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Competition (1)

~ When your beautiful days are gone, God will surely slip happiness for you. ~

Kara's voice. Who's she?

©Copyright-a-Novel-Irma-Karameena

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In 2014.

"Thieve!!" The voice sounded very loud in Alex's ears. His heart was like being slashed by a dagger. Alex didn't steal anything. Earlier, he did go to class but he didn't know anything.

"Not me, sir," Alex looking down, "really, I swear!"

"The proof? Your friend's wallet and cellphone are in your bag," Mr. Arka cursing at him. Once again the principal slapped his face.

PLAK~ PLAK~

Two slaps. Alex's eyes filled with tears. Unlucky! He screamed in his heart. If only it wasn't the principal. Alex must have beaten him. His heart rumbled. His blood flowed to the top of his head. Her face reddened.

"What?! Dare you look at me? Why you make me stress?! You are brat!" Mr. Arka shouted him. It really hurt Alex's heart. A 16 year old student. 2nd year in senior high school. He doesn't know anything. Who dares to work on it? God damn it? Alex thought.

"I won't hesitate to let you out! You're useless! What are your achievements here? Just go to school, you're just fight with your friend.

BLAM!

Alex closed the principal's office door from the outside. He looked at all of his friends in disbelief. They peeked at him when he was severely scolded by Mr. Arka. And some of them even laughed at his suffering. Alex's eyes felt hot, tears were about to fall, but he held them back because of his ego as a boy.

It felt like Alex wanted to throw a tantrum but he didn't want to cause trouble. In the end, he decided to return to class. In class, Alex sits with his hands on his chin. He tried his best to hold back the pain. Still tight to the throat, the anger he held tightly.

"So, don't mess around with me!" Yoga with his gang. Unlucky! Was he the one who slandered Alex?

"You are a Thief!" Yoga slendered once again in front of class. None come to help Alex. Then, All of Yoga's friends laughed at him. Alex opened his mouth and was ready to defend himself in front of his classmates.

"I'm not a thief! And I didn't steal it!" his teeth chattering.

"Misca is mine! Bear in mind that! Don't try to compete with me!" Yoga lightly hit Alex's head, and Alex dodged it spontaneously. Yoga approached Misca and held her in front of her eyes. They walked in front of Alex without the slightest sense of empathy. Apparently nothing good from his classmates. Yoga deliberately flaunts his victory as the man who managed to have Misca. Yes, indeed Misca is one of the girls who caught Alex's attention.

"The handsome thief," came the voice of his classmate, right behind Alex's seat. Alex just looked at her. Oh, Dina, he thought. Suddenly she was class president and first place in the class. She's very arrogant. Alex could only scream to himself. What can he do today? Nothing, other than receiving insults and all that is bad. His self-worth has fallen. Inevitably Alex could only be silent with a burning grudge in his heart.

"Yes, it's really a shame, even though it's at this school. He's just the most handsome!" Sinta replied to Dina's words. Undeniably, Alex's ears felt very hot hearing their chatter.

"Eh, yes you know, I had a crush on him even though. He has a good body, he looks athletic. But why is he stealing... uh, so it's ilfeel," one of the students there, it sounded like Misca's voice. Who? Misca? The girl that Alex had a crush on since first grade. What? Misca becomes ill because Alex steals. Alex didn't steal. Worse yet. The Prayoga gang came back to Alex's bench. Alex rose from his seat. Get ready in case Yoga will do anything to him. Alex knows very well how Yoga's temperament is, no one can stop him from doing anything.

"You are a thief...!For-ever!!" Yoga grinning through his teeth. The corners of his eyes narrowed in satisfaction. He looked at Alex condescendingly. The laughter of his friends was heard. Brand laughs. Mock him mercilessly. The whole class was laughing at him. Without further ado, Alex immediately pounced on Yoga. He knew this must be Yoga's doing to get him out of this school. He didn't understand why Yoga hated him so much.

"Damn you! You insolent! You must be slandering me right?" Alex punched him furiously. Yoga fell on the floor. Then shouted asking his gang members to avenge Alex's treatment of him.

"Have done Alex!!!" Yoga shouted furiously. He wiped the blood flowing from his nose. Sure enough, the gang immediately caught Alex and then glued Alex's body to the classroom wall. They beat, kicked, and beat Alex to a pulp. Until Alex lay weak. But the gang members still beat up Alex. Only the screams of the students were heard in shock at the commotion. No one dared to intervene other than just watching. And some of the girls just kept on screaming. One of them tried to report to the teacher. They only dare to report and do not solve the problem.

"Stop!" shouted from Mrs. Dewi. All of them stop it. Just then, the sound of the steps of the teachers and the principal came to the classroom. Some of their faces looked bruised, especially Alex's. It was clear that Alex was the most devastated, because they had ganged up on him. Even so, still no one defended Alex.

It's all Alex's fault! Mr. Arka put his hands on his hips, "What you really are! I just called you. Now you're doing it again. I'll call your parents. My decision to expel you is unanimous!"

"Sir, sir…!" Alex grabbed Pak Arka's leg. Even though Alex hadn't actually gotten up, he was still in a semi-stretched state. Meanwhile, on the other hand, several teachers and children brought Yoga to the hospital of school room for treatment. They were blind when they saw Alex so devastated. They only saw Yoga, they didn't even think about Alex. This is totally unfair to Alex, of course, but what he can do is lose to the power of the Yoga family, as the biggest benefactor of this school.

"Please don't let me out, sir! My father is sick and my mother has passed away. Please, sir, don't let me out, sir!" Alex pleading. Tears fell even though they only came out of the corners of his eyes. Mr. Arka tried to release his leg which was tightly held by Alex. There's no use begging. Anyone already deaf will empathize. Whoever they were had not heard anything Alex said.

"Get out of the way! I don't care anymore!" Mr. Arka left the class, "why are you not like Pupus, your sister. She is beautiful and smart. Look at you! You're Bandit! Criminal!"

Alex lowered his head. All in vain. Alex's tears just fell. His heart constricted. Alex wanted to scream. Why this world? Why? Everyone looked at him with disdain in the class. Am I useless? Am I that low? I didn't steal! No one believes! Alex muttered in his heart.

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