Football System: Classic Number 10
Chapter 62: Even for a Moment But I Must Miss You

After a little chat after meeting with the headmaster, Coach Giovanni resigned and left because there were still some things he had to do after this. The plan is that he will stop by Rizaldi's house to accompany him to talk about going to Jakarta for a few weeks with his mother Rizaldi, who is also a friend of his, but Rizaldi refused Coach Giovanni's help and wanted to talk about it to his mother alone face-to-face.

Coach Giovanni is a simple man. So, when there is someone he wants to help but that person rejects him, Coach Giovanni will not talk about it anymore and let the person solve the problem himself. So, in the end he lit his cigarette before leaving Rizaldi school.

There is a 'No Smoking!' warning!' with a large, red font like fresh blood, Coach Giovanni lit his cigarette and smoked it deeply enjoying every drop of nicotine without caring about the ban.

Dery and Rizaldi could only shake their heads at the behavior of their team's head coach. Then Dery was about to take Rizaldi back to class because they had been out of class long enough, but he saw the expression on Rizaldi's face which now looks like a complication.

His expression was so difficult to describe, there was a feeling of sadness, joy, worry and fear in one frame. Dery doesn't know what his best friend is thinking, but he seems to understand a little about what's bothering him.

"If you tell me I'm ready to listen to all your stories buddy" Dery patted Rizaldi's shoulder meaningfully, his smile was also as warm as the smile of a bank teller to their customers. "Then I go to class!" said Dery who gave little space to Rizaldi for him.

"Yes yes later I catch up with Dery" replied Rizaldi with a smile on his face, then when Dery had started to move away from him, Rizaldi's face returned to expression as before. So dark and gloomy.

Rizaldi walked towards the top floor, still with thoughts raging inside his head. He was thinking about how to tell the problems he faced to his mother and his sister. Previously, Rizaldi had never gone too far from his house like this, it was also his reason for choosing the school closest to his home because his mother was always worried about him excessively.

During Junior High, Rizaldi was rebuked by his mother for choosing a school far enough from home, but it was also not Rizaldi's fault. His slightly less value made him unable to get into the school he wanted at the time, so he had to choose another school because of it.

Rizaldi's side job problem was that his mother had disagreed, but Rizaldi still worked to help the family economy and when he found out Rizaldi was working at his shop Melani who was his playmate first, his mother could say nothing more than letting Rizaldi go to work.

And now Rizaldi has to ask for his mother's blessing once again to go out of town for a while, maybe what he thought was so heavy right now would be so easy if he was being frank with his mother.

To clear his head that was being hit by a raging storm, Rizaldi intended to go to the roof of the school and relax a little there, enjoy the cool breeze and the orchestra of the birds perched neatly lined up between the elongated ropes of electrical wires. That was how he had imagined it at first.

But when he was on the roof of the school, he found there was a woman with long hair that he pigtails so that it showed the beautiful curve of the white neck.

From the back, Rizaldi could already recognize the female figure. Before the woman turned her body towards him, Rizaldi had already guessed who the female figure was, even he dared to bet a million rupiah at that time if the guess was wrong.

Then the figure of the woman turned around in surprise to hear the sound of the door opening, she thought the father or mother teacher who came and she was half panicked. But apparently, the figure that came made him even more surprised than the arrival of the teacher council.

Rizaldi was a little confused. "What are you doing here? Why don't you go to class?" Rizaldi then realized something. "Oh, are you truant Melani?" yes, the figure of the woman was the Melani, the playful place of Rizaldi from childhood.

This was the meeting between the two of them after a long time without seeing each other, even though they were attending the same school. They are both different classes, unlike when they were still in Elementary to Junior High who were often one class, so they both rarely met especially when Rizaldi had started actively playing football in Cananga Mining.

Melani also busy herself by following various activities in school. There have been many clubs that he participated, ranging from painting clubs, drama clubs, fine arts clubs, until he had participated in the activities of OSIS. But now, Melani is more often present at the Wushu gym that is in school as well.

"Have you accused me of truancy, you're the one who truant!" Melani retaliates against Rizaldi's baseless accusations.

Rizaldi. "I'm not skipping, I just missed a few lessons" Rizaldi dodged with a very innocent face.

"Just like!" Melani is upset with Rizaldi, but after that she laughs because she has not heard the crisp laughs from Rizaldi for a long time.

Rizaldi also laughed, then he sat next to Melani who was cool to enjoy the beautiful city of Banjarmasin from up there. Rizaldi also watched the scene, he dissolved in the view of the hustle and bustle of the City which is one of the big cities in Indonesia. Rizaldi seemed to be able to see everything from above, who had bought watermelon fruit from the stall at the end of the road there, he said, or the red light ahead there that is currently crowded with motorcycles and cars of people who have every interest in their minds.

While Melani was dissolving in her gaze on Rizaldi, her yellow topaz eyes were watching every little move of Rizaldi. For a long time he had not seen the figure of his good friend, or maybe no longer at the level of friendship.

There was a sudden feeling of anger in Melani's heart, nor did she understand who she was angry at, she said, whether on himself or on the figure of Rizaldi who he thought was so far away for him to pursue. The silence lasted for a long time, no one started a conversation between the two of them. For Melani herself a little confusion must start from where, because she has not met him for long enough.

Melani racked her brain, looking for materials that could open up their chatter. He watched the surroundings, and saw that there was something slightly different about the male figure. Her hair. Melani realizes that Rizaldi's hair has changed from the last time they met.

But had not had time to open his mouth to start a conversation, Rizaldi had preceded him. "I'm going to Jakarta for some time, my team managed to qualify for the knockout phase"

"Congratulations! You are so great, Rizal" Melani replied with a smile on her face, but her smile seemed dead.

Melani was also happy to hear the news, but on the other hand she also felt sad because Rizaldi who was her playmate as a child, was very sad, the friend that he had always protected from long ago was now increasingly changing and more reliable, the farther their differences were at the moment.

So, Melani could only smile bitterly in her heart, while announcing something that was hard for others to hear, even ants had trouble hearing it. "Even if you leave for a while, surely I will continue to miss you" he said softly.