I'm Not an Old Virgin
Season II: Mahligai of Love (Chapter 15.12)
"Om Ali" Ustad Vano now flips his body in order to come face to face with Ali, the great man who made a pact with him 9 years ago.
"I have fulfilled my promise, stayed here for many years to learn while nurturing myself to be a leader worthy of leading Ai. And now, can I ask Om Ali to fulfill the promise Om promised me?"
Promise, all of Ali's words were still ringing clear inside his head. Ustad Vano never once forgot this promise. Even this promise is a whip for him to keep stepping and never give up in studying at the boarding school.
A place full of strict rules without negotiations, a place bathed in rules that must be implemented and should not be violated, a place that is more worthy of being called a prison because of all its binding rules.
It feels so torturous. He suddenly decided to stay inside the prison that he had never thought would come.
Tired and tired have become a subscription to the heart and physical. The man known for his powerful image was so easy to shed tears in this place. Many times his steps stumbled, many times his heart was caught in the abyss of despair.
Unable to contact the family at will, unable to meet with the family to give up longing, forced to learn Arabic full of foreign letters, he was forced to study a variety of books full of hijaiyah letters without lines, and he also had to memorize the holy book of the Qur'an which had previously been rarely touched or read by Ustad Vano.
It was like a road full of pebbles and mines for Ustad Vano, one step of his foot would slip because of pebbles, one step his foot would be cut off because of mines, there is really no day without despair Ustad Vano goes through in the boarding house.
But the promise of Ali repeatedly raised his spirit again to keep going until finally Ustad Vano began to enjoy his days in the boarding house. He began to speak Arabic, could read books without lines, and he also began to grow his love for the Qur'an.
His feelings for Ai led Ustad Vano down the path of God, the path of gratitude and servitude. After all, Ustad Vano stretched out his heart even wider, knocking at the door of the sky for a third of the night, so that his soul's longing heart would be preserved and Allah would protect it until the day God reunited them.
"A promise is a promise, and a promise cannot be broken. I will keep my promise to you but before that, let me ask you." Ali got up from his seat in front of everyone.
Not to forget, he also grabbed his daughter's hand, bringing Ai to stand with his wife, followed by Pak Kyai and Umi.
When they stood up, no one sat down. They stood up, looking with both eyes open and with sharpened hearing so as not to miss a single word of this talk.
Although confused, Sapphira still let her husband do what he wanted because his trust had long been Ali's. As for the handsome young man who is now facing her husband directly, she vaguely began to remember a boy named Vano and once befriended his daughter. Years disappear without news, he thought he would never see the boy again, but who would have thought if 13 years apart they finally met again.
Ustad Vano unhesitatingly answered seriously, "Om Ali, I've been willing to accept it since the day I said my promise to Om."
Ustad Vano's gaze reminded Ali of the stubborn teenage boy's gaze who did not tire of him coming looking for Ai even though every came only disappointment obtained.
He was very serious and Ali did not doubt his seriousness.
"Your availability is not enough, Vano. My daughter is 'different' from women in general and because of this difference..." Ali could not say it but it was for the happiness of his daughter.
She would not be willing to release her daughter to a man who accepted her 'condition' half-heartedly. He did not want this man to give up his daughter's 'condition' and would rather take another woman up the ark of their household.
His daughter will be in a lot of pain.
"Maybe my daughter will never be able to give you offspring."
This was a punishment that his daughter had to bear in the world but became a field of charity weighing the scales for her daughter in the afterlife. As Almaira revealed, it is very thin hope that her daughter can conceive and give birth to offspring.
This was a reality that his daughter had to face.
"Dad," A warm liquid flowed from the corner of Ai's peach eye.
He squeezed Ali's hand strong because he could not hear this talk anymore. He is not a fool and does not want to be a hypocrite. Even though the feeling was between the two of them but the sense of loneliness without the laughter of children in their household was a sure thing they went through.
Until that day truly comes Ustad Vano will regret making it as a companion of life.
"Let's stop it." Ai begged not to dare to raise her head.