The Winter Promise

Chapter 103: I Don't Need Money... For The Time Being.

The long and boring days are finally over. Today was the last day of Class Meeting, and I managed to bring my class to win a first-class basketball game.

After receiving awards in the form of trophies and cash, I went back to class with my classmates to celebrate this victory.”

“Thank you Mar.”

All my friends who had previously asked me to play basketball at this time thanked me.

“That's no problem.”

My friends started planning a dinner party to celebrate his class victory.

“Mar, do you have time?”

Riki came to me with a slightly serious face.

I rarely see Riki this serious unless he wants to fight with someone else.

“Yes, what is it?”

“Can you come with me for a moment, there's something I want to talk to you about.”

Riki and I went to a quiet place to talk about something. I'm sure that Riki wants to talk about something important and only a few people might know this. Riki might have wanted to talk about the kidnapping issue yesterday, but Riki wasn't the one who wanted to talk about such complicated things.

“So what do you want to talk to me about?”

“Tadi, I just saw our absence during this Class Meeting and I saw that Akbar was no longer in Class Meet after the futsal match ended.”

This is what Riki wanted to talk about.

“That's a problem? It is not that we are not obliged to enter when Class Meeting if we are sure that our value is not remedial.”

“That's no problem, I also never saw any teacher ask me and look for Akbar. But at least I feel that there is something strange about this, should someone like Akbar be entering every day during Class Meet. Moreover, his ability in sports is quite good, he can help us when the basketball game.”

As I expected from Riki, her observation of something had changed. In the past when SMP he only asked the conclusion of an event to me. He never wanted to analyze it himself. He thinks my analyst is much better than if he analyzed it himself.

In that case, I better tell Akbar's problem to him only.

“Do you already know the problem Akbar?”

“Unfortunately Akbar has a problem?”

Riki looked a little surprised upon hearing that.

“The newspaper is currently helping his declining family's economy, and he is now working in a cafe. If I think, right now maybe he's working. Since Akbar was paid according to the hours he worked there, maybe he will take this Class Meet opportunity to work longer hours and earn extra money.”

“After you tell me that, I just found out that Akbar has such a problem. Even yesterday when we played futsal, it was not at all visible on his face if he had a problem.”

Akbar is indeed a person who can hide his problems perfectly.

But it is only natural that if Riki does not know this, Mr. Febri only discussed this matter to me when Riki was in Makassar and this problem was finished by the time he had just returned from Makassar.

“Where do you know this problem Mar?”

“I found out from Mr. Febri.”

“Have you tried to go to his house to ask further?”

“I don't know where Akbar's house is and also why I went to his house.”

It should have been Mr. Febri who went to Akbar's house to ask this more directly to his family.

“There's nothing you need to think about Rik, this problem is over and Mr. Febri already knows this.”

“Oh so, I guess this problem is still running because Akbar is still working.”

“No, this issue is done.”

“Then what about the distribution of prizes from the basketball game Mar? Do you still need that money?”

Riki slightly glanced at me, I was sure that if I said that if I wanted the money he would mock me. Because before this match I said that at the moment I don't need the money from the prize.

“I won't take the gift, Just share it with other kids only.”

“Is that Mar?! You sure?!”

Riki was surprised to hear that.

He didn't think I would say something like that. Indeed, if Riki was still racing against my nature when I was Junior High, I could not give up the money I got just like that.

“Iya.”

“Rarely once I see you don't care about money like that.”

“I already have a lot of money and confused about what to use it for, I do not want to hoard too much money.”

“Why don't you just make the effort?”

Effort huh? I don't think it's bad.

“I will do it after graduation maybe, because for now I can not do it because I am still in school and working at his place Pak Hari also.”

“Truely too, if you add it with effort, it will be very troublesome once.”

“I will think about it more mature when pass later.”

Since our conversation about Akbar was over, we decided to go back to class to join the others.

“Are you going to attend a party held by a class later?”

“Of course I'm in.”

If I don't join, one class might label me as an anti-social person. Whereas for one semester I've been fighting so that my friends don't stamp me like that.

“By the way what do we eat later?”

“I don't know, I'm handing it over to the class kids... Are you going to the office today?”

“No, today I want to go straight home.”

Because my body was sore after competing in the final earlier. Where the final match against the first class RPL B turned out all who competed was the child of basketball. If I let my guard down a little bit, maybe I can't win that game.

“Today I have a schedule to go to the office.”

Hmmmm... Did I go home or to the office?

“Then I will accompany you.”

I think there is nothing wrong with accompanying Riki in the office, besides I can also relax when at the office later.

“What does not trouble you Mar?”

“No problem, I also don't really like to go home and get home during the day.”

“Thank God, then I don't have to be awkward to go with Natasha alone.”

So that's why he asked me that.

“Why be awkward? Not like you.”

“At that time, Kirana had misunderstood my relationship with Natasha because we often sent messages because of class steward duties.”

Riki said that with a lethargic face.

Although Riki is famous for fighting, it turns out that he can not overcome Kirana when he is angry.

“Repot once if like that.”

“I also think the same as you, and at that time I had time to think ‘turns out this is what Amar has been saying about love, very troublesome’.”

“That's why I don't want to have a girlfriend for now.”

“But that doesn't matter, Kirana also often pays attention to me and that's a lot more than she gets angry at me.”

I guess I managed to make my best friend's thoughts become the same as mine, apparently not.

When we got to class, I saw some of the food on the table arranged together and placed in the middle of the class. I saw that there were all sorts of fried foods, shakes, brains, and foods that I often found when I went to the school cafeteria. Looks like they bought all this over there.

Then I looked towards the front of the class.

There are two trophies that have been obtained by our class. The first cup is the one we got in a basketball game when MOS and the other is the one we got in Class Meet.

“Rik, is the money to be flanked?”

One of my friends who was playing basketball and captaining our basketball team asked Riki.

If you ask me why I'm not the captain, that's the reason. I do not want to be conspicuous by standing before a crowd to receive a trophy.

“You guys are for average only, but you don't need to count Amar.”

“Why?”

My friend seemed confused by what Riki had just said.

“Amar is already rich, so he does not need that money.”

“Is that Mar?”

“Yes, but I'm not a rich person like what Riki just said.”

That friend of mine and the rest of my friends were happy to hear that because the part they got was much bigger than if they shared it with me.

“Wih! I started the party nih.”

Mr. Febri showed up and joined us in the classroom.

“Come join Sir!”

My friends welcomed Mr. Febri with a very friendly and happy face.

“Great once you Mar! Indeed my student this one is amazing.”

“I don't do much, we can win the game because of the friends who compete also.”

“I was very moved to hear Amar praise others.”

Riki who was standing next to me was pretending to cry which made the rest of the class laugh to see her.

“I just saw you play basketball today and argued once said Irfan, if you are good at basketball.”

“Kak Irfan is too exaggerated to say it.”

Then Mr. Febri also saw all the students in the class.

“Where's Akbar?”

He asked Riki who was eating a meatball.

“Akbar not in.”

“Oh so.”

Mr. Febri seems ordinary to hear that, it seems he already knows about it.

“Do Mr Febri have his home address Akbar?”

“Why?”

“I will probably go to his house together with Amar.”

Looks like we haven't agreed on that yet? At the time, I was just saying it was a good idea.

“That's a great idea, but it looks like I'll do it myself.”

Good then, I don't have to bother going on vacation. I want to spend time playing games and raise my rank in those games.

“Pak Febri, when do we take the rapot Pak?”

Ask one of the students to Mr. Febri.

“Next week you will take a rapot, do not forget to tell this to your parents yes. Later before going home I will share the circulation to you one by one.”

“Who about got the first rank?”

Kichida asked Mr. Febri.

“It's secret.”

Kichida and some of the students who were curious about it became disappointed.

“I can't wait to see the results.”

Riki.

“Are you not curious Mar?”

“I'm ordinary, as long as the value is enough to make me go up to class, I won't protest anything.”

“You should be even more enthusiastic in the lessons as you are enthusiastic in working Mar.”

Said Mr. Febri to me.

“What makes me like this.”

I just glanced at Mr. Febri.

“Hehehe... Excuse me.. Sorry.”

Mr. Febri who just remembered it only laughed a little.

We started eating all the food we had bought.

“All of you, after this do not go anywhere. Directly home to your respective homes.”

Mr. Febri warned that to his students.

I'll go to the office before I go home.

“Any Pak!”

Say all the students in the class at once.

“I still like to see some students gathered in coffee shops around the school. Just watch out if I see any of you..”.

Mr. Febri began to give warnings to all of his students, and looked at us all with great silence.

“I won't do anything.”

Hearing that made all the students who were initially a little tense to laugh hearing the words from Mr. Febri.

“Maybe the students who gathered at the coffee shop were the students whose home is around here Mr.”

“Can be.”

Coffee shop, huh?... I have occasionally invited my classmates to go there first when I go home from school, and I have been with them when I had not known Mr. Hari.

At that time I ordered boiled instant noodles plus eggs and corned beef there and it tasted really good. When I got home, I tried to make the same instant noodles that I ate at the coffee shop, but it tasted much different to the ones I ate there.

I don't know what those coffee shop brothers used until he could serve instant noodles as delicious as that.

Then Kichida walked up to the classroom door and talked to someone there. When I looked over there, it turned out that there were Rina and Miyuki who were waiting.

“You two just go in.”

Kichida invited them both to come in.

“No need, we're here only. We don't feel good interrupting your class party.”

Lina occasionally peeked into the classroom as well as Miyuki.

“Take it easy Rina, Miyuki.. We do not care if you join, besides the food ordered is also a lot.”

Said one of the boys from my class.

“True it.”

Other boys's words.

I looked towards the girl who was currently looking cynically at the boy. It seemed like they already knew what the intent and purpose of them saying that was.

I have a little idea to ease this.

I approached Natasha who was together with the girls.

“Natasha, can you order pizza from your phone?”

“Can indeed why Mar?”

I counted everyone in the class.

“Please buy ten medium size pizza yes.”

“Ten! Did I not hear wrong?”

Natasha was shocked to hear that, as were the girls who heard that.

“Yes, you didn't hear wrong.”

“Who will pay for it?”

“Pak Febri will pay, later the payment number you can send me.”

“LIVE MR FEBRI!!”

It turned out that there was a male disciple who heard that as well.

Everyone cheered and the situation in the class became rowdy. I went back to my original place to join Riki and Mr. Febri again.

“I never promised you that Mar!”

Mr. Febri is a little panicked because the money will be reduced.

“Just calm down, I'll pay for it. I'm just using your name so there won't be a worse commotion here.”

I said it in a small tone so that no one would hear it.

“Natasha, did you order it?”

Mr. Febri asked Natasha.

“This I just want to enter the order, I have not confirmed.”

“Replace his order into a large size pizza.”

“What are you sure of it!?”

All the students were shocked to hear it.

“Let's relax, my annual money is liquid.”

“LIVE PAK FEBRI!”

All the students in the class started cheering again.

“I don't want you alone to act cool like that.”

“I don't care about it.”

the End Chapter 103