Classes were over. It was 15:00. All the students filed out of class and headed to the school gates. Some stayed until 5 o'clock because of extracurricular activities and assignments.
Julian was walking and chatting with his five friends: Wiro, Anto, Kaza, Alvin, and Dimas.
"Are you coming to Dimas's house, Julian?" Anto asked.
"Of course, let's play Playstation until night!" Julian said enthusiastically.
"Ahahaha, I like the your excitement!" Kaza said, laughing.
"Most likely Julian will lose again..." Dimas said with a sly smile.
"W-what?!, I won't lose again this time!" Julian said in a high-pitched voice.
"Ahahahaha!" they all laughed.
Wiro, who was laughing, saw Anindya leaning against the school gate and said
"Ah!," said Wiro, surprised.
"Looks like Julian can't come with us" Wiro continued, casually.
Julian and his friends, who were laughing, stopped laughing and looked ahead.
"That's right" Alvin said with a small smile.
"Your princess is waiting for Julian" Dimas said with a small smile and patted Julian's shoulder.
"S-shut up, she's not waiting for me, she's probably waiting for her friends" Julian said sheepishly, glancing at Dimas.
"Oh, really, she's waving at us" Dimas said, looking at Anindya.
Anindya, who was at the school gate, smiled and waved at Julian and his friends, then she approached them.
"Julian! I've been waiting for you!" Anindya said happily.
"A-Anindya, why were you waiting for me?" Julian asked nervously.
"We'll get going first, Julian," said Wiro while patting Julian's shoulder.
"Come on, guys!" Wiro continued, calling out to his friends.
Wiro and his friends began walking away from they two.
"Wait—" Julian said, trying to stop his friends from leaving.
While walking one by one Julian's friends said
"Come on Julian, you take Anindya home, so that no one teases her in street" Anto said while walking in front, to Wiro's right.
"Be a good boyfriend, Big bro!" Dimas said with a big smile and a thumbs-up to Julian. Dimas walked behind Anto.
"Please take care of Julian!" Kaza said, turning and waving to Anindya. Kaza walked to Wiro's left.
"Of course!" Anindya replied enthusiastically.
Dimas, who was behind Anto, said.
"Oh, Kaza, it's rare for see him to be able to talk to girls!" Dimas said with a surprised expression, glancing at Kaza.
"Yeah, maybe it's because he's found a female friend" Alvin said, who was to Dimas's left.
"Hee~ I see..." Dimas replied with a smile.
Not long after, Dimas suddenly became shocked, realizing what Alvin had said.
"EH?! Did he find a female friend?!" Dimas said with a surprised expression and a low but clear voice.
"Yeah, I'll tell you the story as we walk" Alvin said.
Julian could only stare blankly at his friends as they left. Meanwhile, Anindya smiled at Julian and said,
"Let's go, Julian!" Anindya said, grabbing Julian's right hand.
But Julian quickly pulled his hand away, surprising Anindya.
"Eh?!" Anindya said with a surprised expression.
Anindya looked at Julian.
"What's wrong, Julian?" Anindya asked with a confused expression.
"F-first of all, where are we going? Is your house in the same direction as my house?" Julian asked with an awkward expression and tone.
Anindya smiled and shook her head.
"Of course not, but today we're going to exterminate a Bug" Anindya said with an innocent smile.
Julian immediately froze upon hearing those words.
"A-a bug?!..." Julian said in himself.
Julian, who was in froze, suddenly had his right hand grabbed and pulled by Anindya.
"Come with me!. Later, I'll treat you to dinner!" Anindya said, smiling and dragging Julian's hand.
On the way, Anindya remembered something.
"Ahh! I forgot something..." Anindya said, opening her bag.
Anindya took out Julian's jacket in her bag and said,
"... Here's your jacket. Thank you, I've washed it too," Anindya continue with a smile and handed his jacket to Julian.
"Thank you" Julian said, taking his jacket.
"Let's continue our journey" Anindya said, dragging Julian by the right hand.
Along the way, Anindya took photos and short videos to commemorate the trip. Arriving 2 km south of Mataram Vocational School, they came to a small alley. They entered and began exploring.
Inside the alley, a group of about 10 men with scary faces were hanging out. They stood up, and one of them approached Anindya.
"Oi!, this isn't a place for kids, you know?!" the first thug asked in a high tone while holding a cigarette.
Anindya smiled and asked
"Where did you get those drugs?" she asked softly with a slight smile.
The thugs were shocked that Anindya knew this. Julian released his grip and expressed surprise.
"Drugs?!" Julian said in his heart with a shocked expression.
The second and third thugs approached Anindya and said,
"Hey! Look at this girl, she's so beautiful" the second thug said with a grin.
"Hey kid, why don't you just keep us company?" the third thug said with a grin.
Julian was a little annoyed to see that, but Anindya remained silent with a smile. Then Anindya said,
"I ask again. Where did you get those drugs?" Anindya asked, still using a softly tone.
The first thug took a drag of his cigarette and blew the smoke into Anindya's face.
"Who do you think yo—" the first thug said, before he could finish.
"POW!" Anindya punched the first thug hard in the face.
The first thug was hit hard and fell to the ground. Anindya said,
"I hate cigarette smoke!" Anindya said with an annoyed expression and tone.
Seeing this, the surrounding crowd fell silent. The other thugs immediately reacted. One pulled a sharp weapon from under his clothes and began approaching Anindya. Julian was shocked to see the thugs pull out their weapons.
"A-Anindya?!" Julian said in a panicked expression and tone.
"Don't worry, I can handle this. Just wait there," Anindya said.
"Oi! What did you do to our leader?!" said the second thug with an angry expression and tone.
The first thug didn't get up after Anindya punched him hard.
"Nothing, I just hit him because he didn't want to answer and I don't really like cigarette smoke" Anindya said indifferently.
"This kid!..." the third criminal growled in an annoyed tone.
"ATTACK HER!" the second thug shouted.
Several thugs began attacking Anindya simultaneously, some using knives, wooden sticks, and even bare hands. Unfortunately, it was all to no avail. Anindya managed to dodge them all and counterattack them with powerful punches and kicks.
About five thugs had already been knocked down by Anindya, while the rest froze with shocked expressions.
"W-who are you really?!" the second thug said with a shocked expressions as he stared at Anindya.
~To be continued~