A Sugar Baby
Arsenic
"And."
Richard went into Daniel's room, when the morning greeted him. Daniel was standing on the balcony staring into the courtyard. Richard had a chance to see Daniel's breakfast that had not been touched at all at the table. The man then went out and approached Daniel.
"And."
Richard stood right by Daniel's side. While Daniel is still pecking and not flinching at all. Only his eyes blinked occasionally.
"Lo eat yes." said Richard again.
"Gue's not a laper." replied Daniel.
He replied in a cold tone, and his eyes were still fixed in a direction ahead.
"Gue temenin." said Richard.
Daniel still didn't respond. Richard called his house assistant downstairs.
"Ti, take my breakfast to Daniel's room" Richard said.
"Okay sir." replied the house assistant.
Shortly after, Richard's breakfast arrived. The housekeeper placed it on a table on the balcony. He soon brought Daniel's food out.
"Are you again sir?" ask the housekeeper to Richard.
"Nothing, thank you Ti."
"Together sir."
The housekeeper then left Richard and Daniel.
"And, come!"
Richard invites Daniel once more, but Daniel seems to be lazy.
"Well, if you don't eat, I don't eat either" Richard said.
Daniel finally gave up. Because Richard never messed with what he said.
***
"Dad, mas and how's yah?"
Lea called Richard from college, and asked him about his condition that day.
"Daniel is fine, just still sad and more dumb. But he had already eaten, at noon I told the housekeeper who was not involved and told him to eat too."
"Dad in this office?" ask Lea again.
"Yes, in the office." replied Richard.
"You're in college?" Richard asked back.
"Yes yeah, can't you yet ya ngeliat mas Daniel?. You see, I don't feel good if nyamperin, afraid that Daniel still wants to be alone first."
"Daniel still needs time to be alone. But if you want to come, come Le. You can talk at home, watch or sleep in another room. The important thing is you can squirm Daniel."
"Yes, yeah, I'm just not feeling good about being disturbed. Look at me, because there are still many courses today."
"Yes, don't forget to eat. Don't bother, your stomach is big now. Why else."
"Yes, well done." replied Lea.
"Yes, I work first."
"Yes yeah."
"Bye dear."
"Bye dad."
Lea stopped the phone. He soon saw a scene in a corner. The students scattered and crowded in the place. Curious, Lea finally approached.
"What the hell is it?"
Adisty and Ariana appear at the same time as Lea and ask her.
"I don't know" Lea replied.
They're getting closer. Vita was trying to wake up the unconscious Arsen, with blood flowing through his nose.
"Arsen."
Lea rushed towards it, while Adisty and Ariana looked surprised and worried.
"Vit, Arsen why?" ask Lea to panic.
"No idea, Le. Just now we were chatting, suddenly he had a nosebleed and fainted like a gini.
"She'll just pick it up, take it to the clinic or the hospital." One of the students said.
Lea contacted Richard's father, and asked Richard to contact Reynald's brother. Without wasting any time, Richard immediately contacted Reynald. Reynald himself hurriedly left the office to find out the state of his son further.
***
"Vit, does Arsen often like this. As long as you know him?" lea asked Vita.
"No idea, Le. As far as I know I never was. I don't know if it's behind me."
Lea sighed.
"Hopefully he's just a regular nosebleed anyway." said Lea later.
Vita nodded, hoping that Arsen was just tired or sick.
"Lea."
Reynald arrived a few minutes later. Lea looked at her and vice versa.
"Lea you?"
"I know, um. But this is not the time to discuss it, you should talk to the doctor first. Because the doctor asked for Arsen's parents." said Lea.
"Ok, where's the doctor's room?" ask Reynald.
Lea drove her uncle to the doctor's office dealing with Arsen. Soon Lea returns to Vita and her other friends.
A few moments passed, Reynald came out of the doctor's room with a lethargic and sad face. Lea turned her head towards the man, followed by the gazes of Vita and the others.
Reynald went into the room where Arsen was. The young man was already conscious and seemed to throw his gaze in the other direction, as if he hated meeting Reynald. While Lea and the others peeked out from behind the door.
"You should go home to papa's house." Reynald told Arsen.
"No way and never will." replied Arsen in a hostile tone.
"You'll refuse anyway, papa this is your father Arsen. And you'll never give up on that."
Arsen.
"You need better care and a better living environment" Reynald said.
"Free, I won't heal. Thalassemia has no cure."
"We can at least minimize it" Reynald replied.
Lea, Vita and others compactly go to google and search for what thalassemia is. And they were surprised, because it turns out Arsen suffered from blood clotting disorders.
"Please don't bother me anymore" Arsen said later.
"When do you want to be like this, Arsen?"
Reynald sat on the side of the bed. But the look in his eyes he threw at the wall.
"Until when will we continue to live in misunderstandings like this?" reynald again.
While Arsen was just silent, and threw his gaze to another corner.
"I just want to be calm living my life" replied Arsen.
Reynald closed his eyes for a few seconds, sighing.
"Ok, let's just say that papa doesn't exist. But you have to accept what you're going to do to you, as a father."
"I don't need any of that."
"Please don't be selfish, just this once."
This time Reynald stared intently into the eyes of the child. Until Arsen finally fell silent again and did not answer anything else.
***
"What's?. Thalassemias?"
Richard asked Lea on the phone. After Leah reported Arsen's condition and told her father that Reynald had arrived.
Richard had asked his brother there was the child, through a short message on WhatsApp.
"Yes yeah, thalassemia. I heard Arsen talking to Rey."
Richard took a deep breath, he knew what the disease was and now he felt sorry for his brother. Reynald must have been devastated by that.
"Yes, we'll talk about this again. I'm gonna finish up a little more of my work. You're not going home?" ask Richard.
"This abbis well, I was already chatting and same mas Daniel because. He said ok, if I want to go there."
"Yes, be careful when you walk."
"Yes yeah."
Richard hung up the phone and continued to work. Lea now follows Vita and the others to Arsen's room.