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Flashback: Story of Faiq & Karin (6)
The days passed, their meetings were getting more frequent with the duration increasing to be longer. The barrier wall that Faiq had previously created by making his reinforcement Sasa, slowly collapsed although it was not completely gone.
This is also how Karin feels. The man who became friends poured the idea, thoughts and feelings, slowly could be more open with him but occasionally still refused Karin to enter further in the scope of his life. The thing Karin could understand, considering the two knew each other not long ago.
Faiq, who used to be very firm on the job, is now more relaxed, also his once-burning obsession accompanied by explosive emotions if it encountered a slightly difficult path to achieve what he wanted, now became more controlled. Faiq's apparent, though insignificant, changes made his father think again about intervening in the personal life of his only son.
A slow knock on the door touched his eardrum, Faiq turned his head until the door about 4 meters high was opened and opened slowly.
His father's figure emerged from behind the door, making Faiq refocus on his laptop and work after finding out who the guests were visiting in his room tonight.
“You busy?” Ask her father to walk slowly and sit on the sofa not far from the table where Faiq is working.
“Any time I am always busy” replied Faiq without turning his attention to the sophisticated flat object, in front of him.
His father only looked away for a moment. His cold-impressed son's answer really made him have to prepare patience before starting what he wanted to say.
“How about the new project you are working on now?” His father asked something he already knew, just intermezzo before entering the core discussion he wanted to convey to the son only wayangnya.
“Do not talk, just the same points. What do you want to say to come to my room these nights?”
His father's behavior is very predictable, however, this is not the first time his father did an insignificant intermezzo according to Faiq, before he conveyed the intention that brought him to come to his son.
“Dad see, lately often meet with Karin. Are you launching your plan or are doing anything else”
“Why do you want to know?” Tanya Faiq was still busy with his work without shifting a single glance to point at his father, his current interlocutor.
“Yes, I just asked you”
“What do you want Daddy?” Faiq again asked directly at his point, as if he did not want to let his father linger in his room.
His father understood his existence which seemed to be interfering with the activities of his only son, he also no longer intended to continue the pleasantries that he had started before.
“Dad instead of wanting to interfere in your affairs again, Dad just came to give you a little advice and overview”
Faiq's hand, which was busy playing on the keyboard, stopped for a moment listening to his father's words. Not long enough, Faiq was again busy at his job while waiting for his father to continue what he wanted to say.
“Dad doesn't know how you feel about Karin right now, but seeing you laugh more than putting on your cold face next to Karin, make me think you're enjoying the time you've had together. I didn't forget that you still love that woman.”..
“Sasa. His name is Sasa, not ‘women it’ “ cut Faiq, affirming that he is not happy to hear his father call Sasa with a call ‘women it’
“Ah yes, forgive Dad for not remembering his name”
The man with a few strands of gray hair scratched his forehead for a moment after getting a reprimand from his son, a reflex move when he felt a little awkward after being reprimanded.
“Dad knows, that you still love Sasa and can't just forget him. It's just that, Dad also doesn't want you to regret it in the future. Ma-I mean Dad, instead of you will regret loving Sasa, just Daddy does not want you to lose Karin” explained his father with a little caution.
The 50-year-old man understood his son, who was very happy to reject what he said. Like a pride of his own for his son when doing the opposite of what he wants. So that he tried to speak carefully, so that what he said did not offend or make his son wrong again.
For the first time, since his father was in his room, Faiq turned his head and looked straight into his father's eyes.
“Means Dad?”
“Faiq, how long have you not seen Sasa? How long have you not been communicating? Are you sure that Sasa still loves you? Or are you sure that Sasa is still alone right now? Dad just doesn't want you to get hurt so badly later on because you're over-sustaining your feelings, and ignoring what you have now”
His father looked deeply into Faiq's eyes, trying to convey well, the good intentions he had. He tried to touch the heart of his son with his gaze and sincerity in giving his advice, so that Faiq would not have the mind to have fun rejecting what his father said as he had done these past few times.
“You must be aware of Karin's current whereabouts. She's a good girl, and can make you laugh which means you're happy to be around her and comfortable with her. A woman like Karin wouldn't come twice in your life if you wasted her right now. It's not easy to find a woman who can make you feel comfortable. I know, you know this thing”
Faiq who had looked at his father who was giving him the message, turned his gaze and just fell silent. Not a word came out of his lips. There was no word of approval or rejection as he often uttered when he got advice from his father. He listened very well to what his father had said without responding.
His father let out a long sigh, then stood up straightened his body which he had just let in a relaxed position sitting on the sofa, although what he said was far from casual and quite serious.
“Daddy can only say things like this, giving you an idea of what you can make a choice for now. You know, you know better about yourself and you know better what your life is about. I'm just saying what I think is right, and hope you don't waste what you can gain with happiness by maintaining something ambiguous. Everyone, I return it to you”
The old man gave a sweet smile to his son, though Faiq's gaze was not on his father.
“Already, Dad came out first. Sorry for taking up your time, resume your work”
Faiq looked at his father, before his father's footsteps moved out of his room.
Faiq was silent for a moment, he was not digesting what his father said, but his mind was playing itself about what he had been through with Karin at this time, and again remembered Sasa who had no idea where he was now.
Faiq brushed off the thoughts that had stopped in his head, and re-directed the focus on work that had been delayed when his father came and took his time.
But Faiq's mind was no longer able to return to work even though he had already taken the position to restart his stalled work earlier. Now that his father's words began to play in his mind, he caught the truth about what his father said, but still slightly hesitated to justify a hundred percent considering that Sasa could not escape his life.
Faiq recalled each of the words his father said earlier, and adjusted to what was happening to him at this time. Yes, although he strengthened his belief in Sasa, but he could not resist the presence of Karin, who really has given a new color in his life.
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Sorry if the flow is slow.. I finished the matter of Faiq and Karin first..
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