The Lost Sky
15

As Sinta pretended to be frightened, she hid behind Raka. Raka was also accused of wanting to be a hero of bad luck. Raka finally chose to go and just watch. Too lazy to interfere after knowing the original color owned by Sinta. He doesn't want to care, wants this to be real or just a skit. That's not his business at all.

Until finally Raka can conclude that this time it is also a subterfuge made by Sinta. Too obviously, even they can all be defeated by someone who is not even good at hitting volleyball. What's more when Aira's name is linked, it's clear that this is Sinta's plan to make Aira's name ugly.

As promised, Sinta took them off without prolonging the problem. The girl glanced curiously at Raka, she saw that Raka was just standing still without any expression. I don't know what the young man was thinking, but clearly his plan had already been successfully executed. Raka had heard for herself that Aira was the mastermind of all these events.

"I, I, I .. can't believe that Aira is," said Sinta bit her lip, acting to trust her classmates even though they didn't know her too closely enough.

"Don't be so naive, Sin! Maybe the kids are jealous of you!" said one of Sinta's friends.

"If it's true what you said, how do they know Aira if she's not the mastermind?" the other timpal.

"But ..., still," said Sinta looking down pretending to be sad.

"Let's ask if you're not sure!" said Raka standing up from her seat. "You people! Wait?!" said Raka calling the children who had been bothering them. The children were pretending to be in pain and walking a little slower as if they were in a lot of pain.

"Raka, there's no need to prolong the problem" Sinta said, preventing Raka from approaching the men. "I promised to let them go if they did," he continued.

"Oh, I heard that too. But somehow I feel that this is like a drama," said Raka staring cynically at Sinta.

"Raka, you can't suspect that! Please ask this our friend, when did you say that to him?!" one of them defended Sinta.

"Love is too good for you, but you've never been sensitive to our feelings!" the other timpal.

Raka shrugged her shoulders indifferently. "Then let me take them to the police station, then" said the young man casually.

"But" Sinta said feeling uneasy.

"You've kept your word, but I never promised them anything, so I can do what I think is right!" said Raka indifferently.

"Eh, yes, too. It was just Sinta who promised. We-we don't, do we?" they started to wake up.

"So maybe Raka was right" said another.

Hearing that, the bad guys immediately ran away quickly, forgetting their charade to pretend to look in pain. They don't want to be arrested, it's better to escape quickly before that happens.

"seen? They no longer even pretend to look like they're in pain!" said Raka smiling mockingly.

"Geez, criminals of today are too good at acting," snorted Raka's friend astonished.

"His talent is used for things that are not true!" the other timpal.

"But this doesn't break the truth we've got, does it?" ask one of them.

"You mean about the new kid?" the other word.

"Who else would it be if it wasn't him?!" reply quickly.

"Let me ask Aira tomorrow," said Sinta.

The others nodded in unison except for Raka, the young man did not want to bother with Sinta who continued acting. "Come, let's go again!" say one of them.

"Well, he stopped instead," decak Anto looked at Raka who was walking away from them.

"Maybe Rama is tired," Sinta thinly smiled.

"Yes, yeah, yeah. Just remember you continue," kikikik they tease Sinta.

"Don't! Pity Sinta's face is as red as a boiled crab," said another.

"If you keep this up, I'll go home too!" said Sinta sok cute.

"Eh, don't dong. Rarely we can go for a walk with gini," he said preventing Sinta from leaving.

"Although the streets while doing schoolwork, anyway" chirped the others added

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And this is where Raka who was saying goodbye came home. The young man stared at the tall library building and stayed there for quite a while. He wasn't sure if the person he was looking for was here. But this was the only place she knew where Aira spent much time other than in class.

"Why don't I just ask for the number, anyway," decak Raka scolded herself. "I should have asked for it using any excuse!" mumbling again.

Because of the many gazes he received, Raka decided to enter the library building. The young man walked around leisurely while reading the titles of the books that caught his attention. Until he saw Aira sitting facing the big window not far from him.

Raka rushed to pick up any book without seeing the title. The young man immediately approached Aira and sat down in front of the girl. "Hi" she said in a soft voice.

Aira looked up briefly, before returning to read the book in her hand. "Also," she replied briefly.

Shortly after, Aira raised her face again. "What's wrong? What do you want to say?" asked the girl felt Raka's gaze could not be separated from her.

Raka is clumsy, she doesn't want to be misunderstood. "I need to stop! Do you have time?" asked the young man scratching his cheek awkwardly.

Aira nodded. The girl then stood up from her seat. "We're just talking somewhere else" he said, returning the book he had read to his place. Raka followed Aira from behind, she was also about to return the book she had brought.

Aira glanced briefly at the book that Raka had saved back. "A pretty interesting talk" the girl muttered. "You want to succeed without much effort, huh?" continued commenting.

Raka looked at the book she had just kept. Apparently he picked up a book on tips to quickly get rich with little effort. Why is a book like this here. "That's, I just take it! You have to trust me?!" raka said defensively.

Aira nodded once. "I believe!" said the girl flat. "There's nothing to be ashamed of" he continued, choosing to go from there.

"I actually picked up the book without knowing what it was called, Ra!" said Raka try to equate his steps with Aira.

"Well, if you say it like that!" said Aira nodded again.

"I'm not lying!" raka said trying to make Aira believe him.

"I know," replied Aira briefly.

Along the way, Raka keeps trying to convince Aira that she doesn't know what book she's picked up. And Aira instead acted as if she was just trusting in what Raka said regardless of whether it was true or not. That's what makes Raka even more frustrated.