THERE'S ALWAYS A LEANING PLACE
Part VII

Ms. Aisyah walked hurriedly towards the UKS room. In that room Ratna faithfully still awaits her best friend, Via, who has not yet opened her eyes.

"What's the condition of Via?" mrs Aisyah asked half a whisper.

"Not yet conscious, Mom. I'm afraid he's depressed."

"How did the story go like this? She was healthy this morning."

"We went to the library. There I found the jellyfish..."

"Wait on! Who's jellyfish?"

"Eh, anu ma'am.I mean Aurelia."

"Oh, Aurelia," Aisyah ma'am held back the amused.

"Lia mocked Via, Mom. He said now Via loose ends. He also accused Via of being sneaky."

"Can't you?"

"Lia accuses Via of looking for sympathy for Ms. Aisyah so that I feel sorry for continuing to stay with her. Lia suspected it was Via's trick to get close to Mas Azka."

"Azka's Mom's son? Via just met Azka yesterday."

"Yes, Mom. But the heart is a spite far from logic."

"Pity Via. Just now he's starting to move on, distraction's coming."

Via's eyes started to blink. Little by little, he opened his eyes.

"Via, you hear me?" ratna asked as she patted Via's cheek slowly.

"Rat...na?"

"Yes, it's Ratna. Thank God you are conscious."

"Where am I?"

"In the UKS, Vi" replied Ms. Aisyah.

"Mom Aisyah?"

"Yes, this is Mommy."

Via remembers what he experienced. Soon her crying broke.

"Why should Via suffer such a fate? It was like falling from a height. Is papa greedy and cunning? What does the Via family experience from papa's behavior?"

Ms. Aisyah immediately approached and sat down on a chair near Via's head.

"Listen Mother. You don't have to listen to people. You know better the nature of your father, don't you? Let people have a bad prejudice for our families."

"Via feels pain when someone vilifies papa."

"Yes, Mother understands. Therefore, do not be prejudiced against your father. Even if there are shortcomings, mistakes, mistakes of your father, it is natural. Hence, you should always pray for your parents."

"What if friends taunt Via? Now Via is poor, has nothing."

"Don't say that. Rich and poor before God are not measured by the wealth he has, but by the great gratitude he has."

"Via minder, Bun."

"Via is now Mother's child. Via is not a gem. Don't listen to your friend's insults! If you're insulted, it means you have an advantage they don't have."

"Quiet, Vi. Ratna's ready to be a bodyguard for you. If you can't resist, let me face the owner of a nosy mouth like Lia" Ratna chimed in.

Via nodded. The crying began to subside. His thin cheeks were wet with tears.

"Well, now you calm yourself. It's time to go home soon. We'll book a taxi later. O yes, Ratna can accompany Via home?"

"Can, Mom. I'm ready to guard Via from the distractions of the damned children."

"Guus!" Ms. Aisyah patted Ratna's shoulder. The one that was patted even cengengesan.

"Then I go to class first. I'm in class XII IPA-2, yes Rat. If there's anything you tell Mom immediately."

"Ready, Commander!" Ratna stood firm while giving a sign of respect.

Bu Aisyah chuckled at Ratna's behavior. Then the veiled woman came out of the UKS room.

"Well, now listen carefully. The name of the sirik people usually do not use the brain to think. Especially conscience. There is Nuraeni. Uh, how to digress. Anyway, you remember that the sirik is a sign of inadequacy. Understood?"

"Yes, yeah. But don't use a drizzle if the lecture, Buuu..."

"Eh, the hell time?" Ratna rubbed her mouth.

Via smiled holding back his laughter. Ratna immediately glared after noticing that Via was just mocking her.

"You're such a shitty patient" Ratna grumbled. Although his mouth grumbled, his heart was happy. Ratna was relieved that Via did not look depressed anymore.

"Who is that, anyway? How do I not know him?"

"Because he is not famous" said Ratna quickly.

"But you know the boy?"

"That's it, it doesn't really matter to the child."

"I wonder why he hates me so much?"

"I'm still worried, Ratna. Who knows if he has a grudge against me or my family. Please, the story about Lia you know." Via's eyes looked at Ratna with an innocent look.

"Oh, don't do that. I can't stand it."

" Then, dong's story!"

"He was my classmate at Junior High. His father was a good businessman. The tuh jellyfish is famous for being arrogant, haughty, and tacky."

"Why do you look so bad?"

"It doesn't look like it, but it's a fact. Not realising, Buuu? He said he wasn't important, not important, not important. Uh, madam ngeyel told me a story." Ratna poked her lips.

"Sorry, sorry Ferguso. But I'm still curious. Continue story! It's orders. So, don't argue!"

"Yes, Marimar. Ah you're such a bitch."

Via smiled looking at the annoyed Ratna while talking about Aurelia.

"Lat Junior High School he continued in Jakarta. He said at International High School. I really don't know. Just looking at his English skills is impossible. I still mending compared to him."

"Although the answer is a repeat of the results of a friend's cheat?" Via smacking a smile.

"That wear is revealed. Didn't you just say that?"

"Ikhlas. What is it that doesn't make my best friend? Continue your story!"

"I'm your grandmother who is storytelling let you leak?"

"It's not so, but if the gig will make me more curious."

"So where?"

"Lia went to international high school."

"O yes." Ratna patted her jidat. "He went to school in Jakarta for three semesters. Fitting class XI jellyfish moved here."

"Oh, yes I remember there were rumors about a transfer boy from Jakarta. But I don't really care."

"You're kind of cuckoo."

Via smile. Actually he was embarrassed because he did not know his schoolmates.

"After he moved, it seemed doubtful. By the way, I usually wear my elo. Style of a metropolis boy."

"Break. Moving from Jakarta."

"Ish, you're defending him. The only thing that was before me was me. Many do not like. Because he's the son of a rich man, no one would dare to be with him."

"Oh, that's it."

"Said that at that time he had a crush on the former chairman of OSIS. In fact, he's been shooting."

Via. It was as if he could not believe what Ratna was saying.

"You mean Doni?"

"Who else?"

"What bang?"

"Obviously he refused. He's a good boy."

"Where did he shoot Doni?"

"School cafeteria at break time. Automatically many are watching."

"Crazy! How dare."

"His name is also the face of the wall like that. If I'm in the jellyfish position obviously don't dare to appear in this school."

"Emang Doni to the point?"

"Hoooh. He said that he likes a serious child to learn to motivate each other, not to like jokes like him."

"Honestly very much Doni."

"And, Doni said that he actually has a crush on one of his classmates. His son is beautiful, supple, not arrogant even though the son of a rich man, pinter again. Well, those traits are on you."

"Haish, ngaco you."

"No. But Doni couldn't have dared to shoot you. Your late father is protective of his people. Every day you date the same Mr. Yudi if not Mr. Nono."

"Bhuahaha, you are."

"A lot of people think that Doni likes you. Maybe that's why the jellyfish hates you. The beginning of class XII guy who is estimated to like you. Now it's like he's nincing Mas Azka. Uh, you stay together. Hot dong."

"That's your analysis. It might not be like that."

"But the odds are more than 75 percent right. My data is valid."

"Tet..it...tet...."

The bell of lesson ending sounded.

"You wait here. I'll get the bag first."

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