Smartass!

Suddenly, it made Afika and Diaz sit up straight and stare at their respective homeroom teachers.

"So, what do you think Yaz? Do you want to try out at this university that I'm offering?" asked Diaz's homeroom teacher. Afika turned her head once again.

"No, I don't. I want to go on holiday first," Diaz refused. "Next time. I'm not interested in going to that university anyway."

"You're more concerned about your holiday than trying out for the State University? This is a rare opportunity, Yaz," his homeroom teacher wondered. After hearing Diaz's rejection.

"Ma'am, for me, holidays are very important compared to having to think about complicated questions that make my brain dizzy. As a student, I also need to be happy before the national final exam, right? Isn't that right, Mum?" Diaz defended himself. He didn't like it when his homeroom teacher kept forcing him to take the entrance exam to the State University.

"The holiday can be later. The entrance exam is limited. I will be very proud if you accept the University's offer. You're the only student in this school invited by the university," persuade the homeroom teacher again.

Diaz got up from his seat. Then, he said goodbye to his homeroom teacher. "Excuse me, Mum! I'm still going to enjoy my holiday. Even if I have to lose my chance of getting accepted to the State University."

"Hah, you idiot!" muttered Afika quietly. She listened to the whole conversation between Diaz and his homeroom teacher.

Diaz, who had been holding back his annoyance from earlier, immediately glanced at Afika. What business did Afika have interfering in his personal matters?

"What did you say just now? Say it again!" Diaz immediately bumped into Afika, after leaving the teacher's room. He deliberately waited in the school corridor towards Afika's class.

Wow, it's bad! It seems like Diaz is a vindictive person. Afika tried to deal with it on her own. One on one if you dare.

"I didn't say anything. You heard me wrong," Afika denied. She pretended not to know. So that the matter wouldn't get longer and longer.

"Wait!" Diaz interrupted. He knew Afika would run away immediately for not taking responsibility for what she said in the teacher's lounge earlier. What an embarrassment!

"Hey!" called Diaz.

Deg!

Afika's heart was racing. She didn't dare turn her body around. She wanted to take a step of a thousand shadows, aka running. Unfortunately, it was as if her legs could not co-operate. She fell silent as Diaz watched her movements closely.

"What's wrong with you? You really like getting into trouble with me," Diaz said, looking at her closely. He bent down to watch Afika's face because she was smaller than him.

"Who's asking for trouble? We have nothing to do," Afika stammered. She tried to appear brave even though she was scared to death inside.

Afika tried to avoid Diaz. Reflexively, Diaz's arm grabbed her hand. Suddenly, the teenager was shocked by Diaz's treatment in front of her friends at school.

"Watch out for you! Once you mess with me again, I won't hesitate to ...." Diaz's sentence stopped for a moment.

Diaz saw Afika holding back her fear. Afika's face looked cute and adorable when she was scared to face Diaz. Seeing Afika's look like that even melted Diaz's heart who basically had no heart for others.

"What for?" challenged Afika. "You want to threaten me, huh? Cemen!" she taunted as she swatted Diaz's arm away.

"Just watch out!" Diaz challenged her back. He himself was actually confused about what to say. Afika interrupted him. So, everything he wanted to say was cancelled.

Afika walked quickly away from Diaz. She reached into the skirt pocket of her uniform. There was a box of yougurt that she hadn't tasted earlier in the canteen. She stopped her steps for a moment. Then, she gulped down the fermented milk in the mini box.

Afika turned around and threw the used container at Diaz.

DUUUKK!

Right on target. The empty packaging rubbish smashed straight into Diaz's back when he turned around. Oh my! How did it get hit? I had a feeling the throw would be off the mark. It didn't match Afika's prediction.

"Aish, damn it!" Diaz snorted in annoyance. After receiving a throw of rubbish from Afika. He looked very angry now.

"That girl again! She's deliberately messing with me. You'll see! She'll get her comeuppance." Diaz will get her comeuppance someday.

"Die! Now he looks like a lion king ready to pounce on his prey," Afika muttered. She looked to her left and right. Then, she hurriedly ran away before Diaz could take his revenge.

Afika ran away first. She had no intention of throwing the rubbish at her senior. The evil intention just crossed her mind. Oh my! Oh my! Oh my!

Finally, Afika arrived at her classroom. She went straight to her seat.

"Fik, what's wrong with you?" Febby wondered. The same was the reaction of Gina who saw Afika running towards her classroom.

"I ... have been chased by the devil," Afika said in a breathless manner. She also spoke carelessly.

"A demon?" Gina and Febby chimed in. They looked at each other and frowned.

"What the devil? In broad daylight there are demons roaming the school. There are only credit demons," Gina joked.

"Credit demons? What else?" said Febby, getting even more stunned at the useless conversation of her two friends.

Gina glanced at a girl who was always collecting cash in class. The girl had just passed by them with a sardonic look.

"That's her! The class treasurer who likes to cheat us out of pocket money. So annoying," Gina quipped. She glanced back at her with a cynical look in her eyes.

***

School hours are over. As usual, the homecoming bell rang for a very long time. The cheers of the students in the school enlivened and enlivened their freedom that was restrained during class hours. For them, there was nothing happier than the homecoming bell ringing.

"Eh-eh, look at that!" Febby pointed at Carla. The flirtatious girl was trying to get close to Alan.

Afika had seen her just now. Ah, that's normal. It didn't seem strange. However, to Febby and Gina of course it looked strange. Because as far as they knew, Carla already had a boyfriend. If she already had a boyfriend, why would she approach Alan? What an odd girl! Febby and Gina were so jealous of Carla's attention-seeking behaviour in front of Alan.

Afika didn't want to comment. She herself had seen Carla and her boyfriend doing something behind the arts building. They even showed off their affection in front of Afika and Diaz. Oops!

"Aren't you jealous of them, Fik?" Febby wondered. "You said you like Alan. Seeing them walking together, how come you don't say anything?"

"So ... what should I say, congratulate them?" sneered Afika.

To be continue …