Love Petal Falls's
Love petals bloom 33
"Wait!" Arvin exclaimed at someone he saw earlier dropping the pen, which he had now picked up to return. Hearing Arvin's call, the man stopped his steps and turned toward Arvin who was now walking towards him.
Arvin approaches the man who turns out to be Jordan Han. The middle-aged man opened his sunglasses and hung them in the outer pocket of the suit he was wearing.
"Hey little man, what's wrong?" asked Jordan who was now facing Arvin.
"It!" Arvin stretched out one hand toward Jordan who was much taller than him, to hand back the pen that Jordan had seen him drop.
"Oh, thank you!" reply Jordan politely. He then grabbed back the pen handed by Arvin, and kept it back in his pocket in his suit.
"Looks like that pen means a lot to you huh?" asked Arvin with curiosity. Jordan squinted his eyes and stared at Arvin.
"Why can you say that?" reply Jordan.
"Just guess! After all, just now when I returned the pen to grandfather, it was like someone who had just survived a great calamity."
Jordan chuckles at Arvin's reply. The middle-aged man whose hair had started to whiten a lot then walked towards the chair, which was near him and Arvin who was currently chatting. He sat on the garden chair and finished the rest of his laughter.
"Son, come here!" jordan said as he patted the surface of the chair next to him with his palm, which seemed to hint Arvin to sit next to him. Arvin clearly looks suspicious of Jordan, but somehow he still determined to follow the request of Jordan who asked him to sit next to him. It was as if there was no fear and awkwardness, which Arvin felt while talking to the man he had just met.
Arvin was sitting in his most comfortable position next to Jordan Han.
"Why?"
"Hum?" Jordan is confused by Arvin's words.
"Yes, why did you ask me to sit next to you?" asked Arvin without hesitation.
Jordan said, "I should have asked you a little man. Why do you want me to sit next to me, am I not a stranger to you?"
With his trademark style, Arvin put his index finger and thumb on his chin. "Look, actually I don't really understand why I can do this same thing to strangers. But what is clear is that my instinct is that Grandpa is not a bad person" said the young boy, who has not turned five.
"Heh, is that it?" a bitter smile broke from Jordan's lips.
"Grandfather, I don't know. But if I can guess. Grandpa, is there a problem, right?"
Jordan once again looked at Arvin with a look of astonishment. "Hey little man, how old are you now? Why do you talk like an adult" Jordan tehran - wonder.
This kid looks innocent even though he's very smart.
"I tell ya kek, today's age no longer determines a person's ingenuity. So, grandfather does not have to put on an expression of wonder once I see this intelligent," said Arvin with so confidence.
"Huft, it's fun being a kid!" lamented Jordan.
Arvin clucked, "Adults are so weird, aren't they...?"
"Huh?" Jordan parsed his incomprehensible expression.
"Yes, those adults are weird! They like to say impossible things when they are facing problems. And often they pretend that nothing happens in front of the children. To be honest with us kids, you guys are a bitch sometimes!"
Jordan sighed leaning his body on the back of the chair he was sitting on at the moment.
"Why are your parents, by the way, why are you here alone?"
"Bapi and mami are busy, I'm here with aunt Gina. Now auntie is buying a hamburger, and I decided to wait for her here" Arvin said.
"So it seems..."
"Grandfather himself, what are you doing here alone?"
"No, I'm just trying to calm myself down!" The reply that his face now looks grim.
Arvin said, "Let me guess, Grandpa must have made a mistake and didn't dare to apologize, right?"
Jordan squinted his eyes.
"Son, you're a smart kid" said Jordan.
Arvin showed his good looks for a while.
"But.., what you said just now is true. I made a mistake, a big mistake." Jordan stared with a pushy gaze, while propping his chin on his two hands that were mutually clenched in relation, himself who was now feeling the turmoil was increasingly visible.
"Surely, what has grandfather done wrong? Why does it look so guilty?" asked Arvin with a sense of curiosity.
"I did wrong to my mother,"
Jordan shook his head. "I didn't dare to meet him, I was so scared."
"I have been too!" chirps Arvin
"really?" ask Jordan.
Arvin sighed and looked at the Jordan next to him. "of course! I think everyone has felt that."
"Then what were you doing back then?"
"Of course I'll meet him, then apologize to my mom" Arvin replied.
Jordan once again put on a bitter smile, "You are a good and brave child, your mother must be very lucky to have you. Unfortunately, I'm not as brave as you to see my mother."
"Not to insult ya, but I think grandfather who is this old. Do you still deserve to be afraid to apologize?"
"Sometimes, people get older and their fear grows."
"Not smart enough. But every time I make trouble for misbehaving or breaking my mother's advice, I also often feel afraid to meet my mother. I'm afraid my mom is sad and angry. But after that I thought, if I just kept quiet and didn't apologize. It is the same that I do not regret my mistakes and even more hurt my mother again.
"So, I think grandpa should apologize to Grandpa's mom!" Arvin.
"Is that so? But what if he won't forgive me?"
Arvin lightly replied, "At least grandfather has tried and improved himself right? At least the burden on your heart will be slightly reduced because you have apologized."
"Everyone makes mistakes, right?" arvin.
Jordan smiled, he rubbed Arvin's hair followed by a sense of pride towards Arvin that is clearly drawn on his face at this time.
"You know the little guy, you're amazing! After talking to you, I honestly felt comforted. I'll try to be as brave as you are."
"That's a new man!" reply Arvin.
Jordan raised one eyebrow.
"But likes to praise me like that."
"Your father must be a great man, so he can have a son like you."
"Of course, my papa is the second best man on earth!"
"Both?" Jordan asked confusedly.
"Yes, second. Because the first one is me" Arvin replied with so much confidence.
Jordan was intrigued to hear Arvin's chatter just now.
Very interesting boy, he reminds me a little of myself when I was young.
"Oh yes, it's your father-"
"Thank you!" Gina's voice calls to Arvin from afar.
"Auntie!" Arvin waved his hand at Gina and then got up from his seat.
"Oh yeah grandpa cool sorry, looks like I've got to go! Then I'll go first. May we meet again, and may your mother forgive you. Bye bye grandpa!" Arvin waved at Jordan, and then immediately left, to approach Gina who was at the end of the park there.
May we meet again little man, and thank you for reminding me not to be afraid to face reality.
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In his room Ryuzen just kept silent while staring intently at the outside of his window. His fingers were clearly seen clutching the strong envelope, which he had torn off his side and found someone's handwriting.
She... turns out! Heh, it turns out that my enemies are indeed not strangers to me.
His gaze was sharp and full of emotion that could not be explained, too many complicated things that the man thought.
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