Best Mate [English Version]

Bab 2

Rheya's list of annoyances grew: being rejected without having time to explain. Rheya was forced to curse. It's incredibly annoying.

    "Who does he think he is? He feels the most handsome!"

    "And the most awesome." Eri answered in a pitched voice.

    Rheya rolled her eyes. Oh my God... this is not the time to show off. Isn't it enough that Eri is a fake vocal teacher at Rubel? Please, don't add to the long list of annoyances.

    "Hm, but he's really handsome. He's handsome on a different level from Niko." Eri's eyes lit up. "I just found out that there is a cute creature called Pinot at our school. We took a risk. I'll find out about Pinot, meaning us."

    New plans are being prepared. They started to find out about Pinot, by asking *Bang Yul, one of the administration staff - which the students called the school database. According to the information obtained, Pinot Aksara is a student from class XI IPA 6.
(*call for older brother)

    At first they just passed by in front of Pinot's class, but out of curiosity, Eri poked her head into the classroom, looking for a figure named Pinot.

    "He's not there." suddenly Rheya and Eri said in unison.

    Eri's eyes smiled mischievously when she saw Rheya sticking her head out looking for Pinot. "Your babe isn't here, hm?"

    Rheya corrected her standing position, looked back at Eri who was currently smiling broadly at her. "Mm-hm. My babe is hiding in the ghost cave. I have to find his hiding place."

    Eri and Fara burst into laughter. After dozens of full moons, Rheya finally responded to a joke about someone in a relaxed manner. This is a good sign.

    It seems that the universe is helping Rheya to quickly solve her problem. They found Pinot coming out of the teacher's room. Careful not to get caught, they followed Pinot, until the boy turned into the lab room.

    "Let me do the talking myself."

    "Are you sure you don't want us to accompany you?" Fara was worried.

    Rheya shook her head. "No need. He'll think we're gangsters."

    They then separated. Eri and Fara returned to class, but first stopped at the canteen to buy bread and cold drinks. Meanwhile, Rheya gathers her resolve to face Pinot.

    Rheya stepped in, she don't know when was the last time she set foot in the lab, it seemed like middle school - during the carbohydrate testing practicum.

    Rheya stopped in her tracks, stunned to see Pinot - who was measuring the length of the sprout stem with a ruler - who somehow looked handsome in her eyes. The science students seemed to be doing practical work observing the growth of sprouts using cotton.

    "Hi, Pinot." Rheya was surprised as she made such a sweet voice.

    Pinot looked up, glanced at Rheya briefly, didn't care, then went back to observing the sprouts.

    Rheya held back, trying to force a smile. She asked Pinot for help, meaning she had to be nice.

    "Doing it yourself? Where are your friends?" Rheya tried to produce light and friendly conversation.

    "Individual task."

    "Oh." Rheya nodded. "I prefer group assignments. Done together. If you don't know, we can help each other."

    "Group assignments make you lazy. Rely on each other. One person who doesn't work can get good grades just because the others are working."

    Rheya was stunned to hear Pinot's words. It's quite offensive, really, but surprisingly there's some truth to it. She once had a group of friends like Pinot said earlier. Didn't do assignments, just write his name and got good grades.