Punished By Lecturer

The birthmark on Clara's neck is painful, this often happens when Clara's emotional state is bad. Clara rushed to the sink and washed her face, but when she saw the mirror in front of her... Clara was surprised by the appearance of a snake's face with a long tongue sticking out.

"Aaaa...." Clara was hysterical.

Clara was so shocked that she covered her face with both hands and fell to the floor.

"Clara... What's wrong?!" asked Rumi immediately approached, because she heard the scream.

"Snake... Mother, has a snake!" Clara answered, trembling with fear, pointing at the mirror.

"Snake?" Rumi looked in the mirror confused, she didn't see anything there "Clara no snake here!"

"There is mother! There is a big snake in the mirror. His eyes lit up, then his tongue sticks out, Mom, I'm afraid..." she immediately hugged Rumi very tightly.

Rumi was silent... She was thinking hard why Clara could see snakes, when there were no snakes at all.

"It's okay, maybe you are tired to the point of hallucinating. Come on down, dad will be home soon," said Rumi softly and led Clara out of the bathroom.

The next day...

Clara walked sluggishly to the dining table for breakfast, she couldn't sleep all night because she imagined the figure of a snake in the mirror yesterday afternoon.

"Loh... What's this? Why isn't your son excited?" asked Wiwit and took a sip of his hot tea.

"I can't sleep Daddy" Clara replied as she laid her head on the table.

"Actually, what is your problem? Tell Mom and Dad, who knows we can provide a solution," said Rumi, who was still curious about Clara's attitude yesterday.

"No ma'am, I can still deal with it myself. Later when it's too much, just tell mom and dad." Clara lifted her head again and gave her parents a sweet smile.

"You" Rumi smiled shaking his head.

After breakfast, Clara left for campus with her driver, Wiwit couldn't take her because she had to leave early in the morning at her office. Today the trip is very jammed. Time and time again Clara looked at her watch, her seat began to fidget because time was running so fast.

Arriving at the campus, Clara rushed to the campus hall. She was late, the faster Clara moved her feet.

"This is bad! I'm late for the hall" she said, glancing at his watch again.

Finally Clara arrived at the campus hall, she saw the students and college students had gathered there. Lecturers and seniors also looked at the students lined up in front of him. Although her heart was doubtful, Clara dared to be present at that moment, even though she risked being punished later.

"Sorry I'm late," Clara said breaking the silence. Suddenly the eyes of the Lecturer and senior looked at Clara with a gaze that looked so deadly.

"Just two days into college you are not disciplined!" said the lecturer in a firm tone.

Clara started to get nervous and didn't dare to say anything, her hands started to feel cold, she stood looking down in front of the students and seniors who all eyes were on her.

"Are you lost again Clara?" Arya asked amidst the tension.

Clara looked at Arya and Arya immediately blinked one eye. Ayu understands, Arya helps her find an excuse. At least lying to save reputation is fine right? At that moment Clara felt somewhat relieved that help had come to her.

"Yes, Senior, I got lost. Sorry I came so late," Clara said, holding back her pounding heart.

Whether this method managed to escape punishment or not, what is important now is that there is a valid reason.

"Sorry sir, Clara doesn't really understand places in this university. Maybe we can understand that," said Arya, trying to help Clara get some relief.

But on the other hand, Nada who was standing next to Arya again felt jealous because Arya helped Clara again, her eyes glanced sharply at Clara. Although all this time Arya was the type of person who was indifferent and never paid attention to anyone, but this time Arya seemed to really care about her new student.

"Look at them. They are also new students, but no one is late," said Nada with a sarcastic tone.

Nada's answer was confirmed by the Lecturer, Clara trembled again, she resigned herself to being punished for being late.

"Whatever the reason there must be punishment for students who are not disciplined, Clara" The lecturer approached with a sharp gaze. "Your punishment is to go around this campus until you really know the room, place, area of ​​​​the campus. How many times you go around, it depends on your memory. Got it!"

"But sir..." Arya's words stopped when she saw the lecturer's raised hand indicating that her decision was inviolable.

"Understood sir," Clara said quietly and then looked down.

"For the other students, we can start with the activity I said and you Clara... you can start your punishment now"

"Ready, sir," Clara said firmly.

Before leaving Clara looked at Arya then at the other students, some of whom looked sorry for her, including her best friend Rara, she looked sad because Clara was punished, after which Clara left the hall and carried out her punishment.

*****

"On the first day of college I was unlucky! And now the second day of college, shit! Shit! Shit!" Clara left, grumbling in annoyance.

Big university, lots of rooms and different places of practice. Clara is quite difficult to memorize everything in a short time. Carrying a map of the campus, she kept walking and stopped at every place to write in his book. Her legs were sore, but Clara was only half way around campus.

It was getting late, now Clara was on the 5th floor of the campus. There were only 2 more floors she hadn't visited, the 6th and 7th. When Clara arrived at the 7th floor, she was a bit hesitant to go around. Clara was still standing at the end of the stairs, her eyes wandering through the doors that lined each other.