Time Turner

"Alfizar!"

Alfizar snapped opened his eyes, four pairs of eyes were staring at him in concern. The formerly blue sky already turned into the beautiful color of the twilight sky. He was on his back on the ground, his wheelchair no longer upside down. Maybe one of them returned it to its proper position.

"Are you alright?" Dioz asked him, he helped Alfizar to sat up on the ground.

"I'm alright." Alfizar notices his body was aching. That's what he got from sleeping on the ground. He moved his body around to ease the ache in his body, then his back let out a cracking sound.

"Are you sure? I saw the traces of dried tears here." Vianzo pointed at his face. "Are you not in pain?"

"Ah, Vianz is right." Frans stared at his face. Alfizar rubbed his face to get rid of whatever traces there was as if his face was itchy.

"Stop with the questions, he clearly looks like his head still a little muddled. Let's get him back on his wheelchair." Rachzi said in a scolding manner. They tried to helped him stand up. Though, in the end, he stood up by himself earning a raised of eyebrows from his new friends, Rachzi was dusting his clothes before he sat back on his wheelchair. As for Alfizar who just awake from his accidental nap, never register that he just stood easily by himself.

"You sure look fine now!" Frans exclaimed in surprised. "Who are you? An Aura Master?" He said jokingly while patting the said Master Aura roughly in the back. He laughs for a good while until he registered what he just said, he fakes a cough into his palm as he looks at those pairs of eyes looking at him questioningly. Especially Alfizar, he knows what Aura is, after researching about it on the internet. He only found theories, not much was known.

For the people who do not know. It was simply because they don't believe it or never bother to research it. But he never heard anything about an Aura Master.

"Aura Master?" Vianzo questioned him.

"Ah- no, no, I mean 'a monster'. Yeah, monster." Frans laughed loudly as if he just told them the funniest joke ever, then he stopped laughing and coughed into his hand awkwardly. Frans looked at their eyes that eying him suspiciously. Frans waved his hands around in panic as he explained, "He recovered so fast! As fast as a monster! Isn't that a good thing?!" But Rachzi only shook his head amused.

"Give it up, guys. Once he lied and hide something from us, even if we bring him to a torture chamber, he won't open his mouth." Rachzi laughed as he began to push the wheelchair walking away.

"What a lame excuse, Frans." Dioz chuckled cooly following after Rachzi.

"You must have a good reason right? If you don't want to tell us, make sure to buy a filter for your mouth." Vianzo flicked Frans' head. Alfizar was the only one who didn't say anything as he thought about the 'Aura Master' words. That was until Rachzi talked to him.

"We met your brother when we are going back to our class. He was looking for you frantically. He said he couldn't get through your phone. We were worried, so we looked for you after we asked for him to waited in our class. I never thought we would found you unconscious on the ground." Rachzi said as he pushed Alfizar's wheelchair, they were already in the school's building, with the rest of his friends catching up from behind.

"I was sleeping, not unconscious." He doesn't need any misunderstanding, thank you very much.

When Alfizar heard Rachzi mentioned Henry, he immediately checked his phone.

[17 missed calls]

[8 unread messages]

Oh no... just as he thought, he made Henry worried. When he read the content of the messages, it was asking whether Alfizar was alright, asking him to pick up his phone and asking where he was.

"Alfi!" Oh? They had arrived in their class.

"What happened? Your chin got a small bruise, your arms too. Look at your shirt, it's dirty. Did someone bully you?" Henry looked into Alfizar's eyes deeply, he was half-kneeling in front of his wheelchair, both of his hands gripped Alfizar's arms tightly. He got a feeling his arm was bruised too because it's hurt with Henry's hand gripped it.

"We found him unconscious at the schoolyard, he was on the ground and his wheelchair upside down," Frans said to helped informed Henry just when Alfizar was about to talk as if he was not there. Alfizar bit his own lips to stop himself groaning in annoyment, then lower his head to hide his twitching eyebrows. 'It does not help at all! Thank you very much! Henry won't let me out of his sight this way!'

From other's point of view, looked at Alfizar bit down his lips then looked down at his l.a.p, he looks like he was guilty ridden, afraid to tell them that he was being bullied to the point of being unconscious. 'Maybe he was being beaten.' The most of them thought.

"I was sleeping! Not unconscious!" Alfizar repeat what he told Rachzi a few minutes ago with an annoyed tone.

"Don't worry Alfi, I won't let anyone bully or hit you anymore," Henry said as he pats Alfizar's head. Here comes his brotherly side. Alfizar looked up in surprise.

"No! I'm not being bullied!" Alfizar said frantically. Henry gave him a small smiled and said reassuringly.

"It's okay, you don't have to be afraid to tell me," Then he looked troubled "but if you don't want to tell me... I won't ask anymore, okay?" Henry said carefully.

"But I'm not being bullied! I fell by myself!" Alfizar insists, Henry shook his head sadly. "I tried to rehabilitate my legs without anyone's help! So I fell! I'm not lying!!" He said in frustration. He looked at Frans trying to glare at him, only to see pity in those eyes. 'I don't need your pity! I'm in this situation because of your mouth has no brakes!' Alfizar screams in his mind. But what could he do? How can he scold someone whose only intention is to help him and an airhead at that? If usually he always felt his days felt so familiar. At this moment, this scene was not familiar. AT. ALL!

Alfizar buried his face in his palms, mumbling something sounds like "It's no use" and "they won't listen to me". Then someone pats his left shoulder.

"Don't worry, Alfi's brother. From now on we will make sure one of us with him during school time." Rachzi said from Alfizar's behind.

"Just call me Henry. I will depend on you, please take care of him." Henry nods approvingly. They shook hands as if they have reached understanding towards each other. "Alfi has just woken up from a coma a week ago, if he said or does something weird, please don't take it to heart. And it was normal for a coma survivor patient to have an unstable temper, please don't mind it." Alfizar suppressed the urge to throw his shoes at Henry. Vianzo, Frans, and Dioz nod along with Rachzi. Although they looked surprised at the mention of coma.

"Ah, if need, I will bring him with me at club time," Vianzo said.

"And we will take turns," Dioz said with Frans nod in agreement.

"Could you guys stop talking as if I'm not here?!" All of them looked at him in understanding. Alfizar g.r.o.a.n.e.d loudly while grabbing his head, he could feel a growing headache already.

Ah? Wait, why did he get a feeling that they were enjoying themselves? Alfizar looked up only to see Vianzo's snickering face, Rachzi and Dioz's's amused smile, Henry's... normal smile, but there's a hint of concern. And Frans was the only one who doesn't get it. Frans has this genuine pity expression on his face.

"Let's go home, dad will take care of your bruise. Aurina is probably waiting for us with him." Henry took his wheelchair's handle. "You are Alfi's friends, come to our home if you have the time."

"Thank you for inviting us," Rachzi said. Then they left with Henry pushing his wheelchair. On the way to the car park, Henry messes the sulking Alfizar's hair a few times as if to comfort him. He doesn't need it. Thank you.

They arrived at the car park, from a distance away they could see Uncle Zio's car. Aurina who had been playing with her cell phone saw them. She waved her hand.

"How's your da-?" Aurina who was about to ask about his day stopped talking abruptly. Alfizar had two ideas as to why... It was either Henry who was behind him had his index finger on his lips, or she saw his dirty clothes. Suppressing another groan Alfizar answer.

"It was fine, I got a few new friends." They were already in front of the car's door, Henry pulled him up to stand. He could feel the stare he got from Uncle Zio.

Behind him, Zio looked at him up and down, the dirt, the bruise, and the mood. Then he looked at Henry with a questioning stare. 'What had happened?' Zio's stare seems to say. Henry shook his head, then bring up his right hand and motion it into a stopping manner while his left hand holding Alfizar's right arm, helping him to get into the car. 'Not now, I will tell you later'