I'm Not a High School Boy
CHAPTER 10: Rey's Habits and Adit's Attention

"Thank you, sir."

Gisel thanked the driver who drove him to school today. He left alone today, because Nabila's permission didn't come in.

"Give this license to his homeroom teacher Nabila. Don't forget! Beware of you if intentionally ignored, yes."

So message Clara before she leaves for school today.

"Good morning, Kanaya. Today alone?"

The voice of someone he knew so well greeted him this morning as he had already passed through the school gates. Rey was standing with both hands in her pants pocket. That's Rey's habit.

"Eh yes, Good morning, sir. When I got sick today" replied Gisel.

"Oh ... Then, can you come with me for a second?" asked Rey.

Gisel feels strange when Rey asks him to come with her. But still, he did.

Apparently, Rey brought him a gym located in the back area of the school near the field.

"Don't worry. There is no training today. So no one will come here" Rey said.

"Worry? Why worry?" thought Gisel.

Gisel was a little surprised as Rey thrust out a small paper bag. With an uncertain feeling, he accepted the paper bag. Gisel peeked at him, apparently two packs of bread.

"Sit on the mat and eat first" Rey said, pointing to a pile of mattresses in the corner.

Gisel looked at Rey with a look full of astonishment. He knew Rey was, but did he have to bring her here?

Rey is seen sighing, then pulls Gisel's hand, leading him to sit down. He took the paper bag from Gisel's hand, then opened it.

"Where did you want to be? Chocolate or blueberries?" asked Rey.

"Huh? Blueberry ...," said Gisel as he received the bread Rey had given him.

"I thought you liked chocolate?"

"I? No, sir ..."

Gisel never liked chocolate. He always avoids any food that tastes chocolate. To Gisel, the taste of chocolate was strange. The bitterness felt bad in his throat until it was difficult to remove even though he drank many times.

"Hhmm .. like my friend," Rey said very slowly and almost hard to hear. But, Gisel could hear it.

"He's talking about me?" he asked in his heart.

"You may not remember because of your amnesia. I always take you somewhere for breakfast. Because you always refuse if I take it to the cafeteria. You don't want your friends to talk about me because of you" Rey explained.

"All I know is that you don't always have time for breakfast. I don't know what you do at home every morning, nor do you want to tell me. But skipping breakfast is not good either. Because of that, you passed out at school because your hull had a problem."

It's been two days since Gisel went to school without breakfast. But, it was because he had indeed never done so, even when Gisel became himself.

What Gisel knew from Bik Idah, Kanaya was rarely breakfast, because the time used for it was used by Clara and Nabila to order it, whether it was sweeping and mopping, preparing the school needs of Nabila, Nabila, or washing dishes.

Gisel was only lucky at the moment, as they were worried that the injury on Kanaya's head would get them in trouble. Because if they don't, what they usually do to Kanaya will be done to Gisel.

"They did do it on purpose to torture Kanaya," Gisel thought furiously.

"I hope you can find time on the sidelines of your activities. So you can have a good breakfast."

After Gisel finished, Rey gave him a bottle of milk, then asked him to come back first, because there was still something he had to do.

Actually, Gisel still wanted to stay there and asked Rey about the reason Rey gave Kanaya such special attention. But it seemed like he would not be able to get the answer at this moment. Therefore, he left Rey without asking much.

"I'll ask you next time" he thought.

The first lesson Gisel had to pass today was Chemistry. One of the many lessons he didn't like. Plus, his class will conduct lab work in a chemistry lab.

"You nervous?" asked Adit who was next to him. "Don't worry, I'll teach you later. Let's go slow, yeah."

Gisel saw Tika in the distance waving towards him with the rest of the group. While Adit, he asked for special permission to be a group with him. Gisel thought Adit might reason to want to take care of him because he was recovering from illness.

"OK, Class. Please pay attention." The Chemistry teacher began to seek the attention of his students to pay attention to him.

"In front you have prepared 5 tubes with different chemical liquids. Please be careful with all that. Because you don't know what's in it. Don't play around with it all, as any of those fluids will be able to cause burns to your skin. So listen carefully, BE CAREFUL!"

"Please pay attention to your worksheets. The work process is written in detail in it. Please start."

"If it was wine, maybe I would have drunk it already" Gisel thought.

Adit gave him a tube with the number 5 on his glass, and then wrote something on the worksheet. The explanation given by Adit could not be processed at all by the head of Gisel.

Suddenly, someone bumped into Gisel causing him to be shocked. The tube that contained the chemical liquid he was holding suddenly slipped and fell on the table. The liquid inside spilled over and splashed to the back of Gisel's right hand finger.

"Ac ..."

Gisel immediately stood up. Reflexively, he glared at the child who had just nudged him.

"Yes, are you okay?" asked Adit who immediately checked Gisel's hand.

"He! You can't see the road?" cried Tika who had been approaching Gisel ever since she cried out in pain.

The Chemistry Teacher who heard the commotion immediately approached Gisel. He pulled Gisel's hand and took her to the sink in the room, then let it run for a while. Again, he warned the whole class.

The boy who had just nudged Gisel kept apologizing, even though Gisel had already stopped him.

"Adit, you're taking Kanaya to the UKS. Ask the UKS officer to give him an ointment for burns."

"Good, Mom"

"Others, get on with your work, and BE CAREFUL!"

Adit did as the Chemistry Master had asked him. He took it to the UKS, even putting the ointment himself into his wound.

"I'll slow down. If it hurts, say yes" said Adit.

Slowly Adit treated Gisel's hands. Sometimes he asks, "Is it sick?"

Gisel kept watching Adit. His current care and tenderness made him think, "Does this kid like Kanaya?"

"For the time being don't move too much. I'll help you take notes, yeah."

Although he was almost sure, but he chose to be quiet at this moment. How to respond? He's not even Kanaya. Gisel almost feels amused himself with all of Adit's attention.

"Don't get caught up in this love story," thought Gisel who began to feel goosebumps all over his body.

"How's Mr Rendi doing? Is he in good health?" said Gisel to replace the strange atmosphere between himself and Adit.

"Good dad. He often asks you, ", Adit replied as he cleaned his hands after taking the medicine he had been using.

"really? How is the project progressing? Does smoothly?"

"Lately have you been interested in the development of the project?"

Gisel immediately felt like he was being held by a gun and forced to confess. Maybe Adit is just asking.

"The project .. is still the same as yesterday. After the electric tower was repaired, this time there was an attempt to destroy the dam" Adit told the newspaper.

"What's? The dam? They want to destroy the city?," said Gisel who was about to shout.

"Sstt .. don't be so hard." Adit placed his index finger in front of his lips to put the brakes on Gisel's tone of voice.

"Can Team Delta not cope?," asked Gisel who this time lowered his tone by two octaves.

"Successfully prevented. The culprit was also caught. But he said it was handed over to Mr. Falcon to take care of."

"Hm ..."

Gisel's very serious facial features caught Adit's attention. He continued to pay attention to Gisel who was so hard thinking about this matter.

"Why do you seem so interested in building this new city? You never thought about it before" asked Adit suddenly.

Gisel instantly became misbehaved when Adit suddenly thrust his suspicions at him. He recalled that he was starting to overdo it again. Therefore, Adit became suspicious.

"T-no .. I just suddenly became like it. Seeing the news about Gisella, I've been following her progress."

Gisel noticed Adit's reaction. Although not completely trusting, but still acceptable to the child. Seen now Adit a little more relieved and no longer look at him suspiciously. Gisel turned his gaze in another direction, and thought of another topic to replace the topic of the new city.

"We go back to class?" asked Adit.

Not many babibu anymore, Gisel immediately agreed. It was better that way than he was stuck in an atmosphere like that.