Immaculacy
Negotiating

As the sun was ashamed to shine, drops of dew soaked black sandals under the stairs, the man was still sitting in the mosque while reading a little Qur'an that was slalu in his pocket.

His eyes looked around, having kept the Qur'an in his pocket.

"I haven't been here in a long time" said the man, breathing deeply.He was laying down his body on the prayer mat.

It felt like he wanted to linger there, a pesantren mosque that was never deserted, a mosque that was filled with santri-santri just like today.

While descending the stairs, the man's eyes focused on the chair under the tree beside the mosque.

Her lips formed a crescent-like arch, revealing her dimples on the left right. Remembering a few years ago there was a little girl who cried hugging her brother there. He knew that the little girl was not at home here, but her spirit demanded knowledge to beat everything, even though her tears always spilled when telling stories with her brother.

We do not know when love comes and when it goes. No one knows who love is, no one knows when it will last. All we have to know is Do not exaggerate that love, except love for the Divine Robbi

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" Are you ready, Ki? just got nervous about you!" goda Hasan

" Who is nervous! I'm the son of a bitch!" dzaki

With Bismillah Dzaki and the family leaving for Mila's house, the journey from Dzaki house to the small town of Mila takes just 3 hours.

At Mila's house, looks of anxiety on the faces of her parents.

" Why can't her number be reached!"

" So bang? can you make a phone call?"

" No, where is this kid!, from him texting last night continue to can not be contacted number!"

" I'm trying to get to the campus, yeah, mas!" ask Aisyah's father

" Let's try to find us, fuck us up, one more hour till the old man gets here! aih...hadly I haven't come home yet him"

The sound of the train stopped, the woman came into the house in slightly wet clothes.

"No testing here, yeah!" heed

"Where have you been, instead of saying hello to your house!"

The woman ran out and turned back into her house.

"Assalamu'alaikum my father!" he said softly, approaching Arpin who was relieved to see his son arrived safely.

Mila stopped her steps, frowned, why did my father wear neat gini clothes, there was the same father mother as well. He ran into the kitchen, lots of food.

"Do you want an important guest, ma'am?" ask Mila to Aisyah's mother

"Loh.loh, the prospective husband wants to come who can not know!"

"Allah.. ni bedusta' hajak mother!" reply Mila speaking Banjar

"There are rhinos bedusta pang, takuni mamak ikam!"

"Mamak,.. bang Dzaki want to come here?" before Mila's question was answered, there was a sound of the car door being closed.

Deg

"And it's still a month away, when it's coming right now, I haven't even bathed yet" Mila hit her head, then ran as fast as lightning into her room picking up towels and a change of clothes.

Mila didn't come home last night, caught in the rain. Staying in Kosan Erna. His gap was also turned off, because the lightning was blown away. This month the weather often rains. Mila does bring a raincoat but it feels like rain yesterday can not be occupied. The rain was long and heavy.

Like a shadow flashing, Mila who quickly entered the room and then came out again with a towel, not spared from the sight of a tall man who last month seemed to start a little caby.

Betak sirih covered in red songket greeted with a flap of betel in blue. Mutual exchange of tepak, a characteristic of the Malay nation when applying. Betel sirih as a guest tribute to the host and vice versa.

The bride-to-be can only hear their conversation from inside the room, until it is time for the male parents to wear a ring on the ring finger of the future son-in-law. Along with the arrival of Ana and Dzaki, Mai accompanies. After the ring was worn, Ana gave one more jewelry box containing a bracelet and necklace.

"What is ummi?" ask Mila embarrassed

"The word Dzaki is a bonus, yakan Ki!" goda Ana's. Dzaki is smiling. He smiles a lot today.

Before Dzaki, and his two left Mila, Mila ventured to say something.

"Wait a minute, bang, ummi" he said

Mai who saw him frowned. What his son will say.

"It just so happens that ummi and mamak are here, Mila wants to ask bang Dzaki, but Mila please do not let me know this" he asked before continuing to talk

Dzaki pulled out the only seat in the room, while mamak and ummi sat next to Mila.

"What's up, son?" ask the two old men almost simultaneously.

Mila held both mamak's and umminya's hands.

"The purpose of marriage in addition to perfecting religion, would want to have offspring, right, ummi.ya bang Dzaki?" tanya Mila followed by nodding the two.

"There's a neighbor's niece Mila, she's been married for about 5 years but until now has no children, he said back when he was not married, he accompanied his father chemoteraphy, he, some say why he has not had children until now, yes because of that. Mila also remembered that when the chemo father, the sisters and the nurses were not inside, they were all waiting at the entrance, the patient's family was also told to wait outside. Mila was wondering why no one was waiting near a sick person."

"Mamak may remember, the 6th time Mila's chemoteraphy father insisted on accompanying the father in the room, afraid just in case the father needed something, because at that time the father was very weak. I kicked Mila, I got angry...Mila was told to wait outside. Maybe you're also worried about what people are saying"

"So, ummi, bang Dzaki.not Mila doubted the majesty of God, but rather than regret behind the day later better tell Mila this now. If you back off, Mila's fine. Maybe it was better, than later bang Dzaki was disappointed with Mila" as strong as Mila's strength to hold back her tears from falling. This was deliberately not told to his father, fearing that later his father would blame him.

"If ummi, all ummi leave it to Dzaki. He wants to go to the stairs!" said Ana

Mai was silent, occasionally wiping her tears. Actually he also heard the wife of the neighbor Joko sir told this. She thought Mila didn't put her in.

Dzaki who had been reading health info just silent, occasionally ventured to look at the face of his future wife. Anxious, there was a look of anxiety on his face. Not because she wanted to cancel her engagement, but she was worried about Mila's health.

The feathers bristled, beristighfar in the heart, may not happen properly. Pray after reading an article about the dangers of the effects of chemoteraphy drugs for people around him.

"I will continue this marriage, the child is a part of the sustenance, and the Sustenance is God who governs it. How could a Sarah the first wife of the Prophet Abraham who was condemned to be barren, then be pregnant at a age that is no longer young!, according to logic it would be impossible. But for God nothing is impossible. Brother wants to marry you because of Allah deck.." replied Dzaki steady.

Like the rain that falls in the dry season, the withered flowers are now fresh in bloom. Mila's heart was relieved to hear the answer of her future husband.

The wedding date has been set, one day after Eid al-Adha Dzaki and Mila got married, a reception at Arpin's house. Two days later he was found dead in the Buya Latif residence.

The meeting closed with prayer, to take blessings and ease for what they planned.