Teach Me (Naina)
Chapter 27

Naina sat down next to Alfin's sister, playing the end of the veil in order to suppress the awkwardness that had her heart closed. Occasionally will bite the lips, glancing at the Muslim woman on the side who is flipping through a book.

"Mmm .. sorry, Ma'am. Where are we going?" naina asked a slight glance, the rest were too embarrassed to raise their faces.

Alfin's brother chuckled at Naina's trembling voice. He closed the book, followed by a long breath. Looking at Naina, who quickly turned her face away from him.

"What do you call me? Don't be that awkward. Call me brother. If you marry Alfin the same as well later, right, call brother too," he said.

Naina smiled doubtfully, nodding softly without daring to meet the woman by her side.

"Try calling again? Brother wants to hear," she asked as she stared intensely at Naina.

"Mmc ... Whoa-Brother!" Wiry and quivering, Naina uttered that title.

Again the woman chuckled, she was supple and kind, even to Naina though some people could not accept her presence.

"Mmc ... Brother wants to take you somewhere. Can you ask me something?" He tilted his head to see Naina's face clearly.

"By, Brother. Just ask," she replied with a strong beating heart.

"Mmm .. You know, right, Alfin's just a marbot in the mosque. He doesn't work like any other man. Can you accept the situation that every working day only gather with children. Sitting in the mosque with them, cleaning the mosque like that? In life now everything is all money."

He stared at the figure of Naina who was still silent yet to reply. Maybe he is preparing the heart to arrange the right word to say.

"I know that, Brother. There is only one thing I want in this world. That is, it is well received and not degraded. The rest is not in my mind. Moreover, the problems of the world, most of them are usually just inferior to others. I've done it all, brother." Naina's getting deeper.

Khadija gulped, immediately becoming nervous to hear Naina's heart about a fortune. What if he finds out, what Alfin has.

"But not everyone looks down on others. There are also those who prefer to live a simple life and hide their wealth. Do not just because one or two people, then all affected," said Khadija straightened out Naina's thinking.

The girl smiled wryly, inwardly confirming Alfin's brother's words.

"Right-natured. I've met one of them. A tough, strong woman whose life was destroyed by another woman. He did not hold a grudge against that person. Her life is a luxury, but she prefers to live a simple life with her small family" Naina said, recalling Seira.

The shadow of Seira's smiling face, made her heart warm.

"I don't know, this veil is a gift from her. It's old, but I'm wearing it." Naina shows him the veil she was wearing.

Khadija mangosteen with a smile. Inwardly wanting to find out what Naina's life was like long ago until she had been traumatized by some things.

"Well, that's what you saw for yourself. Well, not everything's bad, is it?" tanya Khadijah.

Naina nodded in agreement, smiling more calmly. The awkwardness slowly evaporated due to Alfin's brother's friendly demeanor.

"Sister was that too. Some of the boys who like the first teenager, always insulted Sister because of the appearance of Big Brother who said they were old-fashioned, conservative, pretentious, fashionable, old-school, or whatever. Pessimistic brother may be just like you, traumatized. Keep seeing my father's kids." Khadijah sighed, imagining his meeting with the husband.

"He was a simple man who worked in the fields, herding goats and buffalo, and ducks. Brother fell in love because of his simplicity, then asked both parents to talk to his parents. So, now sister is pregnant with her third child." He rubbed his stomach that had not yet grown.

"False, yes, Brother. Brother can accept me as I am." Naina dared to touch the soft hand despite having to suppress the nervousness.

"Mmm .. You misunderstood. Yes, actually Brother has accepted you, but there is one thing that must be fixed if you want to Istiqamah wear a veil," he said making Naina's forehead wrinkled.

"What's that?" naina asked curiously.

"Do you really want to wear a veil?" Khadijah.

"God willing, Brother. I want to perfect my appearance, I'm afraid of incriminating my mother in the afterlife" Naina said as she continued to convince her heart to firm up her decision.

Khadija mangut-mangut understood, he looked at the veil worn by Naina. This invites Naina's reaction to spontaneously staring at herself.

"Who's wearing the hood? You alone?" khadijah asked after assessing the way Naina wore the veil.

The girl shook her head, replying, "Auntie. I can't wear a veil, it's an aunt who uses it."

Khadijah's head nodded again, he stared at the bun that was poking out in the middle of Naina's head almost at the top. Looks like a camel hump.

"Sorry, yes!" he said while touching the bun.

"Is this hair or is it just a hair tie?" tanyanya while fumbling the thing.

"It's hair, brother." Naina lowered her head to let the woman touch the bun that Aunt had made.

"Later if it's been until I tell you to wear a real veil, yes," she said Naina immediately.

They went back into silence for a while, dissolving in each other's minds especially Naina. He silently looked at the look of the woman beside him, noticing the way she wore a veil. There was nothing different, it was just that the veil she was wearing was bigger and covered the front of her body perfectly.

Naina went back upstairs, looking for something different. He understood, in the head of Alfin's brother there was no bun like the one in his head. Maybe that's the problem.

"Sister. Sorry, brother how many brothers?" naina asked, beginning to reveal the figure of Alfin.

"Mmm .. three. The first brother, the second brother, Busyro his name. He married and had a child. The third Alfin, Big Brother's most mischievous sister."

Naina smiled as she chuckled while covering her mouth.

"Thank you, yeah. You accepted Alfin for who he was. Well, I see you sincerely love that naughty young man even though he knows he doesn't work. Only the mosque's marbot, if there is a love, just had money. Brother is very grateful to you," said Khadijah did not reveal who Alfin really is.

Naina lowered her head, blushing shyly herself. He was grateful that Alfin would accept it.

"It is precisely I who should say thank you to Brother and Alfin because I have accepted me and my origins which may be in the eyes of others is very bad, but Brother ... I even felt calm and peaceful while talking to Big Brother," Naina said with teary eyes.

Khadijah rubbed his face, shaking his head. Then hugged Naina.