Everyone was no longer in the classroom, only the two of them and a man sleeping with earphones in his ears.
Asih thought, the two new friends were very closed to each other, so it was indeed difficult to approach them, especially his seatmate who was now staring at Asih.
"Yes, I'm Fira. What do you want to ask me first?" Fira's voice rose, Asih seemed afraid of it but she still answered her question.
"I just want to get to know you, but if you can't, that's okay too. Sorry." Asih feels guilty.
Fira is now also silent, in fact she feels more guilty for treating Asih like that.
"If you want to have many friends, approach others. Don't me. Later you might be hostile to your classmates," Fira said to Asih who was still listening, "You want to be like me and Hasan? Nah!" Show Fira to the sleeping man enjoying the sound in his earphones which he connects to his cellphone.
Asih silent. He doesn't want to be ostracized in his new circle of friends. But Asih also doesn't want to isolate them. According to Asih, it's better to have a few but quality friends than to have lots of friends just in terms of quantity to make them look classy.
"I'm friends regardless of anyone," Asih frankly.
Fira was silent. But Asih's words still can't make him believe, thinking he's someone who will still choose the biggest camp to be special and leave a friend who doesn't have a well-known name in the community.
Fira then reopened her rice lunch. Armed with a makeshift that makes Asih feel the same, Asih suspects that Fira is being ostracized because her life is less than the others.
Asih happened to not bring lunch, she was given pocket money by her husband, the landlord. Not feeling like a wife who is given monthly money, but feeling like a child who is provided with pocket money by his father.
However, sad. Asih still remembers her forced wedding night.
If it drags on, Asih might be under a lot of stress and may commit suicide like her sister.
But Asih has to fight, she has to be successful so that her family is not trampled on again by other people.
Asih then went out, he looked for the canteen. Without saying goodbye to his friend who was eating alone and did not offer himself. Asih didn't get any small talk.
Asih is not hurt because Asih also knows that Fira just can't open up to her. You know .
Asih got out of his chair, Fira looked indifferent without asking where her new friend was going.
When Asih came out, several students turned to him. It was easy for them to recognize Asih's foreign face, that Asih was a new student who had walked with her father Bara this morning who they did not know who Asih really was.
Bara will be embarrassed if everyone finds out that Asih is her stepmother.
Asih is also still embarrassed to ask, she tries to find the canteen by looking at the existing characteristics.
The canteen is the center of attention for the hungry stomachs of students, so school children's goals during recess must lead to that.
Like sugar being swarmed by ants, Asih followed the many children back and forth to the right of the corridor and it turned out to be right.
The canteen is very big and there are many hygienic vendors. A special place, because at this school it is not allowed to eat outside except before and after school.
As Asih was walking to order snacks, suddenly a group of men accidentally bumped into Asih and the man's hand nudged his girlfriend's meatball bowl and spilled onto Asih's clothes.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said a man. She is Miftah.
"Ahhh, Miftah my meatball spilled. Will you change it?" accused the girl in the same class named Silvi. Silvi also looked at Asih who was affected.
"Oh, I'm sorry, your clothes are dirty. Gangs, hold on first!" Silvi asked her friend Nita.
Silvi wiped Asih's clothes with the tissue she always carried. He always has a tissue stock.
Asih is now embarrassed because she is the center of attention of the students who are having snacks there.
"It's okay, it's okay," Asih avoided it when Silvi cleaned her clothes.
Miftah begged with both hands to be forgiven by Asih and her friend Silvi.
"Buy more there, I'll pay later," said Miftah which immediately made Silvi grin.
"Fun, Nit ordered again there!" Silvi ordered her best friend who immediately obeyed because she knew that her friend—Silvi was in charge of cleaning the stains on Asih's clothes. Even if it wasn't him.
"Your clothes are dirty, wet, definitely not good… it also has sauce marks. Want to change clothes? As a replacement. Don't worry, it doesn't stink, I don't play futsal." Miftah gave advice.
His friend Slivi and his two other friends, Rangga and Adji, laughed at that.
"Your mode," Silvi quipped.
"It's okay, keep on holding on Mif!" Rangga exclaimed, followed by Adji's giggling behind him.
Everyone laughed at Miftah's blushing face.
And suddenly someone came and startled them.
"No need to bother!" said Bara refused.
He suddenly came and held Asih's hand. "You are mostly tired of girls, my cousin still wants you to be with you?"
Everyone in the cafeteria who had been listening for a while, they were all shocked. The whispers of the students who were in the audience were also heard.
"Oh… it turned out to be his cousin."
"Similar, isn't it?"
"How come his name is Asih, slut."
"Isn't that right?"
"Yes, because he was brought by Bara's father."
"Naturally beautiful huh."
In another corner, Bella and The Gangs also hear the riots of the students' conversation.
"Don't worry, Bell, it turns out that Asih is Bara's cousin, nothing more," Ica said encouragingly.
But, just as a smile appeared on Bella's cheeks, Ica continued, "So even though Asih is prettier than you, it won't affect you either."
Ica seemed not aware of what he had said. His other friends knew that Bella the Princesss would explode with emotion if someone compared her beauty because Bella thought she was the prettiest in school.
Bella's face looks like it's been given full lipstick, and is now glaring at her friend Ica who is watados (an innocent face).
"You really are, Ca. You're my friend, aren't you?" Bella is angry.
His other friends tried to listen first before stepping in to separate the two.
"Well, what did I do wrong, really?" Ica asked, but suddenly his mouth was gagged by Tata who was sitting beside him.
"Icaaaaa!" Bella screamed in disgust and was still held by Keyla.
Back to the limelight.
Miftah doesn't like hearing Bara's words to her. It was as if Miftah was a Playboy.
But, he also did not want to serve Bara and bring down his self-esteem.
Miftah was silent, she had to be patient with Bara's treatment when she was in a public place like this.
Miftah thought that if she was provoked by emotions, it would make her the same as Bara who has no manners.
"Let's go!" take Bara.
Asih doesn't want to dodge even though she doesn't want to buy food for Fira.
Bara took Asih away and the two of them were followed by his two friends, Hilman and Tobi.
Because Bara wanted to have a serious chat with Asih, the man chased his two friends away to go wherever they wanted.
"Why are you following me? Hah?" asked Bara first before expulsion. "Go away!" he ordered.
"Where should we go, King Bara?" asked Tobi.
Bara is often called King Bara because he is the head of the Motor Gens The King which was pioneered by Bara and was financed by almost all the needs of the gang, especially those who contributed the most and even they even set up a special headquarters and the funds were joint ventures.
"Wherever, to the end of the world, I don't care. The important thing is that you get out of here first, don't bother me!" Just emotion.
The two of them understood and left immediately after the signal to leave the road, which was commanded by Hilman, sounded.
Seeing that, Asih actually laughed because she thought it was funny, from Bara being called King and the behavior of his two friends being funny.
"Why are you laughing?" asked Bara curtly.
Asih immediately shut up, she shrank when in fact Asih's status was higher than Bara's. He should also be angry with Bara for treating Asih so disrespectfully.
Such behavior towards a stepmother is inappropriate, right?
In fact, Bara knows. But if the stepmother is the same age, yes… Bara is also confused.
But Asih seemed to have no power and he just obeyed.