The Love of Habib
Chapters 7.3

"Enak, yeah. Why I just found out try this kayak snack tastes good." Dira took a still warm risol and chewed it drunk.

Ugh, he likes this food.

"If it's good, eat it as much. You know, the dormitory canteen is only opened when the school exam only." Said Gisel also felt drunk by knowing the contents that had just been lifted from the frying pan, hot but delicious. So he couldn't stand to let go.

"Eh, that's a bag?" Dira's attention was suddenly diverted.

He saw something hanging on a tree branch. From where he sat he was sure if it was a bag?

Looking at the direction Dira pointed at, Aish immediately patted his head for forgetting something very important.

Then he immediately stood up and took the black paper bag that Habib Khalid had given him earlier.

When he saw Aish take the black paper bag carefully, Dira and Gisel's eyes immediately flashed curiously. They immediately surrounded Aish.

"Who is Aish from?" Dira asked casually but his eyes were already hot to drill the paper bag.

Aish lowered her head remembering the embarrassment that had crawled over her. Remembering it again made Aish's face warm up again. There was a red hue that began to expand on her beautiful charming face so that her charm increased.

"This.from Brother Khalid." Answer Aish flowers.

"Sister Khalid... You mean habib Thalib?" Ask Gisel guess.

Aish nodded her head lightly.

"Weird, not only are you just acquaintances, but I think you're really familiar?" Wonderful that Dira thought about it.

Basically Dira doubted the extent of this 'acquaintance' because he thought Aish and Habib Khalid had an ambiguous atmosphere every time they met. If it was just once, maybe he would ignore this feeling. But in fact this feeling is always there every time I see Aish and Habib Khalid meet. How could he not feel suspicious?

Moreover whenever they all meet, whether intentional or not, Khalid's focus must always be Aish. Though not only Aish there but the person who always habib Khalid asked the edges always Aish. Even sometimes Dira noticed that when habib Khalid spoke without mentioning Aish's name directly but his eyes would occasionally glance at Aish.

Isn't this suspicious?

"We are just acquaintances." Press Aish not to lie.

"So when we left you were here cool to meet your acquaintances, huh? Hah..I told you also what, here something has happened." Decak Dira taunting.

Aish ignored her taunts and pretended to look normal even though her heart was currently pounding back.

Aish then opened the black paper bag, took out some notebooks that had been marked with Arabic and writing.

"Lho?" Aish was shocked to see an additional small box inside the paper bag.

Brother Khalid never said anything about this box? Aish's mind was confused.

He took out the small box and opened it directly under the supervision of his friend's eyes. When opening the small box, their sense of smell was immediately greeted by the sweet but non-greasy fragrance of roses.

"It's a prayer bead for remembrance, right? But how sweet is it?!" Gisel asked in amazement at once in wonder.

He did not often - or rather had never used prayer beads for zikr. But he often saw this thing whether brought by school teachers, school friends, and there were also some at home. But he dared to swear if this was the first time he had seen and kissed this tasbih seharum.

"Try to kiss." Gisel took out a tasbih from the box while carrying the box closer to his nose.

"Sad, but very light."

"What time?" Dira took the box and kissed it.

After kissing her, Dira immediately switched to taking the prayer beads and comparing them.

"Eh yes, the fragrance in the box is lighter well than in the prayer beads."

Dira astonished after comparing the fragrance of the two. It can be ascertained if the source of the fragrance comes from the tasbih while the small box that became the container of beads is only infected.

"Habib Thalib bought where did yah, tasbihnya? If it smells like this, I want to buy dong."

Aish also had no idea where habib Khalid had bought this tasbih. With a hot face and a flowery heart, he took the prayer beads from Dira's hands. Hold it carefully while inhaling voraciously every fragrance that comes out of the beautifully polished wood grains.

"Hum..." His eyes closed comfortably looking drunk.

"Well, this is so sweet." Aish gum opium.

This tassel is very fragrant. It is as if there are thousands of red roses carved into the fine grains of prayer beads to give an illusion when this fragrance will never be endless even though it is continuously inhaled.

"Aish, you must be very happy now." Tempted Gisel when he saw Aish's face flushed again.

Ugh, Aish looks so embarrassed now.

"Happy then. This wong is given to you by acquaintances." Dira begins to follow Aish's teasing.

"Eh, yes time acquaintances can give valuable things to fellow acquaintances?" Gisel asked pretending to be confused.

Aish curled her lips looking very embarrassed. He did not know what to say and what to do in this situation. Because what they say is true if the introduction should not have this deep attention.

Em, this... Aish can't help but think about it anymore. There is hope that again wants to soar to a distant place. The hope of the sweetness that his heart felt now was also felt by that person...

What possible? Aish's mind stared at the night sky that stretched far away.

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An hour later they decided to return to the dormitory because it was outside a lot of mosquitoes. Even if their whole body is covered in a robe, but that cannot guarantee their skin will not be tainted by the naughty muzzle of a mosquito. So they decided to go into the dormitory.

Along the way to the hostel, Aish's fingers never stop stroking the beads on her wrists. Aish didn't want to lose this thing so she made it into a bracelet. And because the prayer beads were too long, Aish was forced to twist them into three pieces so as not to fall out of her hands.

This is the first Khalid habib-given item-no, probably the third after the fried rice and the books. But among these three items, somehow Aish felt this prayer be the most special. Perhaps it was because these beads were so fragrant, as if every grain had been soaked for a long time in the fragrance of roses.

"You go in first. I'm going to the bathroom for a second." Suddenly Gisel breaks Aish's mind.

"Eh, I'm with ya?" Tawar Dira's.