Part Three - The Approach That's Already On The Plan

Luis who was preparing to go to work, was confronted by a woman who had just woken up, with a crumpled face and a shirt so shabby she confronted her brother on the doorstep of the man's room. Although he still struggles to see, at least he shouldn't let his brother go to work today.

As he had planned with his parents without the man's knowledge. "What's going on? Come on! I have to go to work now," she tells her sister who is still trying to open her eyes.

"No!" insisted Raina full of rejection. "Daddy has contacted your secretary in the office to clear the schedule for today, so you don't have to go to work today," she explained candidly.

Luis who heard it was not surprised because she was accustomed to this kind of incident, especially knowing all this must have been Al-Barra's work. He could not be angry, let alone emotions, however, they had a blood relationship with him, which without them he would never have been able to be what he is today.

Afterward, Raina dropped herself back into her brother's bed that she so longed for. The last time she slept in his brother's room... Ah, it looks like she forgot the last time it was because there are still many more important things for him to remember. Luis who was changing his clothes, grunts as she watches his sister fall asleep.

He knows that his sister must be sleeping very late because he always spends his time watching series on Netflix, especially knowing that his brother is a big fan of the Elite series from Spain. His sister could spend hours, even sleeping in the morning just to spend one season at a time.

"Luis..." Raina called her brother slowly. 

Luis who heard the call, immediately sat on the bed, smoothing his sister's hair covering his face. "What's up?" 

"Tomorrow's my birthday... Guess how many?" she teased while still being stunned.

Luis is silent, he is confused by his sister's current state. Do people sleep so fluently and clearly? Just like his sister does now. "Wake up!" he replied as he pulled his sister's hand. "I know you're not sleeping," he said.

Raina laughs all of a sudden. She again hugged guling tightly. "I know that tomorrow on my birthday, I want you to invite Elite series players, who are guys. Must be complete!" she told his snorting brother. "No less one!" she issued a warning. 

"You think, I want to do it?" he replied casually.

"Must want to! You can't help but want to! Because you won't go bankrupt and fall poor if you have to pay them all dearly. Yes... If I fall poor, calm down, my kidneys, corneas, and lungs can be sold!" she explained with a slow, joke Luis had often heard actually.

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Reya who has been at Luis's house since was silent when she saw the man so familiar with his sister. She's jealous, when can he do that? Because you know, do it with your brother, and his parents never do it. Sometimes she just smiles bitterly when all the kids his age start telling him how they had their days with his parents.

"Ah there's Reya!" said Raina as she was about to come out of her brother's room.

A shocked Reya immediately laughs so as not to look tense. "I'll take a shower first." Raina continued, and Reya immediately nodded.

In that room, there was already a man staring sharply at himself from a distance. Reya who sees him just ducking scared, the man's gaze is so terrible even though it looks from afar. Moreover, the color of his eyeballs is gray, looks so sharp that it can make everyone feel Dunsany when staring at him.

Now, the man is right in front of him. "How are you?" Luis crouched himself down to liken himself to the little boy.

And when he heard the question, My God! Usually, every time she plays to his neighbor's house, she never once gets a greeting from Luis. But now, he's so happy.

"Good!" she replied with a heartfelt smile. "If you are, how are you?" she replied, asking.

Luis's back on his feet. "As you can see now, I'm good!" he replied tellingly.

Reya nodded his head. "Want to have breakfast together?" asked Luis. "Come on!" he exclaimed forcefully.

Arriving at the dinner table, Reya holds back the shame of being in the midst of their harmonious family. She was ashamed of himself as if she were parasites. But she couldn't stop doing it, she don't know what the reason was, but obviously, she liked the man's smile every second.

"Come on, Reya leads the prayer now!" said Alana tells me.

Reya nodded, she began to read prayers. After that, they all started enjoying breakfast together. Alana's cooking is so tempting that everyone will love it, don't forget she's also the best food graduate on her campus just yet. Then, the breakfast is over, Luis walks towards the back to play basketball, not forgetting to be followed by Reya who also secretly wants to learn. Without telling him, Reya brought a small towel to give Luis when the man finished playing basketball. 

While in the living room, three other people are Al-Barra, Alana, and Raina smiling triumphantly after successfully carrying out a plan. The three of them just want to get their son, Luis, to be close to Reya, the little girl they think is so adorable. 

Back again with both of them. Luis who has been playing the game since secretly glanced at the little girl who was now so focused on watching him, then he took the basketball and approached Reya who was sitting down.

"If you want, I can teach you how to play basketball," Luis said suddenly, putting the ball in front of Reya and splashing his face with ice water.

"Are you serious?" Reya looks into the man's face to be sure, and Luis nods quickly.

Then Reya stood up, now they are in front of the basketball pole. Luis is behind the little boy's tiny body, then raises Reya's hands. "For example like this, I'm going to count to three, and you're going to throw the ball straight into bed. Got it?" explained Luis first.

"Yes!"

"Now we're going to repeat it," Luis said. He again raised the little girl hands while holding the ball up, then he let go of both hands. "One... Two... three!" he continued telling Reya who immediately threw the ball towards the bed even though it did not enter because his body was still too small to be able to put the ball into a high enough bed without any help from anyone.

At least he was happy that he was finally able to get close to Luis, albeit only briefly.