FOREIGN DESIRANT

Episode 29 Premonition

Kirana is busy preparing some supplies for tomorrow afternoon. It was his own initiative to prepare a small snack for friends who will come to the tabligh akbar tomorrow, the place is quite far, and it could be that they will go home after Maghrib. Hopefully this will be enough, Kirana thought.

The mother who accompanied Kirana noticed her son. Kirana is a grown up, thought mom. Mom looks happy to see how skilled Kirana is at baking, cooking and cleaning the utensils she uses. Not only that for other household matters Kirana was already used to. Worship

not to be missed, even night prayers he did. The hearts of parents who are not proud to have a child like Kirana. Achievement in school was special, it was natural that there were young people who were interested in Kirana. Given that, I thought of Rehan.

"You can see Kirana deserves to be a wife." Kirana who heard her mother's praise

also embarrassed.

"Kirana still has a lot to learn, ma'am."

"How are you doing Rehan? After the application, he rarely went home. Though I want to know more closely prospective mother's daughter-in-law."

"Kirana is forbidden, ma'am. Moreover, Rehan is also busy, coming home from school, he has to take care of his shop."

"Why banned? Is it okay if Rehan goes home? Let him also know how Kirana and our family live."

"After the wedding you know too, Mom."

"But, Kirana after marriage will stay at Rehan's house. Duh, it's gonna be lonely there's no mother's son."

Kirana pity also saw her mother.

"Did Kirana just cancel? Let Kirana stay longer with mom?" Mother who heard that instantly prevented Kirana.

"Hush, don't talk about it, pamali." Kirana then looked at her mother.

"If it's not, why ma'am?"

"Why does Kirana ask like that? Well, don't be weird, ah. Rehan is a good young man. Or Kirana hesitating now?" mom is panicking.

Kirana then put her head on her mother's lap. He immediately rubbed Kirana's head.

"Either, ma. Lately Kirana felt something strange. Kirana doesn't know why either."

"Law, Kirana had such a feeling. Maybe because I don't know Rehan, so I'm not sure. Try to set aside some time to talk to Rehan, get to know him. Talk about your future after marriage."

"So because it's like that?" Kirana nodded.

"Talking here doesn't hurt, does it?" Kirana gave up like she should talk to Rehan, he thought.

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Rehan reads a message from Kirana, the girl invites him to meet. His heart is sad. For the first time, Kirana allows Rehan to visit her home. However, he was grieving, his feet falling among the sand of the beach. He knew the disappointment, the same feeling when left by his father and sister. Next to her sheet of paper Kirana's notebooks waved in the wind as Rehan's eyes stared deep into the darkening twilight, his eyes blank, many times trying to keep his eyes from crying. The sunset was not able to entertain him. On the beachfront of Palippis that afternoon, he knew Kirana's heart was still for Alif.

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Rehan meets Masyita in her room, but the girl is not there, he only finds Masyita's sketchbook. I don't know why Rehan was interested in opening it. Maybe he'll find something to answer Rehan's curiosity. Slowly he opened the book. His eyes blinked in disbelief, every page he opened making him thrown into every moment he had ever been through. In fact he easily recognized anyone who was in the sketch. On one page he found some characters he was familiar with. The girl pictured was standing next to the bicycle that was being repaired by the young character, they were Alif and Kirana!

Rehan traced the footnotes on the picture.

"They look good but they're not meant to be together." *Airron*

Kiara's?

So that line was from Kiara? Is it possible that this image represents the meeting of Masyita, Kirana and Alif?

Rehan again opened another page, that time he found a girl with a sad face looking at a man who was behind him with a picture of a cloud containing the figure of another girl. Rehan remembered this moment.

"She was so special, that you never noticed my presence."

Rehan closed the sketchbook, his grieving heart clouded with guilt.

"What have I done, O God?"

"When I was trying to guard my heart and myself by proposing to a girl, in order to avoid adultery and slander, at the same time I hurt a lot of people." Rehan grabs Masyita's sketchbook and pairs it with Kirana's notebook.

"I didn't mean to hurt you."

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