FOREVER HATE YOU'S
62. Our Family

"Dad, what's married?" plain Chico asked Arthur who was standing next to him.

Arthur and Brianna look at each other, then Brianna who takes over to give an explanation to Chico.

"Marriage is an adult interest, which Chico should not have known, because you are still a child, dear" he said.

Chico blinked with a hint of curiosity in both of his eyes. If this is the case, Brianna knows for sure that, there will be other questions that will be thrown again by the boy.

"Have, don't ask me things that you can't understand yet, dear," said Brianna again, who this time approached Chico while stroking the top of the boy's head.

"But I want to know what marriage is, Mom."

Arthur and Brianna stared at each other. While Jane who was also there chuckled at the critical nature of the little boy.

"Marriage is done by adults, to love and love one another." Jane also chimed.

"Then, when I grow up, do I have to marry my Momma in order to continue loving and loving her?" chico asked increasingly made the three adults confused what to answer.

Arthur bends his leg in front of Chico to equalize the boy's height. "Chico, getting married is going to be done with a couple. If you grow up, you'll marry your partner, not your Momma" she said, hoping Chico could catch the point of what she said even though she wasn't sure. Honestly, sometimes Arthur can't guess the contents of the boy's mind which is sometimes beyond his prediction.

Arthur does not understand how all this time Brianna care for and nurture Chico, also answer all the questions of the child that is sometimes very difficult to answer in accordance with the understanding that can be understood by the child.

"Then, Momma should have a partner to marry, right, Dad?" ask Chico then.

Arthur smiled knot. "Yes" he answered briefly.

"Then, who is Mom's partner and who will marry her?" Chico asked again because he was not satisfied with their answers to his questions.

Brianna took a long breath. He was about to answer this time, but Arthur first opened his voice to respond to the boy's question.

"You know a mother's partner is a father, right?" arthur said to Chico and Chico nodded.

"Then, Mom's partner is Daddy. Therefore, it is Daddy who will marry her."

Chico looked at Brianna now. His gaze seemed to contain many questions.

"Really, Mom? So Dad's gonna be your partner? Then marry you?"

Brianna seemed to rub her back neck at a glance. "Y-yeah," she answered nervously.

Arthur chuckles later. "That's how it's supposed to be, Daddy paired up with Momma, you agree?" tanyanya looked at Chico.

"Of course, Dad!" chico replied excitedly and enthusiastically.

Jane laughed again. He was glad Chico had understood despite having to get a very careful explanation from the three of them.

"So, when are Daddy and Momma getting married?" chico's unrelenting asking threw her innocent question.

...***...

Chico falls asleep after watching a cartoon series played by Arthur in Jane's home television room. Therefore, Jane proposes to move the boy to the guest room in her house.

"Don't wake him, just move him to the guest room." Jane tells Arthur that she wants to take Chico home before she realizes that the boy has fallen asleep.

"But, ma'am, we have to go home" Brianna said. Refused her in-laws' offer.

Jane looked at Brianna now. "Didn't you agree to call me Mommy, just now?" tanyakanya.

"Ah." Brianna scratched her non-itchy temple. "Sorry, I'm just not used to it yet" he replied.

Jane thins a smile. "It's okay, over time you'll get used to it, Bri," he said.

Arthur lifted Chico to the guest room in his mother's residence. Leaving Brianna and Jane in the tv room.

"I was thinking about renovating the house so that Chico would have his own room here later," Jane said, surprising Brianna.

"Uhm, is that not excessive?" ask the woman.

"What's wrong, it's her grandmother's house anyway. Later, when he goes to school, he can spend the weekend here, also during summer vacation."

Brianna nods her head in a snicker, to be honest she feels Jane is very kind to accept her son. But isn't that natural because Chico is indeed his biological grandson?

"Yes, that's right. Just stay here. Arthur hasn't been back since his return to New York. This house is also his home. Mom is very happy if you guys want to spend the night here. The atmosphere will be crowded."

Again Brianna was confused, about to refuse but she was saddened by the kindness of Jane who had received her presence tonight.

"alright. We'll wait until Chico wakes up. If she wakes up, I'll take her home" Brianna said.

Actually Brianna is not sure if Chico will wake up again, because the habit of the boy if it has fallen asleep at this hour will wake up the next day. Moreover, this has indeed entered Chico's sleeping hours.

And sure enough, until 10 p.m., Chico didn't wake up from his sleep. The boy looked sound as Brianna approached him to the guest room.

"All right, I'll stay here." Brianna said that with a keki look.

Arthur smiled, he pulled Brianna's arm away from the bed that Chico was in.

"What's up?" brianna asked confusedly.

"We sleep in my room in this house."

Brianna's eyes are breaking hearing it.

"I-I'll just sleep here with Chico." Brianna's obviously nervous right now.

Arthur chuckled softly. "Mom knows we're married, he won't ban us, he knows it's our privacy and our domestic relationship."

"Privacy? Households?" Brianna is confused. He rubbed his own arm in a misdeed.

"Yes, did you forget we were married?"

"But, Arthur ..." Brianna is about to reject Arthur's invitation to stay one room with her, but their married status makes Brianna die of infestation.

"Come, my room is on the right wing" the man said, not accepting Brianna's refusal for any reason.

"Chico .. how? I can't possibly let her sleep in this room alone. I'm just here to be with him."

"Honey, in your apartment Chico is used to sleeping in his own room, right? I don't think it's a problem if he sleeps here tonight."

"I'm afraid Chico's disease is coming back in the middle of the night but no one is watching him, the location of this room to your room must be far, far away, it's not like my apartment can hear what happened to Chico because our room is next door" Brianna said.

Arthur nodded. "Well, you're right too. Then we'll just sleep here with him."

"We?"

Arthur assented. "Yes. We're. Is there a problem? We're family, aren't we?" he silenced Brianna's lips that had wanted to return to give a cliche reason.

"Be good." Brianna can't refuse anything anymore now, as if Arthur has an ace that he can't beat.

"You want to change clothes?" haggard Arthur then.

Brianna glanced at the dress she was wearing tonight for the dinner with Jane last night, she knew it wouldn't be comfortable for her to wear while sleeping.

"I don't bring a change of clothes to sleep."

"It's about easy. You can wear my shirt like that."

Brianna's face blushed. He remembers how in Milan he was forced to wear Arthur's shirt.

"Okey." Brianna nodded shyly. Though this was not the first time for him to sleep together with Arthur, but somehow there was something different from the feeling this time.

"I'll get you the shirt. Wait a minute," said Arthur softly.

Once again Brianna was speechless, even the man was willing to take his own clothes for her to wear.

"I'll be right back." Arthur closed the door and Brianna was able to scoop up as much oxygen as possible.

"Hhhh... What's wrong with me? Why am I so nervous?" brianna muttered holding her own chest which felt like it was beating so fast.

...To be continue......