Hand Leaf
Reading the Lips

...Look at my garden(cing)...

...Full of bu(aya)nga...

...There are white (cus)...

...And there's a red one (yap)...

...Every day(tiger)...

...Kusiram se(b)ua(yes)...

...Rose, jasmine(kus)...

...Everything's slack!...

...StarLova_Book...

...🍀...

"I want the sea, the sun goes down, there are two people by the sea watching the sunset."

Geri squinted her eyes, trying to read the sideways remarks of the girl, not looking at her. He asked, "Hey, can you face me when you talk?"

The girl turned around, looking at Geri - who asked in a loud tone - lazily. He snorted before crossing each other, then said, "You should know how to behave to a girl, Geri."

Geri clucked, then gawked and chose to leave. His voice continued to sound high. "Whatever, I'll just go! Finish your own picture!"

"Eh, hey! How can you cancel the deal?" The girl tried to catch up, she grabbed Geri's shoulder before jerking her to turn to look at the girl. "Hey!"

"What, anyway!" Geri brushed off the hand that dared to hold his shoulder carelessly. "Look, you don't appreciate me! Where is there talk not staring at the one being spoken to?!"

"Jeez, Geri .." lamented the girl, patting her on the forehead for being too tired with Geri's attitude. "It's still in the classroom, you know? At least don't be childish and just help me."

"Oh, so?" Geri steals a hunch, turns to look at the girl cynically. "So I can't be childish and just help you? Wow, what a benefit to my life!"

Geri stepped up, ignoring the girl who was now grumbling annoyed that the teenage boy was still returning his words. Geri took a canvas measuring 30×30 which has been colored black base paint. He looked at a few other colors before taking a chair to sit down.

They eventually both fell silent; Geri who began to focus on determining the color and the girl who was surprised because Geri was still willing to help even though she had argued childishly earlier - even said she wanted to go out. The painting room that was originally crowded due to the ravings of the two now began to quiet down, letting the sound of paint mats and brushes fill the silence.

Geri mixes the basic colors yellow and dark blue in a ratio of 4:6, trying to make a dark green color to draw grass.

Suddenly his head was forced to turn by two hands, making Geri focus on the girl who had brought him noisily.

"You want to help me?"

Geri clucked, lazy to respond to this kind of rhetorical question. He who originally wrapped the color onto the canvas became stalled, brushing off the hand that cupped his cheek violently. "For God's sake, Sulli, if you really don't want to be helped tell me! I'm glad to go now!"

The girl named Sulli grimaced as her hands were being pushed aside that rough. "Geez, it's a good thing you don't have any other friends. If he had, maybe he wouldn't stand being pushed this hard."

Geri looked up, trying not to heed Sulli's lips which made her uncomfortable. It again gives a green color and adds yellow and red to the top, smearing until a picture of a smoldering orange cloud is seen.

"Again, this work should have been done at home," grumbled Geri, slightly upsetting Sulli's frequent homework at school. "No wonder you always get in trouble, especially Mr. Hendrick. You should know what he's like, why look for things?"

Sulli just rolled her pupils, tired of hearing the admonishing ramblings. He took another chair in the corner of the room, then positioned himself to sit beside Geri. His eyeballs rolled in the direction of the teenager's hand, seeing the colors inscribed on the canvas forming a twilight painting of a cliff.

The girl prank Geri on the shoulder, making Geri's focus chaotic and lazily looked back at Sulli. "Why did you draw that?"

Geri took a deep breath, feeling tired if she had to hold one room with Sulli. His silly thoughts guessed he would go crazy if it lingered there for long. "One; you said the theme was about nature. Two; you'd rather be quiet and this painting be finished or I'll rip you apart if you keep pestering me?"

Geri's furious face did not immediately make Sulli shrink from fear, instead the girl laughed widely, comforted by Geri's annoyance at him. He raised both hands into the air, forming a sign of surrender with an amused smile holding back laughter. "Okay, okay, I'm not going to repeat it."

Geri sneered, her eyes cynically staring at Sulli who was brandishing her index and middle fingers.

"Seriously, I promise!" added Sulli, reassuring Geri who returned busy painting.

...🍀...

The school cafeteria was full of students crammed in line, sounding so crowded because they wanted to come first for various reasons; already hungry, eager to get back to class, almost hours of entry, and so on. Common things that often happen, especially time has been pointed at one past twenty minutes.

Geri looked at the pias stalls he used to occupy to buy siomay. He smiled wryly, dreaming that he was not missing food and was wasting his time getting to the cafeteria.

His originally excited steps to join the jostle finally retreated in order and turned around, but a hand suddenly grabbed his left arm. The thing that made Geri turn back and look at the confused figure that pulled his left arm.

"You're going to the cafeteria, right? Why go back the direction?" Sulli turned her head, confused because Geri had never been absent from buying canteen food before. "Come on!"

Geri shook her head, then removed Sulli's grip to return to the classroom. "You alone, I have no taste in seeing the sea of men."

Sulli clucked lazily with her shoulders raised at a glance. Pick a fool and walk buy some snacks. He just let Geri who had walked away from the canteen area and turned into a quiet corridor.

Geri scratched her temple, she felt annoyed at herself who acted as if she was not hungry by refusing Sulli's invitation earlier. Though his stomach had rung, and today it became unlucky because Geri forgot to bring the provisions that had been prepared.

His mind screamed for a wolf; perhaps he should pass through the rest of the school with a moving belly due to hunger.

Maybe only about two minutes Geri rested the body, his shoulders stumbled on something that brought consciousness back to the surface. He looked around, then found the figure of the girl who was seen hiding behind the tall grass near the hall that Geri passed earlier.

What the hell is he doing? Geri narrowed her eyes, trying to look at the girl who seemed to have deliberately thrown something at Geri. Oh, no! Since when was he there?

He stood up, wagging a little uniform so that the grass would come off of him and walk slowly. But not with his voice asking, asking,

"Hey, you, why throw something at me?"

The girl's shoulders were bearded, making Geri immediately step wide because she saw a blurry vision. He managed to grab the girl's right arm which squealed like a kitten's voice.

Yes, actually Geri did not hear anything about the girl's screech, but seeing the rostrum and her shocked body after being arrested, made Geri think maybe the girl screamed. Moreover, his lips opened and closed like a koi fish in a small aquarium of his house.

"Shut up for a second, miss, I didn't hurt you, here!" Geri was upset that the girl kept hitting and slapping her hand slowly to be released. "At least you should explain something to me! Why are you throwing stones or whatever it is to me?"

The girl opened her lips, then closed before opening again. Geri squinted her eyes, trying to read her lips even though free. The girl said nothing but to open and close her lips.

"You wanna say it or I gotta kiss your cheek first, huh?" threaten him, which of course will not be done. Geri is not the kind of guy Tere-his old school girl, who can embrace girls at will. He knows the limits of manners, of course! Just wanted to bluff, because Geri was a little intrigued by the girl's nervous behavior.

The girl flinched, then her face seemed to be clear to let go. Making Geri frown not understand for not speaking anything.

"Okay, I'm off, but don't run!"

A quick nod to the answer, then Geri slowly loosened and removed his grip on the right arm of the girl who was now directly reaching into the pocket of her uniform skirt. He took out a paper notebook and pen to write something, making Geri again squint.

Geri felt even stranger as the paper was torn and given to her.

"I didn't throw anything, but a small mango suddenly fell on you. Sorry, I'm not talking, because I'm mute."

Geri snorted, feeling annoyed because her assumption turned out to be wrong. He rubbed the top of his nose before looking back at the girl. "Then why are you hiding?"

The girl frowned, then pensively before she tried to write again.

At a glance, Geri could see the bumbling attitude of the girl who was writing the answer. This time the paper was not torn, but was directly faced with Geri to read.

"I was surprised to see other students here. Before, right, it was rare to go to this place."

The girl pulled the note back, immediately writing again before Geri turned lazy.

"Oh, yeah. I don't seem to have seen you before. Are you the new kid? Greetings then, I hope your day is fun!"

Geri just kept quiet after reading it. He glanced at the girl's bright name, read it with a glance before finally choosing to leave.

Geri blinked, then her body bent over reaching for something on the ground. His left hand clenched tightly at the side of the body, then passed by the girl deliberately nudging her shoulders.

Ellyana, that's it. Geri will try to remember it so that next time he can retaliate because he dares to sneak around it.

He smiled obliquely feeling the tight grip of his right hand felt an object. Huh, look at it later! Ellyana will be back to dealing with him!

...🍀 ...

"Where have you been?" Sulli ruffled her waist and glanced at Geri who was so relaxed holding her black bag and stepping past Sulli. "Hey, Stupid!"

A few minutes ago the school bell rang loudly with the announcement of students being sent home sooner because there would be a school committee meeting, make the students immediately cheer and scatter to quickly go home even though many want to play first.

Geri did not budge, instead continued to step out of the school area and went home. Leaving Sulli who was tearing behind him and grumbling in annoyance.

"Basic does not know thank you! Accompanied to go and go home, even likes to leave!" his gerutu who tried to chase after Geri.

Sulli blinked, then ran and pushed Geri to pull over to the left. He looked back at the students who were willing to drive a motorbike in the school area. "Hey, where are your eyes, huh?!" show it to the student.

Geri looked confusedly at the oncoming motorcycle and Sulli beside him. He looked at the girl's hand that was still on her shoulder, then nonchalantly brushed it off. "What is this about you?"

"I should have asked; what are you? Didn't your watch vibrate earlier? You almost got hit, you know!"

Geri raised an eyebrow, then looked at the circular black watch on the left wrist. He scratched his forehead in guilt, then looked back at Sulli who was still upset with her arms crossed. "Ah, oh, yes, it looks like something is wrong with this watch. Yesterday there was also a bicycle that hit me next to the house."

Sulli boughtak, surprised by Geri's words that were too relaxed. "You are this, right? Did you tell Aunt Dessy?"

"I forgot."

Sulli growled softly, then her hand was raised to nibble at Geri's temple. "I pray to God that you become a genius!" his his hiss was then, but turned back and took Geri's left hand to walk again.

"Hey, be careful with your behavior!" Geri exclaimed, a bit of a protest as Sulli was always willing to withdraw her hand. Surprisingly, Geri did not necessarily avoid or remove the hand checks.

...TBC...