The Strange School

Returnees

After closing her little notebook, Aira went to go back to her room and rest considering that tomorrow she still has to go to school.

As soon as the cepol-haired girl set on the living room floor, she was amazed by a man of large height and his bud had entered her house without permission. Aira widened her eyes looking at the man.

"Dad?" lirih.

"Aira" call the middle-aged man.

Aira invited her father with a heart that was still chaotic.

"Aira, my goal here is to invite you to stay with me" explained Bernan, Aira's father.

Aira further rounded her eyes to hear her father's words. Then, Aira looked at Yulia, as her mother's sister and confused to answer with what. Yulia who understood the signal from Aira nodded her head slowly at the sign.

"Huffhhh....." Aira sighed.

"But yeah, I can't be comfortable with each other" Aira said.

"Whose other is it? I live alone" Bernan said.

"alone? Where is that woman?" Aira slightly peppered her words with innuendo.

Bernan just lowered his head staring at the dusty floor.

"Airaaa" persuaded Yulia, rubbing Aira's knee.

"Huhhhhhhhhh.... Where will I live? I don't want to move out of town. I'm comfortable here. I've lived here with my mom for years. Many of my memories are with mom here" Aira held back tears.

"Raaaa, if this continues you can not forget your sadness. You can't keep this up, can you?" Bernan.

"No want! I want to keep it here. It's as if I can stay with mom's memories!" Aira got up from the living room sofa and went to the room with her legs stomped.

"Airaaaa" Yulia tried to persuade Aira who was being bullied.

"Uda, nakpapaa. Maybe he's still thinking about it" Bernan said.

Before leaving, Bernan walked over to Aira's room.

"Ra, if you've changed your mind, call me. Dad didn't make it either. The father's number was. I know you're still keeping dad's number even if you block dad's number" Bernan said.

Aira who was in the room slumped her body. Aira was confused, had to accept her father's offer or not. Aira still hates her father. But on the other hand, Aira also does not want to lose her father as much as she lost her mother.

"What am I supposed to do?"

"If I don't live with my dad, who do I live with?" gerutu Aira's.

---

Aira looked at the mirror that reflected her reflection. Aira who had been wearing a full uniform with her bag looked moody. His eyebrows fused together, his lips pouted and his forehead shriveled.

"Huffhhhhh." sighed and left the mirror.

Aira walked out to go to school. Because passing through the kitchen that could be called her mother's headquarters, Aira remembered something. Which usually every morning Aira had seen his mother busy with frying pan, now no more. His gloomy face became clearer.

The girl wearing black white-robed shoes pedaled a bicycle through the streets that began to crowded riders.

"Oh sephia... I'm coming tonight... Hmmmmmm...." Aira sang Sheila's song on 7 - Sephia to accompany her journey.

Arriving in class, Aira busied herself by opening all the applications on her phone because from yesterday she had not opened it.

"Found Dead High School Students on the Brantas River"

"Next Is the Fact of High School Students Found Dead in Brantas River"

Aira found several articles carrying the same news.

"It is suspected that S, who is a student from the EB school, was found lifeless on the bank of the brantas river. Currently, it is not known exactly the cause of the student initials S is found dead. The police are still investigating this incident further.." that's how the article snippets.

"By!!!" one of Aira's friends, Tama, surprises her.

"Well!!!! Uhh!!! Habit!" Aira hit Tama's arm.

"You are a habit! Called daritadi nyaut!" reply Tama.

"Which other bacain?" with jail Tama taking a peek at the screen of Aira's phone.

"Ihhhh kepo huh? It's over there. Disturb" said Aira.

"Yeeee, rather than disturbing people's relationships right?" Tama raised her eyebrows.

"I broke your mouth, will you?!!" Aira had already raised her hand getting ready to hit.

---

During the break, Aira went to the park on the roof of her school. This is the place he loves the most from school.

Aira stands towards the view of the school's voly field. Aira was daydreaming. Until someone comes to break his daydream.

"Get out!!" Tama stomped her feet startling Aira.

"Armrghhhh!!!" aira's hand almost hit Tama.

"It's habit! Watch out!" threaten Aira's.

"Now! Thaitea green tea. Your favorite, right?" Tama offered two plastic cups of the drink.

"You go! Thank you" Aira gladly received Tama's drink.

"Ra" call Tama slowly.

"Hm?" Aira answered only with deheman as her mouth was still sipping drinks.

"It must be hard for the one you love the most, your mother" Tama spoke carefully fearing to offend Aira.

"Hmmmm, how is Tam" Aira became silent for a moment.

"You say it's heavy, but destiny. Yeah how else"

"You can be honest, it must be heavy Tam. I also live with my mother. But now there's none" Aira told Tama by holding back her cries.

"Surely this is how you felt when you lost your mother too?" said Aira, raising her head looking at Tama who was taller than her.

Tama simply nodded, her gaze staring in another direction.

"Now I can think clearly. Maybe because of this, my mother has not been sick anymore, not taking drugs anymore, not injected continuously, not relying on the same machine. I'm quite relieved because I don't feel sick anymore" Tama's eyes glazed over.

Aira held Tama's hand tightly, calming intent.

"Nobody's getting kicked anymore, right?" said Aira.

Tama nodded.

"I salute you Ra, honestly. You're still trying not to show your sadness in front of other friends" Tama held Aira's arm.

"Today I want to enjoy my last days here Tam"

"meaning? You want to move out of here?" Tama rounded her eyes.

"Then my father went to Tam's house"

"Suddenly he was convinced I was staying with him after my mother was gone" Aira explained.

"Trus, what's your answer?"

"At first I hesitated to leave this city, but if you think about it again, what's wrong. My father seems to have realized from his incitement"

"But actually I haven't talked my decision to him yet"

"Your father divorced that woman?" said Tama.

Aira nodded.

"Out of morotin is your father like that?"

Aira nodded again.

"It turns out you're a forgiving type too. Even though if it is checked by a bit already want to nonjok!" tama Ledek.

"Look at the guy too! If the person is like YOU are different!" reply Aira, stressing the word "You".

"Trus, why don't you just talk about your decision now?"

"Hmmmm, I'll see. I think I still have a prestige because I was angry with him yesterday" Aira pouted.

"Ah, long!!!" Tama snatched away Aira's cell phone that Aira had been holding.

"You still blocked the number?"

"Tamaaaa, let me talk to you later"

Tut....

"Ups! I'm on, wlek!" Tama poked her tongue out at Aira.

"Hello?"

"Eh, uh, uh how dong" Aira whispered to Tama.

"Udah cepetan said what it is" Tama also replied with a whisper.

"Hello, yeah. I've decided on Dad's offer"

"How do you answer Ra?"

Aira was silent for a moment, glancing at Tama. Tama who started the row hinted at Aira to quickly reply to Bernan's question.

"I..iy. Aira accepted dad's offer. Aira wants to stay with dad"

"Thank God, that's the answer I want to hear. Yaudah, I'll go home to school and pick you up at school. All of you are moving directly"

"Was fast as that? Couldn't give Aira three days" Aira pleaded.

"Yes, jude. See you, Aira"

"The father"

The phone connection was also cut off. Aira let out a sigh of relief after saying what she wanted to convey.

"Huffhhhhh.. It feels so rich, so easy" said Aira.

"Are you sure you want me to move out of town?"

"Concure me! It was for your own good, too Ai. As leaders, we have to support each other"

"Eh, but don't lose contact. Anyway we have to keep contact as usual. Look out for forgetting me" said Tama.

"Yes yaaaaa. If I forget that later I will not be treated with green tea again, hahaha" they laughed at the same time.

---

After school, a man wearing a neat checkered shirt waited for his son in front of the fence.

"Ra! Is that your dad?" tanya Tama, who saw Bernan's presence first.

Aira invites Tama to meet Bernan, her father. Aira was awkward with her father who had not met for a long time, especially with Tama who had never met Bernan.

"Well?" call Aira awkward.

"Eh, Aira! Hurry home? Where's the principal's room? We go there first"

"Eh, who is this?" Bernan just realized there was someone else who was with his son.

"Of, menangin. I'm Tama, Aira's classmate" Tama kissed Bernan's hand politely.

"What's the meeting?" Bernan teases Tama whose face starts to red.

"Ehehehehe, yaaa temen om" Tama replied timidly.

"Eh, whatsad! I'm so shy. The figure of Tama I never saw before. Do you really like me?!" Aira pointed at Tama, making Tama confused to answer her words.

"Well... Ng. ngak... Who said. Patience, yeeeeee" Tama put her lips together.

"Haha. Turns out you haven't changed, Ra" Bernan said.

"Yaudah, let's take the father to the principal's room" Bernan continued.

"Tama, you can come if you want. Temenin Aira first"

"Yes, um"

Bernan walked first, while Aira was still silent for a moment looking at his father from his back. Not felt, Aira's lips were interested when she saw her father. Aira feels her life is slowly coming back in color with the return of her father, even though there is no mother. But Aira was still grateful for her condition, with a smile of course.

"Yeah, Tam! Inget! Temenin, not ngledekin" said Aira, then walked ahead of Tama who was still standing on the spot.

"Huffffh luckily I can control my emotions. If you can't be found out" Tama grumbled where he stood.

"Haha, Ra... Ra's... If I really like you, what can you do? Haha" Tama chuckled softly as if ashamed of herself, who then followed Aira's footsteps.

***

Sunday morning, due to not going to school, Aira accidentally woke up later than usual. Because Aira is getting monthly guests, which means she is not obligated to carry out the obligation to be a lazy Aira like now.

Shortly after, Aira opened her eyes while still half conscious. Aira woke up feeling disturbed by the sound of thunder outside.

"Well, what the hell is that outside?" Aira immediately moved from her bed.

Srength...sreng....

The sound of kitchen tools colliding.

"Who did you do?"

"Daddy cooked?"

"What cooking?" Aira asked in a still hoarse voice.

Without Aira knowing, if on the sofa in the middle room there was already an uninvited guest who sat there just by staring at Aira until Aira realized his presence.

"Geez!!!"

"Yes!!! Since when?"

"Ehehehe" Tama cengengesan.

"Kok early in the morning just need to come here anyway. Are you a miss?" Aira Goda.

"Abroad! Lah ngak. You want to move today. Counting the last meeting"

"Look! There is no last meeting! There's a temporary farewell! Change those words, you know?!" reprimand Aira.

"Ck!! Yesaaaa Airani Bestariiiiiiii" Tama extended his speech.

"Here's the breakfast" Bernan brought two dishes of fried rice.

---

Before Aira actually left the house that holds memories with her mother, Aira had to say goodbye to her favorite place in this house.

Aira rose to the roof with a clean and neat appearance, ready to go. Aira stared at the cityscape in the morning while tucking into the memories of the memories she had been through while in this house.

"Ra?" call Tama soft.

Aira looked at the source of the sound.

"It's still hard to leave your memories here?" ask Tama carefully.

Aira just nodded slowly.

"Slow down you can do it, okay?" Tama patted Aira's shoulder.

Because Aira was in a state of turmoil in her grief, Aira was powerless to support her heavy head. Aira landed her head on a broad shoulder belonging to Tama. Without Aira realizing it, there was a heart that was pounding at the moment. His heart almost exploded.

Raaa, you realize that you did not make me deg-degan?, Tama's mind.

"Airaaaa?!" Bernan shouted to call Aira who was being stared at.

"It's for you, don't open it before you get there"

"Yuk, I'll take you to the intersection"

"Don't look back before I say it, understand?" tama.

"What then? Why why?"

"I don't want to see that sad face of yours" Tama replied.

Aira was in the car with her father. While Tama riding a motorcycle in a necklace, and wearing black bogo helmet fittings add a different impression.

In his car, Aira continued to guess with what the contents of the box Tama had given her was on the roof. And Aira was refraining from looking back, towards Tama. Therefore, Aira only monitors the presence of Tama through the car glass.

"Oh, he's still behind" he murmured, making Aira's heart calm.

Up to the intersection they had promised, Aira was increasingly powerless to hold herself back from looking back.

"Hold Ai... Hold it" Aira closed her eyes forcibly.

"Ahh, I can't!!!"

In the end, Aira opened a wide window and turned to Tama. Tama who saw Aira's behavior laughed with anxiety. Aira waved her hand at Tama. While Tama has started to slow down the speed of his motorcycle. The longer it gets further away. The more sad the look of the face that Aira showed.

And they eventually split up.