My best friend, Maduku
Sweet shadow

"Naren !!." Anand stared intently at his cousin's sister's face. "Don't ever say that again!, let alone in front of Alsya !." Anand said coldly resisting his irritation.

Anand loved Alsha more than anything. He would not accept if someone offended Alsya either it was from his own family. Anand wouldn't mess with his actions if it concerned Alsya as well as Fazal.

Anand got up from his seat and left Nareena who was still speechless on the spot as she was still in shocked mode over Anand's loud snaps.

Anand slammed the door of her room and slammed her body on the bed. He noticed again Alsya's face which was used as a cellphone wallpaper.

"I won't let them make you feel hurt again. It's enough stupid men in your past who dared to do it." Anand muttered while gently rubbing Alsya's face on the look of her phone.

✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓

In another place, at the same time. Alsya was singing a bedtime prayer for Fazal. His sweet voice made Fazal calmer and slowly fall asleep.

Alsya smiled sweetly as she looked at the innocent face of her son who was very adorable when he fell asleep.

"Hopefully you can feel the affection of a whole parent, son..." Alsya said softly and kissed her son's head.

Alsha got out of bed and out of her room. At home there are many trinkets that will be issued on the wedding ceremony that only counts that day.

Alsya saw an umma figure walking towards the exit of the house through the side door. With haste Alsya followed him and when outside it turns out he not only saw umma but there are also abah.

Ummah prepared a warm drink for Abah and placed it in front of Abah, and Umma sat on an empty chair beside Abah.

"Well, our daughter's gonna be out of the house soon..."

Umma spoke in a very sad voice. Alsya had no intention of eavesdropping but because what her parents were talking about her made Alsya curious.

"We just pray, hopefully this time it is Alsya's soul mate. Oh yes, yesterday Aly's parents called, he said since Aly was healthy he had lost his mind. Aly became a naughty man and often wandered indistinctly." Abah told about the contents of his conversation with his ex-made.

"Astaghfirullah's... May Allah soon return Aly to the right path again, huh bah ?. Aly is still the father of our grandchildren." Umma answered sadly.

Aly's mistake was fatal but that doesn't mean Alsya's parents will never forgive her. Because after all, everyone must have a mistake and will certainly change from bad behavior in the past.

Alsya was stunned to hear the words of her parents. She did not expect that Aly would become such a bad person after parting ways with her. Alsya also remembered the daughter of Aly with her second wife. Somehow the fate of that innocent little princess?.

Alsya wanted to ask, but she was afraid that Abah and Umma would misinterpret the question. Alsya moved from her position and entered the room.

When he arrived, Alsya noticed that his phone was ringing because there was an incoming call. Seeing the name on the screen of his phone made Alsya immediately smile.

"Hallo, assalamualaikum." said Alsya with a voice that always calms.

"Waalaikumsalam, my bidadiku." replied someone from across the phone interspersed with small rascals.

Alsya clucked in annoyance, getting the call made her face instantly harrumphed beyond help. "What's the night-night phone ?." Alsya asked finally after quieting down the turmoil in her slightly abnormal heart.

Not only husband Anand's behavior has made it always flowery, especially after legitimate. At any time Alsya's face can be likened to a boiled crab or a ripe tomato.

"Nothing, just wanting to hear your voice." Said Anand in a very soft voice.

"All right, enough rest. And do not forget to always maintain the health of the body. "

"Hem."

"Yes, go to sleep. Assalamualaikum, beautiful..."

Alsya could not help her smile, this time Anand just intensified to make the flowers in Alsya's heart bloom. "Getishalight." Alsya immediately turned off her phone.

Although it was not connected, but Alsya could still feel that her cheeks were still flushed. Anand was romantic, but he was sometimes childish. Alsya recalled how she had always rejected Anand's serious remarks unreservedly regardless of whether the rejection made Anand hurt or not.

The flashback

"How many times should I tell you ?. I don't deserve you. You can find a woman out there, who will definitely make you more lucky, Anand."

"No, Al. I don't want anything else, I just want to be with you. I promise I won't make you and Fazal feel the pain you've received from that jerk. I promise, Al. I beg..."

Both insist on maintaining their own will. Both are stubborn for wanting the one thing they want.

Alsya shook her head weakly as she still did not want to change her decision. "Anand..." Alsya lirih.

"You have to understand. You can't torture yourself, you also need a backrest for all your complaints, you need a friend for your life. Fazal also needs a father for his growth, don't be selfish, Al. Don't ruin your own happiness by continuing to fall because of your mass." Anand said at length so that Alsya understood, but it seems that Alsya is not easy to persuade.

"I'm no longer whole, I'm a widow who has children, while you?, you can still find others who are better than me..."

"Alsya, I told you I don't want anything else, I just want you, just you, Alsya... Why don't you understand too ?." Anand was almost exhausted of patience in the face of Alsya's stubbornness.

If Anand was a forcible, it was true that Anand forced Alsya to accept him. Because he knows, too, for months they were close and certainly Alsya also felt what Anand now felt only Alsya more uphold his selfish attitude because it was still traumatized by his mass.

"Alright, I won't force you again from now on. Sorry for putting you under pressure, I said goodbye, assalamualaikum..."

Alsya who was still sobbing just answered softly and looked at Anand's back who was starting to move away.

And it turned out that day Anand really left. He never came back for days, even Sunday to month. Anand never came to visit again just to bring a gift from his mother to Alsya or Fazal. Anand was not even visible at all in the vision of Alsya's eyes that felt hollow in her absence.

Alsya feels lonely when Anand never again comes to his house, even Fazal feels the same as Alsya feels that he misses Anand. And when the study of the rutinan back at the house of Ms. Ningrum, that's where Alsya knows one thing that Anand has returned to Jakarta and left feeling devastated because Alsya rejected Anand's feelings for the umpteenth time.

For two months, Anand returned to the city of Cirebon and his attitude towards Alsya made Alsya feel very guilty. But as time went on, whether told who, Anand came again and asked again about Alsya's readiness whether to accept it or not. And at that time, Alsya tried to make peace with the masses and accepted Anand as his future.

But who would have thought, the movement of the Anand family was too fast even without waiting for a long time Anand family left for Jakarta to propose Alsya directly to both parents.

That is if we are loved by someone sincerely regardless of the shortcomings and advantages we have.

Flashback off

Alsya smiled to herself imagining all of this. He never expected to be reunited with a man like Anand.

✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓