Clara Anisa's Activities (2)

At 6.30 pm, Clara returned to her room after playing with her friends. It was the perfect time to calm down from today's activities. So much had happened, and it had exhausted her quite a bit.

Although quite tired, Clara until now continues to work her brain. She even did that when she was with her friends. Her brain kept thinking about Raka, which she suddenly saw. She thought that, and it kept her brain working all the time.

She did that too when she soaked her whole body in the bath.

"Raka..."

She bent, resting her chin between her hands. The corner of her eye recalled the incident. Her mind was all over the place. Clara is in a state of anxiety right now, thinking about Raka's condition. She was sure that what she was chasing was Raka Pradana. She was sure that it was Raka. But somehow she managed to lose track of Raka so quickly. It was like Raka was carried away by the wind, disappeared quickly from her sight, and could not be detected.

She was worried about Raka, but on the one hand, she was also worried about herself.

Clara currently doesn't want to receive phone calls from anyone. She didn't want to talk to her mother at all, who kept calling Clara all the time. For that reason, Clara rarely uses her smartphone. Even though turning off her smartphone made her uncomfortable, Clara still had to do that to stay away from her mother.

Clara's mother is worried about her daughter, but she will still want Clara to marry Kevin after high school graduation. Clara didn't want that. But, on the one hand, she didn't want to hurt the feelings of her mother, who had given birth to her and raised her. Clara still had to be polite to her mother. No matter how she refuses it, she still has to be polite to the woman who gave birth to and raised her.

Therefore, she only has the option of turning off her smartphone. That way, she didn't hurt anyone with her words.

Those are her worries. Clara is worried about two things, about herself and Raka. In other words, maybe it will stress her out tonight.

Clara realized that she was like her mother. She has anxiety with those closest to her and herself. She has that trait, which seems to have flowed and been within her. Therefore, when something bothered her, that made her anxious, Clara would keep thinking about it, keeping her brain working.

"Raka... where are you going?"

Clara grew more restless as her temperature rose. It was because she had been soaking in the hot tub for a long time. Even so, she didn't care. She even continued to wonder to herself.

"Do I need to go to the boys' dorm to see him? But, what if he hasn't come room yet? I don't want to meet Kevin there. I can meet him tomorrow. Yeah, that's what I can do. But somehow today I wanted to talk to him. I want to see that face."

After she said that, she finally asked about her feelings.

"Why? Why do I want to meet him so much? What is this feeling? Why do I want to be with him so much? It's weird, I'm like I'm not alone. He continues to be on my mind. This feeling… What is this feeling?"

Clara wondered about those feelings. In her mind, she only thought about Raka and her mother. She didn't know why she had to think about Raka. It made her wonder even more about how she was feeling.

And without her knowing, her cheeks flushed red at the thought of Raka. And without her knowing it too, her body started to heat up from soaking too long.

She had to get out of there before it was too late. She could have caught a fever just from bathing. If that happened, she wouldn't have had the chance to meet Raka tomorrow at school.

"Oh, shit..."

She only realized that when she felt her body heat up. She quickly got out of the bath and rushed out of the bathroom.

Clara put on a towel. She dries her hair with a hairdryer. After that, she didn't think about making up her face. That was because she wasn't going out anywhere, taking advantage of the day to stay in her room.

Putting on her nightgown, Clara made sure again that outside her window no one was stalking her anymore. And it was true, that person was no longer there. Chances are that person has a schedule that Kevin has set. If that guy kept stalking Clara, he'd be in trouble—yeah, maybe someone around would suspect him and be taken to the police station. Maybe like that.

After she finished eating dinner in her room, and before she decided to study, Clara looked at her smartphone lying on the bed.

She wanted to use the smartphone, to do things like everyone else; whether it's to play social media or chat with each other. Also, she is eager to get in touch with Raka, whose whereabouts are still being questioned. She wants to ask for Raka's phone number, and chat with each other using LINE. She wanted to do it like what girls do in general.

However, because she didn't want to talk to her mother, she couldn't do that. She only uses her smartphone in the morning, and that's to listen to music or other things. She is still imprisoned, not because of Kevin, but because of her mother.

To be honest, Clara didn't think much about her relationship with Kevin. She felt protected by Raka, so she didn't think about it. If Kevin wants to bother her again, Clara is sure that Raka can protect her from what Kevin did.

In the end, she decided to study with a thought that kept Raka and her mother in mind.

***

The alarm goes off at 4 am. Clara woke up from her sleep that was not too deep. She resumed her morning activities and intended to go jogging. It was a very routine activity for Clara to do.

After putting on her gym clothes, Clara jogged, as usual, circled her dorm, and rested in the public park before finally returning to the dorm.

When she decided to return to the dormitory, she saw a black car stop right at the boys' dormitory. Clara's distance from the car was quite far, so Clara did not know the owner of the car. She felt like the car came from one of the students who just got home. It was likely a wealthy student who had just returned from the dormitory after vacationing at his residence. Yeah, Clara thinks so.

However, when a guy came out of there, Clara was taken aback.

"Raka?"

She saw Raka get out of the car. Raka looked so staggered, even like half asleep and half awake. Even so, somehow Raka was able to open the fence and just enter. He did not say goodbye to the person who brought the car.

Clara, who realized that it was her boyfriend, immediately ran before Raka entered the dormitory.

She ran fast. It crosses the boundaries of her running while jogging. She was very happy when she saw Raka was fine. She was happy, but also curious about what Raka was doing.

Raka didn't say anything at all. He didn't say he was going to Clara. It made Clara even more curious about Raka.

However, as Clara continued to run, she accidentally folded her right leg into her left. It made her fall.

"Ouch."

She felt pain in her right ankle. She wanted to get up and run again, but her legs hurt so much. She felt that she had dislocated her right leg.

It was her bad luck, which she didn't expect at all. Even though Raka was already in his sight, Clara couldn't reach him. It was hampered only because she was careless while running. Clara was too excited to see Raka that she forgot about how to balance her body. Even though all this time she had learned that from her Kickboxing coach. She forgot that, resulting in her being unable to meet Raka who had entered the dormitory lobby.

She tried to get up by defending with her left foot. She walked with quite a bit of effort. She forced her body to get there. She felt pain, really want to meet Raka.

However, when her hard work paid off when she made it to the front of the gate, she realized that someone was watching her.

And that's right. When Clara turned to the 5th floor, from the boys' dormitory, she saw Kevin was there, looked at Clara from there with a pitiful look. It made Clara instantly feel scared. It didn't allow Clara to use her Amygdala, to control her fear.

Clara trembled. Her hands trembled and gripped the iron on the gate. Her eyes were also shaking, staring and seeing Kevin who was there. She forgot the pain in her right ankle, and that indicated that her thoughts were focused on her fear, which was stronger than the pain.

After a few minutes, Clara was finally able to move her whole body. She quickly rushed into the girls' dormitory, and that was though with a limp.

Clara went into her room and lay down on her bed, not thinking that her sheets were soaked with sweat from her shirt.

She lay on her bed for a long time. She thought about the incident. She started to feel scared again when Kevin saw her. It was a look that Clara thought was terrifying to her. She didn't want to see that look again. She didn't want to see Kevin again. That's enough for her. Clara was fed up with all this.

However, in the end, she couldn't do anything.

***

Arriving at her school, greeting several people who greeted her, Clara changed her shoes to school shoes in her locker.

She tried not to show her limp. She walked normally, enduring the pain in her right ankle. She tried not to show what she was feeling right now.

"Morning, Anisa."

"Morning," Clara responded when someone greeted her.

"Morning, Senior."

"Oh, morning," Clara responded once again when someone greeted her.

Clara began to feel excruciating pain as she climbed the stairs. She felt the pain even though she endured it from showing it to others. She couldn't use one leg to climb the stairs. She had to use both legs to climb the stairs. For that, every step as she climbed the stairs, she tried hard.

Before going to class, Clara confirmed something first. She went to Class 2-E, which was a bit far from her class. She made sure that Raka was already there.

But, she did not see Raka there at all. The chair was empty, only Lia was beside the chair.

Clara finally decided to go to her class. She greeted a few people who greeted her, then put her bag on the table. After that, she paced back and forth from Class 2-A to Class 2-E, only to see Raka.

She does that until the clock rings, and as the result can't find Raka's whereabouts.

That disappointed her. It made the feeling she was waiting for disappointed. Clara felt that feeling when she knew that Raka would not go to school today. She was very disappointed with that feeling of hope.

Clara doesn't realize that Raka is in a hurry to go to school. She didn't know that Raka was late, got up late. Clara is not aware of what made Raka late. And, Clara didn't know that today was going to be a new student in Class 2-D.

There is nothing strange during class hours. However, during recess, somehow the female students suddenly came out of their class and headed straight to Class 2-D.

Clara was confused by that. She finally decided to find out what was going on with the pain in her right ankle.

As she walked past the students in the corridor, after she had managed to endure the pain in her right ankle, she suddenly smiled. She looked happy. She couldn't hide her smile. It was her natural smile.

She smiled like that because she saw Raka there, who was tapping on the Class 2-D window with an annoyed face.

Clara walked so fast to where Raka was. She subconsciously forgot about the pain in her ankle. She felt very happy when she saw Raka was there.

When she got there, she let go of her longing.

"Hey, Raka. What are you doing here?"