My Love Ends At Pesantren
Will you be my wife ?
It's been a month since Mentari returned to the cottage, all going as usual. Mentari stood staring at the expanse of the lake behind the boarding school, he was thinking about his fate for the future. He had to find a job to finance his and Ainun's needs. He stayed in the cottage for a while until he got a job.
For almost a month he had not met Joseph, the man whom he had longed for. I don't know where the guy was, after the trial he went somewhere. Mentari had already questioned him to Nadia and Rika, both of whom were silent. Mentari felt that if Joseph had now forgotten his feelings, the love that was once present was now gone.
Mentari was still busy with his thoughts, he could not just stay here. But he did not know where to go, the Azka family called him to stay together but he refused, he did not want to burden them. Mentari just wants to go far away and start her new life with her daughter without anyone interrupting.
After feeling confident in his decision, he went and went into the cottage to ask for permission to leave the cottage. He was determined to start a new life.
"Assalamualaikum," Mentari went inside, her eyes bulging as she looked at the figure of the man she had been missing for one month.
"Greetings waalaikum," everyone stared at Mentari. Nadia stood up to Mentari and pulled the woman to sit down to join them.
Mentari followed Nadia's steps even though his eyes looked at the man who had been sitting quietly beside Kansaan Lukman. The man was busy talking to his father, Umm Kalsum smilingly looked at Mentari whose eyes could not be separated from the figure of his son. Sometimes she glanced at Joseph who was seriously talking to her husband, she knew very well that he was pretending not to pay attention to Mentari. He could see that Joseph also occasionally stole a glance at the woman. Umm Kalsum could only smile amusedly.
Mentari who had just been silent now spoke up, he wanted to express his desire. Seeing Joseph's attitude made him even more confident in his decision, he believed the man had now changed.
"Ummi, Abi, I want to say something, but everything is here" Mentari's words immediately attracted everyone to look at her.
"What's up, baby? Say, you must not be ashamed. Think of ummi and abi as your parents," Financed Lukman just smiled, as if saying the same thing with his wife.
"I want to ask permission to leave here, I ......."
"Where are you going? Why do you suddenly want to leave? Are the people here treating you badly?" Now Yusuf spoke, he was shocked by Mentari's words. What the fuck is that woman, why is she suddenly asking permission to leave.
"No, not at all. Thank God I feel happy here, everyone treats me and Ainun well." As he wavered, he was shocked by Joseph's response.
"Why do you want to go ?" Everyone was just speechless hearing the conversation of the two, they knew that the man would never get tired if Mentari left.
"I just want to start everything from scratch, I want to live my new life with Ainun. I want to work and try to meet my daughter's needs" Mentari tried to make her point.
"I'll meet your needs, you don't have to think about it. You don't have to leave here" Everyone smiled at Joseph's words, indirectly showing how much he felt for Mentari.
"No, Brother Yusuf doesn't have to do that. I could alone meet my needs and Ainun, besides Brother Yusuf has no obligation to finance our lives," Mentari tried to reject the words of Joseph, what the man, what the fuck, as for why he wanted to finance his life with Ainun, they had no relationship whatsoever.
"No. I'm...."
"Son, what nak Mentari said is true, you have no obligation to finance them. Mentari has the right to choose the path of his life, who knows out there will be a responsible man who can marry him later. We can't help it to stay here, "Ummi Kalsum deliberately heated up her son's heart, he felt anxious about her. This month it disappeared under the pretense of convincing her to propose to Mentari, but what the boy did was, pretending to ignore the existence of Mentari.
Another man ? Marrying a Mentari ? No, I would never have been exhausted if Mentari had been owned by another man. Inner Joseph
Mentari's face reddened at Umm Kalsum's words, she was ashamed. Be married? Until now he had never thought about it, his heart was still owned by the man before him. He was not sure if he would be easy to accept another man. Mentari stole a glance at Joseph, wanting to see the man's response. His heart was disappointed to see the man's composure.
"Yes Bi, I'm sure. I've also talked to Ainun, and she also wants to come with me,"
"Kak Tari if you want I will help you find a job, it happens to be in the cafe of my friend's brother again open job vacancies, especially if the owner is young, the same age as Bang Yusuf, and my friend's brother, who knows, you can be a match with him, the person is good and also well established," Now Nadia teases her brother. He also did not get out of thought with the attitude of his brother, I don't know what was in his brain.
"Can't, Mentari can't go from here let alone to work at the cafe. I will never allow that" All gawked at Joseph's words, was the man conscious of his words? Ummi Kalsum, Financed Lukman and Nadia could only smile amusedly.
"What right do you have to ban Mentari ? He deserves to be happy and start a new life and later he can get married and be happy," Umm Kalsum increasingly impatient to insinuate Joseph, Mentari just fell silent.
"Only I can marry her, no other man can marry Mentari. I'm marrying Mentari next month,"
Deg
Yusuf's words suddenly made Mentari shocked, whether Joseph was aware of his words. His heart rumbled, once again he tried to digest the man's words. Ummi Kalsum, Financed Lukman and Nadia smiled happily. The sentence that they had been waiting for was now spoken as well.
"What do you mean, son? You want to marry Mentari?" Kaiyai Lukman makes clear what Joseph said.
"Yes Bi, I want to marry Mentari. Did Abi and Ummi approve?" Joseph looked at his parents expectantly.
"We have no problem, but does the person you want to marry accept you?" Lukman's Financed Questions made everyone look up to Mentari. Joseph turned to look at Mentari expectantly.
The mentor who got the question could only fall silent and duck hiding his already reddened face holding in shame. All looked at him expectantly, he was confused as to how. He could not deny his heart was warmed and how happy he was to hear Joseph's words.
Yusuf, who could not wait to hear Mentari's answer, chose to approach the woman, walked over and suddenly crouched down. The mentor was shocked and chose to throw away his face. He's really embarrassed. His heart was now working twice as much, he could feel his heart racing.
"Let's see me, I know now's not the right time to say this. Actually I want to propose to you in a different place, I want it to be just you and me. But the current situation made me unable to think twice and wait for the right time." Mentari was now looking at the man crouching before her.
"Tari I know I am not a perfect man, but rest assured I will always keep trying to make you happy. I love you, I want to be with you. I could never see you sitting next to another man. Mentari in front of both my parents and my sister, I wholeheartedly ask for your availability to be my woman, to be the mother of my children. I cannot promise many things, but what you need to believe is that I will always and always try to look after and make you and Ainun happy, trying to be a good father to Ainun and our children in the future," Mentari could only be silent, her tears urging her to come out. He could not hold her back until the tears fell down his cheeks.
"So, will you be my wife?" Mentari just nodded, his mouth felt cloudy to speak. He was unable to describe his happiness today, he could only cry. Joseph was eager to hug the woman, but the sharp gaze of his parents made him undo his intentions.
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