Loving You Through Do'A
11. New Family
Sunday afternoon in the hospital cafeteria, Zahra and Akbar were eating together, they were not just the two of them, there was Pak Warto and bi Juju across their table. Zahra felt nervous as Akbar sat before her, as well as Akbar who was regulating his heartbeat.
Tomorrow morning Umi returns to Indonesia and asks Zahra to pick her up at the airport. The beautiful girl did not refuse his umi speech, because she had missed the figure of umi and her ashes.
They ate together but in their own minds, both of them finished their food without anyone speaking. Akbar can't talk to the woman he loves. Zahra sighed as she leaned her back against the chair and played a straw on the table.
"Zahra," call Akbar slowly.
"Yes?"
"Emmm.... Not so." Akbar said confused should start their conversation from where.
"Why not be? Oh, yeah, where are you PKL?" Tanya Zahra started her chat.
"Fourth sir Heru." Reply Akbar.
"Sir Heru?"
"He's Hawa's father, where I used to work."
Zahra nodded slowly, "how is Eve?"
"Okay, he's very nice." Akbar replied with a smile.
"You are very familiar." Zahra.
"It's not just Eve, Doni and the other friends I'm very familiar with." Akbar explained.
"How are umi and abi?" Tanya Akbar switched the conversation.
"Thank God they are healthy, tomorrow they arrive in Indonesia." Answer Zahra.
"Mom how are you?" Ask Zahra.
"Good God." Reply Akbar.
"Khadija?"
"He's good, even yesterday has returned to the boarding school."
"Bar, where is Khodijah High School?"
"I don't know yet, he hasn't said anything to me either."
"Emm.. nih, that's the address of the abi boarding school in Aceh, if Khadija wants to be there I can help." Zahra said she gave the address of her family's boarding school.
"Well! Thank you so much Zahra! But I don't think Khadija's going to school far, I know exactly who she is."
"You asked your sister first yes bar, because if I didn't hear wrong, when in the assembly she once told her friend that she wanted to continue school in the boarding school in Aceh."
Akbar took a deep breath while thinking about his sister.
"I'm going home first to the bar. Assalamu'alaikum."
"Wa'alaikumsalam."
About 15 minutes Zahra came home, Akbar immediately left the hospital cafeteria and immediately went home to talk to his mother about Khadijah's plans. Akbar came out of the room and sat in the tv room with his mother who was watching the lecture.
"Mom," call Akbar softly.
The mother turned to her eldest son and smiled at him, "what's the matter?" Ask mother.
"Emm--- did Khadijah ever tell my mom about school?" Ask Akbar.
Mom scrunched her forehead, "you mean?"
"I mean Akbar, did Khadija ever say want to enter the boarding school where it's bu after graduating this year." Akbar explained the question.
Mother fell silent and looked at the two eyes of her eldest son.
"Where's ma'am? What kind of pesantren would Khadijah want to enter?" Ask Akbar.
"Khadijah said he wanted to go to Aceh, he said there were many good pesantren. Ah that child is just there! There are also many good ones here. Aye right?"
Akbar sighed while thinking about his sister's wishes and the address of Zahra's boarding school.
"Has Khadijah been looking for which pesantren would he enter?" Ask Akbar.
"Oh, don't talk about it! Maybe your sister wants it again, because her son Susi just came home from Aceh. I'll talk to your sister." My mother smiled and left Akbar.
Mother does not want to make Akbar think about his sister's wishes, the mother does not want to be a burden on her eldest child, because she knows that Akbar also has a desire to achieve his future, he said, but he has always been nomorduakan since his father died. Inside the room the mother looks at a picture of her husband and recalls his togetherness.
Akbar went into the room and opened all the savings he had accumulated for his college, he wanted his sister to be happy, he just wanted the two women in his house to smile at him. Seeing them smile already made Akbar's heart happy. After he counted his savings, Akbar came out of the room and knocked on his mother's room door.
"Mom" call Akbar.
She wiped her tears and pretended not to be sad.
"Yes son." I opened the door and looked at Akbar's face for a while and sat down in the tv room.
"It's Akbar's savings, ma'am, get into Khadijah's school." Akbar said he gave his savings.
Mother was surprised to see the money that Akbar gave her, the money was quite a lot and she did not know since when her son set aside the money, even though every time he worked, he did not know, akbar's money was given to him for the daily needs of the family.
"It's a lot of kids!"
Akbar smiled, "sorry Akbar is not honest with mother, if all this time Akbar saves." He held his mother's hand.
"Tell me, this savings money is for your needs, right?"
"Khadija needs it more ma'am, besides Akbar is free school until graduation later." Reply Akbar.
"It's for your college, isn't it, son?"
Akbar was silent for a moment and then shook his head slowly, he lied so that the mother could accept the money.
"Akbar, look at mom! This is money for your college, right?"
This time Akbar nodded slowly.
Mother did not hold back her sadness at seeing her son so loving her sister, even she always relented and did not think about her own happiness.
"No ma'am, Akbar decided to work after graduation, insyaallah Akbar will collect his money to enter college. Now I'm taking the money."
Mother immediately hugged Akbar and cried in the arms of her eldest son. Akbar asks for Ridho's mother to him, so that he can live life with blessings and get ridho from God.
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Zahra could not wait to hug her parents, she saw the people around the airport and looked around for the figure she had been waiting for all this time. While he was waiting, he got a message from Akbar and read it.
"My sister will go to the boarding school in Aceh, and I hope she is happy if she is in your family boarding school."
"I'll give the form to Khadija, after she takes the final exam."
"Thank you Zahra."
"Together."
"Assalamu'alaikum."
Zahra turned, "Wa'alaikumsalam, umi, abi!" Zahra hugged her parents happily.
"I miss umi and abi." He said in the arms.
"What time?" Goda abi's.
Zahra let go of his embrace, "iya abi. Oh, yes, there's something I want to tell you about umi and abi."
"Then get to your house the story is yes." Umi.
"Okay, hehehe." Zahra held her umi arm.
Arriving at home, Zahra immediately sat in the living room and began to tell Bela's family to her parents, what she had seen while her parents were in Egypt.
"Then how is Bela's mother?" Ask me worried.
"Alhamdulillah has been mummified umi." Answer Zahra.
"We have to help them." Said abi.
Zahra nodded, "what if they stay with us abi, may they not?"
Abi and Umi looked at each other.
"Do they want to?" Ask umi.
"I haven't told Bela and her mother, but later in the afternoon I'm going to the hospital, said the doctor can go home." Answer Zahra.
"Then we go there. How's bi?" Umi asked her husband for his consent.
"Okeh."
Zahra smiled happily at her parents. He couldn't wait to meet Bela and introduce them to her.
At about half-time at 5pm, Zahra and her parents went to the hospital to see the condition of Asti's mother. Arriving there, Zahra entered the room of Asti and Bela was sitting with him.
"Assalamu'alaikum."
"Wa'alaikumsalam." Reply Asti and Bela together, Bela stood up when Zahra and her parents came.
"Bela, this is my parents."
Bela immediately kissed the hands of umi and abi.
"So much boy!" Praise umi holding Bela's head.
Bela's heart was immediately filled to hear it, because he felt far from the word solemn, even just a few days he was gentle with his mother. He wanted to cry regretting his actions, but was held back because Zahra smiled at him.
"I'm sorry, mom, if you bother me." Umi starts a conversation with Asti.
"That kid is so nice, I'm happy to see Zahra being good friends with Bela." Said Asti looking at Zahra and Bela's face alternately.
"Doctor said you can go home today." Zahra.
"Alhamdulillah." Say bu Asti.
"Zahra proposed to bu Asti and Bela stay with us. How's mom?" Ask abi.
"Thank you sir, ma'am, Zahra, I don't want to bother you. I was taken to the hospital just so Alhamdulillah once." Answer Asti's mom.
"Mom should have helped each other. Bela, you want to stay at my house?" This time Zahra persuaded the silent Bela not to know what to say.
"I--I'm just hanging on to my mom Zahra." Answer Bela.
Zahra looked down sad, "I just wish you were in my house, would ya ma'am?"
Bu Asti could not bear to see Zahra sad, because however he had considered like his own son.
"Yes, but I don't want to stay for free, I want to work at your house." Answer Asti's smile.
"Don't mom! Let me just work at Zahra's, mom take a break. I'm the same mom will stay at your house Zahra, but please give me a job." Said Bela.
Zahra looked at her parents.
"Yes, you can work in our house, what can you do?" Ask abi.
"Emm.. a.. I, can...."
"Smart bella Arabic umi, abi." Cut Zahra.
"Then become an Arabic teacher for children in Umi studies, how about a child?"
"God willing I'll try umi." Said Bela a little worried.
"Thank God, then. Yuk! We're getting ready to go home!" Umi said passion.
Zahra clasped Bela's hand, "don't worry, trust yourself if you can be a teacher. I was there anyway."
Bela hugged Zahra and thanked her for helping her.
Bela's family was introduced by Umi and abi when they entered her house, and wished their domestic assistants the same treatment as them. Asti ma'am days to prepare food even though sometimes rejected by domestic assistants, while Bela, now after school he will teach bimbel to children who want to learn Arabic. He always participated in the Umi study.