Guess The Ghosts
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"Eat, there are still a few minutes before input. Like I said, while you're eating I want to tell you about my family's current situation"

They both sat facing. Although reluctant, Zaidan eventually wanted to eat Fried Rice bought by Eja. When asked whether he was ready to listen or not, Zaidan simply nodded his head lightly.

"Have you ever heard me tell you that my family is moving house? I think you were in class, right? In my entire life, it was the first time I'd seen my mother so scared. I've never believed in invisible creatures or ghosts before, but it seems, they're real."

"Ehem!..." Zaidan almost choked on the rice because he heard the words. Luckily, he can still make a face as normal as possible so that Spija does not suspect.

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"After that incident, I wanted to find out more about ghosts, so I was so happy when I found out there was a younger classmate who could see the ghost of a tree-waiter behind this school building! Unfortunately, they were suddenly kicked out of school, and I haven't even had a chance to talk to them," he stopped talking and switched to eating his Fried Rice.

Zaidan.

He did not believe the two students were expelled, and for what reason were they expelled??

"How can they be expelled? They don't do things that break the rules, do they?" It was impossible for them to be expelled for pretending to be unconscious while receiving punishment. Zaidan thinks so.

Spja then says everything he knows briefly to Zaidan, including confirming his question, "Right. I once asked Miss Anni, our language teacher. The reason why the two of them were expelled for breaking the rules, but he did not explain what rules they had broken back then... Do you think it's the same with me that they were expelled for some other reason?" he whispered softly.

"I don't know either..." Zaidan.

Zaidan was afraid that the words coming out of his mouth would be a new concern for everyone in the school. He does not believe in those before him, nor does he believe in those other than himself, it could be that the people around the canteen who look unconcerned hear his words and he will be expelled from school like 2 girls yesterday. He creeps.

'I have to finish this and no longer talk to him. I'm not sure this conversation was purely a 'talk'" he clasped tightly onto the plastic spoon he used to eat earlier.

Zaidan looked up confidently. He just wanted to say that he could not continue eating both of these, but the words he had prepared could not be let out because he was surprised to see Nina standing still behind Eja.

Zaidan confusion.

"Actually I want to ask for your help because the house that my uncle now owns has suddenly become strange. When it was midnight, my mother always heard noise in the kitchen. It was really weird because no one was awake at all that night, and every time my mom was in the kitchen, the glass always suddenly dropped and hurt her"

"That didn't happen to me and the rest of the family. I was afraid that strange things could hurt my mother more than they do now, so I wanted to find out what really happened."

Zaidan felt something heavy in his heart. He was happy that someone would eat with him, but when he heard the story of a person far from his neighborhood where Zaidan and the man were like the moon and the sun, he began to feel uneasy. He should have felt it too. They did not know each other and only met twice, just with that short meeting was it enough to be able to tell each other personal problems?

"Then what do you mean by needing my help? Are you sure you want to ask me for help?" he got up with the spoon still in his grasp.

At first Eja looked startled, but then laughed as if seeing something funny from Zaidan.

"Silence, calm... Sit down, I don't want to force you. I want you to come with me to look around Mr. Helman's house more closely, because I think you're interested in seeing ghosts like a test of cuteness"

"I always thought someone who was a unique gift, they could have an unusual hobby, so I invited you. Do you want to?" he smiled confidently and thrust his hand on the table, inviting the one he considered his friend to cooperate.

"Nothing changes even if you reject it, we'll still be friends, so don't accept it because it's depressed, okay?" so said Eja.

For Zaidan, it's a tough choice. He does not want to interfere in other people's problems, but does not want to hurt anyone, and because Spija looks serious with his intentions, he said, for once again he answered with a hesitant word because in fact he was hesitant to make a choice.

"If I want to accept it... How am I gonna help you?" he glanced at Eja's hand which reminded him of the first time they shook hands with each other.

"Perhaps with the knowledge we have? hmm, I haven't thought about it yet, but if you're ready, I'll think about it."

...

All the students in the cafeteria immediately left in a hurry to catch up to the next hour of study, some of them had not even had time to spend snacks, not least Eja and Zaidan who were too busy talking until they had just eaten a little of their Fried Rice. Eja immediately stood up and lifted the plate made of plastic and carried the object with him.

"I'll wait for your answer tomorrow, yeah! Tell me if you're interested in my invitation" said Eja happily.

However, that 'waiting for an answer' speech did not make Zaidan feel happy at all.

... "Come, Nina. We should go back, too."

Zaidan escorted Nina to the back of the school building first and left the woman there. He tried to ignore what had happened and intended to discuss it when he returned. He also did not forget to bring the Fried Rice that was not spent, feeling that he should just spend it later rather than throw it away or return it whole to the canteen. At that time he had the idea to leave her with Nina.

After the last lesson, all students who only had 19 words put all kinds of learning tools into their respective bags.

The teacher came out of the room. At the same time, all the students stood up and were about to exit the room as well, but to his surprise, there was the sound of something falling so hard in the room. *BRUKK.. Everyone immediately turned to the source of the voice which turned out to be Spell.

"EJA??"

Zaidan heard the screams of his classmates. He was surprised to see also Eja who was mobbed by many people, He wanted to approach her but he stopped his action when he saw a small child crouching right on the table Spell.

It was a 'something' that was VERY clear to see but there was not a single 'man nearby who realized it, Zaidan so doubted what he now saw.

'Seems like I've seen it... It's not human, is it?'

Zaidan was stuck in place. He could not move his eyes or move his legs. He no longer cared about his friends, he only wanted to leave the place as quickly as possible, but his body refused. As if hearing his heart at this moment, an unknown figure of who it was turned his head slowly and looked straight at Zaidan at right in his eyes.

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The few seconds they exchanged glances without blinking made Zaidan feel the heat in both of his eyes. And he didn't like that feeling. With humans alone he was afraid, especially with such a figure...

"Ohuk... "

The little boy pointed at the deathly pale Spell. Zaidan, who could finally avert his eyes, leaned his face to the right and tried to shut. His feet remained stiff.

"You should have listened to my words back then. Don't tell me you still don't understand... I told you, he can help my friend over there who is in pain... Face it, dong"

"You're too hard to understand. Please remember well this incident..."

The voice that sounded flat but full of emphasis disappeared, Zaidan's feelings also improved and in that moment he only dared to open his eyes. He saw Eja sitting in her chair while looking back at herself with a face that looked helpless.

It seemed that only he had seen the figure earlier. He remembered something, before that figure had accidentally met him in the back of the school, he said, he was not sure why it could be so but after sorting every word from the initial meeting to the one that had just happened, he knew that the figure was an unsettled spirit just like Nina.

'Only the same kind, its nature is not at all, rude" inner Zaidan.

Although the shape of the figure was not so creepy than to see a large dark figure, but how even the little boy had once penetrated his body and seemed to tear his heart apart.

Zaidan was only confused why he seemed forced to help her, and especially why the problem was related to Spija, even it seemed that the figure did not hesitate to hurt someone...