Rainbow Blanketed Clouds
Why Did You Finally Choose Me?

"Then ask astray in the room!" That one sentence became a grunt in the heart after realizing the wrong direction of the qibla.

He looked at the rainbow with a red face.

"Why didn't you tell me that it was in the wrong direction?" Shame is it! again in the heart.

"It is okay if in a state of ignorance, the important intention mustaqbilal kiblati. Next time you can use a digital compass app to see the direction of the Qibla. Let's not be mistaken anymore."

The cloud frowns confused. In an age as sophisticated as it is now, he did not even know there was such an app. "There is?"

"Yes a lot, Mas. I downloaded it, yes." The rainbow grabbed Cloud's cell phone located on the table. Just about to press the on button, Cloud already prevented it first.

"Don't activate the hape first!"

Highlight the questionable eyes of Rainbow immediately turned to her husband who was still sitting on the prayer mat. "What's the matter, Mom?"

The clouds hesitated to answer. He no longer wanted to hurt the rainbow. And mentioning Priska's name while both of you might carve a wound that once existed. But wouldn't hiding something from the rainbow hurt him more? Maybe honestly it would be better.

The cloud let out a rough sigh before saying, "Priska kept contacting me using a new number. I think it's better if I change the number first. So I just turn off the hape."

Right guess of the Clouds. The name Priska immediately changed the face of the rainbow. The face that was once full of spirit turned moody. The rainbow moved down, choosing to position itself sitting at the side of the husband and looking at his face deeply.

"May I ask you something? But maybe it's a little personal."

Assume the head is chosen by the cloud as the answer.

"Mas had a long relationship with him. Are there any more feelings for him?" The Rainbow question created silence for a few moments.

It was only natural that his heart was still shrouded in doubt. In a very short time since he said he could only love Priska, the Clouds changed everything and chose the Rainbow.

The cloud was silent thinking of the right sentence to say. "I thought so too. But I don't know why, I suddenly feel uncomfortable with him. Every time I see him, all I remember is you."

"Why could that be?"

The cloud's shoulders lifted in response. He did not understand what was happening with his heart, but every word that was spoken from the lips of the Rainbow always pierced into the bottom of the heart. "You once said that iron is thrust into the head better than touching a woman who is not a mahram. I kept thinking about that word."

As fast as lightning, Awan grabbed his wife's fingers. "For God's sake nothing happened that night. I just drove him home."

A rainbow examines her husband's face, like looking for a sign of a lie there. But by saying the name of God, she was able to convince her heart of the honesty of her husband. "I believe it, Mum."

The clouds smiled with relief. "Oh, yeah. Something made me curious. While checking the CCTV footage at the house, I found something."

"Something what?"

"You always quietly go into my room at night still wearing the face. Sitting on the edge of the bed while stroking my head and like whispering something while I sleep. What do you whisper?"

Not even a red veil can be hidden by a rainbow. She who after performing the evening prayer sneaked into the room while her husband was asleep and whispered a prayer. And prayer is one of the weapons the Rainbow uses to melt the hardness of the Cloud's heart.

"I just pray that God softens your heart" replied the Rainbow. As Allah softened the iron on the Prophet David" he added.

And God granted it. If I used to see you like a stumbling block, now in my eyes you are like a precious jewel.

For a while, silence returned between them. The two dissolved in mutual gazes which implied their respective feelings.

"I'm still curious, Mom. What made you finally choose me?" A question that made Cloud stroke the top of his wife's head and then immerse a kiss in the forehead.

"Zidan said something to me. And from his words, I thought of many things, including you."

"What did Zidan ever say?" ask Rainbow curiously. His sister was always full of surprises. He is very wise at the age of a teenager, and can always make people feel at peace with his speech.

"Zidan said, until any time the rainbow will not be beautiful in the eyes of people who are color blind. Just like me. As long as I blind my heart, then I'll never be able to see how you are."

The rainbow dissolves in happiness. All she did was look at her husband with a smile.

"Ma fii qalbi ghairullah. One can change because God is turning the hearts of men. As bad as yesterday, could be as good as today."

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