My Son Is My Strength
Azzam Darling Mom

Arriving at home, Arini parked her car in the garage. Then walk to the main door.

"Assalamu'alaikum's chat...." Arini said salutations as she knocked on the door.

"Wa'alaikumussalam...." replied Syahra's mother who was in the living room.

"Arin.. tumben hurry home, son." Sapa Syahra's mother saw her son who quickly came home from the usual day. Arini nodded, then shook her mother's hand.

"Yes, Mom. Today Arin isn't doing too much work." Obviously Arini, although not only that cause he came home early today.

"Oh.. that's it." Said Syahra's mother nodding in understanding.

"Then Arin went upstairs, Mom. Cleanse the body first." Arini prepared to climb up the stairs to her second-floor room. "Eh... Where's Azzam, ma'am?" arini asked not to look at her little prince, she turned her head in all directions looking for the figure of the little man.

"Azzam behind Arumi, I think another flush of flowers." Said Syahra's mother while sitting on the sofa.

"Ohh...." Arini said nodding her head, then went back up the stairs to her room to clean up. And dispel the fatigue of his soul.

*****

Inside the room, Arini opens her laptop. Trying to do something to simply eliminate the memories of the past that are still shackled in the mind until now.

"Mama. Let's see what I drew at school." Said Azzam entering his mother's room, while carrying his picture book walking towards Arini.

Arini jumped in shock, hearing the voice of Azzam who suddenly called out to him because he was daydreaming. His laptop he left open just like that, not touch it let alone do something.

"Mama...." Call Azzam again, restore Arini's consciousness. He looked up, saw the boy approaching him. "Yes dear." Arini said after his consciousness returned, he pulled Azzam to sit on his lap when his little prince was already in front of him.

"Mama, look what I drew earlier at school." As Azzam opened his picture book, Arini noticed what the little prince was doing. "This is mama, this is Azzam, and this is papa." Show Azzam one-on-one, on what he drew.

"Papa?" muttered Arini reflex.

"Yes, papa. Said the teacher's mother. If I picture mom, it means I also have to picture papa." Azzam said he turned his head up to face his mother.

Arini was silent, not responding to the words of her little prince.

"Mama why?" asked Azzam for not getting a response from his mother. He saw a sad face and there were tears running down his mother's cheeks. "Why are you crying?" she asked again, then turned her body around and wiped away the tears flowing down Arini's cheeks with her two little hands.

"Don't love, my mom didn't cry. It's just a flickering." Arini wavered, as she could not hold back her flowing tears without excuse.

"Mama's lying, mama's crying must be because I called papa, right? I promise, I won't say that again lest mama be sad." Said Azzam, who already understood what mama and papa mean, because he often saw his neighbors who often play with both parents. After all, he once asked Arumi about the whereabouts of the father when he saw his neighbor playing with his papa, and Arumi just replied to leave, then switched the conversation.

Hearing that, make Arini's tears flow again. He can feel what his son feels today, because indeed all children must need the affection of the figure of papa.

"Mama don't cry anymore, I'll go with the cry." Azzam tried to comfort his mother, while wiping away Arini's tears that were still flowing.

"Yes, my mom doesn't cry anymore." Arini also wiped his tears, then he embraced Azzam and kissed the face of his little prince who had given his own strength for Arini to survive all his difficulties until now.

Azzam who was embraced, also returned the embrace of his mother. And do not want to lose, he also kissed Arini's face with love. "Azzam very, saaaaangat." He said as he continued to kiss Arini's face.

Arini chuckled, getting such treatment from her little prince. "Oh yeah, how big?" tanya Arini still chuckles, apparently... Azzam can make him happy, only by his behavior.

Azzam stopped his activities, then got off Arini's lap and walked a bit away from the desk of the mother.

"Sebesaaaar..it." Said Azzam stretching out his hands, smiling warmly at his mother.

"Yes, even more so." Said Azzam again spread his hands over Arini's sling. "Well, how big is Azzam?" azzam asked to stop his activities, then hugged Arini's neck while looking into his mother's eyes.

"Hmmm... How, huh?" Arini pretended to think. While Azzam's face began to bend, fearing his mother did not love him.

"Mama." Call Azzam slowly, with a face that has been fluttering fear that his mother really does not love him.

Seeing it makes Arini want to laugh because Azzam face kembis, looks funny to him. But he fears Azzam is crying at night and makes his mother and Arumi worried. So he puffed up and held back his laughter as much as possible.

"Hmm. his face is so rich." Tanya Arini held back a laugh.

"Jawab first." Whiney Azzam for not hearing the answer from his mother.

"What an answer, dear?" Arini pretended not to know. Azzam's face was red, his eyes were teary and ready to shed his tears.

"Okay, okay, mama answered. But his face smiles first." Arini said seeing her little prince preparing to cry. Azzam exhaled repeatedly, trying not to cry, and then he showed a smile of compulsion towards Arini.

Arini smiled, then answered Azzam's question earlier. "Mama dear same Azzam very, very big. Bigger than Azzam dear to mama."

"Bigger as this room?" ask Azzam looking for a show.

"More is greater." Answer Arini.

"Bigger as this house?" ask Azzam again.

"More.. even greater." Arini answered back.

"really?" azzam asked to make sure, with a wide smile without coercion was on his face.

"Hm." Dehem Arini nodded in response.

Seeing the nod of his mother's head made Azzam kiss Arini's face with a lot of tears. Arini chuckled in amusement at the treatment of her little prince.

"It's been. baby, now let's go to sleep. It's late at night, tomorrow it's school." Arini said he stopped Azzam's activities.

"You sleep here." Said Azzam descending from Arini's sling towards the mother's bed.

"May, but before bed brush your teeth first." Arini reminded.

Azzam nodded, then got off his mother's king-size bed and went to brush his teeth. While Arini, close his laptop and clean the workbench. Then head to the bathroom to perform the ritual before going to bed.

"Mama...." Call Azzam to see his mother, just out the bathroom.

"Have you brushed your teeth?" tanya Arini saw Azzam enter her room and closed the door.

"It's dong." Azzam replied while showing his teeth that had been rubbed.

"Smart." Praise Arini and hold Azzam to take her to bed. And Arini also turned off the lights and replaced the lights are dimmer sleep.

Azzam slept with their smiles on his tiny lips, remembering Arini's words that were dear to him. He slept hugged by the woman he loved the most.

*****

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