Hydra

Chapter 1

After three days Dirga did not enter the school, today it looks like a blue car has entered the school environment towards the parking lot. The car stopped at the end of the parking lot, one of them got off. Everyone who just came―sedang was in the parking lot― stared at him sharply. Dirga seemed to be watching by the boys or girls while in the school parking lot. Unwilling to ask what caused them all to be so, Dirga walked towards her class with her handbag strap next to her.

Dirga is always the center of attention of every student. Not only because he used the car to school or he always looked cool, but his very relaxed way when at school made the students a little upset about him. Long hair, clothes taken out, sometimes he went to school with only one book and a body ready to sit on a chair. Why not be angry with the teacher? Angry, parental summons, punishment, all that Dirga had received during school at Cakrawala Jakarta High School.

His feet were walking along the school corridor. Again and again the eyes of the students he passed followed his movement away. All the girls who were there seemed to have been hypnotized with the handsome face of Dirga, ahh, they must have hoped to be Dirga's girlfriend, but it was very difficult for all the girls. Only one had ever filled his heart, that was back then, when he was in tenth grade. His name, Indira, is now Dirga's ex-girlfriend. Although Indira himself still hopes to get back close to Dirga, but he does not pay attention to every struggle Indira.

Dirga paused for a moment, took off the jacket he was wearing, then put it in the bag. Then Dirga again walked to his class which was on the second floor. He walked leisurely up the stairs. Dirga does look very cool when at school, outside of school he is still cool. Maybe for students of Cakrawala Jakarta High School, especially girls already know who the figure of Dirga, but they only know Dirga through rumors that often circulate in school, if his personality few people know. It's hard to know Dirga's true personality.

BUKKP....

When Dirga was about to walk towards the right, he bumped into one of the disciples. The books that the student had been holding fell to the floor. However, without any guilt or help, Dirga just showed her face to the student, then continued walking towards her class. It was fortunate for the schoolgirl to have seen the face of the person who hit her earlier.

“Guys, guys, guys!! Here is the person who was waiting for it turned out to have come. Ehh, where to go, nih?” Rahman, a close friend of hers in class, speaks immediately when Dirga enters her class.

Dirga's eyes went straight towards Rahman who was sitting on the chair beside Ayu. Dirga approached his friend, without further ado, his hand immediately gripped the collar of Rahman's shirt. “By what did you say?!” Dirga's anger began to be provoked by the act of Rahman who had asked his hand in hand. The thing Dirga doesn't like is always being asked about the couple. Until now he did not even care about the single status he had. It was indeed from her own who did not want to date again after being disappointed with Indira.

“Owhh, relax first, Di,” said Rahman terrified. Rahman put away Dirga's hand slowly.

Dirga walked towards his chair. Now he sits in the back row, precisely in the side seat Didik or commonly called “Udik”. Actually, it was Dirga himself who gave a nickname to his compatriot, according to him the name is suitable for Didik, yes, classmate so follow-up call “Udik”.

“Dateng lo? Where was yesterday-yesterday?” asked Udik, when Dirga was sitting in his chair.

Rahman approached them both. Sit in the chair opposite to them.

“True yesterday-yesterday you were sick, Di?” Rahman also asked why Dirga had not attended school in recent days.

“Yes, I am sick. Heartache!” dirga firmly with a joke answer. She laughs.

“Gue seriously, In. Where were you yesterday?” Udik again asked the same thing after getting an answer that did not match his expectations.

“Gue hurts. Lo?” satisfied

Dirga's answer seemed to make Udik or Rahman a little uncomfortable. Dirga seemed unhappy when asked why he had not entered in the past few days.

“Lo why the hell, Di?” ayu asked, walking closer to the three of them. He sat in the front seat of Dirga. “If there is a problem with our same story, maybe we can help design the problem lo,” continued Ayu.

Dirga put her bag on the table, and pulled her phone out of her pants pocket. He immediately opened the game on the phone without answering the question from Ayu earlier. Indeed, Dirga's face today looks moody, she never smiles at all during the class, her face is always bent like people will be sad forever.

Ayu forcibly takes Dirga's phone. Dirga's eyes were directed at Ayu's eyes.

“Lo already know what problem I am experiencing right now, Yu,” said Dirga. Then his eyes returned to another.

“Udah, you don't have to think much about the problem, Di. Now at school, focus on learning, it's a pity that your grades continue to fall. Lo it's smart, but .. yeah, don't think about it anymore anyway. Don't make that a burden on your life, Di. I, Udik, Rahman, and other friends believe that you will be strong through this. Enough for you to bear all this alone, now you are free to ask for our help anytime, we are ready,” said Ayu.

Ayu's words became an encouragement for Dirga's life. Dirga seemed to be very noticed by his friends, he was like an important person to his friends. However, since the problems came to his life, Dirga more harbored his personal problems alone rather than sharing with his friends. Maybe his closest friends already know the problems that Dirga is experiencing at this time, Ayu, Udik, Rahman really know the state of Dirga today. They are the ones who still pay attention to Dirga.

A few minutes later the teacher who taught them entered along with one of the students that Dirga did not recognize. Ayu immediately returned to her seat, while Rahman just moved the seat― place was in front of Udik and Dirga. Dirga's eyes stared at the student who was carrying the book accompanying the teacher walking to his desk. After putting down the books, the student walked up to his chair, sitting right next to Ayu. Dirga was surprised by the students who turned out to be their class students. Dirga has no idea who he is.

Udik immediately patted Dirga's shoulder, resuscitating him from the daydream.

“Ehh, who is he?” dirga asked pointing at the student who was beside Ayu.

Udik already knew who Dirga was referring to, because from the first day the student entered the class Dirga turned to him continuously. “Name, Rafika Zahra. He's a new student in our class, Di. You think she's beautiful, don't you?” Udik asked Dirga's opinion about Rafika.

“Dirgantara! Please forward!” call the teacher who was already in his chair, telling Dirga to face him.

Dirga stood up from his chair. The eyes of the disciples were on him, including Rafika. Dirga walked towards the teacher's desk leisurely without knowing anything.

“Iya, Mom. What's up?” dirga asked, after sitting in the chair right in front of the teacher's desk. Dirga was not told to sit down, but instead he just sat down without getting an order from the teacher.

“Stand again,” tell that teacher.

Dirga followed him, he stood up. “Why else, Mom? Something wrong?” ask him stupidly.

“Your body input.” The teacher pointed at the clothes Dirga had taken out.

“Ahh, every day also gini, Mom,” complained Dirga. But he followed the teacher's words. His clothes were put in, and trimmed. “Already, Mom,” said Dirga after completion.

“Sit!”

Without having to complain or snort angrily, Dirga walked back to her seat past the Ayu line.

No need to check the way Dirga dress every day, the teachers must have known how Dirga dressed when at school. Every day his school uniform is always taken out, sometimes he doesn't wear a tie, it's intentional. If punished, yes, Dirga just follow what punishment he received. Dirga never refused the punishment given to him, according to him it was deserved because of his own actions, but the teachers were tired of the problems that Dirga made. Dirga's problems in BP's room have piled up.

***

Now that the break is in progress, Rafika invites Ayu to go to the library to read some books, Ayu also happily follows. They walked to the library. Rafika took two history books to read, while Ayu only took one book, whether it was a book about what.

“Woy! There's a fight in the canteen, a quarry look!”

From inside the library there was a sound of people shouting to tell him that there were people fighting in the cafeteria. Sontak Ayu immediately thought that it must be Dirga. Ayu immediately left her seat, she ran towards the school cafeteria, Rafika also ran after Ayu.

Sure enough, the one who was fighting in the canteen was Dirga. Ayu and Rafika clearly saw Dirga was beating the twelve-year-old students, everyone in the cafeteria hysterically saw that their faces had been bruised, moreover, the nose of the twelfth grade student was already bleeding. The tie that wrapped the fingers of Dirga's right hand was covered in blood.

However, there were also the students who were there instead shouted the preoccupation of seeing the fight of the two of them. Indeed, no one dared to separate Dirga when he was fighting, people were afraid that later it would be the impact of his anger, so they were all just silent watching. The canteen girl was hysterically frightened too.

Their fight only came to a halt when one of the teachers forcefully pulled Dirga. “Stop, Dirga!” The teacher forced Dirga into the office. Without any meaningful resistance from Dirga himself, he preferred to follow the teacher who pulled him. The twelfth grader also followed closely behind.

Ayu invites Rafika to see Dirga's condition when in the office, they rush to catch up with him.

Rafika had only seen Dirga fight for the first time, to the point that the twelfth grader had a cut on his nose and a bruise on his face. Fortunately, Rafika had secretly complained to one of the teachers in the office, quickly this problem was dealt with. Rafika calms Ayu who had started crying after seeing Dirga's fight earlier.

“How are you doing Dirga, Yu?” asked Udik, after approaching Ayu who was standing in front of the office.

“Dirga was immediately taken to the principal's room with the students who fought with him earlier,” Ayu replied. Her crying began to subside after she actually tried to hold him back.

“Ahh, crazy son. Stupid, just entered today has made trouble again,” said Rahman annoyed. Rahman came with Udik.

The entrance bell for the next lesson begins to ring. The four of them headed to class again.

“What if Dirga is expelled from school, Man?” ayu asks Rahman after they get into class.

“Udah, you are calm. I know that Dirga is how he is, there's no way he's fighting without any reason. Although he was naughty, but Dirga was not going to hit the twelfth grader for no reason. You know for yourself what Dirga's behavior in school,” Rahman replied.

“Iya, but ..”

“So what Bu Resti said yesterday was Dirga, yes?” ask Rafika, mediate them.

“Iya, Ra,” Udik replied.

“Lo is now starting to know how Dirga attitude in school,” said Ayu facing towards Rafika.

“What Rahman said, Yu. Dirga is not possible to fight without cause, after all we do not know what the real problem is, we just wait until later after he returns from the office,” continued Rafika.

Now, Rafika is in their trouble. As Ayu's friend, Rafika will help him as much as possible, after all Dirga is his classmate, yes although Rafika herself just saw it, but she also wants to help solve their problems. Rafika cares a lot about her friends, no matter what the problem is she must help, while it can still be done. Rafika sees Ayu who is very panicked among the other two friends, inexplicably Ayu is so attentive to the figure of Dirga.

“Lo why the hell, Yu?” tanya Rafika saw Ayu panicking.

He turned towards Rafika. “Why what?” askalanya.

“Not a boyfriend or a girlfriend, Ra. I know how Dirga's condition is right now, you don't know him yet, so you won't worry about me. If you knew what Dirga really was, you might be the same as me, Ra. Dirga it ..”

Sontak Rafika fell silent seriously wanting to listen to the explanation about Dirga. But Ayu seemed hesitant to say it. “That's why, Yu?” ask Rafika seriously.

“Dirga it―” Ayu's words came to a halt when one of the teachers came into their class.

Dirga why, huh? If you look at the people around him who are very worried, I am sure that there is something hidden from Dirga, Rafika said in her heart. Rafika was even surprised by Dirga who was suddenly involved in a fight earlier in the cafeteria, coupled with Ayu's explanation that hung made her curiosity even greater. Ahh no, Rafika is just waiting for time to be able to know it all.

***

“What you guys did earlier is so outrageous!” snapped Mr. Burhan in front of Dirga and the twelfth grader.

They were immediately taken to the office, BP teachers handed this problem to the principal directly. He never ceases to make trouble at school, his name is famous for his misbehavior. One thing you need to know about Dirga, he is actually quite smart, but because of personal problems that make him constantly depressed make Dirga himself irregular every day. He's getting naughty at school and outside of school.

Neither Dirga nor the twelfth grader, they were both just bowed before the headmaster. No one dared to answer the words of the headmaster. Dirga released the tie that had still wrapped his right fingers. Mr. Burhan's hand quickly took the tie from Dirga's hand. Mr. Burhan, principal of Cakrawala Jakarta High School. Dirga was just silent, not wanting to take back his tie because he still appreciated Mr. Burhan as the principal, if Mr. Burhan was an ordinary teacher or a teaching teacher, Dirga himself must have ventured to take back his tie.

“He was wrong, sir,” said Dirga lirih, pointing at the twelfth grader who was standing next to him.

“Explain to Father why you two got into a fight!” her door.

“In front of my eyes he forced tenth graders to sit nearby,” said Dirga started an explanation, “this person does deserve to be beaten, sir. The tenth-grader had to endure embarrassment in front of all the students because of this outrageous act, sir,” he explained while pointing at the twelfth grader.

“Lo no need to join cam―”

The word of the twelfth grader was stopped by Mr. Burhan who threw it with a pen― located on the table―so it was right about the mouth of the student. The student was scared.

“Then again in front of me speak politely!” the hardic.

Mr. Burhan became increasingly angry with the two of them because the student spoke a bit disrespectfully in front of him.

“Explain again,” tell Mr. Burhan to Dirga.

“He's brash, Sir. The student was crying because he was forced to sit on the lap of this student, sir. She meant the schoolgirl without any guilt. Well, I don't care if he's a general's son, an official, a teacher, or anyone else, who would be rude to be beaten up.”

Mr. Burhan turned towards his computer, he typed something that he did not want to do. Obviously, they both have a big problem. “You will get a call letter, I hope your parents are present tomorrow morning,” Mr. Burhan said to the two of them while typing the call letter.

“Udah, you do not have to bother making all calls, free. Papa or Mama will not come, sir. This call is not important according to them. They only think about work, work, and work. Udah, do not bother to make all calls, sir,” said Dirga. Suddenly it made Mr. Burhan silent for a moment after hearing Dirga's words. How dare Dirga say that.

“Why?” asked Mr. Burhan to know more.

“Do not ask why, sir,” Jeda, “ in this world many problems that make us cornered alone, without having others know what the problem is.”

Dirga's face looked sad, this time his eyes began to glaze over. Ahh, Dirga time crying? Not likely. Yes, Dirga must with all her heart hold the sadness in her heart before Mr. Burhan. He did not want to look cute in front of anyone.

If there was one empty space in the world that only evaporates emotions and sadness, Dirga would probably enter without having to leave the room again. Maybe he'll blow away everything he's been holding up all this time, or cry all the time in that closed room. Maybe also Dirga will forever be in the room without inviting anyone who will feel the same way. Really, the personal problems that Dirga is experiencing at this time greatly make him slump.

“Yes already, then you forgive each other, and quickly go to the field, respect the flag until later told to stop,” tell Mr. Burhan.

The two of them immediately shook hands, forgiving each other. Dirga had also revealed his anger to the student, he was willing to forgive the student, as well as Dirga himself, he was forgiven by the student. Afterwards, the two of them walked towards the ceremonial field that was in the middle of the school building.

With her head constantly bowed, and guilt in her heart, Dirga walked towards the ceremonial field.

They both immediately saluted to the red and white flag that was already at the end of the top pole. The sun started burning on both of their shoulders. Dirga began to feel a heat that was like burning all parts of his body.

The hours they both stood in front of the flagpole while respectfully making the two extremely exhausted. Still, the punishment Dirga received had to be done with a heavy heart. Therefore all the mistakes he made, yes, what else, Dirga must accept the punishment.

Goddamnit! It goes on almost every day, aaakkhh!!! he screamed in his heart. Dirga is upset with himself who every day must feel problems, problems and problems. At home or outside the house Dirga always think about his personal problems alone.

“You two please return to your respective classes!” shouted Mr. Burhan from the sidelines telling Dirga and the twelfth grader to return to their class. And their punishment is done.

Dirga returned to his class. So too with the twelve year old student.

Just when he had just entered the classroom, the teacher who was teaching the last hour lesson came out. Without looking at Dirga, the teacher just walked out of the classroom to the office. There's no question about why Dirga didn't enter the class? Or, where have you been? Usually, if there are students who are late to enter or do not enter at all, the teacher who teaches in the classroom must ask the student directly, or if the teacher already knows why the student is late to the class, the teacher will still ask some things, even a little pleasantries to give advice.

The reality that Dirga received in her class was not too he ignored. Dirga accepted the teacher's attitude towards him. He sat in his chair and put the book in his bag again, picked up his car keys in the bag, and then left the classroom. However, his hand was held back by Ayu as Dirga was about to pass her seat.

“Wait a minute, Di!” prevent it, “lo must tell why it was fighting.” Ayu asked Dirga to explain why she had fought earlier.

Dirga released Ayu's hand which clasped his arm. “Udah, you don't need to know, Yu. It's my personal problem,” replied Dirga. He was still covering up the matter of what made him to the point of having to fight with that twelfth grader.

“But, Di ... I'm also your best friend, right?”

“Iya, Yu. But, this business let me just a gig.”

“Udah, no need to be imposed, Yu,” said Udik mediate them.

“Mending we go home now, yuk,” take Rafika to Ayu.

Dirga's eyes returned to Rafika who was in a chair near the wall beside Ayu. The flat expression Dirga showed seemed to make Rafika a little confused with him. However, Rafika still gave a smile to Dirga.

“Ohh yes, we are not acquaintances yet, right?” ask Rafika to Dirga. Rafika reached out her hand to get acquainted with Dirga. Rafika's hand was not touched, received, or held by Dirga. The two of them just look at each other, Rafika was still staring at Dirga's flat face.

Ayu immediately turned her two friends' eyes. Ayu stood up, and immediately invited Rafika out of class to the parking lot.

Meanwhile, Dirga, Udik, and Rahman also walked out of the classroom after Ayu and Rafika left. Along the way to the parking lot Dirga asked about the figure of Rafika. Udik explained about Rafika that he knew, as well as Rahman who added a little explanation about the nature of Rafika in recent days. Dirga responded to all the words of his friend casually, not exaggerating.

“Ehh, who are you going home with, Yu?” dirga asked Ayu who was standing in front of the gate.

“Wait for an invitation, if there is no, yes forced to take angkot.”

“Gue first yes, Di,” said Udik, riding his bike when passing Dirga.

“Gue is also first, Di,” said Rahman, when passing Dirga by riding his motorbike.

“Wait a moment, Man,” check Dirga.

Rahman stopped the bike suddenly. Look back.

“Why, In?” he asked, after raising the glass helmet.

“Lo between Ayu to his home,” tell Dirga.

“Nevent gone, Man. I can ride angkot, kok,” prevent Ayu.

Dirga tells Rahman to drive Ayu safely to her house.

“Come aboard, Yu,” invite Rahman, “calm, I will take you to the front of the house safely.”

Ayu accepts Rahman's good intentions to drive her home. Ayu got on Rahman's bike, he said goodbye to Rafika to go home first. After that, Rahman drove his motorbike away from the school area.

“Dirg―”

Rafika who was about to reprimand Dirga immediately stopped her words because Dirga had already left her just like that.

This time I met someone who asked for forgiveness. Another classmate, ahh, look out if you ask for help with me, do not expect me to help, grumbled Rafika in the heart. Rafika is upset by the indifferent attitude Dirga has shown towards her. Dirga had never reprimanded him, even though Dirga himself already knew that he was a new student in the 11th grade of IPS2.

Dirga walks away leaving Rafika alone in front of the school gate to the parking lot. He took his car, then drove the car to the school gate. While passing through Rafika who was standing in front of the school gate, Dirga honked his car's horn―the sign that he left first―that was clearly addressed to Rafika, without opening the glass of his car. The car Dirga was driving left the school area at standard speed.