"No matter how bad you are in the eyes of others, to me, you are always the best."
- Angkasa Ardiansyah
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Grace is getting annoyed with Laura's figure. Her dislike for Laura grew and perhaps without realizing it, hatred slowly spread in her heart. "Are you the only one who can call Angkasa as Angsa?! Don't feel special, okay!"
"It's only Laura that I allow to call me by any name. Laura doesn't hurt if she thinks that she is special because for me Laura is special and all exceptions are for me!" Angkasa mediates the debate between the two girls. He glanced sharply at Grace, who had been speaking sarcastically to Laura.
Grace clenched her fists tightly. Her face was red because she was too embarrassed by Angkasa's confession that slapped her. Not wanting to lose her pride, Grace chose to look away and returned to her seat, feeling irritated.
"Damn it! Just because I'm attracted to him, he treats me like that?! Angkasa, just watch, I'll let you know how disgusting Laura is that you won't be able to think of a bitch as someone special!" Grace made up her mind in her heart to let Angkasa know how dirty Laura was.
Shortly after Grace returned to her seat, a male teacher began to enter the classroom with books related to the subject he was teaching. The teacher smiled as he gave a warm greeting to his students.
"Good morning!"
"Good morning sir!"
The teacher's arrival made Angkasa's heart flutter because he couldn't wait for the first lesson on his first day of school. He prepared all the necessary equipment on the table with sparkling eyes.
Unlike Angkasa, who is very enthusiastic about learning, Laura is getting ready to sleep. Laura studied her empty desk, as opposed to Angkasa's table filled with books. With a straight face, Laura picked up some textbooks and piled them up to serve as pillows on her desk.
"Huh? Laura, I want to use the package book. Can you replace it with another book?" Angkasa panicked because he couldn't follow the lesson in the textbook, which Laura now used as a pillow. He tried to persuade Laura carefully, hoping not to offend his lover and break Laura's mood.
Laura, who was closing her eyes with her head lying on her side on the pile of Angkasa's package books, slowly narrowed her eyes. "Tsk, it's your first day at school. Don't be too diligent!"
Angkasa sighed sadly. He didn't want Laura to dislike his attitude, but today is a special day for him because for the first time in 10 years, Angkasa is finally back in school. He wanted to do his best on his first day back at school. Unfortunately, things didn't go as smoothly as expected because Laura didn't seem to like Angkasa, who was too enthusiastic about learning.
"Alright, I'll do everything you want, Laura." Angkasa crumpled a notebook that was still blank without a single stroke of ink.
Laura must have noticed the change in Angkasa's mood, which looked sad. She rolled her eyes lazily and closed her eyes again. Laura's brow furrowed when she felt a cloudy aura from beside her.
Laura took a deep breath as she lazily spat out a few words. "Hah, in my bag. Take the package book."
Angkasa was stunned to hear Laura's words. Laura's voice, which sounded soft but didn't contain much emotion, made Angkasa tremble every time he heard it.
"In the bag?" Angkasa was quick to respond in response to Laura's words. His gaze slowly dropped to the back of the chair and found Laura's bag which had not been touched since entering the classroom.
"Hurry up before I change my mind." Laura spoke again, as if realizing that Angkasa did not have the courage to fiddle with her bag.
After hearing Laura's permission, Angkasa immediately stretched out his hand to unzip the bag. He took the textbook he needed to follow the lesson.
Angkasa's face brightened with happy, sparkling eyes. His enthusiasm was re-gathered when he learned that he could follow this lesson well.
"Thank you, Laura! I know you the best!" Angkasa whispered in Laura's ear with the corners of his lips slightly raised, keeping a smile that was as minimal as possible because he couldn't shake off the cold impression for himself in front of other people.
Laura did not give any response to a thank you from Angkasa. She closed her eyes tightly as sleepiness assaulted her. Laura was never used to getting up early, so she wanted to close her eyes 'for a while' while at school.
"Psst! Laura, don't sleep! This is material you don't really understand! At least pay attention to it once!" Vikram shook Laura's arm, who was sitting directly opposite him. He stole glances at the teacher, who was explaining the material while trying to wake Laura up.
"Tsk, it's noisy! I'm sleepy, Vikram! I can study that next time!" Laura snorted harshly. She pinches Vikram's hand, which shaking her arm.
"Ugh!" Vikram withdrew his hand when he felt a stinging pain on the back of his hand. He gritted his teeth in annoyance at Laura's attitude.
Vikram's gaze slowly lifted, watching Angkasa who was focused on paying attention to the explanation from the teacher in front. "Psst! Angkasa!"
Angkasa's sharp hearing can hear Vikram's voice. He glanced briefly at Vikram in response, then his gaze returned to the front.
"Tsk, hey! Wake up Laura!" Vikram subconsciously raised his voice so that all the attention of the whole class was on him, including the teacher who was teaching in the class.
"Vikram, why are you noisy in my class right now?! You didn't listen to my explanation properly?!" The teacher cast a piercing gaze at Vikram who had been making noise during the lesson.
Vikram grimaced in embarrassment when all eyes were on him. He scratched his cheek awkwardly. "Uhm… Sorry, sir. I didn't mean to interrupt the ongoing learning. Then, you don't have to doubt me because I always listen to everything you teach!"
The teacher raised an eyebrow. He actually has no doubts about Vikram's seriousness in following the lesson. Vikram is a smart student, so many teachers like him.
The teacher shook his head, not wanting to discuss Vikram any further. "Okay, I'll forget about this matter considering you're a diligent student, Vikram. But, not next time!"
"Thank you sir!" Vikram was just about to heave a sigh of relief at having managed to stay out of trouble. However, a voice sounded with the intent of provocation.
"Sir, Laura sleeps in class! She didn't listen to the lesson from the start!" Grace shouted while pointing at Laura, who clearly closed her eyes as she said.