I Want A Normal Life: No Romance
#02 - Friends Will Make Your Job Easier
The next day, I took an angkot to go to school because I already knew the path.
During the trip, I was accompanied by 2 people in Platinum High School uniforms as well, but I did not recognize them, and also the driver.
Arriving at the stop near the school, I did not go straight in, I waited for Tino there, I was also confused why he did not come to me this morning.
“Where is he?”
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I waited 30 minutes.
“Oi!! Razox!!” Someone shouted my name.
I immediately looked towards the direction where the voice came from, and it was Tino, she ran towards me while waving her hand.
“...” I just stared at him flat.
Arriving near me, he lowered his head while holding his snoring with an irregular breath.
“Where....you...??? Earlier... I... to your house..”.
“I thought you were gone, so I left early too. When you get here, you're not.” I said in a flat tone.
“And you don't look sweaty. Aren't you tired of walking this far?” Tino asked, her breathing was regular.
“No, I don't walk, I take angkot.” I replied with a still flat tone.
“Ehh??!! Cheating! Why didn't you say it?!” Complain Tino.
“I think you already know.”
“Uhh... You have to show me about that angkot.” Tino said in a threatening tone.
“Ya already, now let's go to class.” Ask me to start stepping.
“Wait.” Tino held back my first move.
“What's up?”
“We wait for Love.”
“That girl? He might already be in class!”
“Where is possible?! It's still 5am!”
“Uhh... well, whatever you say.”
...
Yes, I waited again, waiting for the girl to fit Tino said. Fortunately, not long after, the girl arrived. He came in his wheelchair with his mother.
“That's it!” Tino.
“Ya, I know.” My speech's flat.
“Tante!” Sapa Tino's.
BOING
I heard it again!
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“His power yesterday was nothing like this.” I muttered looking at the cynical Tino.
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“Eh, son Razox, son Tino.” Greet the girl's mother.
“Halo, friends.” Greet the girl while waving her hand and smiling.
“Halo, Love.” Reply Tino.
“...” While I only greeted them with a flat face and showed my palm while moving a little.
“Already, mom. I'm with my friends.” Say the girl.
“Good.”
“Nak Razox, son Tino, please take care of Love yes.” Said the mother of the girl with a friendly tone and also her smile.
Then he immediately left us.
“Iya, mom! We will take good care of it!” Shouted Tino while holding onto the girl's wheelchair.
“Come, Razox.” Take Tino who suddenly looks excited.
“Uhh..”.
We helped the girl to get to the 3rd floor and enter our class. And we learn as usual.
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The male teacher came into our class after the entrance bell rang. He gave his material, world history in detail.
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“Kids, for next week's presentation forward group, yes.”
“The first week directly presentation, other teachers are also the most just introductions doang.” Complain Tino.
“Umm... as such next week, second week.” As usual.
“Yes, what is it.”
“Alright, now please form a group of each.” Said the teacher.
“...”
“How is the girl presenting, yes?” I thought I accidentally saw the girl.
“Good..” Tino got up from her chair.
“I'll be a group with smart people!” Exclaims.
“...” I just stared at him flat.
“...”
“...”
“Who?? I don't know..” Tino sat back with her sad face.
“You don't know everything yet deeper.” I said with disdain.
“Uhh... it seems like there is no other option.” Tino.
“I'll be a group with you.” Tino immediately glumly said it.
“Indeed so it should be.”
“Now another member..” Tino gave off her thinking style.
“Come, kids, how long have you been.” The teacher looked impatient.
Tino stood up again.
“Who wants a group with us?!!” Tino asked with a shout, this entire class must have heard her voice.
“...”
“...”
“...”
No one answered, all just looking at Tino with astonished gazes, including the teacher.
“Good..”.
“Seems like no.” Tino sat back down.
“Umm... Tino...” Call someone girl, her voice coming from my left.
I thought, it turns out that girl.
Tino looked directly at the voice when she heard it.
“What's up, Love?”
Eh??!! He changed immediately??!!
“Umm... Ano... Can we be a group with you guys? We are not in any group.” The girl was nervous.
We were?
“Oh, of course!”
“Come docked.”
“...”
The girl and her boyfriend, who is otherwise called Diviana, sat close to us, making us 1 group of 4 people.
“...”
I felt awkward about this atmosphere, whereas Tino could really enjoy this atmosphere, it seemed like I had to move to another group.
“...”
All groups are full, 1 group is designed for only 4 people.
“Alright, kids. It's material for each group..” Said the teacher who stood up and walked to the blackboard, he wrote the material that will be done for each group.
We entered group 4 and got material about the history of human civilization.
“Alright, this weekend we have to finish this task!” The excited Tino.
“I don't think weekend.” Cut me.
“Eh? Why?” Ask Tino.
“I can't, I have to do some homework. And usually on weekends, I want to relax because it is on vacation and not school.” My speech.
“True too, yes..”
“Then, how about we do it on Friday’at only? After school.” Diviana.
“By also your proposal.” Tino said he agreed.
“But where are we going to do it?” Ask Diviana.
“So you proposed..” My speech's flat.
“Hmm... how about at Level?” Tino.
Level is a cafe that is close to our school, there is usually a place to hang out with people. People who are in business, people who are doing tasks, people who are just chatting, they do it while buying some snacks. There is also free Wi-Fi.
“Don't, I don't like crowded places.” My speech.
“Then where?” Ask Tino.
“How about at your house?” Means back.
“Ah, no, my house is far away, you ‘kan know yourself.”
“True too..”
“How about at your house?” Ask Tino.
“That's not a good idea, my house many people, later we can't focus.” My real words don't want them to come to my house.
“...”
I suddenly looked at the silent Diviana.
“How about at your house?”
“I?!” Diviana was shocked, she was silent and dumbstruck.
“Can't, I'm not allowed by my mother to bring a male friend, whatever the reason.”
“So where you want?” Ask Tino.
“...”
“...”
All bowed and thought with their chins.
“How about at my house?” Suddenly the girl made her voice.
“Eh?” Everyone was shocked to hear that, including me.
“Love, is it okay?” Ask Tino.
“I'm just uncomfortable to see you guys are confused and no one gives you a solution.” The answer.
“...”
“Unfortunately your home can accept male friend guests?” Ask Diviana.
“Bby, especially Razox and Tino, they already met my mother yesterday.” Her speech.
“...” Tino was suddenly silent and dumbfounded.
“Hei!” I hit him on the back, and he woke up.
“What do you think?”
“Ah! No, forget.”
“Truely too, yes, why didn't we think about it? Work on her at the house of Love, so that she does not have to bother to go out.” Diviana said as she imagined it.
Tino had a stern face again.
“Alright, we have specified, we will do at home Love on Friday’at!”
“...” But the girl suddenly fell down.
“What's up, Love?”
“Umm... how to say yes?” The girl was suddenly confused as well.
“Then...my house is not ready to receive guests, there seems to be no food for you..”.
“Eh?”
“Only that?”
“Haha!! No need to think about it! We didn't have to eat there, because we went to your house to do our job. Isn't that right, Razox?”
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“Hahaha!!” We laughed after that for no reason, including me, I don't know why I laughed.
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TING
“Alright, kids, next week please prepare your presentation.” The teacher who stood up.
“Happy day.” The teacher walks out of the class.
It was still 9am...
That was a break bell.
Tino stood up and passed me, I looked at her with a flat gaze, she was towards the girl opposite me.
“Hey, Love, let's go to the canteen.” Take Tino.
“Eh?”
“Umm.. no, thank you. I'm in class only.” Reply to the girl.
“Uhh.. well, do you want to leave something?” Tino asked, it seemed like she was looking for a topic of conversation.
“Ohya, please buy me food.”
“...”
“This is the money.” The girl gave Tino a piece of blue-colored paper.
Much money...
“Alright,” Tino received the money.
“Come, Razox, we go to the canteen.” Now Tino's taking me.
“...”
I didn't make a sound, I just kept quiet and followed Tino. I don't stay in class without doing anything.
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I only accompanied Tino to buy food in the cafeteria, but I also bought food for me which I would later eat in class.
After buying, we walked back to class.
“Hey, what did you buy for him?” I asked to prevent any silence as we walked down the stairs.
“This? It's the rice sitting, he didn't say what specific food he wanted, so I bought this.” Tino said while showing the plastic he was carrying.
“Hopefully in like.” Further.
“Tino, why are you so kind to him?” My toot.
“Heh, not usually you are curious about people, what is it?” Ask Tino back.
“No, I just feel like you treat her differently from everyone else, even to me.”
“That's because I like her.” Tino said smoothly and smiled at me.
“...”
I stopped walking because I felt something stuck in my body when I heard it.
“Eh? What's up?”
“...”
“...”
“...”
“No, let's go again.” I said that I walked back.
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BEEPING
We went back to class and walked towards the girl. I go to my chair and eat by myself.
“This.” Tino gave the plastic which was the contents of the rice.
“What is this?” Asked the girl who received the plastic and looked at the contents.
“Nasi sit, I don't know what you want to order.” Tino.
“Oh, thank you yes. Coincidentally I do want rice uduk for breakfast this morning.”
“...”
I want to move...
“Ya.. You know, whose name is canteen, many people eat there.”
“Ohh so yes, hahaha.”.
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I just focused on eating my food while listening to them continue chatting. Like this, I should eat in the cafeteria.
BEEPING
The door opened and someone came in.
That was Diviana.
He walked up to his chair, but when he saw that his countryman was chatting with my friend, he walked up to me, and sat down on the chair that was in front of me that happened to be empty.
“Hai, Razox.” Diviana Sapa.
“Oh, Diviana.”
“Umm... It seems like the name is too complicated for you, and I am also not familiar with that call for my close friend,”
“call me ‘Ivi’.”
“Alright, Ivi..”
Close friend? Did he think of me like that?
“Look at them,” Ivi pointed at Tino and the girl.
“akrab once yes them, I became envious.” Continue to breathe.
“...” I saw the one Ivi pointed at, the two of them were chatting.
They look familiar.
“...”
“Wait a minute..”
I realized something.
Behind them, there was a door, and I went to him.
“Eh? The razox? Where are you going?” Ivi prevented me from leaving, but it was too late. Ivi finally followed me.
I was already in front of that door and standing in front of it while looking at that door closely.
“What is this?”
I looked a little up, there was a board that read ‘Depress’ Door.
“Depress Door?”
I was curious and finally opened the door.
WOOSSHHH
The sound of strong wind immediately sounded when I just opened the door a little, because I was curious why there was a sound, I actually opened the door wider.
I was shocked when I saw the contents behind that door, I immediately closed the door and jumped back until I fell.
“Razox?!”
The sound of Ivi's footsteps still felt that she was behind me.
“You all right? What are you looking at?”
“...”
I felt trembling when I saw the contents behind that door: strong winds; clouds; heights. Not wrong anymore...
“That's open space..”
“Razox! Relax!”
“Why? Why is the room empty?”
“If you remember again, the construction of this school is like that. No room after that door.” Ivi.
“That's not what I mean.”
“I mean, why is there such a door in this class? And why his name should be ‘Depressive Door’?”
“Already, calm yourself.”
“Yesterday I didn't see it!”
“...”
TING
The bell suddenly rang, I immediately forgot what I had just seen, but could not. During the lesson, I bowed silently and thought about the door. Why in a school like this could there be such a door? Why is there no room in that door? Is that door only in this class? Or in every class there is a door like that? What else is also aware of the existence of that door? What if someone was really depressed and committed suicide through that door? I have to prevent that from happening.
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TING
Until finally the clock came home, I could not stop thinking about that door.
“Alright, kids, see you next week.” Said the teacher who then left the class.
“...”
I'm in the habit of having a messy desk still cleaning my desk.
Tino walked over to the girl.
“Love, you want to get off, huh? Let me help.” Tino said while holding the girl's wheelchair.
But the girl held Tino's hand.
“Tino, thank you for your offer,”
“but it seems like today you don't need to help me, I've been troubling you too much today.” Said the girl while looking down.
“It's okay, I do want to help you.” Tino.
“No need.” The girl let go of Tino and walked in her wheelchair.
I saw her passing through Tino and I headed for the exit, after the girl had gone out the door, Tino immediately followed her, she came out.
“...”
I, who happened to have finished cleaning up my things, immediately followed Tino out.
When I came out, Tino only saw the girl sitting in front of the stairs, I also approached Tino.
“Let's him there?”
“It looks like so, when I just came also saw it like that.”
“Hmm... I'll be back.” I immediately left Tino again without going through the stairs because I was heading for class.
BEEPING
“Maybe I can close that door with a table and chair.”
But if you remember, every seat and table in this class is occupied, if moved to cover the door, tomorrow will be taken again.
Maybe I should go to the eleventh grade to pick up the unused chairs and tables.
Thinking about it, I walked over to the next class, class X-6.
BEEPING
“...”
It seemed that in this class all the chairs and tables were occupied, it could be seen from the books that were deliberately left in the desk locker.
“Hah?!”
I was surprised to see the end of the class.
‘Depression’ door is also in this class, I thought it was only in my class, or maybe all the classes in this school are ‘Depress’ Door? But for what?
“Uhh... this is a bad thing.”.
I want to get out of this class.
BEEPING
The door opened from the outside and someone came in.
“Eh? Razox?”
“Li-Lisa?”
That person is Lisa. He saw me standing in front of ‘Depression Door’.
“What are you doing here?” My toot.
“I should have asked that, this is ‘kan my class. I just want to pick up my stuff that left.”
“And why are you standing there?”
“Umm... I want to close this door! Do you have duct tape? Or whatever it is.”
“Hahaha.. I think you are tired of living and want to end it..”.
“No!”
“I don't have duct tape. There may be in-“
“Alright, thank you!”
I ran out of class.
And back to Tino.
He was still watching the girl.
“Do you have pegererakan?”
“Not yet, she is still in the same place daritadi.”
“...”
I also saw the girl from a distance.
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The girl was completely silent not moving.
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Not long after, he tried to stand up. Because it prompted me to approach her.
TAP
But Tino's got me.
“Do not, look at it.” Tino said while pointing at the one below the stairs.
I saw what Tino was pointing at, it was Ivi, she was standing under the stairs while looking at the girl as well.
What exactly is going on?
“This is a decision of Love, he himself told me.” Tino Brief.
“He wants to go down the stairs with his own feet.” Further.
So this was because Tino was silent and saw him from a distance like this.
The girl started her first steps after standing up from the wheelchair, I further moved my face to pay attention to her.
He held onto the handle that was on the wall.
First step...
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He slipped and fell.
“Love!” Ivi was immediately ready to catch him from below.
I also ran straight to him.
“Uh!” I couldn't hold the girl.
But Ivi catches the girl because she fell down.
The girl looked limp and was breathing irregularly.
We brought it to the UKS on the 1st floor.
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“He was not seriously injured.” Ivi.
BEEPING
The door opened and someone came in. Me and Ivi looked directly at the door.
“...”
That person was Tino, he came while bowed.
“Tino..”
“Love, forgive me..” Tino.
“Hehe... It's okay, ‘kan me who want.” Said the girl with a smile.
“...”
“Looks like you were right, he wasn't seriously hurt. Then let's go home.”
“Ya.” The girl got up from her bed and was helped by Ivi to sit in a wheelchair.
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We walked together to go home, once on the side of the road, the atmosphere was quiet, more precisely there was no one else.
BOING
I heard that voice again!
“Love, my son, let's go home.” Said the girl's mother who suddenly appeared.
“Mother!”
“Love, what's wrong with you?” Asked the girl's mother, the girl's arm was plastered on her elbow.
“It's okay kok.” He answered with a forced smile.
“That,” Tino suddenly makes a sound.
“dia was a wall nudge.” Tino.
“I'm sorry, it's my fault!” Continue while bowing your body.
Ahey! You don't have to do that!
“Alright, thank you yes.” The mother took over her wheelchair and walked away.
“Thank you, Tino.” Say the girl slowly.
“...”
“Alright, see you tomorrow.” I said while waving to Ivi.
We split up to go home
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BRACKET
Arriving at home, I opened the door hard without closing it back, running into the room. My sister, Jefran who was watching TV was confused to see me in a hurry.
“Where is it?”
I looked for the stuff I was looking for in every drawer in my room.
“Aha! Meet!”
I'm looking for duct tape, to close ‘Depress’ Door.
“But it seems like this is not enough.” I thought I saw duct tape that could only cover one door.
“Uh!”
I took the money I had saved in a random bookcase, then I ran straight to the minimarket to buy a lot of duct tape.
After that I immediately ran to school again, closing every ‘Depression’ door on the 3rd floor with the duct tape I bought.
I'm down to the 2nd floor.
“Hah?!”
I was shocked when I saw the number of XI classes that were on the 2nd floor, there were only 4.
“I am not aware of this.”
“Don't class XII too?”
I immediately ran to the 4th floor, but only up the stairs, the stairs leading to the 4th floor were covered with iron bars.
“It looks like I didn't realize this either.”
“What's wrong with this school?”
I descended again to the 2nd floor to enter one of the XI classrooms.
XI-IPA-2XI.
BEEPING
I was uncomfortable with the atmosphere of this class, feeling cramped, somehow.
And I feel like there's a gloomy air.
I don't see any ‘Depress’ Doors at the end of this classroom.
“Eh? Does this mean ‘Depress’ door is only in class X?”
“Tau like this I don't need to buy this much duct tape.”
“Waste money only.”
I came out of the school and saw the school building from a distance, there was no door from here.
“Already, I better go home..”.
