Father's Status On My Son's Deed
48. Defending Khairi

Asha could not sleep tonight. I don't know why he felt something was going to happen. However, not wanting to be so bad, the woman tried to calm herself down, which was very difficult to do. Asha decided to perform the sunnah prayer so that her heart felt calm.

All the prayers he said, not only for himself, but also for the son and also the man who had always been in his heart. Not the slightest place was shifted by others, even though many men approached him. Some even came to propose to him. However, everything was rejected by Asha on the grounds that she was still a wife, but it was clear Aji had given her a talak before leaving that day.

Even in a hotel, Aji can't sleep. Somehow since then he always thought about the child he met last afternoon. He felt that the child was very similar to Asha. Is it possible if the child is indeed his wife's child, but it feels very unlikely to remember the girl that Aji please called him instead by the name of Khairi. The boy also called the girl brother.

Yesterday he was in a hurry to go to the project site so, not much to ask about them. The man decided that he would go to that school tomorrow. Although the child was not Asha's child, it was important to meet him. That alone could treat his longing for a child who was separated from him five years ago.

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As she wished last night, this morning Aji came to a kindergarten. He wants to meet the boy he met yesterday. When the man entered the school gate, there were some children running around in the park, some were playing in the game because it was time for a break. Aji circulated her gaze to look for the whereabouts of the child.

However, he did not see it. Suddenly the children were crowded in the middle of the park, looking like they were fighting. Two teachers ran to break them up. Aji who was curious also went there and approached. How surprised it turns out the child he was looking for was the perpetrator of the fight.

The boy's face was reddened with anger. Both of his hands were on both sides of his body. Aji could see if the child was really in a high emotional state. A teacher asked the boy to apologize. However, the boy with the task of resisted because he felt innocent.

"Son, it can't be like that, you have to apologize. You've hit your friends, shouldn't your friends apologize to each other if they're wrong? Come on, apologize! I'm with you" said a teacher with a smile.

"I don't want to! I'm not wrong, he's wrong! Already ugly mama," Khairi refused firmly.

Various attempts and persuasions are made by the teacher. However, Khairi remained in his stance, unwilling to apologize. Aji was so amazed at the boy for having such a firm stance. He was sure that there must have been a quarrel between the two before, to make the child so angry like that.

Aji who was curious immediately approached and asked a teacher. "Sorry, Mom. What's up, huh? Why rame-rame?"

"Oh, sorry, sir. Our students were fighting, ordinary kids like that. Whose own father? I've just seen you. Are you one of the student guardians here?"

"You know Khairi?" ask the teacher, immediately make Aji's body sculpt.

That name, the name that he had longed for and was always there in every prayer. Aji's gaze was fixed on the child who according to his teacher was named Khairi. It turned out that what he had thought of last night had really happened. The boy in front of her is called Khairi. However, not necessarily if the child is the son of Asha, it could be just the same name.

Aji has to figure things out. He did not want to miss the opportunity, hopefully this time can really find Asha and her son. It had been five years he had searched all this time and had not come to fruition. Now everything is in sight, may it really be what it wants.

"Sir, you know Khairi?" asked the teacher again, immediately made Aji aware of his daydream and turned to the teacher earlier. He nodded slowly without saying a single word.

"The father might be able to help us persuade Khairi to apologize to his friend. After all they were still children, it was only natural that there was a slight misunderstanding."

The teacher tried to talk to Aji, hoping that the man would understand the current state of the children. Especially lately Khairi also often fights with his friends. It was not the intention of the teacher to defend one of them, only it seemed that now Khairi had a very thin patience. Before that, the boy was very nice to anyone.

The school had also spoken to her brother who often invited her to speak from heart to heart, but it seemed to have no effect. Even so, Khairi is still a smart and polite child to his teacher. It's just that the interaction with his friend is getting worse.

"I'm sorry, Mom. We don't know how it really happened yet. How can Mom ask him to apologize, you should ask first what happened and why they could get into a fight. Not asking Khairi to apologize first. If you ask Khairi to apologize, this kid should also apologize because both of them are equally wrong, have had a fight and we don't know who started it," hatch Aji who doesn't like it if Khairi gets blamed. Even though he did not know the true events either.

"But, sir, lately Khairi has been fighting with other friends and he's never willing to apologize."

"He doesn't want to apologize doesn't mean he's guilty. I'm sure Khairi will apologize if he was truly guilty of harming his friend" Aji said with confidence.

I don't know why Aji could say that. Though he did not know Khairi at all, this was also the second time they met. But in his heart, the man believed this. Although later his assessment is wrong, Aji will not regret because what he said is true.

Khairi felt overwhelmed when she heard that someone was defending her. He was happy, but did not know who the man was. His heart warmed, feeling like a father was defending him because all this time only mama was always there for him.