A Poem To Dila
Unexpected
Four days had passed since the weekly exhibition in the old city. As usual, I went to school not too early, waiting for my classmates in the school parking lot. There, I sat down with Hendrik and Yomi, waiting for the other children. About 15 minutes later, all my friends finally got together, and we walked to class together. Along the way, we did not forget to glance at the younger siblings who might be the target of attention Hendrik and Yomi.
When I got to class, I headed to my seat. From a distance, I saw Ridwan and Dila sitting together, discussing the task of Cultural Arts from the previous day. When Dila saw me enter the classroom, she called me to join the discussion of the task.
“Dena... Here.” shouts.
I approached Dila and Ridwan who were busy discussing the task of Cultural Art. “Yes, what's up, Dil?”
“This is the task, later we collect at rest. You also come, bring the photos you took during the exhibition yesterday.” Said Dila.
“Yes, this I've brought.” I answered while taking out the ten photos I had printed. Without checking one by one my photos, Dila immediately combined them with photos of the two of them.
The bell rested, and I, Dila, and Ridwan left the class to collect the Arts and Culture assignment to the teacher. When we arrived at the teacher's office, Dila and Ridwan entered first, and I followed him from behind.
“Excuse me, sir. Sorry to interrupt his break. We want to collect the task you requested yesterday.” Dila said politely to the Cultural Arts teacher while giving the photos she held.
The teacher received the photos that Dila gave. “Oh yes, briefly, I first check the photos.” The teacher continued to look at all the photos of the painting while commenting, “Oh, this is also a good photo of the painting.” However, suddenly the teacher fell silent after seeing one of the photos.
“This is your photo?” Ask the teacher to Dila.
Dila was surprised to see herself in the photos that were in the task. I saw Dila confused by the photo, and finally I told the teacher that I took the photo of Dila without her knowledge. I apologize to Dila for my actions.
“Yes, it's okay. Because in the photo there are still pictures of paintings, so I received these photos.”
After finishing collecting the Cultural Arts task, Dila and Ridwan left the teacher's room and walked towards the classroom. Before I left the teacher's room, the teacher approached me and whispered something to me as I was about to step outside.
“The should be a good photo, with a perfect object, not just fine art, but two beauties in one view.” Whisper the teacher to me.
I feel ashamed and smile. “Thank you, sir.”
“So you like Dila?” Ask the teacher seriously.
“Sorry, sir, I permission to class first yes, sir.” I said without answering the teacher's question, then I immediately walked out of the teacher's room.
After I got out of the classroom I walked back to my classroom but before I got to class there was someone who called my name but added the word brother in front of my name.
“Kak Deni, wait.” Said the man calling my name, I heard someone calling my name immediately turned around to see who was calling me and it turned out that the person who called me was a woman.
“Who is it?” I asked the woman I didn't know.
“So I don't know? It's me Ayu adek class sister fitting SMP.”
“Oh Ayu, you school here too?” I pretended to remember when I didn't remember it at all.
Ayu smiled. “Iya kak, Ayu saw kayak kak Deni who came out of the teacher's room, and it turns out that it was indeed Deni.”
“Oh yes sis, busy Sunday no?” He said ask me.
“Why?”
“Temenin Ayu watch yuk kak.” He said aggressively asking me to accompany him to the cinema.
I tried to find an excuse so that I could go to class and not respond to her words. “Eh sorry yes, brother to class first yes because there is more duty.”
“Eh brother later see how?” He said to ask me, I saw him only reply with a smile and went straight to class.
The doorbell went off but for a moment we wanted to go home from school there was already an upperclassman guarding the school gate, unfortunately, I and my friends could not go out because we had to follow the exkul scouts who he said must be followed and he said this exkul also became a condition of class, as a condition of class, but I don't really care about things like that.
But just before I climbed the wall there was someone pulling my bag until I fell and I saw the guy who pulled my bag was the scout's exculpator, without a second thought my friends tried to escape and yes they all managed to escape unless I was caught. I was forced to follow the exkul while walking towards the field and at that time everyone who followed the exkul scout who had gathered in the field looked at me and then I became the center attention at that time and also the Scoutmaster also told about me who tried to skip by climbing the back wall, and also, I just looked down while walking into the field and didn't want to see anyone until I saw Dila who was looking at me and maybe with this situation Dila would be much more ilfil to me, but as soon as I met him, Dila whispered.
“As usual you always make a move that makes me smile myself.”
I who heard Dila's voice immediately looked back but I could only see her back because Dila did not turn to look at me.
Shortly after the expulsion was over I intended to approach Dila to ask the words that Dila had said, but as I walked a few steps to approach Dila, from before me, suddenly came a man who approached her, greeted her, laughed with her and went along with her and that person was Ridwan. For a moment the atmosphere there was quiet even though I should have been used to such a scene but at this moment somehow this silence made my feelings mixed up whether it was happy, upset and disappointed.
I walked right behind Dila and Ridwan, I could only stare at Dila's back until I was at the school gate, after I went out the gate I was surprised because at that time my classmates who had escaped suddenly they all approached me to find out whether I was okay or had been stabbed directly by Scoutmaster.
“Eh you were at the same time as them?” Said Hendrik asking me while walking together
“Cua..”.
“Iya why you?” Hendrik and the others seemed curious about what I was going through earlier.
I smile. “Gua became the center of attention ege, nyesel you all did not join earlier scouts.”
“Heh... We think you want to be shot dead, even though the cave already wants to be grateful if you are shot dead.” Said Hendrik while returning while inhaling a cigarette that was between his middle and index fingers.
“Remember lu.”
“Oi ege, rather than go straight home mending we gather in the shophouse of the Hendrik mumpung tomorrow holiday.” Said Zahid while stopping all of our footsteps
Hendrik tried to reject Zahid's words. “Eh the son of a bitch you put a ride, in the cave shop there is nothing.”
“Ni first charge.” Robi immediately responds to Hendrik's words while taking out his money.
All my friends also collect money to buy food so that later fit in our shophouse does not starve. My friends and I went to Hendrik's shop and the distance between the school and Rukonya was about 300 meters. All the boys in my class came but there are also those who want to decide to go home first and there are also those who do not want to go home one of them is me.
Me, Hendrik and Yomi went first to the Shophouse, once there I only dwell in a park in the courtyard of the shophouse while playing the guitar owned by Rifki which is stored in the shop, Ruko, and soon Ridwan came after delivering Dila he immediately approached me and immediately sipped the coffee I had made before.
“Lu out of crazierin Back?”
“Iya, New cave behind nganterin Dila go home.” Said Ridwan while opening his phone and I accidentally saw his Chat with Dila.
“Lu is the same as Dila?” I asked back while tuning the guitar strings and also I deliberately asked like that so I knew how close Dila and Ridwan were.
Ridwan just laughed at my question just now. “Malah laughs the bastard, nanya cave?” I said as I tossed the pack of cigarettes beside me.
Ridwan. “Gua has already revealed the feeling of the cave to her!”
I who heard Ridwan's words just now was immediately shocked and silent until the guitar strings that I was stamping broke because I was so shocked by Ridwan's words. I didn't expect that the things I couldn't do all this time could even be done by my friend.
“Lu why?” Ridwan asked me because he saw my silent expression and heard the sound of breaking the strings of the guitar.
“No, just now the string is broken” I said while removing the broken guitar strings earlier. “Keep, Please answer what?”
“But Dila hasn't given me an answer it's been a month since the cave revealed the same cave feeling Dila.” He said as he brought the coffee I brewed and walked away from me.
The universe is too joking, presents a sense of no cue, and leaves wounds without pause.
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