The String of Destiny
Four-String

In front of the school gate, there are various culinary vendors and Alex, Wulan and Tamrin walk around. Alex lined up to buy soto, Tamrin Siomay and Wulan Batagor.

After getting the order, they entered the school and looked for a comfortable seat for them to start lunch. The heat of the sun, making the skin feel like it was pierced by a needle.

Some of the students were seen walking around the school environment. The three of them, sitting on a school park bench that is on the entrance to the school environment.

Incidentally there is a banyan tree and mango tree that shady so not too exposed to sunlight. MOS participants, seen sitting while enjoying snacks under the tree.

"Hot," complained Alex.

Wulan shook her hand, "Maclum, her name is also summer. Must be hot, where it might be cold."

Tamrin stood up from her place, "Guys, I want to buy you a drink ahead. What are you guys gonna drop?" tamrin.

Alexander gave him a piece of money of five thousand while saying, "Here, please Coconut ice."

Wulan also gave a sheet of five thousand, "Gue too."

Tamrin walked towards the coconut ice seller who was trading in front of the school gate. As for Alexander and Wulan, both sat waiting for their orders.

"Alex," said Wulan.

"Yes?"

"Yesterday afternoon, you met an interesting figure. He gave you fate, but you left him instead" Wulan said, leaving Alexander speechless.

She was reminded by an encounter with a woman who claimed to be the Goddess of Love. After playing a game of swivel needles, he was asked to meet a beautiful girl named Tiara in a riverside city park.

The proximity to Tiara was like a dream, the unequaled beauty made Alexander feel like he was in heaven. But he was curious, did the incident at that time Wulan saw it? The longer he thought about it, the more curious Alexander became.

"Have you seen me yesterday afternoon at the Carnival?" ask Alexander.

"No, I guessed it through the divination card," Wulan replied while giving a tarot card.

On the card, there is a man and two women. The man, wearing modern clothes, stood opposite a woman wearing typical clothing of women of the Nusantara Kingdom.

While the other woman, standing between the two of them wearing kebaya clothes, beside batik and wearing a crown. The woman, sticking her hands forward as if she was introducing the male side to the female, as well as the other way around.

Behind the woman, there was a light and a fluttering scarf stretched wide. While behind the woman, there are various kinds of animals and other valuable objects.

Alexander directly pointed at Wulan while saying, "Exactly!" then he stopped pointing at her and asked, You, fortune teller?"

Wulan shook her head, "I'm just guessing."

Ten minutes later, Tamrin arrived with three plastic pieces of coconut ice. He gave them both one by one.

The three of them began to enjoy lunch under the shady banyan tree. The cool breeze began to blow, the delicacy of the lunch menu plus coconut ice drinks make lunch time feel good. Alexander smiled, feeling the way he had wanted to eat with his peers for a long time.

In the past from Primary School to First High School, not a single student ate with him. Every day, she eats alone in a place she feels comfortable with. Sometimes, she once ate alone in the bathroom. In fact, he never ate at all as a result of the eating done by the school thugs.

Tamrin saw Alexander start to stop chewing food. His face looked sad and moody as if he was thinking about a complicated matter. He patted Wulan on the shoulder, pointing to Alex making him turn to him.

"Why bro?" ask Tamrin.

Alexander turned to the two of them then he smiled as if nothing had happened.

"Gue just thought, after we get a class and make new friends, do we still have time to gather or will we behave as if we do not know?" alex said making them look silent.

What Alex thinks, makes Wulan and Tamrin think about it. In a few hours, the class determination will be completed soon. The three of them will enter the predetermined class. After that, they will continue with their classmates until graduation. For sure, they will live each other's lives making the moment of meeting the three of them end.

"Then we form a triad" Tamrin suggested.

"Three in a row?" ask Alex and Wulan.

"Yes, it's a kind of gang name and alley" replied Tamrin.

"May, I agree, but not a triad, but a triumvirate" suggested Wulan.

"Why? We're just three, who's fourth?" ask Tamrin.

"You got a girlfriend? Cool! Which person?" tamrin asked so curiously.

"It's still native" replied Alex turning his face shyly.

"Where is your boyfriend now? Different schools or one school with us?"

"Alex's girlfriend is still in school with us. Unfortunately for some reason, he was unable to participate in MOS activities. Most Mondays we can meet him," Wulan said cutting off talks.

Alexander was astonished by what Wulan had said. She doesn't have a boyfriend at all, but why would she say that? And who's the boyfriend she meant? The question always rotates in his head. Tamrin believed what Wulan said.

"Alright, our association is already formed and now it's time for us to determine who the chairman is" Tamrin said.

"Chairman, what's it doing? Not important. Never mind Tamrin not to overdo it, just as usual," argued Alex.

"Crucial, dong! Because of the Chairman, making this association awake and clearly directed" Tamrin replied. "What do you think Wulan, you agree?"

"agree. Although we are different classes, if there is a gathering we can still gather," replied Wulan agreed with Tamrin's suggestion.

"So who's the chairman?"

They both went straight to Alex. Suddenly he was surprised, seeing the two of them compactly pointed at him.. In fact, he had no experience in any society at all. In addition, friends during elementary to middle school are very few. Even in the eighth grade, he had no friends at all.

"Kok, me?!"

"Have not protested. The most votes, that's what won" Wulan said.

"Again, among the coolest motorbike of your high school students, your motorcycle" continued Tamrin.

"Alex does have a motor?"

"Kawasaki W800 Black, edition bike!" amazes.

"Wow! Motor for three hundred million. Maximum speed 177 kmph and maximum power RPM 6500. Cool! It's worth calling the boss" Wulan told Alex's bike.

"Yes, geez. Determining the chairman can not be seen from the bike," Alex replied to them both.

"It's okay to accept it, it's not good to refuse trust" Wulan said.

"Yes-yes."

Alexander officially became chairman of the quadruple. They both started calling Alex the boss. While Alex, speechless to resist the embarrassment of hearing them call him the boss. Not intermittently, the entrance bell had rang then the three of them entered the classroom. The two upperclassmen entered the room to give directions to prepare for the promotional event of each extracurricular.

All MOS participants, out of the room and then walk towards the gor building not far from the school parking area. There, they all saw various promotional events from each extracurricular. Alexander enjoyed every show of every extracurricular. After the performance, each exkul gave a piece of registration paper to all MOS participants.

"Boss, what plan to join the exkul?" ask Tamrin.

"No idea, I don't think you're going to have any excrement."

"Don't be so boss, youth should be enjoyed. Choose one of the exes. After all, our school time is only half a day" Tamrin said.

"Just save the boss. Extracurricular is important to increase friendship and social skills," continued Wulan.

"What do you want to join?" ask Alex.

"Nothing," Wulan replied making the two of them speechless look at her with a flat face.

"Basic, give your own advice as well" Tamrin said.

"He.he.he," laughs Wulan.

The promotion has ended, one of the organizers came forward. The committee gave instructions to MOS participants to get out of the GOR regularly. All MOS participants were asked to see a list of class placements spread across school districts. Alexander and his two friends, walking down the aisle in search of school mading. Looking for so long, they finally found him.

Wulan was happy, seeing that she was one class with two friends who were in class 10 IPS F. Then, all participants gathered on the basketball court to attend the closing ceremony of MOS activities.

Starting at dusk, all participants and the committee enjoyed the closing ceremony. The plan, MOS activities lasted two days but because of the decision of the Master Council MOS activities became one day. Even so, the short time felt so valuable to the participants because in a moment, they all returned home and prepared to follow the learning on the first day.

After the ceremony, Alexander and Tamrin parted ways with Wulan. Then the two of them crossed the street and entered the parking lot. The participants were amazed, looking at the motorbike driven by Alex. After that, Alex and Tamrin split up and drove back to their homes.