Behind Aisha's Veil

Thaw

Anita walked towards the car park with a slight contemplation, thinking about every word for word Aisha said to her.

Until finally he arrived in front of his car, when he was about to open the car door, he was shocked to find the front tire of his car flat.

Anita who was upset could only take a deep breath while looking at her watch, it was already five in the afternoon and she had to return to the Hospital immediately.

Anita leaned her body on the car, while picking up the phone in her bag, then called her subscription repair shop so she could come over to change her car tires.

While waiting, she reflected back on Aisha's words, leaning back she lowered her head, playing with one of her legs.

Then he saw the clothes he was wearing. He immediately stood up straight, while holding a short-handed shirt he wore, Anita then glazed over the car glass window in front of him, seeing his reflection with a shirt and a knee-length black skirt he was wearing.

Aisha's words that kept ringing in her ears, about the aura she was supposed to close, made her hold the open part of her hand, rubbing her hair, as well as her neck and chest, right away, by continuing to look Anita also tugging her skirt to be more down.

Suddenly he was shocked when someone came to him, even more shocked when he saw that the man was the man who had helped Lela, Zaidan.

Anita continued to see him even though the man did not look at her at all.

Seeing Zaidan who continued to walk towards him, making him then realize if the car where the glass was Zaidan's car, he who felt embarrassed immediately retreated to his car while misbehaving, he said, thought that the man must have seen what he had done.

"Is the car flat?" ask Zaidan to surprise Anita.

"D-yes."

Zaidan walked up to him while continuing to look at the flat tire of his car. He crouched down to check it out.

"Is there a spare tire?"

"There's."

Zaidan stood up.

"I'll help you change your car's tires." Zaidan will roll up his sleeves.

"no need. The repair shop is coming soon" Anita replied quickly.

"All right then."

Zaidan walked back to his car, while Anita picked up her ringing phone.

"What's? Could ask another doctor to handle it first, I might be late coming, my car tire deflated." Anita spoke frantically with someone on the other end of the phone.

He was increasingly panicked when the man told him that no other doctor could operate at this time.

Zaidan who was about to open his car door was immediately stunned by accident hearing Anita's phone conversation.

"Come in. I'll take you to the hospital."

Anita shocked. He immediately shook his head.

"No need, I'll just take a taxi" he replied, putting his phone in a bag.

"It looks like there's a patient who really needs you Doctor Ma'am. Anyway at this hour it's gonna be hard to get a cab."

Anita was immediately stunned.

"Come in, I happen to be going to the hospital too."

Hearing that, Anita immediately thought that if indeed she should come with him because there are emergency patients who must be operated on immediately by him.

"alright. Thanks in advance."

Anita hesitantly opened the door of her car, and she went in and sat down without looking at Zaidan next to her.

Likewise with Zaidan, even though he actually felt uncomfortable because he had to be alone in the car with a woman who was not his mahram, but humanity made him temporarily put that aside, he said, this woman who he just found out is a doctor must immediately arrive at the Hospital because there are emergency patients who must be treated.

Along the way the two were silent, Zaidan drove with focus, never once glancing at Anita beside him. Likewise, Anita seemed a little uncomfortable with continuing to hold her skirt.

Anita knows that the man next to her does not like her, especially with his clothes that are not covered, besides himself she is also sure if Zaidan also feels uncomfortable with her.

"The skirt will not automatically become long even though you pull it continuously like that," said Zaidan suddenly made Anita shocked.

Anita pulled her hand. Glanced at Zaidan at a glance then turned his face towards the outer window.

"I'm just afraid you'll be uncomfortable with my clothes that aren't covered."

Zaidan smiled.

"So you're more afraid of me than of God?"

Anita immediately turned her face to look at Zaidan.

"I know what you mean, I know if I should have closed my letter, you don't have to tell me anymore. Aisha told me." Anita looks upset.

"It's lucky you have a friend who reminds you of kindness."

Anita was silent.

"What your friend said is true. You know the entrance wayyou could be from anywhere."

"What your friend also said if in Islam the woman shalihah is likened to beautiful jewelry, the more beautiful the jewelry, the tighter the care, not just anyone can see, hold and touch it, he said, not just anyone can have it either, only a decent person understands how to take care of it." Zaidan kept talking to her without ever seeing Anita.

Anita gasped at Zaidan's words to make him unconsciously continue to look at her.

"May you soon be a prayer woman who closes the aurat and keeps her eyes on it."

Anita turned her face away. Then she realized that they had arrived at the hospital.

He got out of the car in a hurry.

***

Aisha is on the phone with Siti's sister, they are talking about Siti's divorce process which is only in the mediation stage.

"Mas Yusuf still does not want to divorce his brother, but he still wants to divorce him."

"I support whatever you want, if you think divorced is the best way, then just do it."

"Yes. That's also what Ummi and Abah said, they support whatever brother's decision."

"I understand why Abah said that." Aisha sounds sad.

"What happened to Brother and Lela must have made Abah sad and traumatized. Abah has even told us if next we can choose our future husband."

Aisha fell silent, imagining that while her father was saying that to her two brothers, she must be in a state of self-blame.

They then ended the conversation, Aisha was then pensive while looking at the view of the city at night glittering by the colorful lights.

Suddenly he was startled by Alvian who hugged him from behind.

"Why daydream?"

Aisha who was sad took a deep breath, she then turned her body, telling her all the conversations with her sister earlier.

Alvian pulled his wife to sit on the sofa.

"I hope your two sisters aren't traumatized to get married and get married again."

"The longest worship is the household, the value is equal to half the religion, there are many benefits and rewards in it, by marrying to turn sin into reward, to turn haram into halal, to make it lawful, after marriage we will get a lot of rewards from everything we do."

"I'm sure my brothers don't want to miss that opportunity." Aisha looked at her husband.

"Are you looking at me like this, too, with your head?"

Aisha nodded with a smile.

Alvian held Aisha's hand.

"If it's like this?"

Aisha nodded back.

"If it's like this?" Alvian pulls Aisha into his arms.

Aisha is shocked, now they look at each other friendly.

Alvian then kissed his wife's cheeks as well.

"It's also a party, right?"

Aisha nodded with a smile.

Now his lips are smitten.

"That?" ask Alvian again.

"It was also a reward, but the reward was small" Aisha replied seriously.

"What's so big?" ask Alvian seriously.

"Having a husband and wife relationship is almsgiving and is a reward-rewarded good" Aisha replied seriously.

Alvian immediately took his wife. Walk towards their rooms.

"Let's do good and collect as much reward."