MATHEUS...
I was somewhat paralyzed when I saw Ana Laura... Rafa told her that I am a friend... I really wanted to hear the word "daddy"... We first went to Pedro's room.
"Mom's friend, can I call you Uncle Teteu?" Ana Laura smiled with the new nickname. "My other uncle's name is Mumu. And I have three aunties, Aunt Tata, Aunt Pri, and Aunt Be."
"Darling, I've told you not to come up with nicknames like this," Rafa said sternly, and I furrowed my brow.
"It's alright, Rafa. You can call me Uncle Teteu. And how do you want me to call you? Ana or Laura?"
"Everyone calls me Aninha. Sometimes I even forget that my name is also Laura, Uncle Teteu."
"I see... What if I call you Laurinha so you don't forget that you also have that name?" She smiled broadly.
Well, Rafa... It seems like your plan of not letting me get close to the children before Pedro gets better backfired, and it was you who caused it. We continued walking until we reached Pedro's room; I didn't enter, of course, I waited for her permission, and yes... She let me in.
"Pedro! I missed you," Laurinha went straight to his bed.
"Hi Ana... I missed you too. Who is this man?" He asked, making a face at me.
"He's a friend of mommy's. His name is Matheus, right, Uncle Teteu?" Pedro continued to make a face at me.
"Yes, Laurinha. Nice to meet you, Pedro," I extended my hand towards him, but he just looked at it briefly and dismissed it.
"Pedro Henrique! Is that the education I gave you? Greet Matheus," Rafa spoke to him angrily.
"Hey... It's alright. You don't have to be so hard on him," I said, placing my hand on her shoulder. She looked at me with a stern face, which made me retract my hand instantly.
"My loves, play here, alright? I need to take care of something with..."
"Uncle Teteu."
Rafa nodded and gave each one of them a kiss. Pedro continued to glare at me, just like Rafa. I let her pass first, and only then did I pass. However, I overheard Pedro saying:
"I don't like this friend of mommy's."
Oh, Pedro... What will be your reaction when you find out that I'm your father? I pretended not to hear anything and quickened my pace to catch up with Rafa, who was walking very fast, surely angry about something.
"Hey, wait."
"What were you thinking?" I looked at her confused. "Don't interfere in how I discipline my children anymore, Matheus. If I corrected Pedro when he ignored you, it's because I don't want him to do that to other people. If you ever think about easing my corrections again, I'll forget that you have a part of their DNA and disappear from your life so that you never see our faces again."
She said this all at once, without even pausing for a breath. When she finished, she kept walking, leaving me behind, trying to grasp the reason for her anger. What did I do now? Can someone tell me?
I shake my head, realizing that in this battle, I'll have to kill 50 soldiers a day. I enter Natan's office; he was already looking at Rafa with crossed arms and a pouting face like a child without candy. He raises an eyebrow in question, and I twist my mouth signaling that I'll talk later.
"Are you going to communicate through gestures, or are you going to sit in that chair for Natan to read the results, Matheus?"
Well, she's really playing hard to get. I sit in a chair next to her, and she moves away a little more. Natan rolls his eyes and opens a paper, he starts reading, and it's only when he finishes that he crosses his hands and looks at the two of us.
"It's 97% compatible."
"So can we schedule Pedro's surgery now?" Rafa says with tears in her eyes.
"First, we need to perform some tests on Matheus, to confirm if he's really fit to undergo this type of donation."
"And how long will these tests take?" She asks, tears now streaming down her face.
"At most one week. They're only routine exams. Now we just have to hope that Matheus is clean."
I hope so... she says, a little tired. I reach out my hand and touch her shoulder, she looks at me with teary eyes, but instead of removing my hand, she squeezes it.
It will all be fine. I will help save our son... she nods, still emotional.
We leave Natan's office after scheduling my exams for tomorrow, some of which require fasting, like the blood tests, for example. She goes back to Pedro's room and heads straight for his bed, giving them both a tight hug. I stand at the door, just observing the scene, wanting to be a part of that moment... But... I know I'm not worthy yet.
I still need to earn all three of them to then... Be able to be a part of their family.
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