When I Was 17 Years

Protecting me from the rain

I walked out of my room but not into the dining room, I just stepped out of the house. My mother's call was ignored.

Mama looked at me with anxiety and annoyance,

"I'm sorry Mom, Nadia again PMS.. Looks like the mood is not good anymore, he's out for the wind" she smiled fake

"But Nadia's good at peddling?" ask Mami Moses

"Heeh, it's fine ko jeng hehehe.."

****

I was still walking in a step, thinking about the incident at home never imagined that the mother did until it was like that.

I walked to school, I don't know what I wanted to do. My mind may be Arya's back.

I was still walking around the school garden the sound of thunderous lightning seemed like it was going to rain, it was true that the drizzle began to wet my body as if it was covering my cries from earlier.

The rain was more heavy, I still walked unmoved to shelter until I saw Arya was in front of me complete with his bike.

"You're you." I said

"Why are you walking like this?" tannya

I saw Arya's face battered with dirty clothes

"What's? is there something you want to say?" much

Arya was silent, I smiled wryly

"It seems like there is nothing you want to tell me." I replied softly and wanted to leave

"Wait, I want to convey... "

His words were cut off, I saw him confused

"You don't walk in the rain like this....."

"Why?" cut me

"Because, because you catch a cold!" the answer was stiff I smiled amusedly, Arya looked wrong

Suddenly, the lightning came back shocking both of us. Arya reflex threw her bike, her hands covered my wet head earlier.

We both stared at each other, my heart beating 10 times.

****

Finally we decided to take shelter in the garden.

I wiped my wet uniform. Arya thrust out her shabby handkerchief.

I stared at the handkerchief confused

"It's clean and quiet, just scuffing doang.." As if knowing my thoughts, I accepted it

"Thank you."

"I don't think your rich guy, bring it this way" I said as I rubbed my shirt with Arya's handkerchief

"Shouldn't be put on a nail, it would make him look shabby." I murmured

"My clothes are shabby too, but the girl at school always says I'm still handsome!" he was quiet but seemed confident

I widened my eyes

"Well, the way you speak seems to enjoy their praise a lot." my god

Arya looks clumsy.

"I tried to ignore him, but my ears always listened to him... "

I laughed with Arya's naive reply. Then we were silent for a moment

"How can you not ask why I walked in the rain like this." I said softly and lowered my head

Arya sighed

"How can you not ask why my face is battered like this." he replied

I saw Arya's face

"You've been fighting, haven't you?"

"No, I don't like violence.."

"What lounge? exercising?"

He chuckled, "Maybe hehehhe.."

Arya's phone rang, I told her to pick up the phone immediately. He let out a long sigh with a puzzled face in the phone lift to his ear.

"ARYAAA... Where is kamuuuu?? "shouting Kak Jovita, our faces were both shocked

****

"Hey, how can you forget your sift.." I cried after the rain had subsided.

Arya wiped her wet bike with a smiling face

"Let's ride.." Ask him he was perched on the seat, I scratched my forehead

"I'll take you home first, it's cloudy again soon it will rain again.Come on..!" Bring it once more

I sat in the back seat, Arya started pedaling her bike towards my house

"I want to ask you something" I cried holding Arya's bag for fear of falling

"What?"

"So on from what dream? Not because of the fear of ghosts, but what? " just ask again

Arya did not answer, she just smiled I returned her smile.

We were cycling in a drenched state but for some reason it was warm, sometimes the wind was blowing towards us gently.