Born as an only child, currently Eva no longer has complete parents. Her father died in an accident that occurred three years ago. It is still clearly recorded in Eva's head to this day, how terrible the shape of her father's body was, which had been crushed by a truck with a heavy load.
She was left with her mother. A housewife who doubles as the head of the family. Her daily job is just to make cakes to be sold at various basic food shops around the area of the house. Luckily the location of their house is close to the market making it easy to buy ingredients as well as sell them. Wanting to expand the scope of business, this small family is constrained by inadequate vehicles. Want to use the services of people, while the necessities of life are very mediocre and sometimes lacking.
There are only pink bicycles with a typical female model. There is a small basket on the front and a pillion behind it. The only vehicle in this house.
The bicycle was used by Eva to go to school. At least Eva doesn't walk to school when her friends use luxury vehicles.
"Mom." The girl in the Taruna Bangsa high school uniform approached her.
Vina turned to her with affectionate eyes. As a mother as well as a father, Vina doesn't want to dream too much because fighting alone is not an easy thing to go through. It took a lot of struggle, sacrifice, and patience. It is enough to be able to watch her daughter grow up, see her find her identity to be herself, and watch her study with a proper education.
Which parent isn't proud of their child when she wears the number one high school uniform in Indonesia?
Yesterday she told me that he was entrusted with being the student council president at Taruna Bangsa. An achievement that Vina is proud of because when she was at school she also served as student council president.
The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree.
If her husband was still around... maybe she would be proud too. They can reminisce about their youth together. Vina is the student council president, while Radit is the king of naughty students, the head of a well-known community. Don't know why fate is so funny that it unites them in the bond of sacred love of marriage, but then separates them again with death. The farthest farewell for humans who are still alive in the world and set foot on earth.
"Do you want breakfast here or at school?" Vina broke the silence that had occurred.
"Just go to school, Ma. It's already late," said Eva.
Vina nodded and put in the tuperwar which had been filled with fried rice as well as a few pieces of sweet cake. Don't forget the milk in the bottle. Learning also needs food.
In the past, Eva was the most anti-carrying lunch to school. Alhamdulillah she found friends who have the same frequency. Feeling uncomfortable eating in the canteen because it's too crowded and noisy. Contrary to those who like serenity. Usually during break time the class would be quiet leaving Eva with her friends. As long as they are also not ashamed to bring provisions, Eva will also brush off her embarrassment because it will be better when we become ourselves.
"Thanks, Ma. I'll go first, okay."
She rubbed the back of the hand of the woman who had contributed a lot in his life, then came out and dragged her bicycle down from the house.
Paddling away from the yard Eva waved to her mother who was standing at the door. "Assalamualaikum!"
Living alone together, just like Vina who only has Eva in her life, even Eva who only has a mother without the presence of a father figure in her life.
***
In the middle of the indoor field, clearly see two girls walking while waddling in school clothes that they have designed in such a way that they fit very well on the body. Eva who witnessed it clucked in annoyance. What an eyesore!
Taking definite steps, Eva approached the two girls from grade 10 who were still milling about in the middle of the field when the doorbell rang.
After arriving in front of them, Eva deliberately pulled the hem of one of their clothes roughly to lower it down so as to cover the part of the navel that was deliberately flaunted.
"Came to school wanting to study or wanting to be a bitch, hm?"
Brak!
It was too soon for Eva to notice. His body staggered backwards. He almost fell over if he couldn't balance himself properly.
"Your mouth is really badass. Rebuke it nicely, don't insult it!"
The girl, known as Fitra, who is known to be naughty among grade 10, jerked arrogantly. Lifting her chin looked at Eva who was only up to his nose.
Eva glared still silent on the action she received earlier. Seeing the reaction of the student council president, looked shocked with worried expressions, making the two female students smile crookedly. Look at their seniors, just being jerked like this is already shocked. Mentally weak!
Eva snorted with her arms crossed over her chest. Earlier she was very surprised and now can control herself so as not to ignite emotions. Lazy to deal with the debate of the kiddies, it's better to just go straight to the law. Let's see who is more powerful in this school. Those who are rich kids, or Eva student council president from scholarship kids? Highly recommended isn't it, arrogant to arrogant people?
Eva circled her gaze, but couldn't find any trash in the clearing. She looked at the two girls in front of him with a flat expression.
"According to the school rules page eight, chapter two, regarding the rules for wearing clothes in the school area. Do you think it's polite to wear a nappy shirt looking like this?" Both of Eva's hands went down to the navel and then twisted them tightly making the two girls scream in pain.
"Ahhh!"
Eva's pinch was painful. Fitra and Nila crouched down holding their navels. Kill!
"Referred to as a bitch do not accept, cih. Run around the field 10 times. According to the number of pages and chapters that you break, page two and page eight. Add up a total of 10."
"Ten laps around the court. N-o-w!" Eva ordered emphatically.
"Get up!" snapped Eva harshly. Don't want to see their drama that screams exaggeratedly.
"No need to physically attack, fuck!" Nila shouted. She stood up and pushed Eva brutally because she was too annoyed.
"Astaghfirullah! Allahu!" Eva was shocked to receive an attack like this. If she didn't walk backwards away from their attacks, her ass would fall to the floor.
"Aaaa!" Eva joined in screaming loudly because Nila and Fitra shouted at her resulting in Eva's voice asking them to stop being drowned out by their loud voices.
There was no other way, Eva swallowed her saliva in utter shock. She took a deep breath and then immediately shouted so loudly that her voice echoed in this vast indoor court. "How dare you push the student council president around like this!! Do you want your parents to call you huh?!"
Eva's threatening scream this time managed to make them stop, although the ferocious expression was still clearly printed on their faces. Believe it ... Eva really lost badly. Two on one? After all, Eva's height was only up to their noses. She really felt cornered.
Eva took a breath. Oh gosh she was really shocked. Her breath was still ragged even when she was trying to calm down.
"Why you looking at me like that?!" challenged Eva too furiously. "Execute your punishment now! Deny? Get ready, I will write to blacklist both of your names!" Eva said while pointing roughly at the faces of the two of them. "Your offense has doubled. Fighting the student council means fighting the teacher. The student council is the right hand of the teacher. Got it?!"
***
Teaching and learning activities were in progress while Eva had just finished watching over the underclassmen during their sentence. Now she just got to his classroom and found the door closed.
This morning is the schedule for the Physics subject taught by Mr. Erik as a teacher in that field. He is a new teacher, replacing Mrs. Anti, who she said wants to continue her Masters studies in America.
Eva's hand pressed on the doorknob then pushed it open. She noticed the quiet atmosphere when she was teaching and the squeaky sound generated by this door managed to divert the attention of the whole class. Eva flashed a smile. "Excuse me, Sir."
Mr. Erik, who was originally focused on explaining the material, finally turned his head to the source of the sound. He found students with neat appearances, clean skin even though the color was not white, and a small lump on the right upper teeth like a sweetener when he smiles.
But Mr. Erik doesn't care about all that. He asked questions in an unfriendly tone. "Where were you?"
Eva grinned so as not to get too tense. She is confident to pretend to be cute like this, because to her, she is quite beautiful. Included in the category of beautiful girls in this class, although not the prettiest.
"There's some business, sir. A grade 10 child broke the rules. So I went there first to warn and take care of it," Eva answered very clearly. Even though the expression displayed was grinning, Eva didn't want to regret it when she spoke.
Mr. Erik snorted. He no longer looked at Eva, but swept his eyes across the class. "Next time, there's no excuse, OK? Whether it's student council or whoever, if you have a subject with me, I don't like having someone new come when I'm already teaching. Very annoying, understand?"
"Understood, Sir!" The whole class shouted so that their voices echoed throughout the room.
Suddenly Eva's throat felt dry. Eva swallowed her saliva trying to hide her nervousness. She stood in front of the door alone, received a subtle sarcasm that felt very embarrassing from Mr. Erik. Meanwhile, her classmates all shouted out in unison like that.
Eva is the teacher's favorite high achieving student. During Eva's schooling, this was the first time she had been humiliated like this by a teacher. The girl took a deep breath and smiled faintly with her head down. "I'm sorry, Sir. I promise I won't do it again," Eva said firmly.
As if he didn't hear what Eva had just said, Mr. Erik continued what he had said earlier which had not been finished. "Critical. Even you still carry a bag when roaming outside the room." The quarter-century man let out a laugh, as if he wanted to embarrass Eva even more.
"Other students will definitely wonder why the student council president is still hanging around carrying a bag while studying is in progress. Are you embarrassed?"
"Shame!" Classmates shouted back in unison.