5 Years of Marriage Without Love
Answer the Proposal for Gus

After the bar from his bakery, he went straight into the room. Usually he would meet his Dad and Mom when he came home from the store. Sarah saw something strange in Blah, and she went to the room of Blah.

Tok

The sound of the door being knocked.

"Darling, can Mom come in?" ask Sarah.

"Yes Mah, just go in. I don't have a key" said Bari.

Sarah opened the room door, and she came to Blah, who was sitting on the bed, leaning her head against the wall.

"Why you, baby?" ask Sarah.

"Well, if widows are ugly in the eyes of people, so seductive women?" ask Blah with a sad face.

"What are you talking about? who said that? one does not know why one becomes a widow. A widow is better than a virgin. Because widows will usually maintain their pride so that the community does not ridicule the widow. Another case with girls now, they are even bolder with the opposite sex" said Sarah, while stroking her daughter's now unraveling hair not using a head covering.

Blah is still surly, because the words Bagas ringed.

"You've talked to Gus Bagas?" ask Sarah.

Blades nodded his head, he took a breath and then exhaled slowly.

"So he called me, asked me the answer to his proposal. He reasoned my phone, saying many young men here approached me, so he asked for an answer to his proposal. I was repulsed Mah, meaning she looked at me as the widow of a gatel" Blah explained.

"That's what you mean by Gus Bagas? if he thinks, afraid of losing you because many young men here are approaching you how? then she's jealous?" said Sarah.

"Try to open your heart, do'a you already have a hint, right, only your heart is still afraid to enter new love," Sarah continued by looking into the eyes of Blah.

"So when he called, I asked to wait until the end of my iddah period, then I answered his application," said Bilah.

"You hang the answer, which is actually the answer you have got. Mamah knows you can't love Gus Bagas yet, but that love can grow by itself when you meet often, communicate often, and are touched by each other in a marriage" Sarah advises, to Bilah.

"You answer my question. Do you want me to marry Gus Bagas? Mamah's answer was the answer to Gus Bagas' proposal. If Mamah says yes, then now I call Gus and accept his proposal, and vice versa" asked Bilah.

"Mama wants to ask you too. You know you don't really like water, do you? if Mamah has 2 cups, 1 glass contains milk, 1 more glass contains zam-zam water. Which one did you choose? milk or zam-zam?" ask Sarah back.

"Air zam-zamlah Mah" replied Blah.

"Even if you don't like water, you'll choose water?" ask Sarah with emphasis.

"He is the Mah, the water of many caromas, the water that never runs out and is carried throughout the people of the world, water for treatment even there has been research that zam-zam water is able to treat cancer and inhibit tumor growth" said Bilah.

"Now you understand, even if you don't like water. But you prefer zam-zam water over milk, because zam-zam benefits more. The water of the zam-zam is like Gus Bagas" Sarah kissed the head of the blade.

"Yes out well, think carefully and then immediately answer," he continued.

The blade fell silent after Sarah left him in the room alone. He saw a flat object that had been turned off 2 hours ago. He took the flat object and reactivated it. Many messages came from Gus Bagas.

10: 35

["I'm sorry."]

10:45

["Sorry, I made you angry."]

11:15

["Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your heart."]

11:24

["Please, I'm sorry."]

11:45

["Come Syaqilah Aini, I'm sorry 😭 ."]

Reading all the messages from Gus Bagas, made the eyebrows of Barah pulled upwards.

"O Allah, Gus Bagas, how much do you love me?" blah lirih said.

Barah decided to call Gus Bagas.

Tut...

Assalamu'alaikum, thank God you call me. I'm so sorry to talk like that, please forgive me. It's okay, if you want to answer my proposal after your iddah period is over. But please forgive me.

Bagas' voice sounded trembling and very soft, making Barah feel very guilty.

Wa'alaikumsalam, Gus.I also apologize for my previous attitude. Are you really ready to wait for my iddah? don't want to hear my answer now?

Whether you will answer my proposal now, my heart will be happy if you answer it now. Oh Allah my heart is beating hard.

Barah wants to laugh at the attitude of a cool Gus if in the lodge, now the cool nature is gone and is adorable for Blah.

Bismilahirohmanirohim, this is my answer Gus.

Gus Bagas listened carefully behind the phone, with a fast racing heart rate, hands wet.

I accepted your proposal, Gus.

Alhamdulillah...

Bagas immediately bowed in gratitude, saying a thousand thanks. She was crying because she was so happy. The woman he wanted accepted his proposal.

Gus... Are you still there? hello Gus.

Bagas forgot if he put his phone down.

Gus.assalamu'alaikum...Gus...

Bagas only realized, that Barah was still talking on the phone.

"Oh my God, I forgot." He immediately took his phone back.

Sorry, so happy I was, I forgot you still called me.

You still hear my voice?

Yes, I heard.

But I'm sorry Gus, I can't love you yet. I beg you after marriage, make me fall in love with you Gus.

I see, God willing, we learn to love each other. Thank you for accepting me Blah.

Well, I hung up on him. Assalamu'alaikum's chat.

Waalaikumsal.

Bagas did not expect today, he got a proposal answer to Bilah. His heart was very happy, he immediately told Abah and Umminya, not forgetting to also call Aisyah and Paklik Wahid.

***

Afnan was watching television, but his face looked angry and full of emotion. Sarah, who had just come out of Bilah's room, approached her husband.

"What's the matter Dad?" Ask Sarah.

"Bashful Mah, Ranu. Defaming our son, reversing reality. Let's see and hear that." Afnan pointed with his index finger at the television he was watching.

Sarah watched the tv and listened to it.

'A beautiful model, Nida Lusiana will soon be married to Ranu Antonio, a businessman. A businessman but widowed, he was previously married to Nabilah Saqilah Aini, a child businessman as well.Their marriage is said because Nabilah is rumored to be cheating with his own best friend. Here are the pictures of Ranu and Nabilah before they divorced.'

Footage of the gossip program infuriated both parents. This news immediately spread which made a furore of every place that Blah visited.

The next morning

The residents came to Paklik Wahid's house, they asked that Bilah out of this village. The mothers protested, fearing that her husband would fall in love with a beautiful widow but an cheating man.

"Ustadz Wahid, we don't want the widow to stay in our village, drive her out of this village" shouted one of the residents.

"Yes Ustadz Wahid, kick him out, our husband will fall in love with the beautiful widow of the cheating man. Yes, not mothers" cried a large-bodied mother.

"Yes right, get rid of him now..."

Blah heard the commotion outside, he did not know the cause of the commotion yet.

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