The unusual treatment of Senja Alexandro right now clearly made Mentari Jingga even more frightened, in addition to her fear of rain and thunder.
The girl never expected to see another side of Senja. Fine, three days ago she was also helped by Senja and felt that Senja's character wasn't that bad. But, this time, Senja really looks very... She doesn't really know, Mentari is confused about whether to use the word 'different' or 'weird'. As a result, Mentari more or less forgets her fear and instead focuses on Senja who is now busy taking care of her. For example is, when he's giving a warm sweet tea to her, that her friend ordered earlier. More specifically, Senja held the glass and straw in it, then pointed it directly at Mentari's mouth.
Crazy, isn't it?
Of course, Mentari sipped the warm sweet tea while gawking and giving a look as if Senja was a Gru who came out of the movie and appeared to gather the minions. It is certain that the minions are herself, Awan Nugraha and her two friends, Vivi and Yunifer.
"Hey, Mentari," called Senja, interrupting the seventeen year old girl's absurd thoughts. Even now, Senja is wiping Mentari's mouth with a tissue. If Awan Nugraha looked at the incident with an enthusiastic and amused look and almost laughed, then Yunifer and Vivi were frozen while gaping in their respective places due to the unusual treatment from Senja for Mentari. "I'm seriously asking you. Are you okay? You were so shaking and scared, you even cried. Now, you're just dumbfounded and gaping like that. I think you need help as soon as possible. Tell me, what can I do for you?"
"Sir," said Mentari in a careful tone after previously blinking and gulping. The girl then grabbed Senja's wrist. Surprisingly, Senja just let it go and didn't mind it. "Sir, don't be angry with my words, okay? Are you… possessed by a demon?"
Now Senja is dumbfounded. Meanwhile, Awan couldn't hold back his laughter anymore. He bent down and beat his thigh repeatedly. There were even tears in the corners of his eyes from his laughter. Yunifer and Vivi also really wanted to laugh, however, because the one in front of them and being teased by Mentari was the teacher of this school, as well as their homeroom teacher, neither of them dared to do that. The two girls didn't want to die and were given a bad score by Senja. They are not as brave as Mentari, whose nerves of sanity have almost been gone.
"What do you mean by saying that, Mentari?" asked Senja in an annoyed tone after he woke up from his shock from what Mentari had just said. The girl grimaced and scratched her non-itchy temple with her index finger. Mentari is also grinning.
"Err... I don't mean to be rude, Sir—well, even though I'm already being rude now—but, your current attitude is really not... you. You are who is usually a cold teacher, arrogant, annoying, likes to find trouble with his students—which of course is only me, to the point that I thought that you might have feelings for me—wait, Sir, don't stare at me like that . In essence, your real attitude has millions of other negative traits that are very bad in my eyes and the eyes of other students—boys, Sir, not girls—and not sweet and gentle like this. So, I assume that you must be possessed by the demon or spirit of this school. You know that there used to be a very kind-hearted teacher at this school and he died as a result of being murdered? Maybe the teacher's ghost is possessing you, that's why—"
"Mentari Jingga," said Senja as he opened his right palm in front of Mentari's face, while his left hand massaged the bridge of her nose. His eyes were closed. "It's no use that I'm worried about you. Your words can't be filtered. I am seriously worried about you. You think I'm a heartless human?"
Mentari nodded innocently. "Yes Sir. In my eyes, very sincerely, I consider you a heartless human being," she answered in a cute voice. Senja's eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets when he glared at Mentari who was now smiling sweetly. The sweet smile was rotten according to Senja, because he was sure that it was impossible for Mentari to do it sincerely. The girl must be making fun of him.
"Hey, do those two always act like this? You must also think that those two are very interesting and adorable, right?" Awan asked Vivi who was beside him, after his laughter subsided. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and lightly poked Vivi's arm, then gave his best smile.
"You don't have to pretend to be familiar with me, Uncle," Vivi grumbled. The girl snorted and crossed her arms, then gave him a cynical look. Seeing that, Awan blinked and his smile turned a little strange. Looks weird and confused. Since before, this girl seemed to be building a wall with him, being rude and so on. Awan could have sworn that this was the first time he had met Vivi. But, why was that girl already flying the war flag with him? What's wrong?
Seeing that, Yunifer immediately pulled Vivi into her arms and covered her mouth with one hand, then turned Vivi's face so as not to face Awan. Yunifer smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, Uncle—err, I mean Brother. Vivi is in a bad mood today. She doesn't like talking with strangers too."
Awan just smiled faintly and nodded. The man focused his attention back on Senja and Mentari, but occasionally he glanced at Vivi. For some reason, he was really curious about Vivi's attitude towards him. If that was the case, he had to find out. There's no way, right, he just kept quiet and accepted being hated by others, especially high school students, when he himself felt he had never done anything wrong?
"Shut up, Mentari," Senja took a deep breath and stood up. Then, the man walked to the refrigerator filled with cold drinks in the cafeteria, to get some drinks. However, just as he was about to walk past Mentari, the man tripped over something and his balance wavered. Automatically, Senja's sturdy athletic body swayed towards Mentari who was sitting, his hands unconsciously hugged Mentari's body, then both of them fell together to the canteen floor. Senja and Mentari both groan in pain. Fortunately, Senja protected Mentari's body so that the girl wouldn't hit her back against the hard floor.
"Arrrgh! You're really annoying! You really are a pervert, aren't you?! You see, you're actually possessed by a demon, right?! You want to touch my body, right, so that's why you act nice in front of me?! What a perverted teacher!"
"Hey! I don't like the body of a child like you, Mentari! My taste is high! I prefer a sexy body like a model!"
"WHAT?! IT'S REALLY SOME NASTY MOUTH YOU HAVE THERE, SIR! HERE, LET ME GIVE YOUR MOUTH SOME CHILLI, SO YOUR MOUTH CAN FUNCTION WELL AND CORRECTLY! ARRRGH! MY HAIR STICKED IN YOUR SHIRT BUTTON! MY HAIR IS FEELING HURT, SIR! IT HURTS! ITS CRYING, SIR! YOUR SHIRT BUTTON IS SO CRAZY! CARNIVORE! YOUR BUTTONS ARE THE SAME AS ITS OWNERS, YOU GUYS ARE CARNIVORES!"
Awan burst into laughter again, while Yunifer and Vivi sighed heavily while shaking their heads and immediately took action to help Mentari and Senja.