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On the way back to boarding, Billa took the time to buy a pack of lunch. The girl looked very happy because she had exchanged messages with her best friend Ara. He was actually waiting for someone to contact him today, but it seemed like the limited time had put him off contacting Billa. After washing his sticky body, Billa then took the food that had been bought, the intention of the heart wanted to eat lunch in a delay because of a loud phone call.

Billa frowned, without a second thought she rejected the call. Just wanted to put his phone back on sound.

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Ding.

"Thank God, I don't have much time."

By. Syafik Putra Dewantara

His heart was filled with a sense that was difficult to understand, just a short message and the name listed under the message made him freeze and limp to move on. Someone who since this morning later, apparently contacted him now. The woman did not immediately open her wa message, she just read through the cell phone notification wall. His eyes blinked several times to make sure that this was not a hallucination. Repeatedly he tried to calm down by pulling and breathing regularly. Long time not in the respond made the man desperate to contact him back. Billa actually understands, why syafik call directly. Given the limited time in communicating definitely makes the man not want to waste time to exchange messages. After all, he does not like to beat around the bush. On the third ring Syafik thought Billa would not pick him up, apparently his girl responded with a call stamped connected but had not yet opened her voice.

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Both of them were both silent, confused as to how to start their conversation. At the other end, Syafik smiled at his girl's behavior. Instead of saying hello there are a thousand languages.

"Assalamualaikum Bill" he said softly.

"Waalaikumussalam" actually Billa does not want to be wrong behavior like this, whether it is very difficult for him to talk casually like before, because now is the time Billa gives an answer that he has istikharah right and considered carefully.

"I don't have much time to communicate with Annisa, I'm sure you understand what I mean to call you today. I'm ready with whatever your answer is" he said plainly full of gentleness.

"How are you doing ?" Syafik did not expect, instead of directly answering Billa just asked the news. Making the man smile thinly and dehemously to eliminate the overwhelming awkwardness.

"Ehem', I'm very good news. How are you doing there ?"

"Alhamdulillah, I'm here well" there was a slight feeling that Billa could not express every time he heard the man's voice.

"Alhamdulillah.., what about your lecture ?"

"It's fun, even though it's new to me. But I liked it and started to be able to make peace with the circumstances" he began not awkwardly express what was felt during his time at the campus.

"Annisa, I only have twenty minutes to talk, ten minutes ago I told my mom and dad that I'm fine here. Every student is only allowed to make calls for thirty minutes every two weeks" he said, wanting Billa to know anything about shafik without anyone being covered.

"Hem, I get it. Listen carefully to what I'm going to tell you" Billa said as she sat staring at her laptop which she had turned on since dawn but had not been turned off. When the keyboard is touched back will automatically turn on, now the face is clearly visible in the leptopnya. Billa had deliberately read her CV again at dawn, she had read it three times to strengthen her heart in deciding what she would give her answer if today she shafik contacted her.

"Yes.. "

"Please promise to always let me know if there's time, don't worry me and keep studying there comfortably. Bissmillah I will try to accept you" he said with relief after revealing his decision.

While there no one knows how the shafiq heart now blossoms after hearing the answer from the girl he had been secretly fond of for a year. His lips smiled widely and muttered "Yes" softly.

"No, I promise I'll always try to give you news. Study quietly at the college. I'll finish my studies here soon. Take care of your heart for me" he said calmly.

"Hem, take good care of yourself there"

"Sure, my time is up. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity. I must pray, pray for all our hopes. May God take care of you always. Assalamualaikum Annisa" he said.

"Waalaikumussalam" he said full of relief. His heart was filled with happiness, actually if allowed Billa better get married now. Remembering exactly what is lived with syafik is a thing that is prohibited in sharia. Locking someone from accepting someone else's proposal without a clear bond. Obviously it was forbidden. 'Do I have to ask her to ask me to ask you first, marry her later after graduation' her mind is confused.

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In the corner of the office room, a young man with a handsome and firm face was busy with the books of the students he had just received to be corrected. Zafran had just finished teaching and correcting the practice given by him. He spent more time in the room, to throw away his longing so as not to always remember Billa.

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Ding.

"Zafran, I'm sorry, please listen to my explanation first. I want to meet you, can we meet at our favorite place first ?"

The man let out a heavy sigh, closed his eyes for a moment and began to regulate his breathing to find calmness.

"This afternoon, exactly at half-five, "the answer was brief.

"Alright" peppered emoit love.

The man then went out of the room to fulfill the obligation of ashar prayer to the cottage mosque. He also became a prayer priest this time, Abah who was also controlling the activities of the cottage, smiling to see his youngest son who had started to plunge into the cottage. The two meet when Zafran is about to return to his room to retrieve the car keys left behind.

"Zafran, Abah is glad you started active in the cottage, Abah wants to see the CV of Abah's future son-in-law. Is it in your hands ?"

"Not yet bah, it looks like Zafran will have to try harder to get her. The girl refused to marry Zafran now. But he also did not reject Zafran if he wanted to wait" he replied slightly lying. Billa forbade him from waiting.

"Son, I think what she did for your good, she may not be ready for marriage. Zafran, the son of Abah's friends is also a lot of Sholihah, do you want Abah to introduce if it already wants to get married then Abah will not prevent you from harvesting goodness" said Abah sage, said, actually Abah could see there was a sense of disappointment in the eyes of his son when he said the woman refused to marry his son. But Abah will not interfere, maybe in this way Zafran will focus on his cottage and college.

"Zafran said yes bah, Zafran there is an appointment to meet someone, Abah bring her own car right ?"

"Yes, be careful when driving. See you at home"

"Assalamualaikum" said Zafran to grab Abah's hand with reverence.

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