Emotion Taster

Arc 0 Strawberries: Chapter 2 - The White Robe Girl

School time was over, we could all leave class at three in the afternoon. But, I didn't do it. At times like this, a lot of people will pass by. Especially in the afternoon, where negative emotions about fatigue explode.

Although today I had to clean the hall, still I had to wait an hour after to get a conducive area. Around the hall were also many people, I could not work with many waves of negative emotions attacking.

I got ready to get out of class, put things in my bag, and walked towards my silent spot. The place was more comfortable for me, it felt cooler and further away from the crowd. Not a few students who stay in class just because they want to be with their friends longer.

“Ivan,” call the person behind me, from his voice it is Farrel, “do you want to cleanin the hall now? Want me to help?”

I don't feel a sense of lies or something ugly like, ‘please refuse, it's just a formality I offered help’. Well, it's not like that, I think he's sincere.

“I will settle the hall maybe four or five o'clock. It's a task I've taken on, the responsibility is on me.”

One who accepts all requests and foolishly takes advantage of others. I don't want to share my burden with Farrel. It could be that he started to let out negative emotions if he took part in my work.

“Totally?”

“Iya .. mending you take care of your own business. Or if you want to go home, just go home.”

“You said it was like that but instead want to take care of people's work.”

“...”

I don't like this either.

“Oke, it's up to you. But, if you really want to be helped, just say.”

I nodded to end the conversation. I don't know why he's really worried about me. A sour taste mixed with the smell of red medicine appears in the mouth.

Acids are emotional signals of people experiencing anxiety. The source of these emotions is many kinds, for anxiety based on feelings of worry, they will feel better, taste better, and do not make me sick. In contrast to the anxiety of the person hiding the lie, they will feel more bitter.

The best place in the school is the bathroom. There is no big emotional change, people who pass by tend to want to throw away and wash their bodies.

Many say that the aroma there is not delicious, but it does not taste anything to me. The thin, thin smell was not comparable to what I used to feel.

I spent a lot of time playing gadgets there. And after an hour had passed, I started heading to the hall to finish my task.

As expected, the conditions around the hall were more conducive, the average student had gone home.

Hn?

But, as soon as I got to the front door of the hall, the room was already open, signifying there was someone inside. I saw shoes placed near the door. From the model of his shoes, it can be ascertained that the owner is a student.

Gubruk, bruk ....

A rowdy voice rang out, it was like a chair that was shifted and put down slightly roughly. Whatever it was, I could tell that the person was doing the job I was supposed to do.

I approached the door, brought the body closer and looked inside the hall. There's a girl, I don't remember her name, but I do know she's one of the officers of the OSIS.

“Hn? What was? You haven't come home?” ask the girl who is aware of my existence.

If not wrong, Nadya said this hall was used by the school as a seminar place yesterday. His job thrown at me was to clean up the trash and clean up the folding chairs to be stacked on the side of the room.

“I am from class A, I was going to come replace Nadya to clean the hall.”

“Ah .. very late. I just finished.”

Is correct. The hall I saw now was clean. Traces of trash plastic cups and cardboard rice boxes were gone, folding chairs that should have been scattered throughout the room had been neatly stacked on the side.

“Nadya did not say that there are other people who clean the air.”

“Yes, there is none. This should be his punishment because he often skipped OSIS. But, I pity her alone. Uh ... but the time to help is not even there.”

Why would someone like Nadya be the manager of OSIS? Shouldn't the people there have high responsibilities.

“...”

A fragrance? Fresh?

All right, leave aside about Nadya.

I now have mint and ester compounds in my mouth, a kind of fruity scent. It is a feeling of satisfaction and relief. I used to feel this in people who had just finished a school exam. A feeling that symbolizes that he is free from something that weighs on him.

“You can go home, really. Clean the air has settled this,” said the girl as she turned around and looked at the ceiling.

“...”

Lies.

I can feel it, maybe he'll still want to continue this work when I'm gone. Due to reflexes, I followed his gaze upwards.

Hmn ....

“You want to clean the spider web above?” I asked who saw the mess, “mau I help?”

“Eh, no need.”

“Nothing. I also came. You are also difficult ‘kan bersihin high kayak so.”

Based on the size of her body that is equivalent to the average woman in Indonesia. It's easier if I finish it and get him home fast.

At first he hesitated a little. But, he started to be moved when he saw me start putting things in the hall, a sign that I had no intention of going home.

“Then, you can grab a long broom in the warehouse? The handle is very long,” he said while giving the key to me.

I nodded and took it. Rather than go without any achievements, I better get tired a little and help this girl. Her emotions are comfortable for me to taste longer.

The cleaning tool building is located not too far away, only one hallway with a hall there. But, what made it difficult was to bring long objects out of the narrow room. It took a little trick and patience until I finally got it safely.

“...”

Whatisthis?

When I returned to the hall, I felt something strange. In front of the door of the room, a huge wave of emotions appeared. Waving my chest and heart, making the heartbeat beat quite strange.

A fragrance? Fresh?

Again, the feelings of the OSIS girl were tainted by my senses.

Ghuk, ghuak ....

But, strangely ..the emotion I am feeling right now is so intense. Even though it was a positive emotion, somehow my body reacted badly to it. My head began to feel dizzy, my breathing became irregular, and my concentration was disturbed.

It's too thick, the air around me thickens, my mouth is stuffed with the sweetness of the fruit continuously.

“...”

When there is noise, we can close our ears. When we smell bad, we can close our nose. However, my strength had no off button, all I could do was hold my head and hope the taste faded itself.

This is not natural, even if I am tormented by this collection of emotions. I wonder what happened to the OSIS girl just now.

Two quick steps to enter the hall, I threw the broom I was carrying in order to move more agilely.

“...!?”

Really, what's going on here?

The OSIS girl has just been in the ‘T’ position, with both hands raised parallel to the shoulders horizontally, like the balance position across a narrow bridge. His eyes were closed, seemingly unconscious. His body also looked stiff, as if something was binding and holding his body.

But, I already know the clues to all this.

The OSIS girl is not alone now. There was another girl in front of him. He wore a white robe that covered his back to his knees. Holding a uniquely patterned curved blade with a green diamond using both hands. He pointed it at the OSIS girl while standing two meters in front of her.

　

　

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