Black Swan's

The New Aciel (Twenty Nine)

Bruck

            “Ck, you.

            “Hwaaa...”.

            Aciel stared lazily at the small man who was crying in front of him while glancing at the passerby who was currently looking at him with an accusatory look. This afternoon he seemed to be unlucky because he had to collide with a small child who suddenly cried in front of him.

            “Heyy... shut up, don't cry.”.

            Aciel tried to persuade the boy to stop crying while crouching in front of the boy. His towering body made Aciel quite difficult to get the little boy to talk, so he had to crouch down to align his body with the little boy's body.

            “Mama...”.

            The boy shouted loudly. People who happened to pass around the park continued to stare at the strange Aciel to make Aciel uncomfortable and furious. He didn't even touch the child's skin. Suddenly the boy hit him as he was crossing the park to pick up his parked car across the park.

            “Ssshhh... rest easy, I'll help you find your mother.”

            With a huff Aciel immediately carried the child to the edge and tried to calm the child

that's so as not to cry. Fortunately, he had read books about children when he was almost a father four years ago. And a little bit of those sciences were useful enough to calm the little man who gradually began to calm down in his arms.

            “You want ice cream?”

            The little man nodded his head twice, then slightly wiped away his tears as Aciel's thumb started rubbing his tear-filled right cheek.

            “I'll buy it, but you can't cry.”

            After the little boy was completely silent, Aciel immediately took the little boy to the nearest ice cream shop to buy ice cream. The only idea he had right now to stuff the boy's noisy mouth was to use ice cream instead. Fortunately, he is currently in the park with a variety of ice cream sellers along the garden path.

            “Where do you live?”

            The little boy shook his head slowly while licking his ice cream slowly. Foolish indeed he asked that to a three-year-old child. He will not know where his house is or the way to his house.

            “How can you get lost?” aciel asked as she rubbed her face, Anatar was annoyed and also confused. He still has a lot of work in the office. The initial intention of just wanting to buy cigarettes in the mini market actually ended up with a small child lost a hassle. Damnit damnit!

            “Eee... I was walking with mama, la then...”.

            The boy slightly lowered his voice when he saw the expression on Aciel's face that looked cynical. His head suddenly shrieked and he wanted to cry again.

            “Then? Don't cry, I can't help you find your mother if you cry.” said Aciel gently. He did not know how to make the boy more comfortable with him. But he felt pity when he saw the boy because indirectly the boy had reminded him of the son of Eden, who might also have been as big as the boy.

            “Mama is missing there, I'm afraid.” point the child at a group of pedestrians seen on the edge of the park. Aciel exhaled slowly, and chose to wait for the boy to finish eating his ice cream. If in thirty minutes the mother of the child does not look for her child either, then she will immediately take him to the police station.

            “Uncle... whose name is uncle?”

            “Aciel. What's your name?” ask Aciel short. I don't know, he felt he couldn't talk to a little kid. His haughty force had indeed been deeply rooted within this empty soul.

            “Skylar.” replied the boy was short. Aciel immediately recalled the memories of her past, when Eden asked her to give a name to her baby. At that time he also gave the name Skaylar if the baby was a boy. But it was impossible if this little man in front of him was his son because their faces were really not similar. The boy was much sweeter with short, combed hair in bangs, in stark contrast to him who had slightly long hair with a disheveled order similar to a bad boy.

            “Uncle want?”

            Aciel shook his head slowly as he reached into his pants pocket to pick up a cigarette. Adult men don't seem to eat ice cream, of course, he prefers cigarettes to calm his chaotic mind and to divert his boredom because the mother of the little boy never came to look for his child.

            “Kata mama cigarette it is not good.”

            Aciel exhaled slowly the cigarette smoke into the air while glancing at the lazy little boy. Just this time he got a reprimand from a small child for his smoking behavior. Huh, they are really noisy little creatures. Fortunately he failed to become a father, so he did not need to listen to the noisy babbling of those who were annoying.

            “You are still a child, someday you will also suck it like me.”

            Accidentally, Aciel exhaled the cigarette smoke towards Skaylar until the little boy coughed.

            “Uncle! Uhukk uhukk.

            Instantly, Aciel felt guilty to Skaylar, and he immediately threw the rest of his cigarettes which were still quite a lot on the ground.

Puk puk

            Aciel patted Skaylar on the back slowly and asked the boy to breathe as much air as possible to let out the remaining smoke that the boy had inhaled a moment ago.

            “Do not smoke again uncle.” Said the boy gasping a little. Aciel just silently responded to the boy's remark, and chose to observe the pedestrian traffic in front of him. It's been over thirty minutes, and the mother of the child hasn't been looking for the child either. He must immediately hand Skaylar over to the police station.

            “Let's go to the police station, your mother might be there.”

            “Uncle, what if mom turns out to be working?”

            “No mugkin, your mother must be looking for you. If your mother works, your father will be looking for you.”

            “I have no father...” Answer the little boy. Aciel immediately turned his head towards Skaylar while scrunching his forehead deeply. Even a child as small as Skaylar had felt a sense of sadness that a child his age should not have. Luckily, he once felt the love of a father,

although in the end their relationship became bad and his father died in their state of hatred for each other.

            “Where is your father?”

            Aciel instantly recalled Eden who might also be raising her own baby. But the shadow of Zyan who four years ago embraced Eden in front of his house made Aciel immediately throw away all his thoughts about Eden. They must have been a happy family....

            “You will definitely be a great man even if you don't have a father. I've proven it myself.” Aciel said flatly like he was talking to

itself. He believes Skaylar can become like him who is rich and successful without the presence of a father at his side. But still the presence of a father and mother will make life much more complete. He may have grown into a successful man, but he sometimes misses his complete family. You idiot! Why is it so melancholy like this?

            “Uncle, I'm sleepy.” Plain Skaylar said as he placed his head on top of Aciel's thigh. Skaylar seemed to yawn several times, and after that he immediately closed his eyes over Aciel's thigh comfortably.

            “Shit! What the fuck is this kid.”  Rfor Aciel growled. Lazily he immediately carried Skaylar and took the boy to the nearest police station. Dealing with a child is very difficult. Even he had to give up his precious time just to accompany this little boy chatting and carrying him towards the police station. Huh, he should not have cared about the little boy and left him alone in the park until his mother came to pick him up.

            “Skaylarrr.

            Aciel tightened his jaw furiously as a woman in her mid-twenties was running frantically towards him who was holding Skaylar. She was truly an irresponsible and careless mother, Aciel thought.

            “Skaylars! Thank you, you have found my son.”

            “Other times keep a good eye on your son.” says Aciel flat. The young woman simply nodded her head guiltily and immediately took over Skaylar from Aciel's sling. He felt almost crazy because he had never found Skaylar who suddenly slipped from his grasp.

            “Ma forgive me. Once again thank you, sir.”

            After giving Skaylar to her mother, Aciel walked away with a scary-looking flat face. In an instant his feelings were stirred up by Skaylar with his adorable innocent attitude. Really, now his mind's gone awry just because of Skaylar and his mother.

They both really made him recall Eden, and made him even more ambitious to find Eden.

                                                                        -00-

            “You didn't go home?”

            Instantly, Aciel looked at Sian while looking at the pink guy in wonder.

            “You're still here?”

            “I overtime. You know, you gave me a lot of work.” grumbled Sian annoyed. He thought he was the only human left inside the skyscraper, along with several security guards on guard at the security post.

            “You keep complaining as if you're the only one with a lot of work. Look, even my duties are far more than yours.”

            “Ck, of course. You're the leader here. Oh, I have good news for you.”

            “What?” ask Aciel without interest. The information presented by Sian is sometimes just a nonsense that is not at all important. And he felt he had wasted a lot of time listening to the nonsense of Sian's wide mouth.

            “There will be a fashion show at the Ritz Carlton hotel next week.”

            “Then? I'm not interested Sian, you better go.” expel Aciel rough. He then returned to his mac book to read messages from his clients who had reached hundreds in just a few minutes.

            “Jessica will be one of the designers participating in the event. He asked me to invite you to come.”

            “Hmm, I'll think.”

            “You should come. The event is international, maybe you will find a new business partner or find a beautiful woman who can replace Eden in your heart.”

            Ck! Eden Eden Eden Eden! Could that name disappear from my head right now!

            “Tell Jessica that I may be coming, but don't be too hopeful because my schedule can change at any time. Jessica hasn't been visiting me for a long time, has she found any new prey?” Ask Aciel to change the subject. It's better they talk about Jessica and her life than they have to talk about Eden who doesn't know where.

            “Heard he was going to marry a Chinese businessman, Kris Wu his name.”

            “Oh, great. He will no longer stick to me like a leech and ask for attention like he used to.”

            “Wait, I don't think you've ever been uncomfortable with Jessica's noisy, spoiled attitude.” Sian said in amazement. Aciel who he had seen always looked good in front of Jessica. Even tend to treat Jessica more special than any woman, including Eden.

            “I just don't want to disappoint him. You, me, Jessica, we almost have the same way of life. When I saw him whining at me, I felt he would not have anyone else to listen to his whining.”

            “How about Eden?”

            “Sian!”

            Aciel warns Sian harshly that the man no longer discusses Eden. He tried to divert Sian from Eden, but the stubborn man still made him have to always remember Eden.

            “I don't want to think about it. Come out, I'll try to come to Sica.”

            Sian spread his shoulders indifferently and looked innocent in the slightest to Aciel. He thinks Aciel is too cowardly to seek Eden or deal with her again. But deep down in Aciel's heart, the man still wants Eden. Even the only love that Aciel has is for Eden. That fool is that guy! And Sian was furious to see his stupid best friend.

-00-

            “Mommy! Mommy's! We'll meet daddy in Las Vegas?”

            “Iya darling. Come on, quickly help mommy put your clothes in, tomorrow we will go to Las Vegas and California to meet daddy.” said the woman gently while stroking the top of her daughter's head dear.

            Finally this time he will return to his birth country after going through many heartbreaking things in his life. Together with Ciara he will meet Zyan and surprise Zyan's parents who have long chosen to leave the noisy frenzy of Las Vegas. But there was one thing that made Eden feel hard to return to Nevada, he was afraid that he would meet Aciel. The size of Nevada is not too broad for an Aciel. Somehow his feelings said that he would definitely meet Aciel, sooner or later. And even worse, maybe the man will again break his heart which until this moment has not changed in the least. Will I repeat the same story? With the scenario created by that guy? Or am I really off that jerk?