
Aira looked at her nephew Tanvir with sadness, because the 8-year-old boy was reluctant to get acquainted with Via, even he showed an unhappy face to Via.
While Via still extended his hand to Tanvir because he was eager to get acquainted with his adoptive cousin's brother.
"Why not acquaintance? Everyone wants to know Via" said Via pouting.
"I don't like you, Aunt Aira doesn't love me anymore, huh!" Tanvir clasped and turned his face violently.
"Tanvir...." Tanvir turned his head when he heard his mother's voice. "It can't be like that, honey. Via is Tanvir's sister."
"Yes, Miss Zenwa. Tanvir does not want to be acquainted with his sister, Aunt Aira so sad," said Aira while looking at Tanvir with sadness that made Tanvir's heart immediately melt because he really loved the Tante.
"Yes already, Tanvir want acquaintance, from Aunt Aira do not be sad, yes." Tanvir spoke softly and it made Via and Aira feel happy.
"Yes, Honey. Aunty is not so sad, now Tanvir want to know his sister Via?"
Tanvir immediately reached out his hand to Via which made Via immediately smile, but when he was about to welcome Tanvir's hand, Tanvir actually pulled back his hand.
"Why?" Tanya Via was sad again.
"We are not mahrams, we cannot touch" Tanvir said.
"What is mahram?" Via asked, his round eyes were looking at Tanvir curiously which made Tanvir immediately trace his waist and glare at him.
"Mahram means you don't know? He said he was 6 years old, huh, how the hell," the cynic that made Via even sadder.
"Tanvir, it can't be like that" Zenwa scolded the son sharply.
"Yes, it can't be the same with her sister" Aira said. "If her sister doesn't know, then as a sister, Tanvir should tell her, huh?" wheedled.
"Via doesn't like having a sister, Ummi. Hiksss.." Via's tears immediately flowed profusely on his cheeks, his lips were already shaking and his nose was already blooming.
Zenwa immediately looked at Tanvir sharply, while Tanvir was just grinning while scratching his head.
"Already, don't cry," Aira wiped off Via's tears and hugged him, rubbing the boy's back to calm him down. "Sister Tanvir was actually good, that was a joke."
"I'm sorry, honey," Zenwa said gently to Tanvir. "And Mama always said, as a man, Tanvir can't hurt a woman, let alone her sister Tanvir. Lookie! Now she was sad and crying, but she was smiling and looking so happy because she had a sister."
Hearing his mother's long words immediately made Tanvir feel guilty, he approached Via who was still in Aira's arms. Tanvir patted Via's shoulder gently.
"Sister's sorry, honey. Already, don't cry anymore," Aira persuaded.
Via let go of his mother's embrace, he looked at Tanvir with his teary eyes and a small sob still escaped his trembling lips.
"Sorry, yeah...." Tanvir wiped away the remaining tears on Via's cheek. "If you're sorry Brother, you'll have toys, chocolates, ice cream, whatever Adek asks, Brother Love," he persuaded Zenwa and Aira to only shake their heads.
Meanwhile, Via is now smiling again after hearing the sweet promise of Tanvir in his umbrella. "Main, yuk!" take Tanvir then and Via immediately nodded enthusiastically.
"Kids are always dizzy" said Zenwa, who gave Aira a chuckle.
"But they're the source of happiness, aren't they, Ma'am?"
"Yes, anyway."
While outside, Arsyad and Micheal are busy talking about their business while enjoying Zenwa-made coffee and cookies.
A lot of what they talked about until somehow the topic led to Aira.
"Today I saw great happiness in Aira's eyes, I'm sure it was because of Via's presence" Michael said with a happy smile because the younger brother was happy.
"Just had an adopted child, Aira was very happy, especially if she gave birth to her own child. I can't wait for that moment to come" Micheal said.
"We have worked as we can, but maybe God still wants to see our efforts for longer" Arsyad said.
"I hope soon, Arsyad. And I hope you continue to support Aira, let alone know what the people around us are like. If they are not married, they ask when to get married, especially a woman. If they are married, they ask when they have a baby, and will continue to be asked until we have children. If you have children, you will be asked again, when to add." Micheal let out a heavy sigh, moreover he also often heard directly someone asking like that to Aira.
"I know that Aira also got such a question and I can't accept that actually, because my sister must be sad. But I can what? Shut their mouths? I can't, I can only help do'a."
Arsyad could only faintly smile at the words of Micheal Emerson and then he sipped his coffee.
Arsyad knows, Aira is the jewel of the Emerson family, the darling of them all.
Once Aira cried, her whole family would be sad. And now, Arsyad is on a journey to break Aira's heart which will surely break the heart of the entire Aira family.
TBC....