15 Years Adrift

S2 Episode 4: How are you?

In the dim atmosphere of the room, Nurul blinked the weight of his eyes while yawning widely. "hhh. I dream of the old man again"

he muttered and closed his eyes again.

In the corner of the room, Vino relieved his breath.

"hhhuufft.it's good he's just ngigau"

he looked for a moment at El who looked sound in the arms of Nurul. while Vino's heart was filled when he realized that the child had never gotten the arms of his mother all his life.

"forgive me papa El. papa failed to give you a complete family.." her inner self while shedding tears.then she moved from there slowly so as not to wake El and Nurul.

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In the morning, Nurul who had just come out of the bathroom was shocked by El who was sitting on her makeup chair.El eyes looked sharply at Nurul with a small smile.

"El..? awake already? El is out?

el's family must have nyariin.."

"no.. El wait just mother.." said her while strung across the chest.

Nurul smiled wryly to hear El just kept calling her mother. Lucky this inside the house, if outside surely people will think that his widow gave birth to one.

"El. call me auntie yes, or bina can also be like Keenan and Ica" he said while drying his hair with a hairdryer.

El did not answer, he just watched

nurul's soft face was radiant.

"by the way.. El here who is it? does the El family sleep here?"

"El came here with dad, oma and opa El too

sleep here mother"

Nurul thought, which one is his oma opa? because there are some relatives of his papa who also stayed there.it did not cross his mind at all if what El means is Duma and Steve.

"El.. Who tried to tell you to call me mother? call me aunt okay?" Nurul pokes his tiny nose El.

El shook his head.

"no.. Mother Ran is El's mother.."

El smiled widely until his eyes narrowed.

"mother Ran??"

nurul was stunned. Ran, there's only one person who calls her that, which is Vino.

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While waiting for breakfast to be prepared, Nurul sat in the garden hut while watching three children play. El and Keenan seem cool playing his remote car while racing.

while Ica cool to make a line of trajectory that will pass Keenan and El following her.

"yeeyy Keenan first..."

"ahaha...." Ica was excited to see Keenan's car can go through the climbs he made from a pile of cardboard.

"El pursue Kenan.." said El no less excited.

so his spirit El to run away in order to pursue the position of Keenan.

From another corner of the room, Vino smiled widely watching his child who was playing.

and his smile grew wider again when he stole a look at the girl who until now still thrilling his chest.

"El.. Kenan.. don't la.." Nurul hasn't finished his call. El fell on the paving floor quite hard.

Nurul immediately got up and ran towards El, as well as Vino. he immediately took a thousand steps to see his son fall.

until he forgot his purpose of hiding there to hide from Nurul.

Just a little more Nurul up to El, Vino first approached El and carried her. Nurul was surprised and immediately stopped on the spot when he saw the figure of the stranger man appear before him.

"p..pak Vino?" her shrivelled with a trembling body.

"El is okay, son? is anyone sick?"

Vino examined his son's entire body.

"El no father's wounds." said El smiling.

"thank God." said Vino.

"dad??" nurul said in disbelief.

Because it was wet, Vino also ventured to look at Nurul.

"hhh.hai.." he looked very nervous.

Nurul took two steps closer,

he still could not believe the man standing in front of him was Vino. the man who used to always be nosy to him, the man who used to always watch his movements. the man who arrived suddenly disappeared and until now left fond memories in his wishful thinking.now the man stood again in front of him with a different look, status and situation.

"El. Is he Zey's son and aunt?"

Nurul pointed at El with trembling hands.

"hm.he's my son." said Vino while kissing El's head with a glare.

The tears of sadness and confusion that hang at the tip of Nurul's eyelids are now

the debate between anxiety, disappointment and disbelief.

the pounding that somehow made his heart chaotic is not necessarily directional.

"your news is good hmm? you look so sad"

asked Vino, without realizing his tears

drip slowly.

"good..

b, you look sad too..

good dad all right?"

Nurul pointed at Vino's face that was soaked in tears.

"i'm. yeah, I'm a little sad"

sahut Vino.

"Nur.. Come on in, breakfast is ready.."

exclaimed Fani from a distance, he did not know that Nurul and Vino had met there.

"iyaaa.." - Nurul.

he smiled faintly at Vino and then immediately left from there.

"Ran.." call Vino.

Nurul turned around. "yes..?"

nurul's blood immediately rippled violently through every cent of his body. That call, it had been a long time since he missed the call.

"it's good to see you again.."

vino said a small smile and his voice sounded trembling.

"mm.." Nurul returned with a smile and left Vino there.

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In the large dining room, all of them gathered to enjoy the dishes that had been served. in the right seat there is Vino and on the left there is Nurul who had avoided eye contact with Vino.

Seeing the situation between the two of them, all the family understood that Vino must have met and talked to Nurul before him.

In her mind, Nurul keeps thinking about how unfortunate El's fate is because she hasn't even had time to meet her mother. he looked at El who was always cheerful and laughed with Keenan and Ica.

"how could a child like her be so strong.." she wrote sadly.

While in Vino's mind, he was thinking about how to tell Nurul about his life that was very messy.

she's ashamed, how did she tell

that his sins in the past were destructive

the happiness of a woman, and the elimination of the hope of an innocent child to get the caress of affection from her

a mother.

...~~~~...

At 11:00

Nurul is waiting for Bian to pick her up, he sits in front of the house while looking at the video on his cell phone.

"hm..." Vino who was standing not far from there gave a code that he wanted to talk for a while.

Nurul turned his head awkwardly.he only nodded thinly when he saw Vino as if giving his greeting.

"Ran.. Can I talk to you?"

deg.deg..

"huh. can I.."

Vino approached Nurul and sat next to him, taking a considerable distance to appreciate Nurul's comfort.

"a long time ago ya.." said Vino, want his taste he said miss but very difficult.

"hhhh. quite a long time." said Nurul nervously.

long enough to hold back his longing for the figure of Vino who used to always color his life.

"mom is leaving, is it..?" El came and sat on his father's lap.

"mm.., yes, I want to go to school." Nurul said.

Before long Bian arrived and immediately descended

from his car.

"honey.. let's go.." exclaimed Bian half-running, but at once his steps slowed down when he saw Vino sitting next to his lover.

"The casino?" the smile on Bian's lips faded right then and there.

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