I'm Not a Wild Grass

The Rainbow Beach (POV Laila)

"But remember, you have to improve your performance to get better. I don't want to hear any more complications about you. Or your name will be directly I scribbled from the list of employees in this office," said the conch threatened me.

"Good, Sir! I will improve my performance. I promise!" I mean it.

"good. Now you can go!" Banish the Conch to me.

I didn't feel offended, even though the Conch gave me his cold gaze. The words of forgiveness he had given me were more than enough to make me breathe more freely.

I'll keep my promise to the conch. If I'm really going to fix myself. Huhh.. I let out a tired breath.

'Bye bye youth. I have to be an adult now. Seriously, La!! So it's a serious person! Like Mas Idham or Nindi. Passion, Laila!' I encourage myself in my heart.

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In the days that followed, I became more and more persistent in my work. And joking less with my co-workers. For a long time, I was used to the fatigue and fatigue that I felt after work. And I complained less.

I guess what Nunik said. 'Complaining won't give you anything. Besides multiplying the distress and fatigue you're feeling'.

I now realize the meaning of Nunik's sentence once. Great is the way my best friend thought. It's not supposed to judge a person by his appearance huh. Because outer appearance cannot represent the quality of a person.

It doesn't feel like a week has passed since the conch boss reprimanded me. Tomorrow is the red date. So all employees in the office get two days off.

It just so happened that my co-workers at the OB staff were planning to take a trip to the nearest beach. And I promise to come along with Nindi.

While Gina, I don't know. Until now I can not be familiar with my OB record that one.

Gina always keeps a distance between herself and the people around her.

I thought Gina just didn't like me. But over time I realized that he did not like to mix himself with others. The introvert typical.

Saturday afternoon after Ashar, Erlan picked me up. Against my fellow man this one I actually started to feel uneasy. Because I often find Erlan staring at me with an unusual look.

My feeling is that Erlan might like me. Ge er's? Huh.no. I am sweet enough to attract men.

A long time ago there were some men who expressed their love for me. But with the bad experience of Mama and Papa, I became concerned about a relationship with a man.

I was afraid that I would have to experience the pain of being betrayed as Mama had experienced. I don't want that to happen to me either.

Because of her towards those who like me, I more often reject them well. And the reason I gave them was always the same. That I don't want to date. If they want to, I'll just get married.

Haha. Remembering the faces of the men I rejected when I brought up my reasoning, it made me want to laugh again. Because almost everything immediately turned deathly pale and retreated regularly and self-conscious.

'It's true that all the men. Want her cool to sip honey while dating. Once you are bored, sweet enough to be thrown away. Suddenly forget if ever love, then even leave!' my grouse in my heart.

"Aw! Laila! Don't pinch my waist dong! What's my fault?" Erlan's screams in the front seat.

I suddenly realized. And apologized to Erlan.

"Sorry, Lan! Pardon me! It was a little dreamy!" Shouted me from the back seat.

"What the hell is it? Foe yes, until you play pinch-pinch!" Guess Erlan.

I smiled amusedly. "Well, you could say so.." I said origin.

After going through half an hour on Erlan's moge, we both finally arrived at Rainbow Beach.

We entered through the back door that went straight to the beach area. And there was already a group of my coworkers sitting around a long table in front of a seafood tavern.

Erlan and I went straight to our colleagues.

As I walked, I observed that the one who came to the event this time was not only from the OB staff. Because I also saw some acquaintances in my office who worked on the accounting, packaging, and other staff.

"Woi! Finally nyampe also our couple this one. So sticky to you! Everywhere you go!" Temptation Bagas from the end of the table.

I glared at Bagas and replied to him.

"Udah ah! Don't keep fighting. Here we are again to burn fish. Want to eat a squid?" Sela Theo counting the votes.

"Everything's coming, The?" I asked while sitting on a long, empty bench.

"Where is nindi? He hasn't come yet!" I said again when I did not see Nindi's whereabouts in that place.

I only saw about seven women from other staff among a dozen mixed men from OB staff and other staff.

"Don't know. Try it at the bell. But this too is a lot. Let's vote first. The person who will come later will follow later. Wrong itself will come late!" Seloroh Theo.

I was washing my lips. Then immediately grabbed the phone inside the waist bag I was carrying. A short message I sent to Nindi's number. After a long time without reply, I immediately pressed the dial call. Unfortunately, Nindi's number was not active.

'Nindi didn't come?' I murmured in my heart.

Unfortunately, throughout the dinner and singing that lasted until that night, Nindi was not present. I was disappointed. Because after all, it was Nindi who invited me to come. But it turned out that he was the one who did not come.

But because of the excitement of the evening event this week, I don't think much about Nindi's absence. I thought, there might be another need that suddenly Nindi had to attend.

Around nine p.m., Bagas proposed a game of truth or dare. In this game, we will sit around a bottle. Then, this bottle will be turned, and to whom the mouth of the bottle leads, then he must pass through the challenge of truth (saying the truth of a question), and, or dare (doing a bold action whose nature is random).

From the beginning eighteen people were present at this party, when the truth or dare game began there were only about nine people who still survived.

Some people choose to burn fish on the beach, some others choose to enjoy the beach breeze at night. Some others have also gone home.

I belong to the nine people who follow this truth or dare game. I asked Mama for permission to go home for the night. Because I don't think there's anything wrong with following this game. My limit is ten o'clock I have to go home.

"OKAY. We're starting yes!" Bagas then turned the bottle. And then the mouth of the bottle stopped and led to Theo.

"Haha! Kena Lo is now The! Do you want truth or dare?" Ask Bagas with a grin that went wide.

I'm yawning. Feel like you're getting sleepy. I lift my legs and I hug. I purposely leaned my chin on my knee. Find a comfortable position to release the fatigue that starts attacking. While listening to the truth or dare game that is ongoing.

"Truith!" Theo cried out in a loud voice.

"okay! So you have to answer my question honestly! Hmm... when was the first time you had a wet dream?!" shoot Bagas at the first opportunity.

"Oh, Gas! No other questions, what? Mute minds Lo!" Theo Complaints.

Me and the other participants laughed at the duo's argument of the stove going off.

"Okay, I'm changing. When was the first time you saw Lo ML?!"

"Damn it! It's getting worse! Hhh. cave dare aja deh," Theo admitted defeat. Making Bagas chuckle pleasure.

"Well.bad Lo, The. Just answer me, what's so hard?"

"Tengsin cave, coy! There's something about this. You want to make me mad, huh?!" Said Theo while pulling the shoulder of the woman beside her.

I don't recognize Theo's girlfriend. He seems to be working in another office.

"Theo's girl is florist, La. Wonderful deh. Blingsatan guy like Theo how can you meet a girl like Hana huh?" Arlan's whisper was close enough to my ear.

Spontaneously I turned my face to the side. And I was quite surprised when I found Erlan's face was only a dozen inches away from my face.

Erlan was still focused on looking ahead, as I unconsciously observed her. And when he began to realize that I was watching him, Erlan looked back at me with an intense gaze of his.

We looked at each other long enough. Until I who had started to feel drowsiness finally a little surprised when Erlan's face began to approach my face.

And I know what Erlan was going to do then.

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