The Toga Rahayu

Eki Threat

He hurried over to Rahayu that night.

“Rahayu wait?”, he shouted when Rahayu came out of the campus gate.

“Yes who?”, realizing his name was called Rahayu quickly turned around the direction of turning the body to the source of the sound.

Seen from the bushes beside the Eki campus gate came to approach Rahayu. He came alone still with a full dress typical of the queen who was worn during the coronation of the king and queen earlier.

“Mbak Eki? What's wrong mbak?” he said nervously.

“What's up? Not that I've said yes to you no longer approach Andika, she's mine we've been betrothed by our parents from small, our family already know each other, we already know each other, why did you come to disturb the peace of our relationship?, who should you also be aware of yourself? Is it appropriate for a Rahayu an ash-upik to want to have Andika someone very special? What worth?”. Ma'am Eki looked at me sharply with an affirmative tone.

“You should be self-conscious, you can school here also because of scholarships can not afford, do not dream like in the movies a kingpin has a prince”. Eki's words really became a hard slap for me.

“Sorry mbak but I have done as you asked, I have made dika mas hate me, I have also stayed away from him, he said, since the incident a few weeks ago Dika and I have never again communicated and even met him has never been, is not mbak Eki himself who said if mas Dika only love mbak Eki a, not, where might dika be interested in a gemstone like me”. Rahayu tried to defend herself.

“So I have to believe that with your talk?”.

“Aduh mbak pain do not like this do not be pulled-pull”, Eki began to pull the hair of Rahayu who was behind her hijab.

“Be quiet you don't talk much I don't like at opponent” the most.

“Denger ya Yu I'm not messing around, I can do worse than this if you still just get close to Andika, this is just introduction”. Eki pulls Rahayu's hair and throws her down on the ground. Coincidentally in front of the faculty gate was quiet no one at all except the security guard who was there.

“Not only you I will hurt but also Andika, I will make her suffer if you are still around her”.

Eki quickly left Rahayu who was still lying on the ground with tears that could not be weathered anymore.

Realizing Eki had gone away from her, Rahayu quickly stood up and began to set her footsteps to go home. Along the way he was still reminded of some events that had happened to him some time ago.

His heart had just warmed to see Andika who presented one song for him, but the happiness only lasted in a matter of hours, then he realized what and who?.

Arriving at the boarding house Rahayu quickly closed the door and opened the hood that was messy due to the actions of Eki's hand earlier, realizing there was some hair loss made Rahayu's heart grow painful.

“Crazy mak lampir malignant once, nice-good hair gini in make fallout”.

Rahayu began to lie down on the mattress not forgetting to turn off the room lights and turn off all the thoughts that have been dashed before developing, he said, I will forget all the events that happened to me in the last few times while here, I must be Rahayu who just started rearranging her broken heart, focus on the main goals of school and continue the dream of reaching out to improve family life.

I should have focused more on my ideals and life after graduating from college, not a lot of expectations from parents and loved ones around me who are waiting for good news from me later.

Rahayu began to close her eyes slumbering in sadness and long nods.

***

A few semesters passed I became more active in studying, my IP value also continued to increase in each semester. I studied very hard especially English, I really tried to love her from my deepest heart so that we could be more friendly while studying.

Surely English courses only exist in one semester only, but the language of instruction at college almost all use English so inevitably I have to keep learning it.

Nina and Sari were very happy to see my progress in learning English, two of my friends are from the next town who happened to be lucky from elementary school to high school entrance in a favorite school so for them English is no stranger, already part of their lives.

Every day I study earnestly to the point of the last blood. Learning like this makes me have a more meaningful purpose in life. I turned my whole mind and heart to study and study and participated in several writing competitions that were being held at various other campuses.

With a lot of activity makes me able to forget the Andika mas, although I have not completely forgotten the good figure. Sari and Nina are really my two best friends they help a lot in everything in my time of distress.

They gave me some English reading books from the lightest to go up to several steps, they also lent me a guidebook to do the tofl so that we could pass simultaneously.

On several occasions I also took turns teaching them while studying engineering economics, operations research and things that smelled of a count. Not infrequently from Nina and Sari who came to my boarding house just to deliver rice and fish they were eating. How lucky to have friends as good as them.

Since the pension incident also I have really not communicated anymore with Andika mas we always avoid each other if accidentally in a time we have to meet.

When the study card came out after taking the semester exam, I saw that there was not a single course that repeated, this time my grade was perfect with IP four. The results of my studies this semester have been so satisfying I am proud of myself.

I smiled with great satisfaction, arriving at the boarding room I stroked my own head to show my pride and gratitude to myself, When doing such a thing I remembered the figure of Andika mas.

Mas Andika always stroked my hijab if I could reach a point of success in my efforts, such little things still often make my heart throb pain and cry if I remember it.

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