Rainbow for Aqila
Dawn Chat

Is the dream real? Does something that feels amazing always say dream? Aqila believed in that. Whether good or bad but something extraordinary and initially still imagined or never imagined it is a dream whether realized or not

As now, the dream he once imagined, manifested, Naufal was in front of him, leading as a priest their morning prayers, a morning that felt much more beautiful than usual dawn

"Aamiin" the two rubbed their palms to the face as the do'a ended

Naufal turned his body back, stretched out his hand, and greeted Aqila by kissing the hand of the man who had become his halal partner yesterday. Naufal continued to kiss the top of his head

"The dawn will look more beautiful than the hill behind the pesantren, do you want to see it?"

Aqila saw the atmosphere still dark behind the window, the sound of santri reading the Qur'an vaguely still heard from the ponpes mosque, it was very soothing

"Byeah, I also want to see the area around here"

"Then I will introduce how beautiful Naufal's hometown and childhood were, sidelangi" Aqila slightly chuckled at hearing that, but then nodded

The refreshing chill instantly felt as soon as they opened the door of the house, Aqila took her breath, this atmosphere was completely different as what she felt every morning

"Where are you going?" Umi Sarah who still wears white mucus seems to have just returned from ponpes asked, seeing the new couple out of the house when the day still looks dark

"We want to walk around, see the atmosphere around" Aqila replied by kissing her mother-in-law's hand

"Is it not too early?" Umi Sara scrunched her forehead confused, she saw a sky that still looks dark despite a glimmer of light in the eastern horizon

"We looked at it from the hill" answered Naufal pointing to the back of the ponpes

"If you are careful on the road, because the rainy season may be a bit slippery" replied Umi Sarah reminded, the couple nodded in understanding

"Assalamu'alaikum"

"Wa'alaikumussalam"

The farmers walk in the fields with hoes, sickles, and other equipment that they will use to work the rice fields. The sight was a novelty for Aqila who heard the horn of the vehicle ringing in the morning more often than the birds chirping that greeted the day

"They did go down this early?" He asked Naufal when the farmers greeted them for passing

"Yes, sometimes it's even earlier than this"

"Look at you?" Aqila rubbed her nape and nodded slowly. Naufal rubbed his wife's head slowly, adorable Aqila looks like this

"They set out early in the morning to check the condition of their fields, there are those who check the water that irrigates the rice fields or see traces of animals such as rats or other animals that might damage the crops and could be other things as well" Aqila nodded in understanding hearing that explanation, his gaze was fixed on the rice field that stretched wide with green rice that looked new to grow

The light of Dawn began to be seen above the top of the coconut tree, still looks reddish orange, very beautiful

"Be careful, because it often rains the way a little slippery" Naufal took Aqila's hand up the hill with a dirt road that looks wet because it often rains, and dewdrops from the tips of the leaves that wet it

"There are quite a lot of sharp stones, so you have to wear sandals or shoes, so the feet do not blister"

On the side of the road, overgrown with weeds that had begun to extend, Aqila could feel her legs start to get wet due to the dew falling from the leaves

"We arrived" Aqila widened her eyes in amazement at that

"God's Cause" everything was so clear from up there, the rice paddies that stretched wide, towering coconut trees with the decoration of the dawn tinge that decorated the top, lush green trees, green trees, and birds fly out of their nests. The activities of the farmers are also clearly visible from up there, some are hoeing the rice fields, opening water holes from irrigation ditches to enter irrigating their rice fields, some pulled a rope that they tied to one of the trees or a pole by hanging plastic and cans containing stones to repel the birds that ate the rice fruit, and various other activities that Aqila rarely see

"Let's see, the dawn is more beautiful than up here" Naufal pointed to the sun on the east horizon slowly rising, creating an orange color on the horizon

"It's so beautiful"

"But I prefer to see the sun near me, it's beautiful" Aqila who was still amazed to see the scene, turned a little towards Naufal who was staring at him

"Apaansih, ashamed to know" Aqila hit the man's arm softly, laughing out loud

"I was looking at this like a beautiful dream, so I didn't want to wake up from my sleep" Naufal pulled Aqila's hand to sit in the saung that was there

"I also did not expect that our destiny could be together like this" Aqila replied

"I've bought a house not far from the restaurant we met yesterday, when do you want us to move in?" Aqila turned her head, slightly frowning her forehead in confusion

"We don't live here?"

"I'll go wherever Brother Naufal goes"

"The atmosphere here is indeed more comfortable, but I feel that we need more time together, how we create our dream household, and learn independently and help each other" Aqila was able to catch Naufal's intention, they did need more time together, because there were many other family members here

"I get the point, so when do we start moving?"

"What about tomorrow?"

"What else knows?"

"I've told people home a week before, just waiting for your decision"

"Mama said, the duty of a wife is to obey and serve her husband, so I will follow the decision of Sister Naufal"

Naufal grabbed Aqila's cold hand, he stared at the woman he married yesterday

"The duty of the wife is like that, but also must remind the husband to do wrong, and give an opinion that he does not agree with the thoughts of her husband"

"I agree with that, because I also feel we need more time together" Aqila replied

"Thank you"

"May I ask you something?"

"What?" Aqila felt a little strange, as the tunben Naufal asked permission to ask

"Who was the man yesterday?" Aqila thought a little, man?

"Reynald?" Guess Aqila, Naufal nodded even though he did not like to hear Aqila mention the name of the man especially with a face that looks happy

"He was my friend and my neighbor in Rochester, he helped me a lot during my stay. He could also understand Bahasa Indonesia because his mother was Indonesian, therefore I could more easily get along with him" Naufal nodded in understanding, but Aqila's reply was not quite satisfied he heard

"How close?"

"meaning?" Aqila looked at him confused

"What in the word does the friend ever engage in love?" Aqila laughed hearing Naufal say that, especially the expression of the man who looked very serious when saying it

"How is it?"

"What's how?" Naufal's tone even sounded panicked without him noticing

"From the beginning of my meeting with him I realized we had such a big difference, so we could never be together. But he once expressed his heart to me"

"Then?" Naufal asked, he who had been a little relieved became tense as Aqila said that

"Then I turned it down and I said we could never be together"

"Why can't it?" Ask Naufal

"Because the prayer beads and the rosary can never be together" Naufal opened his eyes, a love of different faiths is painful, because the distance created is so far away

"What's the maximum for a child? The dentist?"

"He's a dentist, I told him that you might fall in love with your patients, he answered that the patients were only children, and then I told his mother again if possible"

"But I didn't expect it to actually happen" said Aqila while Naufal breathed a sigh of relief

"Thank God"

"Ehh? What's?"

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