The Winter Promise

Chapter 54: Open Together.

Azan magrib has been reverberating. We all broke open with the food that Miyuki's mom had prepared. Although there is provided a variety of food, but I only eat fried and sweet tea. Because I don't want to be too full before tarawih prayers later.

“Oi ya Ar, I just remembered it. My brother told me to tell you that you are being sent to the mosque tomorrow night.”

Lina cleaned her hands with the tissue on the table.

“For what?”

“If not wrong, you are told to become zakat committee fitrah.”

“Good.”

The zakat fitrah committee, huh? It seems that at night, I will be asked to help with the preparation of the Eid prayer as well.

“I didn't expect people like you to do such social activities.”

Takeshi who had just finished his meal immediately responded to that. He seemed astonished to see me doing such an activity. There is something wrong with being a zakat fitrah committee.

“Something is wrong?”

I said to him.

“No... It's just that in Japan, people like you are usually anti-social people. They rarely do social activities and spend a lot of time at home without interacting with the community.”

Takeshi explained it widely to me.

I wonder how my image is in Takeshi's eyes right now. Although I look like a lazy person and do not move much, but if to do social activities of course I will do.

I've said this before, that I'm not anti-social. I still think that interacting with others is very important to living life to be easy. It's just that I'm still seeing if interacting with that person can benefit me or not. The point is, I still choose to interact.

“Today your sister came home huh Mar?”

Thanks to Riki's words, I just remembered that today my sister came home. I think my free time at home will soon be disturbed by his presence.

“Amar's sister?! So Amar has a sister?”

Miyuki and Yoshida were instantly attracted to my sister. I suspect what they are thinking. I have a bad feeling about it.

“Yup, Amar has a beautiful and cute little sister... Now he is attending a boarding school in Central Java and he only comes home for holidays and holidays like this.”

I thank you Rik for explaining about my sister to them. So I don't have to do that exhausting job.

“Does his sister Amar have Amar-like properties!?”

Wo-wo-wo... Hold the princess, you're too excited about this.

“No, his sister is much friendlier compared to him.”

Riki again answered a question from Miyuki.

“Sorry that I am an unfriendly person.”

“Why do you know Amar Rik's sister so well?”

Even Kichida was interested in this topic.

Then my eyes were fixed on Kirana who was staring at Riki with her jealous gaze.

Whoa! Looks like you have to explain something to him before it impacts your relationship Rik.

“Before his sister Amar went to school at the boarding school, I often met him while playing at Amar.” house

“If you Mul?”

“I only occasionally met him when he was in Jakarta.”

“Hmm... I got curious about his sister Amar.”

Stop it Miyuki... Your curiosity will only be something troublesome to me.

We continued to eat. After the magrib prayer, Maul called me to speak four eyes. We went to Miyuki's front porch and sat on the bench.

“What do you want to talk to me about Mul?”

I think Maul wants to talk to me about something important. Rarely did Maul want to talk to me in one eye, usually she also invited Riki to talk about this together.

“I've just been given some work from the police to investigate something. Actually offering this job is my father, because he is taking care of this case.”

Little information for you, his father Maul is a man who works in the police and the rank he has seems to have been high. Because when I went to Maul's house, I heard that Maul's father had men.

“Then?”

“I need your help to do this Mar, you know for yourself that I can't do this without your help.”

So that's why he called me.

“You didn't invite Riki? I think he'll be useful too.”

“I'll take her if you agree to help me. Because if you don't want to help me with this, I don't think Riki will want to help me either.”

“What tasks do you accept?”

“Lately there have been cases of child abduction, human trafficking, and drug transactions in Jakarta.”

Human trafficking!... If child abduction and drugs may be understandable, but for human abduction.. I just found out that in Indonesia there is such a transaction.

“I know you must be surprised. I was also surprised when I first heard of it.”

“Isn't this a secret thing that should not be talked about by just anyone? Why are you talking to me Mul?”

“That's why I want to talk about this in four eyes with you.”

It's so bad, actually I don't want to get involved with something like this too deeply. You know, this is something that should not be touched by SMK children like us. It's all in a different world than ours. But to be honest, I'm also worried that this is going on. I'm afraid one of my relatives or a person I know will be exposed in this case.

“So what do you want to do?”

“I will use my hacking ability to uncover all of this.”

Maul said that with great confidence.

“While your hacking ability is already that great but you still need my help? Aren't you alone able to reveal this case easily.”

“Hacking it is not as easy as it is in the Mar.” video game

Hmmmm...

“Looks like I know the outline... You want me to be the one to take to the field to handle this with Riki, right? If that's what you're sorry for, I can't do it. It's too dangerous for teenagers our age.”

“I've guessed that you would say such a thing.”

Maul smiled and looked up at the ceiling.

“I advise you not to act rashly Mul. You'd better leave this to someone who works in his field. I think this is too dangerous for people like us.”

“I know it's Mar, take it easy. I haven't accepted this job yet.”

I just remembered it, it seems like the right time to take her to the Ustadz Adi lightning boarding school.

“Mul, do you want to participate in the lightning pesantren event belonging to my builder in the spiritist exkul?”

“How many days to?”

“Days twenty-eight to twenty-nine ramadan.”

“Okay I'm coming, anyway I have no more activities after this... Oh, Mar, you play at my house sometime. There's something I want to show you.”

Maul pulled out her phone and showed it to me.

“What's wrong?”

“I just created a new app that can make it easier for me to hack something but that app is not finished for now. I want you to try it.”

Whoa!! What application is it about? Is he trying to make a phone that can hack something just like the one in the video game? I can't wait to see it.

“Alright, if there is time I will go to your house.”

While we were talking, Miyuki came to us.

“What are you guys doing here?”

“Looks like I've been here too long, I want to go in first.”

Maul went inside the house leaving me together with Miyuki.

“It looks like I also want to go into the house.”

“Before Mar, there is something I want to talk to you about.”

God, why would something like this happen. Though I want to avoid the condition where I have to be together with Miyuki, especially now that there is Takeshi. If he gets to see this, I think other troublesome things will come.

“Alright if only briefly.”

I sat on my stool again, and Miyuki sat on the bench that Maul had previously used.

“Before, I want to thank you again.”

Miyuki faced me and bowed slightly to me.

“For what?”

“Bless you, my life is starting to return to how it was.”

“I don't feel like I've done anything with your kiss, what's happening right now is the result of your own efforts. So no need to thank me.”

“Indeed your nature never changes huh.”

Miyuki let out a little chuckle by covering her mouth with her right hand.

“So that's all you want to tell me? If there's no more, I want to go back inside.”

“Moo! Why are you always in such a hurry when you're with me?”

Miyuki was even a little pouting at me.

“Huh.. All right, looks like I'll be here any minute to get a little fresh air.”

Please, this is over soon.

“Thank you... It seems Misaki likes you, she looks very happy when she finds out that you have an Amrih.” account

“I'm so glad to hear it.”

He-he..

“I also once heard my mother tell me about a child who went to the vegetable maker to buy his own groceries. But at that time I didn't know that you were the person my mama meant.”

“I was also surprised when I found out that mothers who like to greet me at the vegetable maker are your mother.”

Although I had the feeling that her nature was a little similar to Miyuki, especially when she was asking about something, it felt like it was endless.

“Then... What do you think of Takeshi?”

Miyuki's voice suddenly shrank and her head looked down at her hand playing between the fingers of one another.

“Actually I am very relieved if he really does not hate me, so the source of my problems at school has disappeared and I can live school life in peace.”

School life!!! Yea!!

“I am also grateful that he is no longer angry with you, but I am confused to behave in front of him. What attitude do you think I should give Takeshi?”

“Just behave as usual, what is the difficulty.”

“That's hard for Mar, and it looks like he's trying to get close to me again.”

Oh so that's what he's worried about. It is difficult to be a beautiful princess contested by people.

“Is it worth it for me to give you that input? I think something like this should be thought of by yourself. How the decision will be in your hands.”

“What would you do if you were me?”

“Be ordinary, just that.”

“I don't feel the heart if I let him hope continuously. I also don't know when to date someone. Rather than him spending all his time and attention on an uncertain person like me, it was better for him to approach someone else who would definitely accept him. I'm sure there's a lot of women who want to be with Takeshi.”

“This is why I hate stupid people for love.”

“What do you mean?”

Miyuki was immediately interested in what I just mentioned.

“If in my opinion let him hope continuously, that is if you deal with the thing called love. Love is a gamble, should people involved with love should be ready with it. They can or not that is the result of the heart they have bet for it.”

It seems my experience of asking about the experience of love to friends in my Junior High School is not bad either.

“I've never met anyone who has a mind like you Mar.”

“You're too much, maybe there are some people out there who have the same thoughts as me, just that you haven't found it.”

“By the way why don't you want to continue your career in basketball? I think you can succeed there.”

He began to move on to another topic. I think he was satisfied with my answer earlier.

“I played basketball because of a friend I told you about on Mount Prau and when he died, I stopped playing basketball for a long time. But remembering the words from him, I went back to playing basketball. But because I no longer have the motivation to do it, so I do not want to overdo it.”

“Why don't you try to find someone else to motivate him back?”

“That's impossible.”

“Are you going to be like this continue?”

“Maybe I'll stop if I find someone worthy, but maybe not for dating. I think dating is too much of a waste of time and money.”

“Oh so.”

Miyuki got up from her stool and slightly stretched her hand.

“Looks like we should go back inside.”

Miyuki and I went back to the living room to join the others. When I got there, I saw Riki looking at me with a very annoying look.

“Don't think of the assortment and start spreading annoying rumors.”

I gave a warning to Riki and Riki only laughed after hearing that.

“Bang Amar, let's play together?”

Misaki approached me and sat right next to me.

“Ok.”

I also pulled out my phone to play games with him.

“Before that, may I ask for your mobile number? I could call you if I wanted to play together.”

“Good.”

I gave Misaki my mobile number and started playing games with her.

“Sial you Amar... I lost to you again.”

I also slightly glanced at Takeshi who was looking at me with great annoyance.

Let him be, just think of it as the wind.

Before Isha, I was with Riki and Maul and Rina and Kirana went home because we wanted to perform tarawih prayers. Riki and Kirana went home first by motorbike, while I, Maul, and Rina went home on foot.

“What were you talking about with Miyuki earlier?”

Maul was curious about it.

“He only asked about my opinion about Takeshi.”

“Why is it like Ar?”

“Takeshi may try to approach Miyuki back, so she dumps her ego to befriend Amar.”

As I expected from Maul, I don't have to explain it to her and to Rina either.

“At first I was also surprised to see people who have high egos like Takeshi can be nice to me. The power of love is too scary to make a person like Takeshi change that way.”

I get a little creepy when I think about that. I fear that in the future I will be controlled with love until that.

“Love can change people easily. There's been a lot going on because of that.”

“Do you do that too?”

I tried to get ahold of Maul.

“Takeshi looks very romantic once, she wants to throw away her ego to fight for her love.”

It seemed like only Rina was impressed by the thing Takeshi was doing.

“Is such a thing romantic?”

“I do not know how men think, but according to women it is a romantic thing.”

“But I don't think the road Takeshi took was easy, let alone talking about Miyuki here. I prefer the current condition.”

“I agree with you Mul.”

Me and Maul had the same thought. Because when the show opened together earlier I just realized something.

“Why can your thinking be compact like that?”

Lina was curious and looked towards the two of us.

“Kichida seems to like Takeshi and her relationship with Miyuki is improving perhaps because Takeshi has been rejected and it is impossible to date Miyuki.”

“I also think the same, I'm amazed because our thinking can be the same as this.”

I'm so glad to hear that.

“I can't deny it. I also just learned that from Kichida's attitude towards Takeshi earlier.”

“And again that actually makes Kichida's relationship better with Miyuki because of Amar.”

“Reason?”

“At the moment Miyuki looks more interested in Amar than others. What I mean here is not just love ya!”

“Why do you need to insist like that, I also know that.”

“I don't want someone who is here to be misunderstood.”

Maul just glanced at Rina who was seriously listening to our conversation. Rina also blushed and fell silent after knowing that Maul was mocking her.

“Your sister did indeed come home today?”

“Yes, my parents have picked her up after coming home from work earlier, she should have been at home by this time.”

“This was her last year in the pesantren huh?”

“That's.”

“Do you know where he's going next?”

Maul seemed very enthusiastic when she asked that question.

“I also don't know, whether he will continue to the boarding school again or to the regular school.”

“I hope he goes to SMK Sawah Besar.”

“I hope it does not happen, because it will be very troublesome later.”

the End Chapter 54