The Love of Habib
Chapters 31.3

Even the night came. Uncle and aunt still haven't returned home after leaving this morning. When contacted by the Habib, they said tonight they will not go home because there is business. But in fact, both Habib and Aish knew that the reason why the two of them did not return home was to give a new married couple, Habib and Aish, a chance to be alone. Surely the newlyweds want to have alone time, time to make out and combine love. It is not elite if there are other people in the house and disturb the affection of both of them. And in retrospect, Aish understood the reason why the housekeepers rarely appeared before him. Whereas domestic assistants should work hard to clean the corners of this house or do some activities, the point is they must remain visible in front of the employer. But this house has a different mind. She thought the housekeepers were not working because they were lazy, but perhaps it was an order from the uncles and aunts so that they would not disturb the comfort of the new married couple.

"They're not going home tonight, so what should we do now?" The Habib looked at Aish with meaningful eyes.

It would be foolish for Aish to not be able to see the ambiguous gaze of her husband. But she turned her face away pretending not to see her husband's wishes. Because hey, they just finished praying magrib and it's still too early for hot activities.

"Tonight I want to cook something for Khalid's mas." Said Aish hesitatingly.

Aish can't cook. His courage comes from his experience while at the boarding school. She was often punished for helping the kitchen and often went to Umi's house to help with cooking anyway, so from these two experiences she had learned some simple cooking recipes for daily meals.

"Okay, I can't wait to eat my wife's cooking." Habib did not hide his enthusiasm from his tone.

This was his wife's first meal, so of course he was happy and couldn't wait to taste it.

"But... But this is the first time I'm going to cook alone, so maybe my cooking isn't very good.." Said Aish hesitatingly.

Habib understood his wife's concerns. Aish is used to living in the city, he is independent in financial matters but very bad in terms of kitchens. Habib did not bother him. Because everything takes time to learn. Including in cooking. He did not demand that his wife's cooking be tasty or delicious, nor did he demand that his wife be able to cook. No, seeing his wife take the initiative on her own to cook food for him had made him very happy.

In one day the Habib was unceasingly happy. All of this came from his own wife. Happiness source.

"It's okay, my wife. Everything needs a process. I do not demand that your cooking should be delicious, even if it is good. If not, no papa. You learn too. But even so I want to demand one thing from you. In terms of food, I hope that the cooking duties in this house are taken over by you specifically for me. Morning, noon, even night, I have to eat what you cook. It's okay if it's not delicious, God willing, over time your cooking must be delicious too. The important thing is not to stop learning because everything requires hard work to achieve it. Do you mind my request?" Ask Habib in such a soft tone.

The request of Habib is not too big. He was not asked to clean the house, do the laundry, or sweep the yard like the wives out there do. No, he's not being charged like that. Her husband simply asked her to cook all the food her husband would eat, how could she possibly object?

Though basically this is the work of the wife, and it is only natural Aish to do this work.

But how strange it feels, hearing this request from her husband directly makes her feel appreciated and respected as a wife, really, why should she mind serving a husband who has treated her well?

He would not hesitate much less object.

"I don't mind, ma'am. In fact, I am very grateful that Khalid wanted to understand my condition and situation. And the problem of making food, I don't think it's a big deal as long as Khalid's mas wants to eat what I make." But we'll see if Khalid's mas still wants to eat what I made after tasting my cooking later. Inner Aish ticklish.

"Don't worry, I'm not an unyielding person. Now you cook, gih. I'll watch you from here." The Habib pulled a chair in the kitchen and sat on it.

Then he looked at Aish who was still silently watching him. His wife's face was very red, he might be embarrassed about cooking, but whatever the power, the Habib did understand his feelings but he did not want to understand because he did not want to be away from his wife.

Oh, newlyweds. They are in their sweet time.

"I... Then I'll start cooking now." Aish moves awkwardly to open the fridge and pick up some vegetables for the menu tonight.

The main vegetable to choose is kale, because kale can be cooked at any time and the simplest. After that he took tofu, this material he would fry later. And he was very happy when he saw the quail eggs in the refrigerator. The number is very large, surely the Habib warned the housekeeper to buy a lot of quail eggs because it was Aish's favorite. In fact, what Aish thought was true. Yesterday he had warned the housekeeper to buy as many quail eggs as possible because Aish was very fond of this food.

There's also tempeh inside, but Aish doesn't want to cook tempeh tonight because there's already tofu.

"Scook this first time, huh?" He was about to close the refrigerator door, but suddenly stopped when he saw the savior vegetables, "Corn!"

He took two and instantly closed the refrigerator door.

At first he was embarrassed to be seen cooking by the Habib, but for a long time he began to sink in his cooking and slowly forget the existence of the Habib in the kitchen. Without waiting much time, the cooking was finally finished.

Tonight he made 4 dishes. Saute kale and quail eggs, fried tofu, corn parchment, and clear soup.

Deftly two serve all the food on the table. Then she took her husband's plate, served all the food with a bowl of clear soup for her husband to eat.

"If you don't like the taste, don't finish it. We can order take away food outside." Said Aish carefully.

He thinks tonight's food is pretty good, it can still be eaten by humans. So Habib wouldn't mind eating all this food, would he?

"How, mas?" Aish asked nervously.

Swallowing the food,"Enak, it tastes similar to the cuisine made in a soup kitchen. You were successful tonight. If you fail, I will have punishment for you. Too bad you didn't fail."

At first Aish was very happy to be praised, but after hearing her husband's last sentence, she immediately turned her face away pretending to stare at the plate and focus on eating. In fact, his heart was currently pounding. He was misbehaving and his head began to spin thinking about things that were not not. Jesus, after feeling the cruelty of her husband last night, her brain suddenly could not think clearly and always felt that her husband had certain intentions - ah, ah, Aish closed his eyes trying to get all those crazy thoughts out of his head. He couldn't think of all that.

After dinner, he came. The habib hurriedly took over the task of washing dishes while his wife was in charge of wiping the table. When they finished they climbed back up to the top of the room to perform the prayer together.

After praying, they relax on the balcony. Sit down together accompanied by a few plates of snacks at the table.

While chatting, Habib noticed that his wife rubbed her feet frequently. Aish did not complain, but his repeated rubbing of the same place attracted Habib's attention.

"You wait here first."

"Where are you going, mom?" Ask Aish.

Habib did not answer. He went into the room to get something. While Aish on the balcony sat obediently waiting for her husband to return. She had no idea what her husband was doing. Maybe her husband wants to go to the bathroom.

A few minutes later, Habib returned with a container in hand. Under Aish's puzzled gaze, the Habib lowered the container to the floor, inside was water. He wondered, did Habib want to water the plants on the balcony?

But this question was soon answered when Habib opened Aish's socks and put Aish's feet into the water-filled container.

It turned out to be warm water.

"Mass?" Aish is embarrassed mixed in confusion.

"Now's comfortable?" Ask Habib for attention while massaging Aish's soles.

"Um, comfortable." Aish smiled, "Thank you, mas."

It turned out that her husband realized that she was a little uncomfortable with her feet. Her legs have been sore since the wedding. She and her husband stood for hours to shake hands with the guests. The problem is that the wedding dress she wears is quite heavy and has to stand for a long time spent all day so want to not want her feet must be affected.

"Other times if you feel uncomfortable, talk to me. Don't hold or hold, I don't like." The Habib complained with a sullen face.

Aish feels guilty.

"Actually my legs are just a regular sore, mas. No need to exaggerate."

The Habib disagrees, "That's what you think, Aish. I think this issue needs to be exaggerated. Because you are my responsibility now. Whatever you do, whatever you get, whatever you want, it is your responsibility as your husband and leader for you. So if there's anything later, make it a habit to talk to me first. We're talking about everything okay." Habib educated his wife.

Perhaps because Aish's age was young and her rather complicated life experiences might have led her to cultivate an independent attitude to the point of forgetting that she had become a wife. Where in a household that everything requires cooperation with each other.

"Yes, I promise after this I'll talk to you first." And Aish realized that she had upset her husband.

While massaging his wife's legs, the Habib suddenly remembered his plan yesterday.

"Darling, I was planning to go umrah for our honeymoon. We will umrah for 2 weeks, visiting many sacred and historic places for Muslims. I also want to invite you to see the places that the Prophet Shallallahu alaihi wasallam had visited with his companions. Those places have a value that means a lot to us Muslims, let alone the two of us having a lineage from there. So it would be nice for us to come there for a pilgrimage. Coming home from Umrah plan I also want to take you to Qatar to see our company and where I live there. After we officially get married, automatically everything I have is also yours. Therefore I want to take you there to see the development of our business there. For now I only have these two plans and what do you think, do you have any plans of us visiting other places?"

For this honeymoon Habib Khalid is quite simple and willing to spend a lot of time to make his wife happy. After all, he is not too concerned about business problems because he can work wherever he is. Except for certain projects that require its presence, the rest are not very serious.

Thinking of Aish's honeymoon instantly recalled the stories of people on social media. He is very jealous to see them, young couples or newlyweds who honeymoon in various countries. Until one day he thought that if he did not meet people he liked or did not marry, then he could go to the countries he wanted. Once in a while for refreshing. So he was more diligent in saving for preparation.

"Emang mas Khalid is not busy if we visit several more countries?" He tried to hold back his sloppy tone.

Because he is very enthusiastic and has thought of some countries that want to visit.

"When speaking busy must be busy, but my work can be done anywhere. No need to be present at the company." He also owns the company. But this last sentence could only be said in the heart.

"If Khalid doesn't mind, can we stop by Turkey for a minute?"

The Habib smiled amusedly, "Can you go to Cappadocia?"

Usually Indonesians or especially people who want to honeymoon come to Turkey want to visit this place. This place is romantic and suitable for couples who are in love.

"No, mas. I don't want to go there. I just want to take a walk around Istanbul Turkey, visit some historical places and eat Turkish food. The most important thing is that I want to eat a Turkish dessert. I know for myself that Turkish sweet food is very famous. In Indonesia it is sold a lot, but it does not feel authentic. I'm not satisfied if the food is sold in the mall. Can you please mas?" The Habib was stunned.

Judging from the tone of his wife's speech, Habib suspected that his wife's original purpose was to go to Turkey because of sweet food. Just look at his expression, Habib's heart was amused to see it.

Why is his wife so sweet?

"Of course you can, baby. If we need to buy as much as possible so you can eat in Indonesia?"

"Yey, thanks to Khalid!"

Aish was delighted to hear it. He kissed Habib's cheek because he was too happy. One of his dreams came true. He is indeed infatuated with Turkish desserts, often dreaming of coming to his place directly to taste every sweet food that is appetizing.

"Once we go to Turkey, can we stop by China?"

The Habib looked at his wife helplessly. Just had his cheek kissed, and the wife had changed the topic. Though the habib still wants more and dare Aish ignore him. But it was okay, he could vent his dissatisfaction later. At that time, he would never forgive his wife and would not hear her plea!

"You want another culinary tour?"

Aish immediately shook her head in denial.

"I'm not really interested in Chinese food. Why I want to go to China is because of its natural tourism. Mas Khalid knew that nature in China was exactly like a painting, beautiful and soothing. Places in China are very suitable for refreshing, so I want to go there. Can you please mas?"

It is no secret that natural tourism in China is favored by many tourists from various countries. How not, every place is well guarded and has a very extraordinary appeal. It was as if the surrounding mountains or hills came out from within the painting. Aish has long wanted this country to visit. Um, who could resist such a big attraction?

"Of course you can, baby. Wherever you want to go, I don't care. I am willing to follow you. As long as you are by my side and never get out of my eyes, then you can go anywhere. Now that these two countries are up, where are you going again?"

Aish thought for a long time, but still did not find an interesting place for him.

"I don't know, maybe this is enough. We're going to visit 4 countries, so I don't think we need to travel anymore." Just after Aish finished speaking, Habib immediately lifted her bridal style.

"Good, it's time for worship."

Aish panic.

"But..but is it still morning?"

Habib smiled broadly, "At 10pm, which could be called morning. Come, the Messenger of Allah sleeps before 10 pm, we as his people must follow the example of the Prophet."

Aish immediately turned her head towards the wall clock in their room. Right, it'll be 10 in a minute. Aish did not expect that their short talk had already taken nearly two hours!

"Ah. it's up to Khalid."

Aish knows that he's over. But she wondered what she had done that made her husband so aggressive?

Is it because the demand is too much?