Best Teacher And Me
The Person Behind the Scenes

The long holiday is over. Fasting and Eid Kila only visited the homes of people he knew in Indonesia. He also went back to his mother's house and stayed for a week.

Kila and Irsyad's relationship is getting pretty mundane. They keep communication, but lately only through chat messages. Both are very busy because of their education. They also made an appointment to make a video call on Sunday only when Kila played to Citra's house. So that Irsyad would see his two parents on the video call.

Their first wedding anniversary, it feels normal. No one remembers her between Kila and Irsyad. No one thinks that a wedding anniversary is a special day. In fact, Irsyad had once said happy birthday to Kila. That's an idea of how busy they have been lately.

Farhan and Kila have been in communication as usual, as when Farhan was still the chairman of his former OSIS High School. Honey, Kila could never get along with Yuli. Apparently, Yuli still does not accept that Kila is Irsyad's soul mate. Yuli tends to dodge when Kila asks her something. Kila is actually also awkward with Yuli, but inevitably she has to start a conversation with Yuli because when talking on campus with Farhan often Yuli comes along. Kila is only not nice to chat only with Farhan alone while Yuli is not involved when Yuli is also there, so polite Kila but even ignored by Yuli.

"Sir Farhan, Brother Yuli. Assalamu'alaykum," said Kila when meeting at the motor park of the engineering faculty mosque.

"Wa'alaykumussalam," replied the two. The difference, Yuli answered the greeting in a hostile tone. Though a greeting should be replied friendly and sincere.

"You going straight home, Kil?" ask

Farhan. They had just entered the mosque, while Kila looked like she was leaving.

"Yes, Brother. College work piled up, hehe. Kila first yes. Let's Kak Farhan, let's Kak Yuli. Assalamu'alaykum," said Kila. The greeting was then answered by Farhan and Yuli.

"Han, are you close to him? It's not like you weren't familiar then, was it?" yuli asked when she saw Kila had started to get far away.

"Akrab, really, Yul. Even since High School. Just because I finished high school first, so we became less familiar. Well, now it's familiar again" replied Farhan.

"Ooh," said Yuli understand.

"Eh, but that Kila guy doesn't have a lonely face, does he? You see, Irsyad has not been back here for a long time," said Yuli began julid. He hasn't told Farhan much about Irsyad lately. Their encounter with Kila triggers Yuli to say it, talking about Irsyad.

"Oh, Farhan. You saw his face. After all, we rarely meet him now when playing at Mother Citra's house. I think he has rarely played at Mother Citra's house, deh. After all, Kila said every Sunday to play at Mother Citra, right? Yeah, same as us, dong. Lately, we often play to Mother Citra's house because of it. But, never did, we saw there was Kila there. What kind of son-in-law is that, try it?" think Yuli's bad to Kila.

Kila has not visited Citra's house too often lately. It has also been conveyed Kila to Citra. It was his busyness that made him not have time to visit, and Citra understood that. Fortunately Citra and Erwin are good sons-in-law. They did not interfere much with Irsyad and Kila's household. They also did not demand much Kila as a daughter-in-law should this and that. Nor did he tell Kila to just move into their house as a daughter-in-law rather than having to be at the boarding house. They freed Kila to do anything, as long as it was not against religion.

"Sttt. You are free to say anything, but do not be prejudiced. Not good to know," responded Farhan.

"And come back, do you know where you're from? Kan, not familiar with Kila. I know you, Kila was busy or something. And again, her father-in-law Kila, right, Mother Citra, not you, Yul. So, do not position yourself as an old man, like in-laws. You are, bad habits of thought, lessin, dong. It wants to pray, even for sins first, hahaha," continued Farhan.

"You took that girl, Han?" ask Yuli sewot.

"Lho, not belain. I'm talking right, you know. I am also your brother because my fellow Muslims are trying to remind you and counsel you. The rest, yeah, it's up to you. The important thing is that my job is done, I told you. Your problem is that if I take Kila, it's your right" Farhan replied smoothly. He is not the old self. Yuli was indeed unruly by Farhan, but at least Farhan dared convey to set Yuli up. If it cannot be arranged, at least Farhan has conveyed it.

"Udah, ah. Farhan is not good at talking. You don't need to tell me, I know, either. Long time here continue, I go first to the mosque. Lazy talking to you again. Hye!" Yuli breezed after saying the sentence just now in annoyance.

"Yes, usually you enter the mosque first. Basic girl," said Farhan when Yuli had breezed first in front.

Farhan is actually the hero of Kila's rescue. But, because of his behind-the-scenes actions, he was never known. But, Farhan always tried to defend Kila when anything Yuli said was against reality.

With Farhan's adept rhetoric, his feelings for Kila were not noticed by Yuli. He was so good at stringing words so that his defense efforts for Kila were not realized by Yuli. If Yuli finds out that there are feelings Farhan harbors for Kila, Farhan can already guess what Yuli can plan to do. It could be that he invites Farhan to work together to destroy the marriage of Kila and Irsyad. That was the most distant thought that Farhan could think of, for that he had to keep this secret of his heart tight.

Farhan's defense of Kila has been only a small part of her attempt to show her feelings for Kila, to convince her that she can still get Kila. He also actually did a cheating way to be able to approach Kila again by lying that his feelings had been lost to Kila. But actually, Farhan's feelings just got stronger. He felt like he was Irsyad's replacement for Kila. Substitutes who have not been replaced as long as Irsyad have not visited Kila again.

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