I Found Love With You
20. Sleep Together

Tonight is the first night for Sadiyah and Kagendra to live alone under the same roof.

Kagendra is getting ready for bed. He wears a white t-shirt and cloth training pants. Kagendra doesn't like to wear pajamas. If he sleeps alone, often he will sleep with bare chest only. Because now he would sleep with Sadiyah on the same bed, he thought that his wife would not be comfortable if she slept bare-chested.

Sadiyah had changed her clothes with cute cartoon motifs. Because tonight he will sleep together with Kagendra, he does not wear his favorite negligee that is only calf-sized with short arms wide as the upper arms. Sadiyah was worried that if she was wearing a negligee, her negligee was revealed accidentally due to her slightly barbaric sleeping style.

Sadiyah still wears a hijab when going to sleep. Seeing that, Kagendra felt a little annoyed because his wife still wears a hijab when she is alone with him.

“Open your hijab?” kagendra's orders.

“Eh...” Sadiyah was shocked by Kagendra's sudden order.

“You are halal for me. It is not sinful to open and show your law before your husband. I'm sure you understand more about it,” said Kagendra.

“Good, A.” sahut Sadiyah says.

Sadiyah started to remove her instant hijab slowly. After her hijab was removed, she folded it neatly and kept it on the nightstand.

“Save your hijab in the laundry basket. Again I reiterate that I want you not to wear a hijab if you are with me. Understand?” kagendra's orders were firm.

“Good, A.” Sadiyah nodded her head and passed towards the bathroom to keep her clean veil in the laundry basket.

After Sadiyah passed from before him, Kagendra shook his lips and smiled with satisfaction.

“Huh, basic fat freak. This hijab is still new, but he just as casually play orders, telling to keep it in the laundry basket. Waste of water and detergent only,” grumbled Sadiyah in the bathroom.

“Ah bodo very deh, who buy detergent and pay water will use her money.” Sadiyah was trying to control her emotions.

Sadiyah came out of the bathroom with her hair draped over her shoulders. His hair was thick and straight falling dark in color rather brownish. Her neck skin is bright and clean with her bright face but sometimes small pimples appear if she is getting her menstrual cycle.

Kagendra was glued to the point of forgetting to blink his eyes looking at the face of the girl standing before him. This was the first time she had seen Sadiyah perform without wearing her hijab.

“Very beautiful,” praise Kagendra in her heart. His eyes were still not off staring at Sadiyah who was walking while slightly looking down.

Like capturing the radar from Kagendra's gaze, Sadiyah looked at Kagendra and instantly Kagendra turned her face away. His heart was pounding faster, not as usual.

“Quick sleep!” snapped Kagendra to cover his heartbeats.

“Iya, A.” Sadiyah immediately walked towards the bed.

“So you won't sleep on the floor?” sindir Kagendra to tease Sadiyah who had offered to sleep on the floor using a folding mattress.

“Aa want me to sleep on the floor?” asked Sadiyah annoyed.

“I'm just kidding. Quick sleep!” kagendra's orders. He turned off the room light switch and turned on the sleeping light.

“You can sleep in the dark, right?” ask Kagendra.

“Iya, A. Usually I also sleep with the lights out,” said Sadiyah.

“Good.” Kagendra turned off his sleep lights and instantly darkness enveloped them. There was only a light from the balcony.

At midnight Kagendra awoke from his sleep. He saw the alarm clock on the nightstand showing the hour of one night. Kagendra is the type of person who easily wakes up with the slightest sound or movement. He woke up because he felt a small movement caused by Sadiyah.

Kagendra turned on the sleeping lights and looked at Sadiyah's deeply asleep face. Kagendra saw Sadiyah's body move up and down because of constant and slow breathing. He was sure that Sadiyah slept comfortably.

Kagendra's hand raised touched Sadiyah's face and then stroked Sadiyah's face slowly and attached Sadiyah's hair to the back of her ear.

“You are good and beautiful. If only there had not been someone who inhabited the space of my heart, maybe you would have filled it.”

Kagendra brought his face closer to Sadiyah's face and kissed Sadiyah's forehead gently.

“I'm sorry if my heart can't accept your existence. I hope you have patience with me.”

Kagendra turns off the sleeping lights and falls back to sleep until dawn.

When Kagendra woke up, he saw Sadiyah who was teaching al-qur’an.

“Not yet, A. any minute,” replied Sadiyah.

Kagendra immediately got out of bed and walked into the bathroom to clean up and fuss.

“We pray in congregation at dawn!” take Kagendra when she comes out of the bathroom.

“Good, A.”

Sadiyah displayed her sweet smile when she heard the call for congregational prayers from Kagendra.

Kagendra turned his face. Her face warmed up a little at the sweet smile imprinted from Sadiyah's beautiful lips.

After finishing the morning prayers, Sadiyah rushed out of the room doing some homework such as washing, sweeping and mopping. Kagendra exits the apartment unit to run in the morning.

Coming home from the morning run, Kagendra saw Sadiyah who was struggling in the kitchen preparing breakfast. The fragrant aroma of the ripe masakah greeted Kagendra's nose.

“What are you cooking?” ask Kagendra.

“Fried rice cooker, egg omelet and vegetable oseng oseng. Is there enough breakfast menu like this?” ask Sadiyah.

“Hmm...” replied Kagendra as he passed into the room.

“Sadiyah...come you!” call Kagendra from the room

“Iya, A!” shouts Sadiyah replied and immediately ran small towards their bedroom.

“Don't scream!” reprimand Kagendra when Sadiyah has arrived before him.

“Iya, A. Sorry.”

“Has feelings earlier also he shouted shouting calling me,” Sadiyah grumbled in his heart.

“Starting this morning and the next morning, you have to prepare my work clothes. Understand?” kagendra's orders.

“Understand, A.” Sadiyah replied.

“Capable work!” snapped Kagendra because he saw Sadiyah who was still fixated in front of him.

Sadiyah rushed to open Kagendra's wardrobe and prepared Kagendra's cameja, trousers, tie and work coat.

“You also have to prepare my underwear. I wear a white T-shirt for the interior of the kameja only.” explained Kagendra.

“Eh...ba - underwear too?” asked Sadiyah a little.

“Yes is. My time directly wear trousers and clothes without interior?”

“But if the interior can Aa prepare itself. I will still be uncomfortable if I have to prepare clothes in Aa too,” protest Sadiyah.

“Customize. Later also will not be uncomfortable again,” said Kagendra cuek.

“But right...” Sadiyah was about to protest again.

“This morning I will prepare myself. Tomorrow you have to get used to preparing it. You can prepare my clothes when I am running in the morning,” said Kagendra still in a commanding tone.

“Good, A.”  Sadiyah nodded with resignation.

“Out!  I want to change clothes. Or do you want to see me change clothes?”

“Eng - No, A.” Sadiyah walked out of the room.

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to be continued...