Mahabbah Love Khalisa

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Khalisa's four-month pregnancy study was held modestly in a shophouse that once stole the attention of Khalisa and Azfan. After collecting little by little money from the sale of calligraphy and various invitations that Azfan attended finally they managed to rent a two-story shophouse. In addition Khalisa also used money from designing the uniform of the hotel and Resort Jinggo, Ica gave a fairly high price for the two designs. Khalisa has not used the money so he can use it to rent the shophouse.

The first floor will be used for the guidance of the Quran while the second floor will be used for their residence. Again, they had to move from the old rented house to the shophouse.

Khalisa and Azfan invited orphans and nuclear families and Jaya also visited Khalisa and Azfan for the first time. Usually only Renata always goes to Sleman. The study was led by Umar ba'da ashar. Some members of the convert community also attended the lecture.

The chanting of the holy verse of the Qur'an sounds melodious. Azfan read Luqman's letter with wisdom. Khalisa who sat beside Azfan also lived the meaning of these verses. He will always feel touched every time he listens to Azfan's reading. That voice is so soothing. Every time Khalisa felt restless and sad, Azfan would calm him down with a recitation of the Qur'an plus a warm embrace. It seems after that Khalisa will be stronger and ready to face whatever happens in the future.

Umar continued to lead prayers for the good of the fetus so that when born later he becomes a child that is beneficial to others. So that the birth process will run smoothly.

"Hope everything is good, baby." Ica hugged Khalisa, crying as Umar led the prayer. Ica gave a kiss on the first child's cheek.

"Aamiin, thank you Ma." Khalisa's eyes were swollen because he cried all night while erecting the tahajjud prayer. Not a cry of sadness but instead, happiness that makes the tears of Khalisa flow non-stop. The age of Khalisa content is 4 months where the spirit begins to be blown on the fetus. But it seems that Khalisa does not believe that there is something growing in his body.

Khalisa's cheeks look chubby because since entering the age of 3 months he is more willing to eat. Unlike the first trimester which is only filled with nausea and vomiting so that Khalisa can not just eat something.

Azfan could not take his eyes off Khalisa who was hugging Daniel. He looked at Khalisa as if this was the first time they had met. Azfan's love continues to regenerate every day. Sometimes Azfan wondered why there were women as beautiful as Khalisa.

The last time they ate together. Khalisa had ordered a variety of dishes for them. Not only typical Jogja cuisine such as gudeg and satay klatak but also typical Banyuwangi food. Two foods with different flavors that are quite striking it together in the same place.

The orphans got a paper bag containing the Qur'an and a little money. It was also Khalisa who wrapped it since far away because if ordering parcels from others would have cost more when the contents were the same. So Khalisa decided to wrap and decorate it himself with the help of Rindang and Huma.

"Dear." Azfan secretly held onto Khalisa's hand as others were busy distributing the parcels.

"Why?" Khalisa looked at his hand and Azfan linked.

"In this world no one is perfect, then where did Haura come from?"

Khalisa gawked for a moment to hear Azfan's words. Is Azfan currently racing? The next three seconds Khalisa made a blush, he lowered his head in hiding his face which he believed was now flushed.

"Maybe I come from another realm?" Khalisa responded to Azfan's chattering after successfully conditioning his facial expression.

Azfan approached and whispered, "i want to bite Haura's cheek, okay?"

Khalisa turned his back and nudged Azfan to move a little further away. Later it will be flirtatious, now there are still many people. One by one, the guests began to leave. Khalisa and Azfan said many thanks for coming.

"Drink Ce." Azmal came to offer a glass of warm tea to Khalisa.

"Thank you, baby." Khalisa rubbed the head of Azmal who was already taller than him.

Azmal pulled out a chair for Khalisa to sit down while drinking. The little brother who rarely speaks but is most attentive.

"Mas Azfan wants some tea too?" Tawar Azmal's.

"No need to take it yourself." Push Azfan soft.

"Ce." Call Azmal, at first glance he seemed hesitant to continue his sentence.

"Why?" Khalisa put his tea glass on the table.

"Can I hold Cece's stomach?"

"Can." Khalisa pulled Azmal's hand and placed it on his stomach, "Cece could already make his move."

"When Mama was pregnant Zunai I also often see Mama's stomach twitching." Azmal felt Khalisa's stomach carefully.

"Active seeds fit perfectly in the stomach."

"But after coming out even more active Ce."

Khalisa laughed, among them Zunaira was the most active and chatty. Can't be quiet even when you're sleeping.

"Darling, I'll take them first."

"Yes, um."

Azfan leaves Khalisa and Azmal, he steps out to escort the children back to the orphanage. They were picked up using two cars owned by Khalisa and Kafa.

"Zunai will hold it too." Zunaira joined Azmal, instead of holding him, sticking his ear to Khalisa's stomach hoping to hear something from inside.

"Be Ai Zunai soon." Khalisa said while mentowel cheek Zunaira.

"Ai Unai just call him." Zunaira raised her head to look at Khalisa.

"Why Unai?"

"Liar cute."

"Jeez, what a centil Cece's sister." Khalisa hugged Zunaira.

Kirana approached Khalisa carrying a washed and cut dersana guava smaller. When he was about to come here, Khalisa asked his father-in-law to bring a dersana guava whose tree was behind Azfan's house.

"Do you eat them with spices?" Kirana asked, "if you want me to make it."

"But Khalisa doesn't have brown sugar in the kitchen ma'am."

"It's okay, I've brought the material really from home, I made it for a while ya." Kirana returns to the kitchen to make a fruit spice.

"Zunai wants to play first with Mbak Safa and Mbak Marwah." Zunaira ran over to Safa and Marwah in one corner of the room. I don't know what they did with Fatimah.

"Fatah is alone in the corner, samperin gih." Pinta Khalisa on Azmal seeing Fatah alone.

"Fatah again memorized, Azmal did not want to disturb."

"If so Azmal later tonight muroja'ah with Cece and Mas Azfan ya." Khalisa plays Azmal hair that is as straight and soft as the texture of his hair.

"Azmal is ashamed of Mas Azfan, Ce."

"Then why, Mas Azfan is good even though wrong will not be snapped let alone mengetawain."

"I muroja'ah with Ko Kafa because he is fierce so Azmal will not hesitate." Azmal grinned, precisely because Azfan was too good so he hesitated to face directly with his brother-in-law.

Khalisa laughed, "you're the basics."

Kirana and Ica came carrying a tray full of fruits and a brown sugar sauce that was given a little peanut and chili. Initially only Khalisa who want to eat fruit rujak but because Kirana brings enough guava, finally Kirana and Ica make a large portion of fruit so that everything is part of the fruit.

"This is for Khalisa." Kirana thrust the fruit on Khalisa, "the season doesn't matter."

"Khalisa doyan pedes kok ma'am, thank you." Khalisa immediately put a piece of guava dersana wrapped in brown sugar sauce into his mouth. Dersana guava that contains a lot of water and soft textured it blends perfectly with a slightly spicy sugar sauce.

Kirana and Ica put fruit sticks on small containers for others. Hot weather Sleman is very fitting to enjoy the fresh fruit even though the day is already afternoon.

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In the evening, the Azfan and Khalisa families gather in the living room after establishing the prayer isya'. They muroja'ah together still wearing mukena. Fatah, Fatimah and Zunaira who had just started memorization did so with Umar. Safa and Marwah with Azfan and Daniel. While Kafa and Azmal have been gone since before magrib to Kafa's apartment. Azmal will also stay there.

Jaya and Yusuf—Ayah Ica are on the front porch accompanied by warm tea. Two middle-aged men who never ran out of material to chat.

The women washed the dishes and cleaned the dinner table. One table is not enough to accommodate them all so it takes two tables at dinner last night.

"Where are you going to sleep, here or at the hotel?" Ask Khalisa while taking the washed dishes to dry them.

"Mother, Safa and Marwah sleep here as Nduk." Answer Kirana.

"Grandmother and Grandpa are also here so your Mama and Papa can stay at the hotel." Tymphal Granny Khalisa.

"Papa let me have a Ca in Kafa's apartment." Aisyah Sahut.

"Yes, Mother." Answer Ica.

"Tante Ica don't think of making a hotel here? so it's good that the Khalisa and Azfan dateng families can stay in one place." Shady who was sweeping the floor joined the drift.

"Duh has not thought Rin, can focus on the resort in Banyuwangi aja Alhamdulillah."

"Alindra Mall is there, stayed hotel Jinggo aja who is not aunty or anyone want to sleep in my apartment tonight?"

"Aunty at Aswatama hotel aja, tomorrow Om Daniel also have an appointment there."

"It's not finished yet many plates ma'am."

"It's okay, let's get Mom done."

"Let me wash the dishes." Rindang replaced Khalisa after sweeping the kitchen floor.

"Khalisa please anterin this for Grandpa and Akong in front." Ica thrusting a plate of banana sponge on Khalisa.

"Khalisa wants to." Khalisa opened his mouth, he also wanted to taste a banana sponge for his mother.

Ica feeds small pieces of banana sponge that are topped with grated cheese.

Khalisa went to the terrace to deliver banana sponge to Jaya and Yusuf.

"Well, what's that talking about?" Khalisa put the banana sponge on the table located between two chairs. He squatted on the floor staring at the akong and his grandfather took turns.

"Sit here, Grandpa, take another chair." Joseph went in and took another chair.

"This is Khalisa Akong's bribe." Khalisa cut the sponge with a fork and fed it to Jaya. "Don't kid, Mama made it."

Jaya smiled softly while nodding, although she knew her daughter-in-law was not good at cooking but this time the cake was quite tasty.

"Grandpa is also Khalisa bribe." Khalisa also bribed the sponge to his grandfather who returned with a chair.

"Khalisa likes this place?" Ask Jaya.

"Iya Akong, from the beginning see this shophouse Khalisa like, the place is also the same market so just walk from here."

"If so let Akong buy this shophouse for Khalisa or want another bigger place?"

Khalisa shook his head, "this place is more than enough for us."

"Then Akong will call his owner tomorrow."

Khalisa reached out his hand to hold Jaya's hand and shook his head.

"Khalisa and Mas Azfan paid the rent."

Jaya smiled again, Khalisa's stubbornness reminded him of Daniel. When you decide something, no one can change it.

Behind his thick glasses Jaya saw Khalisa who looked different, his face beaming. Apparently Azfan managed to make Khalisa happy even with simplicity. If Renata is here now, he must be happy and busy preparing many things to welcome the birth of their great-grandchild.

"Khalisa, these socks are replaced." Kirana came in with a pair of socks in her hand, "Mom saw your wet socks last time in the kitchen." Kirana crouched down to change Khalisa's socks.

"Eh, don't let Khalisa install it yourself." Khalisa doesn't even realize his socks are wet.

"It's okay, you're not starting to get down."

"Can Ma."

Kirana ignored Khalisa's words and kept taking off her wet socks.

"Don't Ma'am, Khalisa doesn't feel good when I'm like this." Khalisa's trying to get his socks out of Kirana's hands.

"Why, I usually put on Marwah's socks, you're Mom's son too."

Khalisa was silent, the sentence touched him so much. No wonder Azfan has a soft heart, he was raised by a mother who is also full of tenderness.

"Thank you, Mom." Khalisa asks Kirana to stand up immediately after putting on socks for him.

The clock shows at half 9 when the women finished cleaning the kitchen and the children finished muroja'ah. Aisyah and Umar permission to go to Kafa's apartment first with Jaya. Ica and Daniel and Zunaira had booked a room at Michael papa Levin's Aswatama Hotel.

Khalisa's grandparents live in the house along with Kirana, Safa and Marwah. Because the house only has 3 rooms, not all families can stay there.

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Azfan rams Khalisa's legs with argan-based body oil. That will make Khalisa sleep better. Azfan also applied anti-Stretch Mark cream to Khalisa's stomach. It was a sample of the Alindra Beauty product that Khalisa made. Khalisa determined the ingredients to make the Stretch Mark cream with the Alindra Beauty team. Before it was produced in large quantities, Khalisa had to try it first.

"Eh he's moving." Azfan spontaneously raised his hand from Khalisa's stomach.

"He knows that Abi's another creamy olsen."

"It hurts?" Azfan flattened the cream all over Khalisa's stomach gently.

"Now, because his movements are also not too fast."

"I'm pecking at her feet, I'm sure it's tired today." Azfan placed the cream tube on the nightstand and stomped Khalisa's foot.

"Mas Azfan is more tired, moving house is really energy-intensive."

"Sorry baby, we have to move around the house like this."

Khalisa holding Azfan's hand made her husband spontaneously stop the massage.

"I have no problem, this is the path we have to go." Khalisa who was originally sitting leaning on the end of the bed, shifted his position and poured into Azfan's embrace. "Today I'm happy."

"I can see from earlier Haura didn't stop smiling."

"I'm grateful to be surrounded by good people, I'm really good with me, she doesn't consider me a daughter-in-law."

"Hm?" Azfan was surprised by Khalisa's last words.

"Mom think I'm a real child."

Azfan breathed a sigh of relief, he thought there was a treatment of his mother that made Khalisa offended or vice versa.

"That's because Haura also treats Mom like Haura's own biological mother, even when she has something Haura must put Mom first rather than Mama."

"That's because Mom's house is closer to ours Mas, anyway the boy is forever his mother's so I don't want Mom to have the feeling that I'm taking Mas from him."

"Mom can't think that way." Azfan broke down a hug and got out of bed to return the body oil and cream to the dressing table.

"There is a registrant." Khalisa saw Azfan take the laptop. They had opened the registration for the guidance of the Quran memorization yesterday.

"There are three registrations." Azfan saw the 3 registrant names. "We'll have a meeting from next week."

"Alhamdulillah Mas we are given the opportunity to share knowledge with others." Khalisa rubbed Azfan's arm and sniffed the scent of her husband's body. "What perfume?"

"Akong's perfume is delicious, isn't it?"

"So much." Khalisa stuck his nose to Azfan's arm as if he was not willing to lose that scent for even a second. "I like it."

Azfan smiled widely, he embraced Khalisa eroding the distance between them. They focus on the laptop on Azfan's lap.

Until finally Khalisa yawned, he began to sleepy because all day they were busy moving goods and preparation for studies.

"Let's go to sleep while I'm incandescent." Azfan put the laptop back in place.

Khalisa laid her body down, this is their third residence since marriage. Moving home is very draining and time but this is the process of life. Khalisa has never been discouraged if he has to move to a simpler place than his apartment.

"Mas." Call Khalisa to Azfan who's on his foot.

"Yes baby?"

"I'd rather be hugged."

Azfan laughed softly, he stopped his massage and lay down next to Khalisa. He pulled out a blanket and grabbed Khalisa's body.

Zunai cats are not nervous?