Let the Heart Become a Prayer

EMBRACE YOUR SHADOW

Aisyah has been almost a month in Bandung. Adel and Tiuga's father still intensely contacted him and Adifa. But they never told Tiuga the truth. They did not want Aisha to get worried.

That afternoon Aisyah seemed to chat with her family on the terrace. People have started to question Tiuga's whereabouts. Because they wonder why Aisha came home alone and long.

One of them is teteh Sri who sells hodgepodge in front of Aisyah's house, precisely across the street. Coincidentally that day Aisyah ordered a hodgepodge. And he asked to take her home. In a hurry he delivered Aisyah's order. Arriving there Aisyah immediately greeted him.

"Eh...Where is your handsome husband!? Why not go home with him? " Tell her to Aisha. Aisyah just smiled thinly.

"He was busy with tea... That's why we both go home... He'll come after us here...! " the light of Aisha is like a hope. Hope that Tiuga will actually pick her up.

Yep...He hoped Tiuga would pick him up soon. But hope is only hope. Whenever any car stopped in front of her house Aisyah would immediately run out hoping it was Tiuga. And he always swallowed the bitter pill when he knew it wasn't Tiuga. When he saw that, he felt sorry for his daughter.

"Go home, son... If you miss your husband... What you're doing is not the right thing. You left without his permission... Whether he was sick at that time, you should have accompanied him, instead of going like this" Umi advised.

Aisyah just fell silent. He also wants to go home but he is worried about Sonia Tiuga's mother. Sonia would accept it. Didn't he express his hatred for Aisha that day. He said his regret betrothed him and Tiuga. Remembering that made Aisyah feel sad and miserable.

But Tiuga never contacted her stuff once. Does Tiuga hate him too? Remembering that made Aisyah without even shedding her tears. This is also what makes Aisyah rather lazy about Tiuga, Aisyah always cries when telling about Tiuga.

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On the other hand Tiuga looked increasingly languishing. He stayed in the garden behind his house. He sat there alone in a gazebo looking at the fish swimming merrily in the small pond near the gazebo.

He stared with a blank look. He was trying to find out about his anxiety. He felt extremely tormented, but still he was unable to find the cause.

Seen from the kitchen Sonia saw Tiuga sitting alone. Tiuga is often alone now. What's more since he doesn't work anymore, Tiuga spends more time alone like that. When he gets close he will leave, like a wild pigeon that is difficult to approach.

Sonia's heart aches to see the state of his son who is increasingly not because of his accident and the departure of his wife's child. She should not have been so to Aisyah back then, she had always regretted it. But his ego demands he cover up his true feelings. Why did Aisyah leave for so long, did she really want to part from Tiuga because of her words. Uhh.... Sonia was really sorry now, this was not what she wanted. But at that time he was very upset with Aisyah who always doubted Tiuga.

Suddenly Adel arrives and surprises Sonia who is cooking in the kitchen. Instantly Sonia's daydreams were scrapped.

"See mah... You miss his wife and son..." Adel tried to persuade his mother. "Mahs... Let's go get Aisyah....!? Whatever happens to Tiuga, let the almighty God know everything. As long as now Tiuga can meet the wife's son whom he longs for.... Adel is not strong to see Tiuga kayak that every day... " Add Adel. Sonia nodded with a smile.

"Thank you mah... " Say Adel hugged her mother tightly.

I immediately called Aisyah.

"Assalamu'alaikum Aik's.... What are you again!? " Ask Adel kindly via phone.

"Waalaikumsalam... No. I was talking to Umi... How are you Tiu, Sis...!? " Task Aisyah from across the street.

"Brothers... How are you doing, son....!? " Sonia said that she immediately broke her tears. Aisha did not believe what she heard. She thought her mother-in-law hated her so much, why is she asking now?

"Good mah.... " Sayah said that she could not hold back her should. "Mah...!?Aik kangen it all... Aik wants to go home... Aik kangen tiu...Aik wants to see him...Can Aik go home!? " Tanya Aisyah who couldn't take it anymore. That made Adel and his mother look at each other. They also smile.

"By honey... Sure can... This is your home, your family, indeed you should be here... We'll pick you up with Adifa... Mamah kangen Difa." said the mother who finally could not stand it. They cry out.

While Tiuga was still in the Gazebo, he was sitting by the pond looking at the koi fish that was swimming cheerfully. The fish looks happy even though it lives in a small pond. They looked satisfied even though they were just circling in the small pond. What because they have what they want right, remember every stage in their lives in detail. Unlike her, who could not even remember what happened to her, she tormented herself with her feelings. Is he lacking in gratitude or is there something important that he forgets. Why didn't his family tell him anything about the past he had forgotten.

Tiuga kept thinking in silence. The more he thinks he's getting homesick, misses for whom? he doesn't know. He'd go crazy if he kept this up. Tiuga hit his head gently on the pole of the Gazebo, hoping that he would wake up from this nightmare. He was desperate not to know what else he should do.

Once satisfied he returned to his home. Inside was Adel and his mother who welcomed him. Tiuga doesn't care about them. Tiuga walked away with a duck.

"I think he's angry, ma'am... " Say Adel.

"Why? " Task Sonia. Adel just shrugged his shoulders a sign of not knowing either.

"He's weird now... More like a child. Sometimes stuff in the room. Pile up the stuff in the closet, back and forth to the dining table. When Mom asked what she wanted to eat, she left... " Say her mother.

"He tried to remember Adifa and Aisha mah... Mama doesn't understand!? she piled things in the closet because she felt in her closet she should have Aisyah's clothes, on the dresser there should be Aisyah's make-up, in the room there should be Adifa's toys, in the room, on the dining table there should be Aisyah cuisine.then we came home from therapy he cried in the car because he saw the neighbor's son again in his father's car... Mah... Tiuga... "Akel War.

" Bad mom yeah Del... "Take his mother crying and looking down.

" We bring Aisha and Adifa home soon... " An Adel answered and hugged his mother.

"Mom wants them here now Del... Mama nyesel's... " Say her mother as she wipes her tears.

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On the other hand Aisyah clenched and kissed Tiuga's clothes for missing her so much. And Tiuga recalled Aisyah with her faint shadow in the room. Then they both cried in different places for the same reason. It was MISS.

"I miss you mas... " Aisyah's whisper was getting tighter hugging onto Tiuga's clothes as if it was Tiuga who was with her. And she was crying again.

While Tiuga could only sob and bow without knowing the reason. He could only enjoy his pain alone. And hoping that God would wake him up from this dream, Tiuga once again could not accept the reality.

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