Still Wishing He Back?
8. Meeting Old Friends

By leading Arka back home from buying food outside, he unknowingly met his old friend when he was walking home.

The meeting was quite awkward because he did not meet after all this time, coupled with his different condition made him feel a little insecure, especially his old friend was a pretty special person in his eyes.

"Ma, Arka doesn't want that food." The word Arka refers to the food bought by Airin.

"Aren't you going to want this food? wh why? Is this Arka's favorite food?" Tanya Airin after buying grilled fish in one of the food stalls.

"Arka prefers mama's food." Say Arka honestly.

Arka's simple words turned out to make Airin feel touched. "Later mama masakin good food, today we eat this first yes, together with om Dava, Rahma's mother, then Bilal's father too." Airin said crouching down to look at her son's face, and tried to give a little explanation to his son.

Arka seemed to think of Airin's words, although her expression seemed reluctant. "Alright, but mama promised ya later masakin Arka a lot of food and delicious." Reply Arka who returned cheerful and did not mind anymore food purchased by Airin.

"Ok, mama promise, later must be mama masakin food that much for Arka, so we now go home yuk. Let's go.." Aroused Airin while holding his son's hand.

"Let's go.." Arka chimed her mother's words with vigor.

Not too far from the food stalls he came at this time with Arka from the direction of his house, because they do not need to bring a vehicle to get there, just walk a few minutes to get to his place.

"Arka wants to be carried, Arka's legs hurt." Said Arka complaining of soy sauce on Airin.

"Well, what a pity, but soon to come. Let's go again." Reply Airin tried to encourage his 3.5-year-old son to know that.

"Don't want to, Arka wants to be in a hold." Arka whine who already felt soy sauce.

"Yaudah, here's your sling. Oops, how heavy is this, whose child is this?." Carrying his son, Airin joked a little about his weight.

"Hehe's mama's son." Balas Arka laughed a little at the joking of his mother.

"Whose son is he?"

"Mama Airin." Answer Arka.

"Smart." Said Airin, then kissed her child's puffed cheeks.

Joking with each other on the way home, a look of happiness from the faces of the two. Up to a quarter of their journey, suddenly a figure was calling out to him, making Airin immediately turn towards him.

"Airin right?" Call him again, while approaching Airin.

Of course Airin's expression could not hide his surprise when he saw the person. "Sir Joints." Reply Airin to the greeting of the man named Rendi.

"Well, I didn't expect to see you here, it's been a long time. You how are you?" Rendi seemed happy to meet her junior back at High School.

Airin smiled awkwardly at Rendi, holding Arka in his arms, Airin felt an uncomfortable feeling face to face with Rendi, but he tried to stay calm by occasionally showing a small smile on his lips.

"Airin's news is good, brother Rendi himself how is it?" Reply Airin later.

"Ah was I out of buying food, brother Rendi himself why around here?" Airin did not answer questions about the child in his arms.

"Ah, I'm buying a cake for my mama's birthday. It just so happened that again this way and stopped by when I saw a cake shop. Oh yeah, why don't you bring a vehicle, why are you walking to buy food?" Reply Rendi while showing the cake she was carrying and asked Airin who was seen walking to buy her food with a child beside her.

"Airin lives around here, because Airin just bought it, anyways also deket place. Oh yes brother, it seems Airin must go, because the food is waiting for the house."

"Oh ok, I'm sorry I held you back, but if I may know who the other kid you're carrying is? Your niece?"

"He.. My son." Reply Airin who had been silent for a moment, before finally answering him honestly.

"Ah.. So. Continue the path, I also want to go." Rendi looked a little surprised to hear Airin's reply, even when Airin was away from her, she could not turn her face away.

"She was married as it turned out, so unimaginable." He muttered and tried to get into his car and get out of there.

Not only was Rendi a little surprised, it seemed like so was Airin. As long as he walked home, his expression always seemed to be about the meeting with Rendi earlier. In fact, it was terbesit to hide the identity of Arka, when asked by him, when asked, but he became aware when he saw the face of his son who looked at him gently when he spoke and strangely remained a herd in his car while chatting with Rendi earlier. Airin felt sorry for being able to think about that thought.

"Arka ko just shut up? Wh why? Is Arka sick?" Airin asked her son who had been silent since meeting Rendi earlier.

"Father, Arka bosen aja." Honest Arka.

"Well yeah, I'm sorry so long to be home." Airin said regretfully, and was reciprocated only a nod from Arka.

During his conversation with Rendi, Arka strangely did not try to rebel against him, he actually looks not so interested in the chatter of his mother.

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Because of the accidental meeting, strangely even hardened the relationship Airin and Rendi that had been cut off for a long time. Thanks to Arka the relationship of the two became increasingly familiar, although it was hit by awkwardness because it had not met for a long time, but over time became closer to the more they met.

Rendi was initially surprised to see that Airin already had a child, so she was quite careful when she got close to him, because she thought Airin was married. However, when he saw that there was no ring on Airin's ring finger, he made him feel astonished himself.

"Why isn't there a ring on his ring finger? Did I see wrong?" He muttered in his heart while observing Airin's finger. He just silently watched without daring to ask Airin.

Her chatter with Arka, who is Airin's son so connected to Rendi, she also somehow feels comfortable when with him, because it sometimes makes her want to meet him.

"Wouldn't you pick up with Mama?" Rendi asked Arka who was sitting with a henchman in the park near her school, when she accidentally passed by after visiting the house of her close friend who happened to live in the same location as Airin.

Arka just shook her head.

"Then, Arka was picked up by who dong? Same with Arka's Dad?"

"Arka has no father, Arka is waiting for Dava." Reply Arka was a little bored.

"Ehh.." Instantly Rendi became silent after hearing her answer.