My Lovely Busybody Girl's
2 - The Beginning of the Meeting
Who doesn't know Arka? All corners of Bumi Putera High School already know who the man is. Although only from the rumors they heard, but the rumor became a fact that plastered real by itself as time went by.
Rumors about his good looks? It was the first rumor that was immediately stated as a real fact shortly after seeing his face, even the tip of his nose had already said that he could be a model if he wanted to.
Rumors about his wealth? A month after entering Bumi Putera High School, Arka gave up her latest phone that was stolen while she was playing soccer with her friends. Even during the MOS event, he was the only participant to carry a motor vehicle worth tens of millions.
Rumors about his mischief? It was not a rumor anymore, even all the teachers in this school had raised their hands when dealing with the child.
Rumors about his power? A few months after she became a student at Bumi Putera High School, a third-grader claiming to be the frontman of the school cornered Arka in the back building of the uninhabited school because they did not like Arka who did not greet them or lowered his gaze when they met look at them. But what happened? The seven people who cornered him were immediately sent to the hospital and suffered some injuries to their faces and bones, Arka herself? Of course it's untouchable.
Rumors about his intelligence? Maybe this is the only rumor that still suspected the truth, he said, but everyone does not close their eyes with the value of Arka which is always above the number 8 even though he never listened to the lesson but slept on his desk. Isn't that enough to prove?
Because of these things Arka became respected by students at his school, even after the incident he beat the frontman of the school made the previous upperclassmen submit and appointed him as the new chairman.
As of this moment, as he and his two friends showed their faces in front of the already fully filled canteen, almost everyone had vacated his place for Arka. Of course, the man takes a comfortable place for himself and his two best friends smoke without being noticed by the teachers.
Zaki went to the canteen traders area and while looking at the surroundings, his hand reached into the hole that was behind the wall covered by pieces of wood. His hand came out of the hole carrying a pack of cigarettes.
The first person to snatch a cigarette from Zaki's hand was Reyhan who immediately pulled out a match from his pants pocket, Arka and Zaki followed. The sight of the three friends smoking in the corner of the canteen is common for students and traders at this school.
“In a moment we will pass this, on the further where lo?” reyhan asked to break the silence of his two companions that dissolved in their minds.
“Tau, do not think of me, if ortu anyway I want to go where also. lo yourself?” ask Zaki.
“Nyokap is not too maxain I go where, but bokap want me to go to college outside,” replied Reyhan.
“Out what? Space out? Gih there, do not need to go back again well lo.”
"Outside the country, slap it!" Reyhan pushed Zaki's head backwards. “Lo itself how about, Ka?”
The one asked was actually cool in smoking his cigarette while lifting his shoulders. Plumes of smoke came out of his mouth and nose.
“Arka you don't have to bother thinking about the future, the same brain money has him, the connection is also definitely a lot," replied Zaki who saw no reaction from his best friend.
“Sok tau lo, horse jigong," said Arka in between the cigarette at the end of his lips.
“Yes really, upil elephant,” welcome Zaki did not accept.
“Lo belek kudanil,”
“Lo rhino tray,”
“Lo congek giraffe,”
Reyhan only shook his head to see his two best friends interrupting each other. Hisapan in his cigarette stopped, as well as Zaki, they immediately threw their cigarette butts under the table and took the cigarette packs on the table.
Zaki and Reyhan give the code to Arka by raising their chin towards the back of Arka. Instead of not knowing, Arka actually knew that his two friends were giving him a code because their teacher came.
With ease Arka turned her head and found Rashudin, Bumi Putera Senior High School teacher was already standing behind her. Arka held up the cigarette in her hand and smiled.
“Cigarettes, Sir?”
Responding casually like that, Rashudin took a heavy breath, trying to control his emotions. He could not lose control in front of his students who were currently watching him even though he was eager to drag Arka's ears to a break.
“Arka, you follow Mr.” said Rasyudin then turned to walk out the canteen.
“Doi ngefans very much like me, call me to the room mulu. Ganjen,” Arka threw his cigarette butts half to the floor and stomped him to death as he stood up. “Gue unplug.”
Reyhan and Zaki raised their hands to Arka who was getting further away. Inwardly, the two men were grateful that Rashudin had done nothing to them. But they also know that Rashudin called Arka not because they smoked in school but the problems in the classroom yesterday.
Arka knocked on a door in front of which was written Guidance Counseling Room. The man entered the room and without being told to sit directly on the rotating chair in front of the Rashudin table, in front of him was already sitting the middle-aged man earlier.
“Later finally you asked me to sit down, so mending all of you. What do you want to say to me?” ask Arka.
Piqued. That was what Rashudin felt at this moment over Arka's attitude, let alone looking at her appearance that let her uniform out and her pants that were above her ankles. What was most upsetting was the piercing on the man's right ear.
“What you have done to Mr. Abdul yesterday is outrageous,” said Rasyudin directly to the point.
Arka who can guess the root of the problem she was called to the BK room then twirled the chair she sat in with no care. “And it happened yesterday, Sir!"
“Still, you can't call a teacher like that, it's been very excessive and destroyed the views of others about Mr. Abdul. Do you know because of yesterday's problem that Mr Abdul has to take a week off next?”
“Yeah, baper is very much a virgin. What do I tell you is a fact, sir. Some kids also know he's like a sissy.”
Rashudin breaking table. “But that cannot be a reason for you to call him like that in front of other students.” Rashudin cleared his throat, normalizing his voice that had been high. “You'll give me a punishment.”
“Not a big deal,” said Arka who is still spinning in her chair.
Rashudin looked at Arka seriously. He knew that Arka would not be able to take the punishment seriously, he would definitely tell others to do it. The person in charge of looking after him while he was doing his duty could do nothing because they were in contact with an Arka, even though the man never insisted.
“How are you Papa?”
Deg. The word made Arka stop from her swivel chair, her face suddenly stiffened. Arka turned her seat again, this time so she could face Rasyudin. “What?”
“Did you call your Papa? Do you have to call him and tell him this?”
Arka kicked the table in front of him and made what was on it shake. “Don't try calling old bangka it.”
Rashudin smiled triumphantly, that word could always make this child in front of him submit instantly. All he needed was an incompetent person in charge with who Arka was, and it seemed like he had found her.
“After school come to the library, people there will tell you what you have to do.”
*****
With a lazy step, Arka headed to the library room which even where it was located he did not know even though he had three years of schooling here. The location of the library behind the school building is indeed a place that Arka never visited.
Arka stood in front of a door in front of which was written Library. Without a second thought he opened the door and found a very quiet atmosphere. Of course, the home bell had rung since earlier, who would want to spend time in a place filled with the smell of books like this. If not, Arka will not come to this place until graduation.
Rashudin said –or rather threatened himwill inform his Papa if he refuses the assignment given. Of course Arka would not if until the old man knew then returned to Indonesia and destroyed all the freedom that Arka had today.
Arka walked down every bookshelf and found no one here. Rasyudin said someone would wait for him in the library and tell him what to do. Can't it be that Rashudin is the ghost of the library's guardian?
Arka was like hearing the sound of a book being turned around. He walked in the hallway between the two bookshelves. The voice became clearer he heard.
When she reached the end of the shelf, Arka turned her head and found a serious girl with a book in her hand. Sprinkled by the twilight sunlight that entered through the glass window in front of him made the girl's figure more beautiful like a painting.
Wait for. Is Arka's view not wrong? Did that girl just shed a tear? Because of a book?
Arka was silent looking at the scene in front of her. He did not want to admit it, but the scene he was currently seeing was so amazing that it made his heart that had not beat for a long time because of a girl, now come to life.
The girl raised her head and looked. He looked at Arka with both eyebrows raised, but the next second the girl smiled widely.
After closing the book, he approached Arka. “Udah come well? Hello, I'm Shaila, can we start now?”
*****
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