Paper Dove

Butterfly In Chest

The following days I was more busy and often went home late in the afternoon. Due to super-dense Retirement preparations, Elsa and I rarely go home together again. Elsa was busy practicing dancing until 4 or 5 p.m. We only met when we were in class for lessons, when our break hours began rarely to the cafeteria.

Juan also begins to get busy with the preparation of the Try Out school practice. Sometimes he comes to me in class or in Osis' room.

Causing a lot of news of the birds scattered, the contents of the Dew managed to snatch Juan's brother from Sarah, Dewun and Juan courtship.  And Juan was silent not to comment anything, making the gossip even more so.

Several times I saw Nandes in front of my school. Hanging out with friends at school. They are STM children and look striking with a uniform that they often use.

If it's like that I will try not to meet him, however, for example, I have come home secretly to mingle with the children in the group will go home. And that seems to make Nandes even more curious about me.

Until one day I had to go home with Juan and Nandes was faithfully waiting for me in front of the school. I didn't realize he was there because he was wearing the same national uniform as us, so he didn't look as flashy as usual.

At the same time Juan was waiting for me at the school gate chatting with Adam and his other friends. It was already very late afternoon, so not many students were milling around anymore.

When I cheerfully approached Juan's bike and took the helmet from him, Nandes slowly but surely came to us. Nandes' friends standing in the distance kept watching us.

" Hey enu, would you like to go home?", Nandes spoke to me without caring for Juan who was there. 

Juan sitting on his bike pulled my left hand closer to him. I caught a glimpse, Adam and Juan's friends who were originally leisurely sitting and leaning on their bikes were each immediately alert as soon as Nandes approached.

From their reaction like that I knew immediately, most likely they were old enemies.

Nandes looked at Juan not like it, then smiled at me "Yuk, I'll drive you home?".

" Em. thanks.but ..", I haven't finished talking Juan's been snatched.

" But blind yeah. He came home with me ", Juan said sharply without taking my hand off. 

" Dew, hear the sound of flies?", Nandes still asked me.

I was surprised to hear Nandes' clear question of flying the war flag. Juan was silent and not provoked at all, but his eyes were very alert. 

" Enu dew want to go home with me? Let me drop off", Nandes held my right hand and slightly pulled me away from Juan.

Some of my school students who were still around the school gate so noticed us because of this interesting attraction scene.

" It turns out that besides being blind you're deaf too? ", juan pulled my left hand so I could return to a position near him

" ha? Oh there's you apparently, there's a problem if I go home with Dew?", Nandes pulled me a little further away from Juan. 

" You're crazy, aren't you? Wanna die? Don't disturb the Dew", Juan pulled me closer.

" Oh this bastard is getting brave, you should have just died yesterday. Damn it", Nandes pulled me again. 

" STOP…. STOP..have gone crazy you guys", My hands hurt and my head hurts from the helmet I was wearing. I'm so upset, they don't realize everyone's watching us. 

I took my hands off the two of them "that's enough. You guys are like kindergarten. I'm not going home with you two. Okay, so stop", I'm mad.

After that I walked towards the place where I used to wait for the angkot, but turned back towards Juan. Juan smiled thinking I changed my mind. 

" It's my sister's helmet. There you go home. Making a sprain", I gave the helmet to Juan rather rudely and swerved to Nandes who was replied with a smile of guilt, then I left with a nag. 

***

The next day it became a warm news throughout the school.  Juan competes with STM children to fight over Dew, It turns out Dew cheating, Dew the pretentious, Dew bla bla bla bla bla. Everyone has cornered me. 

When meeting Sarah worse, blatantly insinuating. " Crazy yes beauty pretentious, not satisfied with one doang ya. It was seen from the beginning". That's how the insinuations are. 

"Crazy, you're really a school celebrity" Yuni said, Elsa picking up her meatballs.

" Whoa..you see I do not seem to grow old because of the burden I carry", I complained while stirring up my lazy meatballs.

" Yes bebh, there's white hair on your head", Elsa agreed with pity.

" Eh but yes... of the rumors circulating, Nandes is really cute huh? he said it looks like that plot, but a cheap smile is not like Juan's brother who never smiles at others but is cool too", Elsa began to chatter.

" He's worse than Juan. He's reckless Sa" I complain.

" Rather? whoa very romantic he is, until the whole thing", Elsa praised.

I looked at Elsa with a look 'you're crazy?'. Making Elsa grin is unclear.

"So which one did you choose?", Elsa asked and sipped her iced tea.

" What the hell ! I don't ah I don't know. Maybe they're both just idiots. Most of all, they stopped bothering me ".

Elsa nodded "No, I don't think that Adam and I are serious about liking you".

I'm talking "You're the same Adam? are you in office now?", I guess.

Elsa stuttered " uh. yes, we're in office now, no more fighting".

I nodded unaware of what was really going on between Elsa and Adam. I'm sure the gossip will disappear on its own.  That's Sure.

***

I with laziness and sleepiness that strikes still sit listening to the chairman of the committee making a speech at the meeting. It feels like today just want to go home and lie down while watching a comedy or horror movie.

" Dew, how? Class 3 has agreed not to fill the event?", the committee chairman asked me who was being shocked. 

" Uh yeah. They agreed, maybe 2 songs were performed", I explained. 

" Okay, good, we don't have a meeting tomorrow. Rest first, later an invitation will be made to some schools but only representatives of teachers and 5 students from each school invited ", the chairman of the committee spoke at length.

It seems that only a little listening, this is towards the weekend and the committee chairman eagerly wants a meeting. So sucks. 

When the meeting was over, everyone had fun. Lives that had been lost somewhere immediately returned spontaneously. I quickly tidied up my book, today Elsa went home first. If he is waiting for me, he said.  

I walked cheerfully towards the school gate. 

" Dew first yes", some friends greeted me, everyone wanted to hurry home. I reply with a friendly smile.

I hastened my steps. Don't want to be left alone at school, it's been quite the afternoon. 

" Hey..  ", juan came out from behind the flower of the fence to surprise me.

I was shocked and almost toppled over, with Juan quickly catching me. " I'm sorry I didn't mean it", Juan felt guilty.

I looked at it with teary eyes "Babon bottom. duck scabs..huhu. My heart was pounding fast enough to be shocked. 

Juan chuckled "That's a maki caci? Yes, I'm an ugly frog. I'm sorry ", Juan calms me down. 

I sobbed a little, held my stomach which started to sound and saw Juan.

Juan laughed "Yuk eat. There's good fried rice near here", Juan wiped the rest of the tears off my cheeks. " But I want to love you" Juan thrust the yellow and white paper pigeon folds at me. 

" I'm sorry about Sarah, I'm really sorry, I should have protected you from the beginning, Junet warned. But I take it too lightly. I'm sorry", Juan's face looks very sad. 

There was a bit of pain in my heart seeing Juan's sad face like that. 

" Yes I'm fine. You let me know that day. You take care of me too. Thanks", I clasped Juan's hand and smiled. 

Juan returned my grasp, then we walked together towards the motor park. And without me knowing the warm grip of Juan's hand, it felt like a butterfly was perched on my stomach and flew up to the chest. I'm happy right now.

***