King's Son (Season 1&2)
episode 31 Dad
“I'm surprised you still remember how you called me, Shiyuri!” my father's voice sounded so sweet.
I was very surprised that I could use Indonesian fluently. I slowly let go of her embrace, hoping that what was happening right now was not a dream.
I looked at my father's face. There was a myriad of longing in her eyes, I couldn't even describe how happy I was right now. Moreover, I can look back at my father's handsome face. He looks a lot like my brother.
The only thing my father left me was our skin color which was both white and our straight hair which was dense black. The rest of me is exactly like my mother.
“Otousan! Ah .. I mean, Dad! How can you use your mother tongue so fluently?” I said as I held back my tears that were about to fall.
Dad smiled as he gently rubbed my head. “I think you will forget how to speak Japanese well because you stayed here too long, so I learned your mother's language all along. Even before you were born, I learned it from your late mother. Looks like he knew that this would all happen, so Dad tried hard. And look, I made it. Now I understand everything you and your mother said first.”
“Otousan!” I hugged my father again crying. I never called that call again.
I remembered how hard it was for my father to understand my language and my mother tongue while we were talking. Even in the past, fathers often look clumsy if mothers scolded fathers for something by using our language.
At first I didn't understand why you behave so whenever you get angry when you use Javanese. But I finally found out that my father had a hard time using our language.
Likewise with my brother, he is like a father who has difficulty understanding the language taught by his mother. Mother taught us three languages since we were children, namely Japanese, Indonesian and Javanese which is the typical language of the Javanese tribe where my mother was born.
Surprisingly, my brother was exactly the same as my father, he could not speak Indonesian or speak Javanese even though my mother taught him well. Unlike me who can immediately master both languages fluently in a relatively fast period of time. Instead, I had trouble learning Japanese. That's why when I was a child I didn't have many friends, because I had trouble communicating with them. But I do understand that someone else speaks Japanese with me, even though I don't really know how to master it.
Despite the problems of interaction in communicating about various languages, we and our family can still live happily. All of us, we love and love each other.
Our lives were perfect then, until an unexpected sad event happened. To be honest, I don't want to remember any of that anymore, because I've forgotten it thanks to someone. Now I'm fine and I'm happy to see my dad again.
“I miss you, Otousan!” I said as I let go of my father's embrace.
“Daddy misses you too, baby! My little daughter who is now an adult!” dad looked at me with teary eyes. He removed his glasses and rubbed them with his handkerchief.
I clasped my father's hand tightly while saying, “Daddy is fine?”
My father wiped his tears and looked back at me. “Father is fine, my daughter! Dad is trying well to be able to meet you again.” he hugged me very tightly. “How are you doing? Are you okay too?”
I'm nodding. “I'm fine, Dad! Dad don't cry. Dad's face is ugly if Dad cries!”
My father let go of his embrace again with a smile. “You yourself are crying too, but you look so beautiful despite crying. Shiyuri my daughter ... I really miss you. Forgive Dad if you can just come back here.”
My smiles and cries began to fade at my father's words.
“Dad, why didn't you tell me you were coming here? Did you intentionally surprise me? Dad is also hard to contact.”
I haven't had time to answer my question, Grandma interrupted our conversation. “I told him to come here as soon as possible! Wh why? Is there a problem?”
I looked at my grandmother who was suddenly standing next to me. “No, Grandma! I'm very happy. Thank you, Grandma!” now change me who hugged my grandmother.
My dad smiled to see we looked good. I'm sure this is what my mom and dad wanted all along.
“Where is Brother? How's things going? Is he also coming here?”
“Kakmu ... ”
I looked around for my brother in all directions hoping that I could also meet him again, I missed my brother so much. And how shocked I was to find out who else was in this room besides me, my grandmother, and my father.
It wasn't my brother I found, it was them ...
How could they be here?
Refald and I looked at each other. It seems he was watching me from earlier. I was too happy to meet my father again until I didn't realize that there was anyone else here.
Including him. The one who tried desperately to forget, is now coming back, right in front of me.
“Refald? You ...”
Refald silently looked at me without saying a word. Instead, Eric approached me.
“So ... You are Shiyuri?” Eric couldn't believe seeing me. Somehow he felt as if he knew Shiyuri. "Are you ... is Shiyuri?"
“Iya .. she is my youngest daughter who I love the most. His Japanese name is Shiyuri, but his name here is ...”
“Lafeysionara!” said my grandmother who again interrupted my father's words. “I gave the name to him. I want him to forget his past and start a new life here. At first, I wanted her to replace my dead daughter. Because my grandson is very similar to his mother. I even want him to stay here. Forever .. but, I realized something. I can't repeat what I did to my daughter. So, from now onwards, I will support everything that my Granddaughter wants to do, even if she wants to leave me and return with her Father again this time, because that is where her real life is.”
I looked at Grandma full of haru. Slowly my tears flowed. The current situation I cannot understand. There were a lot of surprises today. Even I still can't believe all this.
At the same time, suddenly Refald and father were in front of me, as if there was a bond connecting us all. Both of them are people I love. I miss them both very much too. Right now, I really don't know how to handle this situation.
I looked at my father, hoping he could give me an answer to this situation that I thought was too strange. “Otousan! Explain what is this? How can you all be here at the same time?”
Dad held my hand tightly. “Sure. You probably don't know yet, that they're not here by chance. But dad came here, along with them, because it's time you and your fiancee met after all these years you've been apart.”
I was surprised to hear Dad say. “What? A fiancee? What does Father mean?”
“Ah .. true. You may not know each other very well, but he is your fiancee. He said, you guys accidentally met!” I looked at Eric who also saw me.
I also looked at Eric's face with an expression I couldn't understand, hoping it wasn't Eric my fiance. Then, I turned to Refald standing behind Eric. I was confused as to who the father meant. There is no way that he is Refald, because he already loves others, even though I myself have also started to love him. I tried to rule out all the possibilities that the truth is, Eric was what Dad meant.
“So the motor in front of it, is the gift that Dad gave his pad first?” my body immediately felt limp, but I tried hard to keep my feelings for Refald safe hidden.
“True, I didn't expect that you still remembered it. I thought you forgot?”
I took a step back, between surprise and disbelief. So it's true my guess all along. Ever since I saw Eric come on that bike, I've thought he was my fiancee. But I tried so hard to pull it off. Because the number plate does not exist. But now everything is starting to clear.
I don't know why I feel so dizzy. I don't know what to feel. On the other hand I was happy, because after so long I was able to meet my father without having to experience an incident like that time, when my father came to pick me up and had a big fight with my grandmother.
I am also relieved, this meeting is colored with such a deep novelty. Because, between grandmother and father have accepted and forgiven each other, there is no blame anymore.
On the other hand, I was disappointed and could not accept the fact that Eric was my fiancee. Not Refald. I couldn't possibly expect much from him either. Especially if seeing Refald come back and stand before me in such a complicated situation, makes me even more sad.
The pain I felt now was even greater than when he left me at that time. It was hard to believe all this, the fact that Eric Nura liked was my fiancee, made me unable to accept this truth.
I have absolutely no feelings for Eric. All this time, I just assumed he was a close friend of Refald, and I'm sure, Eric himself had no idea that I was his fiancee to this day. Because before, he defended me when Nura accused me of cheating on Refald.
But why is it like this now?
This is really ironic. I never thought that I would experience such a strange and complicated thing in my entire life. Even in my dreams I could never imagine it.
The close friend of the person I love .. is my fiancee, the person my close friend Nura likes.
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