Cohabitation With My Ex-Husband

"Gabriel! Why don't you eat your breakfast?" asked Sarah when she saw her youngest son acting like yesterday. He just played with his food with his fork but didn't look like he was going to eat the food.

Gabriel rolled the sausage on his plate muttering a song, trying to pretend he hadn't heard his Mommy.

"Gabriel!" Sarah's voice was still at the same volume, but her tone was firm.

Raphael who was sitting next to his brother looked at his Mommy who was sitting right in front of him, then at his brother. The look in his eyes was trying to tell his brother that he should eat his food quickly because Mommy looked angry.

"I don't want to go to school, Mommy!" said Gabriel looking at Sarah, finally telling why he acts like this.

He couldn't tell what day it was today, but he could see that his Daddy and Mommy were sitting at the dining table looking clean and tidy. His Daddy wears his suit, and his Mommy does not wear ordinary clothes. He also saw that today his Mommy is the one who made the breakfast.

It was enough for him to know that he had to go to school for today because if his Daddy and Mommy looked like that, that means he had to go to school too.

"Do you remember what Mommy said? You can only skip school yesterday, right?" said Sarah softly.

"But… can't we not go to school today too?" asked Gabriel pleadingly.

"No. You didn't go to school yesterday. Today you have to go to school," Sarah said firmly.

"Well, today is Friday. Just let them go to school Monday," said Michael trying to be by his son's side.

Well… school is important, but there's nothing wrong if they don't come today and come on Monday, right?

According to Michael, there is nothing wrong with that.

Sarah turned to the man who had been silent for a while and gave him a death glare. If glances could kill a person, it was probably the look Sarah was showing.

"They're going to school," Sarah said firmly, forcing herself to smile, well… not a sweet smile.

At a time like this, Michael should take her side, not take the kids' side.

​ "They will get used to it later if we continue to do what they want like this. They are five years old, we have to start disciplining them," Sarah continued explaining to Michael.

Sarah knew that Michael wanted to spoil the twins, and Sarah was eager to do that too. However, they are already at the age that must be taught discipline.

Michael was just silent hearing that. To be honest, he had a different opinion. Well… it wouldn't hurt to let them skip for a day and go to school on Monday, right?

However, Michael decided to keep quiet and followed Sarah. The woman seemed very adamant about this, and he'd better give in.

Sarah then turned back to Gabriel.

"Gabriel, Mommy knows you're scared to go to school, but school isn't a scary place. You have your friends there, right?" asked Sarah.

Gabriel nodded, but the expression on his face still showed that he didn't want to go to school.

"Your friends must be waiting for you to meet and play with them. Mommy promises, school won't be a scary place anymore," Sarah said then stretched out her hand and held up her little finger.

Gabriel then intertwined the little finger. Her mommy had promised, and so far, her mommy had always kept her promise.

So… school won't be scary anymore?

Gabriel tried to think like that, but the memory of the incident was still vivid in his mind and it made him look even more hesitant.

Sarah sighed when she saw her son who showed absolutely no signs that he was excited to go to school.

"Okay, Mommy will accompany you to school," said Sarah finally.

She knew that she would have to neglect her work a little more for a few hours, but she couldn't leave her kids like this.

She tries to balance her job as a mommy and her job as a surgeon. However, no matter how she tried to do it, she couldn't do it. It seems, being a mommy will always be her priority.

"Is that true?" Gabriel asked in disbelief.

Sarah nodded. "Yes, Mommy will accompany you. So let's finish your breakfast and get ready to go to school."

Gabriel nodded and started to eat his food.

Sarah then turned to Raphael.

"Raphael is also going to school, right?" asked Sarah gently.

The boy nodded. His facial expression was excited. He couldn't wait to go to school with his Mommy.

Meanwhile, Michael looked at Sarah in amazement. The woman can always cope with her kids without having to force them. Well… Sarah may seem assertive, but in the end, she can always get her kids to not be forced into it.

It seemed he had a lot more to learn from Sarah.

***

Michael's arrival at school made several people glance at him. Moreover, it was a busy hour because many children had just arrived, but Michael tried to ignore them. As if he was used to it.

Likewise with Sarah, who chose to be indifferent to it.

Meanwhile the two kids looked a little scared when they arrived at school, as if remembering the events of that time, but Sarah once again said that everything was fine and held both of their hands.

Michael, who was with them, also tried to raise their spirits.

Just as Sarah had said, the woman escorted Raphael and Gabriel to their class. However, Sarah did not go inside and just stood in front of the door.

"Mommy and Daddy will be standing by the window. If Gabriel and Raphael are still scared, you can call Mommy and Daddy. Okay?" Sarah said when the kids wouldn't go inside.

They both nodded hearing that.

Sarah then gave both of them a kiss in turn.

"Listen to your teacher and play with your friends. Okay?" said Michael while stroking the heads of the two children.

The two nodded and then entered their classrooms, getting ready for class.

Just like what she said, Sarah stood by the window watching her kids who were now taking lessons. The expression on his face looked proud when he saw those who were no longer afraid, then finally left because both of them seemed to be focused on their studies.

***

After finishing their lunch, Raphael and Gabriel were seen playing in their class because it was free time.

From where they were, they could hear his friends talking. Curious, Gabriel tried to see what was going on and found his three friends seeming to be fighting with one of his friends.

"Leave them alone," said Raphael when he saw that his brother seemed to want to interfere.

"But…" Gabriel objected. He didn't really know his friend who was being mobbed by three of his other friends, but he felt it was very wrong.

"Just leave it. Let's play," said Raphael again, commanding a little. He knew his three friends were bad boys, and they had better not have anything to do with them.

Gabriel just nodded at that. As usual, he always listened to his brother well.

"But Raphael and Gabriel were also escorted by their daddy and mommy!"

Raphael and Gabriel, who were playing, suddenly heard their names being called by one of their friends in the crowd.

"Aren't they babies too?" said the boy.

"What?!" Gabriel turned to them. "We're not babies! We're adults! Right, Rapa?" Gabriel said as he turned to his brother.

Raphael, who didn't want to interfere earlier, nodded his head. He's not a baby!

"But your daddy and mommy took you to school in front of the class! Only babies do that!" said the boy who was right on target.

Raphael and Gabriel fell silent when they heard that piercing word. The two of them didn't seem to be able to fight that. Ahh… that's really embarrassing.

"Then are you guys still sleeping with your daddy and mommy?" asked one of the blond children, one of the three boys.

"Not! We have our own room!" said Raphael quickly.

"Look! It's only you who is still sleeping with your daddy and mommy! You baby!" said the blonde boy.

"You slept with your daddy and mommy?" Gabriel asked, slightly surprised when he heard that.

Raphael also looked equally surprised.

"Yes! But I'm not a baby! What's wrong with sleeping with my daddy and mommy?!" asked the boy back in annoyance.

"I love my daddy and mommy and it was fun sleeping with them!" the boy continued.

Gabriel and Raphael were silent when they heard the boy's words. The two children's brains seemed to be processing what had just happened.

Suddenly, the two of them raised their heads and stared at each other, their expressions smiling as their gazes met. It seemed the two of them were thinking the same thing.