Rain for Airin
29 Eps. Stranger

"Om that ... Zia's dad."

The three girls were surprised.

Keano who did not care about it immediately carried Zia towards the car. While Gendis and Cilla are still in a surprised mode, not shifted from their stand at all.

"Omm?" zia asked when Keano would open the car door for her.

"Yes?"

"Is it true, Om Keano Zia's father?" Zia looked at Keano with perfectly rounded eyes, which showed a questionable look.

"Pulse... It—Om .... " Keano confusedly explained. Where should he start?

This was beyond his planning. He was just carried away by emotions so frontal just said that.

Will Zia accept him as a father willingly? Or will Zia be angry? After all this time, he just showed himself.

Questions about Zia's response continued to rage in Keano's head. Doubt to reveal his current identity. Keano fretted, he himself was not ready to receive Zia's response. Especially Airin.

Afraid that the little girl will be ruined. True Airin said, it is not time to explain it to Zia at this time.

"Ehem!" Deheman's voice was someone Keano was very familiar with, sourced from behind his back.

Making the father and son turn their heads along with an innocent look.

"Mother!" peekik Zia girang, already scattered in the arms of Airin.

"Hi, Bunda—eh, I mean Airin," said Keano with a clumsy smile, rubbing his nape.

This gesture is very Airin memorized. Keano must have made a mistake. Made him instantly cast a horror look at the man.

"Why are you here?!" ketus Airin, resisting annoyance.

"So it's kamu—eh no. I was out for a walk, and accidentally passed by here. Then I saw Zia still at school. So .... " Keano sniffed his head at Zia, asking for a defense.

As if he did not understand, Zia only looked at the two adults with her innocent gaze.

One had already placed his hand in front of his chest, while staring fiercely like a monster. Press the position shown when being angry at him for not following.

While the other one still maintains his innocent gaze, coupled with a stiff grin that makes him look funny.

Airin let out a rough sigh, while closing her eyes for a moment. Holding a curse for Keano not to get away with it from her mouth, as there was Zia nearby.

"Zia let's go home."

Pull Zia away from there. Airin immediately took her home. Rather than his common sense vanishing because of those annoying anoa warts.

A pair of sharp neutrals watched the small family from a distance.

Rival lurks by considering the safe distance from inside his car. Sneers thinly when concluding that there is a special relationship between Airin, Keano, and Zia.

"Let's prove it" he murmured.

Airin realized, Keano is the type of person who does not like to be regulated. Rules are made to be broken. Say no, it will make him more curious. Keano will keep doing what he wants.

Hearing Airin's faint tone, Zia lowered her head while playing her seatbelt.

Airin felt guilty for a moment. His heart began to soften. Gently stroked Zia's head.

"I'm sorry, Mommy didn't mean to be angry with Zia."

Zia looked up slowly. Now the clear netra looked at Airin hesitantly.

"Isn't Keano a friend, Mother? Mother knows him too, doesn't she? Why do you still call her a stranger?"

'How do I explain it? Zia would keep asking until she got a reasonable answer. Does he have to say, "Yes, um Keano is a friend of Mother, and we have a past first. But, he's already hurt Mommy, so don't go near Keano anymore, okay?" Nope-no. That would make Zia even more curious. Zia could have misunderstood the word hurt.' Airin monologued in his heart, sorting out the right words for Zia to understand.

There's no way Airin taught Zia to hate someone. Especially without any obvious reason. Zia certainly does not understand the problems of her parents.

Keano is a disaster to avoid. And Zia had to avoid that disaster. Worried that Zia would be as devastated as Airin if it continued to be close to Keano. Gradually the problems they hide will open up also in front of children as small as Zia.

Oh, can't be.

"Just not close to Keano, Zia" Airin's dead-end final. Logical reasons also failed to say when it comes to Keano.

"But why, Mother? Keano is good."

"Om Keano isn't as good as Zia thought."

Zia frowned.

"Om Keano's a bad guy?"

Ow hell! Wrong talk it seems.

"How, huh? Om Keano is indeed a friend of Mother. But it's been a long time. Long time. Until now Mother considered him a stranger. Because we haven't seen each other in a long time."

Zia.

Phew, it seems Zia understands. In the end you'll only be a stranger who knows all my secrets, Ke. Miris.

"Did om Keano have been wicked Mother, so you split up and are not friends anymore?"

"Eh? I-it ... It's the same Mother's business about Keano, Zia does not understand," argued Airin.

"Mother says that Keano is Mother's friend. But why did Keano say he was Zia's father?"

"What?!"

Citt's!

Airin stepped on the brakes suddenly. His body and Zia were slightly thrown forward because of it. Fortunately, the seatbelt is installed well, so it avoids head collisions with car glass.

"Zia don't joke!"

"But Zia is serious, Mother."

Fucking keano! Not only had he ignored my words not to approach Zia, but he had also leaked the nuclear code carelessly. Just watch. Get ready for my blast, Ke!