Rainbow Blanketed Clouds
Become your Light

For a while, time seemed to stop for Priska. It froze in place. Hearing the statement Cloud chose a woman other than herself like a crushing blow. Where the Cloud once was, his lover who was willing to do anything for him. Even the departure of Priska out of the country completely destroyed the man. 

“You're serious, Cloud? It was only a while ago that you said you couldn't forget me. What does all that mean?” Melt of tears began to flow through Priska's face. Pain, disappointment, shame and anger mixed into one. 

“For that I'm sorry. I rejected Rainbows because of that feeling. But now I understand, Rainbow is the soul mate God chose for me.” 

The anger that Priska had been holding back from now on seemed to explode right then and there. The man she loved rejected her so cruelly. And without thinking about his feelings, Cloud instead declared his love for the Rainbow in front of everyone. Only one that Priska knows at this time .. she is heartbroken. 

“You really have the same heart as me! Look at him and look at me!” Priska pointed to Rainbow and herself as a form of comparison. “I'm more everything than him!” 

“Whatever bad a wife in the sight of others, she is still a jewel in the heart of her husband,” reply Clouds.

Priska felt she could not take it anymore. Asphyxiation filled his chest, it was as if the air in the room was not enough for him to breathe. Highlight eyes hopefully he directed to Mother Sofie, someone who has been supporting her relationship with the Clouds. But what he found disappointed him. The woman chose to be quiet. His gentle gaze towards the Rainbow was enough for Priska in response. 

“You are evil, Cloud! You're evil!” Not wanting her pride to continue to be stepped on, the woman stepped out with sobs that continued to sound. 

The departure of Priska also brought a tense atmosphere that had enveloped the entire room, changing into a haru atmosphere. The clouds were still reluctant to take off the rainbow hand he held on his chest. 

“Dad, Mom, can Rainbow come back to me?” 

Happy lines cannot be hidden by Ahmad's father and Humairah's mother. So did the two old men of the Clouds. Zidan also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. His lips moved without sound, saying thank you.

“We're just parents, while Nak Clouds is her husband. Nak Awan is the one who has absolute rights over the Rainbow. When a daughter gets married, her paradise has moved from mother to husband.” 

The relieved reply from Ahmad's father made an indescribable smile on Cloud's lips. All the burden that hit his chest instantly disappeared.

“Thank you, Dad, Mom, Zidan. From now on, I will keep the Rainbow at its best.” 

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All day long not a single rainbow rose from her husband's side. The families of both sides decided to leave the two of them alone in order to make room for each other.

Rainbows accompany, care for and feed her husband lovingly. This test is like a bridge that draws the hearts of both. 

Cracks in the leg bones actually limit the cloud's wiggle room. All day lying down made his body feel sticky, so Rainbow immediately washed it with a wet towel. Warm gaze Cloud never separated from the face of his wife who always looked reddish. So pretty. 

“You're too good. I feel very inappropriate to be your husband.” 

Smiling rainbow. His hand squeezed the small towel in his hand. Her husband's face was the last part she washed. When finished, he placed a small container on the table.

“We can hijrah together.” 

“Hijrah?” A word that creates a thin frown on the Cloud's forehead. His mind immediately dissected the word ‘hijrah’ forming a conclusion that he interpreted as ‘move’. “Indeed we want immigration to where?” 

The rainbow must have been spitting out laughter if it did not remember her husband was in pain. Finally, only a small laugh came out of his lips. 

“Hijrah is moving from a originally bad condition to a better condition, from an already good condition to a better one. A process to constantly improve yourself, improve the way you say and behave.” 

The softness of the Rainbow in explaining something made the Cloud again fixated. “You want to teach me? I will definitely trouble you a lot, even I don't know how to wudhu right.” 

“I am also still very much lacking. We learned together, yes.” 

“You don't feel as hard having a husband as I do? It should be the husband who guides the wife, but instead the opposite.” 

“Then I will be your lamp in the darkness, and you will be my way to heaven. If a woman keeps her prayers, fasts, keeps herself from adultery, and always obeys her husband, then she will enter heaven from whichever door she pleases.” 

They hold hands with their fingers linked together. The clouds looked at his wife's eyes deepening. “Thank you, Rainbow!” 

“Thank you for going through a critical period and waking up in better condition,” Rainbow reply. 

“You know ... I was no longer able to endure pain. I gave up, but something kept me going.” 

“Something?” tanyakanya.

“I heard a soft voice calling me Hubby.” 

The Rainbow cheeks instantly blushed red. 

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