The Singers
028. Roots in tangled yarn.

Warning: Depression //Bullying.

Flashback.

Amira steps her legs without hesitation before she gets a strange look from the people. Tunggal Bakti High School at that time fused to get a hot and shocking news topic because it concerned one of the students there. Amira Dewangsih son of Hamka Dewangsih who is a topic of discussion.

"This is Amira's father, right?"

"Amira's 12th grade IPS B isn't si?"

"Report of the handsome Rega Pramoedya?"

"There's a chance for nikung, haha."

"That means he's been growing up eating illicit money."

The whisper entered his ear without excuse. Everyone's gaze was different from the one yesterday, today they were looking at him hatefully.

His phone shook, he quickly opened the chat application from one of his friends.

There contains links of news snippets, articles, and other news from twitter.

Amira's heart was about to be dislodged, her legs limp as if turned into a boneless jelly, her head buzzing, dizzy when reading the articles there. It's about his father's arrest.

Allegedly KPK Arrests University Rector ****Related to Alleged Corruption Case.

Trace Record of Corruption of a Rector of the University ****

There is plastered face of his father is being raided by the KPK. His father's face is looking down, so as not to get sucked into the camera.

His world collapsed instantly, his hands trembling as he held onto his falling mobile phone. At that moment Amira cried into a spectacle of people with whispers that made her even more want to scream.

"Amira!" Sindy, her friend who had sent her a message to her and hugged her to calm down. "Mir, who is patient yes, its okay. It's not your fault, don't beat up people?"

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One week after the incident, Amira did not attend school. Can only watch the destruction of his once warm home turn cold. Watching was filled with tears and a hard blow to his own head and the culprit was himself.

This time he walked slowly, he was ready with this gaze again. He already knew he would get another sneer like then, he would also know getting maki insults from someone. The former friend has now drifted away, perhaps ashamed to have a friend from the son of a corruptor.

But the question is only one, if one person leaves, why should the other follow away? The only one left was Sindy. He still faithfully sat with her and invited her to talk, always giving notes of the lessons Amira left behind.

Their rest time is in the backyard, enjoying the fry of Mang Jajang with breezy wind and banyan trees that shade them from the hot sun. No matter the myth that the place is haunted, because he needs now is calm without boisterous sound.

"Mi, I want something. But it's not good to say." Sindy spoke carefully making Amira afraid that she too would leave. He was afraid that Sindy would leave to cut off their friendship.

"Why? By the way." His voice this time was slow, not as usual always cheerful.

"I'm sorry, Mi. I haven't told you anything all this time. I don't think this will happen but after I thought about it yesterday, it has to do with you, Mi."

"Rega is actually the son of one of the KPK who is tasked to nyeledikin you. At that time I was listening to the conversation on the phone, I thought he would not sell it but it turns out he was still desperate for your girlfriend just to find evidence." Clearly without hesitation.

His first heartbreak in love also broke his trust for the first time. Whether she should put her trust in him again, everyone betrayed her.

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Amira came out of the girls' toilet in between the hours of classes. In front of him now was Rega, his girlfriend or about to change status to her ex. The man held back his steps that were about to leave, dodging.

"You why? I was wrong? Call, chat, even imess you don't bales. I'm worried about you." His words are full of demands.

Worry said. Amira smiled bitterly and might even laugh at the drama of the man in front of her or laugh at her stupidity that could have fallen into the trap of fooling.

"Amira's? I was wrong with you? By the way do not avoid rich gini. I know you're not good anymore. But please, I'm here if you need me." This time he took Amira's arm for her to hold.

Amira immediately brushed it off right then and there. "Enough, Ga. You don't have to pretend. I know everything."

"You know what the hell?"

"On you who just pretended to love me for the sake of launching your mission, asshole!" Amira shouted in front of Rega's face by beating the man's shoulder.

Her tears crept back on her face, she was tired of crying but her eyes did not stop to continue to drain tears.

"Mi? I can clear everything. You please beat me up first. Calm down please."

The man tried to stop the blow from Amira, trying to bring the girl's body for her to hug and she calmed down. However, unfortunately Amira is getting out of control no matter what the man puts out.

"I don't want to see your face anymore." He said slowly. His voice is getting weaker.

"Mi, I'm sorry. Please you should hear my explanation first, we'll have a good chat, okay?"

"No need." He said, then he would leave Rega there.

Rega tried to stop Amira as much as he could, "Mi, please. I'm sorry, I'm seriously sorry about you. Please hear my explanation first huh?" He faced Ami's steps in front of the girl.

"Surge. Move out of Rega before I shout throw tantrums during gini lesson time. I'm sick of everything, I'm sick of seeing you. You're a traitor." He pointed to Rega's face.

"Okay, sorry. I'll give you time to calm yourself first. We'll talk again, okay? You calm yourself. You are ready for my explanation. I'm ready to wait." Then he got out of front of Amira.

"Don't expect. I won't see you again." Amira immediately rushed to leave Rega alone there who was staring at Amira's departure painfully.

"Gurghhh!" Angry at him. It felt like he wanted to punch the wall if he didn't remember that this was a school.

His steps were wrong, he should not have obeyed the words of his father. Everything will not be like this, everything is destroyed because Amira will not want to see him again. He was sure Amira would continue to avoid him until at any time.

This isn't about Amira's father's arrest. But it was Rega's mistakes that damaged Amira's trust and made Amira his tool. He admitted that he really was a jerk who ruined the girl of the person and the woman he loved.