The Hourglass 22 Graduation Party

It seem cultivating or strengthening our spiritual power or mental power increase our processing and remembering capability.

I looked at other around me that is trying to cheat by slipping their mobile phones into their pocket, bra, clothes, even panties so that the phone won't be noticed.

Probably I will be anxious too if I didn't have this upgraded capability but I will probably just reviewed it a few time before I went back to reading novel or watching anime.

Then I looked at the couple who seem to be free of any anxiousness and just laughed with each other, it was Jessica and Maria. From what I heard they studied with each other and that's all they need, they became confidence about the final test just by studying with each other.

I suddenly took Aria hands who sit beside me waiting for others to finish the test on their computer, Aria was surprised by surprise 'attack' but she just smiled even when I held her hands and used it as pillow to sleep on my computer desk.

The next few days repeated more or less the same as the first day of the test, many students is cheating but the teacher didn't notice or just let them be, me and Aria finishing the test the fastest.

After the test finished the school announced we will have holiday for two weeks before they will held a graduation party in the morning that parents could attend with the dress code being batik clothes and there will be a prom night on the nest day that started at 7p.m but the gate will be open at 5p.m.

These two weeks I and Aria went into date and we done many courageous act like having s.e.x in public while the illusion is active or I make are squirt on some girls head and many more endearing thing together.

My life was basically happy with Aria but somehow I still have an regret I still haven't solved and it sometimes causes aches on my heart.

Two weeks pa.s.sed by shortly, probably if it weren't for Aria I would hide myself in my house while doing the usual, m.a.s.t.u.r.b.a.t.e, read novel and manga or watch anime so I am thankful for this cheerful and outgoing woman who dragged me out of my sh.e.l.l.

I went as early as possible for the graduation and wore my best batik clothes while Aria wore her new batik dress that we bought on one of our date.

We went together after reminding my parent and grandparents that I am going to school for school event since my father is sick, he cant go with me while my mother is in different island from me.

I drive tensely with Aria beside completely relaxed, when we reaches the school I realized that we are the first one to arrive.

We took picture on our cla.s.ses, auditorium, and many more memorable places. Just when we finished taking picture we saw many students and parents flooding the gate, looking at that I was glad that I came earlier than it was supposed to.

Avoiding the crowd we, Aria and me went to the auditorium where the event is going .

As usual after the seat was filled up the prayer is first on the list and then out principle give speech, as I was bored at his long a.s.s speech I used the illusion power I got from Aria to make it as it there was several ghost behind the principle who imitates him talking and it immediately cause screams and fears to the fellow students, parents, and teachers, when the principle saw what's behind him he fainted.

The speech got interrupted and I got punished by Aria but my purpose is achieved, the events continued as it was parents representative speech next just as I want make the illusion again, Aria already blocked me and I forcibly have to hear the speech and the teacher representative speech.

The events next to it was as usual just like other important events on school, there was solo song, boy band, girl band, modern dance, traditional dance which repeat twice, except there was a show form the newly added j.a.panese language cla.s.s.

Hearing the combined speech that sometimes speak j.a.panese that got continued with English or Indonesian language or it will be the reverse even I got embarra.s.sed seeing the flimsy sword of momotaro which bend and his the oni's head when it got blocked.

The event ended at 11a.m just before lunch, so before we got back I took some picture with my few girls and boy friends including Jessica and the aches in my heart remind me once more what regret I have to solve before I graduated since we won't actually graduate until may which is one month from now.

I went back grumpy and that night I told my self in front of the mirror naked, since I just finished bathing, I told that no matter how sad it is and no matter how bitter it is you have to say it, to left no regrets behind.

A day pa.s.sed and I just read some old manga called 'Zero' to calm my self, when it was time I took bath wear my suit, I first put on my shirt and used the cologne that I think is good and I wore my suit along the tie while Aria wore an red open back evening dress with roses as the decoration this time with a light make up just like when we are going to a date.

I arrived at 5p.m as it was said in the invitation the time for open gate, but aside from me, Aria, staff, and committee, the teacher and other student still haven't come yet so we hand over our invitation even though the committee already knew we are students here.

From the entrance until the auditorium there was a red carpet that led the way there and surrounding the carpet was a two meter wooden fence with pictures that was taken on our school days.

The entrance of auditorium was fenced and there was little purple light bulbs wrapped around it and except the end of the red carpet where it led into a star shaped entrance with yellow light bulb, but of course it was empty except the stage staff.

On our canteen, the food was placed just like when it was a weeding party, since there was still no one except us and the staff here we eaten first.

After we eaten, Arian and me walked back to the gate, we saw there was a decent amount of people coming trough the gate but of course some of them already pa.s.sed by us when we are eating and is inspecting the auditorium.

We wait in the gate until it was six past half an hour before many students and teachers suddenly flooded the gate like yesterday.

The newcomers hurried to the canteen to eat and when it was 7p.m the mc called for all of us to be seated on auditorium. The seat on it was shaped like half an circle that surround the stage unlike yesterday which shaped like square.

The events started like yesterday except the parents representative speech got exchanged into sponsor speech but the principle didn't make any speech, probably still scared of the yesterday event after several sponsor speech, the real events started just like yesterday but the costume was more luxurious and there were more of one category events, for example when yesterday there is only one modern dance, now there is two but the j.a.panese language cla.s.s didn't make an appearance, the whole time when the light got switched on I searched for Jessica and after several shows pa.s.sed I found her sitting beside Marion on the back seat.

The events this night also include some nomination such as sleeping beauty nomination and champion, which means the one who slept the most on the cla.s.s and some other that pa.s.sed.

After I found Jessica, I asked Aria to stay in her seat but I went to the back seat and I sat behind Jessica on her left side since I want to avoid Mario hearing it.

Several events pa.s.sed I was still siting there trying calling out for Jessica but since the song was too loud she cant hear it and finally when I called her in a little to loud voice, she and Mario turned to me when she asked "what the matter MF?" with Mario looking at me, I felt my courage dispersing and I ended up answering "no, just wrongly called"

Nodding she and Mario turned back to the boy band on the stage, just after the band finished the MC announced that she will announce the best couple nomination.

Then she let the screen behind her display a picture of a couple with a name on it, the first one was Angela and Shoji, I watched until it was on the fourth one it displayed picture of Mario and Jessica with their name below the picture, after two more couple was announced.

The mc announced "now as we already displayed all the nomination, next I will announce the best couple of this third year of Don Bo*co Highschool" she stopped for a moment to built the suspense "it was Mario and Jessica, please for the winner to get on the stage"

On the stage come a an and woman , both carried an piece of clothes with a clasp on it and written on it was 'the best couple of the year' even though it was technically not true at least on this school it is the truth. The woman handed it to Jessica and the man handed it to Mario, after wearing it the MC asked both of them to say a piece of word and took picture together just like the previous other nominations.

After saying thanks and taking picture, Jessica and Mario went down the stage and sat at the back seat again.

The show goes on, after one more show on the stage I resolute my self once more and I call for Jessica, luckily Mario didn't notice.

"Jessica, you may already know it from the rumors but please at least just listen please"

She nodded with confusion on her face.

"Jessica, I have liked you for a long time, I already forgot the reason I liked you , it's probably because you are beautiful or perhaps because you are kind but still I liked you. I know you and Mario is already a couple, heck you even asked me some advice, I acknowledge that Mario is probably the best for you even the school does still I liked you and thank you for listening until the end"

She nodded and spoke "thank you for your courage Michael"

I immediately lowered my head and closed my eyes because I could felt the tears is about to overflow from my eyelids, after a few minutes I got a little control over it and I went into a place near the library where there was no one there.

I sat down there and I put my hands on my eyes and without warning the tears overflowed from my eyes and I cried like I was a little boy, I heard the sound of me sobbing like a child and I detected someone is coming toward me but I ignored it until she was hugging me, Aria.

Silently she just hugged me even when I hugged her and cried into her, several minutes pa.s.sed and I began to recover from my sadness.

I immediately said sorry to Aria "sorry for not telling you my plan and for letting you wait that long"

She said "it's okay as long you truly loved me"

I nodded but after my tears dried I said to Aria I need some time alone so I wandered around the school seeing some friends of mine but no one noticed the fact that I just cried.

I went back to Aria and we walked back to the auditorium and we watched the show until it was a sad speech that teacher delivered to us, the prom night which is not the same as my expectation ended at 0a.m and we got home at 1a.m.