My Heart to You, Brother (Love in Silence)

14. face it together

This morning was not as usual. Ever since Arrida walked down the corridor towards her class, many eyes were staring at her full of condescending ridicule. Although feeling strange and uncomfortable, he tried to act ordinary.

Arriving at the class, Nana and Hani had already greeted him with a different look.

"You guys why seh, Na, Han?" greet Arrida while putting her bag on the table

"You haven't seen the school group post today, have you, Da?" tanya Hani replied to Arrida's greeting.

Arrida shook her head. He then received a cell phone given by Hani. Open a post in a school community group on the blue app.

"Astaghfirullahal'adzim ... What the hell, people worried about me kayaking earlier," Arrida was shocked to see the post. He's sitting drowning in his chair.

The post contained a photo slide of Arrida being with some guys at her school.

The photo, along with Justin, shows the two of them chasing each other in the school field. At that time Justin was deliberately fighting Arrida by taking his scout hat, so Arrida chased after him to take back his hat.

The second photo is with Rian, as Arrida sits in a chair in front of the PMR room, while Rian stands next to her while holding the shoulder of the chair Arrida is sitting on, so it's as if Rian is holding Arrida's shoulder.

The next photo with Vishnu when Arrida was sitting in the school garden, next to him there is Vishnu who was watching Arrida's face attentively.

The next photo is a photo with Uwais. Uwais walks while laughing with Arrida. Like being on a date, when in fact they were on the road with Nana, Hani, Rian, Roni, Asep, Uly.

"PLAYER OF THE YEAR

BE CAREFUL TO TAKE CARE"

It's just that something made him more surprised, namely in the next post. The photo when Uwais performed CPR on Arrida, although some of the images in this photo are disguised, but show clearly as if Uwais gave a kiss to Arrida

"Action kiss kiss"

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"Patience, Da ...." Nana rubs Arrida's back

"We know what, Da, all this slander, which is in your photo is us-we, you are not alone doang ma them," Hani explained to Arrida to calm down

"Someone doesn't like you, Da!" Nana has concluded

"You'll know the consequences!" The words from Erna yesterday were still ringing clearly in his ears.

"Is it possible Erna, Da? He yesterday will snack on you," now Hani who commented.

Arrida wanted to answer but there were footsteps approaching the three.

"Arrida, summoned to room BK!" arfan said the head of class X IPA 1.

Arrida just nodded in understanding. He immediately got up "I'm going to BK's room first, yeah,"

Nana and Hani seem to be worried about her

"I don't papa Nana, Hani ... I'm not wrong, this is slander,"

Nana and Hani finally nodded encouragingly.

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"Sit Nak!" ma'am Sofia's orders to Arrida. Now those who face each other are no longer as mothers and children, but as BK teachers and students at the school.

"Mother believes Rida, right? All that slander bun," Arrida immediately spoke without having to ask what bu Sofia called him for. He was sure that his call to the room must have been related to the school post.

Bu Sofia nodded.

"That photo was an edit, wasn't it a kid?" Sofia tried to make sure

"That's real, but, Rida's condition at that time again ma memen-tenu kok, no longer alone,"

"Including the kissing?"

"It wasn't kissing bun, it was Uwais's sister who again nolongin Rida ... Mother still want to tell the story of when Rida drifted in the river during the PMR camp?"

Bu Sofia nodded.

"You got enemies, son?"

"Maybe ...."

"meaning?"

"Someone hates Rida, Bun,"

"Can you explain?"

Arrida and Uwais had a point of view. Momentary. Then they turned their eyes to his two BK teachers, when Uwais was already sitting next to Arrida.

"Okkey, do you know why you were called?" ask Mr. Lukman to Uwais.

"Yes sir, about my photo with Arrida,"

"Can you explain?" ask Lukman.

"The photo was when I nolongin Arrida drifting Sir, I did CPR for him, because he was unconscious, his heart rate was very weak, at that time his friends blm there who dare to do CPR, and then there are those who do CPR, and it was not originally a photo but a video taken by Roni, at that time he recorded it with the intention to educate CPR in real. You can ask your friends who are watching,"

Lukman nodded in understanding the story.

"So no kissing, yeah,"

"Absolutely not, sir" said Uwais timidly.

Mr. Lukman and Ms. Sofia put on their small smiles, while looking at Uwais and Arrida alternately. The one being stared at became clumsy and felt ashamed.

"If that's what we have to investigate now who posted it," said Mr. Lukman.

Uwais and Arrida nodded simultaneously.

"You suspect someone?" ask Lukman on both.

Arrida and Uwais stared at each other.

"Don't you want to explain something?" sofia asked Arrida.

"Oh yes, Mom," this time Arrida changed the call on Sofia's mom, not anymore 'mother' but with the name 'mother'

Arrida told me what she was going through.

'Hmmmh, young boy ..." said Mr. Lukman shaking his head, while Ms. Sofia only took a deep breath after listening to Arrida's story.

"Yes, then let father and mother Sofia take care of it, you two return to class" Mr. Lukman ordered Arrida and Uwais

But Arrida was silent. There was doubt on his face.

"Why, Da?" ms. Sofia asked, "You don't want to go to your class?"

Actually deep down Arrida was wanting to be alone, she was not prepared with the gazes given by other students like this morning, even though in this case she was slandered but the problem was not finished yet, many other students do not know the truth, and it is impossible to explain one.

"Oh no ma'am, I'm going in" Arrida changed her mind. He chose to face it

" Sure?" ask Sofia again

Arrida nodded steadily.

Finally he and Uwais came out of the BK room. Walk together, silence each other.

Uwais steps Arrida towards her class

"Where are you going? Twelve-class building right there?" arrida asked as she pointed at the twelfth grade building.

"I want to take you to class,"

"Do not, ntar even there is a strange prejudice again, this problem is not finished,"

"You don't papa, do you?" asked Uwais while stopping her footsteps. Arrida turned his head, just staring without answering the question from Uwais

"Oh, okay, you don't have to answer, I know you're not okay,"

Arrida smiled slightly chuckling

"It's always like that brother," exclaimed Arrida.

"What?"

"So I always ask if I'm okay, but without me answering, you know the answer,"

"Your face has given the answer Ar, you are not okay, but you have confidence that you will be fine" Uwais said, pointing at a glance right in front of Arrida's chest. "You can handle Ar, we'll deal with it together, yeah,"

Arrida stared at Uwais meaningfully, so that her neutrals could not blink. It was like getting power from everything Uwais said.

"We face it together, yes" muttered Arrida's bathin repeating the last sentence that Uwais said, which made her heart beat very fast.

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