Sometimes Friends are the Enemy
Part 42's

As she was deep in thought, Betty, who had been standing by the door, walked up to her and broke her daydream. He observed Tuti's strange demeanor from earlier on to Joko.

"Hey! Some are secretly observing someone." Betty tried to tease him.

"Ih, what's the hell? Don't you fuckin' yah?"

"Diddeliver! I'm not talking about Tuti. But that reaction, I understand very well because I've been dating before than you."

"Udah. Don't ngaco. Mending you sit on your stool and study. Remember the four of us winning?"

"Yes. Yeah, gotcha. It's just angry." Betty went to her chair and opened the book. But apparently Joko listened to their talk and flowered, as if feeling that Tuti also put feelings for him.

Later Linda and Siti also come, but they soon sit on their respective benches.

Shortly after the bell rang, the killer teacher entered their classroom.

After he sat down, he called a disciple named Ahmad.

"Ahmad, gather all the worksheets of the students you asked to do last week, and take them to your room."

"Good sir." He immediately got up from his chair and gathered all the worksheets of the entire student and brought them to the teacher's room.

Then the teacher said, "Tomorrow the race will begin. And as you know, tomorrow will start with a math race. So for the students who participate, prepare yourself well. The next day, the English race, and the last science. So for students who participate, study hard, and prepare yourself well. Take care of our health, and honor the name of our school. Understand!"

"Understand sir." All students are valid.

"Well, who among you is in the math race?"

Those who join hands, namely Joko, Tuti, and Lia. Then the teacher gave them practice questions ranging from the easiest to the most difficult that they had to answer on the board.

In the first practice, the three managed to answer it correctly and quickly according to the time given.

The second, third, and fourth sections also went well even though they sometimes crossed the time limit.

But on the fifth training issue, only Lia and Joko managed to solve it.

"Lho! Why these? Why can't you answer Tuti? Is your brain capacity starting to go down? Is your brain suddenly burdened? Huh uh?"

The teacher instead of encouraging even made Tuti feel embarrassed. Seeing his reaction, Joko advances to become a hero to Tuti.

"Sir, it's not that he can't answer. He studied hard. He's just nervous because tomorrow's in the race."

"Yes already. You guys have answered all about training well. I'm sure you guys can smell the name of our school. Now you can go back to your seats."

When the three students returned to their seats, the break bell rang, and all the students cheered as the killer teacher's lesson ended. How not? During the hours of the lesson, the atmosphere of the class was so tense and silent, that if a needle fell, the sound could be heard clearly.

Then after the killer teacher left, Joko also immediately left the class and went to the cafeteria. An uneasy feeling suddenly surfaced in his heart as he defended Tuti.

The three friends who had approached him since earlier encouraged him to win.

"Stay the spirit of Tut. I'm sure you're a champion. Your efforts will not be in vain." Siti.

"Well, I'm not sure." The reply went limp and slept on his desk.

"Don't drown it. The spirit! The spirit! Don't think about that. I'm sure if you study harder, you can answer that." Keep Linda

Then suddenly Betty proposes a pretty crazy idea to Tuti, "Ah! I have an idea! What if you study with Joko? Ask him how."

Hearing that, Tuti woke up with wide eyes staring at him, "What? You crazy huh?"

"Duh, don't be mad at that dong." Reply Betty.

"Where not angry. You know I don't like to squirm, kid. I was made because I had to. If I don't catch him, he'll keep bothering me.

Do you see the look of it every day? Poetic poets, romantic snobs, lebay! Know what?" Tuti Futi.

But when he was angry, they did not see Joko who suddenly entered the classroom and heard his chatter. He was stunned and his face seemed to imply a deep disappointment. "Until when will I continue to be insulted like this? My pride as a famous student faded because of his scathing talk." Her thought.

Then he walked up to his chair with limp steps. Making Tuti and the others shocked to death.

"Well! When did he come in? Why don't my eyes see?" Said Siti while gawking.

While Tuti was overwhelmed with guilt and regret to the point of not being able to see Joko.

The four of them were overwhelmed with bad taste to Joko.

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Until the whole school lesson is over, Tuti and his three friends dare not see Joko.

On the way home, although with a very hesitant step mixed with worry, Tuti deliberately walked behind Joko a little far. He offset his steps so as not to lose track of Joko.

Tuti continued to walk behind him until Joko arrived in front of his house. While opening the door, Joko accidentally sees the image of Tuti in the mirror of a motorcycle parked nearby.

So he deliberately linger open the door of his house to be able to see the reaction Tuti further.

"Well, my son, did I come here? Is he less than satisfied he humbles me in front of the kids?" Joko asked inwardly as her eyes continued to glance at him.

There were huge doubts engulfing the hearts of the two teenagers. On one side Joko wanted to turn around and ask why she was stalking him. While in the other, Tuti hesitated to approach Joko for fear that she might even snap at him.

Eventually, both gave in to their doubts. Joko immediately walked into his house without turning around in the slightest. So did Tuti, coming home with nothing.

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