ALBRA
25. Time 20 Minutes

‘Tuk ... tuk .. tuk’

The sound of loud shoes was heard around Alan who was now sitting in his chair while holding his toys. At this time the clock has shown at 4 pm, Alan is still at his school because the driver who is in charge of picking him up, has not picked him up until now.

Alan, a 4-year-old boy, was a little wary as the sound of someone running closer to him. The current state of the school is very quiet, there is only one, who has not returned home since the school was dissolved an hour ago.

“What sound is it? There is running but no one,” said the little boy while looking around.

“Papa is always like this,” gets upset again.

Seeing that his class was very empty and there was no one, and Alan felt that the atmosphere here was not wearing, he chose to go out of his class.

“Hiks .. Papa ...”

When he walked in the hallway of his class, Alan suddenly cried because he felt a very different aura here, Alan also thought where the teachers who used to accompany him went.

“Papa .. Papa where ...”

Alan continued to run to the front of the gate, fortunately there was a female security guard who was standing guard.

“Hai, Alan you haven't come home yet? How can you still be here?” ask the security guard while approaching Alan.

“Hiks .. hiks .. there is a strange sound in the classroom ... very scary ...”

The security guard, who felt guilty for not checking the entire class half an hour ago, took Albra by the hand to sit in the waiting chair. “You wait here, let Mom call your driver?”

Alan wiped his tears, and nodded. He could not speak anymore because of his shock.

“Alan, you brought your phone?”

Alan shook his head.

“Whose companion are you?”

“Miss Nila,” Alan replied in a hoarse voice after crying.

“Miss Nila? Today did not enter because of maternity leave, it deserves you like this. A moment yes ... You are calm here Mom.”

“Hiks .. Papa ..” Alan came back crying because he was so scared here. Although when talking Alan is very mature, but nevertheless Alan is only a small child who is still under five years old.

“Papa ..”

“Hey, Papa here, no need to cry.”

Alan who heard the voice of his father suddenly, he opened his eyes and immediately scattered the embrace of Albra right then and there.

“It’s okay .. Don’t cry .. I’m here, baby ..”.

Albra continued to say her sweet words to calm Alan who seemed to be very frightened here. He also felt guilty for not picking up Alan at the right time.

“Master, sorry for your inconvenience here. I don't know if Alan is still in school, Alan's escort teacher is on leave, on behalf of the school I apologize.”

Albra nodded. “For the future please note again.”

“Good, Mr...”

Albra held Alan and took him in the car. “Pa—papa, I don't want to sit in the back, hiks .. I want to sit next to Papa,” he said still in a state of tears.

Albra smile. “You want to sit in front? But have to wear a seat belt, okay?”

Alan nodded funnyly.

When finished, the car drove to bring them home. In the middle of the trip, Albra who still did not know the cause of Alan crying also asked. “Why are you crying? Something scary?” ask Albra.

Albra knew Alan would not cry for anything trivial. Alan would cry if it was scary, and painful for him.

“You fell?” ask Albra back.

“Not, Pa.. I heard strange noises at my school. There is the sound of shoes,” he replied.

Using her left hand, Albra wiped her tears that kept falling on Alan's puffer cheek. “It’s okay, Alan. Papa here, no longer need to cry.”

“Ya, Papa ..” he said very mature.

Alan shook his head. “Hem ... Looks like, Pa...”

“Forget it all, now you want Papa to buy what?”

Alan immediately wiped away all his tears, Albra who saw that chuckled softly. “Pa, can I have some chocolate?”

“Chocolate? More?”

“By again?”

Albra nodded as she rubbed Alan's cut hair following the slightly rounded shape of his face. “Of course, just chocolate? Papa can buy you with his garden.”

“But I don't want a chocolate garden. I want ... hem Qyen?”

The surprised Albra braked her car quickly. “Papa!” alan shouted in surprise, fortunately behind no other vehicle.

“Sorry, Papa is out of focus.”

“Pa, it looks like it's Qyen!” Alan ignored Albra's words and now his eyes were focused only on a young woman sitting in a park chair playing with her cell phone.

“You remember Qyen?” ask Albra who returned to drive her car.

Alan still sees Qyen's whereabouts to the point of not switching from the windshield. “Of course, Pa. Pa, can I play with Qyen for a minute?”

Albra frowned, counting that he had been a month away from dealing with Qyen. That month too, Albra felt a little emptiness in her heart and her life felt increasingly empty, whether it was a feeling, because she had never felt this feeling before.

“Papa please .. only twenty minutes, yes?”

“We go to the supermarket to buy chocolate?”

“No, I already don't want chocolate, I want to play with Qyen.”

Albra, who does not want his son to be even more disappointed today, may not hurt to let Alan play with Qyen for the next 20 minutes.

“OK, Papa allow but only briefly, because we have to go home.”

“Yeay! I love you, Papa.”

“I love you too, baby ..” Albra smiled happily because Alan was no longer crying and moody like that.

Albra turned his car around the park before stopping his car in the parking lot.

After the car stopped, Alan who did not want to waste 20 minutes, he quickly ran towards the young woman who wore a green short shirt and black pants.

“Qyen!!!” alan shouted while running, Alan's voice was loud enough to invite several pairs of eyes towards him.

Qyen who was enjoying her ice cream was shocked when she heard Alan's voice calling out his name. He stood up and let Alan hug his feet.

“Alan ..” greet Qyen who can't speak anything.

“Miss you, Qyen .. said you will play with me, but you disappeared for a long time,” Alan said in his gloomy tone.

Qyen heard Alan's words, but he saw first the place around him, he wanted to make sure there was an adult who drove Alan here.

“Sorry I did not fulfill my promise. You how are you?” said Qyen who is now back to ask Alan.

“I'm good, and I really want to play with you. But I promised I would only play with you for twenty minutes,” he said looking listless.

Qyen rubbed Alan's hair in a fit of anxiety. “How did you know I was here? Do you remember me?”

“I definitely remember with your face different from others, even your body shorter than an adult, how can I forget.”

Yes, Qyen believes that this little boy is Alan. The scathing words that Alan gave out with his plain mouth had not changed since one month ago.

“I'm not short, Alan, it's just that I'm like this.”

“Hem .. You are still small compared to my friend's sister who has graduated from school.”

Qyen could only laugh in response to Alan's adorable remark. From a distance, Albra who followed Alan while carrying a bottle, his steps stopped when he saw and heard the conversation Alan and Qyen were very fun. Even at this moment Albra could feel, the void space in her heart slowly filling up again.