
Merry could not believe where he was going under the man, and it turned out they landed in Ireland until Merry could not guess who the source was meant by Zates, if they're here, it's very likely that Merry knows him, right, but who? The more thought Merry felt the more difficult to guess, making Zates clasped the woman's hand to ride the vehicle that awaits them, Zates' men have been waiting to open the door for his old man, who has been waiting for him, but Zates rejects that attitude, and forces the whole to disband, Zates leads Merry up a luxurious car to class for them to ride, even Merry is unable to argue anymore and chooses to calmly follow why Zates brought back to Ireland.
Isn't this strange, Merry realized he was under the power of Zates, but why Merry felt he felt so safe with this man as if there was no relationship between them anymore, is it because some time has happened before, but it is impossible for Merry to make it a reason to accept Zates, because it can be ascertained if he already considers Zates more than an acquaintance or elder brother of Louis Pentrov.
Merry, faced with a few children who were so desperate to play in front of him, surrounded Merry and Zates as a welcome, even hugging the man in a spoiled, worrisome manner, the children with innocent eyes full of longing attitude swarmed over Zates, asking for some candy that belonged to him, and even Zates sniffed a pretty adorable little girl on his sturdy, sturdy body, of course Merry did not expect the man could have a side like this, even he had prepared candy stalks behind his luxurious coat to give to the children there, seeing that interaction, of course, Merry concluded that the relationship between Zates and the children happened so familiar, that they gushed Zates with “Paman” post.
Merry's eyes stared at the simple building that looked quite warm, an orphanage that had a white layer with wooden doors in the front yard, which was a very warm place, Merry certainly stood in the direction of the courtyard which had several large trees beside it, along with a shabby playground, it signified that the place had long been standing, before this Merry felt familiar with the place he visited, but at that time the building was not as luxurious as today, at that time everything was still all wood with a roof that was not mamadai due to the old house, but this time wake it looks different even though with a simple look is still very sturdy, as it has been renovated.
“What is this your wife?” ask a small child who pulled the edge of the hanging pants that Zates was wearing, of course Merry turned his eyes to the source of the sound, while looking at the attitude of Zates who pulled him gently to whisper something.
“True, she's the mother of uncle's son, is she beautiful” said the man with a slow pronunciation until Merry heard vaguely.
“Very pretty, great uncle. Sometimes bring sister Airyn, I can't wait to hug her” reply petite girl who worried it, make Merry's eyes dim as if he did not believe, a very young child in front of him know Airyn, making Merry eyes dim, did Zates really love Airyn, so often talk about her daughter to these children, if so. Already made sure Zates loved his daughter, Merry chose to align himself with the height of the girl.
“Darling, do you know my daughter Airyn?” asked Merry softly, making Zates smile as if he could not believe that Merry still did not believe himself to Airyn, the little girl named Salsabila, of course, all the children knew that Airyn was the daughter of her mother who was always told, so everyone nodded their heads to justify.
“Kak Airyn is our sister. Of course you know him because brother is uncle's daughter, and aunt is his wife. Uncle said his daughter and wife could not come here because uncle's fate is the same as ours, not having anyone despite having children and wives, but aunts. Seeing yourself with uncle today, if you're so happy. Akirnya uncle get his family back” cerocos the girl with haru, making Merry look towards Zates who in the sense of so sad, is it true that the man always protects them from a distance, and so loved his daughter Airyn
"Don't listen too much, sometimes they're always smart to be mature" Zates broke up before Merry, even he didn't want Merry to misunderstand him “Honey, dear, what Aunt Lani is in” Zates said instantly, making them justify it.
Not yet had the children porridge, a middle-aged woman came out of the main door, she used glasses with warm clothes on her body, of course the woman was very old and even she was so sparkling staring at the Zates who had just come today.
“the children went back inside, because it was time for lunch” Aunt Lani told all her children, making Zates and Merry stand there waiting for the woman to approach them while getting closer to Aunt Lani.
“Basic of a cruel child, it has been almost a year not to go home. Did you forget the way home” said the woman with haru, making Zates embrace her with longing, even seen the closeness between them intertwined very well, Merry does not believe people like Zates have this side, but he does not believe, although he found out that Louis grew up in an orphanage, maybe this is where Louis and his brother grew up, and it's true that Merry did come here, and met Aunt Lani 30 years ago, who would have thought if there was someone named Zates in this neighborhood.
“Is this Merry?” lani said when releasing Zates' embrace, of course, both of his hands were held by Zates warmly while staring at Merry, making the woman speechless when the middle-aged woman knew him.
“Iya aunt, do you remember me?” when Merry's words are answered by Lani with a hug, even the two women dissolve for a long time, Lani's eyes glazed when she saw Merry's presence in front of her.
“Come in, outside the weather is very cold, and aunty wants to mingle warm coffee untumu”
At that moment they headed inside to warm up, of course Merry was a little nervous when everyone approached him as if he knew Merry well, even though Merry realized he visited the parlour maybe 30 years ago, but who would have thought they treated Merry warmly and differently.
“You are indeed as beautiful as the one in the Laos story, it is not wrong that he loved Miss Merry for many years” the caretaker's temptation when approaching Merry, of course there is a stiff attitude that he displayed, there is a stiff attitude that he showed, Merry did not expect the man to tell her about herself to the entire family in this orphanage, even Merry's gaze when looking at Zates talking to Aunt Lani made her judge differently.
“What kind of person is Zates really? Is there indeed a misunderstanding that occurred so that Merry did not recognize the man” his echo when staring at Zates, aware of the gaze of Merry Zates certainly glanced at the woman he loved, he said, made Merry turn his face for a moment to continue the conversation with some managers there.
“Nak Merry, please enjoy a few slices of bread and warm coffee” said Aunt Lani when giving a sidekick to Zates and Merry, of course Merry enjoyed it with a polite attitude, making the middle-aged woman look full haru, even her eyes glazed over at Merry.
“Why don't you guys invite Airyn to visit here. Aunty misses Airyn so much, all this time only Laos often send photos about the beautiful girl. Do you know son, this bad guy forbade me from seeing my granddaughter, when there was an open invitation held by Airyn's company, of course it was about charitable donations to the entire orphanage. Laos firmly forbade me to meet the girl, but I secretly went there and saw Airyn from behind, how proud I was of the girl, she could still be strong after the departure of her father Louis”
“M-forgive me. I-I don't.”
“Merry already knows everything, if not Louis Airyn's father, but zates” he said when glancing at Zates who was among them, of course Lani was confused why Merry said Laos as Zates
“Zates?” he looked confused, as he looked at Zates to hear an explanation in his name.
“That name, is my business call out there. So not everyone calls me Laos” to make the woman understand the story of her son.
Not yet had they had a conversation, a child suddenly cried from the middle room, making the caretaker call Bibu Lani who was talking to Zates and Merry, who was talking to her, she immediately stood up like a mother on alert in case anything happened to her child.
“Aunt Lani is a very good woman, I have considered her like my own real mother, as well as Louis, we grew up here. Under his compassion and self-sacrifice. The woman set up this home, due to the pain she received from her family, that she was camped by her husband only because he could not provide vocational, and the, from that day on, Louis and I were in Aunt Lani's yard, taking care of us and waiting for someone to pick us up, but no one came. No one came to this house until we were 1 year old. Since then her life and all her sadness has vanished and Aunt Lani decided to make her home an orphanage, once only a few children were here, but now he has hundreds of children under his nauangan. That's why Louis and I became like children to him, and for both of you Aunt Lani was like a real mother to me. But since Louis was taken by his adoptive family, he began to close and rarely visited. And those were the worst times that happened to this home, threatened with being riled up by the family who adopted Louis on the grounds of development, I was a little angry with him, I was a little bit angry with him, but he's still not my brother. So I can understand all that”
Zates dismissed his explanation that contained a lot of grief in the past, even making Merry like not being able to see the slightest lie, the sadness in his tone alone was able to tear down the alert attitude that Merry gave.
“At least, Auntie has not changed, is not that enough for you” continued Merry, making Zates smile while bowing his head receiving bitterness.
Somehow there is a foreign taste that can not be explained by Merry, when he saw the sadness that zates described, when he saw the sadness, didn't he hate the man so much that he even wanted Merry to destroy him for cheating and also torturing Airyn with a contract, but why this time Merry was moved by the sadness that Zates told him, what a sense of tightness made it difficult for him when he looked at the man, even when Zates bowed his head as if resigned to what happened.
Merry approached without thinking, gently rubbing Zates' hand to calm down, as if Merry should do this for the pity she felt for the man, behind his extraordinarily cruel and amazing life he was just an ordinary man living in a simple orphanage, Merry did not understand what broke his defenses, he said, but as the father of Airyn is not Merry reasonable to do this to strengthen the man, after all Zates has done a lot for Merry, even he poured out his affection in abundance, but also, so to hold Zates' hand so that the man does not grieve anymore, Merry considers the decision he made is not wrong.
“merry-” was shrieked by the man when he saw Merry's initiative touch his fingers, but what was the meaning of the woman's attitude, was this a sign that Merry had torn down the dividing wall between them, or this as a sign if Merry begins to accept his presence, or whether this is as a first step to their relationship.
Too late in his thinking, Zates instead felt otherwise, he was so happy that it was difficult to define, a feeling that had been hidden for years and this time in the woman's knowledge, even Merry had looked at Zates not like staring at Louis but instead, he looked at Zates like himself, even at that stage alone Zates was very happy, he was very happy, but this time he couldn't hold himself back any longer.
Zates hugged Merry affectionately and warmly, he melted Merry's body to land on the chest of his field, hugging him warmly while presenting affection, and then, as a result, if Zates can give a hug that unites their bodies without parting, as if she is not willing if the woman leaves or breaks away from herself again.
“Z-zates,, you hurt me.” Merry said while commemorating Zates, making the man realize that Merry's body is just an ordinary woman's body that can be crushed if he uses the strength to embrace it.
“I'm sorry.I'm too happy for today” replied Zates with a spoiled attitude, making Merry's cheeks flushed red to the point of saying, is he really pounding for the man, or this is something that is common due to interactions between the opposite sex.
“Can you hear my heartbeat?” said the man with shame when he looked down at the surface of Merry's shoulder, of course Merry felt it, but his chest also rumbled so much that it was complicated by the nervousness that surrounded the two couples.
“Zates, let me go. I can't breathe because you're calling me like this” pinta Merry very, because at this almost aging age, it's very unlikely that his heart will be allowed to beat, ' he said, for not feeling good for Merry's own health.
“I'm sorry I'm too happy” Zates let go of Merry, so both of Merry's eyes looked at each other, instead of saying something, the two of them threw away each other's eyes.
Zates who always likes to talk shamelessly, this time even nervous to difficult to control himself, as well as Merry who is almost the same as the man, this time even nervous, he chose to sip a black coffee that was almost cold in the cup, making Zates follow what was done by Merry, while contemplating himself simultaneously.