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Part 8 House Brother Rayi

"Already, quiet! Shut up!" shouted the Chairman of OSIS. He even hit the table in front to get everyone's attention. Some people started whispering while staring at the head of OSIS, who was already emotional. We are aware that the situation is crowded due to our attitude. The meeting is uncontrollable due to the discussion of everyone, because discussing things that are actually not the main points of the meeting. Even though I was silent since. But I'm sure, after this incident surely the gossip about Rio will be more and more.

The OSIS board meeting was finally terminated. The meeting will be held again tomorrow, waiting for a more conducive situation. All disbanded. The OSIS room was slowly empty. Some decided to go straight back to their respective classes, some decided to go to the cafeteria, or to other places. Because this is one of their ways regardless of the demands of the ongoing lessons. So did me and Zidan.

"Cantin first yuk, Bil, laper." And of course I totally agree with his idea. Moreover, the current lesson is chemistry. Ah, my brain could explode after math and now chemistry. There are 3 canteens in this school. And, I asked Zidan to go to the cafeteria that wasn't too close to class. Beware if later caught by the teacher, it can be dangerous.

On the road Zidan continued to discuss the matter earlier, about Rio. His curiosity towards Rio's case and what I saw earlier. Zidan kept flocking me with a lot of questions. He asked me to tell him in detail about Rio I saw in class. We were in the cafeteria in the back corner of the school. This canteen is rarely visited, because usually only the Adam people who feel at home here. It just so happens that the cafeteria is silent at the moment, because it is not a time of rest and there seems to be no other child ditching the lesson except us.

"Seriously you, Bil? So he's pacing back and forth in class? Keep going upstairs too? Whoa, what's up, huh?"

"Where do I know." We sat at a table outside. The canteen is not so spacious, but all the tables and chairs are in front of the shop owner's mother's shop, and there were no dividers or separators and outside would be seen if we were sitting in this canteen. It's just that because it is located in the back corner of the school, it is rarely passed by teachers.

We ordered two bowls of meatballs with orange ice. Sitting at a table on the sidelines, occasionally looking around. Afraid that a teacher would see us. I grabbed the phone in the pocket of the skirt, then was a little surprised by a message there. Brother Rayi.

[Bil, aren't you in class?]

[No, brother. Hunger.]

[Which canteen?]

[Rear.]

And there's no more reply. I thought Brother Rayi would definitely catch up with me, so I better just wait for him here. Meatballs are already on the table, the hot steam that is still steaming makes the special aroma of meatballs more and more open to my nostrils. I'm really hungry for it. Zidan continued to discuss strange things at school, and I just kept quiet while focusing on the meatballs in front of me.

I just focused on the bowl in front of me, not realizing that the cafeteria was slowly getting crowded. The meatballs in the bowl are already toilet. Now I enjoy my orange ice while watching the students in the cafeteria. But when I was looking for Zidan, somehow he didn't exist. Though his voice was still clear I heard with many questions about Kak Rayi. But now he's not in front of me.

I felt strange when I looked around. The people in the cafeteria looked strange. They ... ancient. And why did this canteen turn ugly? The initially nice canteen, with its clean ceramics and comfortable conditions, turned out like a rice stall I usually meet on the side of the road. The snacks sold are also not the same, although the meatball bowl in front of me is still the same shape as the meatball sauce that only remains a little.

"I why? Oh my!" my mummy speaks for itself. I panicked even more, because I was sure I wasn't where I was. And, why am I here?!

I decided to move on, it felt like I had to find a way out of this place. I'm sure there's a way out. As my feet walked away I realized that they too were unaware of my presence here. Because even if I had an affair with one of those people, they seemed to ignore me.

My feet started to leave the canteen. I walked to find where my class was. But all looks more strange, some buildings just do not exist. There are very few classrooms in my school. The school looks crowded. There are some students outside and in the classroom. But I can't ask anyone now. Other than being scared, it seems like they don't see my existence among them either.

I still have to walk around looking for a way out, at least I'm sure that this wasn't in my day. I seem to be in the past. Where many old buildings that have existed for a long time in the school. The new building doesn't exist yet even my school used to look cramped. Maybe I just accidentally got into a time vortex or something.

"Hey!" call someone. I looked up and found a face I had only seen a few hours ago. Rio.

"You?" I pointed at him who was standing not far from me. Appear the same as me. Not like the other students at this school. He is from the same place as me. But ...

"Why are you here?" askinya.

"I'm just gonna ask you. Why are we here? This where?" I asked, walking closer to him. He looks more friendly than when I met him this morning.

"I used to be here, walking around," he said casually.

"What did you say? A walk?"

"I'm sure you already know that I'm dead. Aye, right?"

"Rio, we don't know exactly about your situation. So don't be too quick to conclude, okay? Let's find out first, why you. And where is it?"

"Free, Nabila. I've been dead a long time. And my body is destroyed. So you want to go anywhere, you won't meet."

I was silent, and a little bit overwhelmed to hear it. After all, he should have been my classmate, maybe even we should have sat down on one bench. Because no one else in the class can sit with me.

"Actually, what happened, Rio?"

"Just a new school year yesterday, I just got home from a math competition out of town. I enrolled in our High School, because it is from my achievements. Mr. Eri is one of my neighbors. Said I'd continue to develop my potential at this school."

"...."

"But we were in an accident. I am the same with both my parents. Our car was hit by another car, kept coming into the ravine. I'm sure none of us survived, Bil."

"So why are you hanging around school today? Is there something you want to say?"

"Not just today. I was always at school. Maybe you are unconscious. I was surprised when you saw me this morning. Though all this time I always follow the class lessons, if bored ya streets."

"What really?"

Rio nodded, he smiled bitterly. And it makes my heart ache to see it. Why haven't I noticed all this time?

"Certainly why are you here? And .. I am too. I was in the canteen."

"I don't know either, sometimes if I want to come here, then suddenly I'm here. If why you're here too, I don't know, Bil."

I snorted bitterly, and was frustrated. I'm afraid I can't go home. How's this. Rio looked at me with a smile. "Here we go for a walk. I haven't seen anyone I can talk to in a long time. Even if they're here, but they still won't be able to see us" point it out to the students around us. I looked at them and felt that they were not aware of our existence. Maybe because Rio and I are not from this age. Even though Rio and I are also different in nature now.

"Corn." He pulled my hand and took me for a walk around the school.

"You know what, our school was built a long time ago. If not, it has been about 60 years. It's the fifth year, Bill. There's been a lot of change, yes even though it's not as fancy as our current school."

"What year is this?"

"Eum, one second." Rio looked into a window, his hand he put it to cover his eyes from the shadow of the sunlight outside. I looked inside and saw the situation inside. "Oh, it's actually, it's still the fifth year, Bill. We haven't moved. Yesterday I was in my tenth year."

"So all this time, as long as you've been here, it's been changing years, isn't it?"

"Yes, sometimes. Sometimes the same year as now."

"How do you go back?"

"Eum, I was just thinking about it. Go home, and be at our school in the future."

"Can I use it that way, huh, Ri?"

He looked at me, bit his lips and smiled. "Yeah, let's try." My hands were pulled back, and we headed to the building that would later become our classroom. One by one our stairs. I didn't ask much because Rio was a capable tour guide. He had already explained the part of this building that would later become our classroom building.

We reached the second floor, and continued to walk through class after class, until we reached our classroom. Rio stopped and showed the place. In many people who are studying. The atmosphere inside was not much different from the current state of our class. It's just that the human is different of course. They were people in the past. His uniform is not like the one we wear now.

"Let's sit down first." Without getting any approval from me, Rio kept pulling my hand and we entered the classroom. Keep walking up to the back seat, where I saw him sitting there this morning.

I sat down, looking around us full of students who were focused on paying attention to the lesson. While Rio was actually enthusiastic to pay attention to the lessons that were in front of us. Mathematicians. It was only fitting that he was so enthusiastic, this was something that he liked. I glanced at him, then watched. And this is the lesson I was taught.

"Who wants to move forward with this?" ask the teacher in front. Some students just like avoiding the sharp gaze of the teacher, typical of me who if experiencing alone. Don't let me be appointed. But this time there was a student who raised his hand. His face looks familiar to me. But I forgot.

"Nothing else? This arya again?" ask the Master with his big hair and glasses on his nose. Silent. And finally the student named Arya came forward and worked on the problem in front quickly.

"He's a pinter, Bil. A math champion too, just like me," Rio whispered. I just nodded in understanding. The voice of the call sounded faint, calling my name many times. I'm looking for the source of the sound. "Rio, you hear me, don't you?" my many.

Rio frowned and started sharpening his hearing. "Yes, they're looking for you. Looks like we're back now. Yuk." yuk." Back my hand was pulled Rio walked out of the classroom.

"Where are we going?" manya curious.

"If the sound of the call is heard, you should be able to tell where it is coming from. Because it could be your way out of here," he explained. We shut up, and tried to figure out where this voice came from. Rio and I both looked up. "Floor 3!" rio exclaimed with sparkling eyes.

We went back up the stairs and started walking to the top floor. Honestly, this is also the first time I set foot on the third floor. Even in my day, I have no desire to go up here. This floor is full class. The three rooms were filled with students. The sound became clearer, but it was as if it was stacked with the sound of the ripple of this class.

"That's right there!" point Rio to a bright line of light.

"You sure?" ask me when we're near this line.

"Yes, believe me." Rio let go of my hand, and I turned back to him. "Look, you're coming, right?" my many. She shook her head. "You go first. I'll be home soon, be careful, Nabila. I'll see you again."

Something forced me, I entered the vortex of light earlier. It was so blinding that I couldn't open my eyes. Until in the end, the voice of another call sounded very clear. It's even very clear in my ears. My body was also violently shaken. My eyes began to blink, pressing on my head with extreme pain.

"When!" A distinctive sound that I had memorized, felt already near me. When I opened my eyes, it turned out to be true, if it was Brother Rayi, with his friends. There was Zidan among them as well.

"Thank God, you finally came to your senses too, Bill!" zidan pressed his chest.

"You fainted. When I was in the cafeteria, why did you? It hurt?" ask Rayi, worried. Now we were in a room with white curtains around me. It looks like a hospital, but it doesn't.

"We're in the UKS." Rayi seemed to know what I was thinking.

"Oh my goodness, oh. Let's go back to class, yuk, Dan," take me.

"You want what, Bil? it's school hours, almost even late afternoon" Zidan explained.

"Huh?! Real ones? I was there just a minute ago."

"there? Where is it?" ask the Star.

"Eum, that ...," I muttered somewhat confusedly explaining it. And I don't think I need to explain anything to them.

"Well, I'll take you home, yeah." Brother Rayi tidied up my messy haircut. I just nodded slowly. "Eh, training?" ask me who just realized.

"We didn't do the exercises today. Go home, yeah."

It was already afternoon. The twilight is seen in the sky. We left the UKS for the parking lot. Zidan had already boarded his iron horse, and was preparing to go home when the helmet was already on his head. "First, yes," she said as she waved at us.

I turned back to my classroom building. It's deserted there. But there was someone who was walking back and forth. He who seemed aware I was watching, then stopped. Stand near the barrier and smile from a distance. Well, Rio. Thankfully he is back. I smiled back at him. To imagine being Rio, is ironic. He keeps getting lonely like that there. Just a walk along the school. Sometimes I have to move to another dimension, but I don't think that's enough to make it feel lonely. Poor thing. Why does he stay here, is there no place for him. Rio is not a bad ghost. He's just good.

"Nr ...." Rayi's sister returned to disperse my daydream.

"Eh, why, brother?" many nervous.

"Who are you smiling at?" tanyakanya. I saw the car door opened. I didn't even realize I was standing in a red car I'd never seen before. "Whose car is this?" ask me to divert the conversation.

"My car. We're going home, right?" tanyanya gently. I'm nodding. Then go inside. Rayi's sister closed the car door, then turned to the car door across. While in the other car, three friends have started the engine, and are preparing to leave.

"You want to eat first, right?" ask Rayi while wearing a seat belt.

"Eum, I can."

"okay."

The car started to quickly leave the school yard. All the way I was silent, staring to the side. My mind was still in school. Thinking about how Rio's fate is there. Although I'm sure he won't do anything. But I feel sorry. She must be lonely.

"Hey, why?"

I turned my head and found Brother Rayi who was looking at me while occasionally looking ahead. "Is there anything you want to tell me? Might be able to reduce the burden of your mind, Bil?"

'Did I just tell you, huh? I would be crazy if I didn't have friends to share. Because what I was going through was really strange, ' my mind.

"I'm afraid my story doesn't make sense, brother."

"Since when has there been such an absurd thing that you've been telling me, and I assume it's a lie? Never been, right? any other absurd thing what else is going on, Bil? I'm ready to listen."

"So, I just met Rio, brother."

"Rc ... O'O? Rio who was the gossip material at the OSIS meeting?" asked Rayi began to be enthusiastic. I'm nodding.

"Rio who he said was missing since the new school year?"

"The math pinter kid?"

"What should be your classmate?"

I kept nodding in response to every question Brother Rayi asked. "Certainly? Meet me where?"

I told you everything I experienced. From the moment I was in the cafeteria, until suddenly I was thrown into the past. Meeting Rio and the two of us down the school, until I finally woke up.

"Wow, can you, huh? This you've experienced before or just never, Bil?"

"Now, Brother."

"Cool."

"But pity Rio, Brother. I'm sure he's lonely there. Looks like he can't go anywhere. Why should I be at school, right? He hasn't even been in a day."

"Eum, maybe because he prefers school, Bil. He says he's a pinter kid, champion of all maths. You imagine, a child like that, it seems crazy to learn so much, huh? Or could it be, because his body has not been found, so his spirit is not calm?"

"Hm yes, too, brother. But he said Rio's body was destroyed, because of the accident, right? Maybe the car's on fire, and nobody knows. Because that place is so rare that people stop."

"Yes, maybe it's like that. Then how should we? Do a study show or what? You see, I know that, my Papa often does such events at home because. To send a prayer to Mama."

"Huh? Sister ... Mama Brother Rayi ...."

"My mother is also dead, Bill. Ever since I was a baby. So my mom is a stepmom now, but she's good with me. Maybe because since I was a kid I've been treated the same time, huh?"

"Yes my. Sorry, sis. I just found out" I said feeling bad.

"It's okay. Don't not feel so good ah."

"Eum, maybe later I'll be with Zidan try to galang friends to make a lecture event for Rio alone."

"May that too."

We started to enter a big house. I was confused where I was. When we looked back, the car was behind us. They came out one by one giggling with their respective babbles. Rayi's sister also asked me to get out of the car.

"This is her house ...?"

"My house. Yuk, we eat at home. My mom cooked good food. I'm sure you'll like it." Brother Rayi took my hand and invited me in following the others. The three of them were already inside. Like his closeness they are already like brothers only, no longer friends.

It is clear from their attitude that just entered the house of Kak Rayi.

"Tante ...," cried Brother Roger. The three of them went straight into the dining room. The smell of mang cooking smelled at the base of my nose. And enough to make my stomach rumble. Good thing Rayi didn't hear it.

A beautiful woman with tanned hair, seen the hassles of preparing food on the table. He then looked at us and smiled. One by one, they embraced the woman affectionately. And vice versa.

To my surprise, who is her mother?

"Ma ... This is Nabila," said Kak Rayi pointing at me. Feeling appointed, I approached while extending a hand. As a symbol of self-introduction. But when I wanted to kiss the back of Mama Kak Rayi's hand, my body was pulled and as a result we just hugged.

"So this is what is called Nabila. Beautiful," she said.

I just smiled clumsyly. It doesn't feel like it's my habit and I can't get along quickly with new people. Especially him ... Mama Kak Rayi's.

"What's aunty cooking?" asked Kak Faza while inhaling the aroma of cooking on the table.

"Well, we'll just eat, yeah." I was also invited to sit in an empty chair. All enthusiastic and hungry. Take the rice and side dishes at the table alternately. While I was just quiet, well, at least I waited until they were done.

"Eh, Nabila even diem aja. Here, aunt takein. Don't get me. They're greedy, so if you don't grab them fast, they'll end up with this." My plate was taken by Mama Kak Rayi, then he took me rice and other side dishes. "Eat a lot, yes," he said, putting the plate in front of me with a sweet, mellow smile.

And we finally ate together. A rare moment. It never even happened in my life. Eat at someone else's house, with my friends. But while eating, I felt someone peeking from upstairs. However, when I looked there was no one there.

"Why, Nabila?" ask Mama Kak Rayi.

"Eum, it's okay, aunt."

"Eh, Bill. Rayi's house has demons too?" ask Roger seriously. It seems they are getting used to me.

"What's? The devil?"

"Yes, aunt. Nabila is sensitive the same thing," added Kak Bintang.

Mama Kak Rayi looked at me deeply, "so you see her?" the tanyanya pointed upwards. As soon as I followed Mama Rayi's finger, I glared.