Not Struggled (R4)
BDJ 104: BONDING
BDJ 104: BONDING
The non-flowering tabebuya tree looks neatly lined up on the right and left sides of the road that the couple passed. Trees with white, yellow, pink and magenta flowers usually bloom simultaneously. Making one of the private corners on the property belonging to the Radityan family looked like a fairyland. The beautiful flowers will only flower after 2.5 to 3 years after planting. Flowers that are commonly used to treat these wounds can only be enjoyed in certain months.
In addition to tabebuya, there are several other flower varieties that are no less beautiful. The love of flowers and ornamental plants has indeed become one of the identities of women in the Radityan family. Therefore, husbands must meet their wives “hasrat” about the beautiful plant. Ibra Raditya as the first Radityan. He did not hesitate to pour a lot of funds to please the wife. The evidence is still there and real today. It has only been shown to the world once, at the wedding of their only son's daughter, Lunar.
“What's up, Zaujati (my wife)?”
“I'm fine, Mas.”
The beautiful man looked at his wife. Women if they have issued the phrase 'no papa' or 'it's okay' must be nothing.
“You're hiding something?”
Alea shook her head in response. However, he did not dare to look at his husband.
“You daydreaming?”
Alea fell silent.
“Do you know what the law is daydreaming?” nathan asked suddenly. He asked that not without reason. But because since then the wife seemed a lot of daydreaming.
“But it's a condition where one's mind is cut off with the surrounding environment. Unbeknownst to you, you've been doing that since you left home.”
“Sorry,” great-grandson Alea with small voice. He did have time to daydream, to the point that his feet almost stumbled on the stone if the husband did not immediately put on the body.
“Between daydreaming, wasting time, you can replace it by increasing zikir, Zaujati (my wife).”
Alea squeezed her fingers together. There is a fret that disturbs, so his mind wanders everywhere.
“Listen to this, Zaujati (my wife). According to a Ustadz, daydreaming can fall into the category of zina. Zina is very broad in scope, and daydreaming includes it.” With a faint smile on his lips, Nathan raised his right hand to caress the head of his wife. “According to him, adultery of mind, daydreams, and delusion, will always swirl in the human heart. There will be no end. Like chasing a mirage that is thought to quench thirst. But it is a delusion, because the mirage will never turn into water. As Allah Azza Wajalla said in the letter of An-nur verse thirty-nine.”
Married to Nathan has let Alea know a lot more in depth. For example like this, an action that is commonly considered “sele” turns out to be a field of sin, depending on how people do the action. However, one reason that makes Alea daydream is “mind” about the arrival of Lea. Pregnancy Lea. Louis. and Annante.
Alea thought about the friend who once said that he was so interested in Louis. Long before the two were involved in a toxic relationship. Somehow it's Annante's condition now. Although he had heard brief information about Annante who became a CS or customer service, it would be relieved if he saw for himself the condition of his close friend.
“I asked once again. Has anything disturbed your mind, Zaujati (my wife)? To the extent that you dissolve in daydreams.”
Alea answered the husband's question for a long time. To the point of making Nathan fret on his own. “I ...only remembered Annante, Mas. How's he doing now? Does he already know if the man he really likes has held a new title.”
“That treacherous woman?”
Alea listened to it. The nickname sounds so evil, but indeed basically Annante is a traitor.
“I'm still not sure if the affair between them is done.”
Despite secretly hurting her, Alea never forgot every moment she passed with Annante. Annante was the only friend he was so close to. It's just that Alea still can't forget the disappointment caused by her friend.
“….”
“Just pray for the best for the woman. Either way he will definitely get a reply for his actions.”
Nathan knows that the friendship involved in love affairs must be complicated. Moreover, the friendship was destroyed just because of a man. Now, the man is making new problems by presenting another life in the womb of the woman he has been considering or not. Today is the Lea that they know is two-bodied. Either tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or in the future.
Alea, Lea, and Annante's relationship is complicated by just one man. That complexity will not be finished if no one has made peace with what God has outlined. Either friendship or any bond between them, both tenuous since the unraveling of Louis and Annante.
“Ibn Kathir once said that there is no greater friendship between two spirits than friendship between a married couple,” Nathan said touching the back of his wife's hand with his thumb. Bringing the palm into the air, for it to be kissed twice.
“Then from that, the only close friend that will be in your life is me, your husband.”
Alea jacked up, staring straight at the husband's pair of calm, shady eyes.
“If you're worried about that woman, you can meet her when we get back to New York. So too with Louis. We must finish everything that has happened, because I do not want my wife to continue to be disturbed by the obsession of a man ajnabi.”
Alea gave a small smile behind the face-covering cloth she was using today. It is true that Allah is All-Knowing. The proof, she who has been trying to become an independent woman, when she is in a weak point, God gives a life partner who can be a reinforcement also a friend.
“Now why is Zaujati (my wife) silent again while looking at my face? Is there something stuck in my face?” nathan asked as he touched the surface of his face randomly.
Alea shook her head while carving a wide smile. Although the husband cannot see, the man is sensitive enough to mean that his wife is smiling.
“Smiles is Worship. The value will be doubled if shown to the husband,” Nathan said suddenly. “So, let's go back, Zaujati (my wife). I want to see your big smile directly.”
Alea this time not only smiled, but chuckled. Sometimes adult men like Nathan also have a sweet side, even those who tend to be childish. However, this trait did not necessarily reduce his image in Alea's eyes. Alea felt lucky to know more about Nathan's qualities that were not shown to others.
However, the togetherness of the two did not last long, because suddenly someone came from the opposite direction.
“Papah wait-wait, it turns out even dating here.”
Nathan smiled slightly as he grabbed the wife's slender waist. “Sorry, Pah. Actually we're on our way to Papah.”
Alea nodded with a nod of her head.
Anzar who came alone appeared to be breast-seeking while looking at the truth from the words of the son-in-law. “Because I have met you, now Papah wants to collect an appointment,” he said later. “Do you guys know about Louis' arrival to the country some time ago?”
Silence was created between the couple.
“Iya, Pah. We already know the information from Davian,” said Nathan, then. Representing.
“Then why did you hide it from Papah? What if Louis comes here to foil your wedding plans? Papah had painstakingly asked his father's help Astronaut to scuttle the man's passport. He knows he can still come to this country.”
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Warfare 25-10-22