Childhood Match
Istikharah Love

The night is getting late. The cold air of the top of Sumbing penetrated up to the ribs. Gendhis feels like it's been a long night. It has been sleeping for so long, but the morning has not yet arrived. The watch attached to the wall of his room shows three o'clock in the morning.

He then remembered a Hadith narrated by: Friend of Anas bin Malik RA which means;

..."Part of the signs of his luck son Adam (man) is his request to Allah SWT to be chosen the best by performing the prayers istikhoroh."...

Gendhis also remembered when he was following a cult at the campus mosque after performing the prayer dzuhur congregation. The iman of the mosque conveys a hadith narrated by: Friend of Anas bin Malik RA, which means;

..."People who always pray Istikoroh, then will not be disappointed, and people who always berusyawaroh will not regret, and frugal people will not experience shortcomings in his life."...

When he remembered the two pieces of advice, immediately Gendhis awoke and folded his thick blanket. He walked to the bathroom. He took water and washed his beautiful face with ablution water.

He laid out his prayer rug and immediately set his heart to prostrate before the Khaliq. With istikhara... Gendhis begged God to show him the best way in life. So that the anxiety in his heart can be answered.

It seems, Gendhis must learn to be sincere. Even if Gendhis had to lose Lintang, he would have learned to recapitulate it, though he did not yet know in what way he had forgotten. However, if fate requires that his marriage with Lintang still occur, he only pray, may he be strong to face any kind of trials in his marriage.

After performing the two rakaats prostration, Gendhis raised his hand while praying;

..."O God, I ask You for guidance of goodness with Your knowledge. I ask for strength with Your strength. O God, if You know that my marriage to Mas Lintang is good for me in my religion, my life and my way of life, make it easy for me and bless me in this matter. But if You know that my marriage to Mas Lintang is bad for me, my religion and my way of life, keep me away from it and keep the matter away from me. Set for me goodness wherever it is, and treat me with kindness. Amiid... 🤲🤲"...

Shortly after Gendhis had given up all his life's troubles to the Khaliq, his heart felt better. It was as if the heavy burden that was in his heart was blown away instantly. He just had to wait, and surrender, because four more days is his wedding day. And on that day..the answer of his prayer will be answered, will Gendhis... will remain married to Lintang? Or vice versa.

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Elsewhere at the same time...

Gala was also feeling a deep tremor. He was well aware that the longer, his feelings for Gendhis were becoming more and more unstoppable. One day Gendhis escaped from the sight of his eyes, Gala riled erratically and wanted to know immediately the state of Gendhis. He had never felt like this before towards any girl. But his feelings for Gendhis had really tormented him day and night.

How not to be tormented? Love appears to the engaged girl. Even without Gala's knowledge, just counting the days, four more days the girl will be officially edited by someone else. Sometimes when his selfishness arises, he also prayed,

"Yes... If I may ask, may the miracle come down from you. Cancel the engagement Oh Allah..."

But sometimes, he also realized that he should not be selfish when praying because it only concerned his own feelings, without knowing what kind of feelings Gendhis when fate requires Gendhis to part with his fiancee.

Therefore, in the last third of the night, Gala woke up to take ablution water and prostrated herself to perform tahajjud prayer, so that God gave good destiny for her love, also begging for goodness for the future life of Gendhis.

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Day four meatball activities in Sekar Wangi Village \= H-3 wedding day Gendhis.

From a distance, Gala saw Gendhis along with other fellow students were busy preparing for meatballs today in the courtyard of the village office. He was relieved, but the girl looked better. His smile, his candlestick, as if released from the look of his face and not as heavy as yesterday also some time ago. Until this moment... Gala does not know yet, if three more days the woman he is admiring will officially marry his fiancee.

Gala then walked closer to Gendhis who was with his friends.

"Alhamdulillah... Sir, it's better." replied Gendhis with a sweet smile that slipped from his lips.

Gala was relieved to hear that answer.

"Thank God, the important thing today is not to be too tired first. If indeed today's activities feel heavy, you tell other students, let's help each other." Gala said.

Suddenly from beside Gendhis Dona was joined as if looking for the attention of the handsome lecturer.

"Oh. yes, sir. Calm... Mr. Gala. Later if Gendhis why, let me call Mr..... is it not Dis?" babble Dona while nudging Gendhis hand with his arm.

"Eh... Don, so you do'a in me why, so you can find Mr Gala? Yeah yeah? Hayoo... why?" goda Gendhis chuckled as if he knew what his best friend was trying to get Gala's attention.

"Yes not Dis. when I do'a in my best friend why.." replied Dona shyly.

Gala smiled with a joke of two students who were teasing him. Seeing Gendhis smile so loose, it made Gala seem as if she wanted nothing more than to be able to get love from him. "But can it still be, O God? " summer in the heart.

After everything was ready, the twenty students then rushed to the task location in their respective villages.

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"The number you're going to is off or out of reach" the mobile operator said many times from inside the phone, stressing Gabby and slamming her phone over the springbed in her room.

"This has been a call to how many times have you tried? But Lintang also did not pick up the phone. Baby... Where are you? You do not pick up on the phone, sent messages not read, now on the phone even the phone is not active, again... God, I can be stressed that every day is like this." Gabby said that afternoon while pacing back and forth in her room.

His face was pouting, his hair was tangled, as he was busy contacting Lintang, making him seem lazy to dress up and beautify himself as usual. Gabby felt her emotions were very unstable. He is also easily tired, sometimes his head suddenly feels dizzy.

He saw the calendar on the wall of the room, he just remembered, maybe because before the date came the month, so he was more sensitive to his feelings.

Gabby walked in the direction where the calendar was plastered. And.. how surprised he was when he realized that now it was the end of the moon and his woe, he only realized that to this day he had not come the moon. At the beginning of Gabby's month, she was almost done menstruating.

"Oh... My Good...why did the cave just wake up now? It can't be faded" Gabby said as her left hand held her waist and right hand held her eel.

Finally, he immediately opened his medical kit. Of course, because he's a doctor, everything he needs related to medical matters must be there. Gabby took a testpack and took it to the bathroom. With her heart pounding, Gabby waited for the test results. After a few minutes of waiting, the results came out quite surprising... Two red lines.a sign that he, now, is containing the seeds of his love with Latitude.

Then...what about the fate of Gendhis? How can he marry a man who sooner or later will be called "father" by a fetus that is now in someone else's womb?

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...Don't forget his support for Gendhis yes brother... let him be strong in facing the reality of life in the next episode 🥰🥰🥰...