Blue Scandals
10 - New teacher

The atmosphere of the morning ceremony at the end of July seemed different from usual. There was a figure that the school student had just seen that day.

All the students seemed to be whispering guessing at the figure that was lined up neatly with the other teachers.

“That's a new teacher?” ask Fani curiously.

“Maybe,” answered Lilia lazily.

“Wah if I think it's my passion to go to school.”

Lilia only caught a glimpse of the figure of the man who was being talked about during the flag ceremony. The bright brown-eyed man standing in the line of teachers seemed to be smiling kindly to all the students.

“Kids please keep order and follow the ceremony calmly so that it is quickly finished,” said the ceremony builder suddenly.

The atmosphere was instantly silent. Some teachers just shook their heads to see many students who of course talked about the new teacher.

After the flag ceremony. The Headmaster immediately introduced the figure of the teacher and asked the man in black batik clothes to give a speech.

“Good morning,” said the bright brown-eyed man.

“Pagiii sir!!” answer the compact students who are predominantly female students.

The man smiled and made the atmosphere of the field even more crowded. After being given the code by the Headmaster, the students were silent again.

“Include, I am Arjuna Juliano, just call sir Julio. I will be assigned as a companion BK teacher to help Bu Endah,” said the teacher.

“Second introduction from me. I hope to contribute well in this school,” Julio added.

The man immediately stepped off the podium as soon as he finished giving a brief speech.

Many female students immediately fell in love to see the new teacher.

After the ceremony disbanded many students who paced in front of the teacher's room to just see the new teacher.

“Hali, Lili, you guys don't need to go to that teacher's room? Invite me dong,” said Fani excited.

Lilia and Halina laughed at the excited Fani. Both of them knew Fani's true intentions.

“I am not a class manager so there is rarely a need to go to the teacher room,” replied Lilia briefly.

“Sama,” said Halina responded.

“Yahh... uh but you agree that Mr. Julio is handsome above average,” said Fani in a cheerful voice.

“Yes yes, his face is like a Korean blaster?” halina responded.

“Iya also yes,” said Lilia agreed with what Halina said.

Fani still seems to think. “But the name is not Korea Korean so deh, but his face is typical looks Korean.”

“Hmm, maybe because his mother ngefans boyband fit again pregnant? But still named Arjuna because handsome wkwk” replied Lilia.

The three laughed with that indistinct chatter and dissolved into a long, widening guess.

“Excuse me, Brother Lilia? I was told to get a message from Lilia called the manager of OSIS,” said one of the younger sisters.

As usual, when you are busy chatting, there is always something that comes disturbing.

“Loh called Lilia doang?” asked Fani protested because she felt she was also a member of OSIS.

“Iya brother, Mr. Darma just said Lilia's brother, it seems for division 4,” replied the bespectacled woman round.

“Oh...” Fani nodded in understanding and did not protest anymore.

“Eh Lilia, please see sir Julio dong trus storyain if you have returned to class,” said Halina and laughed.

Lilia was just in a daze to see her two friends who were so excited that there was a new teacher. He got up and headed for the teacher's room.

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The entrance bell rang when Lilia set foot in the teacher's room.

Around the seat, Mr. Darma had present the same division member as Lilia.

“Bu Nur, Bu Sri, Mr. Damar, these are the students I borrow first yes for direction,” said Mr. Darma towards the teachers who are preparing to teach.

The three teachers gave their thumbs up without commenting.

Lilia and her part-time friends get directions from Mr. Darma about school activities and the distribution of responsibilities specifically.

True as Fani said, Lilia got a part of taking care of everything related to academic achievement activities.

Of course it was considered from the academic value of Lilia which was the best grade in her class.

After getting a long instruction from Mr. Darma, Lilia also intends to return to class. He accidentally hit the new teacher.

“Eh? Sorry sir, I was a bit less focused on the road,” said Lilia hurriedly apologized.

“Nina?”

Lilia became confused from hearing the foreign name that the teacher called.

“Sorry?” lilia said again.

Julio seemed to immediately realize his mistake. “Oh sorry sorry, I'm not careful either.”

The teacher immediately returned to his seat. Lilia who had been confused finally continued her footsteps.

The woman did not want to think about the incident, but the scent of perfume and the expression of the new teacher somehow stuck in her head.

The nina?

Lilia recalled clearly the new teacher's startled expression. The expression was like seeing something that had not been seen for a long time. He tried to remember and indeed he did not know the new teacher before.

Lilia went to the toilet first before returning to class to take her mind off.

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Julio checked the list of students at that school. The bright brown-eyed man took his laptop screen seriously.

Lilia is her name?

Julio turned to look at the schedule of ethical mentoring classes that have been given by curriculum administrators.

Soon the turn of the lesson hours and this time it was Julio who had to teach in Lilia's class.

What kind of coincidence is this? julio said in his heart.

Julio took a long breath. His mind got mixed up.

“Gugup first teach sir Julio?”

The heavy voice of the middle-aged man broke Julio's daydream. The man immediately controlled his expression.

“Iya sir, can you share tips for me?” julio said with a friendly smile.

The man whose hair was about to whiten all of it laughed.

“Ya enjoy sir. I am sure Mr. Julio can be a good encouragement (nesehat) for children. You are still young, it is more know a good teaching pattern for young people also hahaha.”

“Pak Damar, physics class gaff to what time?” shouted one of the female teachers in the room.

The person who was called Mr. Damar also encouraged Julio and then went to the direction of the female teacher who asked earlier.

Julio sighed again and prepared to go to class XI A to teach ethics and social norms.

Julio's arrival in Lilia's class was greeted quite excitedly by the female students.

Julio explained the subject matter of the day well. Occasionally his eyes looked towards Lilia.

Hardly any students were aware of that because Julio was doing it carefully while paying attention to the other students.

However there was one student in the room who caught Julio's change in expression.

Reza seemed unhappy with the presence of a mysterious teacher at his school.

How not? Reza knew that the teacher knew his grandfather and again what did a man who graduated from a famous university in a school that is not big?

Like Reza who felt something strange from the new teacher. Julio immediately recognized the granddaughter of one of the most distinguished people in the area.

Julio only responded to Reza's sharp gaze with a friendly smile that looked so adorable for female students to see.

Reza threw a face and sighed. I don't know why the teacher's existence is disturbing.

Reza was curious about the meaning of the teacher's expression as he looked towards the row of his seat.

The gaze of the teacher's eyes was not like the usual eye gaze from a teacher to his student. But Reza could not have reprimanded the teacher based on his prejudice alone.

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Reza is still thinking about the new teacher. He felt a strange premonition just by looking at the face of the teacher who idolized many female students in his school.

After the last lesson was over, he went straight to his grandfather's house to ask about the teacher.

“Tumben you came here on a normal day? Usually you only come if grandfather calls or on weekends,” said Reza's grandmother with a smile.

“Reza wants something for grandpa, nek.”

The white-haired grandmother frowned. “Hmm, did you forget? Of course your grandfather on a normal day is at work.”

“Nevent forgot, Reza all stopped by my grandfather on Thursday he came home sooner.”

The old grandmother simply smiled knots knowing Reza memorized her grandfather's habits. He also invited Reza to eat together.

After eating Reza went straight to the family room and spent his time playing games.

“You don't want to stay here, za?” ask Reza's grandmother.

“Reza to take care of mom, grandma.”

Iansa asked no further and let her granddaughter focus on playing the game.

After two hours of time passed, Reza's grandfather came.

“Iansa, was there a problem on the deal with Xezian yesterday?”

The old woman called Iansa approached the old man and whispered, “There is Reza coming, we talk about that later.”

Reza who heard that pretended not to hear and stayed focused on the game.

The grandfather immediately approached Reza. “Tumben Reza here?”

“Oh yes cake, anyone wants Reza tanyain, but later. Grandpa rest first or change clothes first.”

“Hahaha, just say you still want to play the game,” replied grandfather with a laugh.

“Hehe tau aja.” Reza confessed and continued playing the game.

The grandfather left the family room and changed his clothes. The old man was curious about what made Reza want to come on an ordinary day when it is usually very difficult if asked to come.

Grandpa went back to where Reza was.

“Udahan play the game?”

“Udah.”

“You know what you think is serious.”

“In my school there is a new teacher, started to enter last Monday, his name is Arjuna Julio, grandfather knows?”

The old grandfather frowned, of course he knew the name and knew if the person was indeed a teacher.

“Ya, she's one of grandpa's acquaintances.”

“What kind of person is he? Reza has seen the time to join grandfather to Semarang.”

“Kakek is quite familiar, he used to be one of the business consultants in the partner company grandfather.”

“What company?”

The grandfather caught a strange gurgle from his grandson's question that seemed like he was looking for a background of the man.

Grandfather who had been in the business world for a long time began to understand the direction of the conversation from his grandson. The old man somehow felt so proud of his grandson's watchful and suspicious attitude.

“Ya the name is a business consultant, so why? You seem interested in that teacher? Want it direct?”

Reza was disappointed to find nothing from his grandfather's answer.

“Nothing, I'm just curious. Said he was the best graduate in psychology but why hang out in a small place?”

Grandpa laughed. “Yes there may be a sense of devotion? As long as grandfather knows, he's a good man.”

Reza was silent for a moment, he did not know what else to ask if his grandfather had called that person a good person.

“Before he was accepted as a teacher, he also spoke with grandfather and grandfather would feel calm because he could simultaneously watch over you,” said grandfather added.

“Grandpa asked him to be a teacher here?”

“Hahaha, certainly not Reza.”

“Then why this school? He is not from this area.”

The grandfather finally gave up on Reza's stubbornness and always pursued with a cornered question.

“Grandfather heard, his biological parents live in this area and want to look for him. It's a secret, you don't tell anyone. If you have a chronology of his life again, grandfather does not know.”

Reza was quite surprised to hear what his grandfather said, but he looked more relieved to know it.

“Fun cake.”

“Hahaha you are, are you satisfied or want to still?”

“Ngak,” Reza replied briefly.

His grandfather and grandson continued to chat about other things. Soon the grandmother brought a snack for Reza.

Of course what Grandpa said was not a lie. Arjuna Julio is searching for the identity of his biological father, whom he has never known since birth.

It's just that this is not the only goal that makes Arjuna Julio want to teach in public schools with a small salary.

There are other important things that of course the grandfather will not be able to convey to his grandson.

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