Between Love and Hate the Master
Promise Between Men

With happiness Abi got up and hugged Thika tightly. "Thank you for the love." Her speech.

"Don't touch me just like that! And don't call me 'honey'!" Thika lets go of Abi's embrace.

Abi is still a little sad because Thika who still does not want to open her heart for him. Abi quickly sat on the living room sofa.

Thika also called her two children who had finished eating her breakfast.

"Aska, Agastya come here son!" Call Thika.

"Baby mommy!" Both of them ran towards the mommy.

Aska and Agastya stared at Abi's presence with a confused look, as the mother had just banned him close by.

"Aska, Agastya introduce her is…."

"Daddy! I'm your Daddy!" Sela Abi's.

Thika glared as Abi interrupted her conversation.

"Is that really mommy?" Ask Agastya.

Thika just nodded. Agastya quickly ran towards the lap of the Daddy. While Aska just silently looked at Agastya's interaction.

"What's your name boy?" Ask Abi.

"My name is Agastya and she's Aska's sister." Agastya pointed to her twin brother.

Abi nodded while rubbing the son's hair. "Aska why don't you come here? Don't you like Daddy's arrival?" Abi asked who was sad because Aska was very cold to her.

Thika who saw that, approached Aska. "What's up, son? Meet your Daddy." Thika smiled at her son. While Thika went to the kitchen to beberes-beres.

"Daddy." Short Aska.

Abi quickly took Aska into his lap. Hugging Aska and Agastya tightly, like a very valuable item in his life.

"I'm sorry Daddy." Lirih Abi while still hugging the twins.

"Why is Daddy just coming home? Does Daddy not love Agastya and sister Aska? But, isn't Daddy dead?" Agastya asked Abi.

Abi quickly answered. "No. Daddy loves you both very much. Daddy's fine Son. Forgive Daddy who wasn't on your side all this time." He then stroked his two sons' faces.

"Can we talk together dad?" This time Aksa spoke.

"Sure." Sahut Abi, confirming Aska's request. Then she took Agastya down from her lap.

*

"I know mommy and Daddy have unresolved issues. And I think Daddy made a mistake that made Mommy angry and left Daddy's life. However, I need to say one thing don't make my mommy cry."

"Mommy's been fighting for both of us all this time. And for Agastya he's still a kid so don't give him false hope. I don't want him to be sad. Daddy knows we're always being teased at school for not having Daddy, I might be patient for just assuming it's bullshit. But not with Agastya, he is an easy person to get carried away and easily emotional, he does not hesitate to teach a lesson to our classmates. Even because of me he always gets a reprimand from school." Say Aska with a straight forward look.

While Abi was shocked to hear the words of the son. At a young age, he already knew in outline what was going on between him and thika. He had no idea what his two sons had been through all this time. You could even say that Aska's words seemed to threaten him if he wanted to hurt his family.

The cold-faced, iron-talking little guy like himself would do anything if one of his family was harassed.

Abi took Aska into his lap. "Daddy promises not to make mommy or you sad or troubled again." Said Abi brandishing his little finger.

Aska quickly frowned her little finger. "I hold onto Daddy's words. This is a promise between men." Aska.

Before long Abi's phone rang, he saw the one who called was Roy. Abi quickly answered.

"Hello?" Ask Abi ketus. Because it was Roy who ruined the show between father and son.

📞 "Boss, our cooperation with SI Company is running smoothly. And now ASTA Corp wants us to talk about its cooperation now." Roy said across the street.

"Can't you hold a meeting with ASTA Corp?" Ask Abi.

📞 "Can't be boss, later they won't cooperate again." Answer Roy.

Abi breathed. "I'm going there now." His word.

While Aska only listened to the talk of the Daddy with his assistant.

They also entered the house. "Aska, Agastya Daddy has to leave because there is an important meeting." Her speech. But he didn't want to leave them.

"Will Daddy be long gone?" Ask Agastya grimly.

Abi stroked her son's hair. "No, Daddy's coming tonight and playing with you guys hmm." Her speech.

"Alright, Agastya will be waiting for you Daddy." Agastya Sahut.

"Daddy is gone" Abi said goodbye to the twins. "Darling, I'm going ya." Pamit Abi to Thika, without warning Abi kissed Thika's forehead and left.

While Thika was sculpting while holding her forehead. 'Basic!' the pekikin' in heart.

*

Aska heads to her room and opens her laptop. Contacting someone, before long the corner of his lips had been lifted.

Seriate……