The Struggle of a Child
Canteen and Fried rice
"Yes, you're right, Liyan. He was sitting there in a crowd" Widia said. We both walked into the canteen and approached Fikri.
"Fikri, this." Widia handed me the rice box.
Both of Fikri's eyes turned around looking at me and Widia. "I'm full" said Fikri, taking the rice box from Widia's hand.
"You're full? Why so fast?" widia asked, feeling a little guilty.
"Yes," replied Fikri looking at the rice box he had taken earlier. Then, he opened it while smelling its scent. "Hhm!" Fikri was seen showing off his food to the others. "This is my favorite egg fried rice."
"You bought it, huh?" ask the child sitting next to him.
"Where would I buy fried rice. Eat my mom's fried rice." Fikri took a spoon.
Instantly I was stunned when I heard the expression that came out of Fikri's mouth as if she was insinuating my situation because she did not have a mother. Like, that's my race right now, but I don't know, did Fikri intentionally say that or not? I don't know, but clearly those words directly pierced my heart.
I looked back turning my head while walking to see Fikri with deep emotional sadness. Whole crystal grains fell over my cheeks without me noticing. Silent face coloring travel who want to enjoy sitting in the cafeteria with my friend.
The cafeteria that looked so claustrophobic made my breath want to stop. However, the boisterous laughter of jokes thrown from each friend was heard filling the room returning my smile back.
Meanwhile, Fikri who is still joking about fried rice has not been heard. His loud voice coupled with laughter increasingly accompanied his fun sitting.
"I wake up every morning to eat fried rice" said Fikri, who sounded like chewing rice.
"The same dong as me" said Solihin. Mature with a style that looks like, brothers.
My two hearing ears brought my eyeballs to look at them. A fixed gaze further pressed my gaze at those who were laughing out loud.
Haha ! Their laughter was so unison that it was heard in the free air.
"You're pretentious like, grown boy, cih," Fikri's murmur twitched his eyes.
"It doesn't matter to Fikri as long as it doesn't look like, Son of alay. Ahaha!" Solihin raised his eyebrows as if challenging Fikri.
"Oh!" Fikri twisting body. "Here you're good at talking. As soon as in front of Mr. Duan and Ms. Dona you shrieked. Straight away your silent style is visible. Who was never silent, suddenly silence did not dare to make a sound," ledek Fikri quipped Solihin.
"That's a different place" Solihin said he would not lose.
"What's different ?" ask Rasyd chimed. Rasyd sat next to Fikri.
"You came here suddenly making a sound. I don't know who ?" Solihin followed Rasyd's movements with both of his eyeballs.
Putting food in my mouth. Both my eyeballs are still on those who consider there is no burden of lesson waiting. Widia's silence made my losing mood even more palpable.
"Widia, Fikri and Solihin laughed in satisfaction there," said Septiani who stood suddenly like a statue.
"We are here from earlier hearing them laugh until our ears are about to break" Widia said. "Until Liyan doesn't finish her meal, take a look!" Widia glanced at me and the snack that was still wrapped neatly in my hand.
"Si Liyan from a long time ago where ever bought snacks. Just so he does not like, let alone eat the food you love," continued Septiani with a hearty.
"I want to" I replied innocently. "I'm still full, I haven't eaten yet" I continued shyly.
"Liyan is right" Widia said.
"Eat him, I haven't eaten yet. I just saw Fikri and Solihin laughing" I said.
"I think you saw them. There is no use" Septiani cussed indifferently.
"That's for you. For us no! Because everything about Fikri we have to pay attention to it and see it. Is he making trouble or not?" Widia said clearly.
"Make trouble, what?" septiani asked sitting near us. "Hm!" Raising his eyebrows.
"That's why we don't know. Hence, we continued to look at it," I replied unceremoniously.
"Mmh! So, so." Septiani turned her head slightly looking at Fikri and the others. "If he makes trouble and we stand. Look at Liyan. I'm gonna punch him until he snaps his nose. Mm!" Septiani clenched her hands tightly.
"Are you that angry with Fikri?" I leave a silence. "He's the class leader. You'll be scolded later, how?" ask me who doesn't want a fight between our friendships.
"Haha! I see what you mean" I said with a laugh. "That means you've been scared of Fikri, right?!" I tease Septiani. "Come on," I urged sweetly.
"What the hell, Liyan. Who's afraid, try?" septiani asked feeling uncomfortable.
"Kok, who? Yes, you are, "I replied.
Septiani was silent because she knew that I knew what was in her mind. I also lowered my head while opening a snack of banana chips that were grasped sweetly in my hand.
A sreek!
"You want to not?!" I swung while swinging into the air. My fixed gaze looked at them one by one.
"Then you will be lacking," ledek Septiani joked while taking my other snacks located right with her.
"I'm quite like this" I said taking it from inside the package. "The others for you."
I handed my snacks to them. After that I put in banana chips one by one for me to chew. Slowly my two molars chewed it gently. Without a word of molars I continued to enjoy the chips I chewed.
The laughter of Fikri and Solihin was added again with Rasyd heard all the way to the bench we were sitting on.
"The three of them are very happy, yes" I said.
"Yes" welcome Widia.
"If the three of them had been sporting it must have been like that, it was great" Septiani continued.
"Yes, let alone Fikri. If he had said out, his feet would have stepped quickly, "call me with a raucous voice.
"That's him. He likes it outside. If you can, Fikri is just learning outside," said Septiani.
The wind that blew during the hot day accompanied us to talk. Wind for some reason? It suddenly made my body feel weak and cold. My lips immediately turned pale. My eyes felt like they wanted to be tightly closed and my tiny body immediately invited me to enter the classroom.
"Liyan, where are you going?" widia asked when she saw me getting up from sitting down.
"Yes Liyan, where are you going?" septiani asked as Widia did.
My weak legs have stood up to support my tiny body wanting to move immediately. "I want to go in" I replied with a step.
"In class there are no people. You're not scared?" Septiani asked me.
"True Liyan, in the dark. The other children are also out of all" Widia continued, gently forbidding.
"What's wrong?" ask Fikri. Sojourn.
"Yes, you have a big fuss there," Solihin said of Fikri.
"You know us, what are you guys talking about until Liyan gets up?" Rasyd looked towards us.
"I want to sit down." I dropped my weak body back on the bench.
From the bench I saw Fikri still staring at the three of us especially me. She was so clingy looking at me like she was finding out about me today. I looked at him and the fried rice box that was in front of him was now neatly covered. The movement of his mouth that was chewing was no longer visible.
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