
"Come, Dad. We're a swimming race."
"Okay, three of them."
Andrean and Adrian nodded. The three of them started to prepare. All three create a distance like a swimming race in general.
"Adrian is less distant,"
"Already, Dad. Where are you going far? I'm out of the pool, all right?"
"Say he wants a race but he argues. Hurry race! Auris was already waiting for this," Rena's voice stopped the debate between her son and two grandchildren.
"Lov, you're a jury,"
Lovi nodded as her husband asked her to be a judge. Auristella raised her head to look at Lovi.
"Auris wants to? can count?"
Auristella shook her shoulders. His style made Lovi smile.
"One...."
"Two..."
Adrian and Andrean lowered the swimming goggles that were on top of their heads, preparing to put their heads into the surface of the water.
"Three!"
Byurrs
Byurrs
Byurrs
Byurrs
The three men race to get to the end of the pool faster. Adrian panicked when he saw Andrean and Devan were already one step ahead of him.
And the winner is Devan. The last one to arrive was Adrian, then back to the original place.
In the original place, Devan also arrived faster. Adrian was second.
"ARGHH DADDY CAN'T WIN,"
"uh? why could that be? it must be fair," said Devan while smiling slanted.
"Come, Lov. Tell me who the winner is,"
"Once again, you have to race once again,"
"YES!"
"There's still a chance" said Andrean, shouting his brother's pleasure. Devan looked at his wife with an unacceptable look.
"You're not fair with me. Must want to make me lose, huh?"
"Already, Devan. Just follow what the jury said," said Senata mediate. Senata and Rena laughed amusedly at Devan's annoyed face.
He did not want the man to do what his wife said. They have to race again to determine who the winner is.
They fight once again. Andrean and Adrian's determination is getting bigger. The soul of the competition has existed since they were children because they often participate in races. And being ambitious to always be a winner is always within them. That is what sometimes makes them very disappointed if not a winner until sometimes Adrian does not hesitate to cry if he suffered a defeat.
Andrean raised his head to take many breaths. He arrived earlier than Devan and Adrian.
Although he was the winner but still his expression was flat. It was different when Adrian won. Must have been screaming happy for him.
"Newly this time saw the winner whose facial features are ordinary," Rena muttered inviting laughter Senata who heard her.
"Ah I lost again,"
Adrian hit the water surface in annoyance. Devan raised his eyebrows while carrying his hair back, he looked at Adrian with a stupor.
"Daddy champion two,"
Adrian grunting. He's the loser now. "Okay, Mommy announced the winner yes,"
"Not to be announced, Mom. I already know who won" Adrian said.
"Must be announced,"
"Because you lost so don't want to hear whose winner? it can't be, Adrian." Devan pinched the cheek of his second son with anxiety.
"Suara one Andrean,"
"WUHUUU," Devan himself. He lifted Andrean over his shoulder. Auristella stared at her Daddy's behavior with a puzzled look on her face.
"Juara two Adrian,"
"Adrians? obviously I'm the--"
"Three Daddy's votes,"
"The jury's verdict is inviolable!" Lovi vehemently denied her husband who wanted to convey a protest.
Rena laughed crisply then said, "Get down for the sake of the child, Devan."
*****
After dinner, Devan still survives at the dinner table with Raihan. They talk about a lot of things. While Lovi and her daughter had entered the room because since accompanying her two brothers swimming, Auristella was already sleepy.
Andrean and Adrian went straight to work on their schoolwork after dinner.
"This is correct, this one is fixed. Count it once more try,"
"Okay, Mom."
Not giving up, Adrian remains eager to do the task even though there are still questions that are not true answers.
Adrian exits the room to coincide with Devan's entry into the room. "Duty up?"
"Yes, but something's wrong,"
"Yes, fix it."
"It needs fixing. Patience, Dad."
Adrian walks into his room and Devan looks at Lovi who is patting Auristella's back gently.
"Love..."
"Hmm?"
Before being honest, Devan sighed first. While Lovi is waiting for Devan who seems to want to talk about something.
"Actually this afternoon I came to my friend's funeral first. He died of illness and left one child. I brought his son to play and shop to ease his grief,"
"Oh my God, so sorry. What's he sick of?"
"Leukemia,"
"Jeez.." Lovi's heart felt crushed. Although he does not know the person Devan is referring to, Lovi can also feel the pain. Can not imagine how difficult the path of life that person went through.
"I'm sorry I lied to you, Lov."
"She was my one-night friend" continued Devan who made Lovi speechless looking at Devan. No, he's not jealous. It's just that he was thinking, it's not wrong if Devan wants the girl to stop feeling sadness. Because Devan and his mother were close.
"His husband left him when he found out he had a disease,"
"Oh if it's not wrong, you've already told me about it. Is that the same guy?"
"I ever tell you about Lianne?"
"It seems, if I don't remember wrong."
"Yes, that's the story of his life. I don't have a heart with his son, Lov. He's the age of our two children. But it's been left behind by his uncaring father, and his mother who left the world because of illness,"
"Who does the boy live with now?"
"His grandmother, Lianne's mother."
"I am calm hearing that. At least he still has relatives,"
"Tomorrow can I see it?"
"Who?"
"Angel, man,"
"Maybe, I don't forbid. Tomorrow you just come to my office and I'll take you to Angel's grandmother's house,"
*****
Lovi noticed the simple house in front of him. He looked at Devan who nodded.
"Come, we're in."
"This is her house?"
"Yes, why?"
"The atmosphere is comfortable even though it is simple. I like houses like this,"
Devan sighed his wife's wind-blown hair behind his ears. Then embrace the wife's shoulder to go inside.
Devan knocked on the door politely. He did it several times until the door opened.
The one who opened it was Angel. The girl smiled greeting Devan then her eyes turned to Lovi.
"Come, come in Uncle, Aunty."
"Yes, thank you."
"Where's your grandma?"
"Grandma's at work,"
Devan and Lovi are sitting in the living room that is not that big. Clean house so that it adds comfort.
"Angel, she's my wife. You can call him Aunty Lovi,"
Angel nodded and smiled at Lovi Yang who had not paid attention to the child.
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