Fire Sun

Snow White

Since the case of apples and parking, Gesna life feels not calm. Adit was like dust that could float everywhere. Whereas the twelve-grade canteen called the blue canteen, did not come into contact at all with the corridor he used to pass through. However, this time, when he was out of class met Adit, the road in the corridor met Adit, to the cooperative there was also Adit.

Not only that, what is annoying is that Adit always asks others to welcome his arrival. Like just now, when Gesna was about to enter the cooperative, Adit told the others to step aside.

"Surge, edge. Make way for Snow White," said Adit made cooperative visitors give way to him. There were also those who looked up and watched him. His intentions put him to shame.

Gesna had already held the curse in his heart and tried to be indifferent, but the man looked more and more happy.

"Eh, not Snow White, but Putik's Head" Adit added as he whistled. "Daughter of jasmine alibaba. Red-red pomegranate pinocchio."

Gesna took a breath, trying to care for her own ears. It's so crisp, Bambang!

The pen to be purchased is already in hand and pocketed. After pocketing the pen, Gesna was silent for a moment to remember. Didn't he bring a sketchbook? Why isn't there, now?

His feet turned around as quickly as possible to scrutinize the corridor that had been passed. Who knows, the sketchbook has fallen. The book is a beloved picture book. The place of Gesna spills every taste that cannot be expressed in words.

Gesna's body almost hit the body of Adit who was reading and leaning on the door of the cooperative. He rolled his eyeballs. Read in front of the cooperative? Not in the middle of the field? he passed by and looked back to the left.

"Nduk. Find the change, Non?" Someone aligned the steps on the side. "Are you looking for this?"

Gesna looked over. The book he was looking for was already in Adit's hands. Gesna's eyes are round. There was a worried expression there. Jesus, so the book was opened by Adit?

"Why can it be in Lo? I was looking for it from earlier too." Gesna's hand stretched out, about to take the white-coated sketchbook that was in Adit's grasp.

"Eits, can't." Adit's hand raised the book high, making Gesna tiptoe and trying to reach the book. "Cebol also lo," Adit sneered knotted.

Gesna. "Bang, Bang."

"Not consistent with. Sometimes call me bang, sometimes my elo-eloin." The guy shrinks while immediately slipping Gesna's book into his shirt. "Take a try."

Gesna's eyebrows were already wrinkled and his face was fierce. "Udahlah. Not funny, you know? I'm not kidding."

"Oh, you want something serious?" tanya Adit still did not feel that Gesna was not interested in talking to him. "Yes, I'm serious. Take the book."

Adit stopped in front of him while puffing his chest. As if thinking that this Gesna just want to be judged. He longed and challenged Adit's eyes. "If you think I'm the same as a clamorous grandpa-deed that screaming-screaming is not clear because you reprimand, you're wrong! Take the book! I'm lazy to deal with you!" blow it away while leaving.

Gesna didn't care if anyone saw her anger earlier. If necessary, there are BOS reporters covering the news. If Adit thinks it can be as good as he is because he holds the title of Chieftain, it is wrong. Want a dragon head, Gesna will face. He does like to laugh and joke, but that does not mean Adit can carelessly tag him in such a disrespectful way.

That includes sexual harassment or human rights violations, huh? Ah, Gesna's confused. He scratched his head and walked back to the Pespel canteen to gather with Asri and Naraya.

When he got to the cafeteria, his phone shook. "What?" sahut Gesna saw Gustav on the phone.

"Astoge's. I called from earlier, nyet!" gustav in his ear.

Gesna hissing, keep the phone away. "Gue again looking for a book, just now. Why?"

"Where are you?"

Gesna. It's still school hours, yeah obviously he's in school, dong. How, anyway?

"Gue's? I am at the gate of the independence of the independent, united, sovereign, just and prosperous Indonesian state" he replied after being at the canteen door.

"OKAY. By the grace of Allah the Almighty and by the encouragement of the sublime will, in order to live a free national life, I declare that noon, I invite you to school." Gustav gave instructions with convoluted pleasantries that made Gesna want to vomit.

"Tumbens? Why?" ask Gesna curiously.

"There, deh. You know too."

"Take me to basecamp, let me get a nitip scooter there."

"Yes, don't go back to school for long. At two I picked it up."

"Asiiiaaaaap," he quickly replied and laughed when he heard Gustav's curse that he did not like to hear those words. He then sat down next to Naraya who was eating meatballs.

"Where are you from, Ge?" Asri who came along with a plate of siomai also sat at the same table.

Gesna scowled, lazy to tell the length of the process that was undertaken to get to the cafeteria at this time. "Gue's? From Adam and Eve."

Asri sneered, Naraya raised his head and glanced lazily.

"really. Suer," he added, raising his index and middle fingers, as if swearing.

The answer that Naraya then responded by bringing the girl's favorite handgrip to the head of Gesna.

***

There is a disturbing feeling that is difficult to explain at Gustav's invitation. As soon as the bell came home from school, he drove the scooter to basecamp. When he arrived, as usual, he was laid down on the sofa. Riko hasn't even seen a nose stick. Gesna's phone shook, Gustav called back. "Where, Bang?"

"Where is Lo?"

"Udah in the basecamp, would like to pray the corpse."

"Huh?! Who died?" exclaim Gustav.

Gesna rolled her eyes while chuckling. "Wallet, Bang. RIP him. There is no life."

During this time, his allowance was indeed regulated by Gustav. This brother will send once every two weeks. Gesna was sure that if Gustav was in front of him, he would have cut him down mercilessly.

"Guard! I think really. Yes, I will transfer. I'm close." Without waiting for Gesna's answer, the call was immediately switched off by Gustav.

"There was no courtesy to be an old man," gelled Gesna and went into the kitchen and gulped down some mineral water. Sayup, he heard something.

"What's up, Chief? I know, I'm the same Bara is sometimes crazy, but that doesn't mean we can't be trusted."

"Udah, it's okay. Let's see" replied one more voice. There was a slam of an object on the table and a spark of gas matches. Gesna glanced to the right and left. This he didn't overhear, did he?

"It's okay to insist." Bara stopped the speech. "Aura lo bede. I'm not with Miko for two days know you anyway, yes."

"I think I know, Bar. The Anj*ng and the plot from what?!"

Gesna believes it's Miko's voice. There were footsteps approaching the end of the balcony. He became alert, and sticking a tight body to the door was already like a detective in an action movie. Without much thought, Gesna could predict the votes were Bara, Miko and Adit.

"Well, if you don't want to tell a story. Obviously, if he plays dirty again. Don't stop me from making him," Bara threatened to make Gesna shudder and sharpen his hearing again, but when he waited for the next sentence, the phone in his pocket even rang loudly.

"Woy! Who's that?!"

Gesna ran as fast as he could out because he heard the movement of his feet on the balcony. Fortunately, he was not caught. Time ran out, just as Gustav's car came. Gesna rubbed his cold sweat, then neutralized the fear by changing the ringing of the phone so as not to suspect them.

Gesna had never seen Adit fight in school. The calm and cold aura of the guy had already made many disciples shrink. It's just, Gesna knows Bara. Who has never been beaten? The three of them were like three great powers. Adit is the symbol of the leader, Bara the commander in chief and Miko like the prime minister. Their men are quite numerous too.

The tenth and eleven grade children bowed their respects to the three of them. Only juniors who have strong senior form do not lick to the position of Adit. One of them is a Pespel child like Naraya. Pespel's strength can be said to be a draw. It was fortunate that Naraya had a senior like Adjam. Although quite fierce, Adjam always backs up his juniors in the wrong though.

In the past, basketball was feared. However, since Adji who became the captain of basketball. The stigma has changed. Adji does not always defend basketball children, especially if his actions are wrong according to Adji.

"Where are we going, anyway?"

The question was asked several times Gesna and Gustav did not answer. So tired, Gesna then chose silence rather than the same question repeated continuously and will be able to get a beautiful umbrella as a doorprize gift. He grabbed the CD box and chose which album to play, today. His hand was chosen by Iwan Fals. Before long, he smiled briefly, remembering someone.

"Why smile on your own?" ask Gustav slowly like he's running out of energy.

"Dih, can you also talk about the Pancoran Statue?!" gesna's reproach was given by Gustav on his shoulder. "What kind of rough stuff is this? I'll sell it later so that the kidneys get rich quick."

Gustav just glanced at Gesna and went back to silence. The car that was driven into a government office. There was a large signpost on the office yard but no time to read Gesna. After parking, he simply followed Gustav without much questioning.

In that place, there were closed rooms and long benches in the face. The walls were stiff white and the long benches were only monotonous dark brown. No fun, not Instagramable.

Gustav's steps stopped. His brother grabbed his arm and clasped his finger. Just like when the two of them were crossing the street when they were kids. "What's tronton kayaking?"

"Shut up, bring me."

Gustav invited him into a room filled with people. At the front, there was a long table and three people were sitting in a row. Across the long table was a chair equipped with a microphone.

This place is like ... court?

Gesna looked around and watched. This is a court! And the person in front of the two microphones is .. mama and papa!

Gesna felt the need to blink so that the tear glands wet her dry corneas. Maybe I saw wrong. Gesna tried repeatedly to blink, but what she saw was still the same. He complied when Gustav pulled him to sit on the back bench.

They watched the divorce trial of the two parents in silence, with dimmed eyes and chest twinkle that felt very burning.

During this time, Gesna was too used to seeing strange things in her house. The house that should be comfortable and warm was even a quarrel when papa and mama met. Papa who served in Balikpapan and mama who chose to live in a house built by his own sweat in Bandung, always quarrels often meet. Their meeting is not scheduled once a month. Didn't miss?

Sometimes Gesna joked in her heart that her parents actually missed each other, and vent in a quarrel. Adult relationships are complicated. However, Gesna did not think that the sentence that was often spoken between two people was finally proven as well.

Divorcement.

If to be honest, Gesna was bored with both of them and she prayed that her parents would divorce so that they would not have to fight again. However, upon hearing the decision being read out before his eyes, there was an undefined sense of terror. Moreover, knowing that Gandhi, the younger brother, will be separated from him.

During this time, for him, the family was Gustav and Gandhi. They are used to living three lives without parents. Gandhi's 2nd grade Elementary was raised by a baby sitter. They never get the role of father and mother in life as described in the sociology book.

After the hammer was knocked three times and the decision that destroyed his family was read out, Gustav escorted him back to the basecamp.

"I've been transferring money, yes. Don't go back at night. I didn't go home, I wanted to make a mockup" Gustav said after Gesna opened the car door. Gustav who was in the fifth semester was busy with various tasks as an architect student.

Gesna just snorted. Don't go home tonight how? At the moment, it's already showing at seven in the evening. What's not coming home tonight?

Gesna just raised a cute eyebrow. "Yes, it's dawn, isn't it?"

"Smart!" allusion Gustav.

Gesna stepped out and closed the car door with her feet in response to the man's reply.

"There's really no sweetness being a girl, my God!"

Gesna stuck out her tongue and turned around. He grimaces in the heart. How can it be sweet, is it saccharin?

Friends in the basecamp are all boys, her brother's sister is also a boy. Once had a female friend also his type like Naraya and Asri who are tomboyish and do not care about the surrounding. Plus someone who should have taught Gesna to be a sweet girl abandoned her and was always busy with business. Complete is not the sweetness and manners embedded in him?

Slowly, Gesna climbed up the porch stairs and sat down on the chair, bowing as low as possible by closing both hands in advance.

Something felt like a heart beat. When remembering how the gait of someone he called mama in this life. Gesna forgot when her mother hugged her. Gesna forgets the last time he told a story and chatted, boro-boro discusses youth. Ah, Gesna also forgot to ask to be taught how women should behave so that it is considered sweet.

Gesna chest is painful, the valves in the organ are like stopping pumping blood at this time. His world is no longer round. Earlier in the trial, custody of Gesna and Gustav fell to papa. As for Gandhi's custody, it fell into the hands of mama. Didn't his parents feel sad separating them from Gandhi's brother-in-law and blood?

He grabbed the phone and pressed Thunder's number. In his mind was only Thunder.

Once, twice, three times. Without answer.

Ah, yes. It's Friday night. Thunder will definitely put his phone in the drawer. Gesna sighed, confused as to how. He was tired, but did not want to go home. In his house there was no one but Gustav. If Gustav doesn't come home, it's like a grave.

Gesna sends a message to Thunder. Hope Thunder just once glanced at the phone screen and found the message. He wanted to be accompanied by someone who understood, right now. Only Thunder understood that.

While straightening his legs on the terrace chair, Gesna looked at the empty dark sky. That was his life too. Lonely has been a true friend for a long time.

***

So lonely. 🤭