See You Tonight

Chapter 4: The Art Stage

"The bitch is up?" my mother, as usual, woke me up in a soft voice but was clearly heard from behind my bedroom door.

"Yes, ma'am" answered me, with my eyes still closed.

***

At the dining table.

"Do you remember what Mom said?" ask mommy.

"Yes remember. I will try" I replied, chewing bread.

"Oiya by the way Tora is also one more High School with you right? Yesterday Tora's mother stopped by the store, kept telling her that Tora also went to the same High School as you."

"Yes it seems like that, but I didn't see him at school yesterday."

"Good morning sister, ma'am," said Hana who had just joined us at the dinner table.

"Pagii Hana" answered my mother.

"Tumben you're late at Hana's dinner table, usually you're the first one to sit at the dinner table," my lead was a little.

Hana just kept quiet regardless of my lead. He was seen taking bread and smearing it with chocolate jam. Hannah really likes chocolate.

"Hey hey why is big brother being ignored like that? You're not mad at your sister, are you?" ask again.

"Sister also ignored my greeting earlier. Only the mother answers," answered Hana who is still not finished smearing her bread with jam.

"Sorry anyway. Now brother kapain. Good morning to Hana, too" I said again.

"Udah telatttt," Hana's face looks jutek.

She likes to pay attention to little things like that.

***

Like yesterday, today I will go to school with Hana.

"We're leaving" Hana and I are leaving.

"Yes, be careful" answered my mother, who was standing at the front door of the house.

***

"Oi Hana, what do you want to be when you grow up?" I suddenly asked Hana.

"I want to be an employee at the mother's florist shop" he replied steadily.

"Eyehh?" I was a little surprised by the answer. "Why do you want to be an employee at mom's store?" my continue.

"So I can help mom all the time. If you grow up later and then work, then live alone. Mom's just gonna stay with me, right? Well if I work too and busy, who will help mom? You will be very lonely too, right? So Hana thought about working in the store owned by her mother, hehe," Hana explained innocently.

I paused for a moment thinking of Hana's answer. I can't believe he had such thoughts. I honestly can't imagine Hana growing up. Will it change later? Will he hate me? Will he still think I am great? I was a little worried thinking about that.

***

In the classroom 10-7.

"She's ready for today?" ask one of the students.

"I hope it's hehe. Today it feels more nervous than yesterday," replied Risa while showing a face that does look a bit nervous.

This morning looks a little different than yesterday. The people in my class are starting to look more familiar than yesterday. Everyone seems to be enjoying the early days of High School and new friends.

The seat was yesterday empty, it seems that today it is also empty. 5 minutes until the bell rings, but the chair still remains empty as well.

***

School also begins. The series of orientation activities are carried out smoothly according to plan. This time, a lot of people called my name. I slowly started to remember the names of my classmates.

Finally, we arrived at the last event, which was an art performance. I haven't seen Tora today either. What class did he enter?

First appearance of class 10-1. They perform stand up comedy. I don't think he looks very good but not too bad either. I understand it because maybe the preparation is only 1 day so less than the maximum.

Next comes the class 10-2. They perform musical poetry. One person plays the guitar and the other reads a poem. This time, the appearance is good. Although simple but they seem to make me get into the flow of their poetry. For this short preparation they were quite talented as well.

The third performance was from the 10-3 class. They're displaying a choir.

Next from 10-4. They perform solo singers just like us. The difference is, the representatives of them are male students, while of us are female.

Next from 10-5. They are showing the band. Their band consists of four people: one person being the drummer, one person holding the bass, one person holding the guitar, and one person the rest as the vocalist. They're singing songs I don't know. However, their appearance seems good to me. I think they have talent.

Next appearance from 10-6. They perform the same chorus as 10-3 earlier.

Finally, our class turn came. Risa looks a little nervous from here. I hope he can calm down when he's on stage. When her name was called the host, our class immediately clapped as loud and lively as possible to make Risa more confident. This time I was as enthusiastic as the other students when clapping.

Risa also began to sing, the song she brought was Cocoon. His voice is nice and melodious, his appearance is also good, although he looked a little nervous. It seems he managed to control himself.

"Prokprokprokprok," the sound of applause from the audience shortly after Risa finished her performance. Everyone seems to like his appearance.

Next comes the class 10-8. They also performed solo singers just like us. I'm playing a song I don't know.

The last of the class 10-9. They are showing the band. This time the personnel are only three people: one drummer, one base person, and one person becomes the vocalist as well as guitarist. From the three of them I saw Tora. It turned out that Tora was in grade 10-9. He used to love playing a band. He used to invite me to play a band, but I always refused.

The song was written by Green Day called When I Come Around. The song came out in 1994. I think only a few know this song between us. Luckily, I went to Tora's place a few times and listened to Green Day's songs. I also love the songs from them.

Today's show is finally over. We went back to our classes to get ready to go home.

"Oi Lang..," Tora said from a distance as we were heading to class.

"Eh Tora, we've finally met, yes" I replied.

"You've never been out of class at recess."

"Hehe sorry. You know that I like class when I'm on break."

"Hmmm Yes. Going home with yuk?"

"Can."

"Okay, I'll come to your class after school. Don't go home first, you know."

"Yes, just calm down."

"Jude, I'll see you later."

Tora and I split up into our classes.

***

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