The Winter Promise

Chapter 21: School Survey.

A cloudy morning with the sound of vehicle horns interlocking with each other, and rows

vehicles that crowded the city streets at that time. Today, I was in TransJakarta to go to SMK Sawah Besar, of course I was with Maul and Riki. We plan to go there to see the school and also provide files to complete our personal data.

Actually, I was wondering if I should tell you about this, but it seems like it's very necessary. For those who do not know what TransJakarta is. TransJakarta is a bus that serves travel routes to all corners of Jakarta.

“A long time ago I did not board TransJakarta.”

I was standing near the exit while looking out the window.

“Indeed you rarely go out using TransJakarta Mar?”

Riki asked me in great astonishment.

“Sure, the last time I rode TransJakarta was probably three months ago.”

“Hmmm..”

“By the way you all brought the requested file?”

“Of course.”

Maul and Riki showed me the brown map they were holding.

Our bus was traveling slowly following the traffic jam at that time. Even though we have left

a little afternoon to avoid the motorists who want to go to work, but it turns out we are stuck in traffic as well. As I expected from the Capital, every hour is never deserted.

“What did you see from earlier Mul?”

I wonder what Maul did. Because his eyes never left the screen

his cellphone.

“I'm just looking around at our school later. He said the school had a very large hall

large and nice sports building.”

Maul showed us her phone screen.

“Really!? I rarely see any school that has its own sports building.”

“Riki is right, what's that great as a school? Even SMA Cibubur alone does not have its own sports building.”

Riki and I saw a picture of our school on Maul's phone screen.

“It should be only natural for vocational schools, we are more honed in our respective skills than the academy field.”

“But I heard from my friends that in vocational school more men than women, I'm not sure our lives will be pleasant.”

Riki seemed worried about it. She has someone she likes but still complains about

like those.

“If for that you calm down. I had time to see the majors that are there, and most majors.

which is in demand by women.”

Maul showed her cellphone screen which contained about the majors in SMK Sawah Besar. Compared to me, it turns out that Maul has been looking deeper about the school. Basic Maul, indeed his ability to gather information is not a mere figment.

Let's take a look here. Multimedia, ah that's my major. Software Engineering, Pharmacy, Office Administration, and Accutancy.

“Hei Rik, which direction did you go to? You haven't told me about it.”

“Iya, I don't know about it either.”

Maul and I are curious about what majors Riki entered, because Riki entered this school because of his martial achievements, while from all majors there is no relation to martial arts.

“What are you curious about?”

We both just nodded small.

“It's secret.”

“HAh!?”

Me and Maul were dissatisfied with the answer given by Riki.

“Zaman is still playing secrets?”

“Tau Rik, still a secret-secrecy.”

“Hahahaha.. Later you will also know, be patient.”.

And Riki didn't tell us which department he went to.

“Eh you two, isn't that Brother Fauzi?”

Riki focused his gaze on one of the men who had just stepped into the bus.

“You don't switch such topics of conversation.”

“No, this time I'm serious. There is Brother Fauzi.”

“...Yes he's right Mar.”

When Fauzi entered the bus, he looked at us who were watching him. Riki was a little

waving to call him and telling him to join us, he went to approach us after seeing Riki's hand movements.

“Hi all of you, what are you doing here?”

Brother Fauzi greeted us kindly. Brother Fauzi was our upperclassman when we were in Junior High School. She is

members of the OSIS and people belonging to exemplary students.

“We are looking to go to SMK Sawah Besar.”

Riki directly spoke to him, indeed compared to the three of us only Riki was familiar with the upperclassman. That's because he's a person who used to be respected in my school.

“For what?”

“We want to provide a file for a re-list.”

Maul showed me the brown map she was carrying.

“Oh like that, you three get into the same school?”

“Of course!”

Riki said that with the spirit of recklessly doing the push of the waist.

“It's great that you can get into the same school. From the first you were never separated ya.”

“Kak Fauzi could have.”

“Oh yes, if not wrong school Sister also in SMK Sawah Besar ya?”

Maul asked Brother Fauzi, as I expected of him. Even the unimportant information he knew. I wonder how much information he has.

“Yes, here I want to go there.”

“For what?”

“Today at school is being held entrance test for students who do not get recommendations, I have to help OSIS there.”

“What Brother in SMK got into OSIS too?”

“That's.”

Brother Fauzi said that while chuckling.

“Great once Brother!”

Riki and Maul praised Kak Fauzi's achievement.

OSIS is one of those organizations that I will never get into. That place is a very troublesome place. You have to do something after school and you have to go in on the day you're supposed to be off. One of the advantages is that you will be famous in the eyes of students and teachers.

Famous? That's more of a hassle than getting into OSIS. Doing something troublesome to get the troublesome thing. That's very troublesome.

“If you see the three of you like this, I remember when I wanted to invite the three of you to enter OSIS.”

“Hahahaha.. I remember that, that time we rejected it without thinking anything.”

Maul laughed as she remembered that as well.

Indeed, when in Junior High, the three of us were invited to join OSIS by Kak Fauzi because of time

that's him who is serving as the chairman of OSIS, but because at that time the image of OSIS was bad in the eyes of students due to the policy of the previous OSIS chairman that made OSIS look as a place to seek fame in school.

Back then I did not impose my will on Maul and Riki to follow my choice, I let

they both had to think about the choice themselves. After all, I never forced my opinion on others, what else my thinking and idealism, because I still think that my idealism is still a lot of lack and can only be used by me.

“I was able to accept your decision at that time, because I myself know why you rejected my offer.”

For a teenager, it seemed like he was quite wise as well.

“Do you want to get into OSIS when SMK later?”

Brother Fauzi offered us the same offer.

“If I don't.”

I answered that question quickly.

“As usual, you always don't want to do something troublesome huh?”

“That's.”

“How about you two?”

I saw Maul and Riki who were thinking about the offer from Kak Fauzi.

“It's actually interesting if I can get into OSIS, as long as it doesn't interfere with my activities in pencak silat exkul,

maybe I'll think about it again.”

“If you Mul?”

“It looks like I won't be entering OSIS.”

“Why?”

“Last-lately I've been getting a lot of work and it's been making it hard for me to set up

my study time, and it seems that in the future there will be a lot of work coming into me, so I can not busy myself by entering OSIS.”

I'm a little interested and curious about Maul's work.

“As usual, something related to the program and system security.”

Actually I'd love to ask Maul to teach me some of her computer skills, but

I don't have a laptop or a computer at home and it's all against my multimedia major. Maybe I can ask him to teach me web, but I don't really want to dwell in programming. Let it be, I better gather my skills first at SMK later.

“...Alright then, I appreciate your decision.”

“By the way what majors does Brother enter?”

“I'm in pharmacy department.”

The pharmacy! Hearing the name alone I had imagined that they never separated from the name of the syringe.

“What's Mar? You look a little pale.”

“No.”

Gawat, just imagining the syringe alone has made my face pale. I remember what happened in

elementary school when there are people from the hospital come to give the vaccine. I ran away and hid in the bathroom until it was over. Fortunately, the teachers were not looking for me.

And we continue to tell stories about events that have happened in Junior High. Actually the story with Kak Fauzi is only Maul and Riki.

***

“Then I get here only yes, I have to go to the OSIS room first.”

“Good, thank you Brother!”

We parted ways with KakFauzi after entering the school gate. Right now, we are in front

SMK Sawah Besar's. The school was very large, when entering the school gate we could see a very large field with three large buildings surrounding the field.

“Big once!”

“You're right Rik, I didn't think the school was this big.”

“I saw on the internet not as big as this.”

“Are we wrong school?”

“No way, in front of the school clearly written that this SMK Sawah Besar. Brother Fauzi just got into this school.”

We did not expect that this real school, maybe three times the size of our Junior High School.

“Now where should we go?”

I asked Riki who was still looking at the school.

“We have to go to the administration section to provide these files?”

“You know where it is?”

Riki just shook his head.

“If you Mul?”

“Thank you Sir!... This way everyone!”

It turns out Maul already asked the security guard who was there. As I expected from Maul, she always had a way to gather information.

The three of us went directly to the administration to provide our files. After submitting the file, we plan to tour the school first.

“Avaome! Shouldn't all students have a semester off.”

Riki looked at the students gathered in front of the class.

“You're how, don't you see the uniform they're wearing! It was SMP uniform, meaning they were the students who were taking the entrance test.”

“Hahahaha.. I forgot it.”.

Riki just laughed and slightly rubbed his head. I just sighed looking at Riki's attitude like that. Though the time on the island of a thousand he looks very reliable once.

Damn, why did he have to be in this school. It seems like I'd better go home now.

“Hei friends, we better go home now.”

“What is Mar?”

Riki looked confused when I asked her to come home.

“I just remembered, there's something I want to do.”

“I'm sure you're just making things up, people like you might have a job.”

Maul looked at me very suspiciously.

I could only laugh when Maul found out my intention and purpose spoke like that.

“What really happened?”

“...If you want to go around, you can go first. I want to go straight home.”

I turned around and went towards the gate.

“Then we also go home.”

Riki and Maul followed me away towards the gate.

“Nothing, you can go first if you want to get around.”

“If it's just the two of you it's not exciting, isn't it Mul?”

“Of course.”

Hearing that, I felt bad for both of them.

“How about before we go home we go to Monas first? Coincidentally our school is just a few stops to get there.”

“Good, it's not a bad idea.”

We also decided to go to monas with – the same.

***

“Why do you want to go home in a hurry? Did you see anything?”

Riki was still curious as to why I asked to go home first.

“While there, I accidentally saw Takeshi reading a book there.”

“Oh, so that's what you see.”

Maul looks unconcerned and still focuses on the binoculars she is using.

We are now in Monas. Because today is a working day, so we can go up to the monument

monas is very easy. If it's a holiday I can never go up to the monument because of the crowded queue of people who want to go up there.

From up here, we can see the view of Jakarta from there. Unfortunately this monument is only opened until the afternoon, but it will be very beautiful if you see the night view of Jakarta. Because I love to see the lights coming from tall buildings while going downtown.

“I thought you saw Miyuki there.”

“Then he sees Miyuki, Miyuki must have approached us before we left.”

When I heard Maul's words just now, I realized something. After I remembered the incident

my meeting with Miyuki, she always found me even though I tried to avoid her.

When I was in the bookstore, I could find it easily. Even when trailing Riki and Kirana at the mall, she

I can also find him at the cinema. I don't know what made him find me every time he was around. As far as I know, I am among those who have a thin existence.

“...All of you... There is something I want to say to you.”

Riki also said something that made our attention to him.

“What's Rik?”

“Actually me and Kirana are already having a ceremony.”

“Create that!? When did you express your feelings?”

I was a little surprised to hear that.

“That's true, and I expressed my feelings on the day of the breakup, but she asked me to wait for her answer because she wanted to think about it first.”

Riki looked happy and a little embarrassed when telling that.

“Means time on the island?”

“Time on the island he has not answered it, and he just answered it two days ago.”

“I'm so glad to hear that Rik.”

Of course I'll say it. After many things that Riki went through together with Kirana, I was very happy when I heard the two of them were able to date. Hopefully, Riki is still the usual Riki and does not become stupid because of love.

“..Oh so yes... You are accepted yes..”.

Maul looks moody when she hears Riki received by Kirana. It seems like he still hasn't forgotten the rejection Miyuki made while on the thousand island.

“Call Mul, the past let it happen.”

I try to encourage Maul as much as possible.

“Amar is right Mul, you can find someone who matches you at SMK later. I'm sure there are a lot of students

beautiful is not inferior to Miyuki.”

Riki also helped me in encouraging Maul.

“Thank you guys, I'm glad to have friends like you.”

“Just relax, no matter what happens we will always be together.”

Riki said that with full confidence and a very high spirit.

Hearing that made me smile a little and throw my face away. I am also grateful to have

great friends like them. Without them, I might just be boring.

the End Chapter 21