Rainbow Blanketed Clouds
Why Should I be Shame?
The car belonging to the cloud is traveling at medium speed. The road was pretty crowded that afternoon. Along the way his mind kept on talking with Priska.
“I will keep waiting! As soon as your business is done with your wife, then we think about our next relationship.”
Priska's speech should make Awan feel relieved, happy and happy. The opportunity to re-knit the relationship that once ran aground was wide open. However, when Priska declared her desire to return, the clouds suddenly felt doubtful.
The cloud opened the car window to see some vehicles in front of it. At that very moment, the delicious aroma coming from a toast shop seized his attention.
“Not today Rainbow is fasting, yes?” The man glanced at the circular watch on his wrist. Time is pointing at 17:30. It doesn't seem like it'll be too late if the Clouds stop by for a while and buy something for the Iftar rainbow.
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The cloud entered the house with a bag of food in his hand. Maghrib's time is coming soon. The clouds are convinced that the rainbow is in the kitchen.
Sure enough, Rainbow is waiting for the time to break the fast. A glass of water and dates are on the table.
“He opened his fast using it doang?” The murmuring clouds stared at the Rainbow who was sitting alone.
The sound of Adzan reverberating made Rainbow smile thinly. His lips moved to say a word that means Cloud as ‘Alhamdulillah’. The rainbow raised both hands to pray, making the cloud fixate on that barely-burdened, shady face.
The rainbow began to drink water and eat the dates.
“This is for you!” The rainbow reflexes turned its head when it heard the sound of Clouds greeting.
A bag of food boxes placed her husband on the table. The aroma of the delicious hot bread burst out from within.
“Assalamu’alaikum, Mas.”
Cloud waves. He always forgot to say hello when he entered the house. “Walaikumsalam.”
“Thank you for the food,” said Rainbow with a smile on his lips.
"Will you eat?"
The clouds nodded with a gaze that seemed to be hypnotized by the Rainbow. The round face, the small nose and the tiny lips looked even sweeter. The dimples looked deep as his lips curved into a smile.
“Actually he's not ugly. Her face is very natural and sweet with sober makeup.”
Clouds sure Rainbow only polishes his face with a thin powder and also an inconspicuous colored lipstick. Even so, the Clouds did not really like the appearance of the Rainbow which for him was too closed. The long game with the khimar disguises its entire body shape.
“By the way, why don't you ever open your headgear? Don't you feel hot using it?”
“I've been used to using it since childhood.” Accompanied by small talk, Rainbow served toast to her husband and made a warm tea.
“Do you have no intention to slightly change your appearance? I mean, there's no need to be too closed like this.”
Yes, he thought maybe the rainbow would be sweeter if his appearance was slightly changed.
“Daddy once said, one step girls out of the house without closing the aurat, then one step also his father approached the fire of hell. So did her husband.”
“But this is in the house. No one will see you but me.”
“I'm ashamed, Mas.” A short answer that creates a wrinkle in the thin on the forehead of the Clouds. Shouldn't a wife be ashamed before her own husband?
“Why should be ashamed?”
The rainbow returned to the view.
“I've never opened it in front of any man, other than father and Zidan. After all, didn't Mas Awan ever say I wouldn't be interested and tasteful, even if I undressed my entire outfit?”
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