Mr. Bully
Back to December - Taylor Swift

Varo stared into the courtyard area of Grandma Aisah's house, which was hidden from behind a high wall fence. The small house is surrounded by shady trees and rows of flower pots around the terrace of the house, a simple view that strangely does not feel foreign to Varo. This was the first time he was in that place and the atmosphere around him seemed to greet him well.

Varo's gaze then diverted to Grandma Aisah, the figure of a nearly sixty-year-old woman standing in front of them with a warm smile. She hugged Olivia tightly, as if there was no tomorrow for her to meet the girl. His wide smile from behind the konde and the dark blue kebaya made Varo feel the warmth of the old woman.

“Who are you?” ask her in a subtle tone. Varo then introduced himself politely and his eyes glanced at Olivia who was crying as if still embracing Grandma Aisah.

“You do not cry, grandma is not dead” joked Grandma Aisah laughed amusedly but instead made Olivia cry even more.

“Ih mbah, by the way. That would be crying Olivia” Mbak reprimanded Ayu, Grandma Aisah's first child just emerged from the back garden. Ayu patted Olivia on the back and then invited them into the house. “Tasnya brought into this room aja” point Ayu in the room near the living room.

Varo nodded hurriedly carrying his bag and Olivia walked into the room. Varo took a deep breath, the room was not too big but looks much cleaner than Bima's room which is often used as a cockroach courtship area in kosan.

After finishing putting Varo's bag out, Olivia sat next to Grandma Aisah busy listening to the old woman speak at length. Not wanting to disturb Varo chose to approach Ayu who was cleaning cassava in the kitchen.

“Excuse me mbak, can I help you not?” ask Varo kindly. Ayu turned her face then smiled kindly.

“Don't mas, just in front. Later his hands dirty”

“No papa mbak let me help, anyways if I in front even disturb Olivia same grandma again chat” reply Varo insisted. Ayu finally nodded then gave a knife to Varo to help him peel off the cassava skin.

“My name is Varo mbak, whose name is mbak?” ask Varo to introduce himself.

“I Ayu, her first child granny” Ayu replied. “Mas is studying in UK too?”

“No, I studied in Jakarta”

“Continue seeing Olivia where?”

“That time I met in Jakarta. Keep fitting me to Jogja turns out Olivia is in Jogja also”

“Worthy of meeting the destined soul mate huh?” goda Ayu made Varo smile.

“Actually we used to be friends SMA mbak.”

Varo's words made Ayu look up with a slightly astonished expression. “SMA Friends? Oalah pantes can be invited here”

“Emang strange yes mbak, if I am his high school friend Olivia?” varo asked realizing Ayu's gaze at him.

“Iya” replied Ayu honestly back peeling cassava skin.

Varo's right eyebrows shot up, he wanted to ask but Ayu had already opened her mouth and told him about Olivia.

“To know me from small Sister Olivia does not have too many friends, let alone fit SMA, playing the same Mas Johan continues. Didn't you know Johan? The handsome it”

“Tau mbak” replied Varo while peeling cassava skin.

“When SMA they both go everywhere always together. I used to tell Olivia's sister to go find a friend, but I didn't want to. Said his High School friend evil-evil” Ayu story lightly. “I used to not believe because Olivia's mother was a pendiem very rarely want to talk, continue to obey her child. I think maybe his son is hard to be friends. But a few times I often see Olivia crying every time I go home from school, like the hell fight with her friends, then from there when I mBak Olivia so do not want to have many friends except Mas Johan.”

Varo is fixated on hearing Ayu's story. It seems that now Varo can believe what Olivia said last time when the girl said she had no other friends than Johan. But there is one that disturbs her mind, the reason why Olivia finally does not want to be friends with anyone in the school environment other than Johan?

In an instant the girl again becomes a big puzzle that surrounds the path of Varo's mind, making her want to pull Olivia and forcing her to answer all the questions that come to her mind.

“Olivia likes Johan?” varo asked slowly but sounded doubtful. Ayu looked up again, this time a small smile appeared on her face as if understanding where Varo was talking. The woman's head then shook her head making Varo unconsciously breathe a sigh of relief.

“Kata Mbak Olivia, Mas Johan already like his own brother” replied Ayu.

“This is not related to anyone yes, do not say also to Sister Olivia if I'm the story” said Ayu somewhat whispered, Varo nodded his head slightly to be able to listen to the whisper of the woman. “Old Sister Olivia once liked her high school friend, she wrote a two-day letter to the guy. But Olivia said before her letter was read she was rejected” first

“Mbak know whose letter it is for?”

This time Ayu nodded. “Ngot told, just said he was a basketball boy, handsome. That's why Olivia insisted on basketball practice to become a member of the school basketball club.”

Varo's forehead is wrinkled, his hands are still peeling the skin of the cassava but his mind is withering away thinking about who used to be a school basketball member who once rejected a girl.

Radite?

A grey?

Or maybe Dimas?

If you remember some friends of Varo is often without feeling rejected the line of girls who are desperate to express their feelings in public. Even the last time Radit was seen correcting the contents of a first-class student's love letter that was recklessly tucked in his letter in the boy's locker, unmitigated he gives a D value on the contents of the letter that is actually written sincerely from the heart.

Is that a letter from Olivia? Ah but, Ayu said Olivia's letter had not been read at all. How did she know she was rejected? Thought Varo was getting curious.

“Mas thoughts yes?” reprimanded Ayu, Varo did not answer but looked wrong. “Udah mas do not need to be thought of. Love can change. Maybe Olivia used to love the same basketball, but it could be now has changed.

“Mbak Ayu, again what?” Olivia's voice rang out from behind Varo making the man turn away for a moment, he then sat beside Varo watching the man peeling his last cassava skin.

“Lagi discussed the CPNS” test replied Varo at will. Olivia smiled amusedly helping Ayu move the cassava to the pan filled with water. “Which grandmother?”

“Sleep. Poor, have to rest a lot-many” replied Olivia. “Mbak, grandma has eaten, right?”

“Udah mbak, actually wanted to eat together. Just got late coming”

“Sorry, I made Varo eat out. I mean let me not bother cooking a lot of”

“Yee, do we want to cook a lot to welcome Sister Olivia” replied Ayu with a laugh and brought all cassava to be washed near the outside well while Varo cleaned the remnants of cassava skin and washed his hands until clean.

“My bag, you put it in the room?” ask Olivia. Varo nodded in response then followed the girl into the room. Varo chooses to sit on the edge of the bed while Olivia is busy putting clothes into the closet and putting some items on the table.

“So chat what's the same granny?” ask Varo.

“Many.” Olivia put lotion on the table and sat on the floor checking the bag with her British baby doll that she had been keeping from months ago for Grandma Aisah.

“Grandmother misses me. Kangen make bread with me, kangen nyiapin lunch for me every time I go home from school, miss watching together, same kangen for me if again difficult to sleep at night”

“I'm relieved grandma still want me” continued Olivia slowly. Varo just quietly listened, he chose to move to sit next to Olivia while leaning on the edge of the mattress.

“I can't imagine if that time was right in the grandmother's hospital why-not and I have absolutely no chance to meet grandma again.”

Olivia's teary eyes made Varo realize how important Grandma Aisah was to the girl. Somehow deep their relationship, but at first glance Varo can see the fragile figure of Olivia appears every time talking about Grandma Aisah who is now no longer as young as before. Varo's hand then moved to pat Olivia on the back when the girl's hands covered her face to hide her crying.

“I love the grandma. Since the first grandmother who always cared for me, even when I myself was tired of my life, she who always supported me” isak Olivia sounded so heartbreaking in the ears of Varo.

“I do not want for example grandma has to go far, to a place where I can not squirm grandma anymore.”

Unknowingly Olivia pours out her heart in front of Varo, making the guy couldn't stop to pat his back in silence and repeatedly refrain from pulling Olivia into his arms to calm the girl down. Varo doesn't want to say anything, just let Olivia keep on crying, because in vain, the girl is too fragile to understand the series of calming sentences that come out of Varo's mouth. Olivia just needs to cry, taking out all her heart with someone who stays with her every time.

Varo only spoke when Oliva's cries stopped and his face looked up at the man.

“You want to cry now, cry. I want you here” said Varo slowly. “But don't cry in front of grandma, she wants to see you smile and you have to point it at her if you're a strong girl. As long as you're here, enjoy your time to have fun with grandma, create happy moments that she won't miss. You do not want to arrive in England grandma still worryin you who mostly cry in front of him?”

Olivia smiled but occasionally still sounded a little prank. “Thanks, because you didn't talk much when I cried earlier” whispered Olivia sincerely.

Varo nodded then tidied up the hair of the fallen girl and covered her cheeks. “I actually wanted to hug you. Just because there is no special permission so I nahan myself”

Olivia's amused laughter appeared. “Izin especially how?” goda Olivia prank.

One of Varo's index fingers moved pointing at his right cheek with an expression made clear, he chuckled amusedly as Olivia shook her head. But after that unexpectedly Olivia pulled the tip of Varo's shirt, making her body move forward and without a doubt the girl's lips kissed her right cheek, only briefly but able to make Varo's body as if stung by lightning in broad daylight.

Varo's eyes then rounded in surprise while Olivia turned her face reddish. “You..”.

“In the future you do not need to wait for special permission anymore, because now you have permission” said Olivia slowly until Varo can barely hear the voice of the girl. For a moment Varo was silent, but then his smile widened along with his blistering happy feelings.

“Well because now I have permission, let's cry again” said Varo made Oliva turn his face and laugh amusedly.

“Your bottom, weird” reply Olivia.

“Mas Varo” call Ayu from the outside, the woman's head popped out from behind the curtains staring at Olivia and Varo together. “Mas want to sleep here with Miss Olivia?”

“Iya”

“Enggak” replied Olivia and Varo together. Varo clucked making Ayu cast an amused look. “I want to sleep with granny”

“Oh yaudah if that is mbak, I was going to say Mas Varo to sleep with Ahmad” said Ayu and then left without saying anything.

Varo stands stepping near the window trying to find the incoming wind to neutralize the heat because the sun looks confident cool to shine human earth with the heat of extraordinary heat.

“And I hope in this room.sama kamu” chirps Varo pretend to put on a disappointed look.

Olivia did not answer only her foot kicked Varo's calf slowly, she also looked outside and from a distance a boy in SD uniform walked into the yard area of the house. From the gesture has shown the extraordinary stubbornness implied from the way to tie a uniform shirt around the neck, while the red uniform pants and shirts look as neat as they roll on the ground.

“Ahmad, you if his clothes are tied like that, mending you to school naked aja” yelled Ayu annoyed. There was an amused laugh Ahmad then ran into the house before Ayu could reach his ears.

“Udah big yes Ahmad, when the last time I met I was very small” muttered Olivia.

“Oliv, no human remains a zygote during his life. We are creatures that will definitely grow kok” replied Varo from the side. Olivia grinned widely and after that both of them came out of the room when they heard Ayu's voice calling.