HALF-WING

Inner Cloud

These few days the sky seemed cloudy, as if understanding Hana's uneasiness, then sharing it.

"What's wrong with you, Han? From his innate lethargic semalem?" Zia asked while she was helping Hana put on her shoes. His left hand still had to be worn arm sling up to the next few days.

Hana shook her head, "sleepy."

Zia hesitated on Hana's reason, of course Zia knew exactly that sleepiness was a mandatory reason for Hana when she did not want to talk, whether what Hana wanted to hide.

Zia pretended to agree with Hana's statement, she was afraid to worsen the mood of her best friend. After all, Hana will tell her own story without being asked when her mood is stable.

Hana walked slowly down the path to her school.

Today is Monday. Although it is cloudy, as long as it does not rain, the ceremony will still be carried out. Hana felt so reluctant, she intended permission to the UKS when the ceremony took place later.

"Hana! Zia!" Sapa Aji among the crowd, ran after the two of them.

Aji is shocked to see Hana's hand even though she has heard Hana's story from Ruri's mouth on the day that Hana's permission doesn't go to school.

"What's your hand, Han? Really sick huh? Ruri said you fell right again silat?" Aji did not expect it to be that bad until Hana had to wear an arm sling.

"Nothing, this is carried just so as not to get sick. Not as bad as it looks, huh."

"You got your hands held, you must have taken Zia, huh?" Aji's heart wants to make Hana joke.

"Nake it."

Hana's response is still as usual, but there feels something a little different in the eyes of Aji who is used to teasing Hana. Knowing that, Aji had no intention of continuing his joke anymore.

Zia said goodbye because it was different directions so she had to turn, "I am first, Han. Aji, take Hana?"

"Ready!" Answer Aji.

Hana and Aji walked side by side all the way to the classroom, placed the bag on her seat, then rushed off to the ceremonial grounds.

"You're in class, Han. Than you fainted later." Aji advised Hana with a slight joke.

After thinking about it, Hana felt that there was a point in Aji's words, and also the opportunity for Hana to relax without anyone in the class except her.

"It's okay?"

"Udah, it's okay. Tell me you are sick. No one will be angry either."

"no dare? I dare not call Inung to nemenin you."

"How dare you, Ji. Yes, I'm in class."

Aji nodded.

Inung was already in the ceremonial field, he did not see Hana because Inung was in the toilet when Hana passed in front of the class.

While Ruri, because she is a member of OSIS, she must go directly to the OSIS room first before the ceremony begins. Ruri will return to class after the ceremony.

Usually for members of the OSIS such as Ruri, they are divided into tasks in several groups, each group consists of two people, and will be in rolling every day the ceremony arrives. There is a guard at the end of the field, in front of the school entrance gate, going around to each class, and the rest will enter the ranks of their respective classes if they do not get a turn of duty.

That day Ruri was in charge of going around each class with one of her colleagues, and checking if there were any students in the class, if any, they would question the student.

Upon entering her classroom, Ruri finds Hana sitting alone. Approaching him with a feeling of worry.

Hannah showed me her left hand.

Ruri nodded, "need to UKS no?"

"No, I want to be in class."

There are so many concerns that Ruri wants to convey, but because she feels bad for her partner if she linger, she also undoes her intentions and immediately continues the task.

"I'm staying, Han." Ruri rushed away leaving Hana and left only the sound of footsteps disappearing.

Now that Hana is back alone in class, Hana's mind is raging. He did not worry about his injured hand, he only considered it a physical pain that in a few days could heal. What he was worried about at this time was the condition of Hana's house, about Hana's parents who had been quarreling lately, and about her sister who was confused about it.

Any child will not be willing and will not be ready to face the situation. Hana could have saved her mentality because she was in the dorm, so there was no need to feel her heartache when her parents started to fight.

But what about Indra, his sister who every day had to witness the terrible scene? Hana could not imagine how sick Indra was, she felt selfish for leaving Indra locked there without knowing what to do.

Hana could indeed hide the matter, but not with her facial expression. Everyone must immediately know Hana's feelings even if only by looking at a glance, and that is the thing that Hana regretted from her because she could not control it.

A clear thread fell slowly splitting his cheeks. He did not believe, the ship he was boarding, which he was sure would deliver him to the destination safely turned out at any time could be swayed by the storm as well. For now Hana is only able to pray as hard as possible so that the ship does not sink in the middle of the sea.

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"I'm home first, yeah." Pamit Hana to Ruri, Aji, and Inung when class is over that afternoon.

"Let's get anterin, Han." Inung offered her kindness.

"No, Nung. I went home with Zia, waiting ahead."

Hana walked out of the classroom, she found Zia standing at the end of the corridor and conversing with one of the Teachers. Hana walked over, but Hana had not yet gotten close to the two of them, the Master had entered the teacher's room.

"By the way, Zi? Really engrossed?"

"Nothing, just a little talk. After teaching in my class, keep walking together from class until here. He loves those random stories. I think he just continued the story, if not get a phone call."

"Ooh, that's it."

"Where are your hands? Was it pain?"

"It doesn't hurt to be carried like this. The pain is changing the bandage, because the motion is brought. Tomorrow Friday I go to the Hospital again for control, if it's lightening he said it can be released sling."

"You haven't been whittling?"

"Yee... You doain me let him heal long?"

"Eh, no, that's it! The splinter is healed, let's not pity very much I see it."

Hana held back her laughter, "kalo has not been lightened, yes continued next Friday again. Hopefully not for long. The doctor said, at best about two weeks because it is not too severe."

"Thankful, deh."

Hana had just opened her mouth about her condition after she had previously only kept quiet when Zia tried to ask what she was feeling.

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