
Second semester, 2003.
"Kinant. I-I like you from our first grade. M-wouldn't you go out with me?"
"Huh? Aksa shot Kinan?"
A woman stands behind a grove of ashoka and bougenville flowers. He eavesdropped on the two young people's conversation. His heart rumbles when he finds out that the guy he likes is shooting his friend to be a girlfriend.
"Fuck up! Though I've been hard-earned to dress up beautiful every day to hook Aksa. I have also acted as a kindly rich woman. But why did Aksa still choose that poor girl?"
Rani Juwita, the son of the Village Chief Citraloka, the richest man in the village growled in annoyance. Life has been easy since childhood. Whatever he wants always gets.
But now, the guy she liked never once glanced at her. Then all the way he did, to get the man he was looking for. Aksa Sakuntala, the handsome and smart guy. Including pretending to be a Kinanti for over a year.
"Aksa, I don't think I can go out with you" said Kinanti Lirih.
"Huh?"
Rani's mouth gaped upon hearing Kinanti reject Aksa. But a moment later, a smile appeared on his face.
"Goodoo. Just reject. So I still have a chance to get Aksa," muttered Rani grinning widely.
"Ah, so is that? If I wait for you to graduate high school, right?"
Rani again hears the chatter between Satya and Kinanti, "Why is she still expecting that village girl, anyway? What is less than this?" objurgation.
The woman's eyes grew bigger, looking at the scene of a young couple like in a soap opera.
"Curtain, I won't let it. Anyway I'll get you, Aksa," he said. "But, what book did Aksa give the girl? I can't see clearly."
A few days later, word spread that Aksa was rejected by Kinanti spread in the school. You can guess who did it. Because there was only one person who eavesdropped on their conversation at that time.
"Aksa!" rani exclaims during paskibraka practice.
They are in the same extracurricular. While Kinanti was in the PMR exkul.
"Haaah, what's this boy doing again, anyway?" thought Aksa was lazy to reply to Rani's reprimand. He is followed closely by Rani.
According to him, Rani is an arrogant girl who likes to go low to skyrocket. All he does is pretend, so that his image is good in the eyes of others.
"So, so arrogant, anyway. Here, there's a drink for you" Rani said, offering a bottle of cold mineral water.
"I also brought a drink, really." Aksa took out a plastic bottle containing her drinking provisions which were brought from the house.
"Well, yeah, yeah. But I can sit next to you, right?" He looked for a shade under a tree, then sat there.
"Rani, do you like me?" ask Aksa suddenly.
Rani's cheeks met red, upon hearing the question from the man who had filled the chamber of her heart since the first grade, "I was pungent. How do you think that, anyway?" rani denies her own feelings.
"Yes, you're always chasing me. Look for attention with me," Aksa said with a faint smile. "But I'm sorry, my heart is still closed to anyone other than Kinanti" he said.
Rani's heart burned hearing that. The look on his face almost turned grim, but it was fortunate that he quickly took control of him.
"Aksa, don't misunderstand me first. I always chase you. But not because you like you, but because you are smart," said Rani while holding back tears. "But now I have another purpose for approaching you" he said.
"Other goals?" Aksa frowned. He stared at Rani's face long enough, waiting for an answer.
"I heard you were rejected Kinan, right? I know who spread the news" Rani said.
"Yes Kinanti herself" answered Rani.
"Haaah, if that's what I guessed from the beginning. But Kinanti did not confess. Ck, stop. I'm males ngurusin. He must also be busy wanting to test," said Aksa trying to evade.
"Aksa, I heard myself that Kinanti mocked you. He deliberately rejected you, to remain the number one person in this school" Rani said.
"Why are you talking, Rani? Aren't you guys close friends?" reply Aksa does not believe Rani's words.
"I think so too. I even gave him a friendship bracelet. But, everything changed when Kinanti secretly told Master Ma'am, that I cheated on physics and English replicas."
After saying that sentence, Rani exhaled a deep breath. The corner of his eye let out tears.
"I'm threatened not to go to class, Aksa. Though I only asked the grid about before the repetition. Not cheating. But Kinanti only thinks of herself, without caring that others will be trampled under her," Rani continued.
Aksa didn't say. All IPA children in the second grade already know, if Rani several times punished for being caught cheating. But who would have thought, if the one who leaked it was Kinanti.
"What does your case have to do with mine? Why are you chasing me?" tanya Aksa still can not guess the contents of Rani's mind.
"I want to help you, so that you can both get revenge with Kinanti. I was upset because no one believed me. And everyone thought Kinanti was right" Rani said.
"Revenge?"
"Hu 'um. Are you not upset about being rejected? The whole school now thinks you're a gleaming man, because it didn't manage to conquer Kinanti. Though I believe this is not your fault" whispered Rani inciting Aksa.
"I'm annoyed," Aksa said softly.
The guy recalled the moment the first-class sisters laughed at him for no reason. Apparently a warm rumor is circulating, if Aksa is not a real man. Kinanti refused because she did not want to date a man like herself. Although already brushed off the news, still the skewed rumors continue to circulate.
"You still like Kinanti, don't you?" said Rani.
"Yes" replied Aksa.
"Then show Kinanti that you are a real man. Not as he said. You also have to prove that men deserve to be number one in this school."
Rani incessantly instigates Aksa, to avenge Kinanti.
"That's it, don't cause any more trouble. We'll be testing soon." Unexpectedly, Aksa refused Rani's invitation outright.
"Then you want to let Kinanti be snatched away by someone else? There are a lot of guys who like it. Even our new Physics teacher always teases him" whispered Rani.
"What's your plan?"
Aksa's question made Rani smile with satisfaction. Trapping succeeded.
"I've bought the latest HP Nokea. The plan is I will ask someone to take Kinanti to the middle of the forest, and give the HP in return," Rani revealed her plan.
"Why go to the forest?" aksa.
"Yes up to you. Don't you have to prove it to her, if you're a real guy."
Rani whispered as she glanced at the thigh of Aksa who was only wearing shorts. He rubbed the oil without any scent there. Oils that can increase adrenaline and men's needs.
"God! Rani's! What are you doing?" Quickly, Aksa brushed the woman's hand off her body. But Rani has managed to do the action.
(Connected)