
Kila saw Irsyad coming. He was a bit surprised because he felt that this time Irsyad was a bit faster to open the door and close it back than usual. But that won't undo his initial intentions. It is time he showed me something that the hijab has long closed. He has graduated and graduation, whatever problems that are happening to him, will not make Kila forget to let go of Irsyad on his promise not to touch Kila. It starts with the hair first.
Kila knows this is not the right time, but since he is determined to graduate sooner, his goal is to untie the promise that has been shackling Irsyad. It was only natural that he saw Irsyad turn her back when he saw Kila showing her hair. Then immediately lay on the bed when he saw Kila combing her hair on the dressing table. And sleeping with her back to Kila and blankets covering the area of Irsyad's face. That is not a problem, if Irsyad shows such a reaction, then tomorrow Kila will wear her hijab again even though she is still at home. He will remove his hijab when he wants to sleep.
Kila was lying next to Irsyad. Make a position that also turns your back on Irsyad. It seems clear if something is happening with their households when they see the way they turn their backs on each other even while sleeping though.
"Crazy, you haven't slept?" Irsyad can't sleep in this way. Kila's attitude made Irsyad think. If you keep thinking about it, then Irsyad will not sleep and will miss the chance of tahajud. So, he chose to finish it first so as not to disturb his mind.
"I'm sure you haven't slept. But it doesn't matter to me if you don't want to answer."
"That beautiful hair, you showed it to me. It was either you did it on purpose or I did it?"
"Crazy intentionally, really."
"Then why are you showing it to me?"
"Despite a reason to show it to your husband? After all, I should have shown you before." Kila answered flatly.
"Why suddenly? You should be angry with me, right?"
Kila did not answer.
"Crazy, I know you haven't slept."
"We better sleep, brother. It's a pity that we're discussing this and passing the time for tahajud."
"I have to get answers so I can sleep peacefully and wake up when tahajud time comes." Irsyad insisted, and Kila relented.
"Okay, Kila answered. Today there is no status of teachers and students or lecturers and students among us. Brother Irsyad do not be shackled again with the promise that you ever delivered to Kila's parents, at the time will marry Kila at that time."
"Although you're actually angry with me...?" tanya Irsyad hangs.
There was no chatter for a moment, as Irsyad thought of wanting to start from where to explain everything.
Irsyad then said, "He's just a part-time worker. At that time, I saw he was trying to find someone who could pay him a debt. Then, when he also saw me, he ventured to try asking me as well. I knew right away that if he was a college student, I had seen him with Farhan."
"Because I couldn't immediately give him a loan, I gave him a job. Honestly, as long as there is a problem in the store, I am very helped because I have hired him. We also often meet to discuss daily reports. When we separated the bed at that time, I had to take care of the store's problems that took time and thought. I was cheated by an old friend of mine who became a manager. The money from the sale was taken away by his own friends. Lately, we meet very often, even almost every day. One of the branches of the fire, there are employees who even have to be rushed to the hospital."
"Without me realizing it, it doesn't seem like I'm restoring the warm atmosphere of the house entirely. Problems that befall the business I run come alternately. Until I had to work extra in the workroom. Until you have to stop being a priest praying your witir."
"Then, I was frustrated thinking about many of these problems. Until my promise to contribute to your faster graduation target as a private lecturer is forgotten. Overwhelmed with endless busyness."
"People like me are still confused about managing time, even though they already know what to prioritize. Even you had doubts about me not prioritizing you. Really suck, right?"
Irsyad had already turned her body to face Kila, even though Kila was still turning her back.
"Today's problem, I'm really sorry about the business I mentioned. Since the store had just entered a transition period of hard times, I was too busy paying attention so that the same problem did not come twice. Thanks to him being honest, I was very helpful. There was a file on the flash that I needed and there was data that he had to work on. We exchanged flash, and I gave him graduation gifts and congratulations. It is just to say thank you for helping to restore my business, but if you think about it it it feels excessive, yes, to give a graduation gift. More unexpectedly he asked for a photo together, after which he even invited you too."
Kila began to understand everything, again he misunderstood. Fortunately this time he was not rash and still acted as if there was no problem. Showing an attitude of still believing in Irsyad. Not to go to the beach suddenly again like that time. He was confused at what to make up for his mistake. Kila is so easily influenced by someone's speech and keeps thinking about it. It was his weakness that once again made him misunderstand Irsyad's attitude.
Kila bravely faced Irsyad. Trying to get close and end up hiding his face in Irsyad's field chest. Try to do that so that at least his mistakes can be redeemed. The way to make up for his mistake was very strange.
Because Kila suddenly came to the chest of Irsyad's field, it certainly made Irsyad surprised. He saw clearly now how Kila's beauty was radiated with the long hair that was broken, although right after Kila instead hid her face using Irsyad's chest field. Irsyad then rubbed the hair gently, unexpectedly women's hair can be as soft and healthy as this, thought Irsyad. This was the first time Irsyad stroked a woman's hair, even with the image of her never holding onto her hair.
"I'm sorry, yeah. I am not good at expressing feelings. I am not good at regulating emotions. I'm not very good at talking in detail about what happened. That time alone, I couldn't tell you the details of what I was doing, until the workspace became my second home because so often I was there."
Irsyad ended the conversation by dipping Kila's hair gently. Then, let Kila sleep on the chest of her field as a cushion, even though her sleeping position Kila was sideways and only attached the forehead of her face to the chest.
After this pre-sleep chat, the two hoped the warmth of the real home would actually return.
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