The sunlight shone on the peaceful city, the faint sound of small birds chirping could be heard, the sound of vehicles broke the silence.
Light came in faintly through the window, the figure was still sleeping hugging the pillow, looking so tired. He groaned a few times, his eyelids were disturbed by the light, his black hair looked messy, but still did not hide the fact that he was quite good in appearance.
He opened his eyes, looking very tired and enveloped by a strong aura of laziness, he slowly got up from his sleep and groaned with a little stretch, he looked at the wall clock diagonally, it was about 5:40 in the morning, he scratched his cheek again, and yawned, getting rid of all the heavy drowsiness he felt.
"Seriously, it's still 5:40, Me? Better go back to sleep."
He pulled the blanket, adjusted the pillow, and buried his head deeply into the heavenly comfort. Whether it was a few minutes, or a few seconds, he fell asleep, maybe about 5 minutes.
The sound of footsteps was quite loud, sounded full of anger, getting closer and closer, he opened his eyes, and this time, he saw the figure of a man with a perfectly formed angry face.
His hair looked harmonious, but his body looked much bigger than his, his wrinkles and nerve connections were clearly visible, their faces were not very similar.
"How long are you going to sleep, huh?"
He immediately woke up, then pressed by fear, his sweat dripped little by little, trying to answer even though he was stuttering.
"I-I, you know my watch is broken, so I don't know what time it is, I'm sorry, brother."
The older brother could only pat his face hard, his younger brother's answer really didn't make sense, this time he grabbed the back collar of his stupid younger brother and carried him, the younger brother was shocked.
"Forgive me bro, I beg you to forgive me, noo!!"
The older brother didn't care about his younger brother's words, he continued to carry him until the kitchen was visible, its shape was relatively square, not too wide, but also not too narrow, at the end of a few meters the bathroom door was visible, then the older brother released his tight grip.
"Hurry up and take a shower, Kama, are you stupid? Today is your first day of high school, do you know that?"
"Huh??? Ariz is mean! You don't need to ask me like that, right?"
complained Kama in a tone full of displeasure and excessive protest.
"Don't protest."
Ariz said, his voice chasing with a tone full of growls and indifference, he continued walking without caring about Kama who was behind him.
Kama could only purse his lips, sulking because of his brother's behavior.
*
The morning air felt cool, Kama came out of the bathroom with a fresh body, his pores absorbed the fresh aura of the morning which was really pleasant, he walked quite leisurely and wore his school uniform, a uniform with a white shirt, then wrapped in a black jacket, adding to the impression of his strong personality.
The smell of cooking was quite pungent., Kama jogged towards his kitchen, and saw his older brother cooking something for him, he approached his older brother.
"What are you cooking?"
he asked while trying to see what he was cooking.
"Just cooking as usual, you know?"
Hearing his older brother's words, Kama nodded several times, his smile still visible on his lips, thin, but quite meaningful.
Now, Kama and Ariz sat at the dining table, enjoying the food that had been made with Ariz, Kama ate with gusto, still as usual in general, his older brother glanced at him, his lips open, ready to ask him.
"You don't look nervous at all."
Ariz's tone rose for a moment, Kama who was still eating with his mouth full turned to Ariz.
"I'm not that nervous."
Kama's answer was short, but full of confidence that Ariz read, Ariz nodded, trying to understand and trust his younger brother.
Kama then immediately finished his food, after finishing the milk that his older brother had prepared. He took his bag and put on simple black shoes.
"Where are you going?"
Ariz stopped Kama's footsteps that had already taken a few steps, Kama turned his head lazily to look at his older brother with a tired face.
"You know? That's a pretty stupid question, you came to my house without saying anything like a robber, then entered through the window, woke me up and threw me into the bathroom. And now you don't know where I'm going?"
He spoke in a rather annoying tone, and there was also a very clear mocking tone there.
"I should be the one asking, who's the stupid one here? Do you know the exact address of your new school?"
Ariz said with his chin propped up on his hand, watching his younger brother who was thinking hard after hearing his question.
"No."
Kama's answer was short, concise, and so clear.
"Impressive."
Those words came out of Ariz's mouth, whether it was a mockery or a sincere compliment.
Kama then took off his neatly attached shoes, took them off, and threw them towards Ariz as a form of gratitude shame because he teased me.
*
My name is Kamada Elinson, or you can call me Kama, right now I'm on my way to my new school, looking to the right, there's my older brother, his name is Ariz Elinson. Now we're both in the car, Ariz is driving for me, taking me to my new school.
"Ariz.."
I called his name, he just kept focusing on driving, but his eyes glanced at me, that's a sign that he was still listening to me.
"What's wrong, Kama?"
His tone remained unchanged, but there was a curious tone in his words, he glanced at me once more, waiting for me.
"Ummm, it's like this, actually you don't need to come to my house every morning, I'll be fine, you know that right?"
I said in a tone that tried to convince him sincerely, but he chuckled for a moment, as if he didn't take my seriousness seriously.
"It sounds great, someone who doesn't even know the address of his school is trying to be independent, can you really do that?"
His tone was still full of mocking, but not completely mocking.
"I'm serious."
My tone of voice rose, my body moved forward a little, trying to signal that Sis really took me seriously.
"I'm serious too."
After a while Ariz said that, the atmosphere was silent, not a word came out of me or from him, Ariz was still driving with a straight face.
"I'm serious, besides I'm an adult right? And I don't want to bother you more than this."
Ariz fell silent, he was still driving focused and carefully, his face getting flatter, then he took a breath.
"The last time you said that, you disappeared for five years."
Those words created silence between us, I myself lowered my head, his words were too strong to refute.
"It's all mom and dad's fault, no, it's all our family's fault."
My voice trembled, coming out on its own, even though I tried to restrain myself from saying it as much as possible.
One of Ariz's hands lifted, gently stroking my head, giving me the unreadable warmth of an older brother, a feeling that was familiar to me, moments that I loved.
"Come on, don't blame other people, focus on your school days later, okay?"
I nodded, agreeing with what Ariz said, then after a while, our car stopped right in front of the school gate, Ariz opened the door for me, then I got out and saw what my new school looked like.
Quite luxurious, the building was quite magnificent, no wonder this school was said to be quite a famous school, new students came one after another, their clothes were so neat.
"Remember, a good school is a good start, so don't waste this opportunity, good luck to you."
He got back into the car, waved at me, and drove away. I once again looked at my fairly magnificent school.
*
The new student acceptance ceremony, is a common thing that every school does during the new student acceptance period, I stood in the front row, listening to the principal's speech continuously until it was really deafening.
Since the beginning of my arrival, I was not the first in line, just because my height was much shorter than my classmates, they put me in the front row, it turned out that racism had started to emerge since then.
The ceremony was really very long, boring, and very, very boring, I could only yawn continuously. This was really not a welcoming ceremony, but a detention ceremony.
After staying in the middle of the field for a long time, all the new students were moved to the hall, and yes, those from the school would definitely tell longer stories, but at least there was air conditioning in the hall, better than having to queue on the field.
The principal stood up, a loudspeaker in his hand.
"Forgive us new students, but the air conditioning is currently having problems, and will only be fixed the day after tomorrow."
Okay, this time I will say, I think I will hate this school.
"Ummm excuse me, you're Kamada Elinson from class 1-A, right?"
The voice broke my silence, it was the unmistakable soft voice of a woman, I turned to the right, and saw her, the woman was standing near me.
"Ummm yes, it's me."
I answered her, She flinched slightly, then her lips curved into a thin smile, but a smile filled with strong friendliness that radiated.
"Oh yes, We, class 1-A, will be doing introductions. Would you mind joining us? Oh yes, before that, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Queen Evelyn Rose. Nice to meet you."
I stood up from my seat, and extended a handshake.
"My name is Kamada Elinson, nice to meet you too, Queen."
Our hands shook gently, again Queen curved a warm smile like before, then we walked together towards class 1-A.
"Excuse me everyone, it seems like one of us is missing join the introduction earlier."
Queen gestured with her hand, asking me to introduce myself to everyone.
"My name is Kamada Elinson, nice to meet you all."
I introduced myself to everyone, not forgetting to smile sincerely, as my brother had suggested a long time ago.
Okay, that was a brief introduction from me, the rest of them just asked me a lot of things, starting from my name that sounded strange, to personal things, forget it.
I'm not interested in anything at school, be it that school or not, I never blamed them, because basically all schools are the same, I don't think I would be interested in this school.
The man stood straight, no, more precisely he was leaning against the wall, his blue hair flowing long to his shoulders, the look in his eyes implied arrogance and indifference.
The aura was so familiar, I narrowed my eyes, trying not to assume.
But still, my vision has never been a problem, I'm not blind, what is clear is that the people I know very well, no, I know very well more than anything else.
I hesitantly walked towards him, each step making me nervous, and I swallowed hard. Was it really him?