The Mediums Help

18

Resa searched for information by meeting people he knew at school. However, many did not understand the girl Resa was referring to, they all felt unfamiliar. Despite not finding any valid information, he did not give up on him efforts this time.

Resa chose to meet one of his friends who was known as the 'social butterfly' at school. They made an appointment during the second break, just in time for lunch in the always deserted cafeteria. Resa waited with two glasses of sweet iced tea that he had ordered.

"Sorry I'm late, there was a little problem in the teacher's office," Adam said as he sat right in front of Resa. He gave a friendly smile even though his face was as red as a tomato right now.

"Did you go running earlier?"

"Yes, why is that?"

"Your face." Resa pointed at her own face with his left hand. "It's red," Resa continued.

"Ah, you're right about that hahaha!" Adam drank his sweet iced tea after Resa signaled him not to get thirsty.

The brown liquid in the glass had reduced quite a lot by now, and it felt good to see that. Resa felt very appreciated for the drink he had bought, the money he had spent would not be wasted now.

"Oh yeah, what did you want to ask, Resa?" Adam said finally.

"Do you know a girl who is quite tall, with long black hair, and a slightly round face. She has thick eyebrows, and lips that can be said to be thin, but not so thick," Resa explained with a frown as he herself was at a loss to describe Silva.

"Is she around our age?"

"No idea, I'm not sure about that. I've asked my other friends, but they don't know. They said they weren't familiar with the girl I'm referring to, and it looks like you'll know about this."

Adam frowned now, he didn't think he recognized the girl Resa was talking about. However, it felt like he knew a girl he still didn't know who. Adam tried to remember all the people he knew, from the very popular ones to the ones that could be. "When did you see her?"

"Two days ago after school in class XI IPA4 if I'm not mistaken, I'm not really sure."

"Ah, right!" Adam snapped his middle finger with his thumb just like that. Now he gave a big smile as if he knew Silva very well. "I don't know the girl, but I know who she is. She's very introverted, even our counseling teacher always calls her to talk to her."

Resa began to understand why he felt so unfamiliar with Silva, and almost everyone didn't know the girl, even Tere. Tere liked to walk around the school during the day, and she never felt like she knew Silva. Never even felt the aura that she could feel when she met Resa.

There were more and more questions in his head, but he couldn't get the answers today. Resa had to be patient again, but he wasn't sure if he would get an answer from Silva soon or not at all.

"So our counseling teacher knows that girl very well? You mean Mr. Tama, right?"

Adam gave a very confident nod to his answer this time. "It looks like the girl you're referring to will never have any friends or maybe she's just not interested in making friends. Then what are your plans to find information about her if you don't know her?"

"I have unfinished business with her, and haven't started yet. I only know her once, and want to know what kind of person she is."

"Hm, I see." Adam just nodded without thinking, he felt there was no harm in making new friends even though he was in the final year, and would be leaving school soon. "Do you know what her name is?"

"Not yet."

"If I remember correctly, her name is Silva, you can ask Mr. Tama later. What she's like, why she's so secretive, and how to find a girl who doesn't look like that."

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Resa stopped his steps right in front of the counseling office door. He looked at the tall door for a few minutes in thought, and then knocked slowly. A heavy voice sounded quite loud from inside, so Resa pushed the door open.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Tama," Resa said as he entered, and then closed the door quietly. He started to sit on the guest chair after getting the order from Tama.

"It's very unusual for you to see me, I usually don't even call you. What's wrong, Resa?"

Resa chuckled as he scratched the back of her neck which wasn't itchy, he felt embarrassed now for coming when he needed something. "I heard from Adam that you know a girl named Silva, so I came here out of curiosity."

Hearing Silva's name mentioned made Tama frown as he stopped his book-cutting activity. He looked at Resa for a long moment before finally saying, "You don't know Silva, but you want to know about her?"

"I have something to do with that girl, Sir. But unfortunately I don't know anything about her yet, and she also likes to disappear. I'm having trouble finding her in this big school."

Tama nodded his head to confirm what Resa had just said. He felt very happy that someone was finally finding out about Silva, but also felt strange that it had happened so suddenly, and that he had to meet him first. "Why not just go straight to her class?"

Right, Resa was confused now. Why would he go somewhere else when he already knew where Silva's class was? This was quite strange.

"But it's okay if I tell you a little bit. She's a girl doesn't talk much, but once she does, it sounds painful. She's your junior, and you can find her in the lower cafeteria every first break. The second break I don't know where she is because she's often not in class," Tama explained while clearly remembering Silva. "But she's also weird because she likes to come early."

Resa just remembered about that, Tere also said the same thing two days ago. "Was there anything important that was done, Sir?"

"I don't know, but that time I saw her carrying a bouquet of flowers. I forget what the reason was, but it sounded so strange that I don't remember."

This story made Resa even more curious about Silva, and what the girl was doing carrying a bouquet of flowers. Resa gave a smile at last, and then said, "Well sir, I think that's enough for the questions I have in my head. All your stories have answered that question, and I think it's time to meet Silva."

"Okay, I support you wanting to be friends with him. It's a pity she doesn't have any friends, but please don't make her cry!"

"Haha, of course, Sir. Excuse me then, Mr. Tama." Resa left as soon as Tama gave his a smile along with a nod of the head. He walked away, but then his steps stopped when he saw the schedule of each class prominently displayed on the wall near the door. "Sir, can I take a picture of this schedule?"

Tama turned his head when Resa looked at him, he was quite confused with Resa right now. However, he didn't want to think too much, and ended up just nodding in response. Meanwhile, Resa started taking pictures of Silva's class schedule, and then walked away while watching him phone screen to check what schedule Silva had today.