How Matcha Love You's

Hope Tree

“Iya.” Answer Dance.

Salma was speechless to hear Tari saying that she was really close to Malik. His heart felt tight, even though it was not together, but a hope to return with Malik still thrives. Salma was disappointed, but this was her usual feeling. He was used to hiding his feelings of disappointment because his romance story that had not once gone according to expectations.

“If you? Do you know much about it?” Dance asked again.

Salma nodded.

“Does he have an ex?”

Salma looked at Tari, her hope seemed to still be tenable. “Tari don't know that?” Inner Salma was pleased, thinking that Dance was not as close as she thought to Malik because of that alone she did not know. Salma was relieved.

“I feel bad asking him something like this.” Dance smiled with a slightly parched face out of curiosity.

“What?” Salma again felt disappointed, apparently Tari and Malik really often together.

‘’’’’

Elsewhere, Malik sat in his room thinking about Salma. There are two feelings that he feels when he remembers Salma, namely feelings of happiness and pain. Happy to remember how wonderful it was to be with Salma even though it was a long time ago but the memories are real and when Salma smiles at her, it can take away all forms of her fears and worries. At once he was happy too. Then it hurts, when you realize the reality that you don't want them together.

Like a tree of hope embedded in his heart, when he remembered the pain suddenly his leaves fell. As all the leaves were about to fall off, one thing brought it to a halt. What makes the leaves stop falling is sincerity. Malik likes Salma not to want to have it, but here he means the phrase that love should not have. Malik had a chance to pray. Pray that Salma will be happy. When Salma was happy Malik also felt so. He doesn't want to forget Salma, because he can't. Letting go is easier than forgetting. From now on he will just try to let go.

‘’’’’

Seeing Salma's expression instantly change when asked something about Malik, made Tari think there was indeed something between Salma and Malik.

“Why Salma?”

“Hehe, it's okay I'm just a little surprised to hear someone close feel awkward asking something.”

“I mean, I don't know because I've never been close to someone. I learned that today with you.” Salma.

“Oh.”

“So? Did you know Malik had an ex or not?” Dance repeated her question again.

“Hmm.” Salma seemed to be remembering.

Salma thought if he could be said to be Malik's ex? “Ah silly” Thought. Although Salma felt sure Malik also liked it at that time, but he never revealed it directly and they also did not date. So where can you say ex.

“I know no.” Salma replied with a smile as if she had thought nothing else.

“Oh. What about your relationship with him?” Dari could not help but feel certain that there was something between Malik and Salma, it was seen from Salma that was like hiding something and their gazes at each other when they met this morning.

“I..”

Salma replied but was cut off by the sound of Dance's cell phone ringing.

“Malik, contact me.” Say Dance while looking at her phone screen. He seemed happy to know it was a call from Malik.

Salma just looked and forced her smile. “What made him call Tari.” He thought not excited.

“Halo, Assalamu’alaikum Malik.” Dance picked up the phone.

Before calling Tari, Malik told Ms. Siti that he also drove her to the hospital to take care of her grandmother who was being treated there when she came home. Bu Siti happened to be making porridge for Pak Amin, his sick brother. He planned to ask Malik to deliver the porridge to Mr. Amin's house not far from the hospital. Hearing grandmother's co-worker her son is sick. Bu Siti asked Malik as well as deliver some of the porridge he made to Tari's grandmother.

“Wa’alaikumussalam, are you still in the hospital?” Ask Malik to Dance over the phone.

“Iya I'm still in the hospital. Why?”

“I'll be there.”

“OK I close, wassalamu’alaikum.” Malik hung up the phone.

“Wa’alaikumussalam.”

“Oh, sorry I have to go back.” Salma went to her room.

While Tari is still in place, it is impatient that Malik will return with her.

‘’’’’

“Already.” Salma muttered as she walked down the hospital hallway to encourage her inflamed heart. He thinks now there's really no hope of being with Malik. He did not blame Malik much less Tari, he only regretted his heart so foolishly wishing on someone who had even ignored him.

Although his heart is still moaning, but as much as possible he still walks calmly does not show it. He wanted to prepare himself for an operation that would soon be carried out.

After a few moments of waiting while discussing and reading some materials for the success of the operation to be done, Salma moved to the operating room.

“Salma.”

“Fadil”

Fadil is in front of the operating room.

“Why is it here?”

“Myah. Please do your best.” Said Fadil in a pleading tone.

Salma nodded hinting that everything would be fine. He steadied his steps into the operating room.

It turns out that someone who will be operated on by Salma this time is Fadil's parents who were his former fiancee. Salma used to reject Fadil because he said that he was liking someone else, Malik.

‘’’’

Shortly after Salma went to her room, Tari also went to the room where her grandmother was being cared for. Now Tari is sitting on a chair beside the bed where her grandmother rested herself.

“Grandmother will be fine, just exhausted.” Dance calms grandma.

“Really the doctor said so?” Grandma felt a little in disbelief, because she still felt her head a little dizzy.

Dance nodded and smiled.

“So I met doctor Resya, she said so.”

“Sgratitude.”

“Grandmother should rest and do not be lazy to eat.”

Grandma smiled at her granddaughter and chose to go back to her body.

Dance checks her phone and finds a message from Malik. He immediately opened the message.

Malik told her that it was still raining outside. He's going to the hospital after the rain subsides.

“Oiya, rain.” Dance to see the window of the room.

Although he felt a little disappointed because he would wait for Malik a little longer, but Tari still felt happy because Malik gave it to him.

Malik was still at his uncle's house, he sent Tari a message out of fear that Tari was no longer in the hospital when he arrived. He intended to send Tari a message to have her wait for him.

‘’’’’

After a few hours in the operating room, the operation was completed and successful. Hearing his father's successful surgery certainly made Fadil and his family grateful and thanked the doctors a lot. Seeing Fadil and his family happy, Salma smiled “Alhamdulillah.” Her speech.

After the surgery, Salma went straight home. Now he's walking down the aisle of the hospital. From a distance not too far away, Salma saw Malik who was also looking at him. They'll cross paths. Seeing that Malik was also looking at her, Salma immediately turned her eyes away. This time he would completely ignore Malik for thinking Malik would be so to him too.

As with Salma, realizing his whereabouts were known to Salma, Malik immediately turned his eyes away. He would also ignore Salma.

As they approach each other, Malik and Salma do not see each other. This time they ignored each other. Instantly Malik's steps came to a halt after a while through Salma.he immediately turned around and saw Salma stepping further and further away from him. Tech...Malik sees Salma dropping something, but Salma keeps walking unaware of it.