
"Mother?"
Chlarent was stunned, the call she had always missed, said from the lips of this child.
"Mother...?"
"Can't you?"
Chlarent chuckled, "Of course I can, I told you, you can call me as you please."
"Thank you, Mother...."
***
"Aaron... Where are you, son?" Chlarent half yelled out to the boy.
"I'm here mom." Aaron raised his voice, in order to be heard by Chlarent. The woman appeared from behind the door of her house and immediately approached Aaron.
"She's who Aalon's sister is." the little girl who had been standing next to Aaron asked with her slurred voice. The boy looked sweet, his body petite seemed to be only five years old, his height was only limited to Aaron's shoulders.
Chlarent looked worried, "It turns out you're here son, you're scaring me." rubbing Aaron's head. Chlarent noticed the little girl, "Who is this sweet girl?" smile at the little girl.
"My name is Elin, I'm Kak Aalon's candidate" said the boy eagerly introducing himself.
Chlarent chuckled, "You're so cute sweet girl." while pinching the cheek of the puffer Elin.
"You're a little girl, when you're a big girl, you can get married." Chlarent looks really into girls
"You're Aalon's mother?" the girl's eyes looked at Aaron and Chlarent alternately.
"Yes, I'm Aaron's mother." Aaron stared fixedly at Chlarent's face, not expecting the woman to admit him as his son.
Really, Aaron was so moved to hear that, not without reason, all this time he missed the figure of a mother in his life. And this woman, Chlarent, treats her like her own child. During the two weeks of living with this woman, made her longing for her late mother a little treated.
"Belalti, mother will be my mother later." the lispy girl raised her smile.
Chlarent chuckled at this little girl's behavior, "Don't think about getting married first, just remove your new lisp you got married, okay?" Chlarent chuckles.
"You play first, I'll cook for you." moving on leaving the two kids to the house.
"Why do you say it like that? I'm not marrying you." Aaron looked annoyed with the little girl.
"Why doesn't Aalon like me?" elin's face looked sad to make Aaron could not bear to see it.
"Well, I'll marry you, but...."
"Yeahy... Aalon's sister will marry me, yeay..." Elin jumped happily.
"Silent Elin." - Aaron snapped, as soon as the little girl fell silent, and pursed her lips.
"I'll marry you if you don't lisp anymore. You heard that, my mom said remove your lisp first." Aaron looks lazy to defend the little girl.
For two weeks at Chlarent's house, it was Elin who always accompanied Aaron when Chlarent was working on something.
Sometimes Aaron feels annoyed, with Elin's sometimes annoying behavior.
Aaron who incidentally is an introvert, of course, does not like the active nature of Elin. But the little girl never gave up, even though Aaron had repeatedly avoided her, she was always attached to him, until Aaron himself was caught off guard. But finally, Aaron let it go, he was lazy to serve the annoying attitude of Elin.
"Yes, I will not lisp anymore, so that I can marry you" said Elin cheerfully.
"Hm."
"But my little brother waved first. Later Aalon's brother married another olang."
"Say my aunt, before we get married, we smooth fiancee first, so let's get fiancee." Aaron was surprised by Elin.
Seeing Aaron just silent Elin pursed her lips, "Sir Aalon, as thick as I would be in this village, so I'm sekalang lamal." Elin's face turned sad.
Aaron just kept quiet, his heart a little sad to hear that Elin was leaving, "Sir Aalon, let's ooze me around." Elin held Aaron's arm to propose. Because from afar he had already seen some men in black suits and attached sunglasses covering their eyes.
"But I don't have a ring to propose to you, Elin." Elin seems to think, then looks at Aaron's body, looking for something that at least Aaron can use to propose to him. His gaze stopped on a necklace with a shiny black jewel as the necklace's eyes, attached to Aaron's neck.
"Get me your necklace, brother." Elin pointed at Aalon's neck.
Aaron looked down, his right hand touching the necklace. "No Elin, this necklace is my mother's last relic, I can't give it to anyone else." Aaron's face suddenly became sad.
"Just buy me Aalon's sister, if we get married, I'll give it back to you." Elin grew even more anxious as the horde of men in suits got closer and closer.
"Don't Elin." Aaron held the hand of Elin who almost removed the necklace from his neck.
"Just buy it, I promise I'll give it back when we get married." The necklace finally slipped from Aaron's neck.
And at that moment also a group of men in suits arrived in front of the two little children. Elin immediately put the necklace into her pants pocket.
"Miss Eve, let's go back, the great sir is already looking" said one of the men in the suit, bowing respectfully to Elin.
"Wait as thick as." Elin throttles to man.
"Sir Aalon, I'm going to walk. We'll get married if I don't lisp anymore."
"Yes, go." said Aaron coldly.
Unexpectedly, Elin immediately kissed Aaron's cheek.
"See you later, Aalon" he said after releasing Aaron's hand.
"Let's go Miss." the man took Elin in his arms. And passed leaving Aaron alone there.
From afar Aaron could see Elin still waving her hands at him. Although for two weeks he was always made to bother by Elin, Aaron became sad when he saw the departure of Elin.
"May we meet again." muttered Aaron, looking at the shadow of Elin who had disappeared into the distance.
•••
Inside the house, Aaron and Chlarent are seen enjoying dinner. Although it was just a simple meal, Aaron remained grateful, at least he was still able to breathe until now, that was enough.
"You're sad he's gone?" Chlarent asked him on his meal.
"No." Aaron continued eating.
"Then why don't you look excited hmm..?" Chlarent stared at Aaron's face. A few days of living with Aaron a little bit he quite understands the personality of this kid.
"I just miss Dad, Mom and Zen." Aaron stopped his meal, his lethargic countenance harboring a million longings and sadness.
"Patience my son, maybe this is fate, we can't refuse it. We can only pray to the Power, that we may always be given strength and that father, mother and Zen may have a place up there."
Chlarent grabbed Aaron and rubbed the boy's back.
Aaron sobbed in his arms, vaporizing perhaps that was all he could do to vent his deep sadness.
Aaron let go of his embrace, clasping tightly onto Chlarent's hand.
"I promise, one day I will avenge myself for the one who took the life of the one I love, whoever he is I don't care, I will take revenge!!" said Aaron firmly.
TBC ⁇ ️️️