He Who Doesn't Smile Anymore

Genesis 12: Back to School

It did not feel like they had been in school for a few days, but Alia did not feel like she could enjoy it. He felt uneasy with the gazes of the many people who were fixed on him, he was afraid that such a gaze would end up with a disdainful look like the one he had experienced before. But he thought that the gaze this time was different from before, although different he also felt uncomfortable. What is this look?

"Are you not comfortable with their eyes?" ask a girl named Naiel. He has become a close friend of Alia in the near future. The reason Alia was able to get close to him was because she felt Naiel's gaze was different from the others, feeling relaxed and gentle.

"That's how, somehow I'm not comfortable with their gazes" Alia replied. Naiel only chuckled faintly hearing that answer, an unexpected response for Alia.

"Sorry Alia, it's because you're popular. So no wonder they keep staring at you" Naiel said, then laughed again. 'I'm popular? Whatdoes thatmean? Does that mean they're gonna keep staring at me?' sahut Alia in her heart with fear.

"Can I be unpopular, Naiel?" alia asked nervously. "Eh? Wh why? Isn't that good?" ask Naiel back. "No, don't want to. That's creepy. I was scared" Alia replied with a nearly crying expression.

'Eh? Seriously this?' naiel asked inwardly. In her heart the girl kept asking what was wrong with Alia. Are there any girls who don't like being glimpsed or popular at all? Yes, there is and she is Alia.

. . .

We have been in school for a few days, since then Alia and I rarely met, I just chat with my new friends and Erica alone. What's the reason I can't chat freely with Alia? It was because he became popular among the students.

Even though we were in the same class as the communication science class, but I could only one bench with him could only last two days, since then many of the students have struggled to sit next to him. Since then we have rarely talked. But I know she now has a close friend, she's a girl named Naiel. I'm grateful for that.

But now without it my heart feels like a space that is empty and usually filled. What is this feeling?

"Oh, that's a feeling called 'loneliness', Eric. Don't you feel lonely because there's no Alia, Eric?" my friend, Rey Ashmill. He was one of my confiding friends.

"Is that so? Did I feel lonely for not chatting with Alia these few days?" I asked while looking at the ceiling.

"Think about it for yourself, I'm going to the cafeteria first" Rey said and left. With Rey gone, our tongkrongan place felt lonely. Silent.

Suddenly I had an unexpected arrival, my sister. He walked up to me and said in a bored tone, "Sister, someone's looking for a sister, no".

Suddenly Alia came running and immediately hugged me while whining. I'm too surprised by this. It's the first time Alia's done this, uh no...I feel like I've been, but when, huh? Uh, not the time to think about that.

"A-alias? Why?" my many.

"Eric, how's it going? People always keep glancing at me, I'm afraid" he said.

Eh? Ahaha...I-i understand. Alia is not a person who has a nature like people in general. Due to trauma to his past, he must ensure trust in someone before he approaches him. He must have felt what it felt like to be betrayed.

I also feel grateful because since entering this academy, Alia has already opened her heart a little and her expression has been seen alive and not like it used to be.

"That's your name is popular, Alia" I said as I stroked her head.

"Then how can they not be popular again without hurting their feelings?" tanyakanya.

"I don't know either. But before that, I felt you were being disrespectful to me"

"Eh?"

"We haven't talked for a long time, you came directly asking for help"

"Ah, sorry" said Alia and immediately let go of her embrace.

"I don't blame him, anyway. Take it easy, it's just that I just feel lonely because there's no you" I said as Eric. Alia who heard my words fell silent with her blushing face.

"Sorry to disturb your romanticism, but the break bell is heard" Erica said with annoyance at their actions, which she said looked like a couple, too romantic to look at. What he saw was his own brother.

'Duh...Why don't you guys just make it up, anyway?' erica said inwardly in annoyance.

. . .

Since that incident, Alia and Eric were finally able to sit next to each other again, it was because Alia felt guilty not much chatting with Eric again and felt ignored him. But behind it all, there was actually something that disturbed his mind and heart. Since the past few days there had been no Eric by her side, she felt that there was a space in her heart that was empty and that space was usually filled.

What is this feeling exactly? Alia had felt this before, but this time it felt completely different. It was as if the world was becoming narrow. But as he returned to chatting with Eric again, the space in his heart was filled again and it felt like the world was back. It still bothers Alia.

When the lesson was over, Alia asked this to her best friend Naiel. But Naiel laughed as usual before replying, "Alia, it's called the feeling of 'loneliness', it can be felt when someone close and important to you is suddenly not near you" obviously Naiel then pinched Alia's cheek in a fit of anxiety.

"Lonely? I see, huh?" muttered Alia.

"Don't you feel lonely because there's no Eric?" naiel asked teasing Alia. At first his intentions were only slightly towards Alia, but seeing her reddened face...

'Ah, right it turns out.' he thought.

Then Naiel got up from his stool and went to see Rey. Naiel and Rey have been friends since childhood.

"Rey, did Eric ask with feelings that plagued his mind with you?" naiel asked seriously.

"That's how about you?" ask Rey back. Naiel nodded his head. Then they both laughed.

"Really, I can't stand them. Are we just speeding up?" ask Rey's friend Arys Samuel.

For information, the three of them are close friends and also they work together to make Alia and Eric so. They named him 'Alliance supporting Alia and Eric', of course only the three of them knew.

. . .

"So...What does this mean?" erica muttered annoyedly seeing her brother who returned upset and was alone in his barrel.

"Erica...Your brother is now really lonely, you know" Eric said with a blank look.

"What's going on?" ask Erica.

"Alia goes into a special class and I don't know why I'm lonely"

"Class special?" ask Erica back.

"Because of Alia's good achievements when she just moved, she was put into a special class during the week" he replied.

Hearing all of that somehow Erica became emotional, she could not bear it anymore with her brother and Alia. Though from the beginning he already knew what they felt to each other, but why did they not realize that it was called 'love', anyway?

Eric kicked his brother's leg in annoyance and then left and said, "Why don't you guys just do it, anyway?".

"What's wrong with Erica, anyway? Why is it that since entering the academy he has become rude, huh? What's the stress of duty?" and Eric asked himself.

Their daily lives continued, but who would have thought among them were those who hated Alia. How's Alia handling that?