Moon & Stars (Revised)

Section 6. Sick Star

“Hai, Lan!”

“August, Brother!”

“How are you, Lan?”

“Kak is getting more beautiful, deh!”

So many greetings from the class adek and his class were ignored by the Moon when entering the school environment.

The girl was walking down the corridor of the school with steady and hasty steps. His eyes looked out in all directions. Like looking for the existence of someone. But since then, the nose of the person he was looking for was never seen. The feeling of anxiety, worry and panic was mixed into one.

Which star, yes, did not come? The Moon in my heart.

I don't know why the Moon is so worried about the state of the stars. From the very beginning of meeting the Star to knowing it, the life of the Moon feels so colorful. The moon was comfortable being near the guy and he was afraid of losing him. To him, that guy was the most precious thing in his life. His life will definitely feel empty without the presence of the cute guy.

The moon glanced at the circular watch fitting on her wrist. The feeling is increasingly unreasonable when you see the clock that has been pointed at 07:15.

Where the hell are the stars?

“Surya ...,” Suman Moon. Amidst his uneasiness, a name suddenly popped out of his lips just like that.

The moon was silent for a while. Then, the girl flicked her finger with a sparkling face. Yes, Surya! That guy must know why the stars don't go to school.

The moon got out of place and ran to class to look for Surya. Damn, the Moon hit a large body of someone when he was about to get to the corridor of his class. It ends with the Moon falling backwards and falling on the floor.

“Awh...,” Moon grimaces in pain while holding her elbow that slightly bleeds. Accidentally hit the floor.

The person who hit him came up to the Moon and crouched down in front of the girl. “L-lo no papa right?” ask the guy with a panicked look.

The moon raised its face and cast a cynical look at the man who was squatting in front of it. I know it hurts, it's more! What is pretending to bego, anyway?!

“Lo's eyes are papa! Noh, look at my elbow!” said the Moon did not relax while showing his elbow that slightly bleed in front of the man's face.

Being yelled at like that makes the guy close his lips tightly with his head down. “Sorry, I did not accidentally!” The man's voice suddenly shrieked.

The moon rolled her eyes lazily. The girl occasionally blows her elbow that feels sore.

Suddenly, a hand reached out toward him. The moon frowned and looked at the man questioningly. What does that guy mean to extend a hand towards him?

The guy with a neat appearance is now standing firmly in front of the Moon. He sighed furiously when the Moon just stared strangely at his hand without intending to reach it. “Sini .. I help you stand,” he said gently.

“No need, I can do it myself!” ketus Moon cynical, brushed aside the boy's hand.

The man stared at his hands that were still stretched out toward the Moon. A second later, he pulled his hand back and looked at the Unpleasant Moon. “Oh, okay.” He scratched his back of the neck wrong behavior.

The moon stood up and sauntered away, passing through the body of the man who was now sculpting in its place. Boro-boro to linger with the guy ngeselin, just look at the moon ogah.

Without Moon noticing, the guy kept staring at her departure until his body disappeared completely swallowed by the classroom door.

A heavy sigh filled the man's solitude before turning around and leaving the corridor in the opposite direction to the Moon.

...***...

The moon entered the classroom with an uncharacteristically gloomy face. His face was more bent when his eyes fell on an empty bench. The owner of the seat has not arrived yet.

One heavy breath just popped out of the Moon's lips. The girl with the hair tied into one stepped her feet towards Renata's bench, the bench across the bench with the Stars. He decided to sit down with Renata today.

Renata who is busy reading stories on the platform ******, turns his attention aside when he feels like the bench is occupied by someone.

The two eyebrows intertwined when he found the Moon there was laying his head on a table full of scribbles of pens. That's not what's at the center of Renata's attention. Renata focused more on the Moon's face that looked crumpled and dim.

“Why sit here, Lan? Your seat is opposite the same star,” asked Renata as well as commemorate.

The silence and no response from the Moon made the wrinkles on Renata's forehead multiply. The girl—Moon just shut up with her eyes closed. Renata's question was ignored.

Why child, then? I don't usually think so! Ask Renata in my heart.

Netra Renata accidentally caught a small grated wound on the right elbow of the Moon's hand. Instantly the two balls of the girl round want to come out.

“Yeah, Lan!!! Your hand why is it bleeding, anjir?!” Renata exclaimed with both hands shutting his mouth. His body was also slightly kept out of the reach of the Moon.

The moon was piercing while rubbing his ears. Apparently disturbed by Renata's cry. “Jatoh earlier,” the answer was short implied annoyance in it.

Renata brought his body back to the Moon. “Kok, can?” tanyanya is in kepo mode.

“The story will be later. I'm tired, I swear!” said Moon limp still with his eyes closed.

Renata's gaze turned pity. He grabbed his best friend's wrist intending to help him stand up. “Yodah, come to UKS!”

The moon immediately raised her disheveled face and looked at Renata in annoyance. “Why what?!!” gregett.

Renata rotated both of his eyeballs. “Ngobatin luka lo, Lan!” press that girl in every word.

“No, don't do it! Heals on his own too!” reject the Moon blatantly, forcibly withdrawing his hand from Renata.

The girl slumped her head back on the table making Renata breathe out in rage. Patience, Ren! Be patient!

Renata decided to sit on his bench again. He approached the Moon and rubbed the black mane of the girl. “Lo sure, Lan?” tanyanya.

“Iya, Taaa!” sahut Moon is anxious even though in the position of his nose.

“Yodah, deh!” Renata stopped her activities by wiping the black mane of the Moon. The girl changed her sitting position back to face the front.

After that, there was no conversation between the two. Both of them seem busy with their activities. Renata returned to his early activities that had paused and the Moon with his daydreams.

In the middle of his daydream, Moon remembered his original purpose of getting into the classroom earlier. As a result, the girl immediately woke up from her seat making Renata who was sitting next to her gasp in shock. The moon was about to leave, but his hand was already held back by Renata.

“Where, Lan?” That was roughly the meaning of the gaze that Renata gave her now.

“Ke bench Surya,” replied the Moon who seemed to understand the meaning of the gaze.

The suddenness of it made Renata move from his seat and stared at the horror moon. Do not forget the check on the Moon's wrist is getting tightened.

“You want to say Lo? Nicke me?!” Renata's gaze at her turned cynical.

The moon sipped in the heart. Ck, not a nobody but possessive of asking for mercy!

“Lo think I'm a best friend what?!” The moon nyolot. Not accept his reputation is aggravated by his best friend.

“Continue, why?” Renata with her squeaking eyes.

The moon rolled her eyeballs. “You asked Surya Bintang why not come. Would you like to join lo?”

Renata smiled ignorantly. An intimidating stare disappeared from the girl's countenance. “Cie, attention to the story..,” led Renata.

“Ish, what the hell, Ta! Ngaco deh!” Moon blushed in shame. With reflexes to stab Renata's arm. “Please me!” rebelling but ignored by Renata.

“Bunang darling.. meet Surya later aja yes. You see, the teacher has come!” Renata pulled him and sat him back in the chair. And sure enough, a teacher had now been firmly in front of them.

The teacher with the translucent white lensed glasses and the black inked marker in his hand was spreading a smile in front of the 11th grade IPA 2.

“Good morning, kids! Today, we will learn about the exposition text,” said Bu Truly, the Indonesian Teacher.

“About, among you who knows what an exposition text is?” continues asking.

There is no word from the students. They all quietly silence.

“Nobody knows?” Ms. Truly just smiled thinly, understood. The young teacher exhaled, then gave instructions to his student.

“OK ... For more details, you try to open the book page 51. Read from there to page 62. If anything is not and poorly understood, please ask!”

“Iya, Mom!” exclaiming students in unison.

Again, a faint smile adorned the young teacher's lips. Then, he put his foot on the teacher's desk and sat down on the bench. Bu Truly chose to pay attention to his students who are now competing to read books. Although there are only pretending to read—just see the book at a glance, and there are also those who actually read it carefully.

Bu Truly's gaze then fell on a student who was sitting on the second bench of the second row on the left. Bu Truly's two eyebrows interlocked. The student looked faint and pale. He was holding his head with both hands while twitching his forehead. It seems, he's dizzy.

Bu Truly immediately got up from his stool and walked over to the disciple.

The moon, which had been lying face-down between the hands crossed on the table, re-enforced itself when it felt the hand of Bu Truly perched on its shoulder.

The moon looked at Bu Truly with a forced smile.

“No to Mom! It's just a little dizzy,” replied Moon lying.

“Month!” Renata yelled at him annoyed. It made the Moon turn to look at him and re-impose his fake smile.

“Neither papa, Ta ..”

“Months if you are not healthy do not be forced to learn, son! Instead of understanding, you even get dizzy.” Bu Truly reprimanded him making the Moon bow its head deep. There is a truth to Bu Truly, thought the Moon.

Truly then turned to look at Renata. “Tata, you anter Month to UKS, yes!” tell that one student.

“Good, Mom!” Renata nodded obediently. The girl got up from her seat and helped the Moon stand up.

“Yuk, Lan!” take Renata with you while pulling the Moon's wrist.

The moon just resigned itself when Renata dragged him out of class. Honestly, the Moon really needs a break for now. He just didn't have the courage to be honest. He was afraid that Ms. Truly would get him out of class. But it was all just the imagination of the Moon.

The two girls walked side by side in the deserted corridor. Suddenly, the Moon's body staggered off balance and hit Renata's shoulder. Fortunately with intercept Renata catches the girl's head. If not, it is certain that the Moon ended up on the floor right then and there.

“Jeez Lan, your body is so hot!” Renata panics when she accidentally touches the Moon's forehead.

And Renata is getting more and more lost to realize his best friend was unconscious.

Yes, Moon fainted.

Renata seemed to look here and there intending to seek help. Where strong he brought the Moon to the UKS room which is still quite far from its current place. And fortunately, there was a male student who happened to pass by in the corridor. Renata called out to him and quickly the male disciple approached towards him.

“Friend lo why, deck?” Oh, apparently senior Renata.

“My friend fainted, Brother! Can you ask for help, sister?” renata said full of his request to his senior.

“Iya-iya.” Not dizzy, the guy took over the Moon's body and carried it in his carrier. The man carried the body of Moon to the UKS room and put her to bed.

“Still yes, Brother!” said Renata with a shy smile because he just realized the person he just met help turned out to be one of the influential people in school.

Sky, the name of the guy who has senior status is a former chairman of the osis period two years ago and his position ended yesterday fitting up in the twelfth grade. That handsome and smiling guy. Any girl who was near the sky would definitely feel the same way as Renata. Heart beats incoherently.

The guy just slapped out with a faint smile. “Yodah, I stay yes! May his friend recover quickly!” he said then just walked away.

...***...

Half an hour later, the Moon was conscious. The girl immediately got up from her sleep and got out of bed intending to return to class, but her movements were immediately intercepted by Renata.

“Lo has not fully healed, Lan!” reprimanding Renata at that time warned him.

“Gue to see Surya, Ta. I am worried about the stars. I'm sure the guy wasn't okay after the test yesterday.” But the Moon, still the Moon. The girl remained determined to return to class to meet Surya.

Arriving in class, they did not find the guy's nose. A student who happened to be in class at the time told them that Surya was in the cafeteria right now. Eat the same Mentari.

Hearing that, Renata became angry. The girl dragged the Moon to the cafeteria. Throughout the unrelenting journey the girl's mouth was slurping indistinctly. Call on Surya, Mentari lah. A jealous person with no relationship is any different!

The moon can only shake its head. And now, they are standing in front of Surya and Mentari. Their arrival was immediately welcomed by Surya, turning upside down with Mentari who now cast a cynical look at the two of them.

“Tumben, run me! What's up, Lan?” surya asked with his face.

“Which star did not look like from earlier?” The moon ignored Surya's question. The girl asked back.

Hearing the name of the Star is called to make the look of Surya's face turn sad. The guy exhaled then said, “Star fever.”

Suddenly it makes the Moon, Renata and Mentari glare simultaneously.

“WHAT?! STAR FEVER?!” pekik Mentari loudly made some people complain about him. No exception Renata who now meme-menye follow the girl's speech.

“Kok can?” tanya Mentari lowered the volume of her voice slightly. Speech that ejected from the lips of the Moon afterwards, made Mentari turn his eyes on the girl.

“Definitely because of the rain yesterday,” chirps Moon sad. His head is slightly down. His two hands down there twisted each other. The Moon feels guilty for the stars.

“Brailtime? Mean lo?” surya asked with his forehead creeping at him. His gaze was fully fixed for the Moon.

If Surya chose to ask out of curiosity, then it is inversely proportional to Mentari who now accuses the Moon of non-existence.

“This must be because of you, right. Sick star because of you, Lan!” point it at the Moon with her squeaking eyes.

“Enak really lo kalo by the way.” Renata took a step forward. The girl seemed to not accept the accusations that Mentari had just thrown for the Moon, his best friend. His face seemed to be unkempt looking at Mentari as an enemy that must be destroyed.

“Keep if he's not readylet alone, huh?” Mentari took a step forward, until now Renata and himself have faced only separated by a few inches.

Mentari looked at Renata's appearance from top to bottom and snorted cynically. Don't forget the little grin that adorned her lips. “Mending you don't have to interfere. Don't be so hard. Ink's not your business, okay?!” The mentari pushing Renata's shoulders violently made Renata's body take a step back.

“What do you mean my push-push, huh?” Renata who felt that he did not accept the treatment of Mentari. He pushed her over the shoulder until her body stumbled onto the cafeteria table. His face is getting louder now. If only he could, Renata wanted to exterminate a creature called Mentari right then and there.

A really cunning mentor did not run out of sense to avenge Renata's treatment. The girl grinned in silence, then...

“A-awh, sick...,” ringis Mentari pretended while holding his waist area that just stumbled on the table.

Surya who is obsessed with weight Mentari just went to the girl and helped her sit on her stool again. “Lo is not papa, Tar?” tanya was a bit anxious.

“I-iya no papa, Sur. Relax,” said Mentari pretentious pretender in front of the guy.

While Renata rolled her eyes lazily. Renata can read that this is all just mental reasoning. Uh, queen drama!

“Ck, erah! It hurts, haha...,” Renata laughs cynically and sounds ridiculed.

Suddenly it makes Surya emotional. It has made Mentari sick, now the girl is still teasing him too.

Surya turned around and looked at the girl who was now lifting her chin up high. “Heh, Tata! It's so bad you're a person. Not having a heart. Lo humans aren't you?” surya Omel.

“The volume is the same lo, what is it?” asked Renata with both eyebrows bending over each other. “Gue should apologize is that?” the question again was directly embraced firmly by Surya.

Renata smiled cynically. Implied disappointed tone in both of his eyeballs. Apparently, Surya cares more about Mentari, the snake man, than he does. It's smirking!

“Do not hope! I would never do that. Apologize to him it's the same that I fell my self-esteem with my friend,” hiss Renata with his firm voice.

Surya's sturdy jaw hardened staring at Renata's late-goal. “Apologies, no?!” melirih.

“No,” kekeh Renata. The girl shakes her head unwillingly.

“MIN-TA MA-AF” snapped the guy with his emphasis.

“ENG-GAK!”

Surya growling restrained. This girl completely drained her emotions. His hand was raised up and landed right on Renata's left cheek.

THE PLAQUE!

“GUE SAID SORRY, YES SORRY DAMN!!!”

Renata jerks. The moon standing behind him was no less shocked. The girl shut her mouth in disbelief. Surya slapped Renata?

Renata was silent for a while in place with a hand holding his cheek that had just been touched by it. His teary eyes looked at Surya with a feeling of cracking and shattering unceremoniously. Now that ever-worshipping gaze turned into a gaze full of disappointment and heartbreak. After this, maybe Renata will never admire again a guy named Surya.

A drop of clear liquid managed to slide off the girl's two eyelids before turning around and running from the spot.

The moon lamented the departure of her best friend with a look of pity. The disappearance of Renata's back at the cafeteria door made her turn her gaze on Surya.

The moon looked at the man disappointed. Moon bobbing head. “Lo's path, Sur!” he then ran after Renata.

Surya who is now in his place. Still can't believe what he just did. Did he cross the line?

There was nothing the man could do but curse himself in the heart.

...***...