The Winter Promise

Chapter 61: Kichida's Concerns.

As usual, when I rest I go to the usual place to eat with the others. But this time there was someone who joined us.

Yep... He is Takeshi.

Currently Takeshi was sitting next to Miyuki and tried to talk to Miyuki, although Miyuki answered with half the intention of the question and began to feel disturbed. He hinted at me several times to help him out of that condition, but I decided to shut up and enjoy the provisions I brought.

“Amar, do you know anything about Natasha?”

Kichida who was not far from me asked about Natasha.

For those of you who may have forgotten who Natasha is. Natasha is my classmate and also the vice-chairman of my class. He was Kichida's best friend and also when LDKS he was in a group with me. He's a cheerful kid but sometimes he looks to be a quiet guy. He was almost known to all the students in my class. That was of course because he was the vice-chairman of the class.

And rarely did Kichida ask me about Natasha, usually she was just talking about a lesson or something interesting that I was doing.

“What's wrong?”

“I rarely see Natasha go out to eat when resting. He also does not look to bring supplies, and every break he is always in the class.”

“I've also been aware of that from far away. I've never seen Natasha gather with classmates to eat while on break.”

Even Riki asked like that.

“Maybe he just saved his money, I used to also once when SMP never left class because he wanted to save my monthly money.”

“But it's not strange Mar, if our time Junior High might be because when twelve we're home so I'm not too concerned about it. But if in SMK at this time, we will only go home later at half-time three. I think anyone would starve if they didn't eat from school to home.”

Maul who heard our conversation also expressed his opinion.

“Do you know something Mar?”

“I am not a person who can know everything in this world Kichida. There's something I can't know either. Maybe you're the one who never saw him eat.”

If I could find out everything in this world, my life would be so easy.

“So so.”

Kichida took back his supplies, but I saw that he was worried about something.

“If you're that hot, why don't you just ask the guy. You are my friends, surely he will tell you.”

“Entah why do I have the feeling if it is not polite to ask about it.”

Again feeling... Do women always do things by relying on their feelings?

When I finished the break when I was about to go to class, I accidentally met with Brother Alvin while climbing the stairs.

“Amar, do you have time?”

“Yes, it seems that before the teacher gets into the classroom I still have time.”

I also sat with Brother Alvin on the steps.

“Is there something you want to ask me, Sis?”

“Have you seen the news lately?”

Hmmmm... He must have wanted to talk about the kidnapping with me.”

“What do you mean is a kidnapping case that is currently rife? If that's what you want to ask, I don't know anything about it at all.”

“Hahaha... You're right, I'd like to discuss it first with you.”

Discussing?

“What is really going on?”

“I just talked about this with the students, and the school has discussed this as well. They will issue a quick return policy to their students to avoid things that are not desirable if the case is getting worse.”

Quick home! Well, it looks like my break will be more than before. I have to ask Mr. Febri for a lot of work to do at home later.

“I don't know if the decision made by the school is the best decision or not.”

Alvin seemed to be thinking about something.

“How do you think about it?”

“If I think personally it's still too much for now, but I can't argue with it because it's for the safety of the students.”

“Actually when I heard coming home quickly also I think that this is too much, because the clock back at SMK Sawah big already fairly fast, we have gone home at half-time three. If the return is accelerated maybe about two or two hours less. Even if you go home as usual, I think no kidnapper would want to kidnap at such an hour, the time and place is not ideal to perform an act of kidnapping.”

I told Brother Alvin.

“You are like a thief to the point of having such thoughts.”

“To know what we are going to do, of course we have to act and think like enemies.”

“Hahahaha... I also thought like that before.”

“But you take it easy, brother, I don't think this case will be worse than it is now.”

“Why?”

“I don't know, just instinct.”

Yep... Because I think Maul's father did something to reduce the number of cases. And if this case has reached a conversation in the midst of the community, surely the government also intervened to solve this case.

Wait for... Are those instincts the same as the feelings that women have?

After talking to Alvin, I went straight to class to take a lesson. When I got to class, I saw Kichida playing on her phone. I peeked at Kichida's phone screen a little, and I saw that he was reading a comic on his phone.

“What are you reading Kichida?”

I asked him who was focusing on reading comics. He also looked directly at me.

“I'm reading a comic.”

“Iya, I know you're reading a comic. I mean, what comic are you reading?”

“I'm reading a comic called Yamaha and Seven Montir.”

Yamaha and Seven Montir? A pretty weird title for a comic.

“What's that comic? I never heard of it.”

“It's only natural if you don't know about this comic, because this comic has not been released in Indonesia. This comic is still published in a weekly magazine in Japan. Because the magazine is not sold in Indonesia, so I can only buy it online and see it from the phone screen like this.”

“What is the comic story about?”

“So this comic tells about..”.

According to Kichida, the Yamaha comics and the Seven Montir tells the story of a boy named Yamaha, he is a school boy who aspires to become a racer, and his, he also has a favorite motorcycle that he always takes good care of. Suddenly one day, he meets a moter

the woman who works in the workshop where she used to service her motorbike. Because of an incident, Yamaha unintentionally kissed the mechanic and because of awkward he immediately went with his bike. While on the road, Yamaha felt something strange with the bike. Suddenly Yamaha can do the maneuvers done by professional racers...

“Wait.. Wait for.. Wait for. Why is the story so strange? And also why does the mechanic have to be a woman? Isn't it usually the mechanic's a man.”

I still don't understand the comics Kichida read.

“Of course if the mechanic is male then the genre will turn out to be no longer romantic. Anyway you listen first the synopsis until it runs out.”

Said Kichida to me and continued the synopsis from Yamaha and Seven Montir.

“And also why every time he wants to race, he has to kiss his mechanic to get his strength? Can't he do it alone with his skills?”

I still don't accept the story from the comic.

“What is this comic selling in Japan there?”

“Of course, if not in demand where might I read it.”

“I don't know why this comic is selling.”

Then I saw Natasha and Riki coming to class with the teacher who was teaching for the next lesson.

***

Enjoyinge.

Right now, I was on the veranda of the mosque and fell asleep there after performing the prayer. Since the entrance time is still long, I intend to sleep there until the bell rings.

“Mar!”

When I opened my eyes, right above my face was Miyuki staring at me.

“What's up?”

“What you are doing.”

“Of course I want to try to fall asleep.”

I tried to close my eyes again.

“Can I join?”

“Of course, after all this mosque belongs to the Ummah.”

Miyuki was sitting right next to me, because there was Miyuki beside me of course I could not sleep quietly. I woke up and then sat down next to him.

“Why don't you go back to your class?”

“Only here can I get away from Takeshi.”

I also imagined Takeshi who was bothering Miyuki constantly and inexplicably, I became a little concerned about her.

“Where is Rina?”

“He still salat, I also actually want to wait for him also here.”

“Oh so.”

I looked around me and there were some boys watching me when they just came out of the mosque.

I really hate this kind of atmosphere, it looks like I'm just going back to class and sleeping there.

“Do you still play with Misaki often?”

“Of course, almost every night I play with him.”

Because Misaki always sends me so many messages at night to invite me to play. If I ignored the message, he called me right away and it was very disturbing. I just found out that giving Misaki a phone number was a fatal mistake.

“If he bothers you at work, you can refuse his request to play Mar.”

Of course, he's very disturbing... There's no way I'm talking like that in front of her brother.

“That's no problem, no one bothers him if to play the game.”

Hearing that made Miyuki pout at me.

“Why are you pouting like that?”

“Why is Misaki's turn to invite you, you always look to spare her time. While it is my turn to invite, you always look rushed.”

“Haha.”

So that's why he's pouting like that.

“You're not fair Mar.”

Why should I be fair to someone who is not me? Isn't that just a hassle.

“Cannot date in mosque environment.”

Rina who had just finished praying came straight to us.

“What the fuck is that?”

I immediately commented on what Rina had just said.

“Lagian, your behavior looks so friendly.”

Lina looks envious of what I just did with Miyuki. What I did with Miyuki was just talk no more.

“Already Rin, we better go straight to class. Bye Amar!”

Miyuki immediately invites Rina to go to class and Rina finally leaves with Miyuki.

I could finally lie down again.

I looked at the clock in my hand and saw that it was still about ten minutes away. At least I still have time to sleep.

Then while I was lying down, someone came and lay right next to me. I opened my eyes a little and saw that beside me was Maul.

“Nikisnya.”

“Truely, the floor of the mosque has magical powers that can make people who are on it become quickly sleepy.”

“I agree with you.”

We closed our eyes again while feeling the cool and cool tiles of the mosque. The air inside the cold mosque bit by bit blows about our feet which makes us more comfortable lying there.

“What after school will you empty Mar?”

“I don't know, but I most go to the lab to play games with Mr. Febri.”

“What team do you play?”

“Gim Dito2.”

“I also played that game together with you guys.”

It doesn't seem like a bad thing. Maul is quite good at playing Dito2 to fill one of the roles that are there, and if we play together usually the role is filled by people who are not good and therefore we often lose in battle.

“In the lab, the computer installed by the game was only two computers. If you really want to play together, I will talk first with Mr. Febri.”

“Really it! I'll wait for the good news from you.”

Maul said that in a flat tone because she could not let go of the sensation of comfort that we were currently feeling. It was a pity to throw away this sensation even for just one second.

“What about your father? Is he still taking care of the kidnapping case?”

“I don't know myself, but lately he's been coming home late at night.”

“Hmmm..”

If Maul says that, I think his father Maul is doing one of the things I told them. If that's what Maul's father did, I don't seem to have to worry about this case. Because this case may not get worse. But I myself do not guarantee whether this case can be resolved completely or not. You see, if his father Maul wants to solve this case completely, he must find out first who are the police who were bribed by the perpetrators. Or another option, his father Maul told someone who had nothing to do with the police to solve this.

Well.. But it's all still my guess there, I don't know what's really going on there. I hope this case is over without needing me to step in.

the End Chapter 61