I'm with you, Mr. Teacher

A Fact in Mr. Cafes

The music has not yet begun, but the expression of Sandalwood is beginning to be unwelcome.

"It feels great to be able to entertain you all tonight. Well, our first performance, a song that tells the story of the sanctity of love."

Music began to flow, instantly crawling the corners of the room. Sandalwood closed his eyes. Despite trying hard to pull over, the shadow of the man in all black clothes, the dagger in his hand, the screams from all directions, the splashes of fresh blood, again crammed into the mind of Sandana. His body began to shake.

Ranum is not yet aware of the condition of Sandalwood. He was busy convincing himself of the sight he saw on stage.

"That's Mr. Teak, isn't it, anyway?" he said looking for certainty, while patting Sandalwood's arm. That's when he realized, his best friend was starting to get out of control.

Hearing the name of Teak, Cendana suddenly swerved. Indirectly, Ranum even justifies the thing that had been hard he concluded. Sandalwood forced himself to look. So his heart work increased when he actually found Jati in front there. The man sings casually. His body language is in tune with the tempo of the song being played.

Sandana felt her chest tightening. His breathing is getting worse. His right hand held a glass in front of him. Along with the break of the glass on the floor, Sandalwood collapsed from his chair. Ranum, who was across the table, failed to hold him back.

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Sandalwood screamed when he woke up. He fainted for about five minutes. His head was slightly clanging as he tried to open his eyes slowly. Sandalwood who was lying on a foam mat, immediately wanted to rise when he found Teak cross-legged beside him.

Ranum quickly approached and held his shoulder.

"It's best not to move too much first."

Because suddenly his eyes twitched, Sandalwood according. He returned to his head.

If not Sandalwood, Jati will not sacrifice her appearance. He got off the stage when he saw Ranum waving at him, among a crowd of people trying to help someone who had fallen on the corner table.

Jati intended to escape Cendana to the hospital. But Ranum said, he just needs a quiet place. Therefore, Jati asked permission to the cafe owner to borrow an employee rest room.

"Mom why don't you ever tell me?" Cendana spoke without looking at Jati. Naturally, if he was disappointed, because after feeling quite familiar with Jati, the man never brought up the slightest about his profession as a vocalist of a band outside school.

Ranum, who expected a conversation that he should not have heard, opted out after signaling to Jati.

"sorry. I meant to tell you a story after you could really make peace with music." Jati breathed out a breath of guilt. "Knowing about the traumatic event you've been through, I'm just afraid we can't get this close if you know earlier."

This close? Silently Sandalwood brushed off the words of Teak in the heart. What closeness does that guy mean by still covering something up?

"I think you are serious enough to be a teacher, as requested by the late father."

"There's no rule that one can only have one dream, right? So far I've tried so hard to live both in balance."

Sandalwoods. Why should he behave like this? He has absolutely no right to dispute the choice of Teak, and in fact he does not dispute it. He was only annoyed after knowing that the guy was still hiding something from him. It is Cendana assume that Jati has not considered their closeness as he considers it.

A moment of silence. Sandalwood still turned his face away.

"Cakka auditioned to play the lead guitarist for The Second Change Band. I still remember how happy he was when he made it to the final stage."

The deg!

Just hearing the name Cakka, the work of the heart of Jati suddenly abnormal.

"While not selected, he was very happy to get a uniform jacket that he said was often worn by the band members during the gig. The jacket became Cakka's favorite jacket. He wears it on many occasions. Including the concert on his last night."

"That jacket is the cause of the catastrophe." Teak lowered his head while taking a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. After Cendana started the thing that recently made him unsettled, Jati felt no need to delay again.

"Cakka is talented. He was great at his young age. But from the results of negotiations with all the teams, we have not been able to choose him because his age is too lame with us. We're worried we can't have chemistry with him."

The sandalwood tears melted slowly. Again the longing for the boy bent him mercilessly.

"I can imagine how close you are. It's only natural that you feel guilty after failing to look after her as a sister. But that guilt may be nothing compared to how I've felt all along."

Up here the sandalwood cringing. He felt less understood where the direction of the man who still kept his head down beside him.

"I should have died that night, not Cakka!" Jati held her head up, revealing her pair of teary eyes.

Sandalwood jerks. "meaning?"

"The "knum behind the riots was an enemy of our band. We had a fight when we were both filling out an event. Since the matter is trivial, we didn't expect them to be that deep." Keep pausing to catch your breath. He deliberately told a slow story, making sure Sandalwood understood completely.

"After we performed that night, they immediately attacked with sharp weapons. They hunted in the crowd just by recognizing our jackets. That's why the man dressed in black stabbed Cakka. He thought Cakka was one of us." Teak back to sit. The woman's scream - which turned out to be Sandalwood - again screeched in her ear. Cakka's shadow was stabbed countless times without pause filling his head. Following the eruption of the security forces gun which immediately stopped the concert. The man dressed in all black rushed to escape amidst the crowd and disappeared before many knew, he had just finished off someone's life.

The series of events flashed in Jati's mind, making her unable to resist the crying. The guilt that had been lingering in his heart all this time had just been spilled. I don't know what Sandalwood's response will be. He only hoped to still be able to establish closeness with the girl after this.

For the first time Cendana saw Jati crying. Therefore he was sure, the man was serious about his guilt. But ... somehow his little heart is difficult to accept, that indirectly Jati was involved in the death of Cakka.

"I'm sorry, really sorry." Teak voice mixed sobs.

Sandalwood rose from his bed, and went out without saying anything more. He realized, he should not blame Jati. But he also could not keep acting as usual.

Teak that was still in tears did not try to hold back. He had prepared himself for a worse reaction than this. He will give space as long as whatever girl needs time to reflect, to really understand everything. If indeed in the end they can not get as close as before, Jati must be able to understand.

***

"Have the drama finished?"

It took a while for teak to muffle the cries before it came out of the room. Kenanga greeted him at the door. When Jati messed up her appearance to ensure the condition of Sandalwood, Kenanga was the most shocked and unacceptable person. That's why it's so sniffy now.

"Please understand me this time."

"You are always the one to understand." Without intending, Kenanga's voice rose. "You know, the attitude you left on the stage earlier could be fatal. What if this cafe no longer wants to give us the opportunity to perform?"

Teak fell silent. He was wrong, but he also could not ignore after knowing that Sandana had suddenly fainted earlier.

"Don't be childish, dong, Jat. Every day I lobby cafes that give us the chance to perform. There are a lot of things we sacrifice to get to this point. But the more you get here, you don't appreciate all that."

Seeing Kenanga's pair of teary eyes, Jati was sure, this was not just because she messed up her appearance, but rather the person behind the incident. Since introducing Cendana that night, Jati can feel the change in Kenanga's attitude. There is a special feeling involved here. Not only did Jati not not not understand, but she also could not assuage him by giving false hope. Sooner or later Kenanga must be able to accept, that their relationship can only be limited to friends, or maybe doubles as a working partner later.

Kenanga did not want to shed tears in front of Jati, she did not want to be caught starting to tidy up. Therefore he darted off his footing. Knowing what type of guy Teak is, Kenanga is so patient to keep her feelings all this time. He never demanded weird, just hard enough to feel like he had a reason to keep waiting for the guy to open the door of his heart for him.

Come to think of it, there were already too many things that Kenanga did for Jati. One of them became the most influential person behind the introduction of The Second Change, a band where Teak and his friends united the vision of the mission. Starting from a college band, Kenanga slowly raised a four-man band. He does everything he can to be known to the public. Even in the beginning, they are willing to appear in various events without paying a penny. In the end Kenanga managed to persuade her papa to finance the recording process of the first album The Second Change, which later collaborated with one of the leading labels in Jakarta and will enact a circular system.

Papa Kenanga is just an entrepreneur who has no foundation in the music industry at all. He dared to spend a big cost for the production of the album of the band who just started his career not because of the opportunity, just simply did not want to disappoint his only daughter.

Previously, Kenanga supported The Second Change with pleasure. Single-minded. I don't know what kind of payment he expects. What is clear, for that ice cream fan girl, being able to make Jati smile is a priceless happiness. His dream is to realize the dream of Teak. However, since Jati started to become a teacher, more precisely after getting to know Cendana, things started to change. Given that Jati is not the type of guy who prioritizes dating, Kenanga feels her position is always there for the guy is quite safe. Kenanga missed the thing that was going on, that did not rule out the possibility, at any time Teak could be captivated by the charm of other girls. And it seems like this hurt.

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