The String of Destiny
Behind a flat face

The bells have rung, students walk home to each other's homes. Some students are in class for extracurriculars.

There is also practice for the preparation of the Flag Ceremony Monday. Alexander, Tiara and his two companions walked across the street.

"Later tonight, so learn guitar?" alex asked the three of them.

"So dong!" say compact the three of them.

"When again learning guitar is just as masterful. Yes, no Wulan?" tamrin.

"Rubber, really! I can't wait to play PS5 again!"

"Your mind is just a game. In fact, on Monday we have the Daily Deuteronomy," Tiara said to his best friend.

"Relax, there will be you" replied Wulan.

"Can't! Learn dong!"

Alexander laughed and said, "If I cheat, may I?"

Tiara smiled and said, "If it's my husband, it's okay but not much."

Wulan cheered then said, "Based on favoritism!"

Tamrin laughed and said, "Wulan, join the traditional way to get answers."

Alexander turned to Tamrin and asked, "What is the traditional way of Tamrin?"

"Count buttons!"

The three of them laughed together as soon as they heard Tamrin's reply. After that, they walked towards their respective motors. Alexander and Tiara start riding Kawasaki Black W800 motorcycle.

The starter lock began to spin, suddenly they heard a small explosive sound. The motor starts to smoke. Alexander and Tiara got off the bike.

Alexander frantically asked, "Why my bike!"

Some students started crowding Alexander's motorbike continuing to emit smoke. They were wondering about Alex, what really happened to his bike. But Alexander did not know, about what really happened to the bike.

Not long after, Wulan and Tamrin hurriedly walked up to the two of them.

"Boss, why your bike?!" tamrin asked so worriedly.

"Do not know!" the answer is so panic.

Tamrin saw the hollow block of the machine and let out smoke. He said, "Call Boss, I'll call the workshop first."

Tamrin walked away from the crowd to contact someone at the Workshop where she worked. While Alexander, speechless staring blankly at his motorbike.

His motor continued to emit smoke, making the world seem to be collapsing. There was only him and his father's motor.

"What am I supposed to tell my dad?" he said silently while looking at his motorbike.

The motor was given to her father. During his stay at home, he never got what he wanted. All the attention, especially the Mother, only goes to her brother.

Imagining his father's expression of sadness and disappointment, Alexander grew even more sad. Behind the flat look on his face, Tiara knew that Alexander harbored so much sadness and hatred. Not long after, the two parking guards approached the crowd.

"What's this?" ask one of the guards to wear an upside-down hat.

One of the students looked at the two guards. He replied, "His motor exploded, it kept on emitting smoke" she replied, pointing at Alex.

The two parking guards, running to pick up a bucket of water and then watering on the engine part began to burn. Smoke stopped coming out, the fire had spread out began to extinguish.

One of the long-haired parking guards, found a pinch of sand under the motorbike. The guard saw sand coming out of the engine block with water and gasoline droplets.

"Well! I think there is your friend who is fad into the sand into the engine block," he told Alexander since it was silent.

Alexander just fell silent, hearing what the guard had to say. As Tiara clenched her hands together, she was very annoyed at what the guard said.

"Before the incident, was there anyone suspicious?" tiara asked very seriously.

"From the beginning, we used to stand guard in front. Nothing suspicious" replied a parking guard

"That's how you talk like that. From the beginning I noticed, your work is just playing mobile phones! It's raining, you don't care. Still mending given cardboard. Now you are the victim of your mistake! Your turn for payment is the fastest! Where is your responsibility?!" maki Tiara to the two guards.

"Don't, get so angry! His name is also calamity," the guard replied.

"You call negligence a disaster?!"

"Keep, if Neng gets angry once the damaged motor can come back again? The one with the bike was silent, why was Neng angry?" said a gondrong-haired parking guard.

"You guys!" reply Tiara was so furious.

Wulan and Alexander held onto Tiara's shoulders. They both said, "It's Tiara, it's."

"It's Tiara, ashamed to be seen" Wulan told his friend.

Alexander wiped his tears and said, "Truely the guard said, anger will not be able to return my bike as before."

Tiara fell silent, she turned and walked away from the crowd. He was powerless, seeing Alexander hiding the sadness and pain behind a smile.

Tiara while walking clenched her hands. Inwardly, he said emotionlessly, "Lack of fear! Who's the coward who dares to break my husband's bike?!"

A man, wearing a workshop uniform, walked into the parking lot. He approached Tamrin standing looking at the crowd.

The man patted Tamrin on the shoulder, "Hey Tamrin!"

Tamrin was surprised and looked back. "Beach Herman, Tamrin is shocked to know!"

"Ah, you Tamrin! Still young. Where's the motor to transport?"

Tamrin pointed at the crowd while saying, "That's Ncang, Kawasaki W800."

"Wih, Sultan's motor!" praise Bang Herman and he says, "Yuk, Tamrin. Help me lift it up the tub."

"Ready Shank!"

Tamrin, Bang Herman was none other than his uncle began to push and lift the Kawasaki W800 motorbike owned by Alex to the top of the tub. Alexander only fell silent, when he saw his damaged motorbike tied up in a car tub. Highlight his eyes staring blankly, he was shocked by what happened to his motorbike.

After the motorbike was tied, the car drove away from the parking lot.

The sound of a horn began to sound, Alexander turned his head to the side. Apparently, the horn sound came from the Red Vespa motor driven by Tamrin. Beside Tamrin, he saw Tiara silently piggybacking on the white matic motor driven by Wulan.

"Boss, hurry up!" tamrin exclaimed to her best friend speechless expressionlessly.

Alexander rode on a Vespa driven by Tamrin. The motor driven by Tamrin and Wulan, slowly began to accelerate on the asphalt.

For so long on the way, they all came to the front of a workshop that read "The Workshop of Grace". They saw that the Kawasaki W800 had just got off the car. Alex's Kawasaki motorbike, the attention of the people in the workshop. Alexander, Tiara and his two friends walked up to the bike.

"Tamrin, quickly change your clothes and help me check this bike" Bang Herman told his uncle.

"Ready, Shake!"

Hurriedly, Tamrin walked towards a house not far from the workshop. While Bang Herman, took a tray containing snacks and drinks in the workshop.

Bang Herman put snacks and drinks on the table. Then he said, "Please eat it, sorry it's just this."

"Thank you," Wulan and Tiara answered and took a snack on a small table.

Bang Herman turned to Wulan and said, "Eh, there's Neng Wulan! What about the kebab? Dapet?"

Wulan shook her head then replied, "They're closed."

Tiara approached the earlobe and asked. "Wulan, you know?" whisper to Wulan.

"Yes, I was here two weeks ago. The nights my bike broke down, lucky to meet Tamrin. Keep him bringing me here."

Not intermittent Tamrin also came wearing his workshop clothes. They all turned to Tamrin who had just arrived.

Tiara smiled then asked, "Tamrin, do you work here?"

"Yes dong! The mechanic, here! mechanic!" his reply was proud.

Bang Herman patted his nephew on the shoulder as he said, "Aware of Tamrin, your level is the same Neng is losing far. Come on, mending you with Neng Wulan."

Tamrin's face turned red and said, "What the hell, Shake!"

Wulan and Tiara laughed seeing Tamrin so misbehaved. Then, Wulan smiled as she flicked her hair and said, "Hey, Tamrin. You don't want to be with me?"

Got a sudden attack, making Tamrin more misbehaved then he turned to his uncle. With a flushed face, he turned to his uncle . Then he said, "Beach, so not really the bike?!"

Tiara approached her best friend's earlobe and whispered, "Cie, how brave. You like Tamrin?"

Wulan chuckled and replied, "Don't misunderstand Tiara, I'm just a prankster.But, the exclaim also teases Tamrin," she whispered to Tiara.

Tiara laughed then said, "Just the first time, I saw Tamrin misbehaving like that."

Tamrin looked back and said, "Well, what are you talking about? Speaking of me huh? Ngefans huh, you guys?"

"Ih! What the hell, Tamrin!" reply compact them both.

Bang Herman looked back, he saw Alexander had been silent since. His face flat, his eyes staring blankly at his motorbike.

"Hey, Elu! From earlier aye kept silent, watch possession," he said awakening Alexander was daydreaming.

Alexander smiled and replied, "Yes. By the way, is there a bathroom here?"

Bang Herman while pointing at the toilet beside the workshop replied, "There."

Alexander walked to the toilet with his face flat. Tamrin, Wulan and Tiara fell silent and looked at Alex with empathy.

They knew that Alexander was harboring so much sadness. So sad, Alexander could not shed his tears.

The door slowly opened, Alexander went inside the toilet. Alexander stood staring at himself in a mirror of the sink.

As hard as she could endure, she finally cried. The sadness was so great, she overflowed on tears starting to wet her cheeks.

As much as possible, she held back her crying voice so as not to sound outside. At the very least, the sound of tap water disguising the sound of his crying started to come out.