Oneshots [EA]

3- Fine with it

RuLi fluff (wrote this also a month ago) just gonna put this here because why not? It's pretty short (3000+ is short, yes) Y'all can read it for the minority of your time, aight?

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Warning: I've got no clue how to rate these chapters but this is pretty much rated M to be safe bc of the cuddling and .. kissing?

Okie bye.

It's 4am and Dr. Ghazali comes home really late to find his son cuddled up on the couch with someone he has yet to find out about.

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Ghazali sighed heavily and exhaustedly, ever-so tired from today's loaded work and constant meetings for the financial and technological companies serving Cyber Raya. It's such hell to be working in a place where you must exceed your capabilities to the point of finally going home at 4am in the morning. He's been overworking himself for months now. Things have been getting heftier every single day as he progresses with his job, probably due to the fact that Cyber Raya's criminal activity has been increasing dangerously. It's a worry how things will go from now.

He feels bad though. Ali has been alone at home all these years, and as a single parent, Ghazali can't seem to find the time to spend with his son. He has a tight schedule every day, and it only gets worse with the citizens complaints over the criminal investigation in their area mixed with the disturbance of technology within the compound building he works in. He knew people have been trying to take over Cyber Raya because of it's advances, but really, what's the point?

Which brings to why Ghazali cannot bring Ali with him to work. Scammers and other intelligent criminals can come any time to his office and either take him in as a hostage or just kill him right then and there. And if that happens, Ali will either be a hostage as well -probably an even bigger one since he's a child- or join his father in a horrific way to go. Ghazali truly doesn't want either. He can't lose his son, not like he lost his wife..

The elder man shook his head, clearing those thoughts out of his head. He's doing all of this to keep Ali safe, even if he can't see him as much anymore. It's a sacrifice he has to take, and maybe someday he'll finally find the time to use just for his son, for now, he'll continue to look out for him in a distance.

Now that he thought about it, what has Ali been doing since Ghazali isn't around? He has Comot now, so he isn't that lonely at home, but besides the school club activities and his uncle Bakar taking him around for some bonding, does Ali have anything else to do? He probably stays home and plays games as usual, but there was one time where Ali said he's been busy all morning to night. The statement has Ghazali thinking that maybe Ali's hiding something until he forgot about his chores -which is something Ghazali should apologize for snapping but come one, the kid had one job- and was out like a light once he returned home just when his father did.

His son is changing, he acknowledges that. His teacher informed Ghazali that Ali had been improving in his studies and on-time schedules, perfectly out of the blue and yet, he's doing a good job. It's wonderful news, of course, but why now? That boy was a lazy potato just a few months ago, now suddenly he's up and about. It's rather suspicious.

Ghazali yawned, severely tired as he walked and walked and walked down the street and almost home. Ali would be asleep by now since it's almost 5am, meaning Ghazali himself had less than an hour for sleep. He sighed after the yawn, exhausted as ever. He hates these late nights jobs, it's so time-consuming. The nights were normally the best part of the day for him to be with Ali for once, but things have just gotten rough and he can't do anything about it. It's like the world just wants him to stay away from his boy.