The Love of Habib
Chapters 11.11

"Vaalaikumussalam. Please come in." A woman calls Aish to come inside.

If Aish doesn't mistakenly remember this woman previously worked in the boarding house service office.

"Aisha Rumaisha?" The woman called Aish's name to confirm her name.

Aish nodded politely.

The woman smiled.

"That man is waiting for you in the parking lot of the cottage. So you can come there to see him." The woman said again.

Aish's confused.

"Sorry Mom, can I know who's looking for me?" Aish asked in a polite tone to the woman.

"You'll know when you see it. Go, he's been waiting for you in the parking lot." The woman refused to answer.

Aish smiled shyly. He nodded his head politely before exiting the office and walking towards the front yard of the boarding school.

After Aish disappears from the view of the people inside the office, the woman is suddenly approached by her co-worker. This young lady who had only been apprenticed for one year.

"Mr Dian, who's looking for the girl and why would the cottage allow that person to take the girl out?" Ask the woman to Dian's ustazah, the woman who had just talked to Aish.

Ustazah Dian smiled meaningfully without any intention of saying anything.

"I don't know either." Answer avoids.

Just like this woman, she was confused as to why the man had searched and brought Aish out of the boarding house. What is this guy's relationship with this girl?

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Aish stood in front of a black van with hesitation. This car seems quite familiar to Aish because he vaguely remembers if this car had been used by Habib Khalid before when they went to the market together.

"Why just talk? Let's go in." Habib Khalid rolled down the windshield and told Aish to go inside.

Aish was immediately stunned to see the handsome face of Habib Khalid suddenly appear from behind the car window. It was like a dream to see Habib Khalid again after a day of never seeing him yesterday.

"Sister.. Khalid?" Call Aish astonished unmoving on the spot.

Habib Khalid smiled amusedly at Aish's silly face.

"This is the punishment I promised you that day. You can't make excuses to refuse." The word habib Khalid reminded Aish generously of the promised punishment while at Umi's house some time ago.

Aish immediately remembered. He had been scared before. Because habib Khalid is famous killer in the boarding school when it comes to punishment and Aish himself had felt how severe the punishment that habib Khalid gave him.

Habib Khalid's punishment never fooled around!

First, down into the mud to pick kale and the second time, he was forced to clean the bathroom until the tragedy of an argument with Khalisa.

"Lake in." Habib Khalid's voice urged.

Aish awakens from her own daydream. He smiled shyly, feeling the temperature of his face begin to heat up.

"Good, brother."

Aish then got into the car sitting in the front seat. Sitting beside habib Khalid, the distinctive fragrant trees of habib Khalid instantly invaded Aish's sense of smell. The taste is very fresh and soothing. Aish involuntarily closed her eyes feeling a peaceful sensation that began to permeate her heart.

Aish spontaneously opened her eyes, feeling the heartbeat in her heart that began to craze.

"I slept really well last night..." Aish raised his head observing the habib's handsome face.

There was no change in the face of the habib. He still used the same expression, warm and generous as usual. Though disappointed not to find anything to want, Aish is so grateful that Habib Khalid is no longer as cold to him as he was yesterday.

"Where is Khalid's brother going?" Aish asked after a moment of silence.

Habib Khalid saw him very nervous on the side. Perhaps this meeting left Aish shocked and unprepared. Honestly habib Khalid had no intention of giving any consolation. Just get used to thinking.

"Guide me into town to get things done." Habib Khalid had no intention of explaining further.

Aish nodded in embarrassment. He looked at Khalid's car with curiosity that could not be hidden in the look in his eyes. Very clean and full of fragrance of the habib without any trace of the woman.

"Sister Khalid, isn't this not true?" Aish spoke hesitantly.

He thought about it carefully. The matter of all his encounters with the habib was too much of a coincidence. To be honest Aish is very happy, indeed who does not flower meet the man he loves?

Aish is happy but it would be unfair to cause trouble for the habib. He was afraid that the good name of Habib Khalid in the boarding school was tarnished because of him.

"What's not right?" Habib Khalid looked at him.

Stared at by the habib, Aish's heart again made a commotion inside his chest.

How can Habib Khalid be so handsome?!

Even his smile alone could make Aish melt so easily.

"That's not. is Khalid's brother afraid that I might influence the good name of the brother in the boarding school?"

Hearing what Aish said, habib Khalid laughed instead. He thinks Aish is funny and suddenly looks a lot more innocent than he thought. Aish is a shy girl who has yet to know the world but is wrapped in a biting cold demeanor.

"If I'm afraid then we'll never see each other again in the cottage. But I didn't do it. Aisha Rumaisha, what do you think if the person sitting in this car is now another girl?" Habib Khalid asked back.

He was also curious about Aish's opinion on the matter. Could it be that Aish will say if anyone doesn't matter or choose to sound okay?

"Maybe I'll be very angry and sad." Aish said.

Suddenly the weight in the chest of the habib immediately lifted. Sure enough, Aish is her Rumaisha, a brave girl and has a strong heart.

Habib Khalid was pleased to hear that.

"Then that's enough. We don't need to use any more excuses." Habib Khalid smiled widely, his eyes so soft as he looked at Aish's blushed face.

Aish enchanted. Both of his apricot eyes glowed brightly reluctant to blink looking at how beautiful the creation of the Almighty. There may be admiration that nature conveys to the habib because every time the smile is formed, Aish feels the world feels very peaceful.

Aish is so embarrassed. He realized that his gaze was too sassy. Then he withdrew his gaze and lowered his head looking at his two hands that had been out of nowhere since when they had crept into each other.

Nervous and happy, these feelings were mixed in his heart. Aish does not know how to describe her at this time because she has never felt the joy that touched her heart on the day of her mother's death.

Thinking in his heart, could this be a gift from God as a solace to his heart that is missing Mama?

If so, then isn't God very romantic?