Teach Me (Naina)
Chapter 108

"Are you ready?" A man in a big house.

"Where are we going, anyway, Pah? Tumben left in the afternoon. Then this is also not a weekend anymore" asked a young man with a santri-like appearance.

The middle-aged man smiled in satisfaction, looking proudly at his eldest son who was exactly like a young ustadz in a mosque.

"You look like a young ustadz who used to talk to Papah there, son. Hopefully the transmission of sincere knowledge," said the papah while holding both shoulders of the son.

"Young utaz who? Is he as handsome as Brother?" chirp the sister in her centile style.

"Name Alfin. He is handsome and sholeh, his daily care for orphans as well as the mosque that we will go to" replied the papah while imagining the face of a young ustadz he knew.

"Mmm .. Did he get married?" sambar another voice, a middle-aged woman who always looks beautiful in her old age.

"I don't know, maybe. There is no way that a woman is smitten with him. Handsome, sholeh anyway."

The woman flicked her lips mocking her husband's opinion.

"Now age, handsome is not enough, Mas. The important thing is money" he said, playing the index finger and thumb likening a piece of money.

The man chuckled, embracing his wife's shoulder and asking her to leave.

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At the mosque, as Asep was told, Adrian came to the lecture after his return from the office. The first one he looked for was Alfin,

"Fuck! Mang Asep said Papah nyariin me?" alfin asked as soon as he found Adrian in the gazebo in front of the mosque.

"Yes. Here, Papah has good news for you. If talking there is not good," Adrian asked Alfin to sit there.

The man sat down and waited for the good news of what his father-in-law had brought. He examined the face of the in-laws, trying to guess the news he would hear.

"What good news, Pah?" ask Alfin impatiently.

"Alhamdulillah, Papah's lawyer is done taking care of all the papers you need. There is no need to come to KUA because everything is done. You are married officially, recognized by the law of the land." Adrian handed over two of the marriage books he received from the lawyer.

"Thank God, O God!" Alfin received the letter, prostrating gratefully to have in-laws who could do anything. "Thank you, Pah." Alfin hugged her full of haru.

Her marriage is now officially and legally recognized as well as the law of the country.

"Back, kid. Poor Naina. He always sits in the middle of the house waiting for you, who knows go home. As he said," pinta Adrian to his son-in-law. They were married just days.

"God willing, Pah. Alfin will be home. Now, we go to the mosque, it's about to start" said Alfin smiling bitterly at Naina who was waiting for her arrival.

Adrian inched down and with Alfin headed for the mosque. Listening to the study that ended in a religious discussion with qualified people of Sholeh. This is what Alfin likes, every congregation is free to express opinions and get enlightenment. New knowledge is always possible even though there are often differences of opinion.

It is commonplace because difference is grace. For him, he could absorb a lot of knowledge from those different opinions and end up on a deal.

"Where's your wife, Fin? Did he not go to school?" whispered the Bus sitting next to Alfin. He was looking for an extraordinary figure that opened his heart's eyes.

"I told him to come home, he's been here all day taking care of the kids. Why?" Alfin was suspicious.

Bas chuckled at the jealousy in both of the men's eyes. She was envious, but that didn't mean she wanted to take Naina away from her.

"Just ask, Fin. I usually see it." Bas rubbed Alfin's face in a cranky, small chuckle at the red face of his friend who was burning with jealousy.

Alfin snorted, again listening to the loud voice of the eldest child who was the host in his place. He smiled with satisfaction and pride, the seed of his successor had grown, becoming a brave and talented man.

"It turns out here his father. Great your son, Fin! What do you feed so fluffy to say, but in front of many people," flattered Busyro who came with his brother-in-law.

"Sister!" Alfin slightly moved, greeting the two men.

"Of!" Three little children cried out and rushed into Alfin's lap. Sitting with the herd, his uncle saw how good the little boy in front of him was.

Just now relieved from jealousy because of Bas, a sense of heat re-spread in his heart. Wondering why her sister also asked Naina.

"He's home, why? All my wife's nanyain," said Alfin with a sullen face.

Busyro looked at each other with his brother-in-law, confused by Alfin's gluttonous attitude.

"Sensitive to newlyweds! Even though it's just like that, it's like that burn," Busyro quipped while chuckling with anxiety at the jealousy of Alfin.

The bus beside him laughed, of course. They feel funny because their intention is just to ask no other purpose.

Alfin did not say much, remained silent and focused on listening to the voice of the Eldest. The feeling of heart becomes restless, as the shadow of Naina sitting in a chair slips into the recesses of the soul. He could imagine the disappointment on his face.

Alfin moved silently, leaving the mosque out. Intend to go home after saying goodbye to DKM mosque which doubles as a committee as well.

"Alfin!" reprimanded Ustadz's wife Hasan accidentally saw the man out.

"Ustadzah." Alfin cupped both hands on the chest politely.

"Where are you going?" tanyanya.

"I want to see Naina, Ustadzah. I don't feel calm, I don't know why? Though previously mediocre," replied Alfin did not cover the anxiety that was sticking out to the surface of his face.

"Astaghfirullah al-adhiim! What was? Yes already, mending you go home, later let me say the same if nanyain," he said he felt anxious to hear the words of Alfin.

"Let's say, Ustadzah. Excuse me, assalamualaikum!"

"Wa'alaikumussalaam!"

Alfin turned around to leave, but an approaching car stopped his steps. He waited until the guest came out. Smiling her lips greeted a middle-aged man who came out from there.

"Assalaminaikum, Ustadz!" the man cried out while holding out his hands in a shake with Alfin.

"Wa'alaikumussalaam, sir. How's it going?" ask Alfin to make small talk.

"Alhamdulillah, I am good. This time I'm not alone, I bring my family too, Ustadz," the man pointed out to Alfin's three family members.

"Well, here comes the young Ustadz that Papah means. His name was Ustadz Alfin. He was young, but very extraordinary," the man flattered Alfin making an awkward smile.

"Pak Fatih is too high flattering me. In fact, I am just a faculty member who is still trained to find a handle," said Alfin timidly.

The man who was none other than Fatih, chuckled. What he liked about Alfin was the humble demeanor and simplicity of the young man.

"Well, look at the Sholeh. Kayak padi, the more contained the lower down. This is my wife, Seira, who is the son of our eldest son Rayan, and his sister Fathya. They deliberately brought me to participate in the study here," said Fatih introduced family members to Alfin.

Alfin greeted kindly, shaking hands with Rayan. The young man looked the same age as Naina. Handsome and charismatic like his father.

"Please! His studies had only just begun," Alfin let them in.

"Thank you, Ustadz." They passed Alfin, the man smiled. Fatih was one of the guests that Ustadz Hasan was waiting for.

"Sister, aren't we taking Naina's sister here? I remember we passed through this mosque," a faint Fathya chirp sounded in Alfin's ear.

"Silver not wanting because the focus is driving. If you want us to stop by the house of his uncle and aunt," said Rayan made Alfin turn the body.

"God willing, I still want to, Brother." Fathya smiled, sparkling her eyes as she was able to meet Naina.

Alfin stared, still staring at the four backs which then disappeared among the worshippers.

"I heard they called Naina's name earlier. What's wrong just horrified," muttered Alfin was struck by curiosity.

However, he was indifferent, thinking it was just a mishearing. He had to go home because his heart was not calm.