Not a Girl Again

Part 6's

"Who do you mean, Ji?"

Mama Aji approached her son who had just returned from the office. This day the middle-aged woman was thinking about the prospective successor her son had prepared. Because never once he saw a woman close to Aji.

"Maybe I'll take Mama and Papa to his house."

Undaunted, the sentence came out. The man made a choice. Not out of love, Aji chose Naswa. Even he was not completely sure he was in love. However, somehow there is always an urge to marry his old friend.

"Mama can only hope that the candidate you made a replacement for is better than Rea."

While smiling the middle-aged woman passed. Leaving Aji standing glued with a lot of preconceived notions. Is Naswa as good as he looks? He doesn't know either.

One thing is certain, if his heart always shakes every look at the two dark netra Naswa.

***

[I'm going to your house.]

Something is not right according to Naswa. The woman begins to think about the presumption of the reason Aji can send a line of messages that make her nervous. Slowly he got up and exhaled.

Azan isya has been seen. Naswa prefers to calm his heart with prayer. The woman tried to ignore the curiosity that had swirled.

He was not aware that the Creator was starting his scenario. A never expected groove and another surprise that could make the flowers in his heart re-bloom. So, will Naswa accept all if there is still a barrier to him reaching for happiness?

***

"Assalamualaik."

A faint male voice sounded into Naswa's ear. While tidying his face, he tried to ignore. Prejudice, Aji wants to talk about something with her father.

"Sir, someone wants to see you."

His mother was standing in the doorway. His face looks more cheerful than usual. Makes Naswa more convinced that something will happen again.

"Who, Ma?" Naswa asked with a curious face.

"Let's go outside first. Don't you take it long."

The question was swallowed with the pull of his mother's hand. Just as he arrived at the living room, all eyes had been on Naswa. Mama Aji scanned the woman from toe to head.

"This is my son Naswa Farida."

Naswa smiled stiffly and sat opposite Aji. Both of them bowed deeply and enjoyed the few minutes spent on stale bases. However, when a sentence is spoken the two of them meet in one line of sight.

"Naswa's not married, is she?" Papa Aji asked in a friendly manner.

"Not yet, Om."

A sentence came out of Aji's mouth. I don't know what makes this guy happy. Without further ado, he coded his papa.

"Sorry before, sir, Mom. My family and I here aim to turn Naswa into my wife."

This time was different as the events that had passed. Naswa's heart managed to race faster because of Aji's words. The feeling of wanting to nod back was broken when a bad shadow began to appear in his mind.

Cold sweat on Naswa's forehead. Reality has slapped him back. Pulling aside the curtains of her and Aji's differences. The comparison is the sky and the Earth.

"How, Nas?" His father asked with netra hoping.

"Before the word of consent is spoken. I want to ask Aji. If I'm not a girl anymore. Is Aji still willing to accept me as a future wife?"

The admiration for Naswa's elegance suddenly disappeared from Mama Aji's heart. The woman secretly prays for Aji to get the best woman. But is not the best according to man not necessarily the best according to God?

"I don't want to if my son marries the rest of the women. Honestly Naswa, I'm a little disappointed that your face is a little deceiving. A face that seemed innocent, but his behavior was not commendable!"

The words spoken are not sharp. However, it was able to make Naswa's defense falter. The woman tried to stay up even though tears were falling on her cheeks.

Aji was silent with her mother's words. The man tried to think with a cold head and stroked the middle-aged woman's shoulders. Although in the heart there is a question that strikes.

Naswa's father who had been silent also spoke. "Mom, please don't be so bad and say that my son is a leftover woman. If Naswa lost her chastity because of male depravity, then what can still be called the remaining woman pinned?"

"What do you mean?" mama Aji asked who was starting to calm down.

"Naswa is a victim of sexual crime. Many wounds were left, including physical and bathin wounds. So, if you're not willing to take her as my daughter-in-law that's okay."

The old man managed to make Naswa's tears fall. He is a father who truly loves his daughter. At a time when all the world condemns only he who is able to refute and make the world silent.

"I'll accept Naswa as he is."

Aji's sentence seemed to be magic that made all eyes widen. Belief and disbelief fought in Naswa's heart. Her female soul was turbulent because of the firmness that the man before her spoke.

"There's still another woman more worthy, Ji!"

The middle-aged woman widened her eyes. As if asserting that he did not approve of Aji's move. That one sentence was meaningless when one rebuttal came out of his son's mouth.

"What is the proper standard of Mama? Aji .. marrying Naswa is not about worth or not worth, Ma. Long before today, Aji's heart had chosen Naswa. Especially after the prayer istikharah, the face that appears is not the face of Rea, but Naswa."

The man explained to his mother. When Rea's name was mentioned, Naswa looked up again and remembered that Aji would be getting married soon. A question just slid in.

"Aren't you getting married? Why did you propose to me, Ji?"

Naswa's mother looked at her daughter in disbelief. He also just remembered that Aji is getting married. Everyone is focused on that guy.

"I'm not getting married. My future wife is pregnant with her lover's child."

Without the burden of the sentence. Naswa wanted to ask again, but Mama Aji had not yet fulfilled his wish had risen from the chair. Leaving the meeting without saying goodbye.

Naswa was silent and glued to her seat. On the other hand he was sad. On the other side he was worried. What Aji's proposal is still valid, even without blessing.

***

On the way home Mama Aji just fell silent while paying attention to the streets of Surabaya. Somehow the middle-aged woman felt disturbed when her gaze accidentally met with Naswa. Like there is a sensation that cannot be described, but is able to seize concentration.

One thing he has kept up to now. He does not want and does not want Aji to marry the woman. Whatever the reason, the middle-aged woman does not want Aji to marry a woman who is not a girl anymore.

"Mama still disagrees, if you're going to marry Naswa."

Aji remained silent. Not responding to her mother's speech. It could be, he obeyed the order, but it could not be. Now his mind was wandering about what happened to Naswa until his cheerfulness seemed no longer visible.

"If Mama does not agree, but God has willed. What can Mama do."

The sentence was thrown from the front seat of the car. The middle-aged man who had chosen to be silent and observe what was happening was now speaking. The two people behind each other.

"What Papa wants our son to get a wife, a woman who can't even. Guarding honor?"

"Don't conclude, Ma. The words uttered by Naswa's father are not so."

Now, Aji is starting to worry, will his proposal continue without the blessing of the Mama?

TBCS!

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