I'm Not an Old Virgin
Chapters 22.1
Shin stared at the screen of his phone without a blink. occasionally he rubbed the screen gently and then smiled.
"I didn't expect at the end of my search, I found you in this hut my angel... A place where we are equally demanding of knowledge. What...did God show you the way like this?"
"Ehem.who has an angel.....!"
"You Dul, just surprise me."
"ha ha ha when I was standing behind you, brother."
"are you eavesdropping on my talk?"
"not eavesdropping, but accidentally hearing he he."
"Just like Dul. So what have you heard?"
"Do I need to practice, brother?"
"Ah, no need."
"If I hear Shin's story about your relationship, the mistake is indeed found in ka shin himself. not wrong dong kak Inay invites towards a relationship that will definitely be ridhoi by Allah but brother Shin rejects it."
"That's my fool Dul, and now he's away from me."
"The only way to not be separated again ya must be tied firmly kak. Shouldn't Shin's brother directly propose to Inay? like what Inay wanted first?"
"Applying? I. I'm afraid she's rejecting me. Dul. I'm afraid she still hates me for what I did to her."
"What's wrong trying, brother? we won't know what it's like if we don't try."
Shin the little mangosteen heard his little friend's suggestion but his thinking was more mature than his age.
"What...do I follow Abdul's advice to propose to him immediately? really, I am no longer strong enough to hold back this feeling, but what if he rejects me? I can't seem to accept his rejection."
All night Shin could not sleep. He was agitated at the thought of how to bind his soulmate so as not to be detached from him again.
The next day Shin ventured to meet Abah at her residence and would tell her about the problems she was having.
"Bismillah......!"
Shin knocked on the door and said hello. Husna soon opened it.
"Wa'alaikum hail nak Shin."
"Sorry Umi, I've interrupted the morning. Is there an Umi?"
"No bother son Shin. Abah exists but is praying Dhuha. Does Shin want to wait for him?"
"Yeah, I'll just wait on the porch."
"Well, I went in first, huh?"
"Yes, umi please."
Shin sat on a chair provided on the terrace of Abah Ahmad's house. Fifteen minutes passed but Abah did not come out of his house. Shin patiently waited for her while thinking about the right words for her to say later to Abah.
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Abah's figure finally came out after Shin waited for him for no more than thirty minutes. Abah turned to Shin while smiling and Shin too. Shin immediately stood up and crucified her.
"Say I want Shin to have a need with me is that true?"
"Be right bah," suddenly Shin became nervous.
"Yes, let's just talk inside. Let's go Shin."
Shin nodded then followed behind Abah.
"Please sit down, son." Abah invites Shin to sit on a sofa and Shin follows his orders.
"What are you doing, Shin?"
Shin took a deep breath and exhaled slowly to relieve the nervousness that started to whack him.
"A...what...I can.... propose to sa....one of...santri Princess Abah?" shin asked with a brick stammer because he was nervous.
Abah frowned and looked at Shin's lowered face. He wondered why the foreign youth in front of him had the desire to marry one of his students when he himself was only one and a half months in the pesantren.
"Is Shin serious about Shin's request?"
"sa I'm very serious bah."
"If I may know, who's the santri who wants Shin pinang?"
" I...Inay bah," replied Shin while looking down. He did not dare to look at Abah's face.
"Inay....?"Abah slightly raised his eyes to hear who this young man wanted to question.
Shin nodded.
"Son Shin.want to propose to my nephew?"
"Yes, Inay is the son of my sister."
Shin. He did not expect Inay to be his own teacher's nephew.
"I am, although I am his uncle, I have no right to make a decision on my own. So this suggestion of Shin's son I will convey it first to his parents and his own Inay. So they are the ones who are more entitled to make decisions whether or not to accept this proposal of Shin's son."
Shin nodded," I understood the sump."
"But....there was one thing that Shin had to know about Inay so that Shin would not regret it later on and that Shin would be able to rethink how good and bad it was to continue or not to propose This shin."
" a what is bah?"
"Inay..has taken her chastity as a girl."
Instantly Shin was stunned.
"Almost three months ago Inay came here. He told us his fate for what had happened to him in the city. Someone had snatched it by force. I as his uncle of course feel sad one of my nieces was treated like that."
Shin's tears started to spill. He humbled himself under Abah's feet. Abah was astonished to find Shin who was resting at his feet while crying deeply.
"Son Shin why are you crying like this? let's get up." said Abah while shaking both shoulders.
"I won't wake up until Abah forgives me."
"What do you mean, son? forgive how?"
"My sin is so great, I do not know if God will forgive my sin. In front of Abah I want to admit that I'm the jerk who took away Norin's honor." With quivering lips Shin confessed to Norin.
Abah fell silent.
"I'm a selfish guy and a jerk, I love Norin but I'm selfish enough to ruin it. Perhaps God will not forgive me this great sin, but I ask forgiveness from Abah and from the Norin family for my actions. I want to take responsibility bah, I want to marry her."
Abah was still silent.
"I've been looking for where Norin is? various efforts I have done but did not produce results.in the midst of desperation I look for it, I look for it, I met Mr. Ali in a mosque while I was looking for peace of mind and soul until he invited me to this boarding school. And yesterday I accidentally saw Norin when we were in the market to buy a water pump. I'm grateful that the woman I love so much and at the same time I hurt her heart in the good situation is fine."
"Wake up, son, wake up."
"I don't want to wake up before Abah forgives my mistakes."
"I'm just an ordinary man not a god so I have no right to judge you. Man can never escape from a mistake or sin both small and big sins. Son Shin has admitted the mistake I am happy to hear it. just want Shin to ask for forgiveness from God."
Shin looked up at his face."Has Abah forgiven my mistakes?"
Abah nodded." of course."
Shin quickly rubbed his tear-filled face and smiled." Thank you, thank you."
Abah could not possibly scold or punish the man who had already ruined his nephew's future. Abah knew that Shin was born an atheist and of course he grew up without the provision of religious norms by his parents. It was only natural that Shin did so because he never knew what sin was. Abah salutes Shin, with the man he admits his great mistake to him.
Shin again sat on the sofa but his face he bowed because shin still felt ashamed of Abah.
"So what's Shin's proposal really?"
Shin looked up." By Allah I really mean it. I want to make Norin a halal couple
I am and make the mother of my descendants." said Shin firmly.
Abah smiled." But the decision remains in the hands of Inay, son Shin, so if later whatever decision Shin will have to be sincere."
Shin closed his eyes as if he could not bear it if Norin refused. But Shin recalled that the soul mate, death and Rizki had been determined by God. Shin will only pray to Allah that God will bring his soul mate closer to the woman he has always loved. But if Allah does not want himself to not be fooled by him Shin must sin.
Shin nodded." Inshaallah bah."
Shin returned to the cottage after expressing his intentions to Abah. There was a bit of relief in his heart and a lot to the worry in him. Shin was relieved to have expressed his intention while admitting his mistake and Shin was worried that Norin would reject his raw material.
"Well.....!"
Abah turned to his wife who was walking towards him. Umi sat next to her husband.
"Umi've heard everything about this foreign man."
"Name Shin umi."
"Yes umi tau bah. He's the guy who ruined Inay."
"He repented and confessed his mistake Umi. We must not judge him because man does not escape from wrong and sin, because we ourselves are not necessarily considered clean men in the eyes of God."
Umi sighed."Same with Inay, bah. What will Abah do next?"
"Contact Aminah that there is a man who asked Inay but never tell about the test that befell Inay. Just say someone's asking for it."
"Yes bah."
"Yes, after Dzuhur later please tell Inay to face Abah ya umi."
"well Abah."