Teach Me (Naina)
Chapter 45

In the pendopo the children of Alfin sat round Naina, before them Aminah and Ahmad looked sadly at the girl who was shrinking her tears. Naina stopped crying, feeling peaceful as she watched the little spy surround her.

"Mom is okay?" halwa asked as she stared fixedly at Naina's puffy face.

Hearing the call, the other children were stunned.

"Halva? Why do you call Naina's sister mother!" reprimanding one of the girls who is older than Halwa.

"Why? This is our mother, really," said the little girl with her innocent, shining eyes.

"Don't get greedy. Who told you that Naina's sister was our mother?" the other sambar asked.

"Halwa is not greedy. My own father told me that this is our mother" he replied, shaking with anxiety.

"When did you say that?" Still don't believe Halwa's words.

"So morning. I took Halwa to work. Yeah, isn't it, Mom?" Those little eyes turned to look at Naina asking for approval for what she said.

Hearing the debate, Naina smiled. He nodded his head in order to justify Halwa's words.

"You must ask Mom to be with you. Yeah, right?"

Halwa looked down while smiling shyly.

"Halwa didn't ask, really. Halwa just asked me when did you bring me to Halwa? For us," he said honestly while smiling to himself.

"That's the same thing, Halwa. It's really, really anxious." The big brother clenched his hands feeling anxious with his sister's behavior.

They all ended up laughing because of the innocence of the little girl. Including Naina whose heart slowly began to feel calm. Gather with them, giving a warm sense of peace to the soul and body. It seemed, Naina would accept Alfin's offer to nurture them.

"Son, you're okay, aren't you?" aminah asked as she glanced at Naina's wrists flushed red.

All the children fell silent, wanting to hear that their mother was fine.

"Alhamdulillah, Nai is okay, Umi. Nai was afraid because he wanted to call Alfin could not. Hp Nai dropped him to the floor," Naina replied, recalling the incident that almost drove her crazy.

"Alhamdulillah if that's it." Aminah was relieved that they had arrived on time.

"You better stop working. It's nothing, that place just brought harm to you. Not good if you make nerusin work there," said Ahmad while staring at Naina.

The girl sighed, but it was only a matter of waiting for the day for her to officially resign. Because of this, he will resign early.

"Yes, Abi. Nai actually wants to get out of there. Just waiting for the beginning of the month to stop officially, but because of this incident Nai wants to withdraw from now on," replied Naina with her head bowed to the hand of Halwa who played the end of her veil.

"Well, it's better than now. Umi is worried that she will be more courageous with you later," said Aminah justifying her husband's remarks.

"Mother, Mother's hand is red. What's it like to hurt?" The question from Halwa distracts everyone.

The children stared at Naina's reddened hands making them dare not touch her. Naina smiled, rubbing the hair of Alfin's youngest child gently.

"It's okay, really. It will also no longer hurt," answered Naina while enduring the throbbing pain in her wrist.

"Try telling your father there's a bruise ointment?" pinta Aminah on one of the biggest children.

Suddenly, the boy got off the pendopo and ran to the mosque to meet Alfin. The man was stuck on a prayer mat, looking down while playing wooden grooves in his hands.

He walked slowly to them, sitting down and greeting them both.

"What's wrong? Why panic like that?" alfin asked wiping the sweat on his forehead.

"Mother's hand is bruised. Grandma said, Daddy's got a bruise ointment?" said.

Alfin was stunned, remembering Naina's wrist that Anton had blocked. He left, saying goodbye to Ustadz Hasan to go to the pharmacy.

"You wait there, yeah. Dad to the pharmacy first," he said as he looked at everyone in the pendopo. Inadvertently her eyes met with Naina's sad bead. He decided to take a look and immediately got on the bike.

At the store, Anton who was upset because all his plans failed to re-enter his room with a defeat. His chest felt tight because of the emotion that was not channeled.

"Argh! Shit!" he spoke while dismissing anything on his desk.

"Why is he always lucky? I just want to talk to him about my son, not to say anything. Why does he keep rejecting me?" he grumbled while hitting the table with both hands clenched.

"What are they? How dare he threaten me. Naina does not belong to anyone. I still have a chance to win it" he told himself.

He fell silent, again making plans what he would do for the future. Anton stared at the floor, where documents and other important letters were studded there. Inadvertently his eyes saw the file belonging to Naina who was scattered.

The innocent girl who caught his attention since first serving as a manager at the store. He picked up the file, looking at the photo of Naina who looked innocent and what it was.

"What should I do to make you believe in me, Naina? I like you, but why did you choose the marbot? What's so special about a slacker like him?" he muttered as he rubbed a picture of Naina using his thumb.

He sighed, his heart was not yet willing to give up on fighting for Naina. He should get the girl as his wife. Whatever she's going to do, so Naina can be in the arms.

"I'll give up this time." He decided.

Dropping the buttocks on the chair, picking up the scattered letters and reassembling them.

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Alfin returned with a small plastic bag in his hand. He continued to go to the pendopo to check on Naina.

"This, Mi. Diolesin aja," he said giving the ointment to Aminah.

"Let me, Father," the biggest daughter took the plastic bag.

Patently he opened Naina's sleeves slightly. All the children grimaced, including Aminah saw a trace of five fingers coiled on the surface of the girl's skin. How hard did he block Naina?

Alfin's heart heated up again, unable to see his loved ones get hurt like that.

"Slowly, Brother. Later Mommy is in pain," Halwa remembers before her sister applied the ointment to Naina's hand.

"Yes, baffles. Brother also slowly," he said angrily.

"It's okay, really. It doesn't hurt" Naina said, smiling at the little girl.

Halwa hugged Naina's other hand, seeing how her sister treated her bruises. Alfin was full, they all needed a mother figure, especially Halwa.

Maybe after they get married later, Alfin will build a house there. Stay not far from their children, so that they do not feel lost. Well, that's the plan. Starting tomorrow will begin construction for his house later.

"Sorry, am I bothering you?"