
The dawn began to fall. I got up and got ready to go to Refald's villa and went to school with him. When I went down the stairs, my grandmother called me to breakfast. Rio was there too, he was also ready to go to school.
“Breakfast first!” said Grandma.
I walked over to the dining table and sat down next to Rio.
“I'm glad you want to stay here even if it's only temporary!” rio said while chewing the food.
I'm just smiling. Grandma poured rice on my side. He let me take the side dish I wanted to eat. There are many dishes provided. But I don't know why I don't like all these dishes. I miss my mother's own cooking. Although the side dish is not this much. To me, whatever you cook for me, it must feel good.
“You don't like the side dish?” ask Rio.
“I like!” i lie. I chose the grilled fish as my side dish and tried to devour it. It was good to fill my empty stomach.
Mbok min gave me a glass of milk. “Thanks Mbok ..”
"Sama-sama, Non ..." said mbok Min and went to the kitchen.
“What today did you and the young man leave together?” Ask grandma suddenly.
I feel like my grandmother is starting to interfere in my business. “Iya! Because we are one school," I replied rather cynically.
“Who do you mean? Whose youth?” ask Rio.
“He's the guy we met back then? The guy who was chased by bulls,” I whispered to Rio. He also nodded in understanding.
“You're one school?”tanyak surprised
“Iya .. she's a new student at our school.”
“I'm happy!”
“Why?”
“Whatever the reason that made you move here, but I think thanks to him, you're willing to move here and go to school together. Are you two dating?”
Rio really is an outspoken person. The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
“Grandma loves the young man. Looks like ... he's a good boy!”
Grandma's words just now were like a hard slap to me. While looking at her angrily I said, ”Granny should have said that while my mother was alive. Maybe it would have been different if ... grandmother had said so about my father to mother ... it might have been .. mother would not have died so soon!”
Like being struck by lightning, my grandmother was shocked to hear my words. So too with Rio. Grandma looked at me, sayu .. there was no anger when I looked back at the woman who was gray. I do sound rude but I can't help my feelings for what I've been through all this time.
As if I understood what I was thinking. Grandma got up from her chair and went into her room without saying a word. Maybe he was crying inside.
“What did you say?” Rio yelling.
I stood up and prepared to leave. “It would have been different if grandma also liked my dad. It's possible that right now, my mother is still alive and I don't need to end up like this!” I screamed back then left while carrying a sling bag on my shoulder.
All the way I cried. A diary written by my mother. My mother and father's love story is so sweet. But it ended bitterly when grandmother said she did not like father for reasons of national and cultural differences. My father's relationship with my mother was opposed by my grandmother. That's why I'd rather run away with my dad than marry my grandmother's chosen one.
I'm a sobbing manangis. I didn't realize I was in front of Refald's villa. The villa guard opened the door for me. Immediately I wiped my tears and entered his house following the guard's steps.
This villa is very spacious and beautiful. The room was left open. There is no partition or door for the boundary of the living room and dining room, which there are only medium-sized stairs that connect these two rooms.
“Non, wait in the dining room only, soon young master down.”
I'm nodding. The middle-aged man entered the room.
Turns out Refald was just like me. Living in a house this big alone and only accompanied by house guards. Maybe it's because of the injury caused by me. So he had to isolate himself. So as not to trouble others.
The tears fell back. I was so carried away by emotions that I didn't realize there was a hand landing on my shoulder. I'm surprised Refald's behind me. I was in a hurry to wipe my tears.
“You're crying? Not yet at school," he said.
“Not so, it's just ..” I can't continue my words. I also couldn't control my emotions, without hesitation I went back to sobbing.
“You why? Why cry like that? Calm down .. You can tell me. I'm a good listener. What was? Did something happen?”Refald tried to calm me down.
I just kept quiet. How could I possibly tell my problem to a stranger I just met. However, I suddenly burst into tears again and it made Rebald even more confused.
“I can't control my emotions at the moment, usually I'm not like this. It's too painful for me to think about my mother and her past. Even though my mother is calm in nature. I cannot forget the fact that my grandmother was one of the causes of her death.” I subconsciously told you what really happened to this stranger.
Actually I'm not so sure, but he looked at me with a full look. As if he knew all my problems.
“What did your grandmother say?”tanyanya slow.
“Grandmother said nothing .. I know all my mother's stories from her diary. He left the book for me before he died. From there I began to know .. disease my mother appeared because my grandmother did not approve of his relationship with father. Since then, the mother has been suffering from acute stress that made her head hurt and almost go crazy. Grandma did not care about the condition of her mother at that time. She tried to marry him off to someone else so that my mother would forget about me. To save my mother, my father entered the house and took her away to a faraway place the night before her wedding.
"Although they finally lived happily, but the disease continued to haunt the mother until finally she died. I blamed my grandmother for what happened to my mother, but she continued to blame me and forbade him from setting foot here. That's why my life is a mess now. You can guess for yourself what's going on right now. I'm really pathetic, aren't I? More sadly you should know all my sadness even though we just met.”I still cry, many times I wipe my tears.
I kept crying until I sobbed. Refald silently looked at me. Slowly he grabbed my body with his left arm and hugged me. He tried to calm me down. I thought he would make fun of me and feel satisfied after hearing the sad story I had. Turns out I was wrong. Refald wasn't that bad. He was acting the opposite.
I haven't felt this warmth in a long time. I miss my dad. For seven years I have never felt this warm embrace. My dad hugs me like this every time I cry. I really miss my dad. My mother is also now dead. I kept crying remembering them.
Patiently, Refald waited for me to cry. His long hands made me comfortable. Sometimes he rubbed my head so I could stop crying. After I calmed down, Refald just let go of his embrace.
“You've eaten?" tanyanya gently.
I wiped my tears. Refald gave me tissyu, “I had breakfast earlier ...”
I did what he said. We had breakfast together. I thought I hated him so much, but it turned out that he had a different side that made me no longer hate him. Refald can be a warm figure. Nor did he talk about my sad life anymore. He's very understanding.
After breakfast, we went to school on his scoppy bike. I was driving and Refald was in the back seat. Doubtfully, he wrapped his left hand on my waist. I just smiled watching him. To be honest, this is the first time I've ever hugged a guy and strangely I don't feel awkward at all. I'm pretty sure all the girls in school would be excited if they saw us making a splash like this.
The distance from school to home takes only 30 minutes. So we got up to 15 minutes earlier than the school entrance hours. Parking is not too crowded either. It seems like only a few students have come to school.
Thank goodness, at least. I can relax a little bit because not many know that Refald and I came together.
I finished parking the motor, Refald grabbed my hand and said something, “Stay with me.”
“We should walk apart.” I brushed off his hand.
I walk first and walk faster than him. All eyes are looking at me. Some even purposely use me.
They are really very noisy! But I don't name it if it's not cool, calm, like always. Let's just say nothing ever happened.
The bukkk!
Suddenly someone hit me. Nah! More precisely ... someone deliberately pushed me.
I fell face down and almost hit my head on the pavling. But I held my body with my hands, so that my head was stuck right on the pavling floor. It's just, my book got messy from being thrown. When I tidied my books, my knee hurt, it turned out that there were blisters there.
“You all right?” Refald who had been following me immediately ran to help me stand up after seeing me fall. He checked my wound.
“I'm fine.” I tried to refuse his help.
I was walking limping. Letting them make me the center of attention. Refald looked only at me who entered the classroom. Then he entered his own class next to mine with a serious face full of anger.
In class the problems I faced were not finished either. They kept showering me with hundreds of questions. As Yua had said, they were all curious about my relationship with Refald. Especially after seeing me and Refald come together. Their curiosity is growing.
I couldn't stand their noise like the sound of a string firecracker. I pierced through their crowd and stood in front of the class.
“Away between the two of us there is no relationship whatsoever.” I started explaining to Refald fans like a press conference. “There was a misunderstanding going on, and I was trying to solve it. If you all like it .. please! I don't mind at all. I would even thank you if any of you managed to keep him away from me. So, stop asking as if I was the actor who snatched your husband away. I hope everything is clear. No more questions because it's driving me crazy. I'm astonished ... What do you like about him? Is he the only guy in the world? There are many others who are much better than him. Why are you guys acting like this to me?”
“Then why do you want to walk with him?” ask the person followed by another nod of the head.
Frankly, I didn't really memorize the names of all the girlfriends in the class even though we were together for six months. That was because other than with Yua and my other two friends, I rarely spoke. Every year, our classes are organized. So every class we go up, we have different friends.
“I told you there was a misunderstanding I had to resolve with him, and I couldn't explain what it was. But you'll all know it someday. I hope you guys understand. If you want to get close to him, I'll be very happy. Indirectly you can help me stay away from him. Oh yes one more, I don't walk with him. He's the one who forced me to always walk next to him! So don't get me wrong!”i'm upset.
They're all quiet, I think they understand a little.
Good ... Hopefully no more stupid questions that can drive me crazy!
The entrance bell rings. We sit on our benches because lessons are about to begin.
Yua held my hand and smiled at me. It supports me. But this is really ridiculous. They all couldn't judge me just because this popular guy at school knew me first.
I'm glad they didn't ask again. Even though their eyes still hold curiosity. This is much better than having to keep going in the rain with thousands of questions.
The first lesson begins, which is the subject of Mathematics. One of the subjects I like. We all follow teaching and learning activities with a solemn to gain knowledge as much as possible so that our ideals can all be achieved.
After maths is a sport. We all rushed to the back court of the school after replacing our uniforms with sports uniforms.
The problem with my classmates is over. But not with the girls in the other classes, not to mention the upperclassmen also bullied me for not accepting that Refald was close to me.
Today it was crazy, they were all looking at me, using me, and some even deliberately hit me. I kept convincing myself that I was okay. This is no big deal. I just need to hold on for a month. As soon as Refald and I are done. Then I can go back to my normal life as usual. I just have to face the blasphemy and scorn for the current senseless jealousy. Terror, intimidation, being bullied, being shunned, being run over will be my food every day.
Without feeling the break bell has rung. We changed uniforms again and headed to our classes. When I got back to class, I saw Refald standing at the door, it made things worse. His heavy fans looked at me with murderous gazes. I looked back at them all.
“Ask him what you want to ask. Staring at me like that is useless. I'll give you a gift if you can get rid of it for me.”
I walked into the classroom without speaking to Refald, who was waiting for me while looking at me. He wanted to come in and follow me, but was arrested by some of his fans. A number of questions were immediately thrown at him. But Refald just kept staring at me. The steps that will come to me are always held back by the girls.
“Why don't you help your girlfriend. Looks like he got the problem ..” Ask Via. Epank Lover. Her boyfriend is the guy Yua likes.
Right, in this class only he is not infatuated with the charms of Refald. That's because there is Epank who is still his girlfriend.
“Let it go, I don't want to interfere, and he's not my girlfriend. So, don't call him that again in front of me, my”cetus is a bit rude because it's upset.
“Oh yes? But she just told us all that you were her boyfriend?”
I choked while drinking mineral water from my bottle. “Whataaa? What did you say just now?”
“When you changed clothes earlier, he hit the girl who hit you this morning. Because it's an hour of rest, everyone knows it. He said that you were his girlfriend ...”
I can't believe this. Could this be what he meant last night. He overcame the tension of his impromptu big fan by acknowledging me as his girlfriend? It's just insane.
“You should hear everything!” refald's voice sounded loud and booming. “Lafeysionara is my girlfriend, and soon we will be engaged. So don't bother him or hurt him. If that happens, you will all deal with me.”
Refald looked at me, we looked at each other's emotions.
Oh, my God. I never believed there was a madman like him. What's he thinking? How did this happen? And how does he know my name?
My head felt so heavy, my eyes were twitching and all of a sudden it was dark. I was unconscious.
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