Hadwan
Chapter 25: The Tranquilizer

..."The heart and mind are the differences that come together to make a decision. Where the two can complement each other and nurture. The mind can judge and determine right and wrong, while the heart will convince of its choices."...

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A man was walking down the lobby with his backpack, his eyes constantly following the foot steps that were relentlessly stepping. His gaze was so sharp, it immediately looked at a woman who was bowed on the floor in a limp state.

The man who was none other than Hadwan, rushed to Iklima who was pensive with his mind, while the school had begun to be quiet. However, the girl was still drowned limp with tears that began to melt her cheeks.

"Assalamualaikum, Iclima." Hadwan saluted Iklima, still standing before him.

Hearing the voice, Iklima hurriedly wiped away his tears, then replied, "Wa'alaikumsalam." Then Iklima looked his head up, looking at someone who had just said hello to him.

"Sir Hadwan," he said with a little surprise because he found a handsome male figure that he had thought of.

"Yes, it's me, Hadwan." The man smiled at Iklima and this was the first time Hadwan dared to smile directly in front of a woman.

"Why sit on the floor? Stand up" Hadwan said, attentively helping the girl stand up and sit on a chair.

"A-I'm not a papa," said Iklima with a little stammering and trembling because he did not dare to face Hadwan directly.

"Alright, you just sit here and drink the water" Hadwan said as he gave a bottle of water from his bag.

"Thank you, Brother." Iklima immediately gulped down the water without any rest and again tensed up as Hadwan continued to stare at him sharply.

"What are you thinking?" asked the man with a look that did not escape from the slightly frightened face of Iklima.

"Ti-no .. Yes there's nothing I'm thinking about, sister." Sweat drenched the temple of the pretty girl's head, her body trembling slightly.

"Relax Iklima, I will not ask you many things" said Hadwan who did not feel good to see Iklima became very tense like that.

"Yes, brother and I, I-I have to go home soon" said Iklima and stood up.

"Wait, Iklima! I have not yet got an answer to my question," said Hadwan stopped the steps Iklima who wanted to stay away.

Iklima was silent, he did not know what to answer because his mood was not okay, while Hadwan was waiting for an answer from him.

"I know that if you have a problem and I know you are confused, then I will be the listener" Hadwan said again with a gaze that is still the same, sharp and unpredictable nature.

Back again Iklima was flabbergasted by the words of Hadwan just now, he was getting harder to hide everything because Hadwan could always guess the contents of his mind.

"I-I can't" said Iklima as he ran out of school in a hurry and tears rolled back down his cheeks.

"Fifths." Hadwan chased after the girl who quickly walked out from before him.

"Ehem ... is not easy to hide something and it is better to tell a story because it will ease the mind," said Hadwan with a gaze that looked up at the sky.

"Hiks, am I wrong if I improve myself to become a prayer woman?" luh Iklima who was still pensive without seeing someone who was beside him.

Hadwan fell silent, he deliberately wanted to listen to all the complaints of Iklima to himself in order to know everything.

"I'm an unbelievable friend! I failed to be a good friend and friend. My changed attitude, made my two friends stay away from me and cause misunderstanding," Iklima continued with tears that kept coming out along with his fragile heart.

"Someone can change and friendships can falter, but bonds can never be separated despite the weight of his business. How far they go, still he will return if there is still a sense in his heart because it is not easy to let go of the friendship that has been established long enough," said Hadwan while looking at the vehicle passing in the middle of the road.

Hearing Hadwan's voice, then it makes Iklima who was looking down on him and it turns out he was back close to Hadwan, a male figure that makes his two friends misunderstand. However, it was he who managed to make his heart calm.

"I can't be between two very heavy choices, between you and friendship." The dilemma again struck Iklima which increasingly made him cornered.

"Follow your heart, and you will be able to make choices about your doubts. After that, think carefully about your choice because in a decision it needs steadiness so as not to cause regret in the end," said Hadwan staring at Iklima with a deep enough gaze.

Iklima's heart was touched by the words of Hadwan who bravely came to make him solve the problem again.

"Thank you, Brother." That's all Iklima can say to Hadwan.

"Together, may everything go well again" Hadwan said with a smile.

Not long after, the black car stopped in front of the stop they were sitting at. From inside the car came a man dressed neatly typical of office workers, with black glasses that perched in both eyes, making the aged man become more and more dashing.

Slowly the man opened his glasses and looked towards a girl who had just cried and was a little calm now.

"Dad," said Iklima stammered because suddenly his father came to the stop, but his father said a little subuk to pick him up. However, his father still came to pick him up.

"Yes my beautiful daughter, Daddy came to pick you up. Now let's get in the car" Adam's father said with a smile on both corners of his lips.

"But Dad, Iklima ...." The girl hung up her words out of fear that her father was angry.

The gaze of Iklima leads to Hadwan who is still beside him, then that also makes Father Adam look at Hadwan, a young man who looks polite and friendly.

Hadwan immediately smiled at Adam's father while saying, "Sorry sir, I was only accompanying the Father's daughter because no one had picked her up."

"Oh yes, no papa, son. Thank you, yes" replied Adam's father who was not angry at all.

What Iklima had just heard from his father was enough to make him flabbergasted, not believing that his father was not angry at all at Hadwan, he said, though his father was always cold towards the man who dared to approach his daughter.