
Four months after receiving news from her mother, Anis is now living her days as usual, and keeping her grief meetings alone.
Her mother hasn't called her since that day.
...*...
Today, at the beginning of December everyone is waiting to look busy, not least Nata and her parents.
They cleaned up the library of the orphanage which now has a lot of new books.
Until the afternoon their work was not finished, but the children looked exhausted.
Nata asked them to take a bath and return to their rooms.
He and Anis remain in the library together, as his family and other caregivers are busy putting broken books in the boxes outside the library.
They arranged the remaining books into an empty shelf without a sound.
Anis felt very awkward together with her religious teacher a few years ago.
By the time Maghrib arrived, they were not finished.
They rushed to get out of there.
But Anis will come out first, trouble opens the door.
Many times he turned the door leaf there, but to no avail, making Nata who was not far behind Anis, get close to him.
Anis stayed away, letting Nata try to open the door, but in vain.
The nannies and their families thought they had been out with the other children since, making them lock the library door from the outside because it was dark.
Nata tried to call Abi and Uminya, but there was no answer, because everyone was performing the Maghrib prayer.
Nata called his sister, Nita, but apparently his sister was at his friend's house and will be home at nine.
..."Nita, where are you?"...
..."At my friend's house bang, what's the matter?"...
..."Nita, how come you can go home faster, branch locked in the library, please open the door, it's almost through maghrib..."...
..."But my schoolwork hasn't finished yet, but Abi and Umi are definitely preventing me from going out until night..."...
..."Yes already, but remember after you go home later, immediately tell Umi that brother is locked here..."...
..."Good brother, pray there first..."...
Nata hung up on him.
With forced he had to perform worship in a room that was still a little messy.
Luckily, the bathroom was repaired.
So they can use it for ablution.
..."Are you wearing socks?"...
Nata suddenly asked Anis.
..."Yes, I wear it, sir..." Answer Anis stammered....
..."Good, now fast wudhu, we pray here first, soon I return to call Abi or Umi."...
..."Okay sir..."...
Anis cursed the misfortune that befell her this twilight, although she liked Nata, but this kind of tandem also made her very nervous.
After ablution, Anis prayed first, using the sarong that Nata had worn as the base, fortunately Nata also wore trousers.
Nata waited for Anis to finish, while sitting reading a book behind Anis.
Now it is Nata's turn to carry out his obligations.
Anis retreated from there, then sat berserk in front of a bookcase that was still not really neat.
Nata was done, he took his phone back and tried to contact his parents.
Still in vain, because usually after Maghrib, they conduct small studies with children there.
Makes them have to wait even longer.
Anis was still sitting with her position because she felt unable to just glance at Nata.
An hour and a half passed, they had finished praying Isya.
Nata was still trying to make calls, but I don't know what they were doing out there until they didn't pick up the phone.
Without them noticing, the people in dimushola were busy looking for them.
Other caregivers suspected Anis was being disoriented, and because her bedroom door was locked they also thought Anis had gone to bed sooner.
Likewise with Nata's parents, because they think Nata is exhausted, and may have returned to his room since.
Be they no longer worried, and without them realizing many missed calls on their phones who are in the workspace Abi Rahman.
They decide to have dinner without Nata and Anis at their respective places.
...*...
While in the library room, Annis felt her stomach starve.
He held it back by continuing to read books.
Their stomachs sounded rumbling.
Makes Anis unable to endure her embarrassment.
Nata almost laughed at Anis who was embarrassed and covered her face with a thick book.
..."Wait a minute, they'll be here soon..." Nata strengthened themselves....
..."I-iya sir..."...
But until ten p.m., there was no sign of anyone coming.
Nata's cell phone battery is up, he can't call anymore.
They're here if they have to wait until morning.
Sister Nata, also seemed to forget her brother.
After returning home, he entered his room and was busy playing mobile phones.
Umi and Abinya were busy chatting in the family room and had not seen their cell phones at all.
Eleven o'clock in the night, the sleepy Annis finally fell asleep while holding back her hunger, and leaning against the wood behind her, making the hijab she was wearing a little messy.
The night weather is getting colder.
Nata was also already sleepy, but felt sorry for Anis who seemed to be cold.
He did not expect, after years of staying away from girls out there, and never even saw Anis as a mature woman, now had to be alone with the girl who grew up in the family's property.
Because of his pity, he ended up covering Anis's feet with a prayer glove that was always worn while in his home.
But because the ceramic floor felt so cold, he could not resist the cold when he took off his sheath.
Due to confusion, and there was no way he could take the sheath back off Anis' body.
Finally he sat down next to the girl, sharing a glove for his leg.
It was warm because her body was almost attached to Anis's body.
While moving her hand to justify her glove, she accidentally touched Anis' hand.
It was like being electrocuted, Nata hurriedly kept her hand away from Anis's cold right hand.
Nata felt sinful, because he touched Anis' hand, but he had no other choice, than they fainted from the cold here, he finally dared to do such a thing, he said,that ultimately led to her in a marriage that was completely unplanned.
At half-twelfth night, they both finally fell asleep there, and without feeling Nata actually leaned his head on Anis's boat.
Although Anis felt his body heavy, but he continued his sleep so that his hunger was not felt.
...*...
Abi and Uminya, who were also sleepy after a few hours of chatting about their busy lives, decided to go into their room.
Abi Rahman first stopped by his study, to pick up his cell phone also owned by his wife.
After getting out of there, Abi Rahman stared at the screen of his phone filled with calls from Nata ten times, there was also the same call on his wife's phone.
..."Umi, look at this, why did Nata call up so many times like this, where is he really?"...
..."Umi doesn't know Bi, maybe she's in her room, just try Abi call back."...
Abi Rahman tried calling back, but Nata's number was off.
..."Umi Nata's phone is off..."...
..."Yeah, let Umi check in her room first..."...
Umi Sarrah rode upstairs to Nata's room
Umi Sarrah was surprised because there was no child there, because he did not find Nata in his room, he opened Nata's work space next to the room.
There's nobody there.
Umi Sarrah then, knocking on the door of her daughter's room..
..."Nita, why haven't you slept?"...
..."Watch Umi soon..hehehe."...
..."Oh Umi wants to ask, did your brother call you earlier ?"...
..."Jesus, my goodness, Umi, I forgot to tell Umi, if you called me, keep saying that she was locked in the library..."...
..."Nita, you here's why didn't you say that..."...
..."Sorry Umi I forgot..."...
Umi Sarrah immediately went back down, and told her husband that Nata was in the library because it was locked there.
Abi Rahman rushed into his study to retrieve the library's spare key.
The two of them immediately headed for the library room that was right beside the orphanage.
After opening the door, however surprised they were, saw his first child sleeping and leaning on his foster child's shoulder.
...❤️❤️❤️...
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