The Love of Habib
Chapters 18.12

Descending from the mosque after performing the congregational dawn prayer, Aish sat pensively staring at the necklace of the butterfly pendant studded with a sprinkling of diamonds in his palm. This necklace suddenly appeared just like that on his neck and he never knew if his two best friends had not asked him last night. Like the two of them, he was also at a loss as to where this necklace came from. Not from Dad or from

Her stepmother, even she never had a necklace as beautiful as this. If it were not for the two of them, then it would have been for sure this was from habib Khalid. But when did Habib Khalid put this necklace around his neck?

"Was I crying in her arms?" Recalling the hug last night, Aish's cheeks instantly met red.

Ugh, the arrival of Habib Khalid is unexpected. And recklessly, habib Khalid saw the weakest side in him. He cried and cried even harder in the arms of the habib to make his front shirt wet. Ice was embarrassed but there was no way he could offer to wash the habib's clothes?

"His pendant necklace is pretty huh? Look at the sprinkling of diamonds on the butterfly's wings, the color is reflected beautifully under the light of the lamp." Diraba was amazed to see the pendant on top of Aish's palm.

Aish surprised. Because he was too busy pondering and staring at the pendant necklace in his hand, he did not realize that Dira was sitting at the side.

Smiling proudly, Aish immediately showed off the pendant necklace before Dira's eyes.

"Beautiful, right? Whose necklace was dong?"

Dira immediately rolled his eyes lazy but his right hand that had itched from the desire to touch the necklace finally moved also took the necklace from Aish. He placed the necklace over his left palm and traced the pendant necklace carefully using the finger of his right hand. This necklace is beautiful. And the price certainly can't be low either. Look at the sprinkling of diamonds on the butterfly wings of this necklace pendant, at a glance he knew that this necklace might be issued by a well-known jewelry company.

"KRS?" His murmur read the strokes that were deliberately lined up behind the butterflies.

"Is this the brand name of the jewelry company where this necklace is manufactured?" Dira asked confused, because he had never heard of this brand name even though.

Dira used to love going in and out of shopping stores in the city center so he knew enough famous brands of jewelry or expensive clothes that are usually used by the rich. And among the brands that most of them come from abroad, Dira rarely find local brands that are able to penetrate the international market. And honestly, international brands from abroad are more in demand by the community than local brands. Maybe the quality of brands from abroad is more promising than local brands that are still not global.

"KRS?! This pendant necklace is from KR company?" Gisel joined the chat. He just got back from the bathroom.

His eyes then glanced at the pendant necklace that was being held by Dira. This necklace is very beautiful and shines beautifully, the chain is deliberately made as thin as it may seem very romantic with the crown of a butterfly that is unfurling its wings as wide as possible. The butterfly seemed to have the illusion that it was flying through the vast horizon.

"Try me to see. These two letters are printed on the back of this butterfly." Dira flipped the butterfly and showed it to Gisel who had been listening to them.

"Do you know which company KR is?" Aish was no less curious.

Seeing the two-letter print behind the butterfly, Gisel immediately clucked in envy. How can a famous jewelry brand that has become a dream of many women now also owned by Aish. And even more astonishing was that Aish had absolutely no idea where this necklace came from. Know that this was already on his neck.

"You don't know about this jewelry company?" Gisel asked in disbelief as he turned his attention away from the necklace.

It was strange to see Aish and Dira not knowing anything about this jewelry company.

Aish and Dira looked at each other, a second later they shook their heads compactly. The two of them not only did not know, but they also had never heard of this company at all.

"You two are weird, huh? Rich knows nothing." Gisel shook his head helplessly and sat himself beside Aish.

"KR Company is a well-known jewelry company from Qatar. The company was initially opened in Dubai and then spread to other middle eastern countries. I think this company belongs to the middle east or Qatar, because the beginning of its establishment aja in the country of Qatar. But recently word spread that the KR jewelry company actually belongs to an Indonesian citizen who settled in the middle east. I don't know who the person is because his identity is purposely hidden and I don't know what that person looks like either. I had doubts about this rumor because it is rare for Indonesians to build their business abroad especially in the middle east which in fact the market is somewhat different from other international markets. But after I found out this company is now established in Indonesia, I finally believe. This company is not as booming as other jewelry companies because every jewelry they issue has a certain edition and with limited stock as well. Every time they launch goods not until a day their goods must immediately run out. You know Aish, you're very lucky to have one of the jewels from their company. Especially if I look around this jewelry seems like one of the limited edition items. If those women knew you had it, they would definitely be so jealous." Terang Gisel briefly explained the origin of this KR company.

Dira tilts his head, "You know a lot."

Gisel shy.

"Before that incident I once accompanied my cousin to go to the mall to buy one of the jewelry of this company. But since we arrived late, the item he wanted sold out in such a short time." And because of that his cousin scolded him all out and spilled the blame on him. Her cousin said that if she didn't waste a lot of time then she could definitely buy the jewelry.

But Gisel did not intend to tell this matter to his two friends because he thought this was not too important.

"Oh, then this jewelry is very valuable. No wonder the diamond is not stingy." Dira flips through this pendant necklace before returning it to Aish.

"I know." He clasped the locket necklace tightly.

"There's nothing safer than wearing it yourself Aish. If you keep it in a closet or in a suitcase, this necklace will definitely not be safe. Remember Aish, if this is not only 5 million or 10 million, but more than this and maybe even 100 times. So if you lose it then you will be very lost. Therefore, the safest place to store this valuable item is to use it. If you use it people with bad intentions won't take it easy." Gisel's message was serious after learning from his experience when he lost money some time ago.

Plus this is a gift from someone and the price is truly immeasurable, if it is lost, then regret is meaningless.

"Gisel's right, you have to use it. But Aish, by the way who gave you this necklace? Be honest with us, is he the habib of Thalib?" Dira has an intuition if the person is the habib of Thalib and the reason for Aish's delay home last night may be because he met the habib on the road.

Aish's face instantly flushed red and his temperature rose several degrees warmer than before.

"That's.... I can't be sure." Aish is not sure.

Dira and Geisha let out a sigh immediately, they finally got an answer from Aish's delay last night.

"Okay, we understand very well." Gisel said wisely.

Aish knew that when her two best friends were misunderstanding, she wanted to explain but the gentle voice of Nasa instructed her voice.

"Assynolajet? The people assigned to the rice fields later please come with me out."

The faces of the three of them were immediately horrified because the sun had just risen and they had not gone to breakfast but had been led away to the TKP where the execution was carried out. But the three of them did not argue or make any evasion so as not to add to the other punishment. Already grateful they were only sentenced to one working day while the Khalif had to serve two days of punishment plus 30 whips from the boarding school.

"Okay, we're going." The three of them came out under the concerned gazes of the friends in the room.

Friends in the room encouraged them and promised to come to help after school. Their attention all made the heart feel so warm.

...*****...

Me, Dira, and walk behind Nasha's sister. Today due to watching us while working in the rice fields, sister Nasha could not attend the class. He was forced to give us a day's leave and spent breakfast with us. I'm honestly ashamed that this matter has overwhelmed him. Besides, because I am the type of person who does not want to interfere with the affairs of the three of us. And sister Nasha is also a very gentle and kind person, as long as I stay in the boarding school I have never heard of her judging us for moving to a poor town. He's a rare person in a boarding house that I'm quite disinclined about.

"Lho, habib Thalib why is he here?" Dira nudged my arm while pointing towards the front.

I spontaneously followed his index finger. On the edge of the rice field I saw Brother Khalid standing with some men who were quite familiar. I'm estimating they are the disciplinary staff of the boys' dormitory assigned by Abah to watch the Caliph work.

"Don't be groggy, you'll be working on different rice fields." Says Brother Nasha as he glances at us behind.

I nodded lightly as a polite greeting.

"Yes, brother."

"He's out here?" Whisper Gisel to me.

I shook my head not knowing. Last night Khalid said nothing about this.

"Ck, wherever there's Aish and there's a Thalib habib, the world turns out to be just as wide as a bidara leaf." Olok Dira used his annoying tone.

"Moringa leaves, meow." Erat Gisel gauntlet.

"Yes.iya, moringa leaves."