
The stars have been present with the night wind to fill the dark night. The voice of the Adhan isyak has been reverberating since a few tens of minutes ago, the obligation of four rakaat was completed.
Intan pecked himself in front of the mirror while humming. He was preparing before filling a tilawah class at the pesantren. For one year he has been active in the pesantren with Isna. This made him meet with Rahma more often.
"My wife looks so pretty tonight!" aji said after observing the activities of his wife.
Intan only smiled after hearing the chatter from Aji. She did not answer Aji's words because she was focusing on wearing a hijab. It has become a habit of Aji, disturbing Intan who is preparing to go to the boarding school.
"what about my card this morning? you likey?" aji asked after standing behind Intan's body. He did not take his eyes off the sweet face seen in the mirror before him.
"the color is nice, calm but challenging," replied Intan without looking at her husband, "but it doesn't seem like I'm the one who likes it, but Mas' right?" this time Intan stared at the face that was hiding in the curve of his neck.
"Fright! you are a smart wife!" said Aji with a sensual voice.
Intan moves her body so that Aji immediately moves away because he must immediately go to the boarding school, "Gus, I go to the boarding school first, nggih!" pamit Intan with a face made as sweet as possible.
Aji only chuckled after hearing the wife's words. Not to forget he landed a kiss on Intan's forehead before coming out of the room, "good luck, my wife!" said Aji before Intan closed the door.
Intan immediately swung a step towards the pesantren, he walked alone towards the pesantren. Every day he met Rahma, they did not communicate as much as Intan communicate with other students. I don't know why he feels uncomfortable if he is close to the girl.
"Assalamualaikum ..." said Intan after entering the room. He developed his smile when he looked at the santri who had been sitting neatly on the carpet.
The lesson of the recitations has begun. Intan began chanting the holy verses with a sweet voice. The longer the Intan sound the higher, making anyone creep when they hear it.
"Has a matter of fact, Gus Aji chose her as his wife, it turned out that she was perfect!" murmured Rahma in her heart with a view that could not be separated from Intan.
Rahma smiled faintly when she saw Intan's patience while guiding her students. He is very painstaking although many have not been able to imitate the tone as exemplified.
"i can't possibly win against her even if I have a more beautiful face than her." Once again Rahma muttered in her heart after her mind breezed away somewhere.
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Aji closed his laptop after he finished checking the assignments sent by e-mail. He put the laptop on the bed and immediately went out of the room to meet ummi Sarah in his room.
One by one the stairs have been passed by Aji, now he arrived in front of Sarah's ummi room. Aji knocked on the door first before opening it. Aji's lips curled just like that when she saw ummi Sarah sitting leaning on the bed with her hands holding the prayer beads.
"Mi, can Aji come in?" asked Aji who was still standing in the doorway.
"of course, come in, son!" ummi Sarah waved her hand at Aji and after that she patted the bed at his side.
Aji sat on Sarah's side, without being told to massage Sarah's left leg. It made the baby-beak woman smile happily.
"Where to go, Mi?" aji asked after a few minutes of silence.
"You're meeting guests outside. Why why anyway? you need to be the same?" ask ummi Sarah.
"No Mi," Aji replied as she shook her head slowly.
"Mi, don't mind too much to recover quickly!" said Aji while straightening his face to look at ummi Sarah.
"ummi didn't think of anything, son! it's time to get sick" said ummi Sarah in a soft voice.
"ummi must be healthy yes, so that she can carry her son Aji someday," said Aji while looking at ummi Sarah with her shady eyes.
Sarah's ummi heart rhythm suddenly irregular after hearing Aji's speech. There is a sense of haru that pierced the heart of ummi Sarah when she saw the look in the eyes of her son who was expecting something that he had not obtained so far.
"Ji ..." said ummi Sarah in a soft voice.
"why Mi?" asked Aji without looking at ummi Sarah, he was focusing on massaging the soles of the feet of ummi Sarah.
"can ummi say something?" ask ummi Sarah with a view that can not be separated from Aji.
Aji straightened her face, she looked at ummi Sarah with a million curiosities in her chest, "what's wrong, Mi?" Aji stops her hand and she moves closer to ummi Sarah.
Umm Sarah suddenly silenced, she again hesitated to say her wish. But his heart couldn't bear to hold all this for much longer.
"Ummi wants you to get married again, so that you immediately have children from other women," said ummi Sarah while turning her eyes in another direction.
Deg. Aji's heart stopped beating hearing Sarah's ummi. He was stunned because he did not believe the statement made ummi Sarah. She was suddenly sad because she imagined it.
"Polygamy isn't so bad, son. Polygamy is permitted in religion. Ummi and Ning Firda you are still happy despite having honey. Ummi believes that you can be fair to your wives later" said Ummi Sarah while rubbing Aji's arm.
Aji just kept quiet, he couldn't answer the mother's words. How can the woman who gave birth to him in this world tell him to polygamy. Even at the tip of the nail there is no intention in Aji's heart to share his love with other women.
"Sorry Mi, Aji can't do polygamy like Abah and Mas Sholeh. Aji just wants to live with Intan until old age because the marriage is not just about children, Mi. Aji can still get happiness from things, Mi," Aji said as she looked at ummi Sarah.
Umm Sarah let out a long sigh after hearing the rejection from Aji. He knew this answer was what he would hear. But as a mother, ummi Sarah also had to organize the future of her son
"Ji, what if your wife can't get pregnant next? you won't be able to have offspring, son!" said ummi Sarah with a view that can not be separated from Aji, "Rahma is willing to be your second wife, she can give you offspring, son! so, according to Ummi, marry Rahma." a sentence that makes Aji's feelings even more awkward.
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