The After The Rain
It's Getting Worse

During the class, Kinara could not concentrate on the material presented by the lecturer because her classmates were whispering to each other. Kinara did not know what exactly they were talking about because the whispers mixed into one to make it sound like an obscure bee hum.

Beside him, Dahayu seemed to put on an annoyed look. This is a course that had made Dahayu almost crazy because the material is actually difficult to enter the brain, and now the material is increasingly difficult to digest because the voice of the teaching lecturer is defeated by the noise of disturbing whispers.

"Lo can all be on diem no, anyway?! I want to learn, dog!" yelled Dahayu suddenly, making Kinara and the whole class staring at him, including the lecturer who immediately clenched his lips and stared intently at Dahayu.

"What's the problem?" ask the teacher in his firm voice.

"They're noisy, sir! I couldn't concentrate on listening to your explanation!" Dahayu did not lose. He glared at the group of students sitting not far from his place. According to his hearing, the group of students who have contributed the most noise pollution since the class began an hour ago.

Mr. Purnomo, the lecturer in his late forties followed Dahayu's perspective and said, "The four of you, if you don't want to come to my class, just go home. Don't make friends who want to learn distracted." He said he warned firmly.

The four students shrieked, they immediately pretended to focus on the textbook on the table with their mouths tightly clenched.

After that, the class was completely silent. Mr. Purnomo resumed his activities of delivering materials. While Kinara looked at Dahayu who was now glaring straight ahead at the projector screen.

"Look ahead! You want to be expelled as well as Mr Purnomo?" whisik Dahayu with great emphasis. He turned his head for a while at Dahayu then refocused his eyes forward.

Kinara did not reply to Dahayu's nagging and just followed the girl's direction to look ahead. Kinara just thought maybe Dahayu's mood was bad. Again, maybe?

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Finishing first class, Kinara knew Dahayu still harbored resentment as the girl glanced dislike toward the four female students who during lesson hours accounted for the most noise pollution.

While the four female students looked unconcerned at Dahayu and glanced at her eyes. They go back to gossiping, taking out whatever was inside their heads without caring about the surroundings.

"Ay," called Kinara quietly while patting Dahayu's shoulder for the girl to take her eyes off the four female students opposite them.

Dahayu turned her head, her eyes still looking annoyed even though Kinara knew that the gaze was not directed at her.

"Cantin yuk, laper." Take Kinara. There was a pause of almost an hour before the next class started and Kinara no longer thought they could hide themselves in the library since the last storm.

Kinara saw Dahayu sigh then nodded her head with difficulty.

After tidying up their belongings, Dahayu pulled Kinara's hand and they walked together leaving the boisterous classroom.

"What do you want to eat?" dahayu asked as they walked down the corridor towards the faculty cafeteria.

Along the way, they still heard whispers from some of the students they met. In addition to whispering to each other, they also appear to show each other the phone screen.

"Mi chicken." Kinara. Sometimes he glanced at the group of students who were gossiping, then he close his body to Dahayu and whispered softly, "They are gosipin about what, anyway? It's like talking about people's lives."

"Lo himself also talked about people, tuh."

Kinara's steps practically came to a halt. He swerved towards Dahayu who was taller than him. His lips pouted, exactly the five-year-old boy who sulked asking for a new toy.

"I'm just nanya, what are they gosipin again?!" the upset.

"Just like that." Say Dahayu lightly. Then, without waiting for Kinara to recite, Dahayu resumed his steps, making the shorter girls run around to re-align their steps.

"Babelle!"

Dahayu flinched as Kinara suddenly hit her shoulder a bit hard. He stopped stepping, glaring at Kinara but the girl instead immediately ran away.

"Stop not lo! Kinaraaaaaa!!!" pekik Dahayu while chasing Kinara who had been running around the ridge.

The chase scene continued, until Kinara's small footsteps stopped when her body collided with someone, causing her small body to stagger and fall.

"Naraaayo!!!" pekik Dahayu who hurriedly approached Kinara who had fallen on the floor.

While Kinara could only grimace feeling her buttocks that landed pretty on the hard floor. In front of him, stood a towering man in a dark blue shirt who looked at him worriedly. The man was about to extend a hand to help Kinara stand up, but his intention could not be realized because Dahayu had already captured Kinara's body and brought the girl back to her feet.

"Lo's okay?" ask Dahayu worriedly. His eyes scoured every part of Kinara's body, trying to find the slightest wound.

"It's okay, Ay." Kinara used a smile to make Dahayu stop worrying.

"Eat him, don't run!" namel Dahayu.

"Yes, yes." Kinara mangosteen only.

Then, just as Dahayu was about to reopen her mouth to spray another scolding, the voice of the man before them instantly interrupted.

"Are you really okay?" ask the man.

Dahayu and Kinara compact raised head. They were both at a loss for words when they realized that the one currently before them was Mr. Andreas, a young lecturer whose name is santer is referred to as a male figure in a perverted video involving Layla.

Kinara briefly daydreamed before finally answering, "It's okay, sir. Sorry, I'm not careful."

"No need to apologize. I was also negligent because I had not focused on the streets." Mr. Andreas wears a faint smile.

Kinara did not know what to react to, so she followed along with an awkward smile. "Then, we'll excuse you." Pamphitt. Immediately pulled Dahayu's arm to go from there.

Mr. Andreas has not had time to answer, but the figures of Dahayu and Kinara have moved away from him. Finally, the man decided to resume his steps.

Meanwhile, Dahayu still did not say anything in the rest of their journey until they finally arrived at the relatively quiet faculty cafeteria. There were only a few benches filled and Kinara decided to pick the bench at the very outside.

"What do you want to eat?" asked Kinara after putting her bag on the empty chair.

"Same on kayak lo." Dahayu answered briefly.

Kinara nodded and immediately darted towards the chicken noodle shop located at the opposite end of the seat he chose.

While waiting for Kinara to finish ordering, Dahayu pulled out the phone from the bag. The blue bird app was opened to see if there was any news of what was trending in the search this morning.

And... Dahayu had to silence her mouth when she found Layla's name in the first order of the search engine. Even though until yesterday, the news about Layla's perverted video was only circulating at the campus base, where the only ones who knew and joined the gossip were campus residents. But now the girl's name was even plastered for real and everyone in the world could see it.

Whose job is this? Who has spread this disgrace to the off-campus environment?

Dahayu did not have time to find an answer to that question because Kinara knew already sitting in front of him, presenting two bowls of chicken noodles and two glasses of sweet iced tea.

"Keep the hape, we eat first." Kinara said, without knowing that Dahayu was currently on the verge of being confused and upset.

"Dear?" call Kinara when Dahayu looks at her without making a sound. "Why, anyway?" ask again. It is a bit scary to see Dahayu like this.

"Yes. Let's eat." Dahayu saved back her phone and decided to first eat their food before getting Kinara into a long discussion.

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