This Is Not What I Want
what a bad day...
~In the middle of the pandemic all the difficult, the spirit for all of us yes.hopefully we can all pass all these trials~.
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Even before dawn, Arman's voice sounded mouthed the dawn prayer, hmmm time to wake up. Arman served as a muezzin, the man who proclaimed the Adhan in the mosque. If he were to be my priest yes, my inner self. 🤭😇 Buruan pray ah. As usual, finish praying, cook breakfast first for everything. Mama was also awake, but her face looked displeased, "why Mah?" I started cooking.
"You've finished semalem isya go straight to sleep huh?" mama asked me, but it's not good. "Yes Mah, sorry, mad mama?" I knelt in front of him sitting limp on the chair. Confused what happened last night.
"Your brother, as soon as he came home was all that, before mom, already knew the Son had to go to school, would pity." Mama bowed, holding back tears. Mama's son is only a son, and my sister has asthma, maybe that makes you worry and disappointed in your brother, and again Kiki is also a child. "Emmm yes already, Riri make a license?" I tried to calm my mother. "But Ri, right away from your school, what about? Is it okay Ri?" Mama's still worried. "What's wrong, it's only permission one day, Riri will ask for his duties, yes, it's okay to calm down?" I wiped away the tears that ran down her cheeks. Give me a glass of warm tea. Because it had to go to school Son first, so I just cook rice, and the rest mama finish.
Hurry up to take a shower, and get ready, letting my long hair down. Make a license for the Son, then go out to find Arman. Luckily, he was walking home from the mosque, and saw me standing in front of the house. Now, it was precisely him who looked panicked, and walked even faster approaching me. "What's wrong?" he said, after getting closer to me.
"There's a little problem, I want to ask you a favor, Brother Arman can take me now? I have to go to Son's school first, and the location is far away, near the old rented house, how, can I?" I looked at her seriously, which was looked at instead, "Kirain you miss me Ri," 🤭 "Wait for me to go home first take the bike yes, and change the trousers first, ok?" Now replace me who is smiling, forget that Brother Arman is still wearing a new sarong from the mosque. I nodded, kissed his right hand, and he ruffled my hair, before going home to pick up the bike.
I went back home to get a bag and a license, and said goodbye to my mom. Previously I took the time to tie my hair, so as not to be disheveled if exposed to the wind.
Brother Arman was waiting, when I came out of the house. "Ri, why don't I just take the letter to Putra's school, you, still I deliver it to your school?"
"Son, I promised Mama, I'll be insecure. Come on Bang road, ngojek yes, free, pay for it with love, can you?" my answer. Arman looked back, "Seriously, did you pay for love?" she pinched my nose, I patted her on the shoulder, asking her to run the bike immediately.
I just kept quiet, only occasionally showed me the way to the Son's school, arriving at the destination, I rushed down, until I slipped, quickly Arman grabbed my hand, "Be careful Ri, please, slowly I wait for you, I will not stay," while releasing the handle, after seeing me stable standing. ive entered the elementary school where the Son studied, where yes the third grade room, hmmm I kept looking, until arriving at the end of the hall, ah finally met. But there hasn't been a single teacher in sight, "What's still in part?" my inner. Ah I finally decided to hand over the license to the school guard, happened to just come out of the kitchen room, in front of the Son's class. Finished explaining briefly about the license, I also paid my respects and returned to Arman.
"Have finished? Any teachers?" asked Arman, I shook my head, "Come on sister, (i'm in a hurry to sit on the bike) the letter, I've left it to the school guard, let's sneak it later Riri late," I whine. Arman just smiled, turned on the bike and drove me to school as quickly as possible, but kept it safe.
It's 06:45 and it's too late, I thought, I asked Arman to stop the bike not exactly in front of the school,
"Sister, just here, afraid she'd come in, thank you," I hurriedly kissed her right hand and wanted to go to school, but she held my hand. "Whatever happens today, the same focus on learning you, later I will pick ya." Before I nodded, he kissed my forehead and let me go. I didn't even look back, had to get to class quickly.
"okay!" But my mind was only on the house. Hopefully the mother at home is calmer, what is actually at home? Ah so I'm the one who's not calm. Andika entered the classroom carrying a book, approached me, and "Ri, this." I received a taskbook from him, wrote it down on the blackboard, handed out an Indonesian assignment book for everything and started working on it.
Someone was suddenly sitting on an empty chair beside me. I looked to the side and found Arya sitting next to me. "I'm just worried why you're in class so late." I did not answer him, if I could get permission, I would go home and just lie down at home, accompany my mother. "Ri, are you angry?" insist again. I finally opened my voice, "Why did you move to sit there again, (the empty chair is where Arya used to sit all this time) I'm fine. If you're always worried, I'll come back to depend on you." Arya didn't answer, but she heard what I said, yes after yesterday agreeing to stay away for Sasha's sake, when I entered the classroom earlier, I saw the chair where we used to sit next to each other, still empty and Arya is seen sitting in a chair beside Sasha. After looking at me for a long time, Arya sat down next to Sasha.
Rumi looked at me, "You guys are okay, right?"
"Why are you sitting apart?" timpal Lina's. We ended up doing Indonesian tasks, in groups. I kept quiet, not asking them both questions. Rumi patted my back, "Arya is the same as Sasha?" her curiosity could not be dammed, I looked at the two, could not bear to see the cheeks of Rumi, "Yes mi. They seem to be made now. I was also surprised that he had to move seats. But, oh, there's still you two after me." Lina hugged my body, ah it felt so comfortable. I have something entertaining now. All the lessons at school have been passed safely. The second break bell reads, when friends are out of class, (school rules if time off, students should not be in class), uh who is it...The ergian?
"Hi Ri, I'm sorry to be late" we sat in front of my class. "Thank you but what is this?" I received a small box, from Erdian.
"The gift I promised" he answered.
"You're sick, huh? How I feel like I just saw you." Erdian nodded, "Ri, you and I are chosen, to attend the event in C city, have you heard yet?" I noticed, "I haven't heard anything." "So Mr. Huda to my class, he talked a little with Mr. Danang (Vice Headmaster of the curriculum, who is in charge of teaching Indonesian as well, but for first class), he said, I heard there will be an event related to the day of the Youth Pledge." "Do you know that we were chosen to participate?"
"Feeling is Ri. I'm back in class."
"Oh yeah, thanks for the card!" Erdian left me alone waiting for the bell to ring. Emm was busy today, I thought. I have to go to Arman's house later in the afternoon. Hopefully he, really picked me up, didn't feel strong to walk home today... Yeaaay finally finished Biology in the last hours. Unlike usual today I immediately took the teacher's schedule book to teach, summarized it and took it to the TU office and Pulaaaaang.
Sorry if this chapter is a bit flat, hopefully you still want to encourage me, the late effects in the house, plus heavy rain for many\-days. Make a bete, what about your town? May it be bright there... Thank you for following this novel. Please give likes and comments...🙏😇💖💖💖💖💖
