A Poem To Dila
Misunderstand
A month had passed precisely that day was the 18th of August. And now the school is celebrating the Event every year every class is invited to participate to enliven the event ranging from sack racing, eating crackers, eating ati and racing run from reality. Ehehe. But what makes the highlight of the event is the Fashion Show that is displayed by every class and every Fashion Show that must pair men and women.
Once in class, the bell rang, and I sat down at my place, as did Dila and the other students. Soon, Mother came to the classroom and told me that today there is no teaching and learning activities, but there will be a commemoration on August 17. Our classes are expected to participate in the event, especially in the Fashion Show.
Mommy also suggested that we appear in pairs when the Fashion Show took place. Hearing the word “pair.” all students look excited and confused who to pair with. I decided to pair up with Dila. I imagined us walking together, holding hands, and smiling together. I feel like the whole school will be my minions, and we will both be the King and Queen of the school, who can manage everything as we please. Ahaha!
I walked towards Dila's seat. “Dila, who are you paired with?”
“Deni, I'm also confused.” He answered, shaking his head and looking at me.
“Alright, then you..” I said that I was trying to get Dila to make my plan come true, but suddenly there was a woman who attracted me. It was Wanda.
“Deni, you paired up with me huh, agreed right? Definitely agree.” He said enthusiastically, without giving me a chance to defend myself that I wanted to pair up with Dila.
“Eh, but—”
“Eh, friends, I paired up with Deni yes, we are in the front row!” Shouted Wanda, telling all the friends in the class, making it difficult for me to reject her words.
Star and Windi, who had been chatting together before, suddenly turned to look at me after hearing Wanda's words. Their annoyed gazes were directed at me, as if they thought I had thrown Dila away and chose to pair with Wanda, who was in fact the most popular girl in the class.
Actually, Wanda is no less beautiful than Dila, maybe even taller. If I can rank their beauty, Dila is in first place, while Wanda is in second place. Maybe that's what got my friends to agree to Wanda's decision and assume we both matched up in pairs.
I saw Dila just smiling when I saw me with Wanda, and suddenly there was a man who approached Dila and invited her to be her partner. Dila also accepted the invitation.
Star and Windi approached Dila and the man, they engaged in a conversation without turning their heads towards me. I felt guilty, because I actually wanted to invite Dila to pair up with me, but I couldn't resist Wanda's words after many classmates supported her.
Dila, I hate you seeing this situation. I want you to stay with me, I want the one by my side right now to be you. I muttered in my heart, while looking at Dila hand in hand with the man. His name was Ridwan, he sat with the Stars in the front row.
Wanda threw me out of my daydream by holding my hand. “Den, why do you keep looking back? Come on, the Fashion Show event has already started.”
I smiled a little at Wanda. “Oh, yes sorry hehehe.”
After the Fashion Show finished, I tried to approach Dila who was gathering with Bintang, Windi, Desi, and Ian in the cafeteria. I tried to greet him, but they all seemed to ignore my existence.
I sat down on one of the empty benches with them. “You don't commute to the canteen, the tumben is not rich usually?”
“Ke class yu.” Take Windi to the four of them.
“New also cave dateng already on unplug to class aja” I said speaking to them, Ian, Windi, The star and Desi stood up to head to the classroom and only Dila did not stand up to Windi's words.
“Eh Dila tumben you first do not wait for me when going to the cafeteria?” My words changed seats to approach Dila but Windi came to invite Dila to go to class without answering my words.
I who saw Dila who only smiled faintly to me before she and Windi left me just smiled as usual to Dila.
I went straight to the cafeteria to order a drink. “Bu Tea pull one?”
The canteen mom came up to me while making a Tea pull.”Eh you do not tumben together with geulis, usually also like together, now why not? Is there a problem not with you two? Same story mom, I'm ready to be a good listener for you both.”
I just cringed at the canteen mom. “Not really bu, just misunderstood aja.”
“News with mom, gini-gini also love story of romantic high school mom tau, no less who is tea, ah... Mother forgot? Who is the head of the motorcycle gang?... Oh yes the Dahlan 1990.” While giving the tea pull it to me.
“Dilan mom, Dilan not Dahlan.” I said while drinking the tea pull that the cafeteria mother just gave me .
“Iya is the Dilan, so you misunderstand how the same neng geulis?” Said the canteen mother again teasing me to tell her about my problem and Dila to her.
I whispered to the canteen mom. “Nah gini bu, keep doing it bu.”
“Oh is the problem.”
“Please bu?”
The mother of the canteen immediately hit my body. “Ya or no understand.”
“What kind of tea story do you have? Gini so, gini so.” Say mom to the cafeteria while coming back to her kitchen again.
From a speaker I heard that today there is no teaching and learning activities and all students are repatriated faster than the schedule home, he said, I who had just heard the notice immediately rushed to finish my drink and left the cafeteria to go to class while trying to straighten out this misunderstanding.
“Still ya ma'am, for the drink.” I said as I put my glass on the cafeteria table, and tried to go to class
The cafeteria mother suddenly pulled my hand that wanted to go to class. “Eh where to go?”
“Ya or to bu class, where else?”
“Pay the drink.” Said the cafeteria mother, opening her hands and trying to get me to pay for the drink.
I took the money out of my pocket and gave it to the cafeteria mother. “This, take all the change yes bu.”
“Ya or the money also fits, where there is change.”
I also walked to the goods class when Dila and the others were still in the class or still around the class, after looking for them for about ten minutes I also heard from Ravhy that the Star had gone home first with Windi, Dila and two people who Ravhy did not know.
The next day, the, because I intended to talk to Dila one eye so I decided to leave earlier than all the other students exactly half an hour before the school gate was opened or around 05:30 am, I was waiting for Dila from the morning near the school stall to fall asleep because I waited for Dila, until the shopkeeper's mother woke me up because the school gate was closed, shortly after I woke up from a distance I saw Dila who seemed to be late for school, then I approached Dila who was looking at whether there was a security guard because he wanted to ask permission to the security guard to enter even though he had to be punished as well.
I walked over to Dila who was looking around in front of the school gate. “You missed?”
“You're also missing?”
Suddenly, I saw a security guard from the teacher's office heading to the security guard post for duty. Without thinking much, I grabbed Dila's hand and took her through the back wall to get into the school.
I smile. “We're going to KUA.”
Dila stopped her steps and removed her gangs from my hands. “Do not joke.”
I turned my body and looked into Dila's beautiful eyes. “We will pass the usual path if I am late. However, to go through the path, there are two things we must do.”
“Two things? What is it?”
“Yes, the first one we have to pass through the rice fields to get to the back padlock, and the second one we have to climb the wall to be able to enter the school.
Dila muttered. “It's safe if we go up the back wall?”
“Honestly, it cannot be said to be completely safe. There's a risk if we get caught by an upperclassman or teacher, and we get punished. But if we enter through security, we will also be punished. I'll appreciate your decision.”
“Ya already let's go through the back door, even though the chances of escaping are greater but the risk is the same aj”
I smiled and walked back with Dila to the brawl, and Dila followed me slowly to enter through the back door. I also watched Dila who was walking on the edge of the pesawahan so as not to fall into the pesawahan that will make all his clothes dirty because of the mud brawl. Once in the back corner I tried to check the area if there was anyone else there who was watching the back of the school.
“Dila, you wait here first, I will check first fear behind this wall there is an upperclassman or worst possibility there is a teacher who is here.”
Dila nodded her head. “Cautious.”
I went straight up the wall and saw if any upperclassmen were going around. After I thought it was safe I went back to Dila's place and said it was safe.
“Dila, now you can go up, mop up before anyone sees.” I told Dila to climb the wall I was currently riding.
“I... cannot climb.” Said Dila in a timid tone while turning her face away.
I who heard Dila's words just ngeh that Dila is a girl, and it must be difficult for Dila to climb this wall, I immediately jumped to Dila's place and helped him to try to climb the wall.
I immediately crouched down in front of Dila while behind her. “Ya just went up to my shoulder.”
“But—” Without listening to her words first, I directly carried Dila on my shoulders.
“Eh... uh.. eh Shouted Dila in shock because my body immediately fattened without asking for approval from him.
I tried to help Dila while looking up. “Don't be noisy Dila Cepet directly climb the wall to be hunted no upperclassmen come to this place.”
“Do not look up.” Said Dila while hitting my head who wanted to look up.
“Aduh.”
After I helped her, Dila finally managed to climb the wall, but Dila was frightened by the fear of falling from the 2.5-meter-high wall.
I who went up the wall after Dila immediately clasped Dila's hand to calm her down. “Hei calm do not panic my words yesterday when in the ring, I will always be there for you.”
“Now I will jump first, later after I'm below you also jump later will I stalk you.” I jumped off that wall.
“Dila now you jump.” My words are already down below.
“I can't jump, I'm afraid.” Even the frightened Dila did not hear my words at all.
“Dila heard.” I tried to convince Dila who was still scared. “I will be near you and I will try to keep you safe and well, so trust me. Locate aja.”
“I jumped.” Dila jumped from the wall while closing her eyes.
I who was below also managed to capture Dila safely and without any obstacles.
“Thank God, if we're all right.” Said Dila who was trying to stand up.
After Dila stood up he accidentally looked behind the tree and there was a ladder that I used to use to pass through the wall.
Dila hit my body while getting angry. “You well it's a ladder why not use the stairs aja.”
I laughed while holding my body that was hit by Dila. “I want to look cool in front of you, so I deliberately hid the stairs behind the tree when I first passed the wall to check this area.”
Dila stepped on my feet hard. “Aching.”
“Sukurin. Let's go to the class afraid the teacher first enter.” Dila said as she clasped my hand and invited me to go to class.
Dila muttered as she walked towards the classroom and clasped my hand. “For yesterday I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you jealous, yesterday it was because I didn't have a partner so I paired up with Ridwan, but I actually I'm the same Ridwan no relation.”
“I also apologize, because yesterday I did not try to reject the invitation of the Wanda, I instead agreed without trying to reject the invitation at all.” I said as I walked with Dila towards the class before I arrived at the class I was also greeted by Star and Windi.
“You fell over with misfortune? Is not in love punishment just now, how can you just go directly in?” Said Windi who looked at me and Dila too late together.
Dila smiled slightly and immediately whispered to Windi and the Stars. “So I was invited to go up the back wall with Deni, but don't tell anyone. Ehehehe.”
“Lu well, ngajak people's children so not true?” The star said while pointing at me and scolding me
Dila and Windi just laughed seeing me being angered by the Stars
“Yes already well we first to class” Dila said while pulling my hand and going to class, once in class I was sitting in my chair and also Dila.
I realize one thing is certain in you, when I am with you I feel as if all trivial things have meaning, without saying a word without further ado just stare at you and you also look at me with a smile because it is a trivial thing that I have always longed for until now.
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