OUR YOUTH

The world is hard - Part.3

The time is 9 pm. It's time Karina finished the job. But because he was late. The cafe owner told him to increase his hours for the next 30 minutes. The piled-up dishwasher never ceases to fill the laundromat. The kitchen is so busy because there are so many incoming orders.

Both hands continue to clean the dishes with soap instead of increasing numbers as if there would be no end. Even the plates piled up and piled up almost fell, but quickly Karina and immediately prevented it. If all the plates are broken, then they're all done.

This is no time to complain. Although tired and very frustrated, Karina tries to strengthen herself to keep doing the dishes. Didn't forget she had to throw away the leftover food that looked so disgusting. Stack up the heavy garbage even to make it have to discharge the remaining power to get to the trash can outside the kitchen room.

After struggling hard she pulls two bags of garbage that are so heavy, Karina sits on a plastic chair that has been around since she first worked. And this bench helped her take a short break from the weight of work.

"Finally, I can breathe too," Karina complained while straightening her legs and massaging her slowly. Karina again saw her watch which showed 10:45 p.m., which means the cafe is closed at this time.

Walking under a cold night. Karina had no more power but she had to memorize the material while walking. Walking from the cafe to the bus stop takes ten minutes. A short but precious time for Karina. No matter how tired Karina has to take time to study.

She is poor but at least she has something to rely on. Although she would later not be able to enter college, she wanted to keep thinking like a scholar. Even though his body was crushed, she had to endure the harshness of the world.

Being crammed with people on the bus, it's not common for him. But there's a day when everything gets very tiring and it's like he gives up this fight and ends it. Hold on to the bus handle to keep it from falling. Deepest in the mind that keeps pushing him into the darkness.

But why does it feel so strange?

"Hi you, your nose,"

A woman points towards Karina with a panicked face when she sees blood coming out of her nose.

Then Karina immediately realized that spontaneously she raised her head so that blood would not bleed dirty the bus. He tried to prevent it by hand. All eyes looked at him with a look of pity. An old lady gave Karina some sheets of tissue. Karina immediately accepted it and clogged her nose with a tissue. It's a shame to see so into any eyes, the loving look he hates the most, like she's a total loser.

The bus stops at the bus stop. Perfect timing when she wants to get out of the limelight. Karina rushed out of the bus with her hands still holding the bleeding on her nose that still wouldn't stop.

"What's wrong with me today?! Shit! You're weak!!"

Karina's angry because she's so weak. It was like everything had become so annoying and he was filled with anger that at last only tears could be her release. Karina was suffocated by a lonely, dark sidewalk. Crying for real. Tears of anger for a world that never sided with her, tears of hatred for itself. It's been a tough day for her.

Her chest was so tight and painful, Karina then beat mercilessly, hoping the pain would go away. Tears ran down her face filled with grief for a world too cruel for young people trying to survive. The pain builds up until it feels like it's going to disappear from this world or at least it's going to be destroyed until there's nothing left.

The alarm went off from the phone of a middle-aged woman who immediately woke up when she heard the ringing of her phone echoing in one room. The clock is 4 a.m.

When the sun is up. Karina hastened to leave school soon. Karina had to leave earlier than her classmates because she had to study before the bullies arrived. The sky is still not so bright, because the sun is still covered with night clouds. The clock still shows 6 a.m., but the school gate has been opened by school guards who always kindly greet Karina who just came.

The classroom hallway still looks quiet and dark because there are only a few lights that are still being talked about. Karina kept on walking without fear, she was used to leaving early and facing a long, dark hallway.

When she arrived in a quiet class, she immediately walked up to the window to open all the curtains that covered her to give light so she could study. Walk back to her desk — down a bench that is on the table because every class return home is cleaned. Take off the bag and take out the student book. With silence, Karian can focus on studying quietly.

Slowly the sunlight began to enter the classroom. The sound of footsteps and chatter began to be heard from the hallway. Karina looked clockwise at the wall that had shown her at 7:30 a.m. One by one her classmates came in until the class suddenly became crowded. It's time he stopped to study and waited for the bell to come in.

The first lesson begins, and all the girls seem busy picking up their gym clothes to replace them in the locker room. Because the teacher is waiting in the field. Karina rushed to pick up her clothes in the bag, she put them on the table first, but suddenly someone picked up her clothes and the person was none other than Clara.

"I forgot that today is a sport. Besides, you don't like sports, do you?" Clara said, casually saying something like that. Then she left in her clothes. Not only that, one of her group friends named Lia casually hit Karina's head slowly while walking.