My best friend, Maduku
Tidings

Since morning, umma and Abah are still worried because Alsya has not been aware of her fainting that has lasted two hours.

"Aly's on her way here." Said Abah who had just come again after coming out earlier.

"What told him to come here ?." Tanya umma had a little dislike if her daughter-in-law was coming.

"Of course, Aly should know Alsya's situation, so Abah told her to come here." Said Abah who always did not want to be denied.

Umma wastes his breath heavily. He must sincerely accept the fate set for his daughter. Umma's gaze returned to the face of her daughter who had not yet opened her eyes. His mind is raging now, he is worrying about one thing that might be the trigger why his daughter fainted like this.

Moments later, Alsya's room door was opened from the outside. Umma and Abah looked over.

"Assynoltom..."

"Waalaikumsalam, Aly." Abah's smile immediately expands but another with umma who now put on a flat face without expression.

Aly shook her two in-laws hands one by one.

Aly's eyes immediately locked onto the beautiful face that was sleeping quietly on the bed. Aly sat down beside Alsya's head and gently rubbed his wife's head. "Alsya why ?." Ask her two in-laws.

"We also did not know, earlier when umma wanted to call him for breakfast, umma saw him already lying on the floor." Answer his ummanya who began to open his heart to receive his daughter-in-law.

"Astaghfirullah, Al..." Aly muttered still continuing to rub Alsya's head. "Did Aly take Alsya to the hospital, Abah umma ?. Alsya's been a long time, haven't you?." Aly asked for approval from her two in-laws.

"Yes, it's been two hours." Answer Abah.

"Yes, then Aly will just take her to the hospital." Said Aly immediately raised his wife's tiny body and took her to his car parked in the yard.

Aly laid Alsya's body in the back seat and then circled the car and entered the steering wheel. The car rolled down the highway to the hospital.

When he arrived, Aly immediately sought help in order to bring Alsya's body inside. Aly comes with two nurses, one of whom pushes the gurney.

Half an hour later, the examination of Alsya was completed. Aly immediately approached the doctor who had examined her. And now they are in the doctor's room.

"How's he doing, doc ?." Ask worried.

"His body was severely dehydrated, the patient lacked fluids in his body. Events like this do often occur during young pregnancy because often experience excessive vomiting in patients." It was clearly the doctor who instantly made Aly very surprised.

"My wife is pregnant ?." Aly asked confusedly.

The doctor seemed to furrow his brows like a astonished person. "You don't know it ?." Ask the doctor if he is doubtful.

"I just found out now." Aly answered seriously.

The doctor seemed to be smiling. The natural thing. Her thought.

"Event like this is often the case, because every couple sometimes do not realize will present the baby, because there are no symptoms or signs that indicate that a wife is two-bodied." The doctor gave an explanation.

"If you can tell, how old is the content, doc ?." Aly asked wanting to know more clearly.

"It's been five weeks, sir."

Aly was silent with her own thoughts. Her gestational age was only five days after their first night. It turned out that Aly's seeds at that time could immediately fertilize.

"Alright, doc. Thanks for the check."

"Yes, sir. Do not forget to take care of his wife's health also not to make him experience exhausting thoughts because it will interfere with the state of his fetus." Doctor's advice. "So, I'll get the vitamins."

"Thank you again, Doc. Assalamualaikum..."

"Waalaikum salam.."

Aly came out of the doctor's office and walked to the room where Alsya was staying for the next few days. Aly opened the door slowly and his eyes immediately met with Alsya's eyes that turned out to be awake. Aly smiled as he approached his wife's body.

"Assynoltom..." Said Aly still with her sweet smile.

"Waalaikumsalam, mas." Alsya answered and shook her husband's hand.

Aly landed her kiss on Alsya's forehead. "His body is gone, Hem ?. Ask Aly.

"Still a little limp."

"No papa, God willing, soon." Aly softly said.

Aly sat on the bedside chair of Alsya. His hand never escaped from grasping tightly his wife's fingers. "Why would you pass out like this?."

"From last night I kept vomiting, even waking up the same, so my head was so dizzy, my body was also feeling very weak." Alsya told her chronology.

"Judah, now eat first huh ?." Said Aly then took out a bowl filled with porridge on the table.

With painstaking care, Aly feed the food into his wife's mouth until it is not left. Alsha was very hungry. Maybe, because from the night he had all his entrails removed.

"Al."

"Huh?."

The eyes of the two locked onto each other. Dive into the eye beads of his own partner.

"Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant ?." Ask Aly later.

Alsya just kept quiet. Well, she hasn't told Aly about her pregnancy. Even his parents had no idea about it.

"I haven't had time." Alsha finally answered.

"Is that the answer ?."

Alsya looked at Aly's face which was now looking at her face. "I just got it a few days ago, too." Say again.

"How many days ?."

Alsya's back down." a week ago." Answer in a soft voice.

Aly reached out and raised his wife's chin. "Why didn't you call me ?. I'm there holding a cell phone. Al, he's my son, I deserve to be told about this." Aly said increasingly looking fixed Alsya's face.

"Sorry, ma'am." Alsya regretted her own actions.

"Have it, I forgive you now, but I beg you, never be like this again in the future." Aly gave advice.

Alsya just nodded obediently.

Silent.

"Mas."

"Yes ?."

The two look back at each other.

"Will Aly go back to the boarding school ?."

"Yes, Al. Sorry, I can't leave my responsibilities there at will."

"Then, what about Aly's responsibilities as a husband ?." Alsya's question left Aly speechless in a thousand languages.

"Alsha... Me,."

"Mas Aly knows, how should a husband be if his wife is pregnant ?. Your attention is very much needed in my situation, mas. Are you just going to abandon me while I'm pregnant with your child ?." Alsya's gaze turned into a sharp gaze that was unsheathed.

"Al, I never thought that way. You know, I still need more science. Please, understand the situation.." Aly clasped his wife's hand.

"The science that you must learn is no longer about the lessons, mas. The science you need now is how to be a good husband." Alsya said more and more urgently.

"I'm sorry, Al. I can't keep up with your request, but I promise, I'll come home often to see you."

Alsya turned her face back to Aly. "It's up, it's up to you, ma'am." Breakdown.

Aly stroked the wife's hair covered in an instant hijab. "Sorry." he said lirih then landed his kiss on Alsya's forehead.

Alsya just cried in silence. She never expected that she would get a stubborn husband like Aly. Somehow her father even betrothed herself to such a man, and foolishly, Alsya was willing to give her inner birth to a man who had status as her husband at that time.

Maybe if Alsya refused Aly's invitation at that time, the situation would not be like this.

"Rest me, I'll be out for a minute." Aly said again and Alsya just nodded.

Alsya glanced at the door that had submerged Aly's body behind it. A sense of tightness as if directly greeting his chest, his tears just fell.

At the age of nineteen years, it turns out he was faced with a mature situation. Conditions that feel very heavy to carry.

Alsya took a long breath. "Astaghfirullah's..." Mumbled.

If he currently feels the test of his marriage feels very heavy, then, is there another destiny that is heavier than now. If anything, Alsha could only pray that Allah would grant him sincerity and patience for what has been outlined as the course of his life.

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