ALPENIA (The Cruel Small Town)

Ulfa, The Malang Girl

The atmosphere of the canteen is very crowded when the break time arrives. Students order food to be eaten as a stomach booster, until they return home.

The fat girl sat alone in the corner of the cafeteria after successfully carrying her food order with a gloomy face.

Every now and then students who passed by blasphemed him with inappropriate words. Such as 'swollen elephant', 'mudden stealth', and countless other slurs by his fingers.

Half his life was almost spent hearing such insults. Making a girl named Ulfa Juliana is hard to have friends.

Annisa, who had been carrying a tray on a burger with both hands, was still looking for a seat. There was hardly any room for him. Until the corner of his eye saw Ulfa's table. And finally decided to approach.

"Hey! May sit?" ask Annisa to Ulfa.

Ulfa nodded his head, not daring to look into the speaker's eyes.

Annisa perfected her seat, faced off against the grieving girl. "We are like a class. But not yet acquaintance. Annisa," Annisa was friendly, her hand she gave to shake hands.

"Ulfa," he said awkwardly. Annisa is loyal to her smile.

Annisa began to eat her food, as did Ulfa.

Not knowing where it came from, Intan and his army suddenly appeared and sat down next to Annisa. "Hey, new friend! Why are you sitting here?" the sap looks familiar.

"Because there's no empty table" Annisa answered honestly.

"What's? You can join us at our table. Aren't you, bitches?" ask Rima and Amora. Welcomed with a nod from both.

"Come on! Instead of Lo sitting in a gini corner. Dirty place. Like a cow pen," he covered his nose, "uh, let's have a cow here, '" he continued with a hum because his nose was still closed. He clearly insulted Ulfa, even with his inaudibly insulting tone.

Its characteristic is like that, said as soft as cotton on the lips, and will feel as sharp as razor if it is hit in the heart.

As usual, Ulfa was silent. Down, accept all the insults that incline him.

Annisa looked at Ulfa iba. Feeling the words of Intan must have hurt Ulfa very much.

A little annoyed at Intan, he also refused the invitation. However, Intan's attitude like that, reminded him of himself in the past. "Udah is okay. I'm just here."

Unwilling to lower his self-esteem by forcing let alone begging, finally Intan is willing to leave, "it's up to you!"

After Intan left, another problem arose a few seconds later. Three students came to their table. One of them is Ikbal, Intan's twin brother. Two other students sat flanking Ulfa, while Ikbal sat beside Annisa.

"Hey Ulfa! You've had an abortion, haven't you?" hina the student with the identifying mark Faisal Adijaya was attached to his right chest. He chuckles feeling satisfied.

"Listen, you're an om-om stash, huh?" another student was scorned. Defaming more precisely. The student was named Salman Darmawan.

While Ikbal who sat beside Annisa just kept silent. Sometimes just curling the lips.

Ulfa did not respond, was tired and resigned to his condition.

"Can you not bother us? We're going to eat!" pinta Annisa is fine, despite feeling uneasy at Faisal and Salman's words.

"Hey! We're not bothering you, are we?" Ikbal said in a cold tone.

"But I'm annoyed with all of you being here!" ketus Annisa with a high tone, making Ikbal ignited.

Although often cold, Ikbal is also known to be tempramental. His blood would quickly boil if anyone opposed him.

"You mean?" Annisa asked while raising an eyebrow.

"Corruptor boy!" Ikbal brought his lips closer to Annisa's ear. "Maybe everyone isn't aware now, because you're new. But look tomorrow or the day after, this school will be a scene. Your face will be the same as all school students. They might even insult!" continued threatening.

Annisa gulped, the problem she was trying to avoid was already known. But the girl tried to be undaunted, "gue is not afraid!" he kept his ears away from Ikbal's lips, and immediately looked at the young man from eye to eye.

"Ulfa. Let's go to class! You two, move! Ulfa wants to pass," he continued while standing still trying hard.

Annisa and Ulfa are leaving. But Annisa leaves her phone on the table, causing her to have to face Ikbal again.

"Did anyone ever say that your mouth is like a girl's mouth?" ketus Annisa to the three students. "And one more, bluff you stale!" the whisper was right in Ikbal's ear.

These words inevitably make Ikbal even more furious. He gritted his teeth and clenched his hands on the table as hard as he could. From this moment on, Annisa had officially become her enemy.

Annisa breezed away by trying to comfort Ulfa who had been a victim of bullying. And just this time, Ulfa felt the presence of someone who could be called a friend.

***

Annisa who had just managed to calm Ulfa down with a little moral support, returned to her stool, about to sit down. Confused as to how, Naya still hates him.

Naya implies that too clearly. The two of them finally said nothing.

Renaldi approached Naya, their chemistry was too strong. So that after being separated, they will definitely unite again, whether it takes a short time or a long time though.

Renaldi poked Naya's shoulder, intending to make a guyonan.

Naya who was reading the book clearly did not respond and felt a little annoyed. However, after several times in makeup, he finally melted too, unable to resist the temptation.

The happy laughter of the two human beings is clearly illustrated. Annisa who saw the bond between the two of them also smiled.

Seeing Annisa smile, Renaldi poked and tickled Annisa. And without them knowing, the cold atmosphere between Annisa and Naya was finally warmed because of the actions of Renaldi who started it.

Being engrossed in joking, the three of them were stunned by the shock of hearing the girl's shrill from the direction of the back corner bench.

All the students ran out of the classroom, when they found Iswanti screaming and drifting a little because she did not put her feet on the floor. His face also turned pale. Even his eyeballs had now turned all white.

The board fell off by itself. Paper and books fly. The table and chairs collided. The atmosphere grew even more sinister as Iswanti neighed laughing.

There were students left in that class. Ulfa, who had not been able to run out of class, even squashed tables and chairs. His thick body made it difficult to move. He's trapped!

The floating Iswanti, slowly came to Ulfa who was already sweating very much.

Ulfa could not control her breathing. His entire body was trembling violently. He also cried in fear when he found Iswanti who had thinned the distance. Only one meter left.

Iswanti was still giggling, swirling with Ulfa who closed her eyes.

Then, Ulfa began to feel the touch of a hand on her face. Real cold.

For a few seconds, Iswanti just rubbed Ulfa's face, not doing anything. Until finally, Iswanti by itself collapsed to the floor.

Ulfa, who was still afraid, did not dare to help her classmate. He just looked at Iswanti who was lying with a worried look.