Shefani

The Unhelpful Prestige

“Veehan, tomorrow we go yuk! It's up to us where we go, what matters is that we walk. I'm your girlfriend, okay? Please.” invite Monica, one of Veehan's girlfriends.

“Gue has business, can't. Anytime, yeah?”

“What solution? So busy,” quipped with a smooth tone.

“Gaya lo say affairs. Yes, the business of spreading charm to other girls, added target.” whispered Zero right in the ears of Veehan who was thinking of reasons to reject the girlfriend.

“Diam lo, bacot!” veehan snapped which made his surroundings feel shocked.

Monica who felt Veehan had snapped at her, she was singing red lips while bowing her head.

“Kalo lo don't want, just say it. Don't snap me like a gini,”

The girl ran towards her class. Leaving the still-rigid Veehan with all his reasons.

Seeing the boyfriend crying, Veehan tries to chase but is stopped by Zero.

“Monic, wait for me. Come on, let's walk. I didn't snatch you, but snapped Zero. Monic!” yelled Veehan whose voice might not be heard by Monica anymore.

“Udah come back, why be pursued? Tomorrow also back again ama lo, ribet!”

“Veehannnn...” shouted a girl from the end of the school corridor.

Veehan's reflexes looked back feeling his name being called. He squinted his eyes, trying to see who the face of the girl standing at the end of the corridor was.

“Who else is that, playboy star?” tanya Zero grew furious with her best friend.

Veehan flinched, not saying hello back to the girl. Roseanne, a possessive girl who had just been a week together Veehan was running towards the boyfriend.

“Rose? What's up baby?”

“Gue wants to talk alone, without a third person!” Rose satirized a person who was standing next to Veehan. His eyes were fixed on Zero.

“Ga nyindir nyai blorong, I also want to go. Bored I see household drama kayak lo on, bye!” Zero went to the cafeteria leaving two bucans who had no direction.

***

"Alju, where to? He did not look from earlier, in the cafeteria there was also no.” asked Zero to Evander who was playing his favorite game.

“He to choose join FLCO, the sports race that you time do not know. Stuckup!”

“What sports competition?”

“Badmintonn. The favorite time of sports itself forget, the basis of forgetful lo!” tease Evander with a mouthed-ceplos without staring at Zero at all and focus on the game.

Zero asks for a little Evander coffee available at Mak Tuti's canteen table. “Gue request coffee,”

Evander did not respond, he just focused on the screen of his phone. The cup of coffee he ordered had not been shaved at all. Ahhh.

“Gue unplug first, want to see Alju workout.” Zero's words were not even echoed by this one leader. I lost my eyes for a long time!

Approximately 30 minutes after being satisfied playing the game, Evander stretched both hands. Move the neck repeatedly that feels sore.

“Drink coffee first ah,”

Just lifting a cup of coffee, he realized that the coffee cup was not there but had disappeared instantly. Ck!

“Dog! This must have been the act of a brute, do not know yourself very.” he said annoyed while throwing saliva that tastes bitter after swallowing coffee grounds.

“Hai, want me to cement ga?” greet Salma from the same canteen. He sat down next to Evander.

Evander is still upset with Zero who has finished his coffee. The cup of coffee was brought by Salma, and he ordered it back for the man.

“Still, Mak Tuti.” Salma gave money to pay for coffee. He brought a cup of coffee and extended it to Evander.

“Why did you order? I also have money times,”

“Udah do not talk much, just drink nih.” tell Salma insist.

Evander sips a cup of hot coffee with the scent of caramel—a sweet taste like cotton candy. Ahhh.

***

Back at school, Gazero's gang gathers beside the school gate. They discussed the social activities that will be carried out that day. It's just that, Alju can not participate because it must be extra exercise in order FLCO, the largest sports provincial level.

“Vee, how much money have you collected? Enough if we do that now?” ask Dhien.

Veehan unzips his bag, then pulls out Gazero's gang's cash book. He focused on the last cash savings that had been collected amounting to Rp3,050,000.00. They have been saving social activities since the 9th grade of Junior High. So, it can be estimated that they have 1 year to collect the money, including every day Gazero Boy’s set aside Rp50,000.00 to be put into social activity savings.

“Udah is more than enough, we buy the most important basic. Other needs we think again later, now we leave.” invite Dhien to his friends.

Gazero's gang turned on their own engines, moving from the side gate to the target. Gebra stopped on the sidewalk, proposing that the first target would be street children busking in traffic corners.

“Where, want to ga? This is the first case we saw, loh.” asked Gebra to apply for approval.

“Gue agree,” great-grandson Zero and Veehan together.

“Ngikut deh, agree also.” said Dhien.

“Eh son of mama, you agree ga?” ask Gebra again to Evander who refused to open his helmet.

“Ngapain really are street kids? Are you a citizen around?”

Gebra shook her head many times hearing Evander's response. “Lo, don't you remember the agreement first? Social activities are not young, old, grandpa, grandma, whatever it is. As long as they really need and they also want effort, yes obviously we help.” Gebra slightly raised her voice in the traffic crowd.

Evander had to. “Yes, come on!”

The five of them put the bike in a roadside stall. Afterwards, they crossed the road and approached the street children who were resting under a big tree. It appears that the children are counting the money earned during the child buskers.

“Hai, all. Can you sit here?” greeting Dhien on one of the boys, his body was a bit thin, his clothes were tattered, and his face was very lethargic even smeared with some vehicle smoke.

“Bby, sister.”

“Whose name are you?” ask Zero.

“Azam sis,”

There were ten street children including Azam. Time shows at 17:00 WIB, Azam said goodbye to continue his activities again.

“Udah afternoon, do you not go home? Tomorrow can still be continued,” said Dhien.

“Iya really, Zam. How angry is Twinkle?” sahut one of Azam's friends named Raihan.

“Twinkle? Who'sis that? Is he the one who told you to be a busker?”

Azam and his friends looked at each other. “RUN! WATCH OUT FOR CRIMINALS!”

“Where are you going? We are not criminals, we want to help you. Hey!” zeros shouted until he gulped the saliva many times.

The children ran around in fear when Dhien asked about Twinkle. In fact, he wants to talk carefully about why they can be buskers at this young age, while their age should be getting an education.

“Street children do not know themselves, asked nicely even run away. Think we're crooks again, stress boy!” ejek Evander who had not participated and just sat on his bike.

“LO IF YOU LIKE, MENDING DIEM! DON'T SAY MULU! THEY RESPECT FEAR, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME THEY MET, BEGO!” namel Dhien on Evander who likes to judge people from the outside only.

“Tau ah, males I'm here. I unplug it first, bye!” The guy walks across the street and heads to his motor-care shop. His expression was very upset and uncomfortable when he was around the street children.

“Evander, wait a minute. Oi! When is the solid if lo kayak gini continues?” jebra shouted from across the street.

Evander turned on his motor engine, the speed of the spidometer was visible 80 km/h.

Dhien could only resignedly see the behavior of his chairman who had still not changed. “When did you change it anyway, Evander?”

“Sabar, brother. Yes, we're back. Tomorrow we come here again, talk carefully with them.”

Dhien, Veehan, Zero, and Gebra cross the still-crowded traffic. They picked up their motorbikes and rushed home.

***

Assalamu’alaikum, Mah, Pah. Evan's home,”

“Wa’alaikumsalam, Den. The same father Mother is still in the hospital, because the mother from yesterday afternoon felt nauseous. So, the father between mothers to the hospital about half an hour 4.” replied Bibi Minah, a maid at Evander's house who has worked for approximately 15 years.

“Kok mamah same papah ga say? Yes, thanks bi. Evan to the room first yes,”

“Good, Den. If you want to eat, everything is ready.”

Almost before Maghrib, Evander's parents had no signs of home. The boy's short message was not reciprocated by the papah.

“Did they forget the way home, huh? Haha, yes times forget.” he said chuckling small.

“Den Evan eat first, maybe soon same father mom go home.”

Evander did not like to wait long, he thought he would play games in his room. Not five steps into his room, suddenly there was a house phone ringing very loud.

The house phone shook very hard in the corner of the living room. I don't know what astral creature got that guy to pick up the house phone. Whereas for a lifetime, he most hated picking up the phone because for him it interferes with activities.

“Halo, with whom?”

“We are from ELBERTH BAKERY, would like to confirm if the bread order on behalf of Ms. Raline Indadari tomorrow is ready. Want to be delivered or taken by yourself?”

“Sorry before, my mom is still out. Later if he has returned home will be notified further.”

“Alright, thank you.”

Evander ended the conversation with the baker. Footsteps that almost entered his room, suddenly there was the sound of a car engine that had just arrived. White car parked perfectly in Evander's garage.

“Assalamu’alaikum, Evander.”

“Wa’alaikumsalam. Mamah why? You're fine, aren't you? Said aunt, mamah nausea ya, said Doctor how is the condition?” evander asked without a semicolon, making Raline even more anxious about the worries her son showed.

“You are how the hell, just came ya told to sit first, take a slow breath. Eh this has been asked strangely again, even in a row of questions.” said Ragnar while carrying a prescription from the hospital.

Evander also mamahnya slowly to sit on the sofa. “You are nothing, even healthy. Mamah tired aja and have to rest while.”

Ragnar and Raline looked at each other with happiness. It was like there was something they wanted to reveal to their first child. Ragnar codes his wife by nodding his head.

“Why is his gaze so? What was? Your own child is not told?” sahut Evander by showing a troubled and reserved expression.

“There's some horrendous news today, want to know? Still leaks uh can't know.” taunted Ragnar.

“What? Mah, what? It is the same papah will continue to be lulidine, let's mah story.”

“Oke-okay. Dear Evander, our brother is coming home soon, son. You will not be lonely again, the point is you will feel at home continue.”

Evander was getting more and more confused. “Well, which brother? Our brothers are on average in Kalimantan, they want to come here? Continue this X-ray check results who?”

“This is the result of who's X-ray? Mammah's disease relapses?”

“Kalo talking filtered first, your babbling habits play ceplas-ceplos aja.”

The guy's getting depressed, like doing smart sign language. Showing a resigned expression, Raline felt sorry for the boy who could not understand the meaning of his words.

“Begini Evander, Papah's most handsome boy. Mamah you have a guest from far away.” point Ragnar as he looks up to the ceiling of the roof of his house.

“What's up above? Pah, don't make Evan more dizzy. In school counting, at home time have to think again? Come on, Pah, Mah.”

Evander went to stand up, he was really tired of hearing the strange languages aimed at him. His face looked like one who had not eaten for two days. Dingy.

“Yeah, this child has not understood as well? How do you teach at school if he is like this, Mah?”

“Evander, here sit again.” tell Raline who pulled her son's hand to sit back on the sofa. The man with all his resignation can only stare at the lethargic face of the mama and papah.

“Meaning the words of mamah earlier,” his eyes are painted haru at once happy, “Mamah is pregnant, my dear.”

Evander's face showed a facial expression formed by the pulling of the muscles in the corners of the mouth. His eyes widened, mouth shriveled with gagged jaws.

“Truly, Mah? That is, Evan want to have a baby dede?”

***