My Little Hero's
08

After he finished eating dinner, Aldan took his son into his room to go to sleep, but before that he went out for a while to pick up a nightgown for his son to wear and left him alone in the room.

Arriving in Juju's eye room unceasingly amazed to see the contents of his father's room filled with various medical books, he was very lucky to have a father who liked the same field as him, he was very lucky to have a father who liked the same field,his eyes traced each inch of the shelf until his eyes accidentally caught the cover of a book he recognized, curious about the book he tried to reach it with his short legs, but because it was too high, he tried to reach it,he also tried to find a way to reach it, then his eyes looked at the chair located not far from there which he then used as a foothold to reach for the book, 'grep' he managed to get the book, his eyes were more sparkling when the book he took was the book he had been looking for, he also brought the book to his father's study table and read it carefully, he said, his little hand slowly opened each sheet of the book and read it carefully, even he was not aware of being stared at in wonder by his father

"What are you reading?," she asked suddenly making Juju jump in shock and immediately close the book, quickly changing her surprised expression to her usual face.

"What do you mean?," he said, Aldan narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"Then what are you holding?," he pointed to the book Juju was holding.

"Ah, I think it's a storybook,"he once again.

"Really,?"the legend is, "but I see, you're very serious about reading it, not even aware of the father's whereabouts," he said.

'Juju 'glek' swallowed his Saliva nervously, was not caught and could only be silent not knowing what to answer?, because he had promised his Uncle to cover his identity even to his own father.

"But how can you read?, did your Bubu teach you?, "guess.

"L-yes, that's how it is,"he's nervous"Dad, I'm already sleepy, can we go to sleep now?,"challenge the conversation. Aldan furrowed his brows then then sighed. Maybe his son still does not believe him or his mother told him to come closer to Juju.

"Well," he said, "because my son is sleepy, as a good father I will follow my son's request," he smiled gently and rubbed the top of his son's head."But before that, brush your teeth first and then wash your face, "he said. Juju nodded according to his father's words and went to the bathroom.After his son went to the bathroom, Aldan took the book that was being read by his son earlier, which was,he was stunned by seeing what book his son had read because the book was a book that was very complicated to understand, even he could only understand it when he was in college,but just now his son read it seriously as if he understood the contents of the book, he did not think, how can Juju read it?, Can he understand it?.Isn't Juju only 5 years old?, does that make sense?, what else does his wife hide from him?. Shortly after his son returned from the bathroom by changing his clothes with pajamas, Aldan immediately closed the book and returned it to its original place then approached his son who was ready to go to sleep.

"Sleep," he said, settling into a sleeping position.

"Aren't you going to tell me before you go to bed?,"

"But I'm not good at telling stories,"

"But I want to hear the father tell me, before going to bed," he asked with a face to wash, Aldan gave up, seeing his son's attitude so funny made him melt and obey his son's request.

"But promise me one thing, Dad,"

"What is that,?"

"After I'm done telling you, you should go straight to bed,"

"Alright, but don't blame me if the story will be very boring," reminded him, Juju nodded.

"Well, a long time ago there was a little boy who came from a very poor family. Because they are so poor they even have difficulty eating normally like other people, sometimes they can only eat once a day or not at all,but even so the little boy never complained or was sad. Until one day the father of the little boy was very sick and needed a lot of money for his treatment, but because his poor family made him unable to help his father until he died, he was unable to save his father,after the departure of his father made him devastated and determined to bring in as much money as possible so that his life is not difficult.Fortunately the brain of the child is very smart to make it easier for him to take whatever type of knowledge he wants, he said,and lucky he had a donor who wanted to finance him until he could pay his own tuition, then decided to study science. He also hopes with his cleverness can help people who are in trouble like he used to, since then the family economy became stable and never lacked again,"

"Did he live like that continuously?"

Aldan smiled and nodded.

"Yes. Until one day the man met a woman who was beautiful, rich, and also aggressive. Every day the woman would visit and ask him to marry her. Even the woman offered him if he married her then he would finance his entire education. Of course as a real man he rejects him every day. Until one day he realized that the woman was not as bad as he had thought so far and decided to open his heart to the woman, they ended up together, but suddenly the rich woman became poor. Shamed for being poor the woman then left her."

"Can they get back together?,"

"The story is done,".

"What?!," she screeched,"but father, your story is not finished how they go and I'm still not sleepy,"

"Didn't you promise?,"

"But dad, I'm very curious, who paid for her as a child?,"

"it's already, tomorrow I'll continue the story.see," pointing towards 'clock," late, you're still a kid and need a lot of rest,"

"Alright,"Juju gave up and pulled the blanket

"Do you want to come with me to work?,"

His eyes were enthusiastic, "Of course I want to,".

Aldan smiled, "then go to bed early. Otherwise, I'll leave you"

Juju who was enthusiastic then closed his eyes and fell asleep, Aldan looked at his face that was sleeping he regretted not being able to be by their side when he needed it. If only they hadn't parted maybe they were together right now, her hands gently stroked Juju's face . Although his face was similar to his but his nature was more to his mother's side.

"Lina I'm sorry, if only I had been more open to you back then, maybe we'd never be in this condition,".