The Arabic Teacher

Grandpa?

This morning, Vita asked Umi Hilda to accompany her shopping at the market. The needs in the public kitchen have begun to thin, the plan Umi want to buy a lot of fish for the stock of the santri side dishes. For vegetables themselves, pesantren have a vegetable garden that is wide enough so that the results can be eaten and some are sold to the market.

"What are we riding, Mi?" Vita asked on the sidelines of her steps that followed Umi Hilda from behind.

"Aja Abah's car, he said today there is no da'wah schedule."

"Will Umi be able to bring a car?" Tanya Vita accompanied by a joke.

"So, Umi can't take the car. That's our driver this time," said Umi made Vita focus on seeing him.

Vita's face met, he hurriedly lowered his head. Staring with ustadz Dafi made his heart beat, wanting to feel like he was prancing around right then and there but circumstances were not possible. I could be with Abah.

Vita smiled to see how he looked like ustadz Dafi with his clothes that always matched his body and face. Whatever the color and model of his clothes, he always looks handsome.

"Come, Umi!" Ustadz Dafi invited Umi Hilda to enter the car immediately. Umi Hilda nodded, and sat herself in the back seat of the wheel as well as Vita who sat beside her.

In the car, occasionally Umi Hilda asked ustadz Dafi. Starting from when to get married, how are Umi Kulsum and Fitri, and how was he in cairo?

Vita is just a listener of the two who exchange stories. Ustadz Dafi was seen stealing glances through the rearview mirror in front of him. Occasionally they sat with each other, Vita turned his face when Ustadz Dafi caught him staring.

It felt even more awkward when he saw the thin smile of ustadz Dafi.

The car stopped at the parking lot, Umi Hilda rushed down, a second later Umi Hilda asked Vita to get her wallet left in the car. Vita again opened the car door intending to take the wallet Umi Hilda left behind. Seeing Ustadz Dafi who never came down made Vita wrong behavior made.

"Sir, can you please buy a simcard?! The place is in the hallway on the right," said ustadz Dafi held out several pieces of money to Vita.

Vita was dumbfounded, since when did I become her lover? In addition to the hobby of changing the name at will, it turns out ustadz Dafi also carelessly considers someone as his brother. Where's Anty's call he always showed me? Does he think I am adek now? Why not call a baby, honey cake, darling cake or my love or something friendly little.

"Ustadz call me adek?"

Ustadz Dafi nodded, "What's the matter, can't ya?"

"Ustadz, I'm your future candidate, should not be adek dong, not very romantic to be a guy."

Ustadz Dafi chuckled, so he smiled more and more at Vita's chattering now. Unlike before, nothing takzir, anything angry, ketus, judes, ah anyway unsightly.

"Away there! Nungguin. Don't forget the simcard!" He said again, Vita received money from the hands of Ustadz Dafi and soon followed Umi Hilda who had already entered the market.

Vita helps to choose fresh fish. Umi said, today want major, so buy a lot of pepper fish. After getting what is sought for pesantren needs, Vita asked for permission to buy something, but rather simcard order ustadz Dafi. Vita stepped away towards the right aisle like ustadz Dafi said. There is a very complete counter there.

As always, the arrival of customers is welcomed by the seller. Vita is confused to choose a simcard according to order ustadz Dafi. Because he immediately went and did not ask simcard what his order was. Vita saw a very pretty number with the suffix 2123. Combination of his birth date with the date of birth of ustadz Dafi.

"You know this is Ma'am" said Vita showed a card that has a beautiful number.

"I'm sorry, Vita lama ya Mi," he said feeling bad.

"Son, Umi's new to the car, too."

Ustadz Dafi returned to drive his car across the street. Until they did not feel they had reached the courtyard of the boarding school.

"This is to take it to the public kitchen, yes, the rest want to keep Umi simple in the refrigerator," said Umi Hilda showing groceries.

"Let Vita help, Umi."

"No, Umi can still. Vita just take this to the cottage kitchen!"

"Na'am Umi."

"Daf, thank you for taking Umi to the market."

"Afwan, umi."

After seeing the departure of Umi Hilda, Ustadz Dafi asked Vita for something.

"Dec, where?"

"What?"

"That was."

"Oh, I forgot. I don't know what kind of ustadz used to wear a simcard, I bought it. Look at the end of the number look forward to."

Ustadz Dafi immediately saw a row of numbers, but focused more on the four digits of the last number.

"Combination of our date of birth, replace ustadz?"

Ustadz Dafi smiled, "It's beautiful, it's like Adek."

Blushes...

Vita's face met, her cheeks red. Between shame and happiness gets praise from his favorite ustadz. Without caring for ustadz Dafi again, Vita chose to immediately go to the soup kitchen. Unfortunately, he forgot to say hello. Austadz Dafi's smile grew and watched Vita who was behind him walk away.

Getting the girl to meet up seems like a new hobby. Somehow he felt at this time, ustadz Dafi still could not be sure. He wanted to really understand for himself how his heart was agitated at the thought of the opposite sex. Anchored to whom, ustadz Dafi was still looking for him.

⁇ ️TBC️