The Father Boy
ALA3'S. Village house
"Absolutely, Shauwi is not coming home, Bang?" Chandra looked to his left.
"Reflect, mak meugang the day before the fast was back. Uh, isn't it? I don't understand the tradition there." Keith scratched his head in confusion.
"Yes, Bang. The day before fasting and the day before Lebaran, mak meugang." Chandra thought of his mother's whining, who asked him to come home. Unfortunately, he was too confused by his current situation. She has a baby in this house, she can't go anywhere with a baby, let alone bring the baby home, with her unmarried status.
"Two days left, Bang. Tonight reassure yourself Brother, tomorrow if so yes I pick up the Dayyannya. Later Dayyan Abang pick me up again at my house, if you have arrived here." Keith was just trying to help Chandra as much as he could. He knows the sadness of a day without family, especially this is a first for Chandra.
"Does you mind?" Chandra is worried that it is burdening others, plus Keith has a six-month-old baby in his house.
"No, that's why it's nawarin." Keith was sure that his nanny could help his wife take care of Dayyan.
"Yes tomorrow morning I'll call you first, Bang. If so, I'll take Dayyan to Brother's house directly." Chandra is still thinking about this.
He was worried that his movements would be understood by his parents.
"OK, sip. Excuse me for the distracting nights, huh, Bang? You know, I just got home from the office." Keith got up and rolled up his shirt sleeves.
Chandra got up with a friendly smile. "It's okay, Bang. I haven't slept either." He intended to drive Keith to his house.
"I'll say goodbye, Bang." Keith immediately withdrew.
"Yes, Bang. Ati-ati, it's night." Chandra stepped to take Keith to the porch of his house.
Tin….
The horn sounded, as the car came out of the yard. Chandra nodded and smiled faintly, ushering in the car's departure.
After that, he went back inside the house and locked the door. His steps continued until his room, then stopped in bed and he hugged the baby boy again.
The housekeeper went straight out of the room, then closed the door of Chandra's room slowly. He knew that his master's son was tired of thought.
The next morning, after breakfast he immediately gave Dayyan to Mbak Yani. He sat on the porch, then contacted his mother. He deliberately secured Dayyan first, so that his mother would not hear the baby's voice if Dayyan suddenly cried.
"Biya…." Cheerful tone he gave, when his phone call was connected.
"Yes…." Canda, Chandra's birth mother replied in a similar tone.
"Would I go home, wouldn't I?" Chandra's story instantly makes her mother's heart flowery.
"Back home, your brothers have gathered all. Udahlah, do not be too lamented failing graduation. I can buy you a graduation." Her mother's joy made Chandra laugh.
"Please!" The voice was known to Chandra.
"Which father, Biyung? I'm gonna talk to you." Chandra believes that talking to her mother actually increases the length of the story.
"Givan's father, Bang Chandra would like to speak." There, Canda gives Givan his cell phone.
"Yes, Hello. How's it? Do you mourn your failed graduation?" sindir Givan later.
"No, Dad. Just yeah…. It's hard to accept." Chandra did not think about his education at all. Because he graduated with a pretty good grade.
"Brought enjoy." That's all Givan said, he didn't know what he wanted to encourage. Because, he never felt in Chandra's position. That's what's on the old man's mind.
"If I go home still no, Dad?" Canda smiled when he said that.
Chandra chuckled, hearing his father's answer. He knew his house must be so crowded, because he had a big family.
Not to mention his parents' house became an annual gathering place, when celebrating Eid. Because, his father was the eldest son of his grandparents who were gone.
"Ready, Dad." Chandra got up straight from her porch seat.
"You're fasting no?" One question his father undoes his intention to say goodbye in the phone call, because he intends to get ready soon.
"Fasting is, Dad. You want a full dong, what gift do I get?" he sat back on the terrace chair.
"Yes later the Eid will be given a hundred thousand who fast full," replied Givan with an amused chuckle.
"Hmm, a hundred." Chandra sighed.
"Hurry up, book a ticket first. Worrying is full. I'll send for the fare."
"No need, Dad. I have money." Chandra feels himself to have earned himself.
"Oh yeah, yeah? Assalamualaikum." Givan hung up on her phone.
"Wa'alaikum salutations." After that, Chandra immediately bought airline tickets online.
He just found out, the fastest flight will be done in a few hours. After he succeeded to take the flight that would be done at twelve that afternoon, he hurried to pack up and entered his backpack containing some of his electronics and documents he would need on his flight.
After that, he immediately took the baby to Keith's house. Because Mbak Yani has bought a plane ticket for his return tomorrow in advance, so Chandra dizzy thinking about whose baby will be entrusted to whom if he goes home too. Fortunately, there was Keith who offered to babysit Dayyan while Chandra came home to enjoy his day with his family.
"Bang, aku usahakan pulang cepat." Chandra menyerahkan Dayyan ada Keith.
"It's okay for long, just calm down. The nanny here isn't back." Keith not only gave a tranquilizing sentence, but that was the fact.
"Let's take you to the airport, Bang. Flight's gonna be off again." Chandra glanced at his watch.
"Come, come. Bentar huh?" Keith entered the house with Dayyan. Chandra moves to get Dayyan's gear out of his car.
After that, the car immediately drove Chandra to the airport. Chandra is a little worried that he does not have enough time, because the flight from his home has a travel time of about an hour and a half.
However, he was grateful that he did not miss the plane. He immediately took care and showed his online ticket, then he was asked immediately to enter the plane that would take him.
Before activating the flight mode. He took the time to send a message to his lover who had a fight with him last night.
[Fetch me at the airport in six hours.] Chandra only estimates the time, as the description in his flight ticket is five hours and forty minutes.
[Which airport?] Fortunately Chandra has not activated its flight mode when it gets a reply from Izza.
[BTJ, Sultan Iskandar Muda.] After replying, Chandra instantly activated its flight mode.
Izza hurried from now on, as the journey from his village to the airport was six hours and thirty-two minutes. He worries that Chandra is angry, as he makes Chandra wait at the airport.
He was so excited, because he was going to meet his girlfriend. The last time he met his girlfriend, during Lebaran last year. He did not mind the location he had to pick up Chandra, because with a long trip he would have a lot of time to talk to Chandra.
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