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6. Kelam City

" out."

" N-naira's? You here?" 😳

Naira said no words. He immediately left after saying that one word to Zidan who had just finished spilling two large buckets of water. Zidan unhesitatingly followed the pesantren chief's daughter.

" where?" ask Zidan to Naira who never stops.

" sit down." said Naira briefly.

Pointing to a wooden chair. Pesanten is surrounded by forests and rice fields. But this place, is a place that only Naira knows about.

" w-where are you going?" zidan asked again as he sat down and Naira turned away.

" you think I'm gonna sit there with you? It's a good thing you gave me a place I used to sit." 😒

" what is ordinary? So you're always here?"

" Yes, but remember. This place is just me and you should know. As long as we're here, no one's gonna find us."

" really?" 😃

" don't think strangely! I only took you this once. I won't forgive you if you take advantage of this place for your mischief!" 😒

" then why did you bring me here? You're not afraid I'm skipping and running here?" 😄

" i believe you won't always be like that." 😒

Zidan was instantly fixated. No one ever said that word to her. Even if it's his parents. He remembered his past life. He lived in the city of Gandaria.

" Naira.." said Zidan softly without looking at Naira who was sitting far behind him.

" mm?" 😒 Naira sahut cold.

" is that how you believe me?"

" what's with your tone? Are you that desperate to get out of here? Even I've given you this secret place of mine, so you're more at home and don't feel alone."

" haha, you seem to have known me for a long time. You know who I am and where I come from."

" you're from Gandaria city, aren't you?"

" yes. Everyone knows what the city looks like." Zidan said with a bitter smile.

" yes, even so.. The women of my region are still so obsessed with you." 😒 said Naira.

" are you trying to comfort me?"

" what am I amusing you for? Are you sad?" 🙁

" haish, this woman." 😑 grumbled Zidan in his heart.

" if you're, obsessed with me aren't you?" 😅

" huh? Me?" 🙁

" no."

" this woman's tongue is sharp." 😓

" if I were, would I be obsessed with you?" 😅

" silence. Or I'll have you hauling water in two months. It just so happens that the drought is still long." 😒

" haha, calm down Miss Naira. I'm just kidding." 😅

" it's cruel.." 😑

" by the way, do you know where I got your father's sentence to fill the water this month?"

" who would diligently fill that bathtub?" 😑

" yes too." 😅

Both silent. They want to break the silence, but I don't know what to talk about. It's Sunday, and school is off. The midday schedule is just a few hours away.

" oh, yeah. You said I was sitting where you used to be. And this place only you know at first. In addition, in your dormitory there is also such a place. Wh why? I didn't know that a boarding boy like you could be naughty like this." 😅

" bad? You said I was naughty?! My father never even called me that!" 😡

" ah, yes. Because he doesn't know." 😆

" you!" 😡

" just relax, I'm not planning on telling your father."

" heish." 😒

" on one condition!" 😃

" hey! You're this!!" 😡

" as long as you accept my terms, I'll keep quiet." 😌

" it's stupid that I believed in you and brought you here." 😫

" agree what not?"

" i don't want to!" 😫

" just shut up and listen to my story, that's my condition. If you shut up, I assume it's agreed." 😉

Naira spontaneously shut up. And Zidan just smiled seeing that this time there was a girl who was so obedient to him. Naira was also not out of thought with her actions this time.

' what's wrong with me?!' 😫

' where do I know what the story will be all along, I have to get out of here!'

' Fatma and the others must have been looking for me!' 😫

" i know what you know me to be, and of course once you know where I'm from."

" the city of Gandaria."

" the dark city which is a haven for criminals."

" just so you know Naira,"

" and so does everyone else's view of me.."

The city of Gandaria, one year ago.

" y! Zeed!!" call someone to Zeed, Zidan's nickname is there.

" what's up bro!" continue that guy.

" to the bar, yok?" he saw no reaction from Zidan.

" lu why? I've never seen you all this, bro?"

" you know laah.."

" what's the bokap?"

" double."

" wihh, your great. What's this time?"

" look at it yourself." Zidan raised his head that was originally bowed.

" wow! This is right mah. Right left so!" 😆

" you laugh at people's suffering, huh?" 😒

" yeah, bokap nyokap I'm not like that. I should be grateful." 😌

" but how do I feel weird huh, Glenn." call Zidan to his pal.

" wacky why Zeed?"

" i don't think this time I'm kidding."

" they really want to take you to the boarding school?!"

" don't know either. Where would I go to such a place. I don't know how they think!" 😪

" don't think about it, come with me to the bar. The more mischievous you are, the more doubtful you will take you to the boarding school. There are, you can embarrass them." 😂

" yes too, anyway. Anyway, you gotta help me cancel their plan."

" yes, of course!"

In Bar.

" well, there's a girl in front. You wait here, count 10 seconds. If I can bring him here, you have to follow me. If it fails, you may ask me anything."

" what the hell bet is this? Oh ahk!" 😑

" the count begins!"

" err, Glenn!!"

" ..."

" boy!!" 😑

9 Seconds later..

" it works, I win."

" haish, what bet does one side make that wins?" 😪

" i won anyway."

" and I ask you, tonight you should sleep with her" Glenn said pointing to the woman in a sexy red dress beside him.

" Glenn, you're kidding."

" yes, I know. As naughty as you are, but you never sleep with a girl other than the same bokap you right?" 😆

" do you really want to die today Glenn?" 😃

" wihh, how fierce is Zeed. Just sleeping no more."

" no!"

" said I want to help you so you don't go to the pesantren?" 😒

" Zeed, you want to go to that place?" ask the red dress lady.

" do you know her, baby?" glenn's gentle word to her.

" who does not know Zidane Khalied, the king of the streets. Every woman knows him. I agree you brought it here too because I saw Zidane here." 😍

" you lost, Glenn." 😒

" no deal, Zeed. I won, and you still have to sleep with him! " 😫

" sir Zidane, my name is Lucia. I'd be so flattered if you'd sleep with me tonight."

" Lucia, sorry.. But I'm.."

" just go there!! Ribet is so!!" 😑

Glenn pushed Zidan in that demon hole. Even Zidan was not aware that Glenn gave him a glass of alcohol mixed with stimulants. Zidan did not want this situation at all.

" Lucia.. Stop that.." Zidan tried to control himself that night.

But the woman named Lucia was blind. Any girl wouldn't miss this opportunity, being in bed with the most popular guy there. But only half naked from them, all of a sudden..

" Yidna!!"

" get out!!"

Brak!!

Bugh!

Plaque!!

In a consciousness that was not yet fully stable, Zidan looked at his parents before him. He faintly saw the faces of his parents.

" you are a shameless child!" his mother snapped after slapping his left cheek that was not yet 24 hours from the previous slap.

" i'm sorry I had a son like you!" continued his father while continuing to beat the body of Zidan who had collapsed on the floor just wearing his shorts.

" you can't be trusted, you're not my son!! You are not my flesh and blood!!"

" you're embarrassing me!!"

" i never thought I could give birth to a child like you!"

His mother continued to scold him with a sentence that could no longer penetrate Zidan's ears. Along with his father's punch that was so hard to beat him. He was finally helpless and lying on the floor.

" father, mother.."

" do you hate me that much?"

" is this your son or not?"

" do you not think of me as a human being anymore?"

To Be Continue's..