MERRIED PAPA
03
As Helena asked her son, now Arkana has arrived at her parents' yard. Arkana immediately entered the wide open door of the house.
"Assalamu'alaikum," Arkana greeted him after entering his parents' house.
"Wa'alaikumsalam," answered Helena and her husband, who were in the living room chatting lightly. Arkana shook hands with her parents respectfully. After that, Arkana sat on the single sofa in front of her parents.
"When are you going to get married, Arkan? You can see that Mom and Dad are getting older," said Helena, looking at her son, who looked relaxed at the question.
"It's true what your mother said, Arkan, we are getting old and death can come to us at any time, son. Moreover, you are no longer young now. Don't you want to have a child from your own seed?" Now Nino, the father spoke.
"Aren't there any other words that Mom and Dad would ask me?" Instead of answering her parents' questions, Arkana asked another question. Helena took a deep breath.
Helena was also surprised that her son was still not looking for a partner. Moreover, now his son is already 4 years old.
"Nothing. That's why you have to quickly give us a son-in-law and grandson, Arkan. You know your sister, Helia, won't come home if she's not with her husband Arkan. In fact, your sister has clearly settled in someone else's country." Helena said pitifully. He really wanted a grandchild to enliven his house.
"I already have Tania, Mother,"
"Tania is not your flesh and blood Arkan. She is just a child you adopted 18 years ago, remember that!! What are you waiting for Arkan, isn't Tania also not forbidding you from giving her a mother?" Helena looked at her son in disbelief.
Even though Tania is not his biological daughter. It's not that Helena doesn't love her adopted granddaughter, in fact Helena really loves Tania as much as her own biological granddaughter. Arkan took a deep breath.
"Sorry Mom, I love him. Don't force me to marry another woman." Arkan replied looking at his parents in turn.
"What?!" The husband and wife were surprised to hear their son's words.
"Don't make this up Arkan, this isn't really funny!" Helena snapped angrily.
"I'm not making this up, Mom, I really love Tania. I don't want another woman besides Tania,"
"Remember!!! Tania is your child, Arkan. The child you raised alone." Nino looked at his son in disbelief. How could his son fall in love with his own son? The child he cared for and looked after since childhood.
"I know Dad, but I also never thought that this heart would be attached to my adopted child. Who could have his heart attached to whom?" Arkana looked at Helena and Nino alternately. If only Arkana could choose, he wouldn't want this to happen either. He also doesn't want to fall in love with his own daughter. The daughter he cared for and loved with all his heart.
"Lose that feeling of love and look for a woman who is not too far from you, Arkan." Helena said softly.
Arkan shook his head. "I can't, Mom, no matter how many times Mom and Dad tell me to look for another woman, if I only have Tania in my heart, it won't work. Even before Mom asked, I did it first, but what? The result was nothing, Mom, I still love
"Tania, the only thing on my mind is Tania. No one can replace Tania in my heart," Arkan answered weakly.
"Marry Tania. If you can't give us another woman to be our daughter-in-law, then marry Tania," asked Helena reluctantly.
If he were to be honest, he didn't want Arkan to marry Tania because Helena already considered Tania like her own granddaughter. But what could Helena do if her son fell in love with his own adopted daughter?
"Give me time Mom, Dad to tell Tania this, I don't want Tania to think differently about me in the future. And also I won't be able to force Tania to marry me if Tania loves another man. But I ask for Dad's prayers and Mother for that"
"We will definitely wish you the best, Arkan. Even though Dad finds it hard if you marry Tania, it's not that Dad hates her, but Dad already considers Tania like Dad's own granddaughter. But if that's what makes you give me someone to look forward to and grandchildren in the future.
"We can only obey. Hopefully things will go smoothly," said Nino looking at his son.
"Thank you, Father, Mother," Arkana's smile grew wider when she heard Helena and Nino's words.
Arkana really didn't expect that her parents would give permission for her to be with Tania, her adopted daughter. Nino and Helena could only smile seeing their son happy. Besides, it's no use looking for another woman for their child if his heart is only for Tania.
Meanwhile, in another place, Tania and her two friends Bella and Mesi were sitting in the campus canteen. They enjoyed a bowl of meatballs and also iced tea which had been neatly vanished in front of them.
"Let's get together with the others this weekend, Tan?" invite Mesi.
"I'll ask Papa first, Mes, I can't say for sure now. You know how Papa is, me." Tania answered uncomfortably.
The two friends had often invited Tania to get together, however, they often received rejection from Arkana. For the same reason, he doesn't want to fall into promiscuity. Moreover, there are also male friends there who could even do bad things to him.
"I've noticed that your father is too strict with you, Tan, you're not allowed to gather together," said Bella.
"Well, it can't be helped Bell, I don't dare to fight Papa anyway. I only have Papa, Bell, even though I have Grandma and Grandpa, the only one who has looked after me all this time is Papa. Only Papa has poured out all his love for me, Bell." Tania answered sadly. Remember again how Arkana struggled to make her happy. How Arkana loved him with all his heart.
"That's true, Tan, but it's strange how you're not allowed to do things even when you go out with us. Besides, you're an adult, Tan, the times when we spend time with friends instead of being cooped up at home like birds,"
"I'm sure whatever Papa does is for my good, Bell." Tania showed a sweet smile. Whatever the two friends said would not affect Tania. And this is what Arkana taught him, not to carry too much feelings whatever people say. As long as it's not for his own good.
"It's up to you, Tan, it's hard to talk to you. But I hope this time your father will allow you to come together with us,"
"Hopefully Bell,"
TBC
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