Intermissums

Chapter 9

We arrived at mekdi at 4 pm, hoping to find a comfortable seat with a place where there is an electric plug to charge the phone in case our phone is almost out of battery.

Fortunately, as soon as we entered, the person sitting at one of the tables in the corner went to leave, I hurriedly sat there, while Nara and Eris ordered food for the three of us.

I took off my bag and pulled out my phone, checking if there were any notifications from my parents or not. Fortunately there was none and I was relieved.

Maybe if I told my friends what I was doing, they might ask me why I should actually do this.

They didn't know that during my schooling, getting permission to go out with friends could only be counted on the fingers. The more I grow up, the more prohibitions my parents give me. They made a rule, told this to do it, without involving me to give an opinion. At all.

Let alone to allow refreshing, I work groups of more than 3 hours have been asked when to go home. Though I would like to say that the task of High School is not that easy to do in a short time. Unfortunately I always thought of messing around to friends' houses when I had no thought of messing around during group work.

Not to mention, which I usually allowed to the mall myself to pay a visit to the bookstore, anyway, now the habit is no longer there since I entered High School because Mama felt reading made me forget the obligation to learn and honestly the obligation that was always hailed it often makes me depressed.

Perhaps it was that distress that ultimately formed the other side of me, which from yesterday laid out a plan and my body had to follow what it wanted.

"It's freedom day. For the first and last!" the voice in my head screamed, saying that this is what I wanted since Junior High. Ever since people thought I was weird for never playing outside with anyone other than with family.

Nara and Eris arrived a few minutes later. We grabbed our food and put it in our stomachs that had been made hungry suddenly to see these foods.

"I swear, when was the last time I ate this? A month ago if not wrong," Nara said before she returned to bribe her food.

"Oh yeah? I rarely eat ginian food. I prefer to cook at home with my mother and sister. I don't know why, I'm going out of the house. So, eating also prefers home food," replied Eris.

"You're an introvert, Ris. I can't if I don't go out, I don't meet people, I don't have any friends to talk to. Not really me, so I make you walk, right," replied Nara again.

I was silent, not knowing what to answer. Suddenly my phone, which I forgot to remove from the table, where we were eating, rang. Notifications from Kaiva appear on the screen bar of the phone. I hurried to pick it up so my two friends wouldn't see it. However, late. Eris voices.

"Kaiva's? What's the matter with him texting you, Ra?"

I put my phone on my lap, then put my shoulder down. "don't know. And I'll reply to him."

Fortunately Eris and Nara who also heard, did not ask anything more.

After eating, we chatted about something small again. The little things that make us grateful to have each other. It has been almost six months since we first met and started making friends. Honey, Qia can't be with us right now. We finally decided to greet her via video call on my advice to make it feel complete.

"Eh, jerks. We have to take a picture of a new show off to Qia, okay? We have to capture this moment. I guarantee you all will definitely be difficult if invited to play together again. The gang is learning, not the toys. Come on, whose phone do you want to use?"

"yes too. Yes, just use my phone," I suggested. I thrust my phone at Nara who was in front of me and Eris.

"Yu, set the position," Nara said while looking for a good photo angle.

Eris next to me was just a head shake. "You can lower your voice, can't you? This is a public place. Shame on many."

"Nobody knows this, Ris," I replied with a chuckle, then smiled at the camera followed by Eris who finally resigned with a bad image of us all.

"Again. Again. Say cheese!"

We spent the next few minutes with narcissists on camera, after which we just called Qia.

"Stage. All use your cell phone, Ra," Pinta Nara.

"Eh, jerks. I'll reply to someone's message." I grabbed my phone and quietly opened Kaiva's message. I'm afraid that this message has not been answered will invite the curiosity of Nara and Eris to open and read the contents of the message.

Kaiva :

Hello there.

Hii.

Hara's?

Oh yeah, another swim, huh?

Me :

Ja. If you want to talk later.

I gave my phone back to Nara. "Now, it's already."

"Reply to whose message? No one sent a message, right?" Nara pressed her lips. Pouty.

"That's not going to happen to you anymore, Nar?" I asked back while smiling insinuously.

"Who? Ohh.si that. No way, he's a cute abis. I don't understand anymore."

Reluctant to discuss further, Nara immediately pressed the video call button to contact Qia. Not long after, the connection was answered by Qia.

"Qiaaa!!"

"Hi, you guys. How eating. I guess you guys ate the food" Qia replied.

"Lo's guess is almost real. I'm the only one whose food hasn't gone, if Hara and Nara don't ask. They ate already like starving children," Eris replied as she stared at us, insinuating blatantly.

Qia laughs. Then, I said, "your family event is over, Qi?"

Qia pointed her phone camera around. It seemed like he was in a building with yellow stain decorations placed scattered throughout the room. Wedding event.

"At last Qia married yaampun. I'm so proud, Qi," Nara exclaimed suddenly.

Eris nudged Nara's arm. "Lo ngawur, Nar."

Qia bobbing head. Then, after that we chatted about unimportant things, like asking if the swimming test was done, what food Qia would eat, and what food she would eat, and other things that make us not aware that the day is about to go into the night. At 6pm.

"Udah first yes, I want to help my aunt take care of something first. Enjoy you!"

"okay, Qi. Enjoy it too!" we waved in unison, then Qia closed the connection.

"What time do we want to go home?" my many. I looked at my phone, checked if my parents were calling or not.

"I don't know, another stretch is possible" Eris replied.

The tring!

My phone's beeping. I thought maybe it was from my mom or from my dad, but it wasn't.

Kaiva. Why the hell is that guy always sending obscure things even when I'm busy with my friends?

Kaiva :

You're home yet? I want malem.

I read it this time from the notification bar. I don't know if I don't want to text him.

Kaiva :

Swim not for long. Wrinkles on your hands or worse again catch a cold.

I'm termangu. Can't believe a Kaiva speaks like this. Usually he says other things not a concern that I never expected to come from a person like him.

"Well, Ra?" ask Nara and bring her head closer to me.

I hurried to turn off my phone and straighten my body. "Abis bales people's messages. Very good to you!"

Nara pursed her lips. "Currenting aja. Your face is very serious."

I gawk. "Emang yes?" my many.

"Yes. Serem saw it."

"Ko serem, anyway?" i'm glaring. Nara laughed loudly at having mocked me.

The tring!

Kaiva :

Magrib, magreb. It's not good to be still wandering outside.

I opened the message. Then type something. The more I get here, the less I can describe that guy. Mysterious, as if to guess his personality, I was like playing a puzzle.

Me :

Tumben attention. What's up here?

Kaiva :

Loh, really, right? Is there something wrong with my talk?

Drtts... Drtts..

My phone rings suddenly.

Papa called. I'm panicking. Want to lift, but here is full of songs played from speakers installed in the corners of the room. If I raise it now, those voices will be heard clearly.

I don't know what I'm thinking. All I know is that I told Eris and Nara to go home and rush to the bag and get out of our dining room.

You know I'm outside. In the parking lot with the sky that has turned dark, where the sound is not as crowded inside. However, as soon as I got outside, Papa's phone connection was cut off.

I called back. Not long after, Papa picked up his phone.

"Hello?"

"Ra, when are you coming home? It's malem." Papa's voice is heard.

I swallowed spit. "Yes. I want to go home."

I thought Papa was going to ask again, but it turned out that Papa just replied, "okay, be careful."

Typical Papa who is ignorant, but once he knows I did wrong, he will grumble me with his heavy voice that managed to corner me.

I just nodded. Papa clearly couldn't see it. After that, the phone turned off Papa and I immediately ordered an ojek online. Go home.

Enough of the fooling around.