Please Look At Me!
Chapter 12's
The day has darkened. The guilt felt by the girl has not gone away. He felt guilty about telling his parents that. If he was just silent, maybe he would be beaten by his father for being late to go home. His father must have told him he was not thinking at all about the people in the house who were worried about his circumstances.
He could only sit quietly in the living room of his house. Food did not taste good to him. He just kept silent while accompanying his sister who was watching a cartoon series on television.
"Erina, here first" called her mother from the living room.
The atmosphere inside his house had been quite tense and quiet since this afternoon. The people inside his house were dizzy struggling with anxiety for the same reason since then. Both of his parents were also busy struggling with their thoughts and chose to sit while thinking in the living room.
"Yes," said the girl as she walked towards the living room, where her parents were currently.
He looked at his mother and father who were pensive. Both of them looked straight ahead with blank stares because they were thinking a lot. The atmosphere is really bad.
"Tomorrow you don't go to school first, yes" said the mother.
"Yes" answered Erina.
The girl did not ask about the reason behind her parents' ban. He knew that the decision his parents had made was also for his own good. There must be a reason that requires him to obey his parents' orders.
"not how-how. We're just afraid that Jeremy and his friends are gonna start you tomorrow at school. It's all for your own safety" explained her mother.
"Yes." Yeah."
Erina nodded her head in understanding the reason of her mother. Teachers are often overwhelmed by Jeremy and his friends at school. But not a single one of them had actually cracked down on that group of brats. They can still roam freely inside the school even though it has become a subscription for BK teachers.
"Later if the condition is safe, then you go back to school. Tomorrow the same father will go to school you to talk to your principal so that when you have entered school later you are not in any way with them."
"Yes." Yeah."
No objection came out of the girl's mouth. He only obeyed the orders of his parents. He also realized that the problem that occurred this afternoon could endanger his safety. Moreover, Jeremy is not a person who comes from a mediocre family without power like himself. The person who was on the same scene as him alone, Raden, could deny knowing the man.
The world is hypocritical, full of hypocrites. Nor will he deny if he is said to be a hypocrite like the others. He realized that not everyone under the same sky with him would like him, for example, Alan who had hated him from the first meeting of the two.
After listening to his parents' orders. The girl returned to the living room with a tightness and heaviness in her chest. He was watching television with his sister, but he didn't even know what he was watching right now. His agitated thoughts and feelings were as if blurring his vision. His body was there, but his mind was moving elsewhere.
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He spends his time watching cartoons on television. When tired, he will fall asleep. He also cleaned the house and cooked. Spending time at home the day he was supposed to attend school was a day that felt strange and quite tiring for him. He prefers to spend most of his time at school, even though he has no friends at all.
The girl was alone at home today. His sister also went to school, so no one accompanied him inside the house. He is the only one who lives in the house and does not go anywhere.
When he gets bored, he falls asleep. He would even fall asleep in front of a still-lit television. Of course he fell asleep in a blanket and pillow that supported his head to feel more comfortable.
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Chequek...
The front door of the girl's house opened. A middle-aged woman entered the house carrying two plastic bags filled with her groceries. Sweat dripped from the exhausted-looking middle-aged woman's forehead. The weather outside looked blistering, especially he carrying two large bags of groceries while entering the house.
"Erina," she called.
"Yes, Mom."
The girl got up from her sleeping position and walked into the living room. His mother was sitting on a chair to rest because she was tired. His breathing was hunting and the sweat that was sliding from his forehead was increasing.
"Help me take this to the kitchen."
Erina lifted the two bags of groceries towards the kitchen. He sorted out the groceries, like the fish he put in a baking pan instead of leaving it in plastic and just putting it on the floor. Blood from fish that has been purchased by his mother will certainly contaminate the kitchen floor if left longer in a plastic bag and only placed on the floor.
"So mom and dad talked to your homeroom teacher" said her mom from the living room.
The girl was silent while listening to her mother's words. He did not want to refute and only listened to what his mother would say. Of course, the words will not only stop there.
"Your headmaster was also sorry for you because you are not the wrong one here. He also cried when he was told the same thing about Jeremy and his family yesterday."
The girl's mother kept telling her how good the principal was. About how good the man was to listen to the story of his mother and father, and also the compliments given to him and his behavior during this time in school. He did not do much while in school, but that also makes his existence rarely remembered by the teachers at school.
He did not expect that the headmaster remembered him, even praising his behavior during this time at school. Not only that, the man even defended her while listening to her parents' stories, and did not judge them as Jeremy's family and his supporters did. Her heart warmed listening to her mother's story about her principal.