The Tragedy of the Night

The Part 27

Across the street is a children's park that is always crowded with visitors. Gabriel deftly ran towards the park, ignoring his mother who was panicking because of her behavior.  With clever he stopped the vehicle and joined the cross with other pedestrians.  They helped Gabriel so that the boy would not make a terrible mistake when he was crossing.

The child is able to make the people who are there almost hangers. How not? He was so brave to run in the middle of a crowded vehicle as if he had been accustomed.

Gabriel immediately sparkled as he had crossed and his eyes were immediately treated to a place where the child was running. With his small steps he walked towards the garden with a pink strawberry doll in his hand. He looked so happy when the boy saw an empty bench there.

He approached the bench and sat there. He was silent for a few minutes. His round eyes swept over the surrounding gaze then those eyes turned sad. With a face full of sadness and hands hugging the doll, Gabriel observed the children who were playing accompanied by their respective families and complete. He never felt it, he also wanted to play with his father and mother like them. But when?

Gabriel silently observed around full of deep sadness. He always plays when the weekend is only with his mother and dear aunty. Gabriel also wants to feel what it's like to play with a complete family. Let alone family, friends all this time Gabriel did not have. No one wants to be friends with that boy. He doesn't understand when people say it's an illegitimate child. He doesn't know what a bastard is?

"Yes Allah. When can Iel meet papa? Iel kangen o Allah. Mama said, papa purgi cali money to buy Iel toys. Yes Alloh Iel does not need many toys, but Iel needs papa ya Alloh. Please grant Iel's request, Amin." Gabriel rubbed both of his palms that had been thrust up into the sky onto his cute face.

He returns daydreaming and occasionally laughing when he sees a family that laughs happily. He was also happy even though Gabriel's heart was fragile. When his eyes saw the child who was laughing loosely in his sight he also widened.

"Yeyy!!! His father lost," cried Gabriel happy and even he jumped up and down when he saw the child managed to catch the father.

Then the boy looked at the pink doll in his hand and smiled. The boy kissed his strawberry doll happily.

"Stlobeli sometime we play so too with the Papa Iel."

"Can you play?" Ask a very beautiful girl. Her long hair was stroked, her bright brown eyeballs looked beautiful. The knee-length clothes that the child was wearing matched perfectly with his small body.

Gabriel raised his gaze until their eyes sanling met. Gabriel was astonished to see the girl who was in front of him. Gabriel's heart immediately cried out happily when someone was about to befriend him. In spirit he nodded his head allowing the little girl to play with him.

"Can."

The girl instantly pulled both corners of her tiny lips. He sat down beside Gabriel and glanced in wonder at the strawberry doll in the boy's hand. He wanted to laugh amusedly when he imagined a boy playing with a pink doll. Usually a boy prefers robots to dolls.

"Why do you like dolls?" The woman asked as she looked at the doll in Gabriel's hand.

Gabriel momentarily looked at his puppet and glanced at the woman again with a horse grin that looked very adorable.

"Like it. What's your name?"

"Cilla. What's your name?" Ask Cilla back.

"Gabriel," Gabriel answered briefly, "oh yes your name is good."

"Thank you" said Cilla shyly. "Why were you sad to see them happy. You don't like to see it, do you?" Cilla pointed to the family that made Gabriel both sad and happy.

Gabriel nodded weakly. He bowed his head. The boy's feet dangled and swung at him. It was like he didn't want to answer anything. Gabriel was afraid, as he told her the truth Cilla would no longer want to be friends with him. He wanted to feel how to have friends for a moment.

"Kok Iel is sad."

Gabriel stared at Cilla strangely. Strawberry doll that had fallen due to the force of the pull of Cilla's hand he picked up again and cleaned it.

"Cilla why turn Gabriel's hand anyway," the boy grumbled as he puffed his cheeks.

Cilla who saw the face of Gabriel increased his appearance when he was pouting was amazed. He had never before seen such a beautiful face like Gabriel.

"Cilla!!!!!" Heavy sounds coming from behind.

The two of them cast a glance at the person who called Cilla's name. Cilla, who had found out who the person who had called her, immediately smiled and poured into the arms of the person.

"Uncle!!!"

"Cilla from anywhere, uncle freaked out looking for Cilla everywhere." The man returned Cilla's embrace and kissed the girl's face many times.

"Cilla playing with new friends uncle. Here Cilla knows it," said Cilla then pulled Arsen closer with Gabriel.

Gabriel's eyes met Arsen's. Both of them were swept away with their respective smiles. A second later Gabriel held Arsen who had indeed stretched out his hand to give Gabriel a chance to hold his body.

"Om Alsen Gabriel kangen," his whine spoiled.

"Om too" said Arsen and grabbed Cilla's body and hugged the two children.

Arsen, Cilla and Gabriel sat on the park bench.

"Gabreil lost his mama again?" Arsen asked as he rubbed Gabriel's mane.

He did not know why his heart always led him to do sweet things to Gabriel. And even last night it was hard to fall asleep because Gabriel's face was always in his mind. His heart warms when he gets close to Gabriel and learns that the boy is safe.

"Om not. Mama works near the cafe."

"Oh."

A shout made everything there turn around.

"KORRIELL!!!"

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TB