CURTAINS OF THE PAST

LOVE IN SHUBUH TIME

At first they did not want to sleep as cool as ever, but in the end they both fell asleep by hugging each other.

Their love leads them to one goal, despite having to go through various roadways filled with obstacles. The curtain of their past is so thin that they are often hit by many misunderstandings because of it.

But one they believe in. Taqdirs. Yes, it was taqdir that made them believe that the power of their love was so strong as to reunite them after the doubt slipped into their hearts.

All night long they fell asleep hugging each other, drumming their breaths at each other. Real sleep that Iffah has not felt for a long time.

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The Shahuh Adhan awakens Iffah and Toni from their deep sleep.

“Good morning my beautiful wife..” Sapa Toni when Iffah's eyes begin to open. Iffah squirmed a little so as to make him shy for a moment.

“Hmm... Morning my handsome husband.” Reply Iffah while trying to stare at the shady face of her husband.

“What's your good sleep tonight?” Toni asked as she gently stroked Iffah's flushed cheeks.

“Thank you...” He answered with a smile. Toni kissed Iffah's forehead so gently and felt deeply by Iffah. “Every time I remember it, I will continue to thank you..” Iffah said,

his eyes were back in tears looking into Toni's narrow eyes.

“Thanks for what?” Toni gently stroked Iffah's head.

“Thanks for staying alive. Even for whatever sake, I still thank you.” Iffah's voice sounded blaring.

“Thank you for waiting for me too, dear.” Said Toni which makes Iffah's cheeks more red as tomatoes. For the first time she heard Toni call her such a darling. “Why is this red?” Toni asked while pointing at Iffah's cheek with her index finger.

“M-m cook yes?” Iffah was getting nervous about it.

Toni nodded with her head.

“M m m e I don't know..” Iffah immediately got up from the bed.

“Honey..” Call Toni again with the intention of tempting his wife.

“Didn't you want to help me too, baby.” Excited Toni again semakkin tease his wife. Iffah was going to help Toni get up from there. “Why are you nervous like that? You don't like to hear me call you baby?”

“A a I like.. It's just that I'm embarrassed.” Iffah lowered her face, hiding the blushing pipe at that moment from Toni's gaze.

“Starting from today, I will continue to call you dear. And you will get used to it, so you will not be ashamed again later.” Said Toni with a sweet smile. He lifted Iffah's chin and turned his wife's face to his.

“Already, let's pray shajuh. Later shubuhnya at the chicken stake again.” Rengut Iffah tried to avoid Toni who was not inexhaustible teasing him.

“Shubuh also pegged chicken also the term, yes? Not sustenance?”  Tony looked confused.

“Iiiih whatever the term, later shajuh time runs out. You are, the preoccupation teases me.” Rumpul Iffah while carrying Toni's body to the bathroom of the room.

Toni was made to chuckle by his wife's demeanor that looked so cute in his eyes.

The time of dawn bears witness to their love, how happy they are to have each other.

After the shubuh prayer, Iffah kissed the back of Toni's hand. While Toni welcomes Iffah's forehead with her kiss. Making them forgive each other for mistakes in the previous days, making their chests continue to feel the thump every second. And bind their hearts with the sacredness of their love. Because such a touch is what makes them-they survive in a bond of love, without continuing to think of lust alone.

Iffah and Toni also did not forget their one habit, racing in rhythm, refreshing their hearts and heads, and cleaning their tongues and ears with the chanting of a few verses from a row, two lines of letters

in the holy book of the Qur’an.

And that's the little thing that makes them happy and has paused for a long time for Iffah. And that is how they make offerings to the true Owner of Love, Ar-Rahman.

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