
Khair and his two younger siblings were greeted cheerfully by his cousin who was waiting at the residence of Umm Mufar.
The residence of Ummi Mufar which is always crowded is now increasingly crowded with the child's children. Even Ummi Mufar said now his residence is more crowded than the market and more exciting than the playground.
And when everyone was engrossed in chatting, playing and scrambling by their Om Nabil, Khair saw Aksahara who was just silent.
Khair approached Aksahara and greeted him. As usual Aksahara said hello but he could not look Khair in the eye.
"Do you want a gift from me?" khair and Aksahara asked.
"But I want to give you a gift" Khair said then he pulled out his phone and earphones.
Khair played the video as he entered the race and made it home with the 2nd title. Khair put the earphones on Aksahara and instantly Aksahara looked very serious listening to the recording and seeing the video was good.
Khair preferred to accompany Aksahara even though Aksahara was silent.
"Your voice is good" cried Aksahara later and Khair was pleased to get praise from Aksahara.
"Thank you, but I only got 2nd place"
"It's still good" Aksahara said.
Then came the time of Maghrib prayer. They also gathered in the musholla to pray.
And after prayer and dhikr, it is time to read the Quran.
And they also come back crowded, some are still learning, some are already smooth but less fluent and so on.
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All the grandchildren of Umm Mufar gathered at the residence of Umm Mufar, usually it is like this every Nabil came home because sometimes Nabil did not come home for 2 or three years.
So mumpung all her on gathering, yes satisfied satisfied time together.
After a boisterous dinner because of the boy, now the tv room was boisterous. Somebody wants to watch this, somebody wants to watch that. Except for the shy shafiq who is busy with his gadget and Aksahara who is again alone.
Khair came back to Aksahara and greeted him.
"Thank you" said Aksahara and he returned Khair's phone and earphones.
"That's for you, if I'm alone I usually like to listen to the Qur'an murattal so that my memorization is not lost. You can also do the same" Aksahara smiled faintly.
"On this phone there is also an application to learn Arabic. Learn tajwid and others" continued Khair.
"Thank you, you're good" that's just Aksahara's answer.
After that, Maryam came to pick up Aksahara because Aksahara could not sleep if he could not be with his mother.
"Mom, Khair's brother gave this" Aksahara said.
"Thank you very much, Khair" said Maryam happily.
"Same, Aunt" replied Khair.
After Aksahara left, now Khair is alone. He noticed his younger brother who looked very happy.
And Khair felt sad at once, because he knew who he was. Khair is different from them. Khair knows Nabil is not his father and Khair knows what happened to his mother.
Khair is too young to realize all that, but it was revealed last year when Khair was in an accident and deprived of blood. One of his parents should have matched blood, and since Khair and Maria's blood types were different, then only Nabil hoped. But in reality neither Nabil nor Nabil's family had any blood relation to Khair.
At that time, they had to find another blood donor
At first Khair doesn't know about it, but he accidentally finds a medical report of himself in his Abi workspace.
Khair felt disbelief at that moment, he felt sad and devastated. But Mary spoke to her from heart to heart. Khair still does not fully understand what happened, but after Mary tried so well, at least Khair can accept all that.
And after all, his Abi family never treated Khair differently from his two younger siblings or his cousin cousins.
"However.." cried Arkan who approached Khair.
"It's nice to be able to come back here"
"I won, champion 2"
"Stay victorious, rather than at all" Khair chuckled at Arkan's reply.
"I want to see Ummi first" Khair exclaimed later and Arkan invited.
Then Khair went to meet his Ummi in the room. It looks like Ummi just put Maheer to bed.
"What's wrong? Don't play with your sister?" ask Maria.
"Engga, Ummi" Khair replied as he walked in "Ummi, tomorrow we go to Khair's father's house, Ummi promised"
Mary was silent for a moment, she was not ready to bring them together, Mary was still afraid they wanted Khair but Khair kept urging her to bring Khair to meet her father's family. I don't want Maria to agree.
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The next day, Mary and Nabil take Khair to Alex's parents' house.
"Mary.." said Sinta who like her still clearly remembered with Maria. Sintia glanced at the veiled girl standing behind Maria.
"We... I'm..." Maria was still nervous about facing them. He glanced at Nabil.
"There's actually something we want to talk about" Nabil said "If we could come in?"
Although seemingly reluctant, Sintia let them in.
They sat down and then came Sintia's husband.
"After enduring years of disappearing, what are you here for?" ask Sintia ketus. Because he had been very ambitious to take Khair but he instead heard Maria married and went abroad.
"Because my daughter wants to know her father's family" said Maria who made Sintia and Sony glare in surprise.
"Khair? Where's she?" ask Sintia enthusiastically. Maria glanced at Khair, and Khair slowly removed her veil.
"I'm Khair." said the girl and Sintia and Soni were flabbergasted. They were silent for a while and watched the baby who had now turned into a very beautiful teenager.
Khair was only silent because his grandparents were silent. Khair even felt nervous because he thought his grandparents did not like his arrival.
And that thought was wiped out when Sintia immediately embraced Khair and kissed his face many times.
"Khair, you've grown up" said Sintia.
"You were a baby, this way" continued Soni who also looked touched.
"My biological granddaughter" said Sintia cupped Khair's cheek and once again kissed her cheek.
Mary who saw it was not pleased, for she was afraid that they would take Khair. Maria could not even hide her fear and Nabil realized it could only hold Maria's hand.
"You want to live with Grandma here, honey? Grandpa too? Want huh? Don't leave us again" Sintia's plea frightened Maria even more.
"Khair was happy to meet his grandparents, but Khair was still in school in Mecca" Khair replied subtly refusing "But Khair will still communicate with you" he continued and Maria immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"But you can go here too, there are many international schools here. You just choose to go to which school" persuaded Soni.
"Khair knows, Cake. But..." Khair saw his mother who looked tense "Now Khair is a child, still has to live with Khair's biological mother" Khair replied intelligently.
Sintia and Soni looked very disappointed to hear that. Khair soon consoled her.
"Khair still your grandchildren just do not live together" he said and of course Sintia and Soni can not force.
"But as long as you're in Indonesia, you stay here huh, honey" persuaded Sintia who looked her Khair wanted the same thing. But before answering, Khair glanced at his father and mother. Maria was silent and looked confused, but Nabil nodded, giving her permission.
Khair nodded which made his grandparents happy.
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Tbc...