Behind Aisha's Veil

Roomless

"I have to go to the Hospital now" Alvian said as they reached his apartment.

Aisha just nodded small.

"My room is right over there." Alvian pointed to a room not far from there.

Aisha immediately pushed her suitcase towards the opposite room from the one her husband pointed at, leaving Alvian astonished to frown.

"I told you my room was over there." An irritated Alvian held Aisha's suitcase with her hands.

"This means my room" Aisha replied pointing to the room in front of her,

"This is the guest room" Alvian said in an annoyed tone.

Aisha suddenly lifted her face, for the first time venturing to see Alvian's face.

"I'm also a guest, too" Aisha replied a little cynically as she looked at her husband's face.

The two stared at each other.

Alvian looked closely at the two beads of Aisha's eyes, because only that part was visible, the look of her eyes were beautiful and soothing but look soft and swollen and emit a million sorrows.

"We can't share a room, right?" aisha asked with a trembling voice as it held back her cries.

Alvian looked more and more into Aisha's soft eyes that were now glazed.

"No," Alvian replied as she turned her gaze in the other direction for some reason she felt unable to bear the sight of Aisha's now tearful eyes.

Aisha pushed her suitcase back to enter the room in front of her, while Alvian watched from behind, until she disappeared behind the door.

But Alvian was still there, until he heard Aisha locking the door from the inside.

'What is this marriage so painful for him?' alvian murmured in his heart.

***

...When a man says 'I accept his marriage' on a marriage contract it means he says that I am ready to accept the responsibility of serving my wife, protecting her and loving her......

Aisha stopped typing, rereading the words from the sentence she had written on her laptop.

He then threw his body on the back of the chair, took a deep breath and slowly threw it away while continuing to spell back his writing.

Writing has become a hobby of his childhood, a few years ago he began to channel his hobby of writing on blogs, writing several articles mostly about Islamic studies of Muslim women.

His writing skills and knowledge of Islam are qualified to make his articles liked and read by many people, especially women, so that it became an impetus for him to continue writing which he considered also as his way to broadcast the religion of Islam.

Ahead of her wedding yesterday, Aisha started writing about the meaning of marriage, starting from ta'aruf and the wife of shalihah. Therefore, in theory Aisha knows exactly her duties and rights as a wife, but what the destiny of Allah SWT test it with Alvian.

Alvian married him only because of his piety to his parents, there was no intention in him to carry out the important meaning of the ijab qobul that he had recited.

Aisha let out a sigh, she stood up from her chair, walked over to the glass window and saw the clear view of the city at night from her room.

Glittering lights appear to glitter from all corners of the city that looks beautiful does not eliminate his longing for his hometown, his hometown, Aisha longs for the atmosphere of Pondok Pesantren at night boisterous sound of the santri are teaching and memorizing.

He's been here for a week, spending a lot of time in this room, only occasionally going out just to cook and eat, clean the house and wash clothes.

Where's Alvian's husband?

I don't know! Aisha heard only a few times late at night once her husband came home, and early in the morning she was gone again

Never the two of them meet each other, communicate only through a memo attached to the refrigerator door, and it's only about the needs of the kitchen.

Alvian met all the kitchen needs that he ordered through online delivered directly by the courier, although in fact never once he ate at home. Aisha had cooked food for her, early in the morning before she left for work the food was neatly arranged on the dining table, but Alvian did not touch her at all, just glanced at her not to mention eating her.

Aisha, who has now been able to compromise her heart and mind, has begun to accept the state of her household which is very far from her expectations. Patience and sincerity are now his daily friends.

***

Anita gave Alvian a coughing glass of water.

"I don't know," Alvian replied after drinking.

"Why suddenly ask?" alvian looked at Anita.

Anita smiles.

"It's okay! I just want to know."

Alvian kept the spoon, it seemed like he was already in no mood to continue eating it.

"Patience, it's only been a year" Alvian said, holding Anita's hand.

Anita nodded with a smile.

"Yes." Yeah."

The two looked at each other.

"Oh yes. Have you never seen his face?" ask Anita curious.

Alvian immediately shook his head.

"No."

"What if she's so pretty?"

"I don't care."

"The money is still young."

"I don't care either."

"Oh yeah?" Anita did not believe it while smiling.

Alvian nodded. Both are back in touch.

Some people quietly watched them, most of them nurses who were also eating in the hospital cafeteria.

They feel jealous of the doctor's partner, in addition to the intimacy they always show also because the two are a very harmonious couple

Doctor Alvian, the surgeon's specialist was famous for being a handsome and friendly doctor, everyone loved it. Not infrequently secretly many coworkers such as nurses who like and idolize it. But who dares to speak because everyone knows if the idol has had a lover who has been dating him for quite a long time, about five years ago, he is Doctor Anita, who is the doctor, content specialists who are also as perfect as the lover, beautiful face, clean skin and slim body.

Meniti careers together make the relationship between the two more closely, although both are busy but both are committed to their relationship so do not be surprised if it can survive until now.

Alvian's marriage had made the relationship falter, Anita broke their relationship despite knowing that the lover was only forced to marry another woman because of his parents.

But Alvian, who does not want to lose, continues to convince Anita not to leave him, until Anita returns to him because Alvian convinced him that after a year he will divorce Aisha.

"The woman was also forced to marry me, she wanted a divorce after one year."

"Why? Is it because she's the same as you already had her own choices?" ask Anita curious.

"Eitherway. But it might be like that" replied Alvian while recalling when he saw Aisha's eyes that looked sad and swollen.

"That's right. What Anita said was right. The woman also did not want to be married because she had her own choice," Alvian murmured in her heart confidently.