I Can Without You

36. Halal Dating

Today is Sunday, Awan and Shofi deliberately invite Keinan to exercise to the park in their residential complex. They jog lightly while accompanying Keinan to play there.

"Will you be tired yet?" shofi asked when they had finished running one round.

"Yes, Mother. Kei wants to play ball with Papa," Keinan replied as well as asking.

Shofi looked towards the Clouds. The clouds smiled as they nodded their heads slowly.

"Yes already. Let's play ball. Let Mother be the audience," said Awan by rubbing Keinan's head.

"Come, Pa," welcome Keinan cheerfully.

"You rest first, yeah. Keinan used to play ball there" Awan told Shofi.

"Yes, Mas. I'm ready to drink for the three of us, yes" Shofi replied.

The clouds nodded their heads in agreement.

"Come, Pa. Buruan," said Keinan impatiently.

Keinan then pulled Awan's hand, taking him to a more spacious place to play ball.

Shofi sits himself in the grass, not far from the Clouds and Keinan who are playing ball at the moment. Shofi also prepared drinks for the three of them which he had brought since the house earlier.

"Come, Pa. Catch the ball," cried Keinan cheerfully as he kicked the ball towards the Clouds.

The cloud that pretended to fall and was unable to catch the ball from Keinan, made Keinan screech happily.

"Horeee, gooollll," Keinan screeched as he ran round and round.

The cloud then wakes up and picks up the ball that was kicked by Keinan.

"Great yes Papa's son," praised Awan by wiping Keinan's head full of affection.

"New one time. Let's play Pa again," invite Keinan excited.

"Come on!" the clouds are excited too.

Clouds and Keinan continue their ball game. The sound of Keinan's laughter being so happy could be heard clearly by Shofi from where he was sitting at this moment.

Shofi smiled at the familiarity of the son and her husband. Especially when he saw the happiness on his son's face, Shofi really felt very grateful.

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In the afternoon, Awan invited Shofi and Keinan to shop for their monthly needs to the mall.

As usual, Awan held Keinan with his right hand while his left hand held Shofi's right hand. They walked together to enter one of the largest malls in their city.

Shofi begins to familiarize himself with all the sweet treatment Cloud had for him. Although to be honest, Shofi's heart still always thumped fast every time he found the treatment sweet and dreadful and also the temptations of the Clouds to him.

The atmosphere of shopping this time was very pleasant felt by the three of them.

"Pa, Pa, that one, Pa," point Keinan at the child's toothpaste she wants.

"That strawberry flavor, Pa," Keinan replied.

"Baby, strawberry guy. The other dong Kei. That orange or that wine," cried the Clouds teasing Keinan.

"But Kei likes strawberry, Pa, sweet," kekeuh Keinan.

"No. Anyway Papa wants to buy Keinan which other flavors. Well, the taste of wine can also be tuh," tease Cloud again.

"Deehhhh, Papa. Unwilling. Anyway Kei wants a strawberry taste," said Keinan insistent.

"The taste of wine alone" Awan said, inserting a child's toothpaste with a grape flavor into their grocery trolley.

"No. The strawberry flavor alone," Keinan reply by taking the toothpaste that had been placed by Awan then replace it with strawberry-flavored toothpaste that he had taken himself.

"Came, ngeyel. Guys really like the taste of strawberries anyway, Kei," sneer cloud still teases Keinan.

"Biarin, weeee," Keinan replied by sticking out his tongue.

The clouds laughed at Keinan's behavior. While Shofi can only come laugh and shake his head to see the behavior of the husband and son. From earlier like that the excitement of Clouds and Keinan when they want to take the groceries they want to buy.

After the shopping event, the three of them then had lunch together at one of the restaurants in the mall. And as usual, their lunch was no less exciting. Awan and Keinan continued to joke and tease each other.

"Mas, Keinan, dong. Eat first the real thing. Later you know," Shofi scolded when he found Clouds and Keinan who still joked on the sidelines of their meal.

"Huk, uhuk!!!"

And sure enough, the clouds finally choked and coughed.

"That's right, I said what, too. Here, Mas, drink first" Shofi said, adding the drink to Awan.

The cloud receives a drinking glass from Shofi and then drinks it. Shofi then patted Cloud's back.

"Still," said Awan smiling towards Shofi, after his cough subsided.

"The clouds are like little kids. Cook a meal still in a bag of kayak gini," said Shofi who then took a tissue and then rubbed the sauce found near the lips Clouds.

"Hehe, let it be cleaned up with you" said Awan with a cry.

"Ck, what the hell, Mas," said Shofi slowly.

"Cieee, Mommy and Papa are like other people dating," teased Keinan while smiling ignorantly at the interaction of Cloud and Shofi.

"Kei,," said Shofi surprised by rounding his eyes.

"Kan is dating again, Kei. Halal courtship, hahahaha," replied the Clouds who then burst into laughter.

Keinan laughed too. While Shofi became misbehaved with a reddened face.

Keinan and Cloud really fit each other. Even Shofi also feels that now Keinan has a lot of exposure to the nature of the Cloud that is ignorant and likes to tease it.

Shofi nodded slowly and smiled silently. His daily life together with Keinan feels more colorful since the presence of the Cloud in their lives. And Shofi feels very grateful for that.