
One by one the worshippers began to leave the mosque, some also chose to stop at the mosque to just chat before finally leaving.
The young man with a black squat attached to his head seemed to still be sitting on the terrace of the mosque, his eyes kept watching the man who had been raising him all this time, it seemed that the middle-aged man was still conversing with some of the people surrounding him, seemingly discussing something.
Not long after, one by one the fathers who surrounded the middle-aged man with turban around his neck began to say goodbye, the young man who was still faithful waiting on the porch began to smile with relief now.
"Let's Gus!" the gentlemen who passed by looked down respectfully as they flashed in front of him.
"Monggo, Mongo ....!" the young man greeted her with a friendly and smiling face.
It seemed that the middle-aged man realized that his son was still waiting outside, after all that surrounded him left the man finally stood up and approached his son.
"Still waiting for Abi, Ka?"
The young man in question raised his head and smiled, "Iya Abi, Raka can't wait to hear the results of Abi's friend's meeting!"
The man with the turban around his neck sat in front of his son, and they sat cross-legged facing each other.
"There's actually something important that Abi wants to talk about with you, it's very sensitive!"
Gus Raka looks so anxious waiting for what will be said next by the Abi.
Ustadz Arif turned his head around and made sure no one was around until it was unlikely anyone had heard their talk.
Ustadz Arif also told what his friend said earlier, saying what calamity had just befallen his best friend's daughter.
Gus Raka instead smiled listening to the story of his ashes, there was absolutely no regretful face for having dropped the choice on the daughter of his best friend.
"Really Abi, Raka didn't bother about it! Raka is sincere if he has to accept it with all its shortcomings!"
"Are you sure?"
"God willing, Raka is convinced that Asna is a good girl!"
"Alright if it is your decision, Abi can only pray for the best for you, but it would be better if you also say this to Umi, Abi just didn't want this to be a problem one day!"
"Raka will convince umi, just as Raka convinced Abi! When is Abi planning on going there again?"
"Secure me next week will see you again!"
"Is that not too long Abi? How about Abi tomorrow?"
Ustadz Arif can only smile to see the determination of his son, even this time more excited than when Gus Raka asked ustadz Arif to deliver his application to Nisa first.
"You don't mean anything else, do you?"
Gus Raka was just as smiling, too, he did not have any feelings for the girl but the unfortunate thing that happened to him and happened to Asna was probably a sign if indeed they had to start everything from scratch by strengthening each other.
"God willing, Raka seeks goodness for what Raka decides, may Allah and Abi respect what Raka decides!"
"Well, if your resolve is complete, Abi will contact Tedi to meet again tomorrow!"
"Thank you Abi!"
"Come home, Umi must be waiting for us!" the middle-aged man immediately stood up and was followed by his son.
They walked down the stairs and walked to the house while talking.
It turns out that the woman with a wide headscarf was waiting for the two people she loved on the front porch.
"Assynnya!" greet the two of them while smiling towards the woman. A smile also came out of the woman's lips.
"Waalaikum hail! Why just come home? What's in the mosque?"
"There is no Umi, just wanting to stay in the mosque for a while with Abi, right Abi?"
The man in question just smiled and nodded, "Have just entered umi, it seems like your son has something to talk about!"
The middle-aged woman with a clean white face turned to look at her son,
"Inside of umi!" sahut Raka and stretched out his hand asking Abi and uminya to walk first.
Abi and Umi Gus Raka also walked in tandem entering the house while Gus Raka followed behind.
...***...
In another house, you can see Mr. Tedi continues to reflect on the terrace next to his house, usually ba'dha magrib like this if at home he will spend his time talking to his children or just playing cards with his two sons.
"Pa, what's wrong?" the woman who had married him twenty-five years with him seemed suspicious of her husband because since returning from meeting ustadz Arif, her husband turned quiet.
"Sit ma!" the man patted the empty stool beside him.
The woman placed the cup she had been holding on the table and sat down on the empty bench her husband pointed at.
"What's the matter, pa? Is there a problem? Ustadz Arif said something? What about Asna?" it seems that Ayu ma'am is starting to guess a lot of things.
"Yes ma, ....!" mr. Tedi told me everything about what they were talking about with ustadz Arif.
"What then did papa respond?"
"Forced to tell me everything that happened to Asna, papa couldn't possibly hide everything from Arif, even if this good relationship really happened, papa wants this relationship not to be overlaid with lies!"
"Mom understands, mama agrees too! But before that Asna must know everything, mama does not want Asna to feel if we do not ignore her wishes!"
"Well, you know, mama's gonna tell Asna the same story!"
"Mama's kok is pa?"
"Papa can not ma, is the mama who is closer to Asna, papa can not see Asna's tears! It's enough for papa the wounds that the depraved ones give our daughter, papa can't stand it anymore if this sees Asna's tears!"
"Do you think you can!?"
"Well, I hope Asna agrees!"
"But don't tell me yet, Arif hasn't called papa yet! We'll see you again next week!"
Not until they finished talking suddenly his phone rang long, the couple reflexively bent his head to the phone lying on the table.
"Long live ma, Arif call!"
"Lift pa!"
The man immediately beckoned his wife to shut up for a moment and shifted her green button then attached it to the earlobe.
"Waalaikum hail! What's the matter Rif?"
".....!"
"That's it! When?"
"....!"
"Tomorrow?"
".....!"
"Not really, all right in a normal place, right?"
"....!"
"Alright, ba'dha dhuhur ya!"
"......!"
"Waalaikum hail warahmatullahi wa barakhatu!"
The phone connection was cut off, the man came back to his wife who seemed so curious about what her husband had just talked about with his best friend.
"How's pa?"
"Arif ask to see you tomorrow!"
"Says Next week? Why so fast? Or maybe his son refused, pa?"
"No idea, let's see you tomorrow, papa is also curious about the decision!"
"May Asna get the best!"
"Amine!"
Without them knowing it turns out their conversation was listened to by their second son.
"Pa, ma ....!"
They looked so shocked, Aslan standing in the doorway watching them.
"Aslan!?"
Aslan walked closer to his parents,
"Papa Sama want to mate brother huh?"
"Sit down, son, let papa clear!"
Mama Ayu immediately stood up and gave the place to her son,
"No, mom, sit down!"
Indeed, the bench on the terrace was only two and Aslan chose to stand rather than let his mother stand.
"Alright, listen to your story, ...!" father Tedi told his eighteen-year-old son everything, he was sure that he knew what they had been going through.
"Is there no other way than a betrothal?"
"This is not an arranged marriage Lan, the son of her friend papa asked Asna to be his wife, besides Aslan also already know for himself here how etitut his son his friend papa, he is kind, polite, polite, clever and of course his religious knowledge is also good, certainly can guide sister Asna to become a better human being!"
"But it seems that Asna was not very fond of the man pa, the proof of Kak Asna until now still silent in the room after meeting with his friend papa!"
"We don't know before we ask the same question, son, don't like to decide something without asking the person!"
"Papa is also the proof of that earlier, papa wants to decide the matchmaking of Asna without asking first the same sister Asna!"
"Not Lan, this is papa still talking to mama to say everything is the same Asna!"
Papa Tedi must be super patient, every child must have experienced this phase, a phase where he always feels right with his stance. And Aslan is currently in that phase, Aslan is a teenager who is trying to find the identity, where he will justify what he thinks.
And to face that phase, parents can not play the role of a parent completely, he must also act as a friend so that children are comfortable to tell stories or express their opinions.
Because only by hearing their opinions, they will feel considered in the family and not look for justification elsewhere.
Finally after being given understanding by his father and mother, Aslan also wanted to understand and not talk about this first to the brother.
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