
That's why I'm Part 16
After school Dira and Fira immediately rushed back to the dormitory. Today is still day and a crucial moment for all who fast. They are stricken with thirst and hunger so the best option is to return to the dorm as soon as possible. Because compared to the classroom, the dormitory is much more comfortable and cool to take shelter. There are not many people inside because most santriwati are busy with their respective affairs. Either they go to the library because they are so smart or to the garden to find additional vegetables open later, or maybe for people who are too good they will help the cooking staff in the kitchen. Whatever the reason, Fira does not care too much because the most important thing is to immediately return to the dormitory and take a shower to eliminate the sultry in his body!
How it is not tormented, when it is blocked and hit by the hot sun makes the whole body sweat and overheat. Imagine how uncomfortable it is.
"Assalamualaikum, Ukht?" A polite greeting from someone stopped the steps of both of them. Confused by who they greeted, Fira and Dira then did not immediately return their greetings.
"Right Ukht, we're greeting you both." One of the taller men admitted that what they greeted was Fira and Dira, not someone else.
"Waalaikumussalam akh, is there anything we can help you with?" After getting confirmation from the man, Fira and Dira then do not ignore them and reply politely anyway.
The shorter man smiled politely, "Can we have a chat for a while? It's okay here as long as the ukht wants to talk to us." Say it as quietly as possible. This is the step to approach the ukht who have become their target.
Hearing the man's request, Fira and Dira immediately looked at each other. They hesitate to join but it is very rude to refuse let alone offer to speak in a crowded place, which is free from slander.
Considering for a moment, Fira knew that Alif would not like it if he talked to other men. But Fira also remembered that if he had to forget about Alif immediately and look for other men to divert his feelings, Fira should not be inferior to Alif. Alif can talk to Annisa while he can't?
Huh, Fira will not lose!
"It can, as long as it remains within reasonable limits." Fira answered unexpectedly Dira. He looked at Fira with a look of disbelief and concern, surely Fira did this because it was consumed by Fia's incitement. Though Fira should know very well how ridiculous Fia's brain is, following her idea is a mistake.
Well, now that Fira has already wanted to serve the conversation of these two men then Dira who as an observer can only pray that Alif does not see the stupid behavior of Fira at this time because if so, if so, Dira could not gauge how angry Alif would be. Hey, Alif is a boarding school manager who is notoriously assertive and does not want to know, especially if this is related to the person he likes then maybe his anger is a disaster to bear Fira.
"Thank you for the time." The taller man never expected that Fira would agree to it straight away.
"Ukht, my name is Faiz. It just so happens that by the end of this year I will be graduating from here and soon be sent to Egypt for further education." The taller man introduced himself humbly, he also mentioned that his time in the boarding house was only a few months away and would soon continue his education to Egypt.
Dira knows, although he looks humble, but Faiz deliberately shows off his potential which is quite smart. He will be sent to Egypt of course it is a feat that is not easy to get, especially if you look carefully Faiz is handsome enough to be able to compete with Alif!
Oh no, if Fira gets to Faiz's smitten then Dira's life will be completely ravaged by Alif later. He had to stop her immediately before Fira fell for this man!
"Fira, I think we should go back soon" Dira tried to advise but nothing has been cut by Fira.
"My name is Fira, still in class XII. If you may know the reason why do you want to invite Fira to speak? Because as far as Fira knows, we never met and there should be no reason for us to talk?" Fira realizes that Faiz is after her. Although this was good news yet somehow Fira was uncomfortable with this. He was afraid that if Alif saw him talking to other men even though this he did to forget Alif!
Seeing Fira's uncomfortable expression, Faiz thought if he should be more refined to face Fira. But before he could say anything, Alif's heavy voice stopped him.
"What are you guys talking about? That look like it's really fun?" He asked with a smiling face, but in fact, he was not smiling at all!
It's scary, Dira knows very well this is Alif's form of anger.
Alif casually placed his hand on Fira's slender waist, pulling Fira to get even closer to her. It was as if he was showing that Fira was his and inviolable!
Seeing Alif's sudden arrival as well as his clear possessive attitude, the air suddenly felt frozen. The conversation that was originally done casually suddenly became strenuous, making Faiz and his friend somehow regret their foolish act of approaching Fira. Fira is Alif's sister of course they know that, but what they don't know and guess is how possessive Alif is to Fira. They're like seeing a husband come to rescue your wife from bullies who hurt her eyes.
Seeing from Alif's attitude, obviously they both understood that Alif did not like to see them close to Fira.
"Gus Alif, "She said with a stiff smile.
"I just told Fira that I'm going to graduate soon." Faiz explained nervously as both of Alif's sharp eyes kept watching him. Even a very uncomfortable feeling of coldness could be felt around his nape. Why was Alif's aura so terrifying?
Is he really human, ah!
Alif smiled kindly as he pulled Fira closer to him, his sharp eyes looking smilingly watching Faiz with a faint cold look.
"Oh, so it's like that. Why does Fira have to know you're gonna graduate from here?" He asked with the same smile.
"That's.that's.I intend to immediately linger-"
"My brother belongs to someone else." The subsequent verdict made Faiz's knee feel weak. Even though it has been known to end up disappointed but still it feels surprising. He was also embarrassed because before he could say anything Alif had rejected him first, it was like Alif knew the intention of his arrival here.
Hearing Alif's resolute tone that rejected Faiz, there was also a sense of pleasure and anger that Fira felt. Fira is very happy because Alif cares about her very much, plus this romantic special treatment makes Fira more and more hopeful. But all that was lost when Alif confirmed that he had become the property of others, as if Alif was very happy to see him with other men!
While Fira with a black and white feeling, Dira who is just a bystander actually feels if her stomach is currently cramping because it is too long to hold a laugh. How does he feel if Alif's jealous feelings are so funny?
Rejecting other men directly in place without regard to the self-esteem of others. Jealousy is dangerous.
"Yes, if so you go back to your place. Don't forget to study more for your graduation exams." Alif's orders do not want to linger facing his love rivals.
Embarrassed, Faiz and his friend apologized for their insolence towards Fira. They also declared their resignation politely to Alif who was still at home with his possessive attitude to Fira.
Once the two of them disappeared from the sight of the three of them, then Alif no longer held back his anger towards Fira. He immediately pulls Fira's hand to follow her home, Alif must give Fira a lesson for all the chaos he has made.
"Mas Alif, take off Fira's hand.Fira's hand hurts, Mas!" Fira complained sadly feeling her wrists being pulled by Alif become sore. He also did not expect that Alif would be so rude to him.
However, Alif instead of stopping and releasing Fira's hand, he even further tightened his grip while accelerating his pace to drag Fira home.
"Mas Alif, Kasian Fira has a sore hand. You can talk about your problems later at home in a nice way and not like this." Dira who saw Fira's distress of course immediately helped him. He could not bear to see both eyes of Fira who had started to blush wanted to cry.
Dira is also actually guilty here, if only he had stopped Fira to chat with Faiz maybe Alif would not be this angry and Fira would not have suffered pain in his wrist.
Although Dira helps Fira, Alif still does not hear until Razi and Zahra happen to pass them by.
"Mas Razi! Razi help Fira!" Shouted Fira asking Razi for help.
Razi who listened to Fira's screams suddenly stopped his steps and circulated his gaze looking for the origin of the sound that turned out not too far from them standing. There he saw Fira trying to escape from Alif's hands. At first glance, Razi knew that Alif was currently angry. His rare hardened face as well as his unfriendly cold gaze became proof that Alif's mood was not good.
"Aliff, is there a problem?" Razi asked with a calm expression of his face as friendly as ever.
Alif this time was not being hard and loosened his grip so that Fira's wrist did not hurt too much. Sensing Alif's grasp loosening, Fira instead used this to immediately pull her hand strong. Successfully pulling him out Fira then did not want to waste any time and directly fled towards the dorm without saying anything to the others.
"Well, I'm sure he's really upset right now." Dira was somewhat annoyed to face the two of them. To be honest, this was only a few days but somehow Dira seemed to feel like this had been happening for months!
"I'll catch up with him soon." Nodding lightly to Zahra, Dira then sped up her steps following Fira's footsteps. Of course, the direction he was heading was to the dormitory. Because the dormitory is the only place that Alif can't enter!
So, using this weakness Fira will always spend time in the dorm if the problem with Alif.
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"Have I contacted Annisa's parents?" Tanya Umi sounded impatient to see her husband's return home. He also gently fulfilled his service as a wife to serve the tired feeling of the husband after work.
"Don't call them yet." Honestly, Abi did not hide anything from his wife. Frankly, he disagrees with Annisa. Not because Annisa has flaws or so, but Abi wants this because of Fira. He would rather see Alif with Fira like Razi who successfully married Zahra.
Hearing Abi's reply, Umi immediately frowned which implied how dissatisfied she was. Umi knows that her husband is busy, but whatever Abi is busy, it will not prevent her from contacting Annisa's parents. Whether it was 5 minutes or 10 minutes would not be able to get in the way of his work!
"We can talk about it with Alif first before making a decision." Abi tried to persuade his wife to be more patient. They need to get Alif's decision because after all who will live the household life is Alif not the two of them.
"Abi, a promise is a promise and must be kept. After all, Abi didn't have to worry about Alif because Umi believed Alif and Annisa had already liked each other." There was nothing they needed to talk about because everything was clear if the two of them liked each other. Because they both have a sense they should both be married immediately to avoid all kinds of slander. That is why Umi is very keen to see Alif and Annisa get married soon.
"If Abi doesn't want to then let Umi contact them." Umi broke up impatiently while taking Abi's mobile phone from her pants pocket. Abi also could not dodge and could only see his wife who was very happy to talk about the marriage of Alif and Annisa.
Sighing tiredly, Abi slowly began to relax her body leaning against the back of the sofa. His two wrinkled eyes began to slacken comfortably, leading Abi to immediately enter his dream.
He's been very tired recently.
Seriate...