The Stairway To Love
06.

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The morning was bright and Anggita looked better as her parents sat in the living room together. Although Anggi knew that they only talked about their separation. However, still Anggi is happy because at least he has memories when his parents were still together and smiled at him. It never happened when both were okay. Maybe because it's too busy for more important business than one child.

Anggi breathed a sigh of relief after arriving at school with time still tenuous. The road is gontai towards the school area and see some school children also begin to enter. His feet continued to step until the girl's eyes stopped on the figure of the girl waiting for him in front of the security guard post.

Gladys. Spontan Anggi immediately clicked annoyed and approached his best friend that one. Glad could only chuckle slowly and walk with Anggi towards the classroom.

Yesterday was how Gladys left him in big trouble with Bass. He did not know that Bass suddenly turned like a very tame sheep to a shepherd.

Had Glad apologized, it would have been fine and Gladys' heart rate wouldn't have been that fast. Anggi knows, where Glad might not be afraid even if only a little. That made Anggi even more upset.

"Bass apologizes to you!" anggi said without looking.

"Lo crazy!" gladys ridicule the words of Anggi.

"If you don't believe me why did you leave me here?" Anggi sniffed annoyed.

Gladys halted his steps then looked at Anggi in wonder. "Lo seriously he's sorry about me?"

"You know." said Anggi. "He wasn't as bad as I thought. He can even be good, the proof was yesterday he was good for my response!"

"You're kidding ain't good." Gladys again intimidated the girl, making Anggi roll his eyes irritated.

Anggi continued his steps again while Glad was still in a silence. Gladys overran Anggi's leg then told the girl to pause and cover up the lingering distrust in the girl's heart. His eyes looked at Anggi in surprise, then began to focus on their conversation.

"Lo said what was that?" Glad asked, again.

"You're not going to believe it!"

"Lo said what was that?" repeat Gladys while putting on a serious face.

"So yesterday Bass was so good with me, he even apologized for being so rough with you!" cerocos Anggi with strong.

Gladys shook his head, "Right?"

Anggi breathed in frustration then pulled Gladys hand to go to class. Glad still could not believe what the girl was saying. He doesn't believe that Bastian, Sebastian Prananda has a pretty sincere heart so to apologize. Glad's still not sure.

"Ga believe?" squeak Anggi after arriving in their classroom.

Gladys shook his head, "Engga! I believe it!"

"Yes!" Anggi stepped forward and then threw his kosing backpack on the table.

Gladys could only sit on a chair then play his finger at the table. He thought strongly, he still did not understand. If Bass can do good, why can he be so cruel as to threaten all the little girls in school. Especially to make him hated by everyone.

"Think about Glad! We're safe!" Anggi turned to the girl, then raised his gaze again towards the doorway.

"What if we samperin him? Proof that you're talking real!"

Anggi was shocked, "Crazy lo! Yesterday you do not want to meet now sok want nyamperin. Make what? Want to make him uncomfortable keep ngincer us?"

"No! Just want proof of really, whether you really or not!"

"Lo don't believe me, Glad?"

Gladys shook his head again, then chose silence and sat on his bedside the entire time before the bell rang. Anggi was even a little annoyed at Gladys's behavior as if stating that Anggi was lying to him. Though it was clear that what Anggi saw yesterday was Bass, in front of his eyes.

"Oh yeah, what about the move Lo Anggi?" gladys asked after finishing thinking and chose to forget about the matter.

"Yes how? I'm moving there!"

"Try thinking again, Anggi! It's not as comfortable in the city. What if the signal says suddenly?"

Anggi chuckles softly, "Gue won't care if there's a signal or not, as long as Oma I'm happy she's got a temen."

"Don't move Anggi!" please Gladys looked at his best friend. He knew that he would not find a friend as good as Anggi after the girl moved.

Anggi just follow fate. Their time together only stayed three more days before finally leaving the boisterous city.

"But you're going to play here a lot, right?" Gladys seemed to make sure that they could still meet.

"Yes dong! If I have a holiday I will come here" he said.

Gladys flinching unnoticed, then choosing to drown his mind drifting in this sad atmosphere. Anggi can only stop. Who would like to live in a village far away from both his parents and a friend he already considers his own brother? Almost no child wants to go far away and not see his father or mother as well as his best friend for more than a month.

But Anggi should get used to it. Moreover, there is an Oma there who needs the help of Anggi. Oma can be his best friend and parent for Anggi.

...***...

Bass checked all the bags he was going to carry. Sometimes he steals a glance at the security guard who carries all the items into the trunk of the car. While his father was busy serving the phone that from earlier made him have to talk. Sarah observes all of Bass's luggage and makes sure no one is left behind.

"Your textbook has been brought all dear?" ask Sarah.

"Udah!" answer Bass briefly.

"If the clothes are complete? Shoes or sandals? Your wallet do not forget the same phone!"

Bastian tried to make sure his things had been taken away. Starting from important items to non-essential ones; physics textbooks for the sake of suspension tasks from Bu Ani. He hated physics, and he didn't even know how to do the job.

The point is he hates the lesson of having to address brain-stinging formulas. And the main problem is not only that, but because Bass is a child majoring in IPS.

The thing that Bass cursed the most at the moment was his departure to the village. Although Aunt Helen is almost the same as Sarah, but still she is not her mother. For Bass only Sarah can understand Bass's condition at any time and is able to listen to him.

Bass imagines how boring it can be to live in the village, considering that aunt Helen has only one daughter who underwent S2 studies in Sydney. While the husband of Aunt Helen worked on a cruise ship that certainly made the house quiet and quiet. But there was one Aunt Helen's niece who lived with her there, Cleo.

Cleo was Bass' cousin, last met a few years ago at a very boring family get-together.

"Good right there!" Sarah hugged her son.

"Don't you go with Bass?" bastian asked annoyed, he knew that the journey would be very stressful if there was only a father and son.

"Mama can't, there's business later in the afternoon. Some mama will come there anyway." replied Sarah tried to calm Bass' heart.

Bass nods in agreement, then glances when he sees that Bagas has entered the car. Bass clicked once and then crucified his mother who was standing right in front of him.

"Bass go ma!" said.

Sarah waved as Bass approached the car and opened the door. For a moment he glanced at his father who was sitting in front of the steering wheel and was ready to drive him to Helen's aunt's house. This trip will be the most frustrating trip in Bass' entire life history.

"Good there!" scream Sarah.

Bastian got into the car and closed the door firmly. Sometimes he glanced at his mother who was still waiting in the yard with the security guard. Quickly cars sped up on the city streets that Bass would have left for two weeks less from this point on. Bass prayed that he would not jump from the door.

The car was already clashing with another car, trying to get ahead, stopping at a red light, walking again. The ripples of the city were still clearly heard by him. Starting from the sound of the horn, the seller on the fifth leg, to the footsteps of people who want to travel.

Bass imagines how his best friend is in school. He also thought about his fate when he reached the village. He had much to think about until he was confused about which one to choose first in his full brain.

Bass rolled his eyes in annoyance and turned his gaze towards the crowded streets. He did not answer for the call, because he knew what Bagas was calling him for. Definitely for some hot and piercing advice.

"If you were there, your mind would have matured. Later you go home, you can already grin papa's heart because your silly behavior is reduced!"

"Do you know from who if Bass's behavior improves if he lives in the village?" Bass glanced at his father as fast as lightning.

"Someone can be good because they know what pain is! You have lived in the city under Papa's control from birth, and it makes you spoiled. Once in a while you go to the village, understand how the farmers live still have to work hard!" clear Bagas.

"Auntie Helen is not a farmer!" Bass frowned in annoyance, seeing that Bagas' perception was wrong.

"Yes!" replied the old man. "But fifty percent more of those who live there are farming."

Bass nodded his head in resignation, "Yes yes! As long as Papa is happy!"

"Bass! It's not Papa as if he's torturing you, is it! But because all parents know what's best for their children!"

"Including papa?" Bass said.

Bagas turned his car around the corner and let out a slightly laughing expression. "Clearly! All parents! Bass, papa hard like this let you be useful in the future! Because Papa loves you!"

Bass chose silence, flinching with fingers playing on his cellphone. His eyes checked all the notifications from his friends who began to bother because they knew the news from Bass. Group chat weird n dumb also always issue notifications that discuss the same issue.

"Ga fun lo Bass!"

—Dio Aldio

"Yes, I haven't even had a good-bye yet!"

—Fariz.

"Crazy, you think I'm moving what?"

—Bass Prinanda's.

"Katsuki!"

—Fariz.

"What's the fuss?"

—Jhon.

"Diem lu Jhon, ask for my hotspot aja lo belagu"

—Fariz.

"Bigakuakaka!(2)"

—Dio Aldio's.

"So, what music festival? You're not going, Bass?"

—Fariz.

Bass was silent for a moment. The music festival must also be organized by Bass.

During the journey Bass can only give everything. Want to do something else? He's far from town. What he could see at this moment was already starting to be greenish. The right-left forest, even the rice field stretches like a sea of green, buffalo, and towering hills. There are hardly any buildings on the third floor.

"Still a long Pa?" ask Bass suddenly.

"Awhile more!"

...***...

Anggi smiled as Gladys tried to venture into Bass class. He was willing so just to prove what Anggi said was true or not. The girl settles down and reaches the doorway. He looked at Anggi who raised his thumb.

"Jude in!" tell Anggi to chuckle.

"Yes!" sizzle Glad.

But just before Glad stepped on his feet, a heavy voice came from behind them. The returning voice made Glad shudder in horror. Dio's!

"Did you come to my class?" tanyanya.

"Dio?" Anggi and Gladys said it almost simultaneously.

"Well?" ask her again with an intimidating face.

"You meet Bass! Business!" anggi answered, getting upset because Dio just wanted to know.

"Bass?" Dio frowned. "Yes is!"

"Ga there?" Gladys raised his eyebrows.

The two of them looked at Dio in surprise. That means nothing what is it? His tone seemed to state that Bass was dead.

"Yes, Bass got suspended from today until later in school again" replied Dio casually as he glanced at Anggi and Glad alternately.

"Superior?" Anggi looked at Dio in disbelief.

The two girls were astonished. During Bass's school trip, no such penalty was ever given to Bastian. At best, if punished, the man only cleans the school with his friends. That too sometimes has to be too.

"So why didn't you get suspended?" ask Gladys.

"Gue?" Dio pointed to himself. "The last color that Bass did was nothing to do with me!"

Anggi turned to Glad who was also looking at him. Then Anggi's hand pulled Gladys away from Dio. The man looked at the two in surprise and entered his class.

"What the hell is Anggi?" Glad threw Anggi's hand from his wrist.

"Udah! We just want to prove the nature of the Bass, not even find the same problem Dio! You know that Dio's cave is not inferior to the Bass."

Gladys stepped ahead of Anggi and twisted his body to face his best friend. "Lo ain't lying about Bass, is he? Don't tell me lo bolang Bass is good just for me don't worry if you've moved!"

Anggi rolled his eyes irritated, "Bass it was good yesterday same me! I ain't lying! I just don't want us to get in trouble again with Dio, let alone Fariz, oh no! Amit-amit!"

"Yaudah! Just so you are! But just as I do not believe one hundred percent, let alone you will not meet again the same Bass."

"Yes, you prove yourself that Bass has gone to school again." said Anggi with a joke. Actually he was also not sure about the good nature of Bass yesterday.

Gladys was annoyed then walked unlucky away from Anggi which made him even more hesitant. Anggi's departure will be a big thing that will be passed by Glad, especially if Bass is not really good. According to him Anggi could have just made up the story, because he understood very well about how Anggi to make Glad can be comfortable without him.

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