She (Unconsidered Wife)
Days Without you 2

"Living like this is not entirely Arshad, ummi's wish. It's a form of despair. Arshad's life wouldn't have been like this if there was Aisyah. Arshad will be fine if there is Aisha." said Arshad full of affirmation.

"Before there was Ayesha you were ordinary."

"There is a difference between before and after. There's a difference between then and now, ummi. Arshad's life used to be ordinary without Aisyah. But now, Arshad's life is nothing without Aisyah, ummi. Arshad please, please tell me where Aisyah, ummi is!"tears slowly came out of his eyes and slid freely down. Ummi immediately looked at Arshad right in his eyes.

"You know where Aisyah is, only you don't realize it, Arshad." said ummi making Arshad frown.

"I mean ummi?"asked Arshad not understand.

"It's an ummi way to make you realize one thing. Ummi wants you to realize things that have meant a lot to you without having to tell. Get to know Aisha, Arshad!"

Arshad doesn't understand what he's doing. Recognize? What should he know from Aisha? Could it be that all this time he had not recognized Aisyah so well? Don't they know too well? This can be seen from the length of their marriage. They don't know too far.

"Arshad will know Aisha further if Aisha is here, ummi. How could Arshad know Aisha if there was no Aisha?"

"That's not what Ummi means. You don't understand anything."

"If that makes Arshad understand, ummi!"

"Be aware yourself!"

Arshad thought back to his umminya words. What exactly does ummi mean? Recognize what? What should he know?

Ummi stared intently at Arshad who looked still confused.

"There's one thing that might make you a little happy."

"What,ummi?"

"Aisyah was on the phone, she's asking for your situation. Ummi says you're fine so Aisyah doesn't worry. Although actually Aisyah will not worry either." replied the ummi who made Arshad smile happy. But, what does the end of the word ummi mean.

"Don't lie! Arshad knows that Aisha is sincere. But, thank you ummi, this is enough to lighten Arshad's burden."

Ummi small clucking. But at least this could make Arshad better. To be honest, seeing Arshad's current state makes her little heart very concerned and sad. If Arshad had realized everything, it would have been even better. Either this child is senile or indeed stupid in remembering.

"May Arshad ask one thing for help? Telphonin Ayesha, ummi. Arshad just wants to hear Aisha's voice."

"No."

"Please!.."

"No."

Arshad stood up and turned to the door.

"Where are you going?"ask ummi.

"home. Nungwa Aisyah's. Assalamualaikum." said Arshad who turned cold.

"Wa_wa'alaikumussalam." said ummi who now began to feel guilty. Did his son really love Aisha? So difficult?

*****

Arshad turned around to leave the Ummi house. Along the way he kept thinking about the word ummi. There seems to be no hope from Ummi. Waiting is the right thing right now.

"No matter how long you wait. I will wait for you, Aisha. I'm an expert at it." he said.

But after a while, he stopped. Arshad walked until he arrived at a beach. Maybe this will help him calm down.

Arshad sat on the beach, staring out at the ocean. The weather was clear and very good today. If he could go here together with Aisyah, it would be even better. It seems that if Aisyah comes back later, she will bring Aisyah with her here. Should she plan a honeymoon?

Arshad smiled and his eyes saw a husband and wife and a child who were about 2 years old. They look happy. Envied? Of course he was envious. Very even. Can she hope to have such a happy family with Aisyah? Blessed himself? That's a very big hope.

Arshad looked down at the sand. Her tears came back.

"Are you God's servant?"arshad asked, wiping away her tears.

"Wa'alaikumussalam."balas Arshad.

"May I sit down?"ask the man and be taken by Arshad.

"Yes, please."

The two fell silent a moment ago and the man opened the conversation.

"Himself?"ask the man.

"Yes, my wife is away, so I let go of the longing by calming down on the beach. Oh yeah, I'm sorry I was so careless to watch you and your family."

"No problem. Oh yes, I'm Fahri."Fahri extends his hand and is greeted kindly by Arshad.

"I'm Arshad."

"You have a problem with your wife?"asked Fahri without hesitation.

Arshad looked directly at Fahri.

"What looks clear?"ask Arshad.

Fahri smiled and nodded.

"You love her so much?"

Arshad nodded slowly while looking at the sea in front of him.

Fahri smiled again and then he also looked towards the sea.

"May I tell you a story?"ask Fahri.

"Of course."

"At the beginning of our marriage, we thought maybe nothing bad would happen. Everything went so well and happily. There is no point in hurting each other. But in the midst of that happiness, I discovered a fact that my wife had a dark past that I did not know about. Everything started to break. There is no happiness to enter our family. I felt so devastated that all I could think about was hurting my wife. No matter how many tears my wife had, no matter how many words of apology were thrown from her, I obviously hated her so much back then. I even humiliated him in public. Even I don't care about the condition of my wife who was pregnant at that time."

Arshad. Then how can they be okay now? Isn't the problem really hard?

"Then what happens next?"ask Arshad who can not eradicate his curiosity.

"I intended to divorce her right after the birth of our son."

"But now why..."

"There was a savior for our marriage at the time. Which made me realize everything. He came without foreseeing. Even until now I feel he was sent to save our marriage. I am so grateful to have chosen to listen to his advice. He asked me to choose between ignorance because of momentary anger or happiness because of being able to go through all kinds of obstacles in the household. As he said to make me realize that the problem I went through at that time was not necessarily the most severe ordeal. Life is full of ignorance. Who knows what other problems we will face. If in every problem we just take the path of evasion, do we deserve to be called adults? Those are the words I remember so much from him."

"He's so grown up."

"His thinking is mature Arshad, but..."Fahri chuckles to make Arshad confused.

"But what?"ask Arshad curiously.

"He's still High School, Arshad. I was really embarrassed because I was advised by a high school student. At once confused because he understands the business of marriage very well."

"May I know his name?"ask Arshad who is interested and curious about the figure told by Fahri. He thought, maybe he needs advice from that person about his current problem.

"Aisha.." replied Fahri.

DEG!

Arshad immediately looked at Fahri with a shocked look. Which Aisyah does Fahri mean? Is Aisha his wife or something else? Does this coincidence really exist?

"What did you say? A_Aisha?"

Fahri nodded slowly as he felt strange with the look of Arshad's surprised face. What was? Is something wrong? thought. Arshad looked down and thought hard. This destiny? ask in the heart.