Mahabbah Love Khalisa

8

Khalisa looks beautiful with a gray batik robe that he designed himself, he stepped gracefully through the red carpet to the ballroom of Hotel Aswatama which is a hotel owned by Levin's parents. In addition to Khalisa, Rindang is also no less beautiful wearing an off shoulder dress with the same motive. They do often wear clothes with the same pattern when attending important events like this. Although it has a different style of clothing but Khalisa and Rindang always managed to make clothes with the same motif or color.

In front of them Daniel and Ica join hands stepping together into a ballroom full of sparkle and gray color. Levin's parents' wedding is entering its 25th year commonly referred to as a silver wedding, which is why the event decorations are filled with silver including the dress code of the invited guests.

"Thank you, Mr. Daniel and Ms. Alisha have come a long way from Banyuwangi come here." Michael—papa Levin to Daniel and Ica. People who are not very familiar with Ica do call her by the name of Alisha.

"We can't miss this show." Reply Daniel with a friendly smile.

"May Miss Valerie and Mr. Michael love it, may your marriage always be happy." Ica handed Valerie a gray paper bag.

"Thank you so much, I hope so are you." Valerie smiled broadly, receiving a gift from Ica and Daniel.

"Come on Khalisa and Rindang congratulate Papa and Mama Levin." Ica touching Khalisa's arm gives room for his daughter to congratulate Levin's parents.

Rindang congratulated him first while giving a gift of a pair of watches that he bought when he returned from Bantul.

"Happy anniversary Aunt Val may be lasting and happy continue to be." Khalisa kissed Valerie's right and left cheeks.

"Our daughter-in-law is beautiful tonight huh, Pa." Valerie's temptation to Khalisa, the last time since knowing Khalisa, Levin always told them about the girl.

"Aunty can do it." Khalisa blushed called beautiful by Mama Levin especially with the frills of prospective daughters-in-law.

"Thank you for coming, look at Levin until he can't take his eyes off of you." Valerie whispered a glance at Levin who was standing not far from her.

Khalisa could not reply to Valerie's words so blatantly telling that.

Ica noticed Khalisa's expression, wondering if there was a special connection between Khalisa and Levin. If true, then Ica must warn Khalisa not to think about romance first because his eldest daughter was only in college first year.

"Om happy anniversary yes." Khalisa also congratulated Michael—papa Levin.

"Where's Vin?" Michael elbowed Levin's arm around him in front of Khalisa and his parents.

"What is Pa." Levin scratched his nape that did not itch the wrong behavior, he became suddenly clumsy to meet with Daniel and Ica at a moment like this let alone papa and his mother increasingly launched his actions in front of Khalisa's parents.

"Thank you for guiding Levin a lot."

"It's nothing, Levin's an amazing kid." Since meeting one year ago Daniel can judge that Levin has a strong will to know Islam more deeply. For a person like Levin who lives in a non-Muslim family, it is certainly not easy for him to live in the way of Allah.

"Khalisa same Rindang cobain his pastry gih, delicious lo." Tukas Valerie while he chatted with Daniel and Ica.

"If so Khalisa same Rindang excuse me first." Khalisa pulled Rindang's hand apart from the parents who seemed to want to start a chat about their business which of course he would not understand.

Levin too, left his parents to meet other guests. He is also lazy if parents are talking about their endless business articles.

"Since knowing Khalisa last month, Levin's been telling us about Khalisa a lot." Valerie placed the gifts Ica, Khalisa and Rindang gave at a special table nearby.

"They're very familiar." Added Michael.

"Khalisa is very easy to get along with other people." As Daniel said, Khalisa's nature is most prominent since childhood.

"It must be nice to see them together in the future." Valerie smiled sparklingly.

"Together?" Ica repeating the word, together in the sense of a household?

"Yes, not Mr. Daniel and Ms. Alisha only have two criteria for a future daughter-in-law, namely Muslim and rich, Levin has two things."

Ica laughed but she implied a dislike for the sentence Valerie said.

"Not rich is not an important problem to work hard because we are also rich." Ica replied in a joking tone but her heart was very hyacinth because they considered herself and Daniel as parents who demanded their children to get a rich husband when they never thought of it.

"Their journey is still long, we as parents can only accompany and direct them when traveling the long road." Said Daniel wisely, he rubbed Ica's back because he knew at this time the wife must be holding back emotions.

"Rightly Mr. Daniel." Michael smiled broadly, "if so please enjoy our meal."

"Mama's just kidding me, Pa." Valerie kept trying to smile despite being so clear in her eyes that she held back the embarrassment of getting a poignant sentence from Ica.

Meanwhile, Rindang and Khalisa were at the pastry table to see how beautiful the various pastries served there that night. Almost all types of pastry there Khalisa had eaten it because Renata often made it.

"Don't you want to be fooled by Ko Levin." Rindang muttered as they took a drink. Rindang chose mineral water that is certainly safe for him, even though he had injected insulin before leaving but Rindang did not want to take the risk by eating carelessly.

"There will be Papa and Mama angry me for thinking of love before the time." Khalisa plucked the cinnamon roll and crouched down to devour it because there was no seat nearby. "Seriously, I don't have any thoughts about it, I want to focus on college until graduation." Khalisa is 19 years old, too early to think about romance.

"I'm also sure you can't date." Leafy can only lean on a table on which there are many pastries without being able to eat them. "Dating is illegal, right?" That's what Khalisa always said if Rindang teases him about love.

Khalisa nodded, "I want to get married immediately."

"Who, just choose." Rindang pointed at the male guests scattered throughout the ballroom, they were nothing not handsome, he said, all are clear skinned and Rindang believes it is all obtained not only because of heredity but also the result of expensive treatment.

Khalisa smiled and looked up at Rindang, "I chose a guy who is not in this room." Khalisa stood up after finishing one cinnamon roll.

"That you are loved in front of your eyes even want that which is not here, strange." Rindang elbowed Khalisa. "Who is it?"

Khalisa's twitching his shoulders faintly, he's not thinking about anyone right now. Again, he did not think much about the couple. Khalisa believes God will surely bring the best man who will be his life partner later.

******

"Khalisa likes Levin?"  Ica asked Khalisa while they were in the car on the way home.

"Hm? no." Khalisa shook his head quickly, "why is Mama suddenly that?"

Shady smiles beside Khalisa, he is a hobby of tempting his best friend.

"If you like nothing is natural, but control yourself." Ica said gently not to offend Khalisa.

"Like Mama used to love Papa, Mama refrained from saying it."

"Papa." Ica slammed Daniel's arm slowly, asking Khalisa about Levin why Daniel was talking about them.

"Ma, I can take care of myself." Khalisa convinced his parents that he could take care of himself so they didn't have to worry about it.

"Relax Om, Aunt, Khalisa never fell in love when many guys are baper with him." Rindang spoke up.

"How paper?"

"Yes, auntie knows that Khalisa himself is very friendly and kind to people, so those who are mistaken think that Khalisa does not like it."

"No, Ma." Khalisa shook his head, he immediately smothered Rindang's mouth to stop talking.

"What the hell!" Rindang put away Khalisa's hand, "but Auntie there is one guy who is the most different and not baper the same kind of friendly nature of Khalisa."

"Who is that?" Ica turned her curious body on Rindang's next sentence.

"Azfan Aunty, cute and sholeh."

"Azfan?" Ica frowned, "students who work at Mangan Gelato?" Ica remembers when Khalisa told me about Azfan some time ago.

"That's aunty, that's cute."

"Do you know where Azfan sholeh is?" Khalisa saw Rindang, he himself did not know what kind of man Azfan because they had only known for a few days.

"Yes from his face."

"Judging people from his face?"

"Have not argued, we're almost there." Daniel said, his car entered the yard of Alindra Mall Yogyakarta. Daniel and Ica deliberately visited Alindra Mall without prior notice to see the situation. They need to occasionally visit various branches of Alindra Mall to find out the service of employees and listen to the complaints of employees if there is something they want to convey.