Bagas

Fiancé

Bagas,

I guess I should have hated him of his very impolite behavior towards my best friend and me. He hit on my best friend in a very wrong way in front of my face. This happens a lot and I think I cannot help it but intervene. I cannot let it slide any other time. I am a way to dislike him at that moment.

I pushed him away from Meila and drag him away from the crowd; which happened to be a kind of at the center of the cafeteria. I tried to bring him down, punch him and strike him on his knee, but what really does happen is that I ended up in his arm. I look around; every single eye in this place is pointing at us.

"You're such a cutie behaving like this," he whispered behind my ear, I startled, either pissed or terrified and kinda feel a little bit molested!

I tried to let me off him. I'm pissed off of myself by letting this jerk lays his arm around me, hugging me like I'm the same as any other foolish (slut) girl. I step on his feet so damn hard that he finally take his arms off me. I ran away and pointed out my tongue and stick out my very lovely middle finger at him. I ran away with my friends. At the last moment, I can see he is very pissed off. I guess that is good, well done.

At the next day, I go to school, as usual, taking the school bus, because I get my Driving License yet. Do not actually know since when Meila has already been going out with a next-door-class boy named Weda.

Weda was the school president last year. He is very intelligent in both academic and non-academic, he mastered some sports, and he is tall, handsome and such a lovely man. He is quite a girls' crush. He is also good at piano and several instruments. Not to mention he came from Ksatrya's family; which in my religion is an honored legacy of royal family/ a brave warrior.

While Meila spends most of her time with her boyfriend at school, I have to stick here with the crowd of this only one cafeteria in our school to queue for holy-lunch. I hate jostling in the crowd, sometimes the boys just taking the chances to lay their hands towards the girl; we the girl could not judge anyone because we're in the crowds and everyone can be the suspect. In a split second, more and more students come over and the crowd is getting messier that I had to knock out behind the line. It's such a waste too long in the line if in the end the rice would sell out by the time I get there. Urgh! I'm so pissed off!

"Quit it, Ka. Just wait them leave," asked my friend Dayu, she doesn't like being in the crowd either

I turn around to look at her, then to my other friends who is already stand by on their seats. I felt bad for them. Meila, Dayu, Ridya and Jihan. As long as I am here in this school, they are the only people who befriend me. They help me mingle, escort me and give me anything that can help me to do things that I cannot do alone in this school. Well, girls always never like to jostle in the crowd of boys especially a good 'mannered' girl. Just imagining they being inside those crowds makes them shudders in horror. They will not expect being sexual harassed by the boys, it is disgusting yet displeasing and abhorrent.

Here, where I felt as their dominant; which is in courage, firmness mind and act, and no jokey strength has willing to help them. I fight for my gender. Therefore, I feel liability for providing their rights to shop at cafeteria FIRST than the boys!

"Dika, look at them! They're nothing but a hungry lion!" Dayu tried one again to persuade me

"Na-ah, I'm starving and so are you!"

I can tell Dayu cannot agree more, "We agreed on this. You guys sit pretty and I'll do the buying. You keep an eye on me, watching my back, point the guy who mean to harass me and I'll tear them to pieces, okay?"

Well, I was pretty a gangster back in Junior High. I like to beat people up, mostly students who mess up with me.

As I was standing here, I can feel someone approach me intentionally, I saw him from the edge of my eyes, and he smiles very wickedly at me. Geez, this guy is trying to fool on me. I tried to drown into the crowd to avoid this lunatic but no one willing to open a gap, damn it. I tried to swallow my resentment while my whole body starts goose bumming and uncomfortable in this crowd, fully aware of 'ghost; unwanted hand would lie on my skin.

SLAP!

I startled. I look over my side, I saw the man rushed away from me. What exactly happen? Well, I glad he finally took off.

"Aw!"

I caught by someone's elbow and pushed away back off the crowd. I feel myself stumble and about to fell but a hand grabs mine and pull me out.

"Hey, Tiny jostler"

This voice again. I rolled my eyes annoyed and swung his hand away off mine, I throw a very best of my glare at him but instead he's just laughing at me, at least his face shows that with that filthy slight smirk he put on. What the hell is wrong with this jackass?! Well, why do I care? He is no value for me though.

Instead of messing my mind by thinking about him and my anger to him, let's just looking for a nice gap to step back in.

"Yo, fleek!"

I feel my hand caught by a big hand of him again, SERIOUSLY THOUGH! WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM!

Instead, I shut my own mouth when I realize he's taking me to his 'squad' table. All of them stare at me in silence.

He let go of my hand and force me to sit beside him. Now I trapped between this jackass and his asses' friends.

A girl who is sitting in front of me smiles but I'm to blank out to respond, This guy dragged me here and happened to serve me a bowl of meatball. I guess that's originally was his, hell, no! Whatever he did to me, I swear I will not eat anything labeled of him—

"I touch it yet." he is back and his next to me

Shut up! Moreover, how you suppose to put that bowl in front of me—

"Geez, Bagas? She's the girl you have been talking about? You're, Tunangan?

*Tunangan means girlfriend in Bali language which lead to a girlfriend you would stay with until marriage simply it also means fiancée in Indonesian language

****. Off.

Bagas. This filthy-meatball guy's name is Bagas. I am starving! Instead of minding about their stupid nonsense, I'll just gonna go back to where I should have been. Bye, sucker!

"Hey hey! Where are you going?"

HE GRABS ME AGAIN! STOP IT!

"You said you were starving, feed yourself first"

I was speechless for a couple of secs. How did he know that I am starving!? Well, most people went here 'cause they are hungry but not everyone!

"I 'was'." I'm right, am I? Haha!

I tug my hand but he won't. let. me. go.

"Easy, Dika. Just sit down right here. I've treated your friends, don't worry. Besides, there's no place there for you to sit in. Better let it go and finish your meal before the bells ring"

Yeah, you know better. LETTING ME GO!

I look at my friends from afar, hopes what this guy said was a fraud so I could turn him down and leave like a legend. However, all I left to see is my friends smiling and thumbing up at me. Well, I am stuck so... I gotta be more patient.

I turned around and look at him again, he is ticking his watch; asserting himself once again. I couldn't help it. I sit down and stare at the bowl, repelling some mantras sincerely so I'll be safe from all fraud and wickedness of this one humankind then I eat my lunch peacefully; ignoring this Gosh-so-annoying creature whose props his cheek at me.

"Tunangan?" he mumbled, I just need to abandon it.

"She eats heartily; I guess that's a Yes"

I choke right away; my throat felt burning and hurt! Oh, I...! glared him right in the eye, but he doesn't even seem moved by it and just smiles at me innocently! Oh, I swear...! I crave for spilling this hot soup to his 'very delighted' face but in reality all I do was fake laughing and shadily rolled my eyes and facing away.

It's okay, Dika. This disturbing day soon gonna be end.

. . .

How heartless could she become?

Meila went home with Weda and I have to walk home alone. The thing is, I just remembered my dad still works outside the district so he cannot pick me up. This is all because I had to do my cleaning duty in the class, I had to come out late and the school bus left me. I guess I had to get used to all of this. Back in my hometown, the driving rule is not as strict as one in this particular school.

If I only had my driving license, it would be a lot easier...

. . .

NEXT DAY~

Sports schedule is my favorite because we're free to do any sport the school facilities provide us or just do nothing but chilling under the shade and watch the others playing. Well, at least we have to do the warming up together first and then we're completely free from participating. On the other hand, we still have to follow the rest of the rule, no lunch while class is ongoing and the material scheduled in our curriculum. Which is last week was Soccer and today's Basketball. I hope I get a peaceful day today. Hence, all of my expectation ruined as I felt a hard smash bounce my back.

Hell yeah! What a pain! But, it's more like, the pain when you just get slapped but on your back AND IT'S SPICY AS HELL. I can't even move my body for several seconds. No teachers were watching over us, so no one could help me from this shame except for my friends.

They ran over to approach me and all the fuss about asking if am I okay and stuff. Some are very kind to escort me to pull off the court. I am too embarrassed to look back at those guys. They did not even say sorry or stuff. What a jerk.

"You're alright, Ka? Do you want some ice?"

I just nodded. I haven't figure out how I supposed to react to this kind of drama.

Without Dika realize, Bagas were in the team, witnessing every single momentum of it.

"Hahahaha"

"Why the heck are you laughing now?!" Meila couldn't understand her chair mates more, she always that odd (in a positive way)

"Just ... Funny! I've never been like this! I always saw this on tv and I wonder what would it feel like? Like how bad the pain would be? Well here I am, hahaha"

BUGG!

Bagas throw the ball at the boy who's causing all of those dramatic scenes. The boy stares back at Bagas but he looked a bit startled when he knew who it was. Bagas stares at him in cold, angered glare, he looks ... beasty, terribly angry. Well, no wonder he was startled, Bagas is the tallest of all of them, around 182 cm, and he's not skinny, he's masculine; proportional, simply, pretty shaped. It is rare to find someone in this school dare enough to insult him to anger; challenge him. However, this man is too arrogant that he pretends to stand up against Bagas.

"What?! You have any problem with me?! What did I do, huh?!" the man yelled

No one dares to intervene, especially when seeing what Bagas now look like. When this state of emotion hits Bagas, their friends won't ever dare to do anything unless things going to turn bad. Yes, they observe first before taking any action. Because last time, anyone tries to stop Bagas before the fight even started, oh, you're not even wanna think about what happened to the person.

"Apologize," even his voice sound heavy and scary

"Did you— did you mad at me because I hurt Dika? Well, I do not get it! Are you even her boyfriend? It doesn't seem that way"

Bagas frowns in dislike. He was offended.

"Stop it! You'll piss him off more!" the other guy tries to intervene but not to Bagas, he kinda glances at Bagas

"Ahahahaawhawhhahaha! So funny! Dang!" Dika chuckled still until she can feel her eyes watery of too much 'laughing'

Bagas who truly cannot control his anger, step up his feet approaching the boy and ready to punch him if his other friends (with 's' okay, pay attention) did not respond quickly enough to hold him back.

"Mind your word if you don't want me to tore that mouth apart, Asshole!" he shouted and it echoes around, taking over the attention of the girls including Dika

"What happened to them?" Dika asked

"I got the ice. I'll do it for ya" said Jihan and sit next to her

Dika then turns around to look at the commotion again but she sees the troublemaker is nowhere around.

"Eh ... where did they—" she shut her mouth up as she saw Bagas is walking towards her, looking trying to calm himself down

"Jihan, give me the ice," he said

"Huh? What for?"

Bagas speak no more and just stare at Jihan. But Jihan stares at Dika for approval but the girl seems to stare at Bagas from bottom to top!

"Are you sure?" Jihan asked both of them

Finally, Jihan gave up on the ice.

Bagas sign Jihan to move aside for him to next to Dika.

"Wait, I had to cool my head first"

Dika just humming as a response and then turn around to stares at her other friends, looking for a clue of what is happening and what's she should do now. She was clueless about this such things.

Bagas put the ice on her back all of a sudden that makes Dika startled but was misunderstood by Bagas as pain.

"Does it hurt? Sorry"

Her friends' smiles in a shade that Dika stares at them in horror.

I guess this is the first time she heard those words from him. She then clears her throat before speaking, "No, I just startled by the cold"

He's here, why doesn't she just ask him?

"Gas, what happened back then? You guys sure look like about to pick up a fight"

"... Nothing, it's really nothing" he answered very lightly, "Why do you care?"

"I'm... just asking" well, she sure should have not asked in the first place.

. . .

Today after school, it is her turn to take the cleaning, again, so she had to come out later than the other did. Nevertheless, she can handle it, as always, she is the class president though. Sometimes she even managed to take out the trash alone, something that mostly the boys refused to do. Jerk. I know.

"Hey, Gas? You're hanging around again?"

"Are you waiting for someone?"

A bunch of his friends bumped to him at the parking lot and at least they had to do some chitchat as usual.

"Hahaha, Nah, I'm going home, just a few seconds."

"Alright, see ya tomorrow!"

"Ok, bro! Be wise! And speed up!"

"Hell yeahh~!"

After closing her class door, Dika walks through the corridor to the exit. Her surroundings are already quiet because most of them already went home or in the parking lot. She often gets out from the back gate, which leads to the parking lot because it is closer to her class.

Bagas was busy with his phone when he happens to see Dika passing by the gate.

"Dika!" he called her too loud for her to abandon

But in fact, she did, "What is he doing?!" she mumbled

He runs a bit towards her and pulls her backpack to make her face him, "Take the ride with me"

Dika frowns, "Hah? Why?"

"It's a yes or no question"

"I don't see Miss Firani around" she was punning. Miss Firani is their; her favorite English teacher.

Bagas just frown in confusion,

Dika look around her, "Nope. Thanks" she shook her head, "Bye~," she said and immediately turn around and walk away. Well, Bagas is stubborn, he doesn't do giving up easily, so he catches her up and grabs her hand.

When Dika turn around and look at him, he already put a very pitiful face that Dika couldn't help it but felt guilty.

"What is it? You feel shame of being with a guy like me?

Well it is not just you, it's any guy! innerDika

"No... it's not what you think it is."

"So, what is it that it is?'

Well, Dika is speechless that Bagas could not stand it and drag her with him.

"Come on"

Well, she has no choice.

"Helmet on," he said

"Thanks," she said

*gosh why this sounds funny XD, sorry*

Finally, she is on the bike, it is tricky because the bike is too big for her feet to reach.