
Iqbal fasted for one week in Ramadan. Although initially forced, over time Iqbal used to. He also looks diligent like other students.
At nine o'clock in the evening, all the santri were still in the mosque because they were tadarus together. Suddenly a very loud voice came from outside. Looks like someone's playing firecrackers. Santri's activities were disrupted due to the sound of firecrackers. Some of them came out to see.
"Hey retreat! In front is very dangerous," Fahmi told the other santri. Because a bunch of people threw firecrackers at a boarding school. They did not know who the hordes of people in front of the pesantren were, because the distance from the mosque to the front gate was quite far.
Duars
There was a fire that caused an explosion. Fire in one of the buildings. Fahmi and other students hurriedly took water to flush the fire so as not to seep into other buildings. While Iqbal, boldly went ahead to see who did the act in the pesantren.
It turns out Iqbal's guess is correct. The one who came to mess with it was Reno and his friends. Iqbal opened the locked gate and approached them. He stared intently at Reno who was also looking at him while grinning.
"Well, did you come here again? Do you want to make this boarding school a fire? Look at!" Iqbal pointed to a building that was burned by firecrackers. "Do you want to be reported to the police for premeditated murder by burning the pesantren?"
"Eits .. that's unlikely to happen. I can't possibly be in jail" Reno denied.
"Nothing is impossible. Here are many witnesses, so we could have reported you directly," Iqbal said. His words were a little threatening.
Reno did not reply, his gaze fixed on Aisha and some other santriwati who were gathering. It just so happened that Aisha herself was at the very end, so Reno could see it. They had just come out of the mosque and were about to go to their respective rooms. Because Ustadz Malik ordered it.
Reno looked at Iqbal with a grin, "Before Lo reportin I, first I will make Lo's lover hurt."
Iqbal sees Reno giving the code to his friend. He still did not understand what the code meant. Then Iqbal saw one of Reno's friends take a firecracker. Iqbal looked around looking for Aisha's whereabouts. Because it looks like Reno is going to hurt Aisha with that firecracker.
"Say good-bye to Lo's lover, Iqbal," Reno said.
When he saw Reno's friend throwing firecrackers at a group of female students, Iqbal immediately ran because he wanted to save his female idol.
"Aisha, lookout!" scream Iqbal.
Some santriwati ran straight away. While Aisha was still in her place looking at Iqbal who was running towards her very fast. Iqbal pulled Aisha's hand and invited her to run from there. Aisha, who does not understand, tries to let go of Iqbal's hand. However, Iqbal instead eroded the distance so that Aisha was in his arms.
Duars
They heard firecrackers coming from behind. Fortunately, the firecracker did not hit Aisha or Iqbal. Aisha covered her ears with two hands.
"Are you okay?" Iqbal asked while keeping his hand away from Aisha.
"It's okay. Thank you for saving me." Aisha felt indebted to Iqbal. Iqbal saved him.
"Either. It's my duty to protect the woman I love."
Iqbal's words made Aisha speechless. His bad taste is getting bigger. Azmi, who is her future husband, has never done what Iqbal did. Even Iqbal dared to risk his life just to save him.
"I want to check ahead first. It seemed like Reno and his gang were gone, "Iqbal rushed away from there.
Aisha looked at Iqbal's back which was getting further away. In his heart there was a sense of pleasure when he heard the expression of Iqbal's love. However, Aisha hurriedly brushed it off. It's not good if he thinks about other men.
"Hey, just daydream. How does it feel in a handsome man's arms?" Nisa patted Aisha's shoulder.
"Astaghfirullah'alladzim's chat. You startled me," Aisha held onto her chest in shock.
"My question has not been answered. How does it feel in a handsome man's arms?" ask Nisa.
"Of course Iqbal did that because he had a similar taste to you, Ais. She might want to save you for no reason. He even got hurt on his shoulder for saving you. Very lucky so you, yes, can be loved by a man like him. She was really kind and seemed to be able to protect her partner. It's just that he loves the wrong woman. You can't repay her love because you already have a potential husband" said Nisa.
"I feel bad about him. Because he has been very kind to me" said Aisha.
"You're just saying you already have a future husband."
"Looks like he already knows, Nis."
"really?"
"I think it's like that."
"I have a desire to introduce you to him. Maybe you guys can take care of 'aruf, '" said Aisha.
"But Iqbal loves you, Ais."
"Destiny no one knows. He could be your soul mate, Nis."
Nisa just agreed with Aisha's words. Even if he doesn't believe that he and Iqbal can be together. Because Nisa sees clearly that Iqbal has a taste only to Aisha.
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Iqbal gets a letter through Fahmi. Fahmi says if the letter is from Aisha. Immediately Iqbal's heart flowered when he found out that Aisha sent him a letter. Iqbal began to unfold the folds of paper he was holding. Then start reading word for word written on the letter.
The smile that had been engraved on Iqbal's face, now began to fade. Iqbal did not expect that Aisha would write that in her letter. Aisha asks Iqbal not to expect it again. Aisha also said that she would introduce Iqbal to Nisa.
'Did I ever deserve to have you? I haven't said anything yet, you've already thrown a rejection first, ' Iqbal muttered in his heart. Now Iqbal's confidence is slowly disappearing. It is indeed possible that she does not deserve to have Aisha.
Iqbal tore the letter and threw it in the trash. Fahmi looks surprised to see the change in the look of Iqbal's face. What once seemed happy now is like being disappointed.
"Why are you, Iqbal? Why did you throw away the letter? Isn't that from Aisha?" ask Fahmi.
"Don't mention the woman's name again! She thought she was the only beautiful woman. So want to know me as his friend," muttered Iqbal did not like.
"So Aisha sent you a letter because she wanted to introduce you to her friend? By the way what's the name of his friend?"
"Nisa," Iqbal replied.
Fahmi approached Iqbal and patted his shoulder gently, "You're patient. Maybe Aisha is not your soul mate" Fahmi said.
"Now I don't care about him anymore. There are still many women out there who are more beautiful than him and certainly want to be the same as me."
"So you're giving up?"
"Not giving up, but if he already knows that I have a taste for him while he introduces me to another woman, that's not his name. Why do I continue to pursue a love that can either be achieved or not?"
"You can definitely get better than him. It is better now to focus on learning just so that your religious knowledge is getting better," said Fahmi suggested.