For A Husband Who Doesn't Love Me
53. Upholding Atmosphere

Hidayat lay on Maira's thigh. He looked so tired, they had just arrived home after three days in Rizki village. Maira smiled, flanked Hidayat's chin with anxiety, then repeatedly kissed her husband's forehead.

"Staying at Rizki's house is very effective for you, what do you think about Maira?" Tanya Hidayat looked up at Maira's face.

"Everything... Rizki family is very prioritizing togetherness and compactness... Rarely do such things happen, even in the villages..." Maira.

"Yes... Brother so remembered the difficult family times first... No one wanted to help from close relatives, sneering a lot... Especially when Rianur's brother was hit by a debt problem online..." Hidayat seemed to be sad to tell his family story.

Maira looks concerned. He stroked Hidayat's cheeks gently.

"That's a good thing there's Zahra... Brother Zahra is the only one who understands Rianur's brother... The anger is only for a moment, the rest is compassion and support so that Rianur's brother does not down..."

"Don't Maira, bang Ajiz just don't know about it... Brother Zahra is a role model... It feels like winning the lottery when you know brother Zahra... It's amazing to be with Zahra... Maira doesn't think, how come there are people like brother Zahra?" Tympano Maira.

"If it is about brother Zahra, there will be no time to tell it..." Said Hidayat, holding Maira's arm around her neck.

"Remember..."

"Don..."

"May Maira publish Zahra's story into a novel?"

"Even you asked Maira to do it..." Answer Hidayat.

"Yes, anyway... But later if Maira already holds the title Dr. Maira Fatimah, M. Pd."

"Yes, right... Maira has to focus first on that... It's only two months left, right..."

"Yes, brother, God willing... Thank you, my beloved husband... Thank you for giving your full support to Maira... Thank you for being Maira's encouragement as well in the past few months to get things done..." Maira said while mengamit parts of her husband's face, starting from Hidayat's cheeks are slightly filled, his ears, even his nose can not be separated from the game of Maira fingers.

"Together, Honey... Brother had passed something similar a year ago, and Maira was always by Brother's side so you got all this..." Say Hidayat while kissing Maira's hand.

Maira smiles. He stroked Hidayat's hair again, but he suddenly grimaced. "A-branch, Maira's feet are tingling..."

Hidayat hastily got up. "Oh, I'm sorry, honey... It must be because you were sleeping on Maira's thigh..."

Hidayat stomped Maira's feet slowly. His face looks worried and feels guilty, while Maira instead hides her happiness.

The day goes on. Maira and Hidayat can forget for a moment their great desire to have children. They have just received happy news from Arya and Kirana, that the couple has welcomed their first child at As-syifa hospital.

Today coincides with Maira's graduation day. Arya and Kirana were supposed to enliven Maira's graduation, but it turned out to be unexpected Kirana felt mules in her stomach.

Their schedule changed to the hospital, making Maira and her family who promised to come to enliven the welcoming of the birth of the baby Kirana after graduation later.

"Assalamualaikum, Brother..." Maira said through her phone.

"Wa'alaikum greetings, dear..."

"Abang still meeting?" Ask patiently.

"It's done... This is my brother going there... Our mom and dad got there, right?"

Maira heard the stitches, and then the sound of Hidayat's motor engine lit up.

"Already, Bang... Be careful, yeah..."

"Yes, honey..."

"Assynoltom..."

"Wa'alaikum hail... Uh, Mai..."

Just as Maira was about to lower the phone in her ear, Hidayat called back.

"Why, Bang?"

"Sorry to keep Maira waiting..."

"Yes, it's okay, brother... Maira is still the same, will always wait for Brother..." Maira replied with a smile.

"Assalamualaikum, dear..." A greeting came from her husband across the street.

Maira kept her phone after making her tone silent, then she returned to where her family had gathered.

"Where's your husband, son? Looks like the show's about to start..." Bu Zainab's question looked nervous.

"It's coming soon, ma'am... Maira heard that brother was on his bike..." Answer Maira.

After a quarter of an hour, Maira began to feel anxiety. The nose should have been there, but until this moment her husband had not yet revealed the trunk of his nose.

"Maira calm down, yes, dear... Later Hidayat when it has arrived, I will tell you to directly accompany Maira inside... We're waiting for Maira here...

The graduation ceremony took place, but Maira looked nervous. She hoped that Hidayat would be in her family's group waiting outside the building, because she was agitated at the thought of her husband.

When the show ends, Maira quickly searches for the whereabouts of her parents and in-laws. Her hope was empty, looking around there was no figure of her husband.

"Bang Hidayat hasn't arrived yet, Mom?" Maira asked with unchanged concern.

"No, Son... She tried to call her phone number many times, but there was no answer... Last time his phone died..." Bu Zainab said with the same concern.

"Astaghfirullah hal'azhiim's... Where's brother, huh? Maira's worried..." Maira said while biting her lips.

Maira tried calling a few times. His heart beats faster when he hears Hidayat's number is off.

"Astaghfirullah hal'azhiim, O Allah protect the husband of the servant..." Maira said begging.

Maira's phone rang. He nodded and immediately picked up his phone. "Assalamualaikum, Brother..."

"Wa'alaikum greetings, Maira..."

"Th-this?" Maira's face turned disappointed. She mistakenly thought that the person who called her was not her husband. He slowly lowered his phone from his ear, then saw who had called.

"Bang Arya, sorry... Maira thinks her husband is Maira..." Maira lethargic.

"How was Maira's graduation? Done already?" Arya asked in a loud voice.

"Alhamdulillah already, Bang... What about Kiran, Bang? Baby's grandpa was born?"

"Thank God, Mai... Baby's healthy..."

"Alhamdulillah..."

"Maira's coming here now, yeah... Hidayat is here... Brother wait for Maira in the ER room..."

"THE UGD? How about the ER, Bang? Kiran's sister's fine, isn't she, Bang?" Maira asked with growing concern.

"Later to explain, yes... Now Maira just come straight here with mom and dad..."

"Alright, Bang..."

"Maira carefully... Assalamualaikum..."

"Yes, Bang... Salam wa'alaikum..."

"Why, Mai?" Maira's mother can't wait for an explanation from her.

"Said bang Arya, bang Hidayat already there, ma'am... Maybe something happened, so bang Arya asked bang Hidayat to go there immediately... Maira, how do you shiver like this?" Maira is thinking positively.

"Yes, now we go there..." Take Umayyad.

There were no happy moments after Maira's graduation, there was only a tense and enigmatic atmosphere.

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