ARSHAKA
Troublemaking

The day passed quickly. It feels like I recently graduated from school, and now I'm busy with my practice schedule and college assignments these few days.

My lack of sleep and my diet are getting messy, making me look unkempt. Just wearing plain t-shirts and skinny jeans every time I go to college, I don't think I have time to take care of myself either.

Fortunately Dad and Leo did not comment on my appearance that looked like an errant child.

Only Karin keeps commenting on me, maybe Karin's a little embarrassed to see me as I'm kuel like an ironed-out outfit. Scuffed.

But I am grateful to have a friend like Karin. Seeing his attention to me reminded me of the figure of my mother who was gone.

"Bi, eat first."

Karin came while carrying a bag of food labeled fastfood famous near the campus. He sat next to me and opened his food immediately.

The smell of food managed to make me turn my head when I was busy looking at part-time job vacancies in Laptops.

"have you found a suitable vacancy for you?" asked Karin with her mouth filled with Cheese Burger bites.

"yet," I shook my head, then I bit my Chicken Burger and immediately swallowed it and went back to biting the Burger because I was so hungry.

In addition to college assignments, my days are also stacked with weekly newspapers. If I have not found a suitable vacancy on the internet, I try to search the newspaper.

Some Freelance vacancies also I list using highlighter and then I call one by one, but the vacancy is still no one stuck with me.

Indeed Freelance's work can determine my working hours at will, but when I think of the big targets they offer me makes me retreat.

I also tried to go to some booths that used to recruit sales girls, I gave my data and waited for them to call me for an interview. I was promised to be contacted 2 weeks after I submitted my CV.

I haven't been contacted for 2 weeks. Maybe my fortune isn't a sales girl.

"Bi, uh,"

Karin and I both turned to Samuel. He came to us who were sitting under the tree of the campus yard and sat with us.

"Bi, are you still looking for work?" samuel asked as he put the bag in his lap. Her bead seemed to spread out looking at me filled with newspapers, task books and Laptops.

"still Sam, why?"

"yesterday one of my baristas resigned. Want to replace it?"

Karin and I were glad to hear Samuel.

"you seriously? No lie, right?" ask me again enthusiastically.

"no, but being a Barista is okay?"

Spontaneously I nodded vigorously, "nothing Samuel. Thank you so much Sam!" peekik. It felt like hugging Samuel but I could stand it. I was hugging Karin next to me.

"tomorrow to come to the cafe at 3 pm. Bring your CV as well as the photo, if tomorrow you are ready to be able to directly I training."

I nodded again and Samuel got up and left.

Before long Samuel left Karin tidied up my things and took me away to find new clothes for me training tomorrow. I happily followed Karin's will with a happy heart.

Now that we're in the shopping center, as long as I follow Karin's footsteps behind her my phone keeps ringing, but my eyes are caught off guard by Arshaka's name on my phone screen.

Since my last meeting with Arshaka, I didn't respond to all the calls and all the messages.

The flowers he kept sending home I threw them in the trash. If Arshaka comes to me, I'll leave immediately. Sometimes I hide so he doesn't find me.

I remembered her attitude towards me that had offended me.

The Flashback

"are you obrolin the same as Muel?" arshaka asked after she managed to get me out of the cafe and ended up in front of her parked car.

"none-one. Just a normal conversation," I sniffed.

"i heard you asked Muel to work at the cafe, what did you do?"

I glared for a moment, it turned out that he heard my conversation with Samuel. If he knew what to ask again?

But the funny thing is I was interested in hearing him call Samuel with Muel, not Sam or Sammy like my friends call Samuel.

"you need money, how much?"

Arshaka reached into his pocket and pulled out the contents of the wallet. Red and blue banknotes filled his wallet. I looked at the apparition with a look of disbelief.

"if you need money just tell me. How much do you need? A million? Two million? Or five million?"

"no!" I immediately shook my head violently.

"i just want to earn money with my own efforts."

"you need what Bee, tell me. If you want to work because you want something you just say, I must love. You want bags, jewelry, whatever you want. So you don't have to get tired of working unclear."

Instantly my anger peaked into the crown. But I tried to restrain myself, because I was still in a public place. And it's not funny to argue with men who think short like him.

"sorry dear Lord Arshaka. I'm not looking for a job because of the things you think about me right now. I can still buy my favorite things with my own money, without having to know you of course. I'm looking for a job for my own purposes, and you don't have to interfere because you're nobody to me. Not my boyfriend, not my husband, not my family. You're someone else who just happened to and accidentally got into my life. So don't bother me."

I was about to leave, but my arm was firmly grasped by Arshaka. His grip caused no pain but his gaze made me blink in fear.

"don't make things branded or jewelry, you can also buy."

My heart aches to hear Arshaka say, as if I were the same thing he could easily buy anywhere.

"don't confuse me with anything, and don't equate me with the woman you used to buy out there. You better go and I don't want to see you anymore."

I walked quickly with tears streaming down my cheeks.

You idiot! Why should I cry like this?

Flashback off

Remembering that incident my heart ached again. Still can't believe that Arshaka could say such a thing to me.

But soon I got rid of my memory of him. Why would I think of a man who equates me with goods.

Staying away from it is the most powerful way.

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Leo devoured Fried Rice in the School Canteen. After returning home from school he had to gather in the room of OSIS, soon Sawarna High School will organize Pensions in the framework of School Birthday.

For 2 hours he refrained from hunger, eventually the worms in Leo's stomach stopped gnawing on his stomach.

Unmitigated, Leo bought 2 servings of Fried Rice and immediately ran out a few minutes later.

"he's a really hungry boss,"

Leo looked up and saw Nathan coming to him. Leo sniffed his chin as Nathan wanted to sit in front of Leo after ordering Chicken Rice and Iced Tea at Mbok Ijah's shop.

And before long Leo saw a group of students sitting in the corner of the Canteen near the store Ketoprak and Karedok, one of which was Arshaka there.

Seeing Leo notice something, Nathan looked back. They both noticed a swarm of notoriously wayward students in the School.

Nathan turns around but doesn't want to comment, leaving Leo busy with his activities.

After noticing Arshaka, Leo invited Nathan to chat, discussing about Pension which will be held soon. Here Leo is found in the Sponsor section, he asks Nathan to give advice on how to make a proposal to the Company that the School designates as an Event Sponsor.

Upon hearing the stage of making a good proposal, Leo's view turned back to the horde.

At this time Leo notices one of his classmates named Amel is walking closer to Arshaka. The girl hugged Arshaka's neck from behind while playing with her hair.

What makes Leo furious, Arshaka does nothing to Amel, does not stay away but he does not rub it, he lets Amel play his hair as he pleases.

Maybe almost everyone at Sawarna High School knows how Arshaka is. Although there are many bad rumors about him, but Leo admits how his brain works as thin as water.

No wonder the name is lined up in the Cup storage area in the corridor of the School Home.

And at Sawarna High School, has 2 most popular students. Nathan who sat in front of Leo was known as an exemplary student in the IPS class, then Arshaka was known as a wayward student in the IPA class.

"what's up Yo?" nathan asked when he saw Leo who was not focused on hearing his explanation.

Nathan raises his eyebrows when he looks back and sees Arshaka being held in a friendly embrace by a girl. Nathan doesn't know the girl, but he does know that she's one of the IPA students.

Not long after he was surprised to see Arshaka, Nathan became even more confused when Leo got up and walked over to the horde.

Everyone there stared at Leo's presence, then turned to Arshaka as Leo slid his chin towards Arshaka.

"go talk to you?"

A moment later, she fell silent, and then Arshaka smiled.

Arshaka got up and stood in front of Leo.

"what's wrong?"

At first glance Leo stared intently at Amel, then looked back at Arshaka who was looking at him calmly.

"actually I'm males intervening, but I have to intervene. Mending you away my brother from now on!"

"why indeed?" asked Arshaka calmly.

Leo laughed cynically, "yes you think ajalah. In vain you send Roses every day for my brother, in vain also you come to my house to meet my brother but lo wiggle with other girls,"

"remember, if until I found my brother nangis gegara lo, you run out with me!"

Leo returned to his seat, hurriedly took his bag and left Arshaka and Nathan who were stunned to see Leo filled with anger.

Until Leo is out of sight, Arshaka is still there, every word of Leo spinning freely in his head.

Then Arshaka smiled in light of Leo's threat.

Arshaka said goodbye and walked towards the motor park. Before he runs his bike, Arshaka checks his phone and calls someone.

"how? Have you met Bian?"

"....."

"good. Meet at the usual place, I'm there."

After putting his phone in his pocket, Arshaka immediately rode his motorcycle at high speed.

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