Because Apples

Not Who

Adam was on the indoor court, training in volleyball with the team when suddenly the door of the building opened.

Almost all stared at the main culprit in wonder. The head of their foundation came with the student waka.

“ Good morning! “

“ Morning, Sir! “ answer everything simultaneously.

Deny stepped onto the field. It was full of yellow balls. Then stop near Sigit, coach of the Arastamar High School men's volleyball team.

“ Short break. “ Sigit command.

“ Sorry to interrupt your training. “

“ Ah, no, sir. We were just surprised. “ reply Ainun, captain of the men's team.

“ Tumben Mr Deny come here? What is necessary? “ ask Sigit politely.

“ Just want to see the development of our team. The tournament is soon, right? “

“ Yes, Sir. Two months away provincial tournament, continue less than three months there Kejurnas. “ explained Sigit.

Almost all sports and extracurricular activities in Arastamar are outstanding. Both national and provincial levels. Some even went international.

Basketball, volleyball, soccer, and badminton are examples. Schools here not only learn general lessons, but also develop talents and interests. Students who determine interest, and the school that will polish it.

Not a few of them also have a career as athletes after graduation.

“ Anything is needed again? Less facilities? For sons and daughters? “

“ Insigne enough, Sir. Practice times that seem to need to be rescheduled. “ explained Mega, the coach of the women's team.

“ Oh, yes if so. One more, almost forgotten, Muhammad Adam al-Ghifari? “

Feeling his name being called, Adam looked over. Look at the chairman of his foundation from the other end of the field.

Then look at Leon who is as confused as he is.

“ What? “ whispered Adam.

Leon shrugged his shoulders not knowing.

“ Dam! “

The young man looked again. Then it moved as his coach's hand waved at him.

“ What's up, Sir? “ ask on Sigit.

“ You whose name is Adam? “ Deny's voice made Adam turn.

“ Yes, Sir. What's up, huh? “ asked with a confused face.

Deny just looked at the young man in silence. While Adam was completely confused, let alone with that gaze.

“ Come to my room for a moment. “

“ Hello, Dam! Case lo! Must be because of his son! “ exciting Dela splash. No matter the strange gazes from his upperclassmen.

“ Noisy lo! “

Ainun only chuckled amusedly at the reaction of the underclassman. Entertainment in between the dense study time for UN.

“ Please proceed. “

The door of the building in front of the school parking lot was closed. Activities that had stopped resumed.

While in a different place, Adam sat opposite Deny.

Almost a minute passed without anyone opening their voice. Deny was still busy with her thoughts, and Adam was confused by the current situation.

What mistakes he made until called directly by the chairman of the foundation, what punishment he might receive, and many more things that stuck in Adam's mind.

“ You class X IPA 2 right, Dam? “

Adam nodded, “ Yes, Sir. “

“ Relax, Dam. You're not here because of any problems! “ said Deny who knows the tense face of her protege.

“ I want to ask about you, nothing right? “

The teenager frowned, “ What do you mean? “

Deny took off her glasses. Stretch the body, find a more relaxed point.

“ I want to ask you about your background. “

The young man nodded, though he did not fully understand Deny's intentions.

“ From the registration archive, it says that you live alone in. Right, Dam? “

Deny cleared his throat, “ Can you please tell me about your life? “

This time it was Adam's eyebrows that were raised up. Started to understand Deny's wishes. Although he actually did not like to talk about this topic.

“ I grew up and grew up in an orphanage. Said Ms. Eca, my caregiver and guardian there, I have been in the home since the age of ten days after birth. Submitted myself to the same woman who claimed to be my mother, for no apparent reason. “ Adam start telling stories.

“ My life is the same as children generally, like playing with friends in the orphanage. The difference is, I do not feel the affection of biological parents. “

Deny could see the look of irritated and sick eyes there. But he found no hate in Adam's eyes.

“ Ten more years I live there. Until I ran away after graduating from Elementary School. “

“ Bentar. Why are you leaving, Dam? You don't live in a home? “ cut off Deny who could not bear to see the face of the nelangsa in front of him.

Adam shook his head and smiled, “ I actually feel at home living there. I left because I did not want to be more troublesome Ms. Eca with Mr. Imam as my parents while in the orphanage. The more children who come to the home, the more needs must be met. “

“ I can't bear to see my sisters starving while our parents are also in short supply. The help that usually comes is rare. “

Adam breathed a heavy sigh. Given how difficult his life and family parlors used to be.

“ On the streets I met a very good husband and wife! I made Nawarin stay together. I want because the time was really confused about what to do and where. “

“ Three years I live with them in the hamlet. School is financed, even though his biological daughter is still in school too. Make daily needs less. “

“ Yes. “

“ Still want to continue, Sir? “ continued Adam.

Deny nodded, “ Yes, continue! “

“ Now! Drink first, “

Adam grabbed the glass in front of him. Nosedive until half.

“ I feel that it is not possible to continue to be a burden for others. So, my 8th grade started working. “

“ Ha? Seriously you? “

“ Yes, Sir! “

Adam started to get annoyed with this man in front of him for continuing to cut him off. Especially in the left ear of the man attached earphones connected to the phone.

“ What work does it really do? “

The young man turned his head for a while, “ Yes just like that time. So the food deliveryman is the same dishwasher in a day. “

“ After graduating Junior High, I was invited to move to the apartment I live in until now. Yes, that's it. “

He intentionally did not explain everything in detail. There is nothing important to give a stranger. At the leader where he demands knowledge though.

“ Eee, how can I register here? “

Adam took a deep breath. The question he had guessed, had happened.

“ I forced Mbak Fitri to make school here. He was his son who lived with me at Junior High. “

“ Actually I don't want to go to school here. I was more inclined to enter SMK, out of graduation could directly work. “

He realized that he was wrong to have accused Deny of asking like that because of economic problems.

Adam would not protest if the treatment he received would be different just because of money. He realized he would not be able to fight back if that did happen. He's just an orphan who has nothing to fight for.

Deny was confused as to what to do. Half his brain thought hard about all the possibilities. The other half was busy with the sound of his wife's cries that he had heard in his ears.

Adam did not know if Deny's cell phone had been connected to a number. Deny deliberately brought her phone closer to Adam so that his wife would hear everything Adam was talking about.

“ Have you ever found out about your parents, Dam? “ ask Deny carefully.

Again, Adam breathed an upset breath.

Uphold the body, looking for the most comfortable position, while the heart begins to harden. Rubbing his face with anger.

“ Ever. “

“ And the result? “ asked after no follow-up from Adam.

“ None. “

The man's forehead is wrinkled, “ No? “

Adam nodded without a sound. I don't want to discuss this issue further. No matter the hegemony of the gallant man in front of him.

“ You mean nothing? “

Deny's prudence just vanished. Somehow he was very curious and worried about Adam's answer.

“ I've found out. There is no result. So I think there is nothing to discuss anymore about it. “ said Adam absolute.

At the end, Vina continued to sob. Begging her husband to be allowed to talk.

“ You since when do you like volleyball, Dam? “

Adam slightly squinted his eyes as Deny suddenly shifted the topic.

The man born in Helsinki was deliberately looking for other topics. Not only because he did not have the heart with Adam, also because he did not affect his wife.

“ Have been from small, sir. “

“ In SMP you also participate extracurricular? “

Adam nodded.

“ I see you are seriously the same volleyball. Your shoes are Mizuno Tornado 9, right? “

“ I can not afford Wave Lightning type. Those are people's shoes too. “

“ Who? “

“ Junior High time there is someone present in my match. I don't know who, I've been given that match. He said he likes my abilities. “

Deny gulped in disbelief. The teenager before him was full of simplicity.

Also a mysterious thing that Adam well covered. Who would have thought if a cheerful young man like Adam kept many mysteries and secrets.

“ Still have questions, Sir? “

Deny gasped, but quickly regained control of himself.

“ Yes, that's it. Thanks for the story, you can continue the training. “

Deny dropped a tired body into his seat of greatness. Unplug the earphone cable that was stuck earlier. Making the sound of crying sounds filled the room.

“ Mas? “

Vina still sounded as though at the end of the connection.

Deny sighed, “ We've met. “

The words made her cry even more. But it did not stop making her smile happy, although not as much as her sadness and guilt.