Salto World Wine
Chapter 8: Math Values
Arka still remembered how the cold face looked behind her smile a few seconds ago. The expression he saw was exactly the expression he had in the squadron first, when Wine exited his commander's room and spewed and dumped juice in the trash.
Everything is still printed clearly in Arka's memory. And today he saw it again.
“Seneng dehli brother Arka handsome. Bet yesterday Wine wear today that bang?”
Arka did not answer, he just walked around the car and then got into the car and drove it away from the school environment. No one spoke, he was just focused on driving and Wine, which was usually full of surprises, was silent while staring out the half-opened window. Despite being covered with a cheerful smile, Arka knew that the commander's son was in a bad state.
“Bang”
“Hmm?”
“ What is the math value of brother first fitting school?”
“ Why is it?”
Wine showed the paper its repeat value with a relaxed gesture. There is no expression of shame at all as if the value of the paper is not an embarrassment.
“ 70? Not too bad. If 50 new bad value” Arka just want to make the atmosphere of this cold car become cooler. Therefore, praising the value of 70 which is clear under KKM is one way.
Notya nodded, Arka instead saw Wine shook her head then nodded “ My original value is 20 bang”
“ 20 ? that's 7, right? One about 10 points, so 70”
“ Not my value 20, my answer is just right 2, the correct answer the rest is cheating in Ocha. So brother really, very bad value”
Ah, another rumor that says the commander's son is very low in mathematics is proven before his eyes. For this time Arka could no longer answer, the answer that was previously expected to eliminate the cold now even added to the cold and awkward between them.
“If his mathematical value brother first how much?” Wine asked again. The question is also not at all Arka wanted to answer, considering my mathematical value since SD has never been below the number 9.
“ Must be good huh bang?” typical Wine that asks for itself but guesses for itself.
Arka nodded, then took out the Wine paper and put it in the drawer “ Bagus. But as long as you know not always the value of guaranteeing someone success where ahead”
“ Yes, that's brother's thinking, not with baba”
There was a disappointed tone that Arka heard behind that sentence. Some say Wine is true but some are not “ Instead of value, it seems the commander prefers the same people who have plans for the future. Like anything you have to achieve at the age you want. As far as I am so”
Wine shook his head in disagreement “ Unfortunately what you see on baba is not 100 percent like that.
“The evidence is that baba is not too concerned with values, brother and baba should not be at school in the afternoon like this” he continued.
“It just so happened that I and the Commander ran out because there was something to take care of. Keep your teacher on the phone so I'll take the commander to school”
“Keep brother did not think so, out of this baba home use what?”
“ Book your own taxi can right?”
“Wahh cool. Just this time Wine nemu baba boys like this brother”
The laughing arc that made Wine laugh as well. Honestly during the trip to school with the commander earlier. The commander told him that if Wine got in this car and asked to leave immediately, then Arka had to obey. At least it's safer and more clear where Wine's going after it. Because usually after an incident like this, Wine will end up being found in the hospital after participating in a wild race of his upperclassmen first.
“So how much is it worth?”
“Still curious of you?”
“Iya. So?”
“ Boongnya steady once you bang”
“Ngga believe?” Arka glanced briefly at Wine who was now shaking his head.
“I show my rapot sometime same you”
“Agreed”
Ludicrous and pathetic answer for Arka. Usually when discussing about values, everyone will immediately believe and say ‘orang pinter mah udai makeliatan from his face doang’, just this time alone who even agreed to be shown the value in his report.
“Bang”
Arka exhales tired “What else?”
“Laper”
If Wine had not been the son of his commander, Arka would have pretended not to have heard any of this girl's words since. Actually not because he did not want to spend money to eat the son of this commander, only after not believing if he always got good grades at school. Wine was also very shameless to ask her to eat. It's amazing this commander's son.
Right at the intersection of the red light, Arka turned her car to the left, then parked in front of the nearest field restaurant. Perhaps if Wine's stomach was full, this girl would fall asleep all the way to the commander's house.
“Nasi Padang bang?”
Arka nodded, turned off the car engine and then looked at Wine who looked reluctant to go down “ Lagerkan? Down” orders then leave Wine who is still in the car and walk into the restaurant Padang.
Just a few seconds later, Wine is now sitting in front of him with pursed lips which Arka thinks is very funny.
“Why? Tasty rice padang”
“Who said it wasn't good? Wine just now the owner eat meatballs let seger”
“Yang exist and most deket just rice paddies. It will soon be jammed. So eat first there is”
“Cih”
The more familiar the figure of Wine, the more it makes Arka feel amazed by the change in himself. Because Arka was most reluctant to be close to creatures of the female sex, especially the type of Wine that continues to talk is not stopping. Only this time Arka can survive, even tend to be strange because it considers some funny things to the girl sitting in front of him.
“ Oh yes.your hair is pigtied”
Again Arka saw the Wine thud not like. But even though he did not like Wine still reached into his shirt pocket trying to find a hair tie that may be ordinary girl put there.
Feeling unable to find his hairband, Wine now even walked to the seller's brother then asked for a rubber band that is usually used to tighten the rice padang wrapper.
“Do you ask for that rubber?”
“Make what else? make a hair tie. Kan brother told tie haird”
Arka reached into his pants pocket then put a pack of colorful hair tie on the table “ Coincidentally I saw the same toy seller tie hair in front of your school. Pity no one bought it, so I bought it just as the small cars” Arka explained it at length, although sure his words just now would not be possible to be trusted by Wine.
Do not forget the uniqueness possessed by Wine.
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Bekasi
November 30th, 2021
