun tidak berbalas, malah hanya satu tanda kelabu (grey tick) sahaja. Mungkin juga dia sudah menukar ke nombor telefon baharu. Setelah berbulan-bulan lamanya mesej yang aku hantar beberapa kali tidak berbalas, aku pun sudah tawar hati lalu membiarkannya sahaja. Aku fikirkan yang aku tidak akan menemuinya lagi, namun sangkaan aku meleset. Ternyata takdir hidup kami sekali lagi bersilang juga, malah tak disangka-sangka yang kami bakal bertemu pula di atas gelanggang perlawanan rasmi gusti peringkat kebangsaan pada hari ini.

Entah berapa lama aku mengelamun seperti itu sehingga bunyi loceng perlawanan itu menyedarkan aku semula. Aku yang masih terpinga-pinga itu tidak sedar yang Danny sudah menghampiri aku lalu dia pun melepaskan tumbukan pertamanya di perutku. Aku yang tidak bersedia terus meraung kesakitan sambil tertunduk memegang perutku tadi. Melihat aku tertunduk, dia dengan pantas menyeluk lengannya di bawah ketiakku lalu dia mengangkat dan menghumban aku ke belakang. "Arghhhhhhhhh", jeritku yang semakin kesakitan dan cuba merangkak ke tepi gelanggang namun sempat kakiku ditarik olehnya ke tengah gelanggang semula. Lalu, dia pun duduk di atas perut aku lalu dia menumbuk kepalaku bertubi-tubi. Aku hanya menggunakan tanganku melindungi kepala daripad tumbukan-tumbukan itu, malah tumbukan itu tetap terasa sakit. Kerana tidak tahan lagi. Aku cuba menolak badannya sehingga dia jatuh ke tepi dan aku dengan pantas cuba berdiri namun dia sempat menerjah kaki aku sehingga aku jatuh berlutut. Setelah itu, dia menyeluk tangannya ke leherku lalu mengunci pergerakkan aku, membuatkan aku sakit dan agak sukar bernafas. Beberapa kali aku cuba menumbuk rusuknha namun tidak berjaya, malah dia mengetatkan lagi kunciannya pada leherku sehingga mukaku merah padam. "Arghhh, lepaskan aku, Dan. Erghhh lepaskan", jeritku lemah namun tidak dihiraukannya. Sorakan dari penonton semakin kuat saat melihat aku diperlakukan sebegitu, malah sedikit melemahkan semangatku pada waktu itu. Namun disebalik hiruk-pikuk di dalam dewan itu, kedengaran samar-samar sorakan sokongan yang mana suaranya sangat aku kenali. Aku cuba memaling ke arah suara itu dan aku melihat Arif bergerak menghampiri barisan kerusi penonton paling hadapan sambil bersorak memberiku semangat, "Faris, lawan Faris. Faris, bangun, lawan Faris". Melihat sorakannya yang tidak berbelah bahagi itu menaikkan semangat aku lalu aku dengan gigihnya cuba berdiri lalu dengan pantas aku menerjah kakinya sehingga kami berdua jatuh terlentang. "Arghhh erghhh", dia mengerang kesakitan setelah dihimpap oleh badanku tadi. Tanpa buang masa, aku terus mendekatinya lalu, 'bukkk' 'bukkk' 'bukkk', aku mula menyepak dan memijak perutnya beberapa kali sehingga dia menggelupur kesakitan. Saat dia melindungi perut dengan tangannya, aku menendang rusuknya, manakala saat dia menutup rusuknya, aku memijak pula perutnya. Tidak terkira sepakan demi sepakan dan tendangan demi tendangan yang aku lepaskan padanya sehingga pengadil menghentikan tindakan aku itu lalu aku ditolak ke tepi gelanggang.

Setelah Danny berdiri semula, pengadil pun menyambung semula perlawanan tersebut. Aku pun terus bergerak ke arahnya lalu beberapa kali aku cuba menumbuknya namun berjaya dihalangnya. Melihat sebelah rusuk kanannya yang terdedah, aku pun terus sasarkan penumbuk aku ke situ. Namun malangnya, dia sepertinya tahu lalu dengan pantas dia mengepit tanganku itu lalu menerjah kaki aku sehingga jatuh. Belum sempat aku bangkit, dia menjatuhkan badannya lalu menyiku perutku yang terdedah. "Arghhh uhukkk uhukkk", jeritku yang tersedak sambil memegang perutku yang sakit. Bukan hanya itu sahaja, malah dia tarik aku sehingga terlentang semula sebelum dia duduk di tas perut dan mula melepaskan beberapa tumbukkan ke arahku dengan kuat. Aku cuba menghalang tumbukan itu dengan tanganku namun setiap kali itu juga dia menepis dan memnumbuk semula. Dek kerana tidak tahan, aku menolaknya ke tepi lalu cuba terus menguncinya namun gagal kerana dia sempat menendang dadaku sehingga aku terlentang di tengah gelanggang. Kemudian, dia berlari ke arah aku sebelum dia menyepak celah kangkangku yang terdedah tadi. "Arghhh sakit, aduhhh arghhh", jeritku kesakitan sambil aku memegang kote aku itu. Setelah itu, dia mengangkat dan mengangkang kedua-dua kaki aku sebelum, 'bukkk' 'bukkk' 'bukkk', pijakan demi pijakan kakinya ke atas batang dan telurku beberapa kali. Aku cuba menutup celah kangkang aku namun dihalangnya, malah perutku jugak dipijak agar aku tidak cuba menepis kakinya memijak celah kangkang aku. Aku cuba membri isyarat pada pengadil itu namun hampa, dia juga tidak dapat menghalang dan hanya membiarkan sahaja tindakannya itu. Beberapa saat setelah itu, dia pun melepaskan kaki aku lalu menjerit seperti melepaskan geramnya dan disambut oleh sorakan penonton yang tidak putus-putus menyokongnya. Melihat aku yang cuba merangkak ke tiang bucu gelanggang itu, dia pun menarik tangan aku sehingga berdiri sebelum dia menumbuk perut aku dengan kuat sehingga aku jatuh tersungkur ke tiang itu. Belum sempat aku menarik nafas panjang, dia meluru ke arah aku lalu, 'bukkk', satu tendangan dilepaskan tepat ke arah celah kangkang aku. "Erghhh sa... sakit, to... tolong arghhh", raungku lemah sambil membongkokkan badan aku cuba menahan sakit itu. Dia pun mengangkat kepala aku semula lalu, 'bukk', satu lagi tendangan ke arah koteku. Tidak puas dengan itu, dia mengangkat tangan aku menampakkan ketiak aku yang berbulu itu lalu dia mula menendang lagi celah kangkang aku beberapa kali. 'Bukkk' 'bukkk' 'bukkk', bunyi-bunyi sepakan itu kuat sehingga memenuhi ruang dewan itu, malah para penonton juga bersorak dengan lebih kuat setiap kali bunyi sepakan itu kedengaran. Selepas sepakan yang beberapa belas kalinya, aku pun tak dapat menahannya lagi lalu aku merebahkan badanku ke atas lantai sambil memegang kote aku yang sudah sangat pedih itu. Terlihat wajahnya yang masih tidak puas sambil dia berjalan mengelilingi gelanggang itu dan meregang-regangkan badannya sementara sebelum dia ke luar gelanggang dan menuju ke tiang tempat aku masih rebah itu. Dia mula menarik kedua-dua kaki aku sehingga menghadap ke arah tiang itu lalu kaki aku ditarik kuat sehingga celah kangkang aku mengenai tiang itu. Aku yang masih kesakitan tadi menjerit dengan kuat dan meraung kesakitan. Tidak dengan itu, dia juga mula mengangkat badan aku lalu mencampak ke arah tali gelanggang dan kote dan telur aku jatuh tepat ke atas tali itu. "Arghhh, sakittt. Erghhh arghhh, hentikan", jeritku yang masih kesakitan. Dia menumbuk-numbuk perut dan dada aku beberapa kali saat aku di atas tali itu sebelum dia menarik aku ke dalam gelanggang semula. Dengan keadaan aku yang masih terlentang, dia pun merebahkan badannya ke perut aku lalu mengangkat kaki kiriku. Pengadil yang melihat itu terus merebahkan badannya di lantai gelanggang lalu menepuk dengan tangannya sebanyak tiga kali.

'Ting' 'ting' 'ting', loceng perlawanan dibunyikan menandakan tamatnya pertarungan itu. "Harghhh yeahhhhhhhhh", jerit si Danny setelah itu dan disambut oleh sorakan para penyokongnya manakala aku masih kagi terbaring kepenatan dan berasa sangat kecewa dengan kelemahan aku itu. Setelah itu, aku dibantu oleh ahli pasukanku untuk berdiri dan memapah aku balik ke bilik persalinan. "Tak apa, Faris. Mungkin tiada rezeki kita hari ini. Awak masih ada masa yang panjang lagi untuk bangkit, biasalah orang-orang baru dalam perlawanan ni. Awak patut bangga sebab dah sampaj ke tahap ini walaupun masih setahun jagung dalam acara ini", kata-kata dari jurulatih aku yang tidak henti-henti memberi aku semangat. "Te... terima kasih, tu... tuan", balasku yang sedikit kecewa lalu dia pun menepuk-nepuk bahuku sambil tersenyum sebelum dia mengarahkan ahli pasukan lain untuk mengemas sebelum balik ke hotel. Pengumuman kemenangan pihak lawan aku itu kuat kedengaran membuatkan aku bertambah sedih, malah badan aku hanya tertunduk dari tadi melindungi wajahku yang terpampang kekecewaan. Dengan tiba-tiba, bahuku dipegang oleh seseorang membuatkan aku memaling ke arahnya dan terlihat si Arif yang sudah duduk di sebelahku. "A... Arifff", kataku lalu aku terus memeluknya dengan erat. "Ma... maafkan aku, ak... aku dah kalah. Ma... maafkan aku, Rif", kataku memohon maaf, malah air mataku juga sudah mula mengalir ke pipi dek kerana tidak dapat aku menahan kekecewaan aku lagi. "Tak apa, Ris. Kau dah buat dengan bersungguh-sungguh tadi, itu pun dah terbaik untuk kau. Jangan risau, rezeki kau akan ada nanti. Dah, dah, jangan sedih-sedih lagi. The RedRis kuat kan, mana boleh menangis", katanya membuatkan aku lebih erat memeluknya.

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"Dann... Danny?", I was surprised at that time, especially after seeing a body figure that I had known since I was still in school standing firmly in the corner in front of me. He just smiled blankly as our eyes met each other's. My vision began to blur and the noisy atmosphere was suddenly fading away. "Danny, Danny. You just keep quiet after we all continue to study. You are usually the one who chats the most, now it's quiet," I thought myself when I opened our old group chat on Whatsapp while lying in bed earlier. Since he continued his studies in the peninsula, I haven't heard from him. I once tried to message him on Whatsapp but he didn't reply, in fact there was only a gray tick. It is also possible that he has already changed to a new phone number. After many months of messages that I sent several times without reply, I got discouraged and just ignore it. I thought I would never see him again, but I was wrong. It turns out that our fates crossed once again, and even unexpectedly, we will meet again on the court of the official national level wrestling match today.

I don't know how long I daydreamed like that until the ringing of the match bell woke me up again. I, who was still in a daze, did not realize that Danny had approached me and then he unleashed his first punch on my stomach. I, who was not ready, continued to wail in pain while holding my stomach. Seeing me down, he quickly put his arm under my armpit and he picked me up and threw me back. "Arghhhhhhhhhh", I screamed in intense pain and tried to crawl to the side of the ring but he managed to pull my leg back to the middle of the ring. Then, he sat on my stomach and punched my head repeatedly. I only used my hands to protect my head from the punches, but the punches still hurt. Because I can't take it anymore. I tried to push his body so that he fell to the side and I quickly tried to stand up but he managed to hit my leg so that I fell to my knees. After that, he put his hands around my neck and locked my movements, making me hurt and a little hard to breathe. Several times I tried to punch him in the ribs but it didn't work, he even tightened his lock on my neck until my face turned red. "Arghhh, let me go, Dan. Erghhh let me go", I screamed weakly but he ignored me. The cheers from the audience got louder when they saw me being treated like that, it even weakened my spirit a little at that time. But behind the frenzy in the hall, there was a faint cheer of support whose voice I knew very well. I tried to turn towards the voice and I saw Arif moving towards the front row of seats while cheering to encourage me, "Faris, fight Faris. Faris, wake up, fight Faris". Seeing his undivided cheer lifted my spirits and I persistently tried to stand up and then I quickly kicked his leg until we both fell on our backs. "Arghhh erghhh", he moaned in pain after being hit by my body earlier. Without wasting time, I continued to approach him and, 'bukkk' 'bukkk' 'bukkk', I started kicking and stepping on his stomach several times until he writhed in pain. When he covered his stomach with his hands, I kicked his ribs, while when he covered his ribs, I stepped back on his stomach. Countless kick after kick I unleashed on him until the referee stopped my actions and I was pushed to the side of the ring.

After Danny stood up again, the referee resumed the match. I continued to move towards him and several times I tried to punch him but he managed to stop me. Seeing his exposed right side, I continued to aim my fist there. But unfortunately, he seemed to know so he quickly grabbed my hand and kicked my leg until I fell. Before I could get up, he dropped his body and elbowed my exposed stomach. "Arghhh uhukkk uhukkk", I screamed chokingly while holding my aching stomach. Not only that, but he pulled me back onto my back before he sat on the stomach bag and started throwing some hard punches at me. I tried to block the punch with my hand but every time he deflected it and punched again. Because I couldn't stand it, I pushed him to the side and tried to keep locking him but failed because he kicked my chest so that I was lying on my back in the middle of the ring. Then, he ran towards me before he kicked my exposed crotch. "Arghhh it hurts, arghhh arghhh", I screamed in pain as I held my cock. After that, he lifted and straddled both of my legs before, 'bukkk' 'bukkk' 'bukkk', kcik after kick on my cock and balls several times. I tried to cover the gap between my crotch but he stopped me, and even stepped on my stomach so that I wouldn't try to push his foot away from stepping on my crotch. I tried to signal to the referee but in vain, he also couldn't stop and just let his actions go. A few seconds after that, he let go of my leg and screamed as if to release his anger and was greeted by cheers from the audience who did not stop supporting him. Seeing me trying to crawl to the corner post of the ring, he pulled my hand to stand up before he punched my stomach so hard that I fell down on the post. Before I could take a deep breath, he rushed towards me and, 'bukkk', a kick was unleashed directly towards my crotch. "Erghhh it... it hurts, pl... please arghhh", I moaned weakly as I bent my body trying to hold back the pain. He lifted my head again and, 'bukk', another kick towards my chest. Not satisfied with that, he lifted my hand to reveal my hairy armpit and then he started kicking my crotch several times. 'Bukkk' 'bukkk' 'bukkk', the sound of the kick was so loud that it filled the hall, and even the audience cheered louder every time the sound of the kick was heard. After being kicked a dozen times, I couldn't hold it anymore so I laid my body on the floor while holding my cock which was already very painful. I could see his still not satisfied face as he walked around the ring and stretched his body for a while before he went out of the ring and towards the pole where I was still slumped. He started to pull both of my legs so that I was facing the pole and then my legs were pulled so hard that my crotch gap hit the pole. I, who was still in pain, screamed loudly and wailed in pain. Not with that, he also started lifting my body and threw me on the ropes of the ring and my coat and balls fell right on the ropes. "Arghhh, it hurts. Erghhh arghhh, stop", I screamed, still in pain. He punched me in the stomach and chest a few times while I was on the ropes before he pulled me back into the ring. With me still lying on my back, he laid his body on my stomach and lifted my left leg. The referee who saw that continued to lie down on the ring floor and tapped his hands three times.

'Ting' 'ting' 'ting', the match bell rang signaling the end of the fight. "Harghhh yeahhhhhhhhhh", shouted Danny after that and was greeted by the cheers of his supporters while I was still lying down tired and feeling very disappointed with my weakness. After that, I was helped by my team members to stand up and helped me back to the changing room. "It's okay, Faris. Maybe we don't have any luck today. You still have a long journey to get up, it's normal for newbie in this match. You should be proud because you've reached this level even though you are new in this event", words from my coach who never stopped giving me encouragement. "Th... thank you, si... sir", I replied with a little disappointed and then he patted my shoulder with a smile before he instructed the other team members to pack up before going back to the hotel. The announcement of my opponent's victory was loud and made me sadder, even my body just bowed down to protect my face which was covered in disappointment from others. Suddenly, someone grabbed my shoulder making me turn towards him and see Arif sitting next to me. "A... Arifff", I said then I continued to hug him tightly. "Fo.. forgive me, bro... I've lost. Fi... forgive me, Rif", I said apologetically, even tears started to flow down my cheeks because I couldn't contain my disappointment anymore. "It's okay, Ris. You worked really hard earlier, that's the best thing for you. Don't worry, you'll have your fortune later. Come on, come on, don't be sad anymore. The RedRis is strong, right? He never cried, don't he?", he said as it making me hug him tighter.

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