Kan Kukejar Dreams
Resolve longing

Nathan exhales first before actually getting inside the apartment. Yes, with careful consideration finally the young man decided to return to the apartment, fulfilling Nicholas' request.

Nathan had set foot inside the apartment, and shut the door. Then he turned around and immediately gasped in shock at Rehan's whereabouts which turned out to be in the apartment along with Nicholas.

"O-Om Rehan?" he murmured very slowly.

"Back you too apparently. Come sit here!" Nicholas patted the empty spot beside him.

Nathan didn't move. Wh why? because he suddenly felt worried that Rehan's goal came to the apartment to scold him.

"Why are you still standing there? are you no longer able to walk and need to be carried?" this time Rehan spoke.

"No-no need, Om!" nathan answered quickly as he swung his foot towards the sofa.

"Nathan, I've heard everything about you from Nicholas. Don't be afraid, Om didn't come here to get angry, but instead he wanted to apologize for taking your mama from you for a dozen years," Rehan began the conversation with a look of guilt.

"Om no need to apologize. Instead I am very grateful, because Om has made mama like a queen. He helped and took care of my mother. For everything that happened, it was not Om's fault, but it was destined by God" Nathan said diplomatically. The young man was only a young age, but his mindset really seemed to have eaten a lot of salt acid.

Rehan smiled, responding to Nathan's words. The middle-aged man was completely amazed by the young man who was the son of his wife, who was automatically his stepson as well.

"You do have a big heart, Nathan. Usually most teenagers have explosive emotional levels, but not with you. Om, really admire you," praised Rehan, sincere and honest.

"I'm not as good as I said. My young soul is still burning, just like any other teenager" Nathan said.

The silence paused for a split second, as Rehan was puzzled as to how to begin saying his intention of coming to see Nathan.

"Nathan, um there's one request for you, om hope you won't reject this request," Rehan again opened his voice to stop the silence that had occurred.

"What request, Om?" Nathan scrunched his forehead.

"Om, want to raise you as a child Om. You want to, right?" rehan said very carefully.

"Thank children? she mean? I'm really confused. Anyway, why did Om raise me a son while Om already had two kids,"

Rehan did not immediately reply, the man looked for words so that the young man in front of him would not be hurt by his words later.

"Emm, look at Nathan. If you may say, legally you are actually my son, because you were born from the womb of the woman who is now my wife, but, because of something you also know what it is, I cannot openly call you my son, nor my wife, your mother. So, Om thought, in order for you to freely call us both mama and papa, it's good that we lift you up, be our son. Whaddya think? you want to, right?" clearly Rehan was at length without pause.

"Om, I don't think it's necessary to go this way. I swear by anything, I'm completely sincere, even though for good I can't take my mama to Naura's mama," Nathan refused subtly.

"Please don't refuse my request! it's not just my request, it's your mom. Before Om proposes this intention, it turns out that long enough, your mother wants you to be her son. Maybe because your bond is too strong. You want to, right?" please Rehan. Just this time, there was the face of a Rehan.

"But ...." Nathan hangs up his words, still confused between resisting or accepting.

"Do you want Om to kneel before you and you will accept Om's request? if so, om will do," Rehan said again, seeing the doubt on Nathan's face.

Rehan closed his eyes at a glance and exhaled his breath loudly into the air. "Alright, Om. I want!" nathan said with his breath.

Rehan and Nicholas, sighing in relief and smiling meaningfully.

"Thank you, Nathan." said Rehan, sincerely. Meanwhile, Nicholas, who had only been a loyal listener, patted Nathan on the back. "Finally, you really are my sister too" he said with a smile.

"Don't call me again. From now on, you should get used to calling me papa just like Nicholas and your sister Nabila!" Rehan quickly snatched Nathan's words.

"Yes, Om uh Pa!" nathan was nervous.

"Hey, why are you guys so long? how'd it go?" suddenly without them knowing Naura who was followed by Nabila was already standing near them. Seriously, they did not hear the door being opened by someone.

"Dear, since when did you two stand there?" rehan asked nervously, worried that his wife had stood there long enough and heard their conversation.

"just now. Why anyway? can't ya I come?" naura's eyebrows are linked, suspicious.

"Of course you can, darling" Rehan said on the sidelines of his sense of relief.

"How did it go? Nathan wants to, right?" naura asked again as she looked at Rehan, Nicholas and Nathan alternately.

"You asked your own son!" sahut Rehan leaned his body against the back of the sofa.

Naura turned her gaze towards Nathan who was now standing and also looked at the woman.

"How, son, do you want to be a aunt and om's son?" asked Naura expectantly.

Nathan did not reply, but the young man nodded his head, assuring.

Naura smiled with a sparkling face.

"Then, I want to hear you call me, mama," Naura continued.

"M-Mama!" nathan said with trembling lips as he was holding back tears. I swear by anything, it felt like the young man was yelling at mama over and over again this time. A call he missed so much.

Meanwhile, Naura was stunned because her heart suddenly hurt like it was stung by an electric shock. There was a sense of happiness, mixed with sadness when he saw Nathan's lips trembling to call him mama. Not only the sadness that arises, there are other feelings as well, which also appear, which are no other feelings of guilt. The middle-aged woman, confused as to why that feeling could arise.

"Son, come! you don't want to hug your mom?" Naura smiled as she spread her hands.

"Can?" nathan's lips were shaking.

"Of course you can!" sahut Naura's.

Nathan walked with trembling knees, trying to hold his body from falling. As soon as he arrived in front of Naura, the young man without hesitation hugged Naura longingly.

"Mama, mama, mama," he called over and over again. This time, the man who had always looked strong was already unable to hold back his tears anymore. Not only tears that dripped, even those tears were now accompanied by the sound of heart-wrenching crying, to the point of causing astonishment to Naura.

"Son, what's wrong with you? why are you crying like this?" naura asked with a frown on her forehead.

Nathan didn't answer at all. The young man still hugged Naura as if unwilling to let go of his embrace.

Meanwhile, Nicholas and Nabila who saw that, turned their faces elsewhere, and quietly wiped the tears that had already come out from the corner of their eyes.

Tbc