Still Is Love
Still Is Love

Erna's anger in the canteen became an unexpected event. Because that was the first time I saw Erna that angry. Not only that, without my knowledge there are people who recorded the event and spread it to social media, until it went viral. And more excited again, the title of the video recording was “Women angry because his girlfriend was cut off”, so various comments also popped up.

The viral event not only occurs in the social world, but also in real life, especially in the school environment, is very viral. So many meaningful gazes and glances from school friends when passing by me and Erna.

“Are you not depressed by what is happening now?” I asked Erna.

Erna shook her light head with a smile decorating her lips.

“Really?” ask me to make sure.

Erna nodded. “What are you yourself, Man?” tanyanya.

“I don't care either,” I'm honest. “Only I can not bear you to be their banter material in medsos.”

“Yeah, justin aja, they ‘kan do not know the actual problem,” Erna said lightly.

I nodded and said, “It feels weird too huh life in that sosmed world. People who don't know anything about an event, so are pretentious and comment with gusto, as if they know very well the event. But their comments were wrong. Like a fire away from the grill. Aren't they afraid of their pretentious comments it's gonna be slanderous?”

“Yes that's the world of sosmed, Man, filled with people who know,” said Erna. “Oya, later go home to school you have karate training ‘kan?”

I'm nodding.

“This time I can't wait for you yes,” he said in a tone of guilt.

“There is an event?”

Erna nodded. “Mama invited me to play at home Om Sigit,” he explained.

“Ya already, it's okay,” I said.

...

After the karate training…

“Hey, what is this, really, not on disperse, even on my writhing like that?” many wonder. “What is this, Bang Jajang?”

Bang Jajang, the coach, said, “They want to know the real event, Man.”

“Events? What events?” I was suspicious, but pretended not to know.

“Viral events in the social media, Kak,” said one of them.

“Udah, Man, lu ceritain aja, mumpung chick you are not there,” chirped Anjas while smiling and rolling his right eye.

I immediately gave him a threatening expression.

Anjas just laughed.

“Come, Man, the true story of the incident,” excites one of them, which is then followed by other friends.

Witnessing the seriousness they wanted to know the true story, I was finally willing to tell a story, because there were some of them in one school with me, until it can be used as an antidote from the skewed comments of school friends. So I began to tell the story from A to Z, but without alluding to a little conversation about virginity.

“Oo, so because Erna refused the love of Jaka,” said Wendi who was in school with me after I finished telling her.

I'm nodding.

“But, Sister, the video title is mad woman because of a boyfriend?” tukas Neneng from another school one year under me.

“Can be the one who videoed it does not know the actual event, Neng,” said Endang, his school friend.

The other friends nodding justifying Endang's words.

“Where happened, Man?” ask Bang Jajang.

“In the canteen where Erna's school used to be before moving, Bang,” I replied.

“Oya, Man, the Jaka was ‘kan famous playboy in our school,” sahut Fahmi, Erna classmate when first class first. “She's.likes changing girlfriends.”

“Oo, so...” exclaim other friends while nodding their heads.

“Even his friend Jaka, who is both a playboy, his former girlfriend there who died after a few days of breaking up,” continued Fahmi. “According to the grapevine circulating anyway, he died by suicide.”

All the friends fell silent, until the training ground became quiet.

“What's the name, Fahmi?” ask Bang Jajang.

“If not wrong, his name.” continued Fahmi trying to remember the name of the woman who died. “The name if not wrong Ri...Ri.

“Rita,” my chirps are spontaneous and all eyes are on me.

“Ya right, Rita his name,” said Fahmi while nodding his head. “Kok, you can know, Man?”

“Yes just guess,” said me as normal as possible, because in my heart has raged various feelings.

“Betul, Man,” exclaimed Anjas smiling while giving a thumbs up, “if not Rita, yes Rina, if not Rina, yes Miss, if not Miss, yes.”

“Risma!” sahut other friends simultaneously.

“Hus!” snapped Anjas while glaring at his friends. But as soon as his eyes were fixed on the girl sitting beside him, the look in his eyes instantly changed and was followed by nods and smiles as sweet as possible.

Friends laughed at Anjas's behavior. While the girl beside him glared.

“Already, Risma, just hit the Anjas,” Bang Jajang chirps on the sidelines of his laughter. “He hopes you kill yourself.”

“For the sake of Allah, Ris, there is not the slightest thought of Bang Anjas like that,” said Anjas. “Ah, Bang Jajang, don't paddle in murky water dong.”

While the friends were boisterous with laughter and jolts, I was silent with a question in my heart,

“Is the Rita Fahmi meant it is Rita called Erna in her first cry?”

Then comes a strong desire in my heart every time I meet Erna asking about Rita. But when I was with Erna, I didn't have the courage to ask. Finally I just held her in my heart while looking at her face.

...

“Why the last few days have you looked at my face like that, Man?” ask Erna one day.

I who was looking at his face was surprised and quickly threw away my gaze.

I shook my head.

“Then why do you often look at my face, Man?”

I was silent, confused to answer.

“Be careful, Man, do not often look at the face of a girl like that,” he said in a serious tone.

“Lho, why?” ask me without daring to lift the view.

“Can arouse lust tau,” sahut.

“Means?” my question is still not understood.

“Yeah, this one guy is stupid anyway,” said Erna exasperated. “You mean..if you often look at the face of a girl like that, you can lust just as much as a girl. Know?!”

Oo, I cried understanding while nodding my head/

“Well, if you have lust for girls, then your mind becomes miserable, perverted. Know?!”

I nodded back.

“So I told you, Man, don't look at a girl's face like that. Know?”

Back I nodded.

“Appointment?”

“I-iya, I promise,” I answer.

“Good,” said Erna while giving her thumbs up. “That's new name is real guy.”

After that Erna was silent with a smile looking at my face.

I was silent and misbehaved.

Not long after, suddenly…

“Erna, you are called Mr. Principal,” said Mr. Hadi, IPA Teacher.

Erna and I were shocked. I spontaneously asked, though,

“What's up, Mr Hadi?”

Mr. Hadi just lifted both shoulders.

Erna and I looked at each other.

“Quick, Erna,” Pak Hadi said.

Erna nodded, then got up and walked towards the Headmaster's room escorted by Mr. Hadi. I walk behind both of them.

The schoolmates who saw Erna walking beside Mr. Hadi towards the Headmaster's room looked at me with questionable eyes. I just shook my head in response to their questionable gaze.

When Erna walked into the Coconut School room, I waited outside the Headmaster's room.

“Hey, it turns out you're here, Man,” Wendi said when she saw me.

“Lha, what's wrong, Wen?” my many.

“There is something I want to show ama lu,” he replied while brandishing his hape. “Come here, come with me.”

I also followed my friend.

Wendi walked towards the school mosque which was located not far from the Headmaster's room. He stopped when he arrived at the terrace of Mushalah.

“Nih, look,” he said after activating his hape and thrusting it onto me.

I who was curious immediately received the tape and…

In the hape it has been spun a video about Erna and Jaka's conversation to the anger of Erna. This video is another version of the video that had gone viral before. This time the video is longer than before. If the previous video starts with a scene of Erna's anger, but this time the video begins with a conversation before Erna's anger.

I felt tense watching the video, because in the video there was Erna's confession of lost virginity.

The scene in the video begins with Erna's question,

“What if it turns out that the woman is no longer a virgin?"

The scene continued as Jaka asked with a mischievous smile,

“You mean...you are no longer a virgin, Erna?”

In the video it is very obvious Erna nods her head in response to Jaka's question while glancing at me…

I let out a long sigh while handing the hape back to Wendi.

“What's really on this video, Man?” asked Wendi after receiving her gap.

I just nodded weakly.

“Means...” Wendi does not continue his words. He looked at me with a questionable look. Then in a doubtful tone he asked “What is..lu that..?”.

I shake my head weakly. When I saw Erna coming out of the Headmaster's room, I immediately said goodbye to Wendi and ran to Erni while asking in my heart,

“Is it because of the problem that is in the video that Erna was called Headmaster?”

“Where, Erna?” ask me with as much habit as possible.

“Ah, trivial issue, Man,” said with a smile, like nothing happened.

“What's the problem really until so long?” ask again.

“Later also you will know, Man,” said Erna lightly.

Yeah, I already know, Erna, I already know…