Bridal Flowers

Season II: Part 21

Dea let out a long sigh after finishing her task. Staring around the kitchen that has been neatly made by him, from the heart he is far very grateful because with this busyness at least the time can be useful unlike the month of Ramadan last year.

"Dea, Ustad Ali is waiting for you outside." Rumi's voice distracts Dea. Smiling politely, Dea thanked Mbak Rumi before taking her step out of the kitchen.

Indeed, it has been almost 2 weeks iftad Ali came looking for him. However, because his arrival was always at the wrong time then their meeting continued to experience delays. Despite repeated delays, Ali remained persistent in his search, leaving Dea to wonder why Ali was so persistent in wanting to meet him?

This doesn't mean that Ali wants to marry her, does it?

Astagfirullah Dea! What are you thinking, God!. How could Ustad Ali want to marry you, after all.hah.kamu just heartbroken so thinking about this does not make you feel ashamed?

Stabilizing his emotions, Dea then glanced at the surrounding environment to find the existence of Ustad Ali.

"Assalamualaikum, Dea?" Ali's heavy voice caught Dea's attention.

Surprised, Dea nervously took her steps back a few steps. He didn't know if it turned out that Ali was right next to him, ah!

"Waalaikumussalam, justad." Dea answered politely while maintaining a reasonable distance with his interlocutor.

Smiling relieved to finally meet Dea in person, Ustad Ali did not mince words again to waste time and wanted to immediately talk about the important things that had ensnared him for several weeks. There is a feeling of fear and nervousness that haunts Ali at this time because he is not sure of Dea's response when he hears it later.

"What if we just sit here?" Tanya ustad Ali pointed to the chair that santri used to eat here.

Dea nodded directly, it is worth talking in a crowded place so as not to cause slander. Moreover, Ustad Ali is a famous person with a slogan do not approach before legalizing.

Putting himself on a chair a little far from Ali's, Dea's hands quietly crept into each other on the table while thinking about what topics Ali would talk to him about.

"Before, did you feel disturbed by my presence?" Tanya ustad Ali was nervous. If Dea answers yes, then Ustad Ali does not hesitate to cancel the conversation tonight and is ready to wait for the time when Dea is completely empty.

"I'm not at all bothered, oustad." Dea was not disturbed at all. He was only surprised because Ali was so eager to meet him.

Ali let out a sigh of relief, relaxed his body, and then straightened his sitting position as comfortable as possible so that Dea could not see how nervous he was now.

"Thank God, then" Leganya.

"I'll confirm something first before starting a serious conversation with you." Follow ustad Ali again with a careful tone of courtesy.

Dea nodded back, not too able to guess what it was about.

"Before entering this boarding school, have you ever attended S City High School?" Ali asked nervously, so afraid to see the expression on Dea's face that it might be a little uncomfortable to remember her dark past at school.

Dea frowned slightly, judging Ali's ustad from his view whether Ustad Ali had been his ustad or his ustad Ali was among those who knew him. Dea could not deny how scared he was when he thought about it, as if Ali could see how disgusting Dea was.

"Yes, I went to school there before I moved here." Dea answered carefully while assessing the change in Ali's expression on his face. Sure enough, when hearing Dea's answer, ustad Ali looked rather excited and a little tense?

Why does Ustad Ali express that way?

"Dea, Rio is my younger brother." Later, Ustad Ali reveals his true identity in front of Dea. It was as if he had handed down a very cruel verdict to Dea.

Freezing was the most appropriate word to describe how shocked Dea was now. He had indeed guessed if Ustad Ali knew him but never came this far. Rio and Ustad Ali, answered already why Dea had initially been mistaken when he saw it first. That's because they have blood ties and because they have blood ties, Ali must also know why Dea came here.

Indeed, it is not an open secret anymore in the boarding school because Safira had leaked it in front of many people, but when it comes out of the mouth of someone as extraordinary as Ustad Ali somehow it feels very painful.

If ustad Ali knows then there is no need to ask again if ustad Aldi also knows. Well, it's only natural that 2 weeks ago ustad Aldi was very angry with him. Did he hurt the saint he loved, and Dea?

Dea was a disgusting, disgusting dirty girl until it felt like she herself was so fed up with him.

The radiance of his two eyes slowly dimmed, implying how sad he was at the moment. "Ustad, I'm really no longer chasing after Rio. I've also forgotten about it since I was a few months ago because I wanted to be a better person." He lowered his head sadly, telling honestly that he had never expected Rio since he knew Rio was having an affair behind him.

After all, right now his heart already belonged to someone else. A better person than Rio of course but still Dea had to end up heartbroken.

Ah, her love experience is really sad. He fell in love with the wrong man and ended up betrayed, now he is in love with a pious and pious man but he still ends up heartbroken because he loves the perfect woman who is comparable to him.

"No, I didn't mean it that way." Of course ustad Ali knew how Dea felt after being rejected by Rio to take responsibility, it must have hurt a lot.

"I came here because I was looking for your whereabouts." Ustad Ali admitted it and did not want to hide anything to Dea.

But Dea did not answer him and just sat quietly in silence.

"I'm sorry that my sister has ruined your future but I also promised to take charge of replacing Rio. Dea, I want to marry you sincerely, are you willing?" Ustad Ali couldn't help it anymore, he knew the more he talked Dea's heart would get hurt. Therefore he did not want to extend this conversation again and immediately said the intention of his arrival here. He wanted to marry Dea.

Hearing him instantly made Dea instantly stunned, she smiled faintly and calmly raised her weary, sad face.

"Ustad Ali, I've forgiven Rio and don't want to remember him anymore. Because even though Rio didn't want to be responsible I was also guilty here, I was too cheap back then. But as for the wedding that I've been offering, I don't think I can do that. You're innocent here and Rio's mistake can't be a mistake. So, I refuse to get married and want to focus on my studies here." Dea subtly refused, explaining to Ustad Ali that the mistake could not be bestowed upon him even though they were brothers. After all, even though Dea could also not want to marry a person as sincere as Ali. For him, a good person deserves a good person. And of course, that was not the case at all for Dea.

"I really am"

"Ali, what are you doing here?"

The words of Ustad Ali were cut off and spontaneously he turned his attention to look at ustad Aldi who was now standing in front of him. He had not had time to say hello to ustad Aldi suddenly Dea woke up from his seat.

"Sorry ustad, there's something I have to do in the dorm so I have to go back. Assalamualaikum." After saying that Dea immediately walked quickly leaving the Ustad Ali and the ustad Aldi who were still standing there.

There was ustad Aldi, whispered his heart was sad. Because there is an ustad Aldi then he must immediately move away from the view of Ustad Aldi. Especially after knowing if Ali knew him made Dea even more afraid if the ustad Aldi hated him more. Hating him because he was too dirty to fit into his line of sight.

Dea has also promised to keep his distance from Aldi. He wants to forget about Aldi's intention to start a new life and carefully look for new love again. Surely he did not want to repeat the same mistake of wishing too much on the perfect man of Aldi because for him it was only once enough that he felt the pain of falling from an unreal hope.

"Dea?" The spirited call from his roommates instantly disperse his daydream. Looking towards the dormitory, his roommates were already waiting for him with their usual sweet smiles. Ah, seeing them all smile off like this seemed to be a cure for Dea's tired feeling.

"You're late again." They complained that they were concerned because for several days Dea always came home late.

"Sorry, there was some business I had to finish with Ustad Ali." Dea apologized and explained the reason why tonight he was a little late.

Hearing the name of Ustad Ali called, they all cried out. "What business do you have with ustad Ali, don't tell me if your heart has moved to ustad Ali?" They said the origin of the accusation that was immediately rewarded with a light blow on each shoulder.

"Don't think of anything, it's just a trivial affair and we've solved it." He did not want to be honest that Ustad Ali wanted to marry him. If Dea is honest then it is certain that tonight he will not sleep because of reviled questions.

"I don't believe it, don't hold it for yourself Dea because it's so unfair to us mediocre-faced." The others complained to Dea, they knew very well that Dea's affairs would not be so simple. They wanted Dea to tell them whether it was about fun or not.

Dea smiles helplessly in the face of how much curiosity her friends have, though a little uncomfortable but Dea admits she enjoys the faint attention her friends have to her.

"Eh, why is there a smell of food?" Confused Dea wondered because at what time the cottage would not allow them to bring kitchen food into the room.

"You guys, let's go inside. Ajeng and Ririn's parents came to visit, they brought us all some of their regional specialties." Upon seeing the arrival of Dea and the others, they immediately invited them to join in the face of food that had been very appetizing.

"Well, this looks really delicious." Dea stared intently at the package of drinks that she thought there must be a lot of mix in it.

After they all gathered together then there was no need to wait any longer for all of them to eat it simultaneously. Indeed for a size of 18 people this food is not too much but even though they amount to a lot it does not bother them. In fact, this is an exciting experience because they can eat this food together. Well, of course they went through it with a feeling of pleasure and laughter.

It was a very pleasant experience for Dea personally.

"Friends, do you know if Dea just met ustad Ali?" After they finished the meal and cleaned their marks, then they relaxed a little in their beds to bring down the food they had just swallowed.

"Well, is that true?" Tanya Ajeng enthusiastically.

"Of course, if you don't believe me, just ask Dea."

"Dea, do you mind telling us?" Now Ajeng turned his attention to Dea who looked relaxed.

"I'm not sure." He could have told it, but isn't this too extreme? He did not want this rumor to spread and make the good name of Ustad Ali damaged by it.

"Just relax, your secret is our secret together. We won't spread what you say to anyone." Ajeng's promise seemed to be able to read Dea's reluctance. Well, Dea has changed a lot and he's very careful of others' reputations.

Dea smiled in relief after hearing the reassurance from her friends.

"Have you heard about the reason I was transferred to the boarding house?" Suddenly their room became quiet, focused on listening to what Dea was about to say.

"Yes, we heard it." Ririn replied carefully representing her friends.

Dea was not offended by it as she could already guess that her secret was no longer a secret to herself. His aunt had been scattered for a few months, "My ex-lover was the younger brother of Ustad Ali." His words were calm, not wanting to pay much attention to what kind of expression his roommates would show because Dea was sure the only proper expression was surprise.

"Because my beloved's father refused to marry me then ustad Ali came here to apologize to me for his sister's refusal to take responsibility. Ustad Ali also proposed to marry me to change his sister's responsibilities but I immediately rejected the plan because I didn't think about it now either. After all, iftad Ali is innocent here so it would be a pity that he gave up his future to be with me." Continue to tell stories without reducing or exaggerating them. Dea rejected ustad I because he thought the future of ustad Ali was very valuable. It's not fair to have to be with dirty Dea. After all, Dea also did not want to be overshadowed by the figure of Rio from the figure of Ustad Ali. Well, even though they are not the same yet still they are one blood.

" Oh my God, did Ali want to marry you?" Cried Ajeng in disbelief, people as good as Ali came asking then who does not want to accept it!

Dea improved her sitting to make her more comfortable, instead of doubting her friends' IQ but why would she feel if these friends put her in the wrong focus?

"This Dea is unbelievable, if I were you then there would be no word of rejection that I felt for ustad Ali! I'll instantly accept it as soon as he mentions about this, but you ah, are very, very insensitive to ter~"

Then, this evening was spent with helpless wails from his roommates who deeply regretted the precious opportunity. For them, if you can not be with ustad Aldi then it is okay with ustad Ali. After all, the two of them were handsome and very popular people in the boarding house, ah!

Dea is absolutely crazy to have rejected it!

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"Safira, did you fight with Mira?" Annisa's soft voice intruded on her mind, making Safira realize that there was an additional person in her room.

Sapphira did not want to lie to her brother and sincerely nodded her head acknowledging.

Pulling her sister's hand to sit on the bed, Annisa wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to speak heart-to-heart with Safira.

"Having been 2 weeks now he's been looking for you, he doesn't look okay either. Are you sure you want to continue ignoring it? He's been your best friend all along." Mira often comes to visit this house to find Safira. Even the circumstances that look chaotic and not like Mira usually make Annisa can guess if something happened between the two of them.

Safira was silent, looking like she was thinking. Here though he is still angry with Mira yet his heart keeps reminding him that his friendship with Mira is something more precious than his feelings of love. Safira also admitted that during calming his mind here he kept remembering how soft Aldo's eyes were when he saw Mira, this is not Safira can guess if Aldo also likes Mira?

Safira also thought about it if he continued to act selfishly here then Mira would never want to confess her feelings to Aldo. Because he knew very well how his friend was, he would prefer to stay away as he wrote in his diary.

"Sir Annisa, is Sapphira wrong here?" Asking sounded weak and helpless, waiting for 2 years turned out to be unable to make love take his side. The person he is waiting for actually falling in love with his best friend Sapphira should also not blame Mira about it because after all love is the nature of Allah so that there or not it is all written.

"Hem, try to explain to Brother how he is?" Annisa asked carefully so that Sapphira could feel more free when saying the problem.

"Sister, I'm in love with a man and it's been going on for 2 years now. After two years of waiting for him suddenly Allah brought us together again and made Sapphira unconsciously continue to expect it, he said, but at the same time Safira's friend also fell in love with the man secretly. Although Sapphira's best friend fell in love, she decided to stay away from the one whom Safira loved because she knew that Sapphira loved the man. Well, but one day Sapphira found the secret of Safira's friend in her diary and immediately accused him of betraying Sapphira. But Safira's friend did not intend to do that and in giving up wanted to forget the man. Sis, how is this, is Safira really wrong here?" Sapphira was not stupid to see all this, she knew if in fact she was too much at that time. But he also can not control his anger, who is not surprised to see his best friend also likes the same person?

That greatly shocked Safira and instantly spiraled out of control!

"So that's the story." Annisa muttered understand.

He then grabbed his brother's hand for him to hold gently, his sister had fought hard to make him happy and now it was time for him to reply to his sister. He had to show his sister the way home so as not to get lost again.

"Safira, between friends and love is very difficult to distinguish. Then, when it must be pressed to choose, it is not uncommon for us to easily choose love rather than friendship. Safira, after hearing your story earlier did you not appreciate how much your best friend loves you? He is willing to let go of his feelings to take care of your heart. He doesn't want to lose your friendship because for him you are the most important thing to him. Well, regarding love we should not be able to blame your friend because love comes because of God. Whether it's there or not we can't force it, Safira. Then what about that guy? If he likes you, he will still choose you even if many girls like him. But what if he likes your best friend? Angry and break up the relationship? That can never be a solution. If you break the relationship then the one who will be hurt the most is your best friend, Safira. Think carefully about how it's going now."

After being explained like this by her brother, for some reason her heart suddenly felt at ease. The anger and guilt he felt these few days finally found its bright spot. He knows what he has to do to deal with it, he doesn't want it because of the love he lost to those he loves. He did not want to act selfishly because he was Sapphira, the one who sang very much to his loved ones.

"I see," he said in relief, pressing his hand over Annisa's.

"Thank you brother, I can finally think clearly."

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