The Love of Habib
Chapters 12.4

Aish could not guess until they both stood right in front of a grave that was much larger than the other. And the most surprising thing is that this grave is right next to Mama Aish's, where Mama is resting.

"Come on." Habib Khalid called Aish.

Aish looks dazed. With a slow step he walked closer to the habib who was standing beside the large grave.

"Yes, brother?" Aish asked doubtfully.

He was standing right in front of Habib Khalid's parents.

"Please give this flower to my parents." Habib Khalid said while giving Aish one of the bouquets.

So this great grave is the tomb of both parents habib Khalid who deliberately placed in the same hole.

"Yes, brother." Aish took the flower and placed it carefully in the middle of the tombstone.

There is nothing conspicuous about this grave other than its much larger shape and using only ordinary stones as its headstone. So people won't know who died here and when that person died because they only had one unwritten tombstone.

As Aish straightened his back and turned to the side, how shocked he was to see that Habib Khalid had just placed another bouquet of flowers on top of his grave.

Aish. Shock and pleased, he did not know which feelings dominated his heart. Her eyes instantly became blurry and claustrophobic seeing someone finally give her Mama flowers.

"Sister Khalid?" Call Aish confused.

Could Habib Khalid have known his mother?

Habib Khalid whispered something over Mama Aish's grave. I don't know what he said because Aish can't hear him at all.

A few minutes later he stood up straight and walked to Aish's side.

As if looking at Aish's confusion, the habib then explained in a very calm tone of voice, "Both my parents and your mother know each other. They used to have a very good friendship so I got to know your Mama."

"Oh..." Aish didn't know what to comment.

His head was trying to digest well the great information that Habib Khalid had just passed on to him.

"So Brother Khalid knew my mother?" Aish asked after a moment of silence.

"True, I know him and have met him several times. At that time I still remember when you were very small in his arms." Habib Khalid answered with the same calm.

Compared to the upside with Aish's mood being instantly shaken. For him, this was a very big news in his heart. The fact that habib Khalid knew his mother made Aish wonder in his heart that did all the goodness of habib Khalid during this time have anything to do with Mama?

So that preferential treatment and gentle attitude should be addressed because Aish is an acquaintance in and not an ordinary acquaintance. So all this time Aish misunderstood the habib?

The habib did good to him because of his mother's identity and not because the habib had feelings for him?

"Aish, are you okay?" Habib Khalid asked strangely seeing Aish's face change.

Aish smiled wryly. He shook his head lightly not wanting to say anything for now.

"If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me and don't hold it." Habib Khalid said with a soft tone of voice and soft eyes.

Just look at her gentle and caring attitude, which woman would not misunderstand this attitude of hers?

What do you regret Aish?! What if he's being gentle with you because of Mama? Isn't this good news for you? Let's just say Mama set you up the back door to get close to Brother Khalid. Unlike the others, they took pains to attract the attention of Brother Khalid with hard work. Inner Aish cheered cheered to encourage herself.

Well, that's true. Aish should be happy because there is a back door access to be able to approach the habib left by his mother. He does not need to make much effort to attract the attention of the habib because of the fact that the habib will always be attentive to him. Instead of languishing because of his feelings clapping one hand, then why did Aish not take advantage of the attention that Khalid's habit was directing to him in order to foster feelings for him?

Well, just think about it that way.

"I'm okay, brother." Aish said with a big smile.

Once again habib Khalid felt that Aish was a bit strange. He had just seen the cloud covering Aish's head and a few seconds later the cloud suddenly turned into a very bright cloud, making Khalid's habib suddenly close his eyes as he shone.

What was Aish thinking just now?

"Thank God." Habib Khalid nodded lightly.

He then walks to the grave of his parents with Aish. Standing beside the habib, Aish just planga-plongo listened to the habib talk to his parents. If the habib speaks Indonesian, maybe Aish will not be confused and will understand. It means he can eavesdrop a little. But the problem was that habib Khalid spoke to his parents in a language that was much more difficult than English.

In Arabic!

Aish to roll his eyes confused because he did not understand a single word that came out of the habib's mouth.

It's a shame I don't know anything. I hope both in-laws uh, I mean my second-in-law candidates aren't upset by my stupidity of learning Arabic. Aish promise if we meet later in another nature, Aish Arabic must have been fluent and can talk smoothly with the two of you. Aish's mind grieved for himself who could not speak Arabic.

After mourning for a while, Aish returned to focus on listening to Habib Khalid's words while occasionally talking to his mother.

Every few seconds she would talk to Mama about habib Khalid like saying this man she liked and Aish was also grateful for the back door access that Mama left in this world. He also promises to start making peace with the past because Aish feels he will not be happy if he is stuck in a past life that has long passed.

Well, it's time to step forward while expanding his heart. If Father and family alone can forget about this matter, then why doesn't Aish do the same?

Stand in front of them all and show that he can face everything alone. He had to show them all that he wasn't hurt as deeply as they thought and he could live much better than they expected.

Aish let out a long sigh, her apricot eyes shining brightly staring at the clear expanse of sky above.

O God, spread my heart over all the destinies that You have laid upon me. Strengthen me and help me to deal with all this pain, Ridhoi me O Allah. Aish's mind raised a hope.