Not the First
When it Rains

The rain is getting heavier. The sky I saw was so black and thick. Lightning and lightning followed each other. It seems like the rain will still continue to rage. Spilling water on the earth violently.

Even though the land that I have climbed has begun to be submerged in water, it seems that nature does not want to care. Lightning and lightning become.

One by one the students of Superior State High School located in the corner of the city left the school. Actually the bell came home has been ringing since an hour ago.

However there were some classes that had yet to come out, especially those that sat in the twelfth grade. There are additional lessons that they must take as preparation ahead of the national exam that is near the eye.

Among those who have left school, there are those who are picked up by their parents, through the rain with the speed of their motor vehicles or go home with them

nebeng a friend who was close by.

There were also those who were still sitting pretty and a little anxious waiting for the transportation that was heading towards their homes.

As Rey did at this time, since then he was still standing at the gate sheltering under the archway. He waited for the brown public transport that usually passed at the school gate.

It had been almost half an hour he stood at the school gate, but the transport awaited did not go through.

"Due..." Rey is getting restless.

"Sampe when to wait? From earlier, no one has passed, '" Rey grumbled again.

He felt bored because he had changed positions from sitting to standing, repeated many times. The waiting cargo did not cross.

"God gets angry again, Nih"

"Have known rain, Mr. Andi used to linger the return of students. I'm the hard one" he grumbled again. Rey is getting upset because the school is getting quiet.

Rey is also worried. It was getting late and the sky was getting darker. If he doesn't come home soon, he'll get a scolding from his mother. To that end, when a friend offers a ride to the transport base, Rey does not refuse.

"Come, come with the stop!" take Keke who stopped his bike when he saw Rey who was still standing in the gate.

"Who knows the angkot on ngetem there?" added again.

Without thinking long, Rey immediately stuck in the back seat. Since the distance of the school from the base is not so far away, Rey penetrates the rain without any protective gear. No doubt, even if only briefly, the batik uniform he wore was drenched in rain water once he reached the destination.

"I'm sorry it's just here,"

"Yes, really. We will be different directions," said Rey as soon as he caught the look of his friend who did not have the heart to drop at the stop during this heavy rain.

"I'm in a hurry, want to pick up my sister at the tutoring place," he explained again.

"It's ok, say. Ga pa-pa. There are still many angkots passing by at this hour," Rey tried to give an excuse to her friend.

"I live yes" he said again after pulling the gas motor. Rey let go of her friend with a wave of her hand and a sweet smile.

Apparently, this afternoon Rey had to swallow disappointment, at the base also did not look angkot that he had been waiting for since. Of all the angkot lined up at the base, Rey did not see the brown angkot waiting for passengers.

"Duh, what a shit. Why on this base are they I can't see, either,"

There is only one blue transport and 2 yellow ones. The second route did not pass through his house. Turn around to go to school.

"Ah apparently the rain causes the transport driver to prefer not to drive," whispered Rey in heart while running around and covering her head with a backpack that had been held on her back.

Rey took shelter at a stop across the base. He hopes soon there will be a passing freight. Rey sat on a long bench that had been wet with splashes of rain. Stool made of white iron.

"Where to?"

The voice that suddenly sounded was quite shocking to Rey.

It turned out that such a heavy voice was coming from the direction of the police post. The post is located to the right of the stop where Rey slammed her ass a few minutes ago.

Rey tried to observe the voice's owner's face. But because it was covered by a helmet and mask, Rey could not recognize who greeted him earlier.

Rey swept around the stop, not finding a two-wheeled vehicle parked around. Rey immediately stood up from and wanted to leave her seat. But the rain was able to withstand his steps. He had to abandon his intention to leave the stop.

Finally, Rey chose to stand in the corner of the chair and set her eyes on the darkened road due to the swift rain spill.

"Who else. Why do I have to meet such a strange creature," whispered Rey in her heart.he was disturbed by the presence of the mysterious man. The man who suddenly surprised her.

"Don't be afraid" the man walked out of the substation and sat down on the chair Rey had been sitting in.

"Rain like this is very rare transport that wants to operate. Soon the streets will be flooded, they prefer to go home rather than having to penetrate the puddles that can cause the transport machine that is like a wreckage broke down on the streets," continue the man again. Behind the mask and helmet.

Rey remained silent. He is not interested in the conversation of people who are beside him. Rey only glanced at the existence of the person with her eye movements alone.

Rey just shook her head. His eyes were fixed on the street .

"Why am I serving this stranger. I was just waiting for the transport and immediately wanted to get home" Rey whispered inwardly

"Aren't you tired of standing there? Be sitting. I won't eat you" he said again.

Ah....Rey is increasingly troubled by the person's whereabouts. "Why should I sit next to strangers in this rain" Rey sighed.

Stabbed at the foreign man who did not open his face cover while talking to others. Only the look in his eyes was a little friendly. Rey is getting all wrong. Between annoyance with the stranger and the rain that never subsides .

Craaaatt!!!

"Aaahhhhh" cried Rey on a side note.

A speeding motor splashed a thick black water hole towards him. Kubangan which comes from the overflow of got water around the angkot base which is covered by plastic waste.

"Damn!," cried Rey inwardly.

The clothes and skirts she was wearing were getting wet and dirty. His clean white face also became black like watering a comberan.

Rey's conspiracy is becoming. But he could not curse the rider who had far left where he stood.

"I told you. Just sit here!"

Rey turned her gaze towards the man for a moment, her face looked so doubtful.

"Not to be afraid. Trust me, I'm not a criminal"

"Thank you"

Rey finally broke her doubts. He immediately took a seat next to the man. Not so close. Their distance can be occupied by two people.

"I'm sorry I scared you so much"

The man immediately apologized as soon as Rey occupied the bench stop which he had always wanted to occupy.

His feet were tired enough to stand up after a long day of activities he had to complete.

"No. I'm not bothered by existence, you. I just want to get home soon" Rey said.

A pretty ridiculous reason according to Rey herself. How not, he wants to get to the house immediately while the angkot who is waiting never to pass.

Want to stand in any position will not be able to move his body in an instant. From the stop suddenly appeared at home.

Recalling this, Rey laughed to herself. So panicked and afraid he if not immediately get to the house makes his mind hank.

The man just grinned. He no longer speaks. Several times Rey glanced, he was busy with the cellphone in his hand. Rey is too. He chose silence and occasionally bent his neck to the end of the road.

"Come on...hunt...,"

"It's magrib's already," Rey complained repeatedly.

Until in the end, Rey saw the awaited transport coming, Rey immediately stood up from her seat. He did not want to be left behind by the angkot he had been waiting for.

"Alhamdulillah, finally" he cried. The voice was heard by the man who had been staring solemnly at his gadget.

Rey stepped away from her seat as the angkot approached her. Without saying goodbye to the man who had been by her side.

Rey forced her to enter the transport even though she knew there was no side she could sit on anymore. All benches are fully filled by passengers who have been on the freight first.

The bench that seems to be only for 10 passengers on the back, 6 right side and 4 left side it looks crowded by school children. And the bench in front as well. In addition to the driver, there were two passengers on his side.

Finally Rey had to iklas just stick a little butt on the end of the seat on the side of the door. Both hands tightly hold the door and the side of the chair so as not to fall when the transport is speeding.

The man like her also did not care about Rey's departure. His gaze did not change at all from the thing in his hand until Rey passed from his sight.

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