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Chapter 3 - New Friend

Likha has just arrived at her dormitory, there are many students have just arrived, just like her, the dormitory that Likha will live in is the female dormitory, while the male dormitory is located directly opposite the girls' dormitory, but for this first day all students, both boys, and girls are put together to shorten the time of provision.

"Boys, hurry to the hall, the debriefing event will start in fifteen minutes, so you have to prepare now." The senior who got the task of managing the new students and girls interrupted the new students and students who had just arrived after everyone had gathered in the hall. , the event began, there were two hundred new students this year, one hundred female students and one hundred male students.

"Assalamu'alaikum brothers and sisters, introduce us your seniors who will help you while you are in this dormitory, I am the chairman of the board here, introduce my name Ba'ih single, you can call me Ba'ih, this is my colleague Januar, the one on my right is Ida, and the one on Ida's right is Weny.

"Henceforth we will tell the rules that must be obeyed in this place, for anyone who violates will be subject to sanctions, so try all of you can obey the rules that apply here." Ba'ih started to tell all kinds of things related to the rules and sanctions in this hostel, after which the students were divided into four groups, two groups of boys and two groups of girls, after being divided, they were separated according to gender, the boys were immediately brought into the men's dormitory, so were we.

"My group of fifty people immediately followed me into the room." Ida, who was petite but stern and fierce, was the guide for the Likha group, while another fifty people became Weni's group, who was no less fierce and stern, her face was grimmer, her body was tall and her long hair was braided behind her back.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I repeat our introductions, my name is Ida, I am your senior who will be your guide during your stay in this dormitory, whatever you need, you have to contact me. Now introduce your names one by one." After Ida After talking, they began to introduce themselves one by one, that they had lunch together and pray dhuhr for Muslims, this is a dormitory, not a boarding school, so they are not all Muslim, some are Christian, some are Hindu, Buddhist and so on.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now we will divide your room, one room contains five people so you will be divided into ten rooms. Your room is on the third floor, and we will divide it randomly. Likha, Iren, Dina, Niken, Alicia you all occupy the room. one A, and from rooms one A to one C you will become classmates, and so on, so from one hundred students will become six classes, as well as male students, they will be divided equally so that one class will have around fifteen to seventeen female and male students, so one class contains about thirty-three to thirty-five students, there are also only thirty students, are you clear? "Ida asked, they all nodded.

"Okay, now you go to your respective rooms, at three o'clock we will gather again to distribute uniforms, books, shoes, and pocket money, now you can disperse and rest, use the best of these two hours."

"Hi ... my name is Likha, I am Muslim .." Likha introduced herself to her friends, within an hour they looked familiar. In that one room, only Likha was a person who didn't have, while all of her friends were daughters of other people. well-off people, but they still considered Likha a part of them.

"Likha, how many siblings do you have?" Asked Iren, a girl with an oriental face and a Confucian religion.

"I don't have a brother Ren, I'm an only child, how about you?" Likha asked the other four friends.

"I am two brothers, my brother is already in fourth-semester college, he is a handsome man, he is five years older than me, someday, I will introduce you to him." Iren started introducing his family.

"I am Dina, I am also the youngest child, my sister is married, now living abroad"

"I'm Alicia I'm like Likha, I'm also an only child"

"I am Niken, my brother at most, I am the second of four siblings, my brother is a brother, and my two younger brothers and sisters, they are twins." The four of them chatted happily until it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, Likha. , Niken, Alicia, Dina, and Iren were getting ready to gather again.

"Good evening, all of you, have you got enough rest?" Ida asked her junior.

"Yes, sis" they simultaneously answered their senior's question, all who were here were selected students, and students, of course, all of them were smart and intelligent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, these are your uniforms, books, shoes, and pocket money, all have been given names, so you will call you one by one, then you will check each of your rooms." Ida started calling one by one the younger classmates according to the names listed. After finishing the distribution of equipment, all the students ate together and were asked to return to their respective rooms, today is enough, and the debriefing will be carried out tomorrow.

All the new students and students returned to their respective rooms, Likha and her four friends also immediately returned, when she arrived in the room, Likha unpacked her belongings and put them in her cupboard, she then took a shower and performed the Asr prayer, in this Likha room, only Likha was Muslim, whereas Iren is Confucian, Niken and Alicia Christian, while Dina is a Catholic, but they don't seem to mind their religion, for them religion is their own personal matter.