I'm Not an Old Virgin
Season II: Mahligai of Love (Chapter 12.17)
"Kevin, if what you said last night is true then hold your words as a man. You can't walk in both directions, take the other but also can't let go of the other. This is the act of a cowardly man."
Kevin was stunned, he wondered how could Ustad Vano know about his heart dilemma today?
Could it be Ustad Azam who told him?
"Ustad-"
"I was there." Cut Ustad Vano with its light tone.
Ah, he finally understood. Ustad Vano suddenly asked him to isolate the second floor which happened to also have Kevin planned. He thought it was just a coincidence for the reason Ustad Vano sounded reasonable and nothing strange. But who would have thought if Ustad Vano did all that to protect the three female students.
"Sir Vano heard it?" More precisely did Ustad Vano listen to everything he said last night?
"I heard it all." Ustad Vano.
Kevin fell silent. Both of his eyes were closed, hiding complicated emotions in his heart.
"Kevin, if you still love Sasa then forget about the girl. But if you can't let go of the girl then break off your engagement with Sasa. You have to make a decision and don't be a coward."
Kevin said nothing. All his thoughts were currently fixed on all the changes of Asri, in just a very short time Asri suddenly gave a sense of immense distance to him. It was as if everything Asri revealed last night had never happened. Kevin honestly felt disappointed.
But he wondered in his heart was this fair to Sasa?
A gentle and intelligent girl who had filled his heart for years. Is this worth it?
"Sir Vano." Kevin called Ustad Vano with his nickname.
Slowly his eyes opened staring at the expanse of sky that began to be filled with cloudy clouds, soon it will rain and this is very comfortable because they are on vacation.
"What made you fall in love with Ai?" Kevin didn't switch the conversation. It's purely because he wants to know.
"Fell in love with Ai" Ustad Vano began to reminisce about the beautiful, shy face.
"I don't know if what I felt for Ai was a feeling of love before her father helped me realize that feeling." Ustad Vano recalled those grueling times.
The times he desperately wanted to meet Ai, play with Ai, and talk to Ai. However, she never managed to meet Ai because her father always gave all sorts of excuses to hinder their meeting.
Ustad Vano is very stubborn. Although he failed many times and even went a long way to meet Ai, he never gave up.
Instead of giving up, he was even more determined to meet with Ai.
"At first I just wanted to play with Ai and I didn't like her having new friends especially if it was a boy. I really hate it when Ai laughs with the other kids. The point is I just want the only person who can make Ai laugh is me, isn't this funny?" The cold face of Ustad Vano slowly melted away was replaced with a softness.
Kevin had seen the gentle appearance of Ustad Vano many times when talking about Ai, the beautiful and gentle girl who had occupied the throne in the heart of her cousin's brother.
"Papa and Mama also said that I've been smiling more since I met Ai. I was able to make a lot of expressions that I didn't do before. Surprisingly, when I first met Ai I always felt that she needed my protection and I had to protect her. Huh.." Her memories are sweet.
"Then, what made Kak Vano want to protect Ai back then?"
Ah, about that.
"It's different from the other kids. She was born different from women in general and she was very special. I was so amazed at him back then because he never complained about the difference. He smiled, laughed, and wept for his loved ones. Ai thanked himself for what he was without blaming God. This made me know God and slowly move closer to God. Because of Ai, I fell in love with Allah and because Ai can also stand in this place, become someone who pursues Allah SWT. It all started with Aishi Humaira."
This is the fact, he fell in love with God starting from Ai and he is here also because of Ai.
Ai, he had saved her many times from the worldly abyss.
"Then, that means Kak Vano's feelings for Ai started from a feeling of admiration?"