Cherophophobic
Crying Does Not Mean Weak

During the break, his friends gather in the cafeteria for lunch. Only Azam and Kafka did not exist. Azam is asked to help their homeroom teacher to take class data in the teacher's room. While Kafka was going somewhere, after the break bell rang the guy hurriedly came out of class.

"You take food why don't you wait for me ah?" kafka asked in annoyance.

"Well? Where were you alone?" ask Arzel.

"Toilet, keblet." replied Kafka.

"Yaudah there the hunt is in line, the hunt is out" said Yora as she stared at the queue in the cafeteria which was quite long.

Kafka turned towards the line. The guy instantly widened his eyes when he saw the extremely long queue. If not immediately in line he may really not be part of the food rations. So he immediately ran in line.

"Si missed a long time." murmured Hazel as she turned towards the hallway.

"Why Lo? Demen with him?" ask Nathan.

"Well, no." Hazel answered in denial of Nathan's question.

"Can't like him! Zel is the same as Zel!" cetus Arzel clamped the neck of Hazel sitting next to him using her arms.

"Ang! I can't breathe!"

In the middle of them joking, Azam came from the direction of the teacher's room with a frenzy. His face was half panicked and half pleased.

"Lo why?" nathan asked in wonder.

Instead of answering, Azam took Yora's drink and gulped it in half. Yora was about to curse but was stopped by a sudden question from Azam.

"Where's kafka?" ask Azam.

Everyone turned to Kafka who was waiting for food. Azam nodded in understanding then said the reason why he could be as good as earlier when he came.

"So help Miss Lista, I had time to read children's birthdays. Kafka's birthday tomorrow!" said Azam.

They all stopped eating. Even Yohan almost choked on hearing it out of shock. The cold guy looked towards Kafka. Then he looked back at Azam who was in front of him.

"Aren't we going to give you a surprise?" ask Azam.

"Must dong! Birthday best friends are no surprise!" cetus Arzel with spirit.

"Certainly? Where do we give you a surprise? We don't know what her favorite is, do we?" ask Nathan.

"Ask" replied Hazel.

"If the bego is not kept. Yakali wants a surprise ask first." said Arzel.

Yora directly interceded for them not to fight. "Udah don't talk about it here! I will go back to school to my apartment! We discussed together there." said Yora who approved by her friends.

They were all instantly silent as Kafka headed to their table. But in his mind they were all thinking about what they would do to celebrate the birthday of Kafka. What gift will they give to the cheerful man.

"Why are you quiet?" ask Kafka who just came.

"No, we've been quiet" replied Yora.

After school Kafka was glued to the parking lot to see his broken bicycle with stones strewn all around him. Chain broken. His seat is in sayat-sayat. The second is separate from the body of the bicycle. The body of the bike is also dented like a former hit using a hard object.

The guy's eyes turned red holding back his tears. Her chest feels tight. The bike was the one that accompanied him from SD until now. But at this moment he saw his beloved bicycle crumbled out of shape. If none of her friends were with her, Kafka would have been crying since.

"Kafs.. You're not pa-pa?" asked Arzel doubtfully.

Kafka shook his head slowly. His eyes did not move from his bike.

"Quietly, tomorrow I will push who is this ngelakuin said Nathan while patting Kafka on the shoulder.

But Kafka still did not budge. The guy stays glued. It was undeniable that he felt very sad, even though the bike was old. And the model is not as good as it is now, but the bike is special for him because the bike is the result of his savings for 3 years.

Yohan who realized that told her other friends to leave first. After his friends left Yohan covered Kafka's view using the book he was holding so as not to continue seeing his broken bicycle.

"Nangis does not mean weak" Yohan said in a cold tone.

After that Kafka's shoulder started to shake from crying. Seeing that Yohan immediately went away from there because she knew Kafka didn't want someone to see her crying.

Kafka's other friends head straight to Alpha Apartment. The 23rd floor is number 137. The Yora apartment. Only Yohan did not come because she went straight to the hospital to see her mother.

"This is the data you asked for." Anya said as she provided a file.

"Thank you" said Yohan softly.

Read the patient data three months ago carefully and the results found the name Anggika Pratama. The opening of his mother's patient data yesterday and also found the mother's name from Kafka. The guy was even more surprised to see Kafka's mother's name also in the patient data today.

"This woman... how severe is her illness?" ask Yohan while pointing to the name Anggika Pratama.

We're back in Kafka. The guy walks alone. The dark sky was covered with black clouds. His gaze turned to the cat doll that Kaila had given him this morning. The corner of his lips lifted slightly forming a thin smile. The smile instantly faded as it passed through the deserted alley meeting with Geo. This time the guy who always snuggles it himself, not with his friends.

"Hey, what was my surprise today?" geo asked with a mocking smile.

Kafka clenched his hands. He immediately understood the meaning of Geo. It must have been the rival who broke the bike earlier. "I'm going to meet Lo's parents, I will explain to them so as not to be angry with Lo again because of losing to me. And after that don't bother me anymore" Kafka said without looking at Geo's face.

"Curvy.. You think it's that easy? No! I'll never stop bothering you! Until whenever I will continue to disturb Lo! Lo know? The little girl who lives at the crossroads there?" ask Geo.

Hearing that without hesitation Kafka immediately threw his punch into Geo's cheek until the man fell down due to the loudness of Kafka's punch. Her chest of fireworks stifled anger.

But Geo is not that easy to beat. The guy got up and hit Kafka back.

"Start brave Lo same me." said Geo.

They finally got into another fight. This time Kafka was able to fight back and made some of Geo's face bruised by his punch. But Kafka still lost to Geo because he was just learning martial arts.

"Eat him don't be so hard-ass!" geo said while kicking Kafka's stomach that was already lying on the street. After that he left Kafka alone.

Jdarr... It rained heavily on the lightning. Kafka clenched his hands tightly. He hates the rain. "Can't you be happy? Why after I feel happy always comes problems like this?" inner Kafka. Her flowing tears were covered with the swift rain.

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...Seriate......