The Unusual Highschool Days
Forgiveness

A week has passed since Elvira was taken to hospital. Student Orientation period is over, regular lesson hours will be enforced from tomorrow. Regina did tell Eric to straighten out his problems with Elvira if Elvira's situation had improved. But he was never told when the right time had come. So, this afternoon he decided to go to Elvira's place again.

            The apartment was quiet as usual. There was only the sound of rain falling outside the apartment. Whereas just now, when he went here, the rain was still drizzling.

“Elvira...” Eric knocked on the door of that apartment many times. Shortly afterwards, the sound of the door opening from inside. He looked surprised to see Elvira's appearance. Her head was wrapped in bandages, her palms this time were not covered in gloves. For the first time, Eric saw firsthand Elvira's hand without the gloves she used to wear every day. There are many scratches there, both new and old scratches look stacked. Some plaster was seen bandaging a new wound on the girl's fingers. How else, the act of slicing his hands and fingers has been done for years. The scarred hand looked foreign to Eric.

            Unknowingly, Eric had already stared at Elvira for a few seconds without saying anything, making Elvira somewhat Exhausted.

“backward..” says Elvira flat.

It seemed like this was not the right time, Eric immediately turned around about to leave the place when it arrived Elvira called him.

“gue will tell you to step back, not go” said the girl.

“oh... hahaha..” Eric laughs Awkward. Elvira noticed Eric, the jacket he was wearing looked a bit wet from the drizzle of rain when the young man came here. So did her hair, and Eric did not appear to carry an umbrella at all.

“lo rain rain?” ask Elvira full of search.

“barusan fitting I came here is still drizzling..” Eric reasoned.

“wait a minute..” Elvira entered into his apartment, and a few moments later, back again while carrying a small towel And a small clothesline. “candy lo hair and hang your wet jacket here. If you get sick, Aunt Regina also bothered.” Elvira reasoned.

“emm... gabisa ya sunburtalem aja?”

“no, later the smell of his jacket spread in the room I”

“lo se unclean it's the same me?”

Elvira took a short pause before answering the question.

“iya” said his short while staring straight at Eric. his normal, anyone would be offended by the words. But Eric already knew his situation from the flashback image he witnessed through Elvira's memory, as well as Alfian's explanation of the girl's condition.

“oke..” said Eric later. As per Elvira's instructions, the young man took off his jacket and put his origin on the small clothesline Elvira provided, then dried his hair with a towel the girl gave him.

“kalo taro origin it will not dry.” Elvira justifies the position of the jacket with the tip of the index finger and thumb to minimize contact with the jacket Eric. again, again, to minimize the,Eric couldn't take his eyes off Elvira's fingers. There was a trace of blood on the bandage that Elvira was wearing. Can this girl feel pain?

“lo... do not intend to die young right?” the word was suddenly thrown from Eric's lips without him knowing. “kalo lo continue to menggelakuin rich things gini me..” Eric did not continue his words.

“what the hell? You do not know what.. so do not interfere”.

            And a few moments after saying that word, Elvira just remembered that Eric had barged into her memory room. to call this young man a person who did not know what he was about, it felt imprecise.

“oh, sorry... you've been squirming my past as good as jidat” Elvira said, half insinuating.

“and who knows, how many times have you read my mind?” Eric turned insinuated.

Elvira rolled her eyeballs, annoyed.

“nggak..”

            Elvira knew, she was already being a bit rude. Frankly, he is still upset. He did not think that Eric had the ability to see his past, and he hated to be reminded of the events that he wanted to bury deep in the corner of his heart. but Eric is not entirely at fault.One, already scraping the insecurity in Eric, forces the young man to show his dark side.The dark side of man, the, it is not new for an Elvira who is used to reading the minds of others.

“gue want out..”

            Elvira returned to her apartment, and returned with two umbrellas.

“if you want to come, you use this umbrella. And keep a distance of two meters from me.” Elvira gave a warning.

Eric can capture Elvira's intentions, this opportunity he might be able to use to straighten out his problems with the girl. So without a second thought, he followed the girl.

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            Rain with intensity was drenching the city. The paved road that the vehicle passed through became slippery because it was wet. People are busy avoiding the rain and choose to wait for the rain to subside in the mall, restaurant, or the nearest store emperor.

“ said...lo got Overwritten huh?” Elvira opens the conversation.

“lo know where?” Eric asked back. His right hand held an umbrella, while his other hand held a bag containing Elvira's groceries. It was the first time he was treated like this. Even his own mother's groceries he never brought because the task had been taken over by their personal driver.

“gue absent from school, does not mean absent playing hape right? Alfian's sister who told...” Elvira explained. “so, how does it feel?”

“fear... it feels, I can get rid of the fear that lo rasain so far” replied Eric. “gue can not shadow... lo ngalamin it all fit still small.”.

            Guilt fills Eric again.If Mr. Artha does not protect himself and stay alive, Elvira's mother will not experience depression and suicide. Elvira will not experience all these events.

“How else is it... All of it is past.”

They arrived at the intersection of the highway, the red light for pedestrians lit up. So Elvira and Eric stopped the second step.

“lo also asked a strange question..lo said, do I have plans to die young?” Elvira raised her hand, showing the hand full of cuts and plaster scars on Eric. “this is proof that whatever happens, I will try to survive. So far, I've learned the right method to fix the problem in my head. I can't let all the hallucinations and the vague voice that told me to die in my head. Every time my trauma relapses, I can't keep the panic going unclear. So I took my hand so that all the distractions would subside. I don't mean to hurt myself or die young.” Elvira said all of that firmly. When he looked into Elvira's eyes, Eric realized that

not the eyes of a person who is in despair. It was the eyes of someone who had gone through various bad things and chose to live. The eyes of the living.

            And arriving, Eric was relieved. It was as if some of the burden that he carried on his shoulders had been lost somewhere. Arguably, the incident has weighed on him all this time.he tried to pay the sacrifice of the dead for his in the strangeness by being a submissive child, he tried to pay the sacrifice of the dead for his, and as much as possible meet the expectations of people around him continuously. Although many times he was convinced that the incident was not his fault, guilt still could not be avoided. But hearing Elvira's words made her feel forgiven.

“our problem has been solved right, so this is the last time I squirm lo ketok ketok door of my apartment with a guilty face.don't come again. Lo understand?”

The red light turned green, and the two continued on their way to the apartment building where Elvira lived.

“gue does not promise if I will not come to your place anyway...all apartment buildings will have my bokap, when you ngelarang child who has an apartment ngedatengin property has his own bokap?”

Eric smiled with satisfaction.

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