I Want A Normal Life: No Romance
#01 - Every Time Will Be Different
KRIIINNGGGG
TIP
I woke up from my deep sleep due to the sound of the alarm and instantly turned it off.
“...”
“Today, yes?”
I got out of my bed and went to the bathroom.
“Again, Jefran.” Sapaku to Jefran, he's preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
“Which other?” My toot.
“Still asleep, brother, I'll wake up soon.” Jefran said while cooking.
“Ohh..”.
I went straight into the bathroom, I asked not for any morning pleasantries, but to make sure no one wanted to use the bathroom.
After taking a shower, I immediately put on my High School uniform, not forgetting to wear perfume to add value plus appearance.
After that I went to the dinner table, there was no one there, just me and 6 servings of rice with cow's eye eggs.
“Ciee.. sister already SMA..” Say someone with a sleepy face to the dining table. He's my brother, Hendrik.
“Hehe..” I just replied with a small laugh.
“Jef!! Where's the soy sauce?!!” Shouted Hendrik while looking at his plate.
“Exit, sis! Not buy anymore.” Jefran shouted from the kitchen.
Though the distance of the kitchen with the dining table is not too far away, but they yell at each other, ah, it has become a habit in this house.
...
After eating, I was getting ready to leave on my porch.
“Hey, you already want to leave?” Greet someone who suddenly appeared in front of my house.
“Eh? Though I want to pick you up.” I said the one who tied the shoelaces to that guy.
“You wake up less early in the morning, this is ‘kan our first day of school, we have to make a good first impression.” Say that guy.
That guy was my friend, Tino Johnson, I asked him to go to Platinum High School, he was my friend since I was in elementary school, from the various people I met at school, only he never asked me such questions, so I could be friends with him, but he who likes to find a partner, I don't know why. We always got one school, but we never got the same class. And he also agreed because he did not want to add to the burden of his parents. We both enrolled at Platinum High School.
“Ayo.” Take Tino.
“Good.” I finished tying my shoelaces and stood up and walked over to Tino.
“Jefran! Brother leave first! Come.” My yelling.
We both went to walking school, because we did not know the transport lines available, and we also left when it was still early in the morning so as not to be late on our first day.
“Hey, hey, Razox, what do you think about the girls we'll meet?” Tino asked with her forced smile to break our silence.
“Uhh I answered with a flat face.
“I'll date the head of OSIS if she's female in this week!” Tino said with confidence.
“Eh? You insane? We still do not know the head of OSIS is female or male.”
“Haha! That's fine! If the chairman is male, I'll just date his subordinates! There's got to be a girl, haha!”
“My friend is why? Crazy with women.” Mumbles.
Since the first time I met him, he's been obsessed with it...
“If you yourself how?” Ask Tino.
“I?!” I was surprised when he suddenly asked me.
“Yes, how are your expectations about SMA life that we will live?”
“Umm.. I don't know, I don't have any expectations about my High School life for 3 years.”
“Also 3 years is a short time, ‘kan?” Add me.
...
“...”
Tino suddenly stopped her steps.
“Razox..”
“Eh?”
“3 years is not short..”
“...”
“We have been friends since SD, 6 years, Junior High, 3 years, and now we are in High School and still friends, 3 years is not long, Razox.”.
“Alright, alright, I will have an experiment about my 3 years later.”
“Now we continue walking, come on.” Take me.
...
...
...
We walked until there was a signpost indicating the direction of the Platinum SMA.
“Eh? Here?” I asked while looking at the direction indicated by the signpost.
There is a long walkway next to the signpost that shows the direction of the Platinum SMA.
“I doubt that our school is going that way.” I said while thinking.
“It's true.” Tino Sela.
“That's the school, seen from here.” Tino said pointing to the building at the end of the path.
The path is just straight rocks and goes straight to SMA Platinum. The school building was visible from the roadside.
“Alright... here it is..”.
I took my first steps on the trail, this is the time when I became a Platinum High School student, I do not know why this school is called ‘SMA Platinum’, I do not know why this school is called SMA Platinum, I thought because the school of elite children was full of money, taking the car to school, there was always a nanny next to him, but I guess it was wrong, it was an ordinary school with an ordinary building.
But it looks like this school has complete facilities, judging from the size of its large building.
“We will go through this SMA time together..” Tino said with a small smile.
BRACKET
Suddenly I fell, someone hit me.
“Aw!!” The sound of girl's moaning.
“Adudu..” I also groaned in pain because my head first fell to the ground, precisely the face.
“Razox!” Tino immediately panicked and helped me stand up.
“Uh.. I'm sorry!” Said the girl who had just hit me while picking up some books that had fallen as well.
When I noticed the girl, she was carrying a lot of books that if stacked would block vision. Why would he bring such a book? Though this is the first day of school that is identical to the introduction without having to issue a book.
“Eh?” The girl saw something from me.
“Adudu..” I still groan in pain.
“You Razox, ‘kan?” Ask the girl.
“Eh? How do you know?” Means back.
“I was your friend when we were kids, you remember?” Ask the girl again while pointing at her.
“...” I was confused when I heard his statement.
“We often play together first. Play running around in the rain, doing chores together, visiting each other if anyone is sick.” Obviously the girl was very cheerful.
“...” Me and Tino just looked at the girl with confused looks.
“Looks like you're making it up, I've never had a friend like you.” I stood up and cleaned my clothes.
“Ehh...he's cruel..”.
“Let me remind you again, my name is Lisa Princess.” Said the girl who was also standing up and cleaning her clothes.
“How? You remember?” Add it with questions.
“Ohhh Lisa..”
“iya, yes.”
“Who is it?”
“Haha, you are senile yes.” Lisa laughed when she heard me.
“Already yes, I want to go to school first, see you.” Lisa left with the books she had piled up again.
“...”
“May we be classmate.” Add it with a flirtatious tone.
“...”
“Don't I want to go to school too? Why don't we go together?” I ask myself.
“Razox!” Tino suddenly patted me on the shoulder.
“He!” I was shocked and unaware that he was near me.
“Who is that? Your girlfriend, huh?” Tino asked in a flirtatious tone.
“Ah, no. No one really, let's continue the path.”
...
We continued our steps to the school, as soon as the school gate was seen, there were many people lined up filling the entrance to the school.
“Eh? Who's that?” I asked in a whisper.
“Prepare your money, we'll be logged.” Said Tino who was already holding the bag of her pants.
We walked with the usual approach to them, when close to them, they gave us paper.
“Eh?” I was confused to see it.
“Please view.” Said one of the girls who gave me the paper.
“Umm... thank you..” I was immediately embarrassed when I found out that they didn't want to poke us.
We finally passed those people, and we saw the paper given by them.
“This.. promotion brochure exkul.” Said me looking at the contents of the brochure carefully.
“Heh?” Tino was confused to see the brochure.
“This is the promotion of all the excreta in this school..”.
“You want to choose where to enter?” My toot.
“I choose..” Tino seemed to be thinking about continuing.
“The brother of yesterday! She is so beautiful!” Shouted Tino excitedly.
“Uhh.. I expected, I shouldn't have to ask..”.
“Eh..” Tino realized something and stopped walking.
“What's up?”
“Are you aware of something?”
“...”
I looked around, and there were only a few people older than us standing lined up at the school gate.
“Umm.. no.”
“Who are they??”
“They..”.
“They're upperclassmen.”
“Not that I mean.”
“Then what?”
“Try see, what time is it now?”
I saw the clock on my phone.
“5.45 morning..”
“We leave from your house around 5.15, until here 5.25, then meet your girlfriend.
“He's not my girlfriend!” As long as.
“... then we walk again to school, and pass them.. and the school is still quiet, that is..”.
“That means..”.
“... they come earlier than us.”
“Indeed, they must have planned this all.” Plain speech.
The school was quiet, there was only us.
We walked to a notice board that wasn't crowded, so we were free to take a look.
“Victor Razox..” I searched my name in every class.
And Tino also searched for his name.
“Tino! Your name is in this class!” Shouted me while pointing the name ‘Tino’ in class X-8.
“Mana?” Tino saw the name I pointed to.
“...” Tino was silent to see it.
“Darlingly, my name is not in this class, this year we are no longer in class.” My disappointed words.
“Razox..”
“Hm?”
“That's not my name!” His impact.
“My name is in this class!” He continued, pointing to his name in class X-5.
“And your name is also in this class, we are classmate.” Further again.
“...”
“Hahahaha!!” Suddenly we both laughed.
...
When we passed, sat on the bench in the corridor, then waited for the entrance bell, we lined up on the school field which was quite large, there were 2 fields there. Watching all the boring welcome speeches, as well as the welcome from the OSIS chairman, he's a man. Up to the appearance of all the existing exculcia. It took almost 2 hours, the students finally broke up and entered their respective classes. Tino and I walked to our class on the 3rd floor.
“What have I said, its OSIS chairman is male, ‘kan?” Ketus.
“Eh, besides I said, if the head of OSIS is male, I can partner with his subordinates, there must be women.” Reply Tino.
“As of you..”.
“Oh yes, I just remembered, if this school has a special system.” My speech.
“Really? What is it?”
“Student card.” I took out my student card.
“Tadi ‘kan already explained by the principal during the speech.”
“I just reminded him again..”
It turns out that this school is sophisticated, for every entry in the room, we have to use a student card as an entry access card and swipe it into the box next to the door in the room that we will enter.
We went into the classroom indicating that it was our class, class X-5. After entering, Tino and I immediately took the seat in the back corner to sit next to each other, because even though we were one school, we never had one class, only this time.
We sat neatly in our seats.
BEEPING
Until someone came. A man who looked old, his hair was not much and was already white, he carried a book that was quite thick. He walked to the teacher's desk. No doubt, she must be the homeroom teacher.
“Good morning kids.” Say that guy.
“Morning sir..” We students answered them at once.
“Include, father's name is Kusnandar. You can call your father by the name of ‘Pak Kus’ only, you are here teaching Indonesian lessons. We didn't know each other before, did we? As the saying goes: ‘Tangkat then do not love’, so we first acquaintance yes. You are absent first. Aaron Gillian.”
The person named stood up, introduced himself, then sat back down. Then Mr. Kus mentioned his next name, next, next...
“Love.”
“Love Felia.”
“!!!” I was immediately shocked to hear that, there was a person who had that name here, in this class.
“Uh..”.
“...”
No one answered the name, maybe the person didn't exist.
“Love! Love Felia!”
...
Still no one answered.
“It looks like nothing..”.
“Oke, next.”
BEEPING
Suddenly the door opened.
Someone came in from the door, a girl, in a wheelchair.
“Excuse.”
“...”
“Sorry, I'm late.” Say the girl.
“...”
Everyone was silent when they saw the girl.
“His name is Cinta.” Tino Brief.
“...”
Mr. Kus looked at the girl with a serious look.
...
“Please enter.” Said Mr. Kus.
The girl walked into the classroom and looked for an empty seat. I looked around to make sure all the seats were filled.
...
“Sial, the seat opposite me is empty, she will definitely sit there.”
And sure enough, the first thing the girl saw was the chair opposite me, she went straight there.
“Are you named Cinta Felia?” Ask Mr. Kus.
“Iya, right, sir.” The girl nodded.
“ Introduce yourself..”.
“Good..”.
“My name is Love Felia, 15 years old, used to be a school at SMP Harapan Bumi, you all can see, my legs are paralyzed and helped to walk in this wheelchair, so.”.
“Please cooperate!” Shouted the girl while bowing her body.
“...”
The students have been quiet ever since he showed up.
“Good..” Mr. Kus broke the silence in this room.
"Next..”.
“Uh, I feel uncomfortable when I'm nearby, why ya?” Mumbles.
...
The names of the other students were called, they introduced themselves, until finally my name was called.
“Victor Razox.”
I stood up when my name was called.
“My name is Razox, Victor Razox, you can call me ‘Razox’.”
...
“Thank you.” I sit back.
“Alright, those are the names of the students who are in this class, hopefully you can remember them well.” Said Mr. Kus.
“Eh? Am I the last? Means the last name in this class is me, which starts at ‘V’.” Thought.
“Alright, now let's form a class structure..”
After that Mr. Kus made the class structure as he said. It happened long enough until the break bell rang.
...
TING
Tino and I went down to the 1st floor to eat, but not in the cafeteria because we couldn't find an empty place, we were in the school garden.
“Ahh..”.
“Thank God my High School life went fine until now.” Tino.
“Yaa.. This is only the first day, we still have 3 years left to undergo SMA.”
“...”
“...”
“Hey, I suddenly thought of the girl.” I said while looking at the sky.
“Who? Of love? You like him, huh?” Tino asked who was looking at the sky as well.
“Obviously no!” My objection.
“I mean, why didn't he come down huh?”
“You're stupid or what?”
“Eh?”
“Obviously he did not come down, although this school is complete facilities, but this school does not have an elevator.” Obviously Tino.
“After all if he comes down, he has to go through the stairs, and it will take time.” Added.
“It could be if he went down by himself, when until the 1st floor already bell in.” Added again.
“Hmm..”
“Why does this school not have an elevator huh?” My toot.
“What do you expect from this school? Thank you for entering this school for free.” Tino Sela.
“No hell..”
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...
“Halo.” Sapa a girl who suddenly came.
“Hmm.??” We both looked towards the source of the voice.
“Razox, why don't you go to the cafeteria??” Ask the girl.
“And..” The girl was confused when she saw Tino.
“That's ‘kan girl earlier.” Tino.
“ Introduce! My name is Tino Johnson! You can call me Tino!” Tino immediately stood up and thrust out her right hand to get acquainted.
If you remember, the two of them knew each other even though they had met this morning. It is not usual for Tino to forget to meet girls.
“My name is Lisa Princess, greetings know.”
They shake each other's hands, sign they already know each other.
But Tino seemed desperate to come into contact with women, she did not release her hands from the handshake.
“Uhh..” Lisa looked uneasy and immediately let go of her handshake forcefully.
“Hei, Razox, why don't you go to the cafeteria?” I asked Lisa the same question because I didn't answer.
“We've been there, but we're not out there, so we're here.” Answer me in a lazy tone.
“It will forever be full? Let's go there, there must be an empty place.” Bring Lisa.
We went to the cafeteria because Lisa said there was already an empty place, and luckily it was true. We sat at an empty table in the cafeteria, and Tino and I just bought chips, and Lisa bought meatballs.
“Hey, I want to ask you guys.” Lisa's Saying.
“How was the first impression about this school?”
“...” I was confused to answer.
“This school is better than my Junior High first! Facilities complete! Free anyway!” Tino said firmly.
“Added the girls in this school more beautiful!” Further.
“Ohhh so..”
“If you are, Razox?” Lisa asked while looking at me.
“Eh? Me?”
“If I.. yes... not far from Tino, because we used to be one school.” I said with doubt.
“You mean the girls here are prettier?” Ask Lisa.
“Eh?! Wasn't it! Not!” I was shocked when I heard Lisa speak.
“Hihi.. I'm just kidding.” Lisa held her laugh.
“...”
“Oiya, what do you think about the exkul in this school?” Ask Tino.
“Hmm... quite complete.” Answer Lisa
“Maybe I'll join the painting exkul, if you guys?” Further.
“I... will join exkul photography.” Tino.
“I will join taekwondo, continue the excrement that I followed first.”
“Lisa, did you see Love?” Ask Tino.
“Love? Who's that?” Lisa asked back.
“...” Tino was silent and thought.
“She's a woman whose legs are paralyzed and riding in a wheelchair.” My speech.
“Wheel seat yes.. it looks like I just saw.” Lisa's Saying.
“Eh? Why don't you help her ride?” Tino asked who looked annoyed.
“Listen to me first! Everyone in my class also saw him, he was in front of my class.” Said Lisa who looked annoyed as well.
“I also actually wanted to help him, but I didn't meet him earlier when he wanted to climb the stairs!” Continue with a little regret.
“Uhh..”.
“Partially why is the school whose facilities are complete gini no elevator?” Complain Lisa.
“If I thought, this school was indeed created for normal students.” I said in a serious tone.
“The existence of the girl in this school is a mistake.” My next.
“Or error.” Added Lisa.
“As his classmates, we will help him every day to climb and descend the stairs.” Tino said in a firm tone.
“As long as we one school with him.”
“Ya!” We both agreed with what Tino said.
“Eh? You ‘kan not in class with us.” Tino to Lisa.
“Umm... I just want to help, can ‘kan?”
“...”
...
...
...
We finished eating and went back to class.
BEEPING
Tino and I walked into the class, and saw that the girl was being mobbed with a lot of girls too.
“Eh?” I was confused to see it.
“It looks like he's got a friend.” I thought I was sitting right at my place.
TING
Not long after that the bell rang.
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...
...
Until finally the hour home from school arrived, Mr. Kus said that there was a notification letter that must be shared. Raul as the class president distributed the letter to each of the students. After the notification letter was distributed, the class immediately disbanded and the students left the class, except for me, I was still tidying up my belongings.
“Eh?”
I saw a girl sitting next to the girl opposite me, she came out of class and looked rushed.
Uh, I don't remember his name yet.
BEEPING
When the girl came out, someone came in again.
“Razox! That's where you look!” Sapa Tino who just came in.
“I daritadi here.” Mumbles.
“Haha. I know that. Hey, how about this afternoon we play futsal?” Ask Tino.
“...” I saw the girl moving her wheelchair to the door and out. Suddenly I hastened to clean up my things.
“If about the cost of field rental, we just joint venture.” Tino.
I immediately left Tino to chase after the girl who had left the classroom.
“Hei!” Shouted Tino.
...
I ran and saw the girl in front of the stairs while looking down.
“Where are they?” I asked to see him, I remember that he was mobbed by many girls, now where are they?
I walked over and approached the girl.
“Hai, do you want me to help you down the stairs?” I asked nervously.
“Uhh... Of course, thank you for caring.” Say the girl.
...
“... You Razox, ‘kan?” Ask the girl.
“Iya, we are classmate.”
“Wah, well, it looks like someone is in love, nih!” Shouted Tino who suddenly appeared.
“EH?! It's not like you saw!” Refute with panic.
“I just want to help!” My next.
“Hahaha... I also want to help.” Tino said with a small laugh.
Tino walked over to me and started holding onto the girl's wheelchair while smiling forcefully.
“Uhhh..” I breathed because I understood what it meant.
I carried the girl while Tino lifted her wheelchair, and we went down the stairs slowly.
“Hey, may I ask?” I asked while holding the girl.
“Hei... we are on the stairs, later ‘kan can. Later if you lose balance, how?” Tino Sela.
“Uhhh..” I breathe again.
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...
...
Finally we reached the 1st floor, the girl sat back in her wheelchair and I pushed her.
“Well, if now you can ask.” Tino.
“Umm... I want to ask you something, can ‘kan?” I asked for doubt.
“Of course you can, Razox.” Reply to the girl in a very friendly tone.
“...”
“So I saw you with a lot of girls earlier too, where were they?”
“They are who?”
“The girls who swarmed you earlier, where are they? Why at a time like this do they not exist?”
“And also your compatriot, I just saw him out of class first.”
“...” She's speechless.
...
I thought she couldn't answer, but she didn't seem to want me to hear her answer.
“They..”.
“... I also don't know..” Say the girl.
“...” Now that I was silent, it was true that she did not want me to hear her answer.
“Then why are you in a wheelchair?” Ask me again to melt the atmosphere.
“It.... by accident..”.
Looks like he wants to tell a story.
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I'm like this because of an incident that wasn't long before I went to school, because I thought everything was gonna be okay.
I went on vacation with my friends, everything went smoothly without any obstacles, but who would have thought there would be an accident after we finished vacation, precisely when we were on the way home.
The car I had an accident on, fell into the abyss. Everything in that car was killed, my father's friend as the driver, my friends. Only I survived the crash, but even so, my leg was broken when I was found alive. I was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with paralysis of my legs, and had to be amputated, but I refused on the grounds that my legs would heal at some point.
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“...”
“You should be grateful to be alive.” Tino.
“... and meet us.” Continue with an additional smile.
“I'm sorry for the death of your friends..” My words bowed.
...
...
...
I kept pushing the wheelchair all the way to the side of the road and we stopped there.
“Then, how did you get home?” My toot.
“Not to worry, I was picked up by my mother.” The answer.
“That's it!” His shouting.
A woman in simple clothes but the handbag she was carrying seemed expensive, approaching us.
“Love..” Call the woman.
BOING
What is that sound?!
“Looks it was his mother.” Think Tino.
The woman was finally close to us.
“Oh, did you guys help my son here?” Ask the woman.
“Iya, aunt.” I answered awkwardly.
“Include, mother's name is Rose Felia, mother of Cinta.” Said the woman.
BOING
“...”
“If you guys what's his name?”
“...” We didn't answer, each of us just threw our faces away.
“Include, ma'am, this one is Razox, if this one is Tino.” Suddenly it was the girl who introduced us both.
“They are both very good.” Continue with a smile. I know that from his voice.
“Ohhh... nak Razox and nak Tino, thank you yes, sometime come to home.” Rose Saying.
BOING
“I-iya, auntie!” Tino said, looking nervous. He is not usually nervous about women.
The mother took over the wheelchair and pushed her away from us.
...
“One more time, thank you!” Shouted the mother who was far away.
“...”
“You why?! Suddenly nervous like that?!” I asked with a loud tone.
“You yourself why?! Usually you don't express yourself to anyone!” Reply Tino with a loud tone as well.
“Once, I myself don't know why..” Suddenly I came back like an expressionless me.
“But, in my opinion..” Tino started to pull out her flirtatious face.
“... his mother Love is good also yes.” Further.
“...”
“Already, I go home first, tomorrow is still school.” I said who walked away.
“Eh? Went where? We ‘kan indeed one way.”
“...” I thought for a moment about what Tino said.
“Oh, you're right.”
“Ayo.”
We both walked home to our house.
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...
CRIETTE
“I'm home!” My yelling.
“Oh, sister!”
Arriving home, I was immediately greeted by Jefran who was watching TV.
“Which other where?”
“Still outside, not home.”
I put the letter I got at school on the dinner table.
...
Jefran came up to me and took the letter.
“What is this?” Jefran asked as he opened the letter.
“Letter notice, just look.” Answer me in a lazy tone.
“Please bacain dong, I'm lazy to read it.” My speech is getting lazy.
“...”
Jefran read the contents of the letter.
“...”
“What's the point?”
“The essence of this letter is..”
...
Jefran wanted to make me curious, but it wouldn't work on me.
“...”
“...”
“Tell me..”.
“...”
“... You cannot move from SMA Platinum.” Jefran.
“Eh? That right?”
“See by yourself.” Jefran gave the letter.
“...” I received the letter, I finally read the letter as well.
“...”
True, Platinum High School students should not transfer schools, on administrative grounds.
“Isn't this good? 3 years free school?” Thought.
It's a win-win solution, I don't think anyone's been harmed like this.
“Kak, dad has already transferred our monthly money.” Jefran.
“Iya, later brother to ATM.”
“Alright, brother to ATM first take money.” My words rushed out.
...
