The Winter Promise

Chapter 30: The First Day at SMK.

The long holiday is over. Today is the first day I entered SMK Sawah Besar. A lot of my friends can't wait to get back to school, but I just hope the holidays never end. Today the plan at my school is to hold a MOS or student orientation period for the next three days.

Actually I don't really like the so-called orientation period. Because most of this event is an event for upperclassmen who join OSIS to find a new scene among the younger siblings. In addition, there are also many students who do the same thing, whether it is to students or upperclassmen.

Because now my school is in Sawah Besar, I also have to wake up early and go to school using TransJakarta. If I went to school after my parents left for the office, now I have to leave earlier than them. Actually my parents offered to go with them by car, but I didn't want to. I'd rather go to school

alone and enjoying the time I had while on the trip, even though it was troublesome.

When I reached the Cibubur stop, I met Riki who was waiting for the first bus as well. He was already wearing a complete uniform with a Big Crater SMK alma mater that was blue dongker with an orange list.

“Good morning Mar! You look still sleepy once.”

Riki greeted me with great enthusiasm. I was confused where I could get that much spirit from on such a morning like this. The sun has not yet appeared.

“Pages... You came fast too huh.”

“Of course, I don't want to miss the first bus.”

“Hmmm..”

Our bus arrived and we got on the bus. At first I thought that the passengers on the first bus were not too crowded because it was still too early for people to go to work. It turned out that I was wrong, so many people were leaving in the morning like this for work, that I did not get a seat.

The distance from my house to school meant that we had to change buses three times, and we had to stand on all the buses because the passengers on our buses were so many. That is only natural because our school is in Central Jakarta where in the area there are many offices.

Arriving at the Sawah Besar stop, we immediately walked to our school. There we also met students who wore the same alma mater as us.

We walked down the road next to a river to go to school.

“I'm getting impatient Mar wants to see what my friends will be like.”

Though we had been standing for quite a long time when on the bus earlier, but I did not see a little fatigue in Riki. He is a monster.

When we were halfway through, I saw Maul sitting on the curis that was there. He stood up when we were near him.

“Yo Mul, you came fast too.”

Riki immediately greeted Maul.

“Of course, I left with my father. Coincidentally the road to his office is in line with my school.”

We continued our journey back to school. I saw Maul who was looking at the female disciple we met. Here he is, one of the people I hate when I get an orientation, but since Maul is my friend, so I'm sorry.

“I can't wait to see my friends in class later.”

Maul said the same thing with Riki.

Is that a normal word at a time like this?

“I'm also Mul.”

“I just hope no troublesome classmates.”

That's my only hope right now. I want to make my peaceful life debut at SMK.

“Calm Mar, I'm sure you'll find some nice friends.”

Riki tried to encourage me.

“I don't need pleasant friends. I just need quiet friends.”

“But I feel a little sad for not being able to meet with Rina again.”.

Maul looks to be remembering the good times when Junior High.

“Yes you're right, it's rare to find someone like him. It's beautiful, clever, understanding again. Too bad there's someone who ignores his feelings.”

Riki mocked me because I ignored Rina's feelings.

“Stop that Rik... Anyway why do you want to see him every day?”

“Because I feel that our relationship is getting closer than before.”

“That's a silly thought Mul, if you consider Rina's good attitude to you as a reference that you're getting closer. You will only be heartbroken later.”

I tried to give Maul some advice.

“Hahaha... You're right, actually I have a little feeling for Rina. What else when he gave me the earphone gift. It felt like he knew that I was in need of earphones at the time.”

Well kan... This is what I was afraid of when accompanying Rina to buy a gift for Maul. Surely Maul will misunderstand the gift he gave, what else is his gift that is something he really needs. But there was actually my fault there, too, because I advised him to buy Maul earphones.

“Woah... That's good, Mull, cheer up Mul. I think you can get her love Rina.”

Riki also gave his support to Maul.

“That can't be Rik, you know for yourself who Rina.” likes

Maul has given up and insinuated me.

“You guys from earlier insinuated me huh? I don't know.”

“Hahaha it turns out he realized it Mul.”

“I guess she's unconscious.”

It seems better that I just say it to them.

“Actually Rina has already expressed her feelings to me.”

“HAH!? You kidding Mar? When?”

Riki and Maul were very surprised when they heard that.

“Just after the national exam, while I was taking a letter of recommendation. She took me around school after that she also expressed her feelings for me.”

“Sial, it was a long time ago.”

What would you like to do if you were new to Rik!

“Then what's your answer?”

Maul was so curious that I could see the little stars coming out of her eyes.

“Of course I refused it, that's all you don't know.”

“Cih..!”

“Basic stupid man!”

Maul and Riki were dissatisfied with my answer at that time.

What is their problem with this, is not that accepting or rejecting Rina is one hundred percent in my hands.

“Of course I still hold my stance firmly.”

“But I got confused. Why is her attitude towards you still ordinary and even she looks still like you.”

Riki placed his right hand on his chin and thought like a real detective.

“What should be confused about it?”

I don't even understand the meaning of Riki.

“It should be that if someone has been rejected, the feelings he has to that person have already disappeared or changed. But why is Rina still the same?”

“Then I myself do not know.”

“You were right, stupid thing asked Amar about love.”

Once again Riki mocked me.

“That's it all, we have to hurry to school now. I don't want us to be late on the first day.”

Maul tried to warn us.

“Just relax Mul, the school is already visible in front of the eyes.”

“Amar is right, no need to worry.”

We began to step foot into the school gate, because this was the first day we were in this school.we also went to the school to see a list of classes where we placed.

“Then I went there first ya.”

Maul also parted with us because each major is in a different mading.

SMK Sawah Besar is a vocational school located in Central Jakarta that has five majors. Among these are Accounting, Office Administration, Pharmacy, Software Engineering, and the last one is Multimedia. From the information I found from the internet that SMK Sawah Besar is famous for its Accountancy department has a lot of graduates who are accepted at public universities, especially at STAN State Financial State Polytechnic.

Not only is the accounting department good at this school. But the Department of Office Administration and Pharmacy is also a prominent department in this school. Therefore, for the Department of Luna and Multimedia Device Engineering has not been accredited as well as other majors because this department has just been created and I am included in the fourth generation in the Multimedia department.

“By the way you didn't answer my question at the time. Actually, where are you at Rik?”

“Multimedia.”

“Hah!?”

“I'm in the multimedia department.”

“Why should multimedia?”

“How else, my letter of recommendation chose me that major.”

Calm... Calm... We are only in the same department, the possibility to be in a class is very minimal. I see that this year the multimedia major is divided into four classes. Means my chances of being in class with him are only twenty-five percent.

We also immediately saw the entire list of classes in mading.

My name's... My name's... My name's... Uh! Therehewas.

“You've found your class name Mar?”

“Already, you yourself are placed in which class?”

“Multimedia D, if you?”

Ah shit! It turned out that twenty-five percent was still too big for possibility.

“Multimedia D also.”

“It turns out we are classmate yes, hahahahaha.

Riki laughed with pleasure. The beginning of entering a peaceful school life is already broken.

“Excuse me... Excuse me..”

I saw a woman trying to head towards the mading to see the class list as well.

“Hai Kichida!”

It turns out that this woman is Kichida. Maul who saw him immediately greeted him.

“Hi you two!”

Kichida greeted us back, it seemed like he had not misunderstood me.

Just sec... Kichida is here. That meant the possibility of Miyuki being here was also so great.

I looked at all the children who were around the mading and did not find Miyuki there. Thank goodness he wasn't here. Oh right, if it's not wrong, Rina says that Miyuki went to the same school as him. So I'm safe!

“Which class did you get Kichida?”

Riki asks Kichida about the class she got.

“I get Multimedia class D.”

Again, it seems I am starting to hate the twenty-five percent figure.

“Then you are in the same class as us.”

“Create that? Then please help him for the next three years.”

When she said that, Kichida bowed a little to both of us.

“Give me.”

Riki said that with great enthusiasm.

“Already you all, we better go to the hall for the welcoming ceremony.”

“Come!”

We went straight to the hall at the school.

My school consists of three large buildings that surround a field that is quite large in size as well. Of the three buildings, one of them is a sports building. And I just found out about this. If it turns out that the sports building consists of two floors, the first floor is a place for students to do indoor sports while the second floor is a very large hall.

When I entered the hall, I could smell a fragrant smell that spread throughout the room. The students have also occupied the seats provided in accordance with the class and also the department.

We went straight to the seat reserved for us. When I was there, I often heard the students who were acquainted with each other, it was only natural that we had just entered this school, making new friends at school is one of the goals of attending school as well.

If you ask me if I would do that too or not, my answer is no. I don't really like getting to know you in person like that. I prefer introductions that seem to flow, because I do not like awkward circumstances when being acquainted with new people. Because it's so annoying and troublesome.

When I was sitting on the chair, I saw a pair of students who went up on stage. I'm sure they're members of the OSIS.

“Oi Mar, isn't that Brother Fauzi?”

Riki. Thanks to my rebuke I also realized that it was indeed Brother Fauzi.

“Iya, it is indeed him.”

“Great once he can be a host in an event like this.”

“The name is also a member of OSIS, surely it is common.”

“Do you know him?”

Kichida apparently heard the conversation between the two of us.

“Yes, she was our upperclassman when she was in Junior High. At that time he also served as chairman of OSIS at our Junior High School.”

Riki explained it to Kichida.

“Looks like he's a great guy.”

Kichida also praised Kak Fauzi after hearing the explanation from Riki.

“Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Westarakatuh.”.

The host opened his show with greetings and was answered by all the students who were there.

“The opening ceremony and the implementation of the orientation period of SMK Sawah Besar students, the school year 2015/2016 officially opened. All students are expected to stand to sing the Indonesian national anthem Raya.”

The students stood up from their seats and prepared to sing the national anthem.

Sfx = Song Indonesia Raya.

“Students are expected to sit back..”.

We also sat back.

And a very boring opening ceremony began. If you can get through this event I better pass it, because it is only welcome given by the school administrators. Actually I could have gotten through it by sleeping during the event, but I saw the teacher watching us from the side making me very uncomfortable. Looks like he'll wake me up too if I fall asleep.

After the boring welcome event was over, we finally arrived at the closing ceremony. Just before the prayer, there is a reward session for students who get the highest marks in the entrance exam.

“For the names of the five students to be mentioned, please get on stage immediately.”

Hmmmm... Let's see who the smart people in this school are. If I'm lucky, I can get to know him to help me later.

“Nakashima Takeshi, from tenth grade Pharmaceutical A...”

Waitaminute! The nakashima? A takeshi? What he was Nakashima at that time was meant by Kichida. I'll ask him later, but it's also great that he can rank one in the entrance exam.

“...Kotobuki Miyuki, from the tenth grade of Pharmacy A..”

Just sec... Is this the MIyuki I know? Didn't Rina say that Miyuki went to the same school as her? Why he can be here.”

I looked up at the stage and that person was Miyuki. With this, my dream of getting a quiet school life is gone

“...Rina Purnama Putri, from tenth grade Pharmaceutical A...”

Huh!? That name... No. gabe.. No. gabe... It must be just the same name, the person must be different.

The other two are from the accounting department.

Then I focused my gaze on everyone who went on stage, and it turned out that person was Rina.

“Heee... Looks like he really likes you Mar.”

Riki also teased me again. It seems like today he used to tease me a lot.

“Stop that, I'm trying to accept reality here.”

I refocused my gaze onto the stage and looked towards Rina who was standing right beside Miyuki.

Then our eyes met and Lina smiled when she realized I saw her. At that moment somehow my heart felt very happy, my heart slightly thumped loudly. Miyuki also looked towards me and she waved a small wave at me.

Huhhhhh... Peaceful school life does not exist.

the End Chapter 30