The Gema Shahadah Aisyah
Female Heart

"Can't you really come in?" Ayana whispers when stopping the motorbike in front of the boarding school Adz-Zaidan, she had always wanted to visit the boarding school but never had a chance. Ayana envied Aisyah for being able to easily live with the Zaid family.

"Don't I don't feel good with you." Aisyah got off the bike Ayana, she was grateful because Ayana was willing to wait until she finished her guidance and drove her here. Actually Aisyah can ride public transportation but the good Ayana was willing to wait for her.

"Yes, go in." Ayana shook her hand to tell Aisyah to come in, she wanted to wait until Aisyah came in as if she could not believe that her best friend was actually living there.

"Thank you, yeah." Aisyah waved her hand turning around and stepped away, because the gate was not closed she could directly enter.

There was another car in front of Zaid's residence, Aisyah chose to go through the back door to enter. Slowly Aisyah turned the doorknob, after the door opened she was a little surprised because there were also some people she did not know. Aisyah nodded her head and reviewed the smiles as they looked towards her. Aisyah does not know everyone here.

"Lho, Aisyah why are you going through the back door?"

"I saw in front of a lot of Ummis, so I'm through here."

"Then can Ummi please take this forward?"

"By Ummi."

"Put your bag into the room first."

Aisyah rushed to the room to put down the lecture bag and paper bag that Daniel had brought. Aisyah needs to reread some books for her thesis needs.

Aisyah brought a tray containing two plates of dates, after a while living here she became familiar with the sweet fruit named dates.

Arriving in the living room, Umar was the first to see Aisyah carrying a tray. Umar could not help but smile as Aisyah looked very stiff while doing that. Umar dares to guarantee that Aisyah has never done that before.

Umar took over the tray in Aisha's hand, "see the way not the tray." He muttered to Aisyah.

"I'm afraid the date spilled."

"It can spill if you stumble and fall."

Aisyah just glanced sharply at Umar's taunts, she was anxious to pinch the lips that had dared to smile mock him. Aisyah always excelled in class, she never got 2nd place. He has always been at the top of the rankings since elementary school. But after knowing Umar, Aisha was nothing, there were many things she did not know.

"Thank you, let's sit down." Maryam held Aisha's hand to sit with them.

Aisha who was about to leave from there finally sat down beside Maryam.

"Ummi, we came just to deliver books but Ummi just bothered to do this."

"No hassle, just tea and dates."

The guest who came today was Hilya with Idham and one driver. They delivered many books to the library's collection of cottages. Abizar asks Hilya to come along at once to meet Umar. Because Umar refused to exchange phone numbers, they had to meet more often in order to get to know each other before marriage and convince doubts in the heart.

"Aisyah, meet Hilya's daughter Kyai Abizar." Tukas Maryam's.

The deg!

Aisyah was stunned to hear the name of the person Maryam mentioned, so the veiled girl was Hilya who had been betrothed to Umar. Hilya was not an indiscriminate girl, she closed her aura perfectly. Hilya had walked a very long way while Aisyah had just walked that road. From any side Aisyah was badly defeated by Hilya except for the curse of—Aisyah jagonya.

"Well, a convert." Added Maryam.

"God, may Aisha always be Istiqomah." Hilya reached out to Aisha.

"You picked a good name."

"After knowing—I mean I read the story of Mother Aisyah then I changed the name to Aisyah." Somehow Aisyah's voice sounded trembling, like there was a blunt object hitting her chest many times. His eyes felt pierced by needles and were ready to let out the water.

Khalid realized one thing when he heard the reason Aisha changed her name. He looked at Umar meaningfully, so the other girl Umar liked was Aisyah who was currently living with them. Khalid saw Aisha at a glance and then looked back at Umar.

Umar nodded faintly as if understanding the meaning of the gaze of the elder brother. It turned out that the girl was so close to them.

Now whether Aisyah should laugh at herself or cry over her terrible fate. Maybe he will laugh at once and cry. For the first time Aisyah lost, she only excelled in the class.

This is the first time Aisyah falls in love, she is faced between two choices. Chasing Umar to the end or giving up because Aisha knew Hilya was no match.

Hilya realized one thing that the way Umar looked at Aisha looked different. As soon as Aisyah came, Umar immediately moved and took over the tray in Aisyah's hands. Even Umar could joke around with Aisyah. If I'm honest, Hilya was jealous because she never had a chance to do that. Now Hilya questioned Umar's opinion about this matchmaking. Was all this time only Hilya was too eager to meet the matchmaking while Umar was not.

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Aisyah put her used glass of tea and the date plate on the table after Hilya and the two others came home. Although Maryam had forbidden it but Aisyah still cleaned the glasses. Aisyah wanted to learn such little things because she had been over-served all along.

After that they prepared to pray magrib congregation in musholla and then continued by teaching. Aisyah again met her excellent impromptu teacher Hana. Aisyah is happy to be surrounded by good people in the boarding school except for someone who told her to fry tempeh, not—Aisyah instead of revenge, it feels like she is still traumatized by the hot oil splash.

"Until here first yes tonight Ma'am, I also still have to learn from each other."

"If so I go first." Aisyah gave Khawla permission to leave first because even if she stayed here she would not understand what they were learning. Aisyah can work in her room before going to bed.

"Ummi!" Aisyah looked at Maryam's back, she half ran to chase after Maryam. "Ummi's going to the house?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Then all the roads go together." Aisyah held Maryam's hand, to be honest she missed her mother. Aisyah wanted to tell her mama as much as she used to. But now can they still be like that? "Ummi, can I confide?"

"Of course, listening to the other person's curses was already Ummi's talent." Said Mary softly.

"I'm actually in love with someone." After composing the sentence since he was in the musholla, Aisyah finally could say it to Maryam.

"Falling in love is natural for a girl your age."

"Now I am confused as to whether to chase after the person or give up."

"Love must be fought, of course, in a lawful way, there are only two options to marry or let go, lest that feeling make you fall into disobedience."

"But Ummi, there's another girl who seems to have feelings for the man, she looks kind and kind, I don't have the confidence to compete with her."

Mary laughed softly, "you don't have to compete with her, if the man is destined for you then he will still be yours even though you think the girl is better than you."

Aisyah spontaneously stopped her steps to digest Maryam's sentence slowly as if she did not want to miss a single word.

"Now all you have to do is improve your quality and don't think too much about the girl, if you focus on other people you won't be able to focus on yourself, fix yourself and pray and give everything to God, you have God."

Maryam's words had opened up Aisha's originally narrow mind. Aisyah felt calmer, she told the right person.