Mahabbah Love Khalisa

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Pharmacy student Khalisa is seriously analyzing human blood samples to determine total cholesterol, triglyceride and LDL cholesterol levels. The beginning of the 3rd semester is opened by a practicum that is enough to make a dizzy head.

"Your husband is ahead." Huma whispered to Khalisa.

Khalisa refrained from turning his head even though he also knew that Azfan was sitting in front of his practicum room 10 minutes ago. Khalisa envied Azfan always finished class first. While he still has to struggle with blood or other fluids derived from the human body to be studied. If in the past Khalisa thought Pharmacy only studied medicine then he was wrong.

Meanwhile, outside, Azfan looked at the door hoping that Khalisa would soon emerge from there. Azfan did not know how difficult the course of Pharmacy Clinic to spend hours in the laboratory. He and Khalisa learned something much different and were unlikely to discuss with each other while doing college assignments.

"Mas."

Azfan raised his face to hear Khalisa's voice, he saw Khalisa coming out of the laboratory after about half an hour he waited here. Khalisa's sweet smile was contagious to Azfan.

"Sorry old." Khalisa kissed the back of Azfan's hand, although one campus all day they did not meet because they were busy with their respective lectures.

"Capek huh?" Azfan rubbed Khalisa's arm gently, Khalisa's face clearly showing that he was exhausted.

"Khalisa now will never bother me again since you've been among us." Huma pretended to put on an annoyed face and pointed at Azfan.

"I'm sure you don't say never again." Khalisa patted Huma's shoulder.

"Udah ah, I'm back first." Huma waved at Khalisa as he stepped towards the parking lot.

"Go home?" Ask Azfan.

Khalisa nodded, "i'm eating lunch in the apartment."

They boarded the Azfan motorbike that had been parked in front of the laboratory where Khalisa did the practicum.

"What did you learn just now?" Azfan started running his motor at low speed through the paving road to the main gate which is quite far from here.

"Checking the levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL and LDL in the blood, do I want to check the cholesterol levels?"

"Can."

"But the blood will be drawn."

"It's okay." Azfan sincerely if Khalisa took a little blood again every 6 not once he donated blood and the amount must be more than Khalisa will take.

"Thank you." Khalisa embraced Azfan's flat stomach after they exited the campus area.

Azfan smiled at Khalisa's laughter, he would give whatever Khalisa's happy origin.

Arriving at the apartment, Khalisa immediately put down his college bag and rushed to the kitchen to make lunch before Azfan left for the store. Azfan is currently assisted by Idris who guards his shop from morning until noon. While Azfan kept the store until the evening before the magrib, during that time he also made calligraphy and displays in various written media.

"What does Haura cook?" Azfan followed Khalisa to the kitchen after he changed clothes.

"Clear vegetables spinach the same as carrots, continue to want to fry chicken in the refrigerator that last night I have to open, Mas want what else?"

"That's enough, baby." Azfan helped Khalisa peel carrots and cut them thinly.

"Fruit eat bananas first." Khalisa thrust one banana at Azfan who had finished cutting carrots.

"Should you eat fruit before a heavy meal?" Azfan sat on the kitchen island chair to eat the fruit. Azfan only found out that Khalisa liked fruits so much after they were married. Khalisa never forgot to add fruit to their diet.

"Yes, bananas are good for digestion." Khalisa took the chicken stock out of the refrigerator. He will fry 3 pieces of chicken for lunch. "Oh yes, I want Mas to choose the design of the clothes that we will wear for the reunion event in two weeks."

"Haura wants to make her own clothes? why don't we just wear clothes in the closet?" Azfan did not want Khalisa trying too hard just for the reunion.

"I used to make my own clothes to attend events, as well as Rindang, we're used to doing it." While boiling spinach and carrots, Khalisa also fried chicken with a small fire because he was afraid of chicken skin erupting and about it.

"All right." Azfan thrust a banana in his hand at Khalisa because he did not want to be full before eating Khalisa cuisine.

Khalisa devoured the ambon banana with a big bite to make his cheeks bulge which made Azfan anxious. Azfan refrained from pinching Khalisa's cheek because the wife was busy cooking so he did not want to disturb her.

"I'm going to the store." Tukas Khalisa after finishing chewing the banana in his mouth.

"May, but what if Haura gets bored in the store?"

"It's impossible to be bored because there's a Mas." Khalisa can read the Qur'an, do college assignments and draw while in the store so he will never get bored.

Azfan went to help the vegetable spinach is ripe, he also took a plate of rice for him and Khalisa.

"Thank you for cooking this good meal, I'm bribing ya." Azfan sumringah saw Khalisa cuisine, after reading a prayer he fed a spoonful of rice, spinach and chicken milk to Khalisa.

"Disapain Mas eat it so twice as good."

"God, my wife is very good at praising." Azfan also ate the dish vigorously. Usually someone who cooks for Azfan is only his mother but now there is Khalisa who also does this. "There's nothing happier than being married to you, Haura."

Khalisa was silent for a while, a warm feeling slowly crept into the cracks of his heart thanks to Azfan's words. Now Khalisa felt like a balloon released by its owner, lightly flying into space.

Previously Khalisa never heard such sweet sentences, he also never watched a romantic movie so do not know what words like what are said by a couple who are in love.

"So my friends named Haura social media, said they wanted to upload our photos and they wanted to tag Haura's social media accounts."

"I don't have one." Khalisa again welcomed Azfan's bribe.

"But I saw a lot of photos of Haura on the internet."

"It's not from my personal account." Usually the photos were taken by journalists or other people who happened to meet with Khalisa.

"I don't have social media either."

"Oh yeah?" Khalisa turned his back, finally he found one person who does not have a social media account in this world. Actually Khalisa also want to have social media like his friends but he prefers direct interaction rather than through cyberspace. Khalisa also has a lot of activities so he is afraid that the account is not managed. "I don't have to worry about the photos you see a lot of people." Candanya.

Azfan chuckled, he reached out to take a grain of rice at the corner of Khalisa's lips and ate it.

"Let me wash the dishes." Azfan went to bring their container of food to wash it. If Khalisa had used his energy to cook then Azfan had to wash his container.

The sound of Khalisa's phone ringtone distracts the owner. Khalisa got a video call from Renata.

"Zhong wu hao, Ama." Khalisa started by saying good day to Renata, he saw her face was smiling in front of the screen.

"Zhong wu hao Cece, what else is it?" Renata's voice sounded a little hoarse making Khalisa frown.

"She looks unwell, isn't there enough rest?"

"Well, where's your husband?"

"There's more dishwashing." Khalisa points his phone at Azfan so Renata can see him.

"Ama's healthy?" Azfan asked, he hugged Khalisa from behind and placed his chin on Khalisa's shoulder.

"Well, praise God at the age of Ama who is old God still love health."

"Amah's 74th birthday, what do you want?" Speaking of age, Khalisa so remember that soon Renata birthday.

"Ama actually wants a dress made of brocade but the hook must be difficult."

"Ama just have to say if you want a model like what Khalisa will make."

"Ama wants a knee-length red brocade dress that has a lace accent on the arm."

"Brokat is good when combined with silk, it must be suitable for Ama."

"Eh but if Khalisa is busy not being forced, Ama wants Khalisa to focus on college first."

"Absolutely do not disturb Khalisa lecture, moreover there is Mas Azfan who helps Khalisa clean up and prepare for college assignments as well." Khalisa rubbed Azfan's cheek.

"Thank God, Azfan picked up Ama's most beautiful granddaughter."

"Ready Ama, I will take good care of this granddaughter of Ama." Azfan rubbed the top of Khalisa's head.

"If that's how Ama closes first, later Ama calls again." Renata disconnects after receiving Khalisa and Azfan's answer.

Azfan kissed Khalisa's cheek before lifting his chin from Khalisa's shoulder, he inhaled the smell of fresh Khalisa's facial skin.

"Haura change clothes first." Azfan Pinta.

Khalisa changed his clothes with black robe and matching colored headscarf before they went together to Azfan's calligraphy shop located not too far from the apartment. The journey is only about 10 minutes by motorbike.

******

Azfan calligraphy shop is quite crowded in the afternoon, Azfan was busy serving buyers who saw various displays in his shop while Khalisa was still struggling with his laptop in a small room that had also been a place where Azfan slept while he was expelled from the boarding house.

Khalisa drew the dress design that Renata wanted after he worked on his practicum report framework today. Khalisa painstakingly scratched the pencil on his sketchbook. He imagined Renata wearing the dress on his birthday, would be very suitable.

Every now and then Khalisa saw Azfan who was busy serving buyers, when Azfan saw her, Khalisa commented that the sweet smile on her husband was encouraging her.

Khalisa got out of his chair when all the buyers had finished paying for their goods.

"I'll close the shop first." Azfan murmured before there was another buyer because azdan magrib was soon reverberating.

"Today's a lot of good, yes, I saw Mas Azfan was busy from earlier." Khalisa touched Azfan's shoulder and massaged him. "I can help but Mas Azfan doesn't let me."

"Haura is busy too." Azfan closed his eyes feeling Khalisa massage that relieves his fatigue after being busy from earlier. Actually by looking at Khalisa alone it can relieve Azfan fatigue and this massage is a bonus.

Azfan held Khalisa's hand that was massaging him, "already." His word.

"Oh yes I forgot to tell Mas, if you want to check the blood, Mas must fast for at least 9 hours so that the results are accurate, so this is finished after the magrib prayer, Mas must fast for a minimum of 9 hours, You can't eat anything until tomorrow."

"Well my wife, let's go home to the magrib."

******

In the morning Khalisa prepared the tools that he would use to take Azfan's blood while checking his cholesterol levels. Khalisa only learned yesterday but the lecturer asked all students to practice it.

Khalisa looked at the door waiting for Azfan to come from the mosque, he was still wearing a mukena while preparing all the tools.

"Assalamualaik."

Khalisa answered the greeting of getting up from the sofa and running towards the living room as if he had not met Azfan for a long time.

Khalisa kissed Azfan's back and left right palm alternately. Khalisa inhaled the fragrant aroma of Azfan's palm.

"It's prayer, right?" Azfan also kissed the back of Khalisa's hand and then his forehead.

"It." Khalisa hugged Azfan and buried his face in her husband's chest.

"May I have his blood?"

"I can't bear it."

"Typically my blood was also taken more than that dear so don't be afraid."

"Have you ever donated blood?" Khalisa's breaking his embrace.

"Yes once every 6 months while this is just one drop."

Khalisa took off his face and asked Azfan to sit on the living room sofa, he took a cholesterol test that was familiar to him because Khalisa often saw the device in the hospital.

"Bismillah dear." Decree Azfan, he was horrified to see the tool as well.

"Bismilahbornrahmanirrahim." Khalisa stuck the device on Azfan's index finger. Moments later the device showed total cholesterol in Azfan's blood. "We can know how to lift total cholesterol, HDL the same triglycerides just use this tool but yesterday the practicum time was much more complicated, everything is normal Mas."

"Because since marriage I don't eat haphazardly anymore, everything Haura cooks is also healthy food."

"What did you eat before marriage?"

"Eat anything that is sold at the boarding place, most often buy instant noodles because it is cheap, at the cost there is also no stove so can not cook alone."

"But Ayu often gives food, right, uh but I haven't asked why Mas was suddenly kicked out of the boarding house?"

Azfan was silent for a moment thinking of the right sentence to say. Azfan asked Khalisa to sit next to him before he started telling stories.

"At that time I felt desperate because after the disaster on campus, Ayu came and expressed her feelings for me but at that time I said that I was fighting for a girl named Khalisa, who was a girl, Ayu was angry and left immediately."

Khalisa listened to Azfan's story attentively, he did not take his eyes off Azfan for a second.

"In the Kafa store came and said that I had to think many times to approach you even without Kafa saying that I would think a thousand times to approach Haura, kafa's words made me more broken but I kept praying that God would make our way, until at the cost I was expelled, I continued to pray, Ayu's mother said I don't know myself because all this time her family treated me well but I just rejected Ayu's love."

Khalisa hugged Azfan and rubbed his back, even though all that had passed but Khalisa could feel how devastated Azfan was at that time.

"But God is very kind and replaces all that pain with you, my wife."

"After this if anyone dares to hurt Mas Azfan, I will stand at the very front and kick that person abroad."

Azfan laughed, he was telling something sad but Khalisa could always bring back Azfan's laughter.