Word & Taste

Speechless

Sayyara Pov's

"waw", that's the only word I can say. After seeing Gwera's behavior again made it difficult for me to describe my thoughts about her. How yes, he was like a different person at every different time, according to the conditions faced. Sometimes adult, sometimes childish, sometimes spoiled, sometimes creepy, but more often the silliness of his absurd thoughts are shown.well like a person who has a lot of personality. This is the second time I've been made speechless by him.

How not, he could refute all the words said the upperclassman who had always been hostile towards Sakura by turning his words back to the upperclassman named Siska. Even Gwera could answer Master's questions that interrogated her very casually and smoothly without any nervousness let alone fear of being blamed. I think he's always right in every act he's done. Or he just forced us to think that what he was doing was right.

He's not the one to blame if he's right, but he's not the one to run away if he's wrong. A responsible and trustworthy person, not a cowardly hypocrite. My admiration began from the beginning of my school at this school.at that time I was already in class with him and had seen him help Sakura face Siska. Even he dared to slap the upperclassman before he who was slapped. But I rarely interacted with him, not because I was shy like Sakura, but rather because I did not care about the social environment around me. Until his words make me think whether all this time I was too indifferent to my surroundings, even my own family?

Flashbacks

Shortly after the lesson began after the break, a teacher came to class and called Gwera and Sakura. As all the students looked at the two of them in turn, Gwera looked very relaxed but inversely proportional to Sakura. Because the one who came calling them was the teacher of BK, Mr. Ardi. Various thoughts appeared in my head, why are they called Bk's room? Is it because of something near the toilet? Did the man who was slapped complain to Mr. Ardi? Ah what do I care? anyway it's their own fault, who told me to go in a few days has made trouble. But if you think that makes the problem is the big brother of the class. ah bodo very much, no business is the same as me.

When all the students in this class were busy paying attention to Susi ma'am who taught Indonesian subjects, Pak Bagus called me to join the BK room. I was surprised why I was called there? I don't think I've done anything wrong. But I still follow Mr. Bagus who is also my homeroom teacher. Arriving in the room bk, I was more shocked to see Sakura's swollen eyes and the look on the face of the upperclassman who blushed, either because of Gwera's slap during the break or because of holding back anger.

I was welcome to sit by Mr. Ardi and immediately asked questions about the incident that happened to Sakura. Mr. Ardi showed the cctv on his computer and there was a look at the incident that happened during the break.

"Did you see what happened during the break? what happened to your two classmates and an upperclassman? Because we saw the silhouette of someone behind the wall in front of the women's toilet, and your friend said it was you" asked Mr. Ardi.

" emm I just pass by sir." I try to relax because I do not want to be included in any troublesome problems.

"you sure just passing by? because here it looks silhouette that turns out to be you, being silent behind the wall without wanting to get out of the place." explained Mr. Ardi. "Please tell me what you heard from their conversation, because Gwerani said Siska threatened Sakura first." pinta pak Ardi.

"I didn't hear anything sir." I said trying to dodge.

"sure you don't hear what? what is emang lo budeg? that short distance is it not horrified? even though the place is very quiet, rarely the students ketoilet it. whereas if in class you can listen to the lesson even though kisruh, you keep connecting connect aja tuh if asked. why are you suddenly deaf?"

I swear I sprained the same nonsense, yes even though it is true, but I do not budeg. I just do not want to catch a disaster from them. well finally I also said whatever I heard at that time, I just did not want to contract a disaster from them, and answered what was asked by Mr. Ardi. The case was finally resolved by calling the parents and the vice students concerned, of course without me, because I was only a witness. gwera and Siska were given a 3-day suspension to regret their actions.

as she walked back to class, Sakura thanked me and apologized to Gwera while crying.

"Gwera, I'm sorry I got you in trouble. hiks...."

"and thank you for helping me, but I'm sorry I didn't know your name yet" Sakura told me.

"my name is Sayyara, I have no intention to help you lo. I just don't like to be entered in your non-essential problem. anyway I wonder yes the same you who had made trouble at the beginning of school, even dragged me again." I said annoyed at Sakura because of the problem.

"sorry, I didn't mean that." she replied in tears.

"eh, who dragged lo it was me, not him. who asked Mr. Ardi to call lo it is also I am not him, because I memorized the shape of the body of people even if only a glance. and lo's tall body shape and long hair that's easier to care for even though it's just a silhouette doang." said Gwera.

"continue? should I salute you the same? who can already swallow the same me even though only see a glimpse doang?" I said with an understating smile on my lips.

"no anyway, only I want to talk to lo. lo gini will be lonely if you do not have a theme because it does not care the same around lo let alone kemen lo. if you are the same class that you do not care, you may also not care about your family or even your family that does not care about you, it will make you more lonely. yahh as if there is no family that is deket same lo, you still have a friend to nemenin your life. because we are a social life, but that does not mean you have to depend on each other anyway, you have to depend on each other anyway, but that does not mean you have to depend on each other anyway, because we're dead by ourselves" he said at length before entering the classroom.

I was very surprised by the words he said that so hard slapped my feelings. Speechless with the treatment and words he said to me. 'huh, she's just a little girl who doesn't know what about me. now he's trying to interfere in my life? hha hha is really funny', I thought.

after school I walked to a stop not too far from the school to wait for public transport.I saw Gwera, Sakura, and a male student who often approached Gwera in front of the school gate. I don't care and continue my steps.

long time I wait for public transportation that leads to my address, my address is indeed rarely any public transportation that passes through it. want me to order a taxi or motorcycle taxi online, but this morning I forgot to bring a cellphone, I forgot to bring a phone, unfortunately again I can not use the motorbike because my motorcycle tire leaked.that's why I hunted and forgot to bring a cellphone because of the father who had to spend the morning for his business meeting.

I was a little scared when some thug-looking guy came up to me. There was only me at this bus stop.they tried to tease me and poke my hand.until there was a sound that stopped their activities.

"heh, what are you guys doing? no shame what a schoolgirl teasing?" it was Gwera's voice, I was shocked to hear her defiant voice.

"wuihhhh there's one more girl who came, uh but she brought her guy" said thug 1

"fuck the same guy, we five guys are just alone. yes even though the body is good, but if only by ourselves how can we beat the five of us?" petty thugs 2.

"yes, quite we can maen the same two girls. let alone the one in front of us, his face is beautiful. if the man escorted his son like a child, but mending his face is so sweet." timpal thugs 3.

I just looked at Gwera and her boy friend with a look of fear, but I did not see the look of fear let alone fear the face of Gwera. faint I heard the word friend gwera.

"gwera, mendingan lo sit alone in the car. let me take care of thugs."

"no, he's my friend, my high school class. I can't help them want to cheat on him. And even though he's not my classmate, I'll help him. because we're fellow women." firmly Gwera made a strange feeling to my heart. Pain and moved mixed to make me feel tight until I unconsciously shed tears.

"a lot of drama, can watch for free" said a thug who made the other thugs laugh mockingly.

"have mending us straight away, how?".the other thugs chimed in.

suddenly there was a sound of a rather loud blow.

'bughh.' the sound of Gwera's hand-tunches nested in the upper part of a thug taller than him, followed by a kick that made the thug fall forward. the other thugs were silent in shock and immediately attacked Gwera and her friend.I don't know how Gwera can fight them by remaining calm and relaxed with a look of disdain. while his friend only had time to fight two of the five thugs.

"fuck, how can such a small girl hit us to battered like gini? really damn it. But the real son of his energy, not seem in his small build so. still feel really punch tuh child."

"yes, really lo."

"kabur first, we just unplug it. I will not be able to hold him if you like gini, let alone you already k.o that."

"yes, let's just pull it out before they both make us more bonyok again." The thugs said, their faces and bodies were battered by the fight between them and Gwera and his friend.

after the thugs had left, I tried to thank Gwera and her friend.but again Gwera's words kept me glued together.

"Gwera, thank you for helping me, thank you also for your friend who also wants to help me." I said sincerely.

"gue Dianara Narendra, call me Nara" said my friend with a slight smile.

"now you know what it's like to have a friend? it feels socializing, it feels like someone cares to you? not that I want a support to lo. I just want to ask you how it feels like there are others who can hold your hand when you again slumped yourself. because itself is torturous, torturous, but that does not mean you have to depend on others. you can not understand the lives of others and want the same life lo. if you already gini you can definitely imagine what Sakurakan feels?" gwera said with her successful serious tone that kept me glued and incessantly crying lamenting my arrogance.

"already, mending you we anterin go home, giaman?" ask nara.

"yes, mending lo come with us only. rather than lo here bullied thugs again" said Gwera with a friendly smile to make his eyes narrow almost bristled and look dimples sweeten his face.

"hiks... hiks.yeah" I said still crying as I followed them. His change of attitude that could have quickly shocked me, not knowing how to respond. but I finally agreed to be taken home by them.

Flashback off

If I used to be quiet and indifferent to people around me, now I care more about them. Especially my three friends, Gwera, Sakura, and Nara. Gwera is not a rude girl who always solves problems with violence, but she is also not a meek little girl who can be underestimated. He's really tough, that's what I think. Somehow according to the others who faced him.

Now again he is faced with Siska, the upperclassman who will soon get a graduation diploma from this school, even if he can graduate. Because what I know is he is not a smart person, yes indeed clever is not a guarantee of graduation. But I don't know, he always makes people doubt him because of his character.

Last afternoon while he was busy in the library, which is Gwera's favorite place, Siska came to Sakura and said she wanted to talk to him. I who heard it immediately nudged Gwera's arm beside me. When Gwera saw me, I asked her to look towards where Sakura with Siska's sister was.

"Let it go, not all the problems we have to interfere. let him decide for himself the steps he takes for his life.don't let him depend on us.We are indeed his friends, we are his friends, but that doesn't mean we have to take part in every decision in his life, we will help him when he really needs us, not when he can face his own problems, because it won't make him a strong and strong person when he loses us" Gwera explained.

Actually I somewhat object to the thought of Gwera like that, which seems to say that friends are needed when in trouble, without sharing happiness, but after thinking it is true what he said. If we go too far into the lives of others, it will make it difficult for the person to be independent. I was always too late to realize the meaning of the word Gwera said. Though he said all that simply and clearly if it was serious, but I would immediately understand the word he said if he was joking.

It's been almost 10 minutes that I've been waiting for Sakura to come back, I don't feel calm.

"go out, you're here with Nara" said Gwera, who surprised me.

"yes" I replied briefly

"Nara, I'm out for a moment" said Gwera to Nara who was only answered nodding his head with a doubtful gaze.

I remained unsettled, finally deciding to find them and take Nara with me.

Not long after we searched for Gwera and Sakura, I saw Sakura crying while holding her cheek and Gwera's hand clutching the collar of Siska's uniform. Nara immediately ran and I also ran over to them, besides Siska there are 3 other upperclassmen.I don't need to know them because they are not important to me. My priority now is Sakura and Gwera, my best friends.

"oh so now you ask for help to temen lo? huh... coward." sneered Siska, his friend smiled cynically.

"No noticing you? who's the coward here? you want to bully Sakura kayak last year, but you brought a cockroach troupe to ngeroyok her?" cecar Gwera who successfully made the siska plot rose blood.

"why are we cockroaches? who do you think you are?" said one of themen siska.

"do you feel like you're not Sakura? if you feel yes means you guys feel so cockroaches also dong." reply Gwera fierce.

"fucking lo, must be taught this child." said another siska friend.

"no need, I've taken all the lessons well. Even the lessons of ethics and life I have mastered. it is precisely I who doubt the same you if you want to give me a lesson.ntar can I even go wrong again, even wrong again, trus could be also be a moment longer I'm giving you guys a lesson." said Gwera underestimated.

"do I need to interfere with the gwe?" ask Nara.

"no need, this is the business of girls. guys lackeys first. anyways only cockroaches slovenly so you do not need to take care of, let me just stick them." replied Gwera. Nara still called Gwera like that because she really likes to call him that. even though Gwera already said that she did not require us to call with her absurd given name....

"lo long time more insolent ya." hardik Siska.

"no, my childhood was beaten up and it was more than enough to be a valuable lesson for me." said Gwera.

" fucking lo!" snapped one of Siska's friends and would slap Gwera. I stepped forward and blocked the man's hand.

"once you touch my team, you're my opponent!" my sarcasmus, then Mr. Ardi came and told us all to come to his room.

Mr. Ardi's room.

"Why else with you? do you think this school is your playground? your debate venue? or your boxing gym? is school just a place to fight? to show off with what you guys have huh? answer father!" shouted Mr. Ardi.

"no sir." only Gwera and Nara answered.

"then why do you always fight and punch, slap play like it's normal for a schoolgirl like you? what do you want to be then? tell me what the problem is now, don't tell me the cause is still the same as last year? Sakura, try to tell me why your face is like that? " ask Ardi.

Sakura says everything, from her impostation to now being in Ardi's room.

"Siska, I don't think about your behavior like this. Soon you will graduate from this school, why are you even making bad memories about your life at school? and the three of you, you're going to graduate the same, but you're going to do bad things like that"

"i don't accept sir, I've always been labeled bad at school, even in my family I was ostracized. All this is because of him!" point Siska to Sakura. "if the Middle School did not have a case, I will not be like this." bela Siska.

"But that does not mean you can be criminal like this, you can be prosecuted if you continue like this" said Mr. Ardi with a stressed face.

"sorry sir, excuse me. I want to say something to Siska" Gwera said.

"hmm well please." replied Mr. Ardi

"ok Siska, I'm straight away...

" heh, it's not polite to call the upperclassman directly his name!" pause one of siska's friends.

"huh, I don't need to be polite to people who can't be polite to others.they don't pantes dapet politeness from people." replied Gwera staring cynically at his friend siska. "back to the thing I want to talk to you, all I say here. let all of you know and Mr. Ardi also know." after that Gwera again looked at siska and spoke to him. "you used to say you cut off your girlfriend because of Sakura, expelled from school because of Sakura, even ostracized by your family also because of sakura? you sure everything's because of Sakura? not because of your own behavior?" ask Gwera.

"obviously because of Sakura, who else is she" Siska replied.

"i think you're wrong, not because I keep thinking of Sakura. But because I'm a girl, I try to understand you and her. The first. you get the same emotion while you are kedia because the guy you like to ask to break up and dig up him in front of you, do not want to listen to the explanation and do not believe again the same lo. that's what makes you so vengeful with Sakura." Gwera paused for a moment her sentence to breathe.

"The second you were expelled from your school first because of the case that caused injuries to Sakura's legs, so she had to be operated on and unconscious for a day and just woke up the next day." hela Gwera took her breath.

"And the third. you turn on Sakura because you are cut off with your own family, until you are entrusted to your aunt who you say is fierce? you should realize, your family will not be throwing you if not because they are careless with your behavior. if you are not careful and want to be watched the same they should you know what can make them pay attention to you, lo, no need for negative things if you can do positive things to attract their attention."

"of all the circumstances that I talked about earlier correction if something is wrong." pinta Gwera to Siska.

Siska just kept quiet and didn't answer.

"gue tell lo. First, you cut off your boyfriend because he does not feel at home with your emotions and your behavior that arbitrarily mena to others. Second, you are expelled from school because the case that you lasalin is a criminal case that can tarnish the good name of the school if you are still there. it might be the same as what you are now doing to Sakura, by slapping and trying to gang up on her. And the third.lo diucilin lo family because you act rude and final lo dititpin to aunt lo. that's because of the rudeness of you that they can not handle until they ask for help to aunty lo who is hard in educating his son. I asked lo, lo, what accomplishments have you given your family? no need to be grandiose as a school performance, for example, a performance in your home environment? not adakan? you continue to blame others for the real thing you already know who is wrong, so. lo who is actually a coward. you do not know and do not want to know what Sakura experienced. after she recovered from the wound she was sent to a dormitory due to trauma.she was afraid to meet a boy friend for fear of being bullied again.His family was also worried that such a thing would happen again. her family can sue you, but not because Sakura says it will make you slump if the general public knows." cerocos Gwera relentlessly while holding back her anger that is clearly visible on her face.

"so I hope before you turn on others, please introspect yourself first. let you know wrong or right. After saying that I looked at Mr. Ardi and said "sek sir, sir, that's all I want to say, thank you for the time given to explain this" said Gwera, ending his explanation.

"hhmm it's the same. Then Siska what do you want to say?" ask Mr. Ardi.

Siska is still dumbfounded, maybe she still absorbs every word that Gwera issued about Sakura's life due to her actions.

"S..Sakura, gu.gue would like to. I want to apologize to my lo. sorry, Gwera bener, I never introspect myself and do not want to know each other. I'm really sorry." pinta Siska was sincere with tears flowing and hard to stop.

"hu'um, yes, I'm sorry." Sakura replied in tears, perhaps because she was moved.

And unfortunately I also netesin tears. huh si Gwera actually can make people forget if he who ngadepin. I see Nara still faithfully looking at Gwera with a proud smile, clearly visible on her face. Maybe she thinks like this "this is my new prospective girl, I think, who will be the wife and mother of my son." Maybe that's what he thought, but no matter what, no one's mind and heart knows.

"yes already then this problem I assume it has been resolved until here, so I ask that no more things like this happen. You can come out, you can come out, I won't give you a parent or guardian's summons because I'm sure you don't want that to happen." paused Ardi and continued "And for you Gwera, I am proud to have students who are able to think and behave like you. Inedible with emotion and anger."

"He he he thank you sir. Please excuse us to go back to the library" said Gwera with a big smile until a row of white teeth were seen, and displayed dimples. It made all of us feel speechless, including me. And it turned out that after we returned to the library, the bell rang a long time ago, I saw Sakura always smiling happily, until her brother picked her up after work.

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