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The clock on the wall pointed at 11pm, but Alira had not been able to close her eyes. Wrong tilt, wrong house, stomach is also wrong. Everything went wrong. He got a man who was sleeping on the sofa not far from him.
The sofa was not long enough to accommodate a body that was 177 cm high or maybe more because if standing near Alira just a boat of men. Both of his legs until they do not fit so they must be bent. Didn't it hurt like that all night? Thought Alira.
"Pity him too, but if I tell him to sleep in bed he's my macemin again."
His mind has been wandering everywhere when not necessarily what he feared would happen. Gus Irham promised not to touch her without her permission. Gus Irham is a man who keeps his promise and will never deny.
Alira again positioned her body back to the back of Gus Irham. His heart is not calm and continues to be anxious especially if you remember his papa message. What if she does not serve her husband she will sin and go to hell? But he really wasn't ready to do it.
Alira got up and got out of bed. Close the door very slowly so as not to wake her husband. Then his steps swung towards the terrace then sat down in one of his chairs.
Both eyes circled around until the net stopped in one direction that is the mosque. Alira sees there are some santri princesses out of there may end up teaching or what Alira does not understand.
At this time Alira's mood is not fine or because she is missing her home and also her papa, but clearly Alira is very sad. Alira wants to cry, she needs a shoulder to lean on. He seems to be strong when he is very fragile.
"Why not sleep?"
A familiar voice made the girl look to the side. There stood Gus Irham leaning his body on the door goal with both hands crossed in front of the chest. No smile, as stiff as ever.
"Gue can't sleep" Alira said after sighing.
Gus Irham walked up and sat in the chair opposite to him.
"You miss your dad?" ask Gus Irham. Although Alira never said it, but he knew that his wife must miss his father very much.
Alira gave a quick glance. "Not to be so caring. Lo who has made me far from papa, you are also the one who has ruined my dream to become a career woman, Gus. Don't be so attentive." The spilling had already stuck in his heart these few days.
It was in the form of emotions and tears. Alira wants her husband to know that she is not ready to build a household.
"Lo know, Gus? I'm not ready to get married, I still want to work, I want to achieve my goals, I want to be independent," he said again.
Gus Irham just silently listened, he knew Alira's feelings at this time. Of course, it is not easy for his wife to accept him who is still a stranger even though Alira is not a stranger to him. Alira is still young and her future is still long, but now they are married and Alira must be aware of that.
Gus Irham moved and hugged the body of his wife who was still crying. Alira refused to even hide her face in her husband's stomach.
"I'm sorry, Al. I'm sorry."
There is regret in Gus Irham's words. He pityes Alira, but he also doesn't want to lose the girl.
Not far from there was a pair of eyes watching the two of them.
"What is Gus Irham's relationship with the new santri why do they seem so close? Hugs again."
***
At half-five in the morning Gus Irham woke up and went into the bathroom to take ablution water after it just woke Alira.
"Al, wake up and pray dawn first yuk!" Call him while shaking Alira's body.
"What the hell, still sleepy to know." Pull the blanket up until it covers the entire body.
"Al, the morning prayer can go to sleep again."
"Emmm," said Alira from inside the blanket.
Gus Irham then grabbed the black peci lying on the table and then attached to the head, also took the prayer mat and then attached it to the shoulder.
"Al, I'm going to the mosque. You pray at home, yes" the message when it opens the door. No response from Alira. Gus Irham breathed a heavy sigh.
It is not easy to discipline someone to pray on time. Moreover, Alira who basically more often leave than carry out.
In the living room Gus Irham passed by his brother who was also about to go to the mosque.
"Your wife's been woken up, Le?" ask brother.
"Forgiveness of Abah."
*Abah
Kyai Sharif patted his son's shoulder slowly.
"Slow down, be patient, don't grasa-grusu later he won't run away," said his brother again. He already knew Alira's temperament from his father who was also his best friend.
"Sign Abah" said Gus Irham. He has great respect for his brother.
*Yes Abah
They went to the mosque together.
Alira in the room woke up and immediately berwudhu then prayed very quickly then went up to the bed again. He was right still sleepy because last night he could only sleep about three and a half hours in the morning. Alira also saw her husband wake up and pray the night later praying while crying. I don't know what her husband asked her to cry like that because her eyes were already so heavy.
Not long after Alira heard the door opened and closed, she knew it was her husband because Alira did not really sleep. After his face was exposed to the water of ablution, his sleepiness collapsed somewhere.
"Al, wake. Pray first!"
There was no movement at all from the girl so Gus Irham repeated it again, but Alira still did not respond to make his patience thin.
"Al, get up or I flush you with the water!"
Alira pulled out her blanket. He saw the face of Gus Irham who was red.
"Ck, so that's just your patience, Gus?" ejek Alira's. "I woke up earlier and prayed. I only want to get to where your patience turns out to be paper-thin."
Realizing that he was being bullied by his wife Gus Irham was embarrassed. It turns out that it is true that Alira said he could not be as patient as his brother who every day had to face his naughty students and violate the rules of the cottage.
Slowly the emotions of Gus Irham who was at the end of the tanguk softened, he had to really adjust the character of his wife was still unstable.
"You pranking me? Feel this." Gus Irham tickled Alira's waist making the girl laugh with amusement, Alira could not bear the most tickling.
"Stop Gus, ticklish!"
"That's what happens when you get to me. You never changed, yeah." Looks like Gus Irham just slipped one sentence at the end and Alira heard it.
"Gus Irham meant 'never changed', what is it? Have we met before?"
"Ekhemm, I'm sorry I just mispronounced, I just reflexes yes, reflexes."
Gus irham tried to neutralize facial wrinkles so as not to make the wife suspicious. Alira stared in full search, feeling dissatisfied with the husband's answer.
Alira stared at the husband's sharp shady bead, trying to find a lie point there. Alira could not guess.
"Really?"
"Yes, right. Better now you wake up and start learning this morning." Gus Irham headed for the sofa.
"But I haven't read it yet, Gus." Alira came down from the bed to her husband.
"I'll teach you. Do you know what my role and job is?" ask Gus Irham. Alira understood.
"Yes now you wudhu again end it we saw together, will you?"
"But I was wudhu, Gus."
"Now you wudhu again so that it is fresher and can be his njai spirit. Or do I want you to wudhuin, heumm?" Gus Irham teased Alira a little. He was very anxious for his wife when she was like this.
"Ck. Stiff base," Alira murmured.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, jaudah I wudhu again. Satisfied?"
Finally Alira berwudhu back to be able to learn naji with her husband. Alira was very sleepy, but somehow, after the arrival of Gus Irham made her eyes so bright.
Alira was ready with the prayer she had used.
"God my wife is beautiful." Gus Irham starts teasing Alira.
"So yesterday was not beautiful?"
"It's not like that, if you're like this you keep getting more beautiful."
"Ck, it turns out Gus is very good at racing, huh?" Alira just realized, it turns out Gus Irham can talk a lot and can also humor as well.
"I said according to the facts, you are really beautiful."
"Ck, so when does it start?"
"Yes, now."
Finally, the couple taught the morning together. Gus Irham was very patient in teaching Alira. Alira felt a lot of sin to the Creator until without feeling began to sob. He tried to hold back his tears from coming out, but it was in vain. Her tears were flowing for longer.
Gus Irham realized that his wife was crying and he did not know what the cause was.
"What's wrong with you, Al? You cry? Are you sick or am I hurting you?" ask Gus Irham. He was worried because suddenly his wife was like this.
Alira still sobbing suddenly tongue feels faint to answer her husband's question.
Gus Irham saw no response from his wife then he cupped and framed the face of the wife facing him so that the two neutrals they met.
"Why you?" Alira caught the camel on that face.
Alira's crying is getting faster when asked like that makes Gus irham so wrong made. Then he clenched tightly to his wife's body, hoping it would calm Alira down. Think Gus Irham.
Treated as by her husband Alira was moved, her husband's embrace was very comfortable and also she felt like she had found something long gone.