Fall in love, (v) A process of accepting unusual feelings.
Serabi smiled since earlier. Milo, who had just been doing homework, suddenly refused to meet Serabi. Serabi stopped by his house, then put on a suspicious face. Milo looked at him unwillingly many times.
"Don't want to go home, Ser?"
"Call me right!"
"You don't want to go back?"
"How come you're getting rid of me?"
"Sensitive, huh? Thank God!"
"Ugh!"
"So, don't want to go back?"
"I still want to be here."
"Why? You here are useless, can't help doing homework!"
Serabi pinched Milo's head. This child had annoying talking, but somehow there are so many who like to be friends with him. Serabi also knew the story of his love. The taboo story that he was always proud of without shame. Serabi was absolutely sure that in Milo's brain something was wrong.
"I want to ask you."
"Okay. Cousin’s price, one question just one dollar."
"Very cheap!"
"The thing is I know you're going to ask a lot of questions."
Serabi could not stand anymore. He laid down on Milo's bed and sighed. There are many thoughts that disturbed his brain, but what made him most confused is Milo's response to his love story.
"So ... why are you still strong despite the many people who blaspheme you?"
"About Kalka?"
"Of course! In addition to your insolent mouth, your love story is also often played on. "
"Oh, you’re really up to date about gossip! I never thought that you would pay that much attention to gossip! Do you want to become a gossip media?”
"Wow!"
"I'm quite realistic."
"About?"
"As long as they don't hurt Kalka, I won't move. Many people think it's just a joke, some think it's reality. Rumors about relationships like that won't last long. At the very least, a month they will forget all of them!"
"I think so! Now the one that's hot is because of the exact student council debate."
"You're famous with Ge Bro!"
"Now he runs away."
"Then what is the second question?"
"Do you know that in the lisp’s class there is a new student?"
"Who?"
"A girl."
"No interest. I'm just interested in Kalka. "
Serabi rolled his eyes lazily. Now Milo is very annoying to be consulted. However, Serabi had no other choice. He wanted to know why his mortal enemy had suddenly run away. Though... even though... that child was the most obsesive to be the student council president, even to the point of crying when disqualified.
"Continue the third question!"
"Do you know that he has been involved in karate since middle school, and finally he left because his brother knew and then he was banned?"
"Ah, so Meka and Medwi didn't allow Ge Bro to participate in karate?"
"Yeah."
"Then, what's your business with it, Bi?"
"It has nothing to do with me, but I'm disturbed. Now he dodged more often, and also his talk looked sharper. He rarely responded to my words like before ... "
"Really, your word were bullshit, anyway!"
One slap was floating in Milo's head. Even though their hierarchy was indeed Serabi is older one, but in this connection... Serabi must call Milo as "Brother". Unfortunately Serabi had the prestige to do so.
"Then... I have a problem."
"What?"
"Do you know Kartika?"
"Street name?"
Again Milo was pinned. Milo grumbled, glared fiercely. He did not understand why many people who idly hit him. Even though he just spontaneously asked. Actually Milo forgot to remember. He did not really know Serabi's friends, although Serabi had several times brought friends. Basketball friends, futsal friends, swimming friends... Serabi smart on sport, and Milo knows that there are a lot of friends with Serabis.
Even so, Serabi never vent about the girl friends who are close to him. One person, and for some reason after that Milo never heard it again.
"I told you about her in the past ..."
"Which one? You often tell beautiful girls to me."
"This is different! I once told you the one close to me!"
"Didn't you call Antok first?"
Serabi bitted Milo's arm tightly. He glared fiercely. Milo couldn’t be used as a source of confide, but because this was too complicated, Serabi could not help but have to confide in Milo. Who else can Serabi tell? He has many friends, but Serabi was not comfortable to confide in a personal story.
"Can you be serious, can't you?"
"I'm serious with my heart for Kalka."
"No need to joke! I am amused by it! "
"Yes, don't confide in someone as ridiculous as me!" Milo poked. Serabi glared. Oh, took it to heart! No, Milo was not take it to his heart. He just pretended to be sensitive. Even though... actually Milo was reluctant to hear Serabi's talk about girls.
"Kartika is back again, Lo ..." Serabi was still stubborn to vent.
"What does he want? What's in debt? "
"Aish, serious, please!"
"Yes, what does she want?"
"I don't know, I haven't asked. But..."
"What?"
"Looks like the Lisp has a crush on her."
"Ha? Ge Bro has a crush on Kartika? How come? Why has a crush on Kartika? "
"How do I know! So why do you doubt that the lisp can have a crush on a girl? "
"Ge Bro is sweeter than her, Bi.”
Serabi could not stand it anymore. It was useless to confide in a guy whose life is full of shadows of two bar love stories. Serabi could not make Milo a source of confession now. Enough already! Because of that, Serabi went home, rather than having to hear Milo asked him back.
Serabi was once close to Kartika in an intimate sense. They were almost dating if Serabi wasn't fickle. Serabi was doubtful about her own feelings, even though Kartika has given her the green light. Serabi could not forget that feeling, because at that time there were so many people who tried to provoke him.
"If you're really a man, you should go forward!"
"Do you love her or not?"
"Don’t make a sin with playing on girl’s heart!”
"Are you really with her? Why just keep stay? Didn't you going to confess to her?"
Already completed! Until the end, Serabi did not move. If they asked if he loved Kartika, the answer would be yeah. He felt comfortable with Kartika. However, when Serabi used comparative science... it couldn’t. If he had to choose Kartika or his friends, Serabi choosed his friends.
Serabi prefered spending time with friends rather than shopping or accompanying Kartika to the cinema. At first Serabi thought it was a protest like other boys when invited to shopping or watching. Unfortunately, until the end ... Serabi did not find the throbbing and beating heart appeared that people said when someone fell in love.
Unfortunately the demands of the profession put more pressure on his mind. In the eyes of his friends, Serabi loved Kartika in another sense. They often wandered together, that's why... the assumption of other humans depressed Serabi. They considered Serabi gave false hope, even though... Kartika and other female friends were almost the same position. It was just his friends thought. Because they know that Serabi was close to Kartika.
Going out with someone you didn't love is very burdensome. Because of that, instead of revealing the facts... Serabi finally escaped. Their initial plans for school in favorite high school at that time vanished. Serabi escaped to 17 High School, joined by his cousin. And finally he met a lisp figure who was so disturbing.
Serabi laid down on his own bed. He suddenly remembered something. He got up, turned on his laptop, then looked for the old photo folder. There are lots of photos with Kartika and other friends.
That's why... Serabi had a strange plan. Evil, but somehow he could not stand it. Serabi copied some of her photos and Kartika. The photo looked intimate, but at that time Serabi did not have any tendencies about intimacy.
Serabi saved some photos, and used them as wallpaper on his phone. He didn't know why he had to go this far, but the image of the Lisp's disappointed and jealous face made him even more excited.
***
The next day Serabi entered school as usual. He was still wandering around in a direction, just to find the existence of a lisp guy who has now transformed into a human who had hobby to open shanties elsewhere.
"Hoi!" Serabi blocked the Lisp's way arbitrarily. Geo looked up, found Serabi put on a face full of cunning.
"What?" Geo answered flatly.
Serabi squinted. There was a new trail of bruises on this slurred guy's chin. Serabi was curious as to why the kindergarten boy he called these bars was often injured since he broke away from the bench for the student council president. Serabi used to think that this little curly guy was very protected by his brothers, rather spoiled, and also not allowed to work hard.
"Are you fighting again?" Geo touched the bottom of his chin. After that he shook his head slowly.
"Fell," He said quietly.
"You couldn't walk properly until falling? Kindergarten kid! Naturally, I'm not surprised anymore!"
Geo spontaneously kicked Serabi's knee. Serabi moaned. This Sweety Kick was no joke. Pain until pain. Unfortunately, Serabi was still strong enough to survive and not fall.
"I want to ask you something!" Serabi bulged and hissed.
"We're not that close until you have to ask something."
"You're really stuck, ah! If you know what I want to ask, maybe you will attract your spicy words!"
"What the heck is that?"
"So, you're curious?"
"No."
"Then you don't want to ask?"
"No."
"Really?"
"Yes. I can ask Milo if I really need to know something."
"How could the Milo know!"
"What the heck is that?"
"Now, you're curious, right?"
"Forget it!”
"How come it's just done?"
"You go around like a fart bundle. I'm lazy to ask again!"
"Okay, okay! I'll just ask for one."
"What?"
"You have a crush on Kartika?"
Geo frozed. That question again! Gosh! Geo did not want to be questioned so by someone he really avoided. Why was Serabi asking this? Was it because Serabi wants to insult him? No. This could not be allowed!
"What's your business with it?"
"So... really?" Serabi touched his chin.
"I want to have a crush on whoever, what's the business with you?"
Serabi smiled victorious. He reached into his pocket, then showed his own cellphone. There was his photo with Kartika there. The photo that Serabi took from his laptop on purpose and made it as wallpaper. That's why ... Serabi wants to make Geo uncomfortable.
"Look, here! I approached her first." Serabi showed the photo to Geo.
Geo felt disturbed. "Then?"
"You're better to stay away from her. She and I are already close first."
"Right first. Now?"
"What do you want?"
"Because I’ve already known that she was once close to you, I was even more motivated to make her has a crush on me. So she can open her eyes, if in the past she made a mistake with you! I am the right person for her!"
Serabi more disturbed. Why is this guy being like this? Was it because of karate? In the past, every time he debated, Geo preferred to fight, but after that he let Serabi won. However ... now Geo is actually challenging him back? Is this lisp curly boy really in love with Kartika?
"Please pay attention for a moment! To all of members of the karate extracurricular, please come together after school in the field as usual!" The sound of the speaker made Geo wake up.
Serabi cleared his throat. He smiled happily and won. Geo couldn't take this anymore. He snorted, then stomped. Serabi blinked. Gosh! For all these years, months, hours, minutes and seconds he had been hostile to this lisp guy, only this time Serabi had seen Geo acting so cute! He looks so spoiled!
"I won't give up! Kartika will be my girlfriend!" Geo snorted before finally leaving.
"Look at your self! You're too short for him!"
Geo didn't care about Serabi's insults, because after that he ran to the second floor, to where the social student was. There... in Rama's class, Geo stopped.
"I don't want to practice later," he said quickly.
"Why?"
"I have group work."
"Really?" Rama looked at him fiercely.
"Seriously. Make a craft. I can't come. My schedule was to practice every Wednesday."
"But this is the same as the high school level competition later."
Geo ruffled his hair furiously. He did not want this. He could not come because there really was a real assignment. If Geo prefered karate, then things will get more complicated. Previously he was banned from participating in karate, but because he was often beaten, he also forgot the time with school.
In the past, karate had carved its own story. Geo never defended himself when he was hit. He never resisted the opponent's attack. That waswhy Geomeka and Geomedwi desperately forbid Geo from participating in karate. Geo let himself beaten, after that he retaliated.
"I skipped training later! I really can't practice other than Wednesday. The thing is ... " Geo was hesitant to tell the reason, until finally Abith appeared.
The guy came with a special purpose, and when he arrived... he saw Geo here.
"Very nice! You're gathering! " Abith smiled, nodded, then signaled they were coming.
The three of them talked, gathered behind the language laboratory.
"What's the matter, Bro?" Geo looked at Abith unwillingly. He knew that Abith already knew of his choice to dive into the world of karate again.
"Yesterday I wanted to ask you, but I didn't just have to! So now, because the two of you have gathered, it's a coincidence, right ... "
"To the point, please!” Geo grunted.
Rama nodded. He looked at Geo's unfriendly face. For some reason, Rama seems to had a huge grudge against him.
"Ge, haven't you told Mas Meka that you joined karate?"
Geo looked down. Nod in doubt afterwards.
"My brother doesn't know, and I won't leak to him."
Geo looked up, then nodded resignedly again. Rama only stared at the two of them reluctantly. He did not know what business to do with him so he had to be included in this event.
"And you, Ram ..." Abith turned to Rama. Rama raised his eyebrows.
"Yes?"
"I don't know why you are cruel to this curly, but I don't want your hatred to interfere with your professionalism as the chairman of the karate extracurricular!"
"I know."
"Just why do you hate me?" Geo turned to Rama. When he got there, he did not know that Rama really hated him. Now, Abith also wants to know. Because Abith is discussing this issue, Geo also wants to know the real reason!
Too Be Continue...