(Not) Layla Majnun
Mosaic 88

#Aryan Dharma

"Surely, Mik. Why are you suddenly here? Is there an event?" ask me again

I am now back in eastern Dhalem. There is no difference in Layla anymore. I gave Layla's room to Umi. Fortunately, he went to clean his room. So there's no need for me to ask to tidy up again. If I could, I would've told umi, "Umi, this room was last night inhabited by would-be mummies." But that can't be happening. I can only endure the turmoil itself.

"Said kangen is with you. Cook do not believe.." reply Umi who was folding her clothes and put on the teak closet next to the bed.

While I sat cross-legged in the middle of the bed while watching him make things. Dharma is not helpful, but in view.

"Tumben. Abah again" I said in disbelief.

Their arrival remains a mystery. There is no reason to make sense in my opinion. This is the first time my parents have come without any other essentials.

"Yes Abah Kangen is like you, too,"

"Oh, add to that. Dharma doesn't believe it at all,"

"Lohs... Poh... So, to the same Abah. That's your Abah Lo,"

"Yes. Therefore, Dharma is more unbelieving." Press me.

Umi even mesem. What I said did not hurt her. Understand it, because he knows the character of Abah.

"Oh yes Buk. What do you want to eat? Let Dharma buy it," I asked

We were in the main Dhalem herbal medicine with the Abah yai family. But for tonight I haven't prepared anything for my parents to eat. Don't know exactly if the Dhalem family is giving out the dishes for later tonight. Usually yes, but sometimes not. Depends guest. Although our family is close we also still have to be Tata Krama so as not to bother the Dhalem family.

"Later. You just take a break, I think you're tired." Answer Umi.

When talking in Dhalem, Ning Nada told me that I had just participated in a futsal match and managed to win the match. Ning Nada also spoke up if maybe I was exhausted due to two consecutive days of matches. I also agree with that. Moreover, the sudden arrival of my parents would definitely confiscate my resting rations again.

"Look away... Just later. Mumpung Umi come, yes Dharma wants to be with Umi, to." Refuse me.

"Is there anything you want to tell me?" ask umi directly.

Mother is sensitive to her child. I don't know why Umi immediately recognized the signal that was on me. He knew that his son needed help to pursue his love.

I grimaced. Whiny.

"News, come on... Umi listen,"

Umi has finished arranging her things to the right place. Now he sits beside me. Without warning I immediately made his thigh as a pillow of my head.

I miss things like this. As usual, umi immediately rubbed my hair and hair slowly. Like a kid who wants to be in Nina Bobo.

"Umi first, first met you instantly fell in love?" ask me directly

I saw Umi was surprised by my question. Then then I hit my head softly while showing off a shy smile.

Even though I've been married for years, I was still wrong when my sister or I teased her about Abah.

"Why are you in love again?"

"Jawab first, Mik.."

"Umi used to marry Abah and has not fallen in love with Abah. Umi did not even want the original same as your Abah. Know for yourself, your Abah was once famous haunted."

I laughed when Umi admitted that her husband was haunted.

"Hehe... Yes Mik. That's also a husband, Umik." My reply.

"Continue, mik... I could fall in love with Abah. What is umi?" ask me again

"Well? Yeah, for you, that's it,"

The bluss.... This time I was red. Making me mean connecting like a husband and wife.

"Well! Cook after that love directly?" ask me to divert the thought that was wandering everywhere. Where else Layla is the object. Recollects her beautiful innocent face while asleep last night.

"Umi same Abah used to not directly for you. Even after months of marriage,"

"Loh, why?"

"Yes that was. Umi hasn't been in love with Abah."

"So Abah knows that Umi did not love Abah when she was married early."

"Know. But amazingly your brother he still accepts umi and treats umi like a wife Sholehah."

I smile. Abah has a warm soul buried within her. In fact, he can melt the umi that Masya Alloh ademnya.

"But mik. Why would I want to marry Abah. But is Umi not in love? Not-don't Abah also initially did not love the same Umi," I guess

This is the first time I've ever written a story about my parents. All this time they told me about how they struggled to establish pesantren and how they should spend time on religious education. Until they could not tell their love story.

"Nwort... Your abah was already ngincer umi from umi still mondok in your great-grandfather Mbah,"

"Because..."

If you tell me about family genealogy, people will be dizzy. Because there will be many who branch because people used to be especially big kyai many who apply polygamy. One of them is my great-grandfather.

I was originally with Ning Nada and Salwa was still a cousin. But it has gone down three. And I myself am from the family of princess number two. While Ning Nada and Salwa from the eyes of the first princess.

My great-grandfather was great in his time. Established pesantren in one of the small towns that are still foreign residents. Gradually small pesantren that had only contained village children increased with children outside the village to outside the city.

At that time Mbah buyut was still the first wife, he was the great-grandfather of Ning Nada and Salwa. He has a son, Abah Yai and his Abah Salwa.

While my great-grandfather is the honey of their great-grandfathers. Mbah buyut remarried to establish brotherhood between pesantren and also to add the next generation. But unfortunately eyang great-grandfather can only give one son, my brother only.

"Jelimet nggeh, Mik if you remember the family lineage," I said.

"Yes... Don't think about it. Most importantly you know who your relatives are,"

"But Mik, It's not that Umi is the same Abah is still a brother too, huh?"

I thought back to it if it was true that my parents were still brothers as well.

"Yes... Your great-grandfather from Abah uncle from Kakungmu's eyes,"

Eyang Kakung who Umi means is the eye of the umi party.

"Mik mumet!" I cried while rubbing my face.

"People used to love it, to live in brotherhood and not to kill our nasab in marriage with our own cousin" Umi said.

I'm nodding. This is common in the pesantren world. So that the brotherhood does not break up and the pesantren continue to grow and bring out superior seeds later.