Is God's Choice?

91. Warmth

Three months later.

KIA who is still busy with her business in the kitchen prepares breakfast for her beloved husband. While Kahfi was still struggling with the laptop on his lap, occasionally he pushed his glasses while continuing to stare at the writing he had just typed. His movement stopped when the sweet voice of the wife of love called out to him.

"Mas, breakfast is ready. Yukk we have breakfast first. By stepping his feet into the room looking for the whereabouts of his beloved husband.

"Yes, baby, a little bit more mas going outside. Just now Kahfi finished his words Kia was already in front of him while staring at the husband who was not aware of the existence of his beloved wife.

Kia gently rubbed Kahfi's hand that was still on top of the keyboard.

"Geez, it turns out that the angel mas is already here. Sorry I wasn't aware of the presence, deck. Sorry, my dear. As soon as possible Kahfi grasped Kia's tiny hand then put her laptop into the mattress while her left hand pulled Kia's body and hugged her.

"Saking khusuknya until not aware of the same, deck ya! One of Kia's index fingers immediately touched Kahfi's nose and her body tried to turn around to invite Kahfi to rise from the bed to the dining room. "Hayukk we have breakfast first."

***

The breakfast at the dining table is also well organized. With two glasses of avocado juice and fried rice sea food Kahfi's favorite. Not to forget Kia put two boxes of supplies on the table.

"Masyaa Allah fragrant cuisine of the angel of this mas." When Kahfi approached the dining table. "Cock the box until two gini, deck?" Kahfi quickly sat down while holding the lunch box that he would carry later.

"Green lunch box for lunch and blue lunch box for lunch. Because the deck of tau mas will definitely be home the night before home." While pouring the fried rice onto the plate Kahfi Kia answered the husband's question.

Kahfi quickly held Kia's hand as Kia's movement halted. Kahfi thanked him for his wife's attention. He knew Kia must be overwhelmed to cook all that and the fatigue felt by the wife.

Kahfi pulled a bench nearby and he stood up while giving Kia a cue to sit in front of him, and patted the chair. With a little strange Kia still obeyed the cue of the husband and looked at Kahfi with sparkling eyes and a sweet smile that was slanted from his lips. One hand Kahfi immediately gave a glass of avocado juice to Kia's lips, then Kia sipped it while continuing to look at Kahfi. Two gulps of Kia instantly pushed Kahfi's hand slowly. Then Kahfi also gave a spoon of sea food fried rice to Kia.

"Jazakillah, dear for breakfast and provisions. Sorry, I couldn't help the deck. Now let that mas suckin deck eat ya!". Kahfi gently fed Kia and then alternately the spoon went into her mouth. Both of them commented on the happy smile even though Kahfi occasionally teased Kia like she was feeding the baby.

***

Fifteen minutes later, the breakfast was finished. Kia who today there is a schedule to go to the bookstore because the clerk who is in the bookstore is taking leave so inevitably he who replaced him.

The door of the house was locked after Kahfi said goodbye to go to campus. Before leaving Kia took the time to go to the orphanage which was not far from his home.

As he was about to ride his meticulous motor Farah called out to him from the classroom door.

"Well, wait a minute!" He shouted while slightly running towards Kia. It has been almost two months since Farah taught at the parlor to replace Kia filling art subjects.

Kia quickly turned her head and turned off her metallic motor.

"What's Farah doing?" ask him and open the helmet he already uses.

"Sorry Kia I postponed your departure. I want to tell you, if next Sunday I will be at graduation I hope you and ustadz Kahfi can come. Because if it wasn't for your help and Kahfi's, I couldn't have finished my lecture." Holding Kia's hand, Farah hoped that her best friend would be present.

"God, you want to go to Farah. Congratulations yes. Later if mas Kahfi come home I will tell you this, hopefully on Sunday he has no schedule so I can come to your graduation with mas Kahfi. But even if the Kahfis cannot God willing I will come, Farah!" With a smiling smile Kia immediately hugged Farah.

After talking for a while Kia immediately said goodbye to leave. Farah rushed back to class.

***

Kahfi has arrived at the campus. The files he worked on from last night until this morning, he checked back when he reached his room. After everything he felt was ready and neat he was about to rush to the room where his students were waiting for his presence. Before he stepped up, he did not forget to give news to his wife. After waiting for a reply chat from Kia never came finally he decided to go directly to the faculty where he taught.

"Maybe Kia is still on her way to the store so hasn't had time to reply to her chat. He muttered as he walked out of the room.

"Pak Kahfi, shouted one of the lecturers who was heading towards him." immediately Kahfi's legs were stopped by the voice.

"Ooh, Bambang! yes why sir? The answer while balancing the footsteps of Mr. Bambang.

"When there is no event come yes to my 3rd child aqiqah tasyakuran event, all of you bring Mr. Kahfi's wife and some children's home."

"God willing, sir, I happen to have no timetable anywhere this Sunday. But it seems like the orphanage children can't come sir, because they've all had an invitation from my friend's company. Try Mr. Bambang previously told me fitting a week ago for sure they will me split two places to be able to come also to the event Mr. Bambang.

"It's okay Mr. Kahfi if there's a schedule. Thank God they have an invitation from the company. But if Mr. Kahfi can come with a wife?" He stopped his steps as he was about to enter the room where he was teaching.

***

The clock shows at one o'clock in the afternoon. Kia is still busy with new books coming up, he tidied up and displayed on every bookshelf. His hand came to a halt when he heard the sound of knocking shoes and the sound of a child tugging at his shirt. Instantly Kia turned her head and she felt familiar with the little boy who was estimated to be around two years old. While continuing to remember who the child was Kia stepped to look at him.

The child is speaking. "Ante, ante." while holding onto Kia's robe. Kia immediately held the boy and took him to one of the long chairs. Kia sat the boy down and he saw ice cream marks on his mouth and his face was full of chocolate and his hands were sticky with ice cream marks. Kia picked up the wet tissue she had placed on the cashier's desk. While heading to Kia's love table while talking to the boy to stay in his place.

With a quick step Kia towards the chair, while holding the child Kia wiped every brown mark on the face and hands. The boy just kept silent while looking at Kia's face which always reviewed a smile on him. Every now and then the boy would grab the tissue that was in Kia's hands.

"Ante, ma acih" he said by stroking Kia's face while continuing to look at Kia's face.

Kia smiled at him while digesting the words of the boy.Some seconds Kia just understood his words. "Together good boy. Why does Dedek go alone, where are your papah and mama?." Slowly Kia said word for word for the child to understand.

"Is there, mamah pelgi! He answered while pointing towards the front when he saw the figure of his papa that he pointed at. Where Kia turned her back to the figure because the man came from the front door and Kia immediately looked back when the child pointed to the back of Kia.

To her surprise, Kia sees a man who was once a part of her past.

Kia's heart rate skipped a beat as she looked at the man before her. His hands became cold, his face turned pale. He stood by what he saw now. His mind wandered to remember the events that had scared him by the actions that the man had done in the restaurant some time ago. The man in front of her is Rendy. The man who once broke his heart for deciding not to get married when all the preparations prepared by his parents failed.

"Thank you Kia, you've taken care of my son. I looked for him and didn't know this kid was going into this bookstore. And I didn't know that the bookstore at this mall was yours!" He said as he stepped forward in front of Kia. Kia quickly retreated and unconsciously when he retreated he fell into a chair to make him want to fall on the floor. Rendy's hand was ready to catch Kia's growing. But Kia quickly pushed Rendy's hand until Rendy's hand touched her own son's head and fell from the chair to the floor. The boy was crying because he was sick. Kia did nothing. His eyes widened when he saw Rendy's son fall.

Kia was shocked by the boy's cry and dodged Rendy and her child while shouting. "Go, get out of here, quickly take your son" hysterically Kia without caring about some of the visitors in her shop with question marks.

Rendy held her child in her arms while hugging her, then approached Kia. Whispering "I'll come back when something happens to my son, and I'll try to get you to be mine again." His feet stepped up and went straight out of Kia's shop.

" I didn't hurt your son, it was your hand that made him fall. Don't expect my husband won't let you bother me." Kia cried out in tears from fear of Rendy's presence and saw the boy fall from his chair.

A visitor who was a customer of Kia's bookstore approached and gave Kia a bottle of mineral water. "Mba Kia is okay, right? drink first let mba calm down"

Kia received the bottle before she drank it she said "Thank you!"

"Name-sama, mba. Is that man Kia's ex-bab? While holding Kia to the woman's chair as if she knew who Rendy was. "I know it's Rendy, Rendy's only been here two months. Coincidentally my house is not far from his house" he said while trying to get Kia to sit down.

"That doesn't matter, "Answer Kia who doesn't seem to want to talk about Rendy. With her hands still shaking, Kia tried to drink back the water, but her hand stopped when the ringtone on her phone rang. His body was still limp until he had trouble to rise up and look for the existence of the object. The customer of the store helped Kia to stand up.

"If mba is still limp, mba just say where last mba put hp mba Kia, I will try to find the source of his voice. But it seems that the phone mba is still in the bag, because the voice is not too loud. While stepping on the cashier's shirt Kiren was looking for Kia's bag.

"Yes Kiren looks like my phone is still in the bag. And my bag is still in the cashier drawer. "Chap Kia while vividly remembering when she started to break into her bookstore. Because since he arrived at the store he has not opened his phone because he was fixed on a large cardboard containing new books that just came to the store a day ago. Because his employees have not had time to tidy up. Until Kia forgot her flat object which she had barely held for half a day.

"This is mba bag, mba. I saw the books first. If mba Kia is still limp and need anything mba can call me over there. Point it towards the front of Kia.

While saying thank you Kia grabbed her bag and quickly opened her bag but she forgot not to close the bottle until the water in the bottle spilled onto the floor, and the ringing on the flat object stopped.

"Oh Allah, you fool. Water until spilled gini. Just because the person you are rich is helpless. He murmured in his heart. Slowly he tried to stand up not to forget he put his bag on the chair. But the balance of his body is not stable plus the slippery floor because of the puddle of water because of his actions.

Brucks. Kia's body weight also fell on the floor. Until it makes Kiren turn back towards Kia is. "Yes my goodness, Kia! yells." With a little running Kiren approached Kia who was grimacing in pain because her buttocks were hit by the wood part of the chair.

Kiren quickly grabbed Kia and sat her in the chair. One clear point fell from the corner of Kia's eye. Kiren who knew for sure the pain that Kia was enduring made Kia's tears come out.

"Mba is better to go home. Stopple... Kiren's words were cut off when the phone's ringing was heard back. Kia quickly reached into his bag to get the flat object.he saw the name Kahfi.

Kia took her breath as much as she could try to catch her breath so as not to make her beloved husband worry. But the heavy tones mixed with Kia could not be covered when he answered Kahfi's greeting. Kahfi who had memorized the voice of his wife became very worried, but Kia tried to explain that nothing happened to him when Kahfi insisted on asking Kia.

Kahfi ended the call.

For a moment Kia was silent. She will find out what reason to cover all this from her husband. And he also thought to be able to go home quickly so that he could arrive home before Kahfi arrived first.

He dialed the phone number and called Yazid to pick him up at the lunar mall. But the plan did not work because Yazid was driving kiyai Mansur to fill a lecture to the city.

Kia's body felt pain. Kiren who offered to drive him on a motorbike but was rejected by Kia because he was worried about being ticketed because Kiren did not have a SIM.