The Chased Heaven

Companions

The sound of friction from tree branches due to the wind blowing in the morning made every student shiver from the cold. Not too cold as in Salatiga, his birthplace. Make Zulfa grateful.

Zulfa blew his hands to channel warmth, riding the motor early in the morning made his body shiver.

"Good morning Fa!!" shouted a woman from behind Zulfa's body.

"Desi, what the fuck is you making me shocked. What if something bad happens to me"

"Just relax, you have me always ready to help you"

Zulfa exhaled violently, the woman in front of him now is Zulfa's best friend from the beginning of college. Having straight red hair then narrow eyes, white skin like milk, and a sharp nose.

Her red lips fascinate every man, and both her cheeks are given thin makeup to add a beautiful sensation. Desi is a woman of Chinese descent.

"What I pickled meatballs with warm tea" cried Desi ordering food.

"Are you home early in the morning not having breakfast?"

Zulfa shook his head no, this morning Zulfa was already in the campus cafeteria. Earlier this morning when Zulfa wanted breakfast, the mother said that if the food was finished so Zulfa had to have breakfast outside.

"Are you revised?" tanya Desi then took the crackers in the jar.

"My father was late last night until 1 am" said Zulfa then drank the warm tea he had ordered. "If you?"

Desi just grinned the horse, then shook his head without sin.

"You are so relaxed, Des".

"Gini Fa I tell you, life is not brought dizzy or too tense enjoy it... Relax rich on the beach"

"If it is too relaxed it will be dangerous" Zulfa said.

Desi only pressed her lips a sign that she was lashing. The daughter of Zulfa Az-Zahra who was usually called Zulfa was a first friend to Desi. Not a friend but a friend, for the first time he had a friend as sincere as Zulfa.

Compared to her friends who used to be friends only for money but Zulfa is inversely proportional, she is the type of woman who likes simplicity.

Desi leaned back and then looked at Zulfa closely, it turns out that his best friend has an ayu look. His skin is white although not as white as Desi his eyes are round like other Indonesians with a wig that adorns below him, his eyebrows are thin and Zulfa's lips are tiny without any lipstick attached to his lips.

"Pretty" Desi human amazed.

"What's so pretty?"

"This is the meatballs, thank you bang" said Desi thanking brother meatballs and then got a nod from him.

Whispering rang out among them, Desi who heard the women in the cantin whispered a man was breathing out in annoyance.

"Two campus princes have arrived"

Zulfa just chuckled at Desi who was upset, the women here were whispering Hendra and Dani men who were famous handsome, friendly, intelligent and kind to the lecturers, women, and sellers here. Please underline the word soleh applies only to Hendra while Dani is far from that word.

"Assalamu'alaikum" greeted Hendra then sat beside Desi with a distance of a few inches only to separate them then followed by Dani.

"Wa'alaikumusalam" said Zulfa returned a greeting from Hendra then shifted the chair he was sitting in a little away from Dani.

"New breakfast?", asked Hendra raised his hand hinting that he ordered food.

"You want to sign what Dan"

"I'm soto ayam"

"okay"

"You just want to order food when the class will start soon" said Desi while wiping her mouth.

"Lapar Des, I can't afford to learn if you don't eat first" bela Dani who is now playing online games on her phone.

"Come, I'm the same Zulfa goes to class".

"Wait for us why the rich are so difficult" added Hendra.

Zulfa pulled her lips to smile, hearing the voice of the man she had admired since attending school at the Aliyah Madrasah made Zulfa's spirit smolder in the morning.

Zulfa loved the man sitting in front of him, continuing Hendra's habit of quarreling with Desi was only a trivial matter. Zulfa knew her two best friends were just joking, they pretended to fight so that the atmosphere was not too awkward.

The four of them were friends, initially Zulfa who knew Dani then Desi and Hendra who were Dani's best friends since childhood and somehow they can be close until now.

When Zulfa's acquaintance with Hendra makes Zulfa's heart not stop beating fast, he should hide his joy as much as possible.

Loving the man in silence, and only telling His Lord through a third of the night. Moreover, they are now friendly making Zulfa's love impossible to express.

Zulfa regained consciousness from his daydream as a clap of Desi landed on his shoulder. "Fa let's start our classes soon"

I nodded then stood up and took my bag "I am first yes Ndra, Dan"

"Yes be careful"

"Wa'alaikumusalam" they answered simultaneously.

Dani threw his breath annoyed, "It's true that I said after knowing you that he was sure the name of lo in front when I met him first".

"Don't keep negative thoughts and"

"Hah, I think he does not like me" continued Dani then continue to eat the soto.

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Zulfa entered his house tired, he returned home after stopping by Desi's house and playing. He threw the bag onto the sofa and sat down next to his father.

"Daddy's been home from work?, since when".

"Since 4 o'clock" said Faqih kissing his son's forehead.

"Zulfa kangen".

"Who said that you forgot about me?, I wouldn't forget about you Fa. You're my dear son, my mother".

Zulfa simply nodded then hugged his spoiled father. Zulfa is like having two different traits, a spoiled nature in front of his family and an independent nature in front of others.

"Why did you choose to be a cop?" asked Zulfa who was still hugging her father spoiled.

"Why is that?" say Faqih with style like a person who is thinking.

"Dad used to love the police from small and the more mature father thought he wanted to enforce the law. I'm annoyed to see people who always break the law".

"How did you meet your mother?"

Faqih then hugged his son and rubbed the head of Zulfa who was still covered in hijab "Father used to meet your mother when she was going to papua, your mother was hug her brother at that time. And I don't know why you feel your heartbeat racing so fast".

"Means daddy love at first sight dong".

"Maybe yes, I used to think that your mother was hugging her husband. And the father had thought waiting for your widowed bundle" Faqih laughs that began to break "After I investigated it turned out that he was your mother's brother, and he's on a duty with dad to be an acquaintance and dad to ask your uncle to make a deketin dad and mom".

Zulfa grimaced listening to this story from his father, between admiration and disbelief then turned his attention to the figure of a woman who was almost the same age as his father.

"Fa eat first, mommy makein fried rice sausage".

"Yes mother, Zulfa will eat after the father's story".

"What story?" ask Aulia kepo.

Zulfa just smiled sweetly at her mother and then gestured for Faqih to continue their love story.

"So my father deketin mother despite several times rejected father did not give up, and finally your mother lulled at the charm and good looks of your father is then we married".

"What age did you get married?" ask Zulfa enthusiastically.

"If father is 30 and mother is 26".

"You guys are so romantic, Zulfa's so jealous".

Aulia then gave the fried rice to her husband and daughter Zulfa. Faqih then ate the fried rice after praying, Faqih admitted that his wife's cooking was the best.

"Zulfa you want a cop's husband?" tanya Aulia then ate her rice. Zulfa swallowed his rice then looked at his bunda.

"Zulfa doesn't know"

"Kok don't know, if you want your father to know his daughter".

Faqih who heard that shook his head "Zulfa I will not marry the police, I am not sure of his spoiled nature. I'm not sure she'll be able to be left behind by her husband".

"Faqih what are you talking about, don't underestimate your child" said Aulia dislike.

"Hah!, you will be a matchmaker with an ustadz so that the father is calm, if the father's child is handed over with a person who can educate the father's child about religion".

Zulfa just fell silent to finish his food, ate the fried sausage until it ran out and then drank the water. Honestly Zulfa does not like if his parents discuss about matchmaking.

"Dad, mother... Zulfa's done eating. Zulfa said to go to the bathroom" he said, leaving his parents in the living room.

"Dear Zulfa" called Aulia softly and there was no answer. "Look at that Qih your son is sulking".

"Leave it, he'll understand. You spoil him too much".

"No one is too hard like my brother".

"But I'm more handsome than your brother"

"You're overconfident" Aulia said, then they laughed.