We, From The First
#16. The Last Game (1)

Later this week, Rakha who acts as the Basketball Club Chairman with OSIS High School Patuh Karya, works together to hold the final match for class XII. This is the first time this activity has been done on the idea of Rakha, which is why over the past week, Rakha seems busy preparing everything.

The last match between the XII classes is themed "Last Game", and they will be held on Sunday. Those who compete are fellow members of the basketball club specifically for class XII. This will truly be their last match that is expected to be able to provide the best memory before graduation. And on that day, Rakha will hand over his position as chairman of the basketball club he has held for two years to the new chairman who has been elected.

After going through various kinds of preparations that were quite mature, finally the day of the match arrived. The men's team and the women's team that have each been divided into two teams will start the match soon.

The first team of sons was the Galactic Team. The Galactic Team appointed Rio as its captain. Its members include; Natta, Dhany, Patton, and Aldo. While the second son team is the Milky Way Team with the captain position which is of course held by Rakha. The members of the Milky Way Team are; Nico, Andra, David, and Evan.

While from the women's team there is Team Vega with Yumi who acts as captain, the members are; Dea, Nadya, Mety, and Riri. Then team two with the name of Team Capella. Fida is his captain, with members; Lily, Tiara, Dena, and Julie.

The event of the day, opened by the show Cheerleaders High School Patuh Karya led by Sheryl. As soon as the opening show began, all the audience who were also students of Patuh Karya High School seemed so excited. They cater to the outdoor field stands and give a compact spirit to all those in action today.

Moments before the men's team match began, Rakha was seen approaching Aira who was sitting in the stands with Bia. Rakha sat beside Aira in a fairly close position. And what Rakha did, can not be separated from the attention of some people in the place, including Nico who stood on the sidelines.

"Tie spirit dong, Ra. This is my last match at Patuh Karya High School" Pinta Rakha looked into Aira's eyes meaningfully.

Lately, Rakha has indeed started to blatantly show her feelings for Aira. Although Aira showed insensitive gurgling, Rakha was undaunted. He chose to keep moving forward. And he felt, that this was the right time for him to get one step closer to the beautiful girl he had been looking for since he first saw this.

"Rakha's spirit!" Said Aira trying to look excited. But his eyes and awkward gestures actually do not look powerful at all. It immediately invited Rakha's laughter.

Aira then pouted. And in Rakha's eyes, he looked ten times more adorable now.

"If my team wins, can you ask for a prize?"

Aira sounded a sigh before replying, "what?"

"Later after the game I'll figure it out."

"cheat!" Aira's murmur pretended to be a lick while folding both of her hands over her stomach.

Rakha who this time could no longer resist seeing how adorable Aira was, could not help but pinch both of Aira's cheeks. Several pairs of eyes that had been watching them, especially the girls who had been admiring Rakha, immediately threw a look of envy.

"Rakha's sick!" Ringis Aira then rubbed both of her cheeks after Rakha lowered her hand. A moment later, they both laughed.

Bia who had been watching them and had felt that her presence was not considered at all, cleared her throat quite hard and managed to make Aira and Rakha look at her.

"The world seems to belong to both, huh? The others are bored!"

"Eh, is anyone here?" Temptation of Rakha that increasingly makes Bia feel goiter.

"Nyari noisily yes, lo" Reply Bia.

Before Bia could vent his sense of regret on Rakha through 'physical violence', Rakha hurriedly returned to the middle of the field with a small run. But in the middle of the road, Rakha turned around and said to Aira in a loud enough tone, "RA, I WILL DEFINITELY WIN!"

Rakha raised her arms above her head forming a heart sign with her hands, she then blinked one eye at Aira. Aira who felt that Rakha was only joking and had no other intention, just laughed. And seeing the sweet behavior that Rakha just showed, everyone around them immediately shouted.

"Rakha really has a crush on you like, Ra."

The words that Bia had just uttered made Aira stop her laughter. He turned to Bia, "yes no, Bi. Rakha isn't like that, is she, her son?" ask Aira skeptically.

"Cock laughing, Bi? Rakha is so to everyone, right?" this time Aira asked in surprise.

Bia sighed, he patted Aira's shoulder slowly, then replied, "lo first, Ra."

"Huh?"

"Lo was the first person to make Rakha kayak that way."

Aira this time did not say anything. He seems to think. I don't know what's in his head right now.

Meanwhile, Nico, who had been watching scene after scene, felt like something was burning inside him. He who is usually able to control his mind, now can no longer do the same. Seeing Aira laughing with others who are not her, he began to understand that the burning feeling he felt now had the name of jealousy. Nico clasped his fingers with a stifled rage.

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The memory of the closeness that occurred between Aira and Rakha that he had just witnessed, continued to appear in Nico's head and made him out of control. That he proved from his game that was quite chaotic in the middle of the field. Nico seemed unfocused, and several times ignored Rakha's instructions. Nico did not even follow the strategy they had agreed on together, making their team miss the first quarter.

"Nic, why the hell today? Play you fucked up." Rakha as the team captain went straight to Nico, and gave him a rebuke.

"Sorry, Kha! I'm not focused anymore." Nico admitted his mistake, he did not shirk, or try to defend himself.

"Next quarter I don't want to tolerate, huh? I don't usually think so, Nic. I know it's not a big game, but whatever it is you have to focus. Don't take it lightly."

"Yes, yes, I'll fix it in the next quarter. I'm sorry again"

Rakha, who had begun to be able to muffle his frustration, patted Nico on the shoulder several times and said, "better still."

The second quarter begins. And Nico is really trying to focus this time. His efforts were not in vain either. For the next, his team continued to score points and managed to catch up with them in the first quarter earlier. Although the third and fourth quarter were quite fierce, Rakha's team managed to cope well.

Rio shouted in frustration as the referee blew a whistle as a sign of the end of the match. Sure enough, this match was won by Rakha's team. Rakha hurried over to Nico, then hugged him followed by their other teammates.

This time it was Rakha's turn who was smiling was attaching to Rio's team.

"Have I said, Yo? I can definitely lose you in the next game." Rakha said as he hugged Nico next to him.

Rio snide cynically then approached his two best friends and hugged him at once followed by Natta. In the middle of the game, they are the opponents. But as soon as the match ended, they became friends again. And that's what they're doing now.

"Congratulations, Nic!" Nana said to Nico as Nico approached her who had been waiting in the front row. "Happy Last Game, this, huh? Hopefully this could be one of your best moments before graduation." Nana.

Nico welcomes Nana's hand. After shaking hands, Nico then clasped Nana's hand tightly accompanied by a smile that always seemed reassuring.

Nico then slowly pulled Nana's hand and made their distance closer, "thank you, dear.." said Nico in a whispering tone as he brought his lips closer to Nana's ear.

Nana laughs. He dabbed the sweat on Nico's face with a small towel.

^^^To be Continued...^^^