Best Teacher And Me
Selfish Old Man

Kila realized it was dinner. After praying Isya, surely grandma always prepares dinner. Thirty minutes from the Adhan, dinner will be ready. Kila finally decided to head to the dining table.

"Cila, dinner is ready, nih," cried Riska. No one ever told Kila to eat, because her appetite was always stable. Kila will go out to eat without being told. Kila is also the type of woman who likes to eat but still ideal weight. Kila was a bit surprised when she saw that her mom and dad were already sitting at the dinner table, with grandma. "What wind is this?" inner Kila.

"No need to be told either, Kila already knows the time to eat. I wanted to get out of the room, really. In front of the room door. So do not be too attentive but less useful, Ma," said Kila. Then sat down next to Grandma, facing Riska.

"Hus, you can't be like that, Kila," his grandmother said. Kila understood her grandmother's gesture of elbowing Kila's hand. That is to apologize for what he said to his mother.

"Ma, I'm sorry, Kila's overrated" Kila said.

"Yes, let's eat," said grandma melted the atmosphere.

"Where is your school, son?" Gilang started the conversation.

"Pa, if you eat again you can not talk," replied Kila a little ketus.

"Ooh, yes it's done eating you tell me," Riska said following. Kila just nodded in response. Their dinner was decorated with the sound of the clanking of spoons rubbing against the plate, silent.

"When you're done eating, papa's mom isn't, is she?" ask Kila. The two did not answer, they were busy with their smart phones. And the food on his plate was still plenty.

"Ma, Mum. Kila has finished eating" Kila said this time with a pressed tone.

"Yes, wait, baby," Riska replied. Riska and Gilang are still multitasking between eating and paying attention to their smart phones.

"Job order, huh? Can't eat used to spent just see the phone?" granny Kila's. Both are directly obeyed. But sometimes they glanced at the smart phone.

"Mom, I'll wash the dishes first, yeah. Just do the dishes grandma," said Kila to grandma. Kila got out of the chair and went to the sink. Realizing that Kila was no longer in front of him, Riska hurriedly finished her food as well as Gilang. Then the two follow Kila to help wash the dishes, Riska who washes the dishes, and Gilang who will rinse and wipe and arrange them. Kila turned to the dining table to put another dirty plate into the sink. Meanwhile, her grandmother had already moved into the living room to watch the news on television.

"So, what's your school, son? Can you adapt?" ask Gilang. He tried to open a conversation that had been delayed earlier.

"Alhamdulillah, all good. Kila also had a really good new friend, Ira and Risa, Pa," Kila replied.

"It's good if you can adapt to the new school environment" Riska said.

"Yes, Ma."

Silent for a moment, the three focused on finishing this dish washing job.

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Kila is done putting dirty dishes into the sink and cleaning the dining table. Afterwards, Kila headed to her grandmother in the living room to lay down on her thigh. Then looking at his smartphone for a while, there were incoming messages and missed calls and it turned out to be from Ira. Shortly after, an incoming call came, from Ira.

"Akil, do you know who our surrogate homeroom will be?" said Ira.

"Loh, why change? it's also been a month. Why is Emi Emi?" kila asked a little confused.

"Yes, Miss Emi resigned from our school. She said her husband was transferred, so Emi also moved with her husband" Ira replied.

"Ooh, what a pity. Though it has been a month with Miss Emi," said Kila with a rather sad tone.

"Huhu, yes, sad. How else," said Ira also follow sadly.

"Do you know where this news comes from, Ra?"

"From Risa's. Risa tau from the chairman of OSIS, yesterday ngabarin Risa in class she said."

"Why Risa?"

"Geez, did you forget that Risa's our class secretary?"

"Well, is it? Since when?"

"Well what else is the work trying? My friends don't have it, haha. Yes, there is something I want to do."

Tut's... Tut's...

"Eh, Akil, I'm not ready to talk about it. The important news has not been told. His successor's class guardian was Mr. Irsyad. And from tomorrow he enters," said Ira across a bit irritated. He talked to himself, nagging because of Kila.

"Your friend called?" ask Gilang. Kila turned off her phone call with Ira because Gilang was heading to the living room. Kila did not want to look happy and flexible when talking to her friends, and showed up to her parents. Kila felt awkward.

Before long Riska also sat in the family room carrying a snack at night. Riska remembers what her mother said that Kila had a hobby of snacking and eating, she said her appetite was high. Every time you see a snack, Kila must always take the time to eat it. It was done Riska also wanted to shorten the distance between herself and her son.

"Hmm, yeah, Pa. The friend Kila said that."

"Ira or Riska?"

"Your, Pa."

"Ooh."

True it turns out, Kila immediately ate a snack brought by her mother.

"Last day, I heard you tell me about men. Tumbens. What's up, Kila?" said Riska. He had eavesdropped on the talk of the child and his mother about the man Kila told him about. There is a dislike of Riska when her son talks about a man.

"It's nothing, Ma. It doesn't matter much either" replied Kila.

"Remember, Kila. You should never try to date. It is forbidden by religion. You know, our families are all awake from the opposite sex. No dating, straight marriage. But you remember, you have to graduate from college before you actually decide to get married. I don't like the way you talk about this guy. There was a happy tone heard from the voice you were making. So, you ..", said Riska cut off by Kila.

Rarely does Kila cut people's talk. Kila this time felt unacceptable to what her mother said, so she was willing to cut off her mother's conversation.

"Mama menguping talk I'm with grandma?" kila stopped eating.

"Yes, you like it, don't you, same guy? Just finish. Mom and Dad won't let me."

"Who wants to date? Mama knows what the hell the same Kila is going through? Also, Kila has not finished talking to grandma, which is about the man. Lagian mama kok play origin concluded even though only nguping, do not hear directly." Kila emphasized every word he said. Trying to temper his anger, but still the devil is more powerful over Kila's emotions.

BRAKKS

A table buzz is heard, the culprit is Gilang.

"Your politeness! Just like Mom, how do you talk like that? Like not being educated, learning are you the same grandma? Against the old man?" said Gilang with an angry tone.

"Don't bring grandma, Pa. The task of educating the child is the duty of his parents, not the duty of his parents" replied Kila as much as possible not to raise his voice.

Riska's hand reflexively slapped Kila's right cheek. Kila showed a lowered response as she stared at her grandmother. He wanted to shed tears, but Kila calmed down when she saw her grandmother beside him.

"Crazy, your words, set it right. Mom talks to remind you. Mama doesn't want you to get the wrong one. Mom reminds you to remember not to date. Okay you again like this guy, later if your feelings develop further will be dangerous. Give me a reason, wrong if mama deduces from the way you talk about this man? Answer Kila! exclaim Riska firmly.

"Ma, Kila knows the limits, really. He was a teacher at the Kila school. So you don't have to bother remembering Kila .." Kila's speech was cut.

"Huh? Teacher say? What are your thoughts until the man you should admire is the teacher at your school? You know, it's getting even more wrong! Hear that?" it was Gilang's wrathful turn.

"Udah Kila said, right. Kila has not finished discussing this man, mama is equally papa even draw conclusions like that. Mama just as papa would not understand what Kila felt. Mama is equally selfish papa." Kila left the family room, trying as much as possible to give up and leave this debate.

"Just remember, never talk about men in awe. You're more wrong that you admire is your own teacher. Mama equally papa does not want to come to your school if there is a business that requires the student guardian to attend if you argue. Remember it was Kila," said Riska somewhat shouting to Kila who was already at the doorstep and started entering her room.

"Don't go to school as a student guardian, Kila is a good boy, mommy doesn't have time to just look at Kila. Your concern today is just a mere formality as a parent's label, insincere, just as it was on Kila's first day of school. You are only sincerely concerned with your work. Actually, your son is your job, not Kila, right?" Kila spoke on the doorstep, only herself heard.

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