Rainbow for Aqila
Too Far

Hot smoke billows from two cups of tea on the table, enough to warm the body because of the drizzle outside that still leaves cold air

"Here alone" Aqila who was about to resign instead asked Rian to join, he turned to Naufal for a moment and the man nodded his head in agreement

"So what's the problem?" Naufal asked as Rian from earlier was just silent like a confused person

"So this, ekhemmm.."the man cleared his throat slowly

"I want to ask, what should we do to convince the hearts of parents?"

"meaning?"

"The point is to convince the girl's parents that we are serious, after the various ways and words that we do" then now Naufal understands that Rian seems to be interested in starting a serious relationship

"Does the woman agree?"

"Already"

"Have you?" Aqila closed her mouth in disbelief, she thought the woman still did not agree

"Why should he agree?" He muttered softly, but as he sat near Rian, the man could hear his words

"God"

"Kidding"

"What made his parents not allow it?"

"She said I was too rich and was afraid that I'd want to feed her son"

"Did his dad mostly watch soap operas?" Aqila closed her mouth when she realized she shouldn't be talking

"Have you tried another path?"

"What path? Santet's? Isn't that haram" Aqila to the point of unconsciously patting Rian's arm hard enough and laughing shut her mouth, Naufal also looks like holding back a laugh but because seeing Rian's serious face, she also turned her face into seriousness

"No, it means the path of the sky through the do'a"

"Early"

"Maybe Rian didn't want to do it" Aqila replied, this time trying not to laugh

"Every time I finish praying, but sometimes I am also self-conscious when I see men who are betrothed to him understand religion" said Rian

"Then try the third-night turn" said Naufal, his voice sounded full of seriousness

"It means praying one third of the night, it's the time to pray. The silent atmosphere of a servant's prayer is so mustajab and quickly granted by God if he really means it" Aqila replied, fearing that Rian misunderstood the meaning of Naufal's words

"Oowh so"

"You must also have the willingness to learn religion, in order to be a good leader and feel worthy to be beside him" said Naufal

"That's the problem, I'm sometimes not confident especially when I see my rival who is an average graduate of the boarding school" Rian took a long breath the man squeezed his hair

"I've tried to dress like them and even do sunna fasting like today, but it's off" Rian said at the end of his sentence. Aqila recalled the incident earlier this afternoon, when Rian said that, instead of stopping eating the ice cream ordered, the man continued even though Aqila had told him that forgetting his fast was not void

"What?"

"You're not being yourself"

"Rian's intentions are wrong too"

"Well how else? Why am I not confident now?"

"Sister Rian was too confident before to feel something easy to achieve because he was used to competing and successfully winning projects in the business world, Rian brought the habit of complicated love affairs to feel like this now" said Aqila

"Imitating others in kindness is fine, but don't eliminate something that characterizes us as being someone else, this is who we are and something that characterizes us" Naufal patted the man's arm

"Sister Rian to imitate their appearance, meaning that Brother Rian is not confident with his own appearance"

"So?"

"So, imitating their kindness can but do not change something that is indeed our characteristic" said Naufal still patiently explained

"I can study religion just as you don't Fal?" Naufal was silent for a moment, he understood that maybe Rian was ashamed to learn from others

"May, but it's finished maghrib ya"

"I agree" Rian replied in spirit

"Did she like Rian too?"

"Maybe it is"

"Maybe? Didn't Rian say it was accepted?" Aqila to the point of scratching her head wrapped in a headscarf due to dizziness with Rian's problem

"She said she would accept the men her father had chosen. It means that if I managed to take his father's heart then it means that I have also managed to take his heart" said Rian

"But I'm sure that he actually likes me" Aqila and Naufal looked at each other, not until five minutes before the man said he was not confident, now suddenly become this confident

"Is this also the reason Brother Rian has not yet gone to the panic? Because you don't want to be married to Reyna?" Aqila asked, she remembered the story Naufal told her yesterday

"Did he complain to you?" The question was posed by Rian to Naufal

"No, he's just telling a little story"

"I didn't allow it not because I didn't want to be preceded, but I really wanted him to have a good companion. We can't see anyone from her past but I'm just afraid Reyna's not ready, that girl's been spoiled since she was a child" when Rian said that, Aqila so recalling her childhood memory, it was true that Reyna was too pampered

"I'm not worried that he's ahead of me, it's just that I want to give them time to think carefully before starting this long worship journey" said Rian, who pulled off his peck and scratched his head

"What will Rian learn tomorrow?" Aqila asked, he was trying to break the silence that was suddenly created

"Learn to read the Quran"

"Sister Rian, can't you read the Qur'an?" Ask Aqila

"Silver is like walking too far from Allah Qil, brother only carries out obligations such as prayer, fasting and zakat. Read the Qur'an can only be counted fingers in a year" Rian let out a long sigh

"It means that now God may want Brother Rian to be close to Him until he gives this test"