365 Days Towards Halal

105# Rest

Queen seemed to be complaining from behind her wheel. He was still circling in the car he was driving, looking for a pharmacy.

"Where is the pharmacy?" Queen muttered while looking to the right and left of the road she was traveling.

"Lagian Andra's father did ngundang Gunawan's father. Put on the show telling me to buy cigarettes and honey, what's the connection between cigarettes and honey try? You have to dance in two places. Gunawan's father couldn't just tell his aide, it told me to." Complaints again.

Suddenly, Queen's eyes were fixed on the sign that was plastered 500 meters from her.

"Ah, that's a pharmacy!" His murmur while smiling.

Queen also drove her car at medium speed to reach the pharmacy.

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The atmosphere has begun to melt because of the presence of Mother Farah. Raka already looks able to laugh even though it has not been so loose. He still maintains his attitude and continues to be careful with the answers thrown by his lover's parents.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry for the passing of your son" Andra's father said in a chat.

Raka was fixated for a moment, she did not expect that Queen had told her parents that she had had a child before with someone else.

"Thank you Om" said Raka with an awkward face.

"So you've been married before?" Ask Gunawan's father who doesn't know about Raka.

"Hmmmm, I'm sorry Om, it looks like I have to be honest. I have a son from my former lover. But I didn't know she was pregnant with my baby. However, she married someone else and left me. That was six years ago." Terang Raka's.

"Having a child of a lover?" Ask Gunawan's father.

Mother Farah looked awkward, she lowered her face deeply. Believed or not, Queen is also the child of the fault of Mother Farah and Father Gunawan in their past.

"Yes Om, I'm sorry. Maybe my past is so dark. Now, I have repented to everything that happened, and I have nothing to do with my ex-lover, even though she is divorced from her husband. I really want to start a new chapter in my life. I am determined not to repeat all the mistakes that have passed. Therefore, I want to expand my life as well as possible with Queen" explained Raka.

Gunawan's father looked at Andra's father and Mother Farah. All were silent, only able to look at each other.

"I know, it's not easy to accept people with dark pasts. But, I beg Mother and Om all, allow me to approach Queen, I promise I will not do the same to Queen. I won't touch it unless I justify it."

Queen's parents fell silent, they continued to stare at Raka who looked very earnest.

"If there is no blessing at this time, with humility and in the name of my love for Queen, please, give me a chance to prove that I have changed. I am getting closer to God. I know my mistake is unforgivable. But I really want to be a much better person. Including Queen is also the one who has led me in a better direction."

"Raka, no human being is never wrong. Most importantly, he wants to change and realize that mistakes are very expensive to pay. If you want to become a better human being, Mother supports. It should be like that" Mother said.

Andra's father and Gunawan's father remained silent. Especially Gunawan's father, he realized the story of Raka was exactly the same as him. The difference is, Raka's son has gone home, while he is still lucky to have the Queen until this moment, without being banned at all by Mother Farah to meet her baby.

Gunawan's father let out a long sigh and again patted Raka on the shoulder. This time he patted the young man's shoulder gently.

"Son, how much do you love my son?" Ask Gunawan's father.

Raka turned to her side, where Gunawan's father was sitting right by her side.

"I loved Queen, after I loved God and my Mother." Raka Teas.

Gunawan's father fell silent at Raka's reply.

"With me loving God first, then I will not do anything inappropriate to Queen. With me loving my Mother before Queen, then I will honor Queen as a woman." Raka Teas.

Gunawan's father and Andra's father also nodded in understanding. Then, they both smiled.

"You are a real man." Gunawan's Father.

Mother Farah looked at Gunawan's father, then she again lowered her gaze. However, he had felt like a woman who was affected, begging for certainty and lost self-esteem with the attitude of Gunawan's father, when he was pregnant with Queen, the fruit of love from both of them. But, it was all unnecessary he regretted, it was just that the memory was re-played in his memory.

"You can approach my son. But remember, don't linger. If you can, you immediately think about marriage and the future. Remember, my son is a very decent age for marriage." Firmly Gunawan's father.

Raka looked at Gunawan's father in disbelief, at first, he thought that his honesty would make it harder for him to get close to Queen. Apparently, the fruit of honesty is what actually softens the hearts of Queen's parents.

"real Om? Mother? Um?" Raka asked as she stared one by one at the Queen's parents.

Mother, Gunawan's father and Andra's father smiled and nodded simultaneously.

"Alhamdulillah... Thank you, thank God.Thank you, Mom and Dad.." Raka said as she rubbed her face with both palms.

"Ready Om!" Resolutely Raka while giving a military-style salute to Gunawan's father and Andra's father.

They all smiled sincerely, finally the blessing was obtained by Queen's parents. It turns out that reality is not as difficult as Raka's shadow, all made easy by God. Although he had felt like urinating in his pants because he had been at the gunpoint right in front of his face. However, it was all sweet, for the night before this day, Raka prayed in such a night, then before she departed to the Queen's house she returned to prayer and prayed to God, to be softened and opened the hearts of Queen's parents to him, and facilitated all his affairs on this day. Of course, it is not in vain, God always grants all his servants' requests, of course, requests that come from a sincere heart.

"Assalamualaikum," Queen stepped into the living room with a worried face.

"Waalaikumsalam" said everyone in the room.

Queen stared at the firearm on the table, then she looked at Raka's face that looked crisp.

"Raka, are you okay?" Queen asked as she put her groceries on the table.

"I'm fine, don't worry" Sahut Raka smiled sweetly at Queen.

Queen let out a long sigh and looked at her two Fathers with looks of annoyance.

"What else is this, where are there weapons?" Ask Queen while sitting next to Mother.

"There's nothing dear" said Mother.

"Lying ah.." Queen looked at Andra's father and Gunawan's father.

"Father go home first yes, thank you Queen, have bought Daddy cigarettes and honey" said Gunawan's father.

Queen looked at Gunawan's father with a look of disbelief.

"Well, if you want to go home fast, why did you tell Queen anyway?" Complain Queen.

Gunawan's father just laughed amusedly at his daughter who looked annoyed at him.

"Here, take Dad to the front. Oh yes, Farah, Andra, I say goodbye first," said Gunawan's father while greeting Mother Farah and Andra's Father.

"All right sir" said Andra's father.

"Raka, remember what I told you," Gunawan's father said, smiling at Raka.

"Okay Om, be careful Om," Sahut Raka as he greeted Gunawan's father.

Gunawan's father just smiled and welcomed Raka's hand.

"Assalamualaikum" he said before stepping out of the house.

"Waalaikumsalam," Sahut Mommy, Father of Andra and Raka.

Queen escorted Gunawan's father while holding his biological father's arm.

"Daddy, what the hell is Raka?" Queen asked curiously, as Gunawan's father was about to get into his car.

Gunawan's father smiled and kissed Queen's forehead gently.

"Dad just told him, please take care of Daddy's son. That's it," said Gunawan's father.

"Rhugehunt..." Said Queen in a voice that sounded spoiled.

"No, I'm not lying. Remember Queen, I love you very much, even if you are not home with Dad. After all, Dad is your real father who must be worried when a foreign man approaches you. But Raka is a good man. Now, I have no doubt, if you walk with her. But remember, stick to the religious law, never do anything bad with Raka, before she marries you,"

Queen was stunned and looked at Gunawan's father with teary eyes. He did not expect, if Gunawan's father would give blessing to Raka to approach him.

"Yes Dad" Queen said.

"Father go home first, if you can, you start thinking about marriage and the future. He's the right man for you" Gunawan's father said before he walked in and shut the door.

Queen only smiled, and waved her hand as Gunawan's father's car left her yard.

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"Only the person who feels he has sinned, is able to understand the faults of others, without judging the faults of that person." - De'rini-