A Friend Without Certainty
NUMBER TWO B
HAPPY READING'S.....
Moon was pensive at his study desk. He was staring at the empty collection of mathematical olympic problems without doing a single problem. Tomorrow is the day of the Olympic selection test.
The moon is still ringing with the words of the Star. It's true, all this time while there was a Moon, the Star always got the number two even though the Star never shifted from its place.
‘*Gue wants to join ilompiade this time’
‘gue wants to win’
‘Gue wants to work at microsoft’
‘gue tired so number two keep*'
The sentence continued to buzz in the Moon's ear. Make the Moon not know what to do. After all, if the Star always gets second place, it's not his fault, right?
The Moon tried to shake off that dirty thought. It has been three full days the Star does not always spend his rest time to study, also now the Moon and the Star rarely meet because the man is busy studying. Even the notoriously insane Moon learned was not as crazy as the Stars now.
The moon remembered a few days ago when he found the Star studying in class.
*Flashback…
The break bell rings. All the students went out one by one to the cafeteria. Leaving the Moon and the Stars busy with their own activities. Stars are busy with math problems and the Moon is busy staring at the Stars.
The Moon stared at the stars for a long time. Finally the girl came to the stars.
“Eat first gih!” said the Moon thrusting a box of supplies to the Stars.
“Later,” reject Star ignore Moon.
“Need me bribe?” Now the girl has opened the box of supplies to look at the stars and want to spoon a mouthful of rice to the Stars.
The star puts the bolpin, then moves the box of supplies in front of the Moon in the future. “Gue can eat by yourself.”
Moon smiled triumphantly, he deliberately brought provisions today because, he knew that Bintang would give up his rest and prefer to dwell with math problems.
“Bin.”
“Hmm?”
“Do not think too much about the problem of the Olympics,” beg the Moon.
The star finished chewing the rest of his rice then swallowed it, this time he stared at the Moon intensely.
“Can't lan. This Olympics is very important for me.”
“Iya I know. But, do not forget to eat also” remember the Moon.
“Heavy rivals lan.”
“Because you can rank third?”
“Gue is not the same problem with Fathur he can still guarantee me but, if my rival is lo. I don't know if I should give up before I fight or keep fighting.”
The moon was silent for a moment. He looked at the Star with a look of disbelief. So, he himself was the problem for the Stars.
The moon blinked her eyelids a few times, still not believing the words of the Star. "Do I need to take the test?"
"No need. I even look so cute later."
"Judek. Learning spirit!"
"okay."
off* flashback*.
The moon closed his book violently. He had no interest at all in learning. If Moon still forced to learn yabg there he would scribble the origin of the book read.
The moon lay her body on the bed, reaching for her phone on the nightstand. The moon is looking for a Star contact there. Usually when the night he spends a lot of time to make free calls with the Stars. Their house is close together.
Long enough the phone rings. Eventually the phone was connected as well.
"Why lan?" ask the stars across there.
"Lo's busy learning, huh?" say the Moon carefully.
"I just finished studying."
"Ohh...Do you want to sleep?"
"No, just fell on the bed. What the hell is lan? I don't usually" said the Star felt something was wrong with the Moon.
Damn indeed. Stars always easily guess themselves.
"No papa. I just miss you." lied to the Moon.
"Seriously nih. I miss the same as me. Are you ready to give me an answer yet?"
Deg. The moon is filled with its own talk. Now he doesn't know what to answer.
"Lan!"
"i-yes?"
"Lo's not a lie."
"Yes. Sorry."
The man always understood the Moon more than his own mother.
"Liet down lan. Come to think of it, I don't need that charter. Not working on microfost is no problem either. Partly if I participate in the Olympics I certainly win right." explained the star there.
"Are you sure this is the same?"
"Remain sure. Yes, it was night. Sleep there! good night is pretty"
"Yes. Good night too!"
The phone line was turned off unilaterally.
The next month put his cell phone on the nightstand and mamatikan room lights. He was a little relieved about the Star's words just now, although there was still something stuck in his heart but, the Moon did not want to bother it anymore. He just wants to sleep because tomorrow there will be a test and he hasn't studied at all.
*****
Dodo saw the star's car entering the parking lot. He was waiting for the moon to get out of the car. Calculate mode to debetan. After being approved by the oma, somehow Dodo increasingly intensive and blatant to do the action.
"Moon Morning!" greet Dodo when the Moon just got off the car.
"For do!"
"Today there's another Olympic selection?" ask Dodo to the Moon.
"Yes. Why?"
Dodo took out a chocolate bar from his pants pocket, then gave it to the Moon.
"Make lo. The spirit of the test!" Dodo encourages the Moon.
"Thank you." Moon receives chocolate gift from Dodo. Actually he was reluctant to accept this chocolate but, he did not want to disappoint Dodo.
"Wahh chocolate from whom," said the star took the chocolate and ate it.
"Kok lo play take chocolate people anyway." said Bingang do not like.
"A month isn't angry, is it lan?" ask the Star while embracing the Moon's shoulders.
While the Moon girl did not know what to answer, she left the two of them just like that in the parking lot. Because the Moon knows that these two crazy guys in front of him are openly fighting over it.
******
The moon walked alone to a special class of the math olympics. After school, he had not seen the stars in his place, so he walked there himself.
Months into class. Inside there is Fathur and Bintang who are focusing on surprising practice questions.
The moon took a seat behind the two of them. Somehow he still felt awkward because of the incident three days ago.
there were still fifteen minutes left before the test began but, the Moon had absolutely no intention of studying.
"Lan!" lirih Fathur mwmnaggil Moon.
"Why?"
"Sorrys. Yesterday I was in the mood." said Fathur apologizing.
"Yes. Just relax." Moon tried to respond to Fathur with her smile.
"Make you" said Fathur, handing a box of milk chocolate to the Moon.
"Thur thanks,"
"Together." Fathur then mengagapan, refocused on the math problem.
Of course Binang heard all that. Even things just now made him not focus on mathematical problems.
Shortly after that Professor Harris came up with some math problem sheets in his hands.
"Good afternoon, kids. Let's start the test this afternoon. Please answer honestly." Professor Harris then shared the math problem with the three of them.
"You can start working from now on. Like you guys only have an hour."
The three of them nodded in response and then worked out the math problem carefully.
Forty minutes of time had passed. The three of them were still working on the matter except for the Moon who since five minutes ago was busy staring at the paper. Not because the Moon was suddenly stupid or he did not know how, but he suddenly remembered the ideals of the Star who wanted to work at Microsoft.
The moon knows that because, since childhood, the star always likes to tinker with the computer even his phone always ask for the latest output and then test it.
"You've got ten minutes left." Professor Harris recalled.
After professor Harris warned him of the time. Star and Fathur immediately gathered the answers ahead simultaneously when the time was still ten minutes. It seems like the two of them are really determined to go to the Olympics.
Professor Harris looked at the moon who was daydreaming earlier. "The month isn't over?" ask professor Harris who made the Moon stop daydreaming.
"It has. Stay collected."
Moon stand. Then collect the answer sheet in the future that professor Harris received with pleasure because the Moon had been his favorite student.
"Are you sure?" professor Harris asked as Moon was about to return to his seat.
"Very sure." ucal Moon steady.
After receiving the final answer sheet, professor Harris ended the class today and informed that the announcement of who is participating in the Olympics will be announced later tonight in the WhatsApps group class.
