A Flavor to Love
18-1
"Good morning, son!"
The words from Rea who had just finished cooking in the kitchen surprised Daichi who had been completely grounded from his drunken taste last night. He remembered his tears until he had shed from a broken heart. My God, during his life he just cried and it was a shame that he was half drunk and in front of his family too. Where does her face go now? Daichi Matsumoto who is famous for being strong and tough in living this hard life can cry because of women. What a sad and sad thing! Wanna put where her pride is right now?!
"Let's have breakfast together, rarely can we gather like this," continued Rea who was sitting next to Daiki to help her husband take a breakfast menu in English Breakfast style consisting of sausages, which consists of sausages, beef eye eggs, beef bacon, baked beans, black pudding, hash brown, fried tomatoes, and stir-fried mushrooms.
"Your father has informed your secretary that you will be late for the office today."
"Eh, oh, yes," He sat next to Kirana who seemed to be enjoying his breakfast. A portion of breakfast was placed in front of him. "Good meal!"
"Pa, Ma, I'm done with breakfast," Kirana rushed to tidy up the dishes and glasses she had used and headed for the kitchen to wash them. It has been an upbringing since childhood for him and his family if after eating he has to wash it himself even though there are servants who can do it. After putting his clean cutlery on the plate rack, he walked to the sofa to pick up a backpack containing his tools of war in the face of learning activities on campus that day.
"It seems like you're in such a hurry, Rana-chan? Papa is not satisfied to hold you after so long without meeting," Daiki pursed her lips as if protesting against the stubborn princess who will soon belong to someone else. It feels like he wants to make up for himself to hug and chat with his little daughter who has grown up.
"I have an important affair at the Pa campus," Kirana approached Daiki and Rea to greet him by kissing the backs of their right hands and cheeks both of them, however, he has half the blood of Indonesia so the tradition of respecting older people by doing this action is commonplace to do. "I'll try to have dinner at home. I'll go first!"
"Be careful on the road!" Rea waved his hand.
BLAM!
The front door was closed and Kirana's figure had disappeared from view. And the atmosphere of the crowd turned into silence again. Daiki and Rea cast a glance at each other to give a code of who first will start the conversation with their son. From the facial expressions Daichi could tell that they had to speak very carefully.
After going through the debate without a voice between the two, it was finally decided that Daikilah would come forward, according to the reason Rea had thrown him that he was the head of this family.
"How are you doing, son?"
"Eh?" Daichi raised his head to look at his parents.
"Are you okay?" His eyes turned back to Rea.
Hearing the question of the Papa makes his appetite suddenly disappear somewhere. He placed the fork and knife he used to eat next to the plate and looked at his parents. "Am I that sad that Papa and Mama don't feel good about me? I admit I got drunk wrong last night just because honest business makes my pride seem to be at the lowest point in my life. But I beg Papa and Mama not to look at me like I'm so pathetic...," Daichi tried to hold back his emotions lest he become impertinent to his parents who had wholeheartedly, soulfully, and body educated him into the present, as a wise leader though for matters of the heart he became so weak at this time. Damnit damnit! He used to be too haughty to underestimate the prayers of Kazuto! Is this a rebuke from the Almighty so that he can be wiser in acting and speaking?
"We just want to know your version of Luna Putri Putranto," said Rea briefly, clearly, and densely.
"Not so," Daiki sighed at the human side of her son who always tried to cover it up to look perfect and flawless when facing the world of professionalism. "Just trying to match up with Kirana's version and make sure the best move is what we both should be doing this family of ours."
"I mean Papa?"
"The girl could be the son of someone in our honest past who doesn't want us to remember back." Rea continued. "We just want to make sure the girl's presence in your life and your sister's not to disturb the peace of our family. It seems that this mere coincidence is too awkward to enter into human logic. Although we do not respond if the Almighty has interfered, there will be another story."
Daichi was surprised to hear Rea's words. The high IQ he had quickly digested the meaning in word-for-word from his mother. Didn't he ever say that he was gifted with an intelligent brain from genes passed down by his parents? Come on Daichi, let me not mention your arrogant attitude! Not enough with the impact that you are experiencing?
"If I'm allowed by Papa and Mama, I wonder what kind of trouble Papa and Mama had with their parents? Is it just his father, or his mother?"
"Do you know what Luna's mother's name is?" Rea feels bad because Kirana only tells the background of the Luna family, especially her father named Daniel Putranto and the girl has lost her mother because of illness.
"Don't Kirana mention her mother's name?"
Daiki and Rea's headbands gave little question marks to Daichi's mind. What's his sister anyway? The half-story? Make him scratch his forehead that does not itch because it must explain in detail. The most lazy thing he did because of trouble.
"Hah..., his mother's name was Astrid Medina,” Daichi leaned his back against the back of the chair. “And according to Luna's story, his mother died because of her love is not avenged by her father who still loves others so that makes him hate the Father. I think Kirana has explained that Luna's part doesn't get along with her father. That's why I feel something odd about his decision to break up with me.”
“Wait, did you say her mother's name was Astrid Medina?” Rea's body trembled as if he could not believe the unpleasant feeling he had felt earlier because he had to listen to this.
“Daiki..., how could there be such a terrible coincidence..,” Rea clasped Daiki's left arm tightly to brace himself to hear his son's explanation. “How can Daniel and Astrid get married and have a child named Luna then connect with Daichi and Kirana? What kind of fate is this darling.”
“Papa and Mama know Luna's parents?”
“Not know again Son, they both tried to block us together,” Daiki clasped the shoulders of Rea who was still in shock. “Astrid is a former friend of your Mama at the time of the lecture that Papa did not receive Papa prefers your Mama than him when Papa and Uncle Jun did a student exchange to Indonesia first so as to make intrigue that caused us to separate and misunderstand each other because they feel betrayed by each other while Daniel is a former friend of your Mama's who once rejected him only because of fear of declining popularity then regret when Your Mama again linked with Papa and trying to keep us from coming together. Honestly Papa did not think that they were both married and had children.”.
“This is crazy...,” Daichi gaped at getting unexpected explanations from his Papa.
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