The Love of Habib
Chapters 7.1

"Well, I'm not sure about this either. The human heart is hard to guess." Aish muttered while looking at the vast expanse of bright sky that lay before him.

He suspected that the girl might have overheard his conversation with Habib Khalid last night, but this was just a random guess and he couldn't confirm it now.

It was not felt when their feet finally reached the front gate of the dormitory. From their current position, they could see if there were a lot of santriwati sitting under the moonlight to study. They look very diligent and often discuss with a sitting friend to talk about the lessons they learned again.

"I don't think we'd better go back first." Bisik Gisel felt his teeth ache to see and hear the santriwati review the lesson.

"yeah. Why don't we sit here and enjoy the moonlight while waiting for the dormitory to close." Take Dira to Aish and Gisel.

"Good idea. Well, just sit there. The grass over there is so lush and thick that our asses won't get hurt." Said Gisel Ngasal who was immediately rewarded with crisp laughter the three of them.

They chose a comfortable place before sitting down to see how beautiful the sky was tonight.

"Siti said from tonight until the exam is over, our dorm will sell snacks that everyone can enjoy to learn not to spend money." Gisel suddenly recalled Siti's words earlier this afternoon.

The food booth suddenly opened next to the dormitory building this afternoon. He said the food booth is only there when the cottage children are testing to facilitate the needs of the cottage children while studying. Pondok pesantren understand very well when some people need food while studying hard and even standby to provide it. The price of the goods was impressed cheap and not much different from out there which is very helpful to everyone.

"Huh, I can finally settle for good food."

Aish smiled amusedly.

"Yes, you bought some food. Oh yeah," he took something out of his gaming bag and took out some red sheets of banknotes.

"This is love to Siti. Ask him to buy some food to fill the stomach. The rest you can use to buy anything there."

Gisel's expression instantly became overexcited. He took the money and pulled Dira away after saying thank you. They went into the dorm yard and immediately turned to the food booth which was quite crowded because many people were shopping to buy snacks or warm fried foods.

Hem, the smell is very tempting.

But before the action they first called Siti who was busy discussing with room friends. They were talking about a lesson in Arabic that Gisel and Dira did not understand.

"What is this money for?" Gisel suddenly gave him 300,000 dollars.

"Aish said you could use this money to buy snacks." After a short reply, Dira pulled Gisel into the food booth for shopping.

Leaving Gisel and some roommates who had not had time to say anything.

"It... Aish is very considerate." Whisper one of the amazed friends.

Siti stared at the shock of the money in her hands. Let alone them, he was no more shocked and did not expect Aish to be so attentive to him.

Smiling softly, she then stood up from her seat.

"Let's go shopping and buy other friends food. They must be getting excited to learn if there is a accompanying snack." Take it to his friends.

His friends are also happy to hear Siti's invitation but they are also self-conscious when the money Aish loves Siti. They may ask for a share because the money is not their right.

"I don't think so, Siti. This sustenance of God's love for you is kept rather than wasted." Said one of my bad friends.

"Thank God, this sustenance is God's mercy for us. Believe it or not Aish actually wants you all to buy snacks. But he might be embarrassed to talk to you guys because he's still not familiar. So for the shortcut he gave me this trust to convey to you."

He probably guessed what Aish wanted. Whether this is true or not, Siti did not have to think too much about it. After all he was carrying out good deeds and not sins, so what to think about.

"Really?"

"God willing, Aish is a very good man."

Again their impact on Aish improved. The kindness for good that Aish showed made their hearts soften naturally. There was admiration as well as jealousy that shone in the hearts of some people. Jealous maybe because for that guy Aish was too lucky. Hem, lucky for everything that no one else has. But is he really that lucky?

...***...

Speaking of luck, Aish Kimi was thinking about it seriously. Because once Dira and Gisel went to the dorm yard to shop, Aish suddenly met - ah, rather approached by the habib Khalid and some men who were on patrol, Aish suddenly met - ah, among those people Aish knew only the habib Khalid and Danis, seniors who had always followed the habib Khalid wherever he went.

"Assynogaal?" Salam habib Khalid stopped his steps several meters away from Aish.

Whether intentional or not, the santri who patrolled with Habib Khalid immediately scattered into the fields beside the dormitory, leaving behind habib Khalid and Danis who are now standing right beside a shady tree that disguises their existence.

From this position the santriwati in the yard will not be able to see them because it is covered with tree bushes, plus the place is rather dark and less affordable light dormitory lights.

"Wa-waalaikumussalam, habib." Reply Aish nervously.

Well, what luck day is being discounted? Inner Aish was astonished to be pleased as well.

He immediately stood up from his seat while fixing the crease of his matted robe.

Seeing his hasty actions, habib Khalid could not disguise the faint light within his eyes.

"What are you doing here?" Habib Khalid asked a question.

Aish clenched her hands in embarrassment.

"I'm waiting for Gisel and Dira to return..." Aish answered nervously.

Ugh, he just missed habib Khalid and now they meet. He thought tonight would pass with a dull rhythm but who knows if his heart's adrenaline is being tested.

"Are you not learning?" Ask Danis blank.

While all the students and students are busy studying, they even go out and relax here?

Aish replied hesitantly, "We do not know what to learn because we do not understand the reading or writing in the book." Aish is so embarrassed.

He did not even dare to raise his head to meet directly with the eyes of the habib. Aish was afraid that Habib Khalid would be angry.

But inversely proportional to his fear, habib Khalid did not react strongly. He was still staring at Aish with his usual calmness, as peaceful as the water in the undulating lake.

"I'm not sure you'll be confused as to what to learn." Habib Khalid then walked a few steps forward, lifting the black paper bag that had been held in his right hand to be tied to the rope in one of the tree branches.