REMORSE (ENG)

chapter 1

"Huaa... Arka doesn't want to go to school!" Arka cried, his hands tightly wrapped around his father's neck, refusing to enter his class. This isn't a strange occurrence, when Arka is in a bad mood, it's always like this.

"Arka.. If Arka continues to cry like this, Papa will be late for school. Arka wants Papa to be scolded by my teacher?"

"Then take Arka to school with Papa!"

Papa's uniform, which he had just ironed this morning, is now wrinkled again because of Arka. His tears made the front of Papa's uniform wet. Even his neatly styled hair didn't escape Arka's grasp, making it messy.

"Arka, we've got pudding for today's snack. If Arka goes with Papa, Arka won't be able to eat the pudding then." The teacher came to help the father.

Heard his favorite pudding being called, Arka suddenly stopped crying, and now he turned to the teacher, "Re... really, ma'am?" Arka asked, still sobbing.

"There are chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla flavors, it's up to you which flavor you want."

"Arka wants all of them!"

"Arka.." his father scolded.

"Fine, then two! Can I have two, ma'am? The other one is for Tukki."

"Don't make excuses, Arka. Tukki is a doll. He can't eat pudding." Papa said it firmly. Arka who heard that immediately hugged his stuffed white bunny tighter.

"All right, now let's go to class?"

Arka began to loosen his arms around his Papa and grab the teacher's hand. When his father saw that, he only shook his head, turns out it only takes pudding to make Arka stop crying.

"Thank you, Teacher. I'm sorry to bother you. I have to go now."

Before leaving the daycare, Papa went to the toilet to tidy up his messy appearance. There's no way he'd come to campus looking like this. The wet marks from Arka's crying were still clearly visible on his uniform. He hoped that on the way to campus, the wet uniform would dry.

Feeling pretty neat, he finally left.

When he arrived at the class, it was already full. Just 2 minutes late, maybe he won't be able to follow the first class.

"Kong, is the ergonomics design assignment finished?" Kay, the class leader inquired.

"Yes. But I haven't checked it again. Please check it for me." Kongpob handed his assignment to Kay, who took it and started reading.

"It's correct, it's just that your writing is really messy. Did you do it while sleeping?"

Kongpob didn't answer Kay's question because the lecturer had already entered the class.

Kongpob admits it. He was really sleepy while doing the assignment last night.

How could he not? After college, Kongpob went straight to the cafe where he worked. It's rare that the cafe is so full that the employees have to work extra that day.

When his shift was over, his colleague on duty for the night shift had not yet arrived. So, like it or not, Kongpob still had to wait at the cafe to fill his vacancy.

When his colleague arrived, Kongpob rushed to pick up Arka, he hoped Arka wouldn't cry waiting for him.

Luckily, Arka didn't cry when Kongpob came, and he also didn't whine at night apart from when he refused to eat. Kongpob felt grateful because usually Arka always cried and only went to sleep when he felt tired.

Talking about Arka made him think about buying something for his son. Today Kongpob is getting paid from work; he wants to take Arka shopping or just eat out.