Mahabbah Love Khalisa

96

"Aren't you really having a problem flying to Banyuwangi?" Levin looked at Khalisa worriedly. It just so happened that they got a seat next to each other so Levin could keep an eye on Khalisa during the trip.

Levin wonders why Khalisa was in Rindang's apartment this morning and he realizes that Khalisa is not visiting but staying over. Then Khalisa said he wanted to go to Banyuwangi. Where is Azfan, why did Khalisa go alone. Levin didn't dare to ask Khalisa. Even if Khalisa would share it, he would tell it himself before Levin asked. Levin suppressed his curiosity, he was only in charge of looking after Khalisa during the trip instead of interfering in Khalisa's affairs.

"Koko don't worry because I'm flying with a great doctor here." Khalisa grinned at Levin's worry, he polished his lips with liptint so as not to be too pale. With those pale lips people thought he was sick when Khalisa believed he was much better after draining his bowels this morning.

Levin smiled, throwing a glance out the window as if the slowly getting thicker roll of clouds could cheer him up rather than having to see Khalisa for longer. Levin had already built a high wall between them and he did not want to collapse just because he got a chair right next to Khalisa.

"Ko, one of the people I just met just told me she has CRPS." Khalisa broke a moment of silence between himself and Levin.

Levin, who was busy with his own thoughts, turned to look at Khalisa. It is a rare nerve dysfunction disease that cannot be cured. Usually the symptoms are in the form of extraordinary pain in parts of the body.

"You mean Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?"

Khalisa nodded faintly.

"Can this pain be cured?" There was a hopeful tone from Khalisa's sentence even though he knew the rare disease was incurable, Naira must have known that's why she wanted to go to Yemen as if to withdraw from the world's frenzy.

"Until now there has been no cure for CRPS as much as type 1 diabetes is suffering, anyone who gives him the spirit that the disease is not the end of everything."

Khalisa sighed heavily, his chatter with Naira back then flashed in his mind.

"I want to make one of his dreams come true." Lirih Khalisa's.

"What's that?"

"Married to my husband."

Levin's jaw is hardened, what kind of dream is that? even Levin who put such deep love never expected to be united with Khalisa who is now married. Levin would be strongly opposed if Azfan agreed. Levin couldn't have seen Khalisa share his love with anyone.

The question that had been twitching in Levin's head was finally answered. Azfan must have left the house because he did not agree with Khalisa's request. That means Azfan went to Banyuwangi and Khalisa followed him.

"If I were Azfan, I'd run away to a place farther away, a place you can't reach."

From the tail of his eyes Khalisa saw Levin back to take his eyes off of him.

"Why?"

"You hurt Azfan's feelings, was your love so shallow that you dared to ask Azfan to complain about you?"

Khalisa was silent, he lowered his head in closing his eyes until a drop of clear crystal fell into his palm. How'this? only God knows how deeply Khalisa loved Azfan. If the Mariana Trench which is said to be the deepest trough in the world alone can be measured in depth then the love of Khalisa is certainly deeper than that.

For Khalisa, the dream of someone is extraordinary as he always tries to draw a design in addition to his busyness to achieve the dream of becoming a designer even though his lecture material is filled with aseptic formulations, pharmacotherapy, microbiology to parasitology. Khalisa also wants to be a bridge for Naira to achieve her dream.

"You are not the angel Khalisa, you are an ordinary human being, it is not your duty then it is impossible to do it anyway whether you believe he can be happy by marrying Azfan or vice versa, do not misunderstand, maybe he wanted Azfan completely instead of sharing with you."

But he didn't deny it as if he wanted to. Not before. Now he wants it too.

Longing to penetrate into the recesses of Khalisa's heart, he wanted to hold Azfan and apologized for making a big mistake. Khalisa wanted to tell me how much he loved Azfan more than himself. Khalisa hated the time when they had to be far apart. Khalisa always wanted to be near Azfan.

Levin just turned his head when the flight attendants delivered lunch to them in the form of grilled tenderloin, mashed potato with sauteed kale and delicious-looking mushroom soup. The food on the plane was always good for Levin.

Levin saw Khalisa who had just fallen asleep, he could not disrupt Khalisa's rest for a few minutes. But Khalisa also has to eat. Free Khalisa applying lip dye anyway he still can not hide his pale face.

"Khalisa, eat first." Said Levin in a soft voice so that Khalisa was not surprised. "Ntar continued his sleep."

Without Levin repeating his words Khalisa woke up. Khalisa saw the food presented in front of him with beautiful plating.

"The meat is for Koko." Khalisa did not taste the medium-rare roasted meat, he just wanted to eat potatoes, sauteed kale and mushroom soup.

"Why, this is delicious."

Khalisa shakes his head and thrusts his plate at Levin.

"All?"

"The meat is Ko."

Levin took Khalisa's steak. Speaking of meat, Levin remembered Rindang who said how difficult it was to stop eating soy sauce after converting. Without feeling Levin smiled remembering the story of Rindang.

Khalisa glanced at Levin, was Levin so happy to get two servings of meat that he smiled so wide like that.

After finishing lunch, Khalisa immediately closed his eyes because his stomach felt like it was being stirred. No, there's no way he's drunk because getting on a plane is no longer new. Even Khalisa can get on a plane twice a week but why this time it feels different.

"Ko Levin's got scopolamine, right?" Khalisa's voice was very soft almost inaudible, he had to take nausea suppressing drugs even though it was too late because they had traveled half the way.

"You're gonna throw up again?" Levin checked the small bag on his lap, "i'll see." He kept some drugs in his bag but wasn't sure if he had travel hangover drugs there. "Nothing, just throwing up." Levin thrusts a bag at Khalisa.

Khalisa shook his head still with his eyes closed.

"Borrow his hand, because you're sitting with the doctor, then drugs aren't the only way." Levin pulled Khalisa's left hand and pressed the point between his thumb and forefinger, he did it slowly but firmly. It can reduce the nausea Khalisa. Levin also did it in Khalisa's other hands.

******

Once at the airport Khalisa immediately ran to the toilet, Levin massage was quite relaxing but when down Khalisa again feel nauseous.

Levin half ran to drag the suitcase and carry Khalisa's bag that was not too heavy. Even Khalisa left his bag.

Levin saw Khalisa turn towards the female toilet and disappear. Levin waited nearby while ordering a taxi. Khalisa did not tell anyone that he wanted to catch Azfan so no one picked him up at the airport. So Levin will take Khalisa to his parents' house first. Azfan must have been impatient to meet his wife.

"Khalisa!" Levin knocked on the toilet door because it was 10 minutes since Khalisa didn't even get out of there. He made sure Khalisa was still there. "Why you?"

Moments later the door opened, Levin took a step back to make way for Khalisa.

"You need to go to the hospital." Levin followed Khalisa's steps.

Khalisa shook his head, he wanted to meet Azfan immediately even though he now felt his body drift. Khalisa could not feel the floor on which he stepped. Khalisa's body staggered back and he heard Levin calling his name. The next second Khalisa could not feel anything. Darkened. His ears could hear nothing in the noise of the airport.

Levin lifts Khalisa's body and takes him to run for the taxi he ordered.

"Please go to the hospital sir." Levin laid Khalisa down on the car seat carefully. The driver puts the suitcase in the trunk of the car.

Kafasa Hospital is only 10 minutes from the airport which is also adjacent to Daniel's house, Jinggo hotel and Poliwangi campus.

"Suster please!" Levin lifts Khalisa's body loose. Khalisa's face also lost its hue. The redness on Khalisa's cheek disappeared.

Two nurses quickly pushed the gurney to take Khalisa.

Levin snatches the stethoscope the nurse gave him, he checks Khalisa's heartbeat. Irregular, sometimes fast and weak.

"Use RL." Let Levin tell the nurse to immediately give infusion to Khalisa.

Levin no longer looks like an intern but a real doctor. He was very good at handling Khalisa.

"Doctor, I'll tell Mr. Daniel." Levin asked the senior doctor to check on Khalisa further while he came out of it to call Daniel.

"Good work Vin." Doctor Helwa patted Levin on the shoulder proudly.

******

"Khalisa's already human." Obviously Levin so Azfan doesn't panic.

Azfan gave a huge thank you to Levin for taking care of Khalisa during the trip and taking him to the hospital.

"Mas."

Khalisa's weak voice welcomed Azfan. He reached out to Azfan who had just entered the ER. This drug-scented room has always been a historic place for Khalisa and Azfan. Their feelings get stronger when they are in it.

"I'm sorry, Mom." Khalisa came down from the standing gurney with his knees peeping at Azfan's old hands.

"Dear, I'm the one who should apologize." Azfan crouched crouching close to Khalisa's tiny body, he was wrong to have left Khalisa alone.

"I love you, Mas." Lirih Khalisa, he did not want to go far from Azfan. It's painful.

"Then don't ask me to fulfill Haura's unreasonable request."

Khalisa shook his head, he again apologized for hurting Azfan.

"I've forgiven you Haura." Azfan guides Khalisa to wake up and help him get back up to the gurney. His anger rumbled immediately upon hearing Khalisa overtake him here. "Doctor, is everything okay?" Azfan asked the 40-year-old female doctor who was there.

Doctor Helwa smiled, "Mbak Khalisa is dehydrated but we have given him the infusion, a few more hours will definitely be better."

"Doctor, I've never been drunk on a trip before but this time I'm drunk, so why?"

"That's because there's a fetus here." Helwa rubbed Khalisa's stomach at a glance.

Khalisa turned his head in disbelief, for a while he was silent and even held his breath for fear of missing Helwa's next sentence.

"I need to make sure that by doing the USG, we will move Mrs Khalisa to another room."

"Do you mean my wife is pregnant?"

"True to me."

Azfan didn't know what to say when he heard the news, too many sentences settled in his heart without being able to be taken out. Azfan's feelings were mixed between happiness, worry, joy, and gratitude because God entrusted them to have offspring.

"Alhamdulillah dear." Azfan pulled Khalisa into his arms, his body trembling in happy tears. He kissed Khalisa's forehead many times. Although doctors say only a small possibility Khalisa can get pregnant but they still believe that nothing is impossible for God. Their long prayers were answered when Azfan was desperate for Khalisa because he was asked to marry another woman.

Khalisa sobbed in Azfan's arms. His sadness during the waiting period evaporated instantly, flowing with his tears.

******

The news of Khalisa's pregnancy spread quickly. Everyone who knows Khalisa also happy and pray that the fetus in Khalisa's stomach is healthy until birth. Many hospital staff gave flowers as congratulations to Khalisa and Azfan to fill the hospital room.

The smells of Roses, Tulips, Night Steady, Gardenia and Sweet Pea mixed into one in the room. Instead of smelling the scent of medicine, Khalisa's nose was spoiled by the fragrance of the flowers. He'll take it all to Sleman.

A photograph in Khalisa's hand shows the results of the first ultrasound of his very small fetus. The doctor said Khalisa's gestational age was 3 weeks. Khalisa did not even realize that he was almost 1 month late. He thought his body was feeling bad because the weather was always changing but there was a baby in his stomach.

In the midst of the happy news, Khalisa told about Naira's disease. Khalisa said the real reason why he had wanted Azfan to marry Naira, was because Naira looked desperate even though her mouth said no. Khalisa is not the type of woman who likes to take advantage of others like expecting a child from another woman. Khalisa's not that bad. Without Khalisa realizing she had hurt her own husband's feelings. That is why Khalisa never stop apologizing to Azfan because he will not get the pleasure of Allah if Azfan does not forgive him.

When Khalisa said that to Naira the next second was just the regret he felt. Khalisa said it because he knew how severe the disease would be in Naira's body.

"Well me, my mother." Khalisa.

"certain." Azfan clasped Khalisa's hand and said a prayer, "may Allah always protect Khalisa and our future son who is in his womb, he said, may Khalisa always be given health and strength in the face of the trials of Allah and may Khalisa always be given peace of heart."

Khalisa assures Azfan of prayer, he closes his eyes when Azfan lands a lip on his forehead. It was their custom when Azfan was about to go to work without Khalisa at his side. But because now Khalisa and Azfan only faced two major events in his household, namely a great quarrel and happy news, Khalisa specifically asked Azfan to pray for him. However, Azfan will always pray for Khalisa in every second of his life.

The door opened and Daniel appeared with a happy face, the first to know that Khalisa came and was rushed to the hospital when Levin contacted him. But Daniel was the last to come because he had to finish the meeting in Bali. As soon as he got off the plane Daniel went straight to the hospital, especially after Ica gave news about Khalisa's pregnancy. Daniel is still wearing a full suit, he did not have time to change clothes because he could not wait to see the state of Khalisa.

"Finally Papa will be Grandpa." Daniel stretched his arms around Khalisa, patting his eldest daughter on the back. "May you and Azfan always be happy, don't fight." Daniel last peaked Khalisa's head.

"Father, you haven't given advice, you're better." Daniel also hugged Azfan congratulating. "When Khalisa came out, Papa was 23 but Azfan would be Papa at 21, Papa envied you."

"Pa, don't be jealous because Papa will be Grandpa at 45."

Daniel smiled sumringah, Khalisa was the most clever to seduce his papa. He looked at the old Khalisa, his little daughter was about to become a mother.

"Papa salat ashar first, Azfan want to pray here or follow Papa?"

"Azfan pray here aja Pa." Azfan did not want to leave Khalisa alone here while Ica went home briefly to pick up Zunaira and Azmal.

"Yes, Papa go first." Daniel left Khalisa's room to establish an ashar prayer.

"Let's help me to the bathroom."

"I can walk alone." Khalisa came down from the gurney, his strength has recovered considerably after eating two apples. "The client is home."

"The doctor said that the infusion was new abis can go home." Azfan still helped Khalisa to the bathroom because he did not want to take the risk in case Khalisa fell.

"Mas, I'm gonna take a shower."

"Mandi?" Azfan saw Khalisa hanging an infusion bag on the pole that had been provided, "shower at home only tomorrow.".

Khalisa is bending his lower lip, he wants to take a shower now and change his clothes because the clothes from the hospital he has not worn.

"Yes, here I help take off his clothes, slowly." Azfan took off Khalisa's buttons one by one. He should be extra careful not to hit the infusion of Khalisa.

"Mas." Call Khalisa.

Azfan answered with a murmur.

"You're handsome."

Azfan held back his smile, what is this? the heat flowed down Azfan's cheeks to the ears. Azfan wondered why Khalisa so often praised his good looks. Though previously Khalisa more often praise the melodious voice of Azfan or his skills when making calligraphy.

"Cock my stomach flat yeah, pantes I don't realize there's a baby here." Khalisa was groping his stomach.

"He's a kid, the doctor said he's not even a month old either." Azfan curled Khalisa's hair so as not to get wet with water.

"Ultimately we succeed after trying every day." Khalisa smiled so much that his teeth were visible.

Now that Azfan could no longer hold back his smile, those innocent words slid so lightly from Khalisa's mouth making Azfan anxious.

"If you don't have to do it again?" Azfan flushed Khalisa's body slowly with warm water.

"Bikin dong Mas."

Azfan laughed, if this is not a hospital he must have spent Khalisa right then and there.

Azfan never imagined getting married at the age of 20 years let alone having children. Azfan's dream is to graduate college easily and work. But God gave more than Azfan imagined. Now not only college, Azfan also has his own income. In addition to tuition fees, Azfan can also help his mother finance Safa and Marwah schools.