
this afternoon Arselo invited Safira to lunch with the children at the restaurant that Safira manages, Arselo came with the children he had picked up from his school with Sofyan.
"Mama..."
"Mama..."
"Mama..."
Shouted the three children when they saw Safira was helping his servants to record their customer orders.
"Lho, how come you guys are here? Why not go home? Where's Nisa's mom?" safira asked her three children.
"Om El ngajakin we make lunch together here, it's okay ma?" ask Qirani.
"Om El's? Now where's the om?" safira asked when she did not see Arselo with her children.
"Om still in front ma, we first entered here" replied Dayyan.
"That's papa, ma" pointed at Raiyan as he looked at Arselo from the restaurant's window.
Arselo set foot to approach Sapphira and her children.
"Hay Fir, I'm sorry I brought the kids here for lunch together" Arselo said as he stood in front of Safira.
"Nothing, you sit down first I'll ask the waiter to prepare our food" Safira told Arselo and the children.
Arselo nodded in understanding that he immediately brought the three children to look for the empty family table.
"Let's have our children find an empty table first" said Arselo while herding the three children.
After Arselo found a table that was right for them to eat lunch, the children were in an orderly manner sitting there.
Before long, Sapphira came with a waiter who brought a food trolley for them, Safira had chosen some food menu that is usually eaten by children while they were visiting there.
"El, I don't know what your favorite food is, I bring this because usually the kids will eat it, if there's still anything you want please just say it" said Safira while saving one by one the food he had brought to the table.
"No need for Fira, I'm not a picky person in food" Arselo replied while helping Safira's work.
"Alright if it is like that, please you enjoy the dish" said Safira to pass.
"Mama, come eat with us" Raiyan asked Safira.
Safira did not immediately comply with Raiyan's wishes, he momentarily glanced at Arselo.
"It's okay Fira, we should eat together" said Arselo when he understood Safira's eyes.
Despite feeling awkward, Safira finally relented and sat down with Arselo and the children.
The children themselves looked very happy, they ate while interspersed with jokes from the three children. Safira himself felt happy because the children looked very happy when they were eating with Arselo and himself.
Without them knowing if there is another figure who is watching their togetherness from outside the restaurant window.
"They look like a happy family, Sapphira and Arselo look very suitable.it doesn't seem to be good if I interfere with their togetherness" Abizar's mind still pays attention to those people.
With a heavy heart Abizar went from there and returned to his vehicle.
"I must give in despite the weight and pain, I cannot allow the children to lose their happiness as they are today because of my selfishness which forces them to stay with me" muttered Abizar while putting his head on the steering wheel of the car.
After his heart calmed down again, Abizar went from the restaurant courtyard to return to the restaurant he managed.
***
At night, Abizar usually always comes to his residence to meet the children and himself, but unlike tonight until late night, Abizar did not come to his house. Even on the phone, he said he was busy.
"Ma, is Om Abi not coming tonight?" dayyan asked who had missed Abizar so much.
"It looks like Om Abi is very busy today, you better go to sleep because it's night" Safira told her son while stroking his head slowly.
"But ma, Abang kangen very much the same Om Abi" Dayyan replied as he lowered his head with eyes that had almost spilled the water.
Sapphira herself was astonished that this was the first time Abizar had refused a call from her, even when she answered her phone very briefly and did not make small talk as usual.
"Propay baby, tomorrow we call Om Abi again" Safira said while hugging Dayyan who was crying.
Qirani and Raiyan have fallen asleep first, maybe they are exhausted because after returning from the restaurant Arselo invited his children to play in the playground.
Dayyan wept in Sapphira's arms until she fell asleep, only this time Safira saw Dayyan crying for Abizar until like this.
"Actually what's with Bang Abi not usually he's like this?
Could it be that he was getting bored and was about to slowly move away from us?" think Sapphira with all her prejudices.
***
Abizar himself was holding himself back from contacting Sapphira again, he would learn to stay away slowly leaving Sapphira and her children.
Although Safira had contacted him many times, but tried to ignore him, he did not want Sapphira to feel worried about his feelings because she felt guilty towards him, so Abizar would start to stay away from him.
"Which why? I noticed it like I was depressed. Was there a serious problem that happened at the restaurant this afternoon?" caca asked inquisitively because he saw Abizar who was careless himself.
"There is nothing, Brother is fine" replied Abizar.
"Oh well, you didn't want to go to Fira's tea place?" ask Caca again.
''It's okay, we met this afternoon. Brother will sleep first" Abizar said as he got up from his seat and put his feet into his room.
"What a strange thing today" asked Caca in his heart because he was amazed by Abizar's attitude.
"It turns out that it is hard to let go of what I have been fighting for all this time, I am sincere to help them and I do not expect anything in return from them either, but why does it hurt so much to know that I have nothing compared to her parents" Abizar murmured in his room.
Abizar insisted on falling asleep, even though his heart and mind were not calm.