Bridal Flowers
Season II: Part 18
"Mira.ya Allah today I am very happy to know." Safira was screaming in the room and happily jumped on the bed.
Seeing it this way Mira became horrified by herself for fear of seeing the bed suddenly collapsed. Although not fat but the energy of thin people can not be underestimated, the fact is that people who are not fat is much stronger than people who are fat.
"Can you be a little calmer, when the bed falls, Safira!" Mira called out in panic. He tried to pull Safira's hand down to secure the nostalgic bed.
Sapphira said nothing and obediently got out of her bed. But even though he had gone down, Safira was still not satisfied with his feelings of pleasure that he wanted to vent. So Sapphira held both hands of Mira and continued her euphoria which had been delayed.
Mira did not want to disappoint Sapphira and by being happy she served Safira's euphoria. They circled around the room and ended up lying tired and dizzy on their respective beds. Hem, this is a very tiring activity but for some reason when they laugh together the tiredness is itself gone.
"You were very active earlier I was so doubtful if you were fasting or not." Energy and Sapphira are like someone who does not fast and that makes Mira become overwhelmed by it.
Safira laughed sillyly, rarely seeing him act silly like this. Mira thought that there might be some really wonderful good news approaching her best friend, talking about the happy news could it be that the two Safira parents will be back soon?
But isn't it not 10 days since their departure to perform Umrah.?
Is Annisa pregnant? But, isn't this too soon because their marriage just hasn't been in 2 weeks. But this could be because Mira actually does not know too much about the phases of female pregnancy. Well, even though she's a girl but she's not that cool to find out about this privacy thing.
Then, if this wasn't because of both her parents and Annisa, was this about Saqila?
Saqila, could it be that he has been able to go home and join the others? If so, then it is only natural that Sapphira is this. He was very different when happy, as if his annoying cold mask he threw away somewhere.
"Ah.. I don't know, I'm not sure I can have this much power either." Sighing in relief, both of his hands raised up to touch his chest. Feeling the pounding of his heart very quickly despite repeatedly trying to neutralize it. It would keep ticking fast if he remembered the short chat with Aldo shubuh earlier.
"When recalling his handsome smiling face this heart kept beating fast. He can't stop even if I try to neutralize him, and do you know Mira?" Safira turned her gaze to look at Mira, trying to channel how happy she was now.
"Hem?" Mira replied as empty.
So he was happy because Aldo, ah. stupidly Mira did not have time to think about this. They were in a state of falling in love so to act silly like this was very common.
"Even though my heart was moving fast but it didn't hurt at all. It was so sweet and pleasant, I suddenly missed seeing him again." He said again while carrying his gaze staring at the ceiling of their room.
Usually Safira will feel very bored with the scenery that's it but at this time somehow this scene is actually very attractive to his eyesight. If falling in love can make the days more colorful then Sapphira prays that Allah makes her feel in love every day.
The days will definitely be very interesting and not boring!
Mira smiled lightly, along with staring at the ceiling of their room. "It must have been a lot of fun, right?" He knew it because a few days ago he felt it. The feeling of unbearable pleasure, the world seemed to make things easier.
"Well, it feels so good and I'm sure you're feeling it right now." Safira finds out that Mira is also in love with Ali, the new ustad assigned to the discipline. Since they were in the same position somehow it felt much more excited for Safira.
Gawking slowly, Mira did not immediately respond to Sapphira's guess because as Safira said earlier he did feel it but it was yesterday and today of course not.
"So what happened to Aldo?" Tanya Mira switched the conversation between the two of them.
Safira of course did not know if this topic was to distract him, "Before sahur we had a short chat." Safira's story begins to recall what happened a few hours ago.
Because it was too cool to remember unconsciously his hand grabbed a soft bolster pillow that always accompanied his days in the boarding school.
"We talked about the incident 2 years ago and I also at that time expressed my sorry concern that I had not had time to say at that time. Then Aldo said it wasn't my fault but it was his fault that he wasn't careful when walking." Little laugh full of pleasure, Sapphira hugged her bolsters very tightly.
"I was actually very surprised to know that he still remembered the details of that time because I thought Aldo would forget them easily. But it turned out that Aldo had not forgotten about it at all and remembered it in great detail!"
Mira gave a small smile, in her heart she said that of course Aldo would remember her because it was the beginning of his meeting with Sapphira. Early on they met and secretly liked each other, who would want to forget that beautiful start?
"And did you know Mira, she told me that she had heard a lot about me over the past two years from Mas Gio. Ah... Mira, this is too much.I was actually carried high up. How is this, during these two years he has been finding out about me from Mas Gio. I was so nervous when I found out and again, why did Mas Gio never say anything about Aldo? Instead of explaining to me who Aldo was, Mas Gio instead let me wallow in a misunderstanding." Safira said at length between joy and complaint against Gus Gio. But Mira knew even though Safira was upset with Gus Gio deep down she was very happy with the surprise.
Mira is also not too surprised to know that Aldo is secretly looking for information from Gus Gio Safira because well obviously it will happen because normally people who are in love will work hard to find information of people he likes.
"Thank God Safira, hearing that I am so calm because Aldo has also been secretly searching for information about you. Hah, after Annisa and Nanda go to the top of the guarantee, now you will catch up with them in a moment. I'm a little lonely." And a little jealous.
Unfortunately this last word was only he said in his heart. He was jealous and it was natural to see his best friend and love united, of course, creating a deep ripple in his heart.
"Hem, but this is all because you're Mira. If you hadn't called me then maybe I wouldn't have gotten a better chance than this. Mira, thank you." Mira was his helper and because of Mira, Sapphira was able to meet with Aldo sahur earlier. Hem, although they had a brief chat, the meaning Aldo had conveyed to him was very deep. Safira was really happy every time he thought about it.
Mira smiled faintly, "You don't need to thank me because as a friend it's my duty." His speech sounded very calm, calm until it felt strange when it came to Safira's hearing.
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The time had already shown it almost at 3pm and it was time for them to pick vegetables in the cottage garden. At first many people were against this idea because the weather was very hot on a typical day. However, today the weather is friendly for everyone because it starts to cloudy and the air becomes humid.
"The weather today is very good, neither is it hot nor is it raining." Said Safira casually judging which was directly approved by Mira as well.
"Hem, this way we'll be easy to pick the vegetables."
Not wanting to wait any longer Safira and Mira finally began to carry out their duties. Because the cottage garden is very spacious and the santri have begun to work so they both choose to visit a place that has not or rarely santri. If most santri gather in one garden then it is certain that in the next 2 or 3 days their iftar food is just that vegetable.
"Hey Safira, why don't we just catch some fish in the river? I think it'll at least be a lot of fun let alone our rivers clear and shallow." So they should not be afraid to go down to the river because the river flow of the boarding school is very clean and clear, plus it is not at all deep and very shallow.
"Good idea Mir, since many others take and then we'll find fish in the river." Safira did not resist even being quite happy with Mira's suggestion. As a home-based woman she felt challenged to try to catch fish, whether it could or not it depended on her efforts so she was eager to try.
"Yes, now we better get to the river before time is wasted."
They then directly moved towards the river not far from where they were standing. Walking closer to the river, they could hear the gentle and calm flow of the river that calmed his hearing.
Alas expected, to the river is the best choice for Mira. There he could calm himself who had felt an uncomfortable atmosphere in his heart. Playing with the flow of water was Mira's real goal, but because of this her personal problem she vaguely used the excuse of catching fish as a disguise to interest Sapphira. Unexpectedly, Safira apparently also agreed without waiting a long time.
Step by step approaching the river, the two of them could hear the sounds of some people who were busy looking for fish in the river. Unexpectedly, it turns out that not only those who want to catch fish but it turns out many also have this idea. Making Sapphira who was listening to this commotion became even more interested in descending into the river.
And sure enough, when they got in front of the river they found many people who were excited to catch fish. Actually not as many people in the garden but still this still looks quite crowded. Well, actually there are rarely people who want to play with water so only a few people are in the river. Even so, most of them are boarding school staff and some students who let their clothes get wet.
Surprised, this was not Mira's hope to come here. He thought the river was not this crowded but in fact quite crowded. Even so, most of them are staff members of the boarding school so that Mira's mind is fixed on the figure of Aldo.
That... couldn't it not be that Aldo was here?
Thinking about it made Mira afraid and subconsciously wanted to turn her body to return to the garden only. However, before he could do so a heavy yet calm voice intruded his mind.
"You guys here too?" Tanya's voice managed to spur Mira's heartbeat to move quickly and panic. Even his knees were somehow unable to move and felt limp.
"Eh.. Mr. Aldo.." Safira was also surprised to see the arrival of the person he liked but as fast as lightning he instantly fixed his facial expression to become calmer.
Aldo smiled in response to Safira's shy call, nodded his head in response to Aldo's calm gaze then turned to look at Mira's red face in front of him.
"Want to join the fishing team?" Ask Aldo lightly to Mira.
Mira was initially quite surprised, raising her head in shame as well as scared, Mira then nodded her head in response.
"But it depends on Sapphira." Doubtful Mira while turning her attention looked at Safira, asking for her opinion.
Safira of course did not refuse and instead was quite happy with Aldo's offer to the two of them.
Ah, seeing this shy side of Safira made Mira instantly realize. His presence here is as a third party and disturbing, so for the convenience of them both Mira plans to keep her distance from them.
Aldo smiled again, "Good, then carefully lower your feet into the river. There are a lot of slippery rocks inside so you have to be careful when stepping." Aldo's sweat told him as he took his steps back to give Sapphira and Mira a place to climb their feet into the river.
Hearing Aldo's warning, Mira and Sapphira reluctantly lowered their legs as well. Bringing their feet up the right riverbed so as not to slip. Initially, there was no problem with the two of them when they just went down to the river and Aldo was also relieved to see it. However, when Mira drags her feet forward and intends to start her small plan suddenly her feet slip from the slippery rock that she is pecking and suddenly make her fall into the river.
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But before that happens there is a strong hand that catches Mira's slender waist, trying to keep her from falling into the river. It was Aldo's plan, but the facts say otherwise. Although it managed to reach Mira it could not make Mira fall but instead dragged Aldo also into the river water.
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The two of them together went into the river water, making all the pairs of eyes that were there distract them staring at Mira and Aldo who were soaked by the river water.
Mira is shocked and involuntarily grabs Aldo's arm as a sign of seeking refuge. When he fell into the river Mira did not feel any pain because his body was hit by Aldo, but instead he felt protected because even though he fell he did not directly hit the rocks of the river bed that would feel very painful when touching.
"Mira, are you okay?" Aldo asked frantically as he pulled Mira's waist carefully and helped her get up from the water. But the movement was stopped by Mira before Aldo managed to pull her up.
"My clothes are all wet, so I can't get up in this state." Mira said nervously mixed in embarrassment while lowering her hand from Aldo's arm. He was well aware if the situation was currently being noticed by many pairs of eyes so it was not good to wake up in a state of shrinking clothes to stick to his body so as to give the impression of showing curves that should be secret!
Mira was also afraid that Sapphira misunderstood him and Aldo so much that she quickly removed her hand from Aldo's strong arm.
Hearing Mira's rejection, Aldo understandingly releases his hand from Mira's waist and immediately wakes up to ask for help to the others.
"Ah, kain.I'll find the cloth first." Realizing from her daydream, Sapphira then frantically wanted to immediately look for a cloth to cover Mira from the attention of many people. But before he could bring his steps up there was someone else who threw Aldo a large towel.
"Be careful when you wake up." Aldo instructed Mira to raise her body slightly higher than water. Aldo does this so that the towel does not come into too much contact with water, it is enough clothes Mira that will make it wet.
Following Aldo's orders, Mira then carefully got up from her seat and immediately felt a cloth covering her back. Bending her head down, Mira was too afraid to look at Aldo's face because it felt like it was too close for her.
"Safira," Call Aldo quickly after covering Mira with the towel in his hand earlier.
"Eh, huh?" Safira replied looking a bit absentminded.
"Please help Mira get upstairs and bring her back to her room to get changed right away." Aldo asks for her help so that Mira can change her clothes immediately. This he immediately wanted to do because Mira is currently in a fasted state that can automatically be guessed if her stomach is empty. Wet on an empty stomach, of course, susceptible to flu.
"Yes, of course." Safira immediately responded. Holding Mira's arm, Sapphira then carefully guided Mira up the land again. Leaving the river in a state of confusion and panic.
Sapphira is restless because it is logically impossible for Mira to step over him as a friend, right?
Mira couldn't possibly be as evil as it wanted to stab her in the back but why was it that when seeing Mira and Aldo's interaction in the Safira river felt such a strange and threatened feeling? It was as if Mira had a certain meaning to Aldo. Not only that, when Sapphira noticed when in the river earlier Aldo's eyes will always shine gently when talking to Mira. Very soft and gives the impression if there is only Mira in his view, but...this is only the feeling of Safira is not it?
Jealous of seeing the sudden closeness of Mira and Aldo in the river makes him unknowingly panic and doubt his own best friend, it is the worst thing. Hem, why does Safira hesitate?
Didn't Aldo signal that he liked Sapphira too?, Right, Safira shouldn't be acting this strange!
Unlike Safira who thought in panic, Mira was actually secretly immersed in her bitter sweet thoughts. He could still clearly remember even the feeling of a strong hand touching him could still be felt on his waist. Not only that, Mira also still remembers with a strong arm that he had held earlier and Mira also still remembers with a soothing fragrance that belongs to Aldo. It was like the fragrance of a refreshing and soothing Pine tree.
Recalling everything that happened in the river, Mira subconsciously tightened the towel she had in her hand. Glancing at Mira who looked dazed from the corner of her eyes, secretly the happiness that had flared up earlier shrank and extinguished by itself.
I acted silly again, almost building up vain hopes and ruining my friendly relationship with Sapphira. After all, Aldo really liked Sapphira so I shouldn't have expected anything from this incident.
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After cleaning up, Mira then put herself on the bed. Pulling a warm blanket that he often uses to hug in order to feel warmth.
"Safira I'm sorry, I messed up your meeting with Aldo." After a long time of thought, Mira apologized to Safira about the incident in the river. If only he had been careful then maybe Sapphira and Aldo could have been closer to getting to know each other.
Safira smiled lightly, although at first he was disturbed but he understood that Mira also did not want it to happen.
"You don't have to apologize for anyhow this happened by accident. Maybe when we meet next time there will be time to talk together like when sahur last night." Maybe at other times he could get a better chance. As for Mira, Safira did not want to think too much about today's events because in hindsight Mira had helped her to get closer to Aldo.
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"Assynogaal?" The sound of knocking on the door and the greeting of a woman stopped Mira's speech. Glancing at Safira who looked lethargic, Mira decided to open the door herself.
"Let me just." Mira said taking the initiative to see Safira who would soon wake up from her sleep. Safira said nothing and just nodded her head in response.
Opening the door of the room, there was already a young woman standing in front of him. It looks like this woman came from the information department staff.
"Waalaikumussalam, who are you looking for?" Ask Mira politely.
The woman smiled kindly to Mira, "I'm looking for a girl named Mira, her family wants to talk to her."
The family?
Could it be your mom or dad?
"Oh, that's with my own Ma'am. Then I say goodbye to my roommate before I leave." After getting approval from the woman, Mira then entered and exit to Safira. After getting a quick response Safira, he immediately went out and walked towards the information affairs office with the woman.
On the way there, there was a confused and bitter feeling that he felt. Inwardly he wondered, why after 4 years did they finally contact him here? Usually Mira is the one who always took the initiative to contact them every year. But this time they took the initiative first, has something happened at home?
"Please." Once he got to the office, there was another woman waiting for him. With a friendly and polite smile the woman gave Mira the phone she had held.
"Thank you." Reply Mira did not forget with her gentle smile.
"Hello, assalamualaikum?" Mira started the chat after placing the phone handle to her ear.
"Waalaikumussalam Mira, this is Mama." A soft yet full of fatigue voice sounded from across there.
"Yes Ma, what's wrong?" Mira asked awkwardly, it was strange that he was acting as affectionate as a mother and child to his mother.
Because their relationship is not that good.
"Mama doesn't want to make small talk and you should know."
Mira chose to be quiet and not answer.
"Mama called you this time because she wanted you to come home soon. It's time you stopped volunteering there and went back home. Look, everybody's back together now and they miss you, too."
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