
Ali came out of the bathroom after cleaning up. The man found Nameera still in the same sleeping position, it made him feel a little uncomfortable because he knew, sleeping in that position would be very uncomfortable.
Slowly Ali approached the wife and lifted her feet carefully that had been still hanging on the bed until Nameera's sleeping position looks comfortable. Not to forget the man pulled the blanket to cover half his body. Although it is summer outside, but the air conditioning temperature in the room is quite cool.
After fixing Nameera's sleeping position, Ali headed to the bed that was still empty and also laid his body there. However, as he closed his eyes, he heard the voice of his wife.
"Sister?" call Nameera.
Ali turned towards the woman who was now looking at him timidly beside her.
"Yes? Why wake up, brother?" ask Ali.
"I'm sorry, I was just pretending to be asleep" Nameera replied so innocently. The girl also felt astonished by herself, sometimes she could act mature, but if faced with the man who is now her husband, her innocence suddenly collapsed.
Ali smiled at Nameera's innocent reply, not expecting the girl to admit her pretense so quickly. "I know," he said.
"So Kak Ali already knew?" Still with a smile on his face, Ali nodded his head slowly.
"Sorry," said Nameera.
"It's okay, that's what I love about you, you're innocent sometimes, but sometimes grown-up, too,"
"Sister likes me?" It was very desirable for Nameera to shut her mouth at this moment who subconsciously asked that without the slightest embarrassment.
"Of course, how could I marry you if I didn't like you."
Nameera was silent for a moment staring at the ceiling of the room, her heart was pounding more and more hearing the husband's confession, although expressed in the usual way, but her heart rippled along.
"Why, Sister?" ali asked because Nameera seemed silent.
"I'm sorry, brother, if I may know from when?" Instead of answering Ali's question, Nameera asked again. His curiosity is now increasingly disturbed by questions that he initially accidentally asked.
"It's been a long time, even the first time I saw you in this mansion when I came to see Tareeq."
Nameera was silent again, for a moment he recalled the moment where Ali came to the mansion for the first time, which was two years ago, where Nameera was still 16 years old.
"It's been a long time, well, why don't I ever know?" Again a question came out of the girl. There was no answer from Ali. He was silent with his face pointing to the ceiling of the room.
"You know the love story between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah the daughter of the Prophet?" ali asked after a few moments of silence with a slight look towards Nameera who was now nodding her head.
Who doesn't know such a touching love story? That said, Ali and Fatimah already love each other, but they keep their feelings for each other in silence so that no one knows, not even the devil can pass it on.
Ali looked back at the ceiling and said. "I want to be like that, not because my name is also Ali, but because I realize how valuable love is that I don't want the love I have tainted by the devil."
Nameera's heart rippled more and more to hear the answer of the man beside her, eagerly looking at the man's handsome face, but the shame still prevailed until he only dared to turn a little.
"But ...." Ali hung up her words and turned to face Nameera. Their eyes accidentally met each other. As if hypnotized, the two were now unable to take their eyes off them.
"I was really tormented when I learned that your health was getting worse, and I couldn't do anything about it, I'm sorry" Ali said with a sad face.
"Who said you didn't do anything? Who had been working hard to help Kareeq find the donor Brother, and who was willing to disguise himself as a lab officer to get the donor as well Brother, Kak Tareeq has told me everything."
Ali rubbed his face touched, the man did not expect what he had been doing would be known by his wife. "Thank you for accepting me" Ali said, smiling.
"I thank you for liking someone like me."
***
A few months later it has passed. Life went on as usual, Uncle Aaron and Aunt Anisa had returned to activities in the village without anyone else bothering them. Ali and Nameera had started living together in their new home not far from Grandpa's mansion.
So did Zulaikha and Tareeq, they had begun to return to their loving lives, although occasionally Tareeq still found the wife alone while crying, she said, but so far the woman has started to look cheerful again as usual.
Although Nameera and Tareeq have a family and live in a different house, but every weekend they will come to spend the night and gather with the grandfather who has been raising him.
As of now, Tareeq and Zulaikha along with Ali and Nameera have now arrived at the mansion at the same time. The two couples headed straight to the living room where Grandpa Husein was already waiting for them.
Only Aunt Afra was now accompanying Grandfather in the mansion, but unfortunately, when her two nephews came, the middle-aged woman would choose to be alone in the room.
"Nameera, come on," said Zulaikha, giving the code to start their action, making their partners and Grandpa Husein frown.
"Where are you going?" tareeq asked when he saw that Zulaikha and Nameera had already stepped off the sofa together.
"We have a secret mission" Zulaikha replied, then pulled Nameera's hand and left their husband and grandfather.
"You know what they want to do?" asked Grandpa Husein to Tareeq and Ali who were sitting opposite him, and the compact two men put their shoulders forward in a sign they did not know.
Shortly after, Zulaikha and Nameera came back together, but not empty-handed, because the two women placed a middle-aged woman in their midst then held her hand as if they were so familiar.
"Aunt Afra?" lirih Ali was astonished that already knew how their relationship was lately.
"Why did you guys suddenly become so familiar?" tanya Tareeq was also astonished.
"I'm not familiar, they're familiar" Aunt Afra replied.
"Come on, Auntie, let's go until when Aunt is alone, join us so that Auntie is not lonely" said Zulaikha.
"Yes, Auntie. Don't always be alone if basically Auntie is not alone" Nameera said.
Aunt Afra just rolled a lazy eyeball while throwing a rough breath. Either this has been an attempt to how much they in breaking the middle-aged woman's heart without the knowledge of their husband.
Initially, Aunt Afra was angry when Zulaikha and Nameera approached her. However, as time went on, the middle-aged woman's defense began to collapse, she was no longer as angry as before, even now she resigned without any resistance when the two women brought her back.
As dinner arrived, everyone began to gather in front of the table. The dinner together began after praying, but not yet eating, the attention of all the people who were there was diverted to the two young women.
"Jeek."
"Jeek."
Zulaikha and Nameera immediately ran towards the bathroom together.
"Most mareka hamidun," said Bibi Afra so relaxed while eating his food.
Tareeq and Ali looked at each other in wonder.
"Wait for what else? Quickly follow them," said Aunt Afra, making the two men immediately ran after their wives.
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