
All the way home Airish just shut up next to Zio who was driving the car.
Arriving at home, Airish wanted to thank Zio and inevitably he had to look at Zio's face which was also silent since then.
"Thank you, yes, Zi .." said Airish sincerely, he did not know why Zio could know the details of his home address even though Zio had never been to his house before. Airish wanted to ask about it but he was hesitant.
"Hmmm," Zio murmured softly.
Airish wants to open the car door lever but Zio calls his name.
"Ril ..."
"Yes?" Airish turned back to Zio.
"I ..." Zio seemed hesitant to say the word.
"Why, Zi?"
"No, it's okay, hearts go down" Zio finally said. Airish just smiled clumsyly, then completely got out of Zio's car.
Zio watched the girl who entered the gate while running small because the outside was still drizzling.
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A few days later, Aarav, Abrine and Airish return to school. This weekend the school held a nature lovers event that is camping in the scout forest which is located quite far from the city center.
This activity certainly makes Abrine enthusiastic, especially Aarav, because teachers are also included in this activity to establish familiarity and social spirit for educators with their students.
Indirectly, Aarav followed this because Miss Siska would also be among the teachers present.
While Airish, he himself did not seem so interested in this kind of thing. However, inevitably must follow also because this activity is required for all students in grades 11 and 12.
"Sister, bring a lot of mosquito repellent lotion! I don't think we'll be donating blood to forest mosquitoes" Airish grumbled at Abrine, who was putting equipment in his backpack.
Abrine just shook his head at Airish's grunts. What Abrine thinks is that this camp will definitely be exciting and very challenging, while Airish only thinks of mosquito repellent lotions, strange right?
"Sir, what you have to think is that it's not an anti-mosquito lotion, but you have to think of a strategy so that you don't meet the same tree-waiting supernatural beings!" aarav said.
Abrine giggles because he knows Aarav wants to scare Airish, while Airish himself thugs Aarav who has begun to scare him even though their camping has not officially begun.
"Sister, we'll have a tent..." Airish holds Abrine's arm, trying to persuade him because a little bit of Aarav's speech affects his timid soul.
"Yes, yes." replied Abrine as he was.
Nev and Raya know about this activity and they support their three children to follow this kind of thing so that their third soul is more independent. Nev and Raya also equip them with a lot of advice, advice and of course the needs they have to bring.
"Don't forget to bring a P3K box. Udah so, there will be careful, yes," said Raya while looking at her three children who began packing for departure tomorrow morning.
"Yes, Ma.." said the three almost simultaneously.
"Follow the rules made, do not occasionally break the rules. Don't isolate yourself from the rest or get lost in the woods!" timpal Nev while changing channel tv.
Airish immediately shuddered in horror at the words of the Papa about getting lost in the forest. He was determined to continue to take Abrine later.
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Buses carrying students and teachers began walking to leave the school area. They will all go to the forest where the camp and nature lovers are held.
In less than two hours, they finally arrived at their destination. Each student is grouped based on their class. Abrine and Aarav, the classmate, must give up Airish who cannot always be near them.
Airish's intention to always be near Abrine finally could not be realized. Airish felt his fate was less fortunate. I don't know who he has to depend on now even though their group is also heavily guarded by some supervisory teachers.
The classes are further divided into three groups and each group is supervised by two teachers.
Although Aarav likes to prank Airish but still he was afraid if his sister was out of his control because Aarav knew enough Airish soul who really needed help especially in the forest like this.
"Gue tipped Airish, yes.please take care of him!" Finally Aarav said that sentence to Zio. Because according to him, there was nothing else he could hope for besides the guy. Zio is the one who cares most about Airish and Aarav admits it.
Zio looked at Aarav with a small smile. "No need to say I will definitely take care of him," said Zio steady.
Aarav and Zio parted ways when they were required to join their respective teams.
They all began to set up camping tents for their shelter for the next two days.
After the tent is ready to be erected, they also sit neatly in front of their respective tents.
One tent consists of three people who are in one group. It is separated between male and female students. Same with the teachers present.
"Now we will start playing games yes," a coach and the host began to play the action after seeing the situation that was conducive after the tent was installed.
"The games won't be difficult, you just need to hear my instructions. Whatever I say you do. Not hard, is it?"
"No.." said everything at once.
"Okay, we're starting, yeah! Each team is assembled in a circle! Three, two, one.m start!" the builder said very quickly.
All the students followed the instructions, they ran around forming a circle in a wide expanse of field. The teachers became the overseers of every student circle that was formed.
For the losing team, it is declared eliminated and the number of defeats will be calculated at the time of the last game. There are some teams that fall in the first round, because the time given to make the circle is only three seconds while they have not fully prepared.
"OK, easy right? Now we start the next game. The one who fell more than three times, means it is considered to lose and we will punish the losing team" said the committee.
Aarav and Abrine's team can still breathe a sigh of relief because they've made a circle correctly.
While the Airish team lost, because they were less compact.
"Okay, the next game is to carry the flag by relay. Each team must successfully bring the flag up to the finish line...."
The next game went smoothly and all students cheered happily with the activities today, of course they were more compact with the games that were deliberately made this afternoon.
Finished the first two games, they are welcome to have lunch for a moment before continuing the next game.
Airish is one team with Zio, it's actually no coincidence because the team is formed based on the order of names in the Absent class. And the order of their names beginning with the letter A is indeed close together, so they must be in one team again.
Zio is relieved to be able to keep Airish from close range, while Airish is actually still uncomfortable with Zio in his team, but it is undeniable that Airish also feels this is better than he has no reliable people in his team. At the very least, Zio could definitely bother Airish if he was having trouble in a forest like this.
Unfortunately, the Airish team lost more than three times and must be willing to accept the punishment to be given.
"The penalty for the losing team is to look for the flag that the committee has placed in certain corners.10 of you, will be divided into 5 teams, meaning each team is two people... every two people we'll give you a map to find the hidden flag."
"... The number of flags each team must collect is 5 pieces, you must return here at around 4 pm! Can't be too long. If you do not manage to collect the 5 flags, then you still have to go back at 4 and we will see how many flags you get. Ready it?"
"Remar!!"
The ten people who must be punished for defeat are preparing to form 5 teams, including Zio and Airish who are in the losing team. Fortunately, Zio immediately withdrew Airish's hand, because Airish was so embarrassed if he first started inviting Zio to become a team.
The five teams began to move to follow the instructions on the map.
"Zi, I'm afraid .." said Airish honestly as they began to enter the forest area according to the map they were carrying.
"You need not be afraid. The important thing is that you stay beside me. Don't try - try anywhere, I don't want you to get lost because the map is only one," Zio said understanding Airish's fear.
Airish nodded, only this time he wanted to follow wherever Zio moved because of his immense fear.
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