I WAS THE THIRD PERSON

The Forty Thirty

Shafiq disappeared from behind the door after, leaving a circle that kept forcing out of the eye patch of Shofi.

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Shafiq who fell asleep instantly woke up feeling the tiny hands tickling his body.

"Yeaa .. abi is awake .. abi is awake, Umi!" pekik Hana saw Shafiq moving his body.

Shafiq loosened his arms to grab the two small bodies that had been trying to wake him up.

HAP ....

"Yeah .... Abi freelancing, Abiii ...." Hana continued to laugh feeling the fingers of Shafiq twitching in her body.

"Name ... Abi naughty, Umii ...," cried Omar uncomfortable also with Shafiq ignorance.

"So you guys naughty bother Abi, yeah! Now Abi won't let you go!"

"Umi .. please Umiii ...." Pekik Hana again asked for help.

"Bi .. has been ah! It's 4 o'clock yet to pray ashar, right! Let's get up!" Fura moved his wheel closer to the body of Shafiq and opened his hand to grab Omar's small body to sit on his lap. Fura kissed two cheeks chubby Omar just put him down. Omar opened the door and ran out.

"Hana wants to be kissed too, Umi!" Hana was already on her tiptoes before Fura facing her face.

REGION ...

"Here play again!" said Fura.

"Abii ... Abi remembers we're going to the Square this afternoon. Eat ice cream, Abi ...! Abi didn't forget, did he?" Hana kissed Syafiq's face, seducing him.

"Yes, Sayanggg. Abi remember!" lontar Syafiq kissed Hana's cheek.

"Hana wait outside first huh, son! Abi take a shower and get ready!" said Fura to Hana. Hana nodded and passed.

"Astagfirulloh's chat. I forgot! Is Shofi down!"

"I haven't seen it downstairs, look up!" lontar Fura was still tidying up her headscarf. Shafiq approached putting his chin on Fura's shoulder.

"Surge Bi! Gelii!"

"Jawab be honest first, does my Juriyy really mind Shofi staying here?" syafiq asked as he stared fixedly at the reflection of Fura's face in the mirror.

Fura stopped her activity, staring back at the reflection of the man's face before her. "I don't have a problem. My Jawza didn't have to leave the house to meet his other half-conscious!"

"Aren't you jealous?"

"The word jealous is a sign of love. I'm happy to still feel that feeling, which means my heart is still yours, huh?"

"Smart!"

"Bii .. it is precisely me who is afraid that me and the children will interfere with your and Shofi's activities! Well, considering all this time you've only been two! Or I need to make a writing bar so no one goes up when you're together!" Fura rounded his eyes teasing Shafiq.

Shafiq nosed the Fura. "Snake!"

"Ahh sick, Bii ...." Fura kept massaging his nose.

A pair of hands coiled around Fura's body afterwards. "There may be only one wife like you in this world! And I'm grateful to have you!" A kiss landed on the top of Fura's head afterwards.

"Already! Shower and pray there! Remember you had an appointment with the kids, Bi! Oh yes ... take Shofi with you later. Children need to get used to Shofi's presence anyway!"

"My juriyy also has to mean something!"

"I'm lazy to get out!"

"Then I go with the kids!"

"I mean it's okay, Bi! Get Shofi, hem?" Fura insists.

"You sure?" Fura nodded.

"Well, I'll try to get Shofi!"

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After cleaning and performing worship. Shafiq set foot on the steps before him. Not long ago the door of Shofi's room was in front of him. He opened it slowly.

"Astagfirulloh, Mom! You surprised me!" Shofi who just came out of the bathroom and still wrapped in a towel shocked a man entered his room.

Shofi pushes the body of Shafiq towards the door. "What's wrong with you, Shof? Remember you are still my wife! Why kick me out?"

"Once it's done I'll open the door!"

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After a while, Shofi opened the door with a full-buttoned rayon tunic of mustard and pregnant cotton pants.

"It is not good for a wife to put distance on her husband, Sof ...!" syafiq said as he walked in.

"As long as I haven't decided yet, we'd better put some distance first!" Syafiq.

"Shof, I'm going to the Square with the kids! You're coming, yeah!" invite Syafiq who responded to Shofi's arm.

"I'm tired. Don't want to go anywhere. Go with Fura!"

"Fura also refused to come out. He told me to take you!"

"Your wife is too good, Mom!" Shafiq smiled slightly.

"So I'm just gonna go with the kids?" Shofi.

"alright. Shof----

"Hem?"

"Come down, you'll be bored of continuing on top of yourself. Fura's in the park, maybe you can talk!" Shofi.

"I'm leaving. Assalamu'aikum ...."

"Wa'alaikum salamm ...."

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Syafiq parked his APV in front of an ice cream shop on the Asian African road. After the car stopped perfectly, Hana and Omar quickly ran to the store until they hit the woman with a distended stomach who was holding 2 ice cream cones.

"Ma-af Ummah, Hana accidentally!"

"Omar was also unintentional!"

"What's up, honey?" Shafiq hurriedly approached and he was stunned.

"Aida, right?" Women with black and pasmina dressings alike caught netra Syafiq.

"Mas Shi-fiq?" The woman named Aida looked surprised to see Syafiq who was her husband's best friend was in that place.

"Who's here with? How are you, Fatir?" enthusiastic Syafiq. Aida smiled looking at Raga who was walking closer to them.

"That's Fatir!"

Shafiq turned his head and the two bodies were both stunned, embracing each other and smiling.

"Shafiq!"

"Fateur!"

"It's good to see you Fiq, this is your daughter's son, isn't it? They are big, beautiful and handsome. Truly the reflection of Syafiq and Fura." Shafiq smile.

"Two years! Two years we haven't met Fiq, last time was your wife------

"Thank God those days have passed!" Syafiq quickly interrupted Fatir's words who had just wanted to throw Fura's story through his coma.

"Oh yeah, Fura didn't come?"

"He was reluctant to come out."

"Oh, but it's good, isn't it?"

"Alhamdulillah. How did you get to Bandung? Isn't my best friend who has become a famous ustad settled in Surabaya?"

"You're overreacting Fiq. I'm still the same Fatir."

"Abiu ... Let's go over there! Hana wants ice cram!" Hana continued to pull up Shafiq's arm.

"Wait here, Fat! I went to that shop first!" Fatir nodded with a smile.

Moments later, Omar and Hana appear to be seriously eating ice cream accompanied by Aida. Shafiq and Fatir ordered coffee and chatted. Yes, Syafiq and Fatir are friends at High School. Until the time of graduation Fatir got a scholarship to study Islamic Studies to Cairo and Syafiq continued interior design studies.

"Now tell me about your life Fat, love your sorrows being a preacher. I'm proud of you Fat. You preach and spread goodness. Not like me." Shafiq lowered his head at once remembering his bad behavior towards Shofi.

"What'sthis? You're not the shafiq I know. Aren't you a great husband and father! You always patiently accompanied Fura in his shortcomings after that incident. That's something amazing, my friend!" Shafiq smiled bitterly.

"What's wrong? Is there something going on in your life that I don't know about? You in trouble, Fiq?" The fatir who read the strange hue on Shafiq's face flashed a word.

"You're so good at Fat, you're right my situation is not good right now!"

"Tell me!"

"I lied to a woman to marry me!" shafiq.

"Fiq, you mean you ...?" Syafiq. Fatir took a rough breath.

"Fura know?"

"Fura no problem because he asked for it. The problem is that I'm not being honest with my second woman, everything is now open and she asks to be separated from me, while she is pregnant with my child!"

"Shafiq .. That is not good! But you were fair all along, weren't you?"

"Not really!"

"Hhhh ...!"

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