WHYS
School
Senior High School, 07.00 am^^^
Desta stepped towards the locker with a blank look. His sight accidentally met with a bead belonging to Ardhika that looks more chaotic every day. The man's hair was messy, his eye bags were clearly visible, and his face looked tired like he was being hit by a severe problem.
Then Desta's gaze led to the locker next to him. An open locker with lots of flowers in it and one photo there. It was a photo of Kanaya Dhira, the schoolgirl who is a friend and her lover who has disappeared and is presumed dead from a month ago.
Kanaya Dhira is a part-time working girl in the same shop as her. Desta knew her as a cheerful, innocent, friendly, and also a little strange girl. Desta often finds Kanaya aloof behind school and always wears a sweater even in the summer.
Which freak wants to wear thick clothes in the summer? Desta tasa is just Kanaya.
Now that girl is no more. But Desta could still sense his existence. Desta could still feel Kanaya taking out a romantic telenovela book into her locker and turning around only to smile sweetly at her.
While opening his own locker, Desta's forehead wrinkled in confusion. He remembered that he never kept a tape recorder in his locker. He never even had that thing. But now, inside his locker, there was a black tape recorder there.
“Whose's it is? I don't think I ever bought it,” muttered Desta as he frowned. His hands stretched out to reach the tape recorder and looked at it up close.
“It's yours.”
Desta turned his head, finding Olivia approaching him with a sharp look. Olivia is also her classmate and best friend Kanaya. For some reason with the girl's gaze, Desta thought he never had a problem with her.
“But I never had this thing.”
“It's yours, Desta.” Olivia said firmly. “Listen to yourself. Don't delay it and if it's done, let me know.”
Olivia left immediately. The girl did not bother to hear a single word as a response from Desta.
Desta frowned. “This is not mine. Why should I listen to him?”
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Rumah Desta, 12.41 noon^^^
In the end, Desta wanted to listen to the anonymus tape recorder that he met.
Desta throws his bag with origin and grabs the earphones. He took a comfortable sitting position and began listening to the tape recorder.
“Hai, friend. If you've heard this tape now, it means I'm dead.”
Desta's eyes widened. This is Kanaya's voice. Kanaya's voice, her lover. Suddenly, Desta's hand trembled and his vision blurred. Desta misses him, but on the other hand, Desta is also so angry with him that he wants to ignore the girl.
But Desta can't. Therefore, Desta tried to press the play button again which he had delayed and listened to the continuation of the recording.
“Do you guys tremble? Or are your eyes glazed? Ah, what am I talking about. It's all impossible for you to experience when you hear my voice ‘ right? My voice is not that special by the way.”
“Well, unless you yourself feel you have a fault with me. It will definitely be different story.”
“I’m already dead. Don't pity me because that's not why I left this tape for all of you. Well, youguys. You guys are already the reason why I killed myself.”
“Before I wanted to remind all of you not to act rashly. Or the person who holds a copy of all these recordings will not hesitate to spread it on the internet.”
“For me who is dead, it has no impact at all. But you guys are still alive.. I don't need to explain it ‘ right? So sit quietly, find a comfortable place and install your earphones. Listen to seven reasons why I, Kanaya Dhira, killed herself.”
“Or rather... your seven mistakes that made me have to eliminate myself.”.
“This number one recording. The man who took my first kiss and also taught me about the sweetness of loving someone. You know ‘kan Dik? You are the beginning of all my suffering.”
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To be continue...
