He's Not The Best
102. A Responsibility

A Responsibility

Across the street, Erlan knew his father's intent to immediately bestow responsibility on him about something Arkan had been carrying. But he cannot go home now because he must remain there until the time of his graduation.

Arkan was impatient for Erlan to come home and continue his business in the country, because he himself wanted to enjoy his old life by relaxing at home with his wife and baby later. He no longer wanted to be preoccupied by business affairs and left everything to Erlan after graduation.

Like Badri when he entered retirement age, he left all business to Arkan and the now-defunct man enjoys old age with his wife and granddaughter. However, shortly thereafter Arkan's mother went into the afterlife ahead of her husband, shortly after Badri decided to retire from his business.

“Dad, when will Ibu Runa give birth?” erlan asked after a long silence did not answer his father's words on the phone.

“Two weeks away, that's doctor's estimate.” Arkan replied while throwing a glance out the window.

“What Wiwin will go home?” Erlan looked curious.

“Where did Dad know? Just ask her!” Arkan answered his son's question with a frown.

“She's hard to call, Dad.”

“Masa? Dad used to call her sometimes in the morning or at night, make sure she was safe and at home, why did you say hard?”

“Why am I he so, like keeping your distance from me, Dad?”

“Just send him a message, maybe he's busy. It is indeed better that he is like that same you, Lan!”

“Dad!”

“Yes. It's better than you guys close!”

“Why?”

“I'm worried that you like it!”

“What is Dad serious about saying? So, Dad wants me to hate him, do you?”

“Ya.”

“But, I've loved it since he was a kid and just got in TK!”

“What? Didn't you guys never meet?”

“Dad does not know the story, I—“ Erlan's speech was interrupted because Arkan immediately interjected.

“Already, do not continue, you can not like it, if you like the same Wiwin, continue to care about your affairs with the girl in the hospital? Huh!”

“I don't like it, Dad.” Erlan's voice was begging.

“Are you sure? She's pretty, isn't she? Even prettier than Wiwin.”

“No, to me Wiwin is prettier!”

“Enough!”

After Arkan said so, the call was terminated unilaterally by him. The man immediately headed for a project where housing which became his new venture is now being built.

Since long ago, Arkan always maintain and monitor the development between the business and its children well. He never made any attention to those two things being one-sided. He did not want bitter experiences as a child not always together with both parents who were busy working, also felt by Erlan.

Arkan was very attentive, including to the development of Erlan and Winsi and their association, never escaped his attention. He noticed them through several informants who were ready to help if needed. However, about Erlan's feelings for Winsi, he really did not expect before.

It turned out that everything he was worried about happened as well, namely the presence of a sense between Provinsi and his son.

*****

Meanwhile, Erlan could not calm down the days after the conversation with Arkan over the phone back then, how he could calm down after realizing if it turned out, his father did not agree with his feelings for Winsi.

Erlan saw his family very close and appreciated the presence of Runa and Winsi among them. But what he expected from his honesty was not that good. He kept asking what caused his father not to accept, didn't the man also love Winsi.

Indeed, both of their parents had a marriage relationship, but, between Winsi and Erlan was not a mahram, until they could get married, so what was wrong with his feelings?

Erlan wants to accept Provinsi as it is, even though he has always been avoiding and indifferent. It doesn't matter as long as he doesn't hate. He saw how much God loved the girl in every step of her life after she came out of trials.

Judging Winsi from the other glasses, and from a sincerity, then he could not deny his feelings that were present since childhood. Can't meet just for a while and he's patient with the distance that separates. One day they will be together.

A moment later Erlan was startled by the message notification on her phone. The man frowned so deeply after reading the message from Arkan.

“The woman is unconscious with her life now, she is looking for her father and mother. He hugged all the men who approached, including me then, called him Dad, do you have the heart, if Mother Runa knows and she is jealous of me?”

Erlan replied, “But, Dad! I can't go home now, be patient!”

“I have sinned a lot and you said your father has to be patient?”

“Daddy, can, right don't get close, otherwise want to be hugged?”

“Basic, you're Erlan! Can you feed all the men to her? Quickly go home and marry her!”

“What? I don't want to marry her, Dad! I don't love him!”

“I don't make you love him!”

Erlan was pensive and thought while putting the phone back in her pants pocket. What is the difference between love and marriage? Love is a feeling and marriage is an act. The two things must be done simultaneously if you want to live happily, if not, then be ready to live in real compulsion.

He thinks his father is funny, who asks his own son to marry a woman he doesn't love, but Erlan knows that Arkan won't do it either.

The proof for almost nine years his father chose to live alone, unaccompanied after his mother left, arguing there was no woman he loved. Then, why is it that now he has his own son get married at will?

Suddenly he regretted telling the truth if he loved Winsi, because it was useless for his father to know, but did not consider his feelings.

Erlan chose to walk while thinking as she headed to her apartment after returning from campus rather than hitchhiking the therm as usual. The light rain began to fall as some of his friends yelled at him to ride in their vehicles, but the man refused. He chose to let the rain wet his head as if it were cooling from his suddenly hot brain.

It rained to so many that fell in the rainy season, in the country of six seasons. It might just be the last rain, until Erlan enjoys it due to the possibility of next year's rainy season, he's no longer there to feel it.

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