The Chased Heaven

Raining

Joseph observed his wife devouring satay to the point that Zulfa was not aware there was any satay left on her lips. Joseph who saw it cleaned with his hands and ate the sambal satay.

"Well, what's eaten, not disgusted?".

“Why should I be disgusted, you will see my wife around you they are envious of us".

“Pede really you”.

“If I don't care, how could I dare to propose to you and we sit here together".

“Ih bucin really".

"Listen to the Fa, since bucin attacks the word romantic is no longer valid. And do you know how the Prophet's romance was with his wife Aisha?. Compared to us, there is nothing about the Fa" Yusuf said as he offered the warm tea he ordered.

Zulfa, who saw Joseph offering tea, accepted the glass and drank it. After Zulfa drank the glass, Joseph drank the tea on the lip of his wife. Zulfa's cheeks flushed even more with Joseph's gaze with a seductive smile.

Does he want to tease me, so God is handsome if gini. Stop the heart, don't be so pounding what if he hears it, inner Zulfa.

"Your cheeks are red" Joseph laughed as he put his glass down.

“Mas stop teasing myself".

"Haha why should you stop, you are so cute if your cheeks are reddened”.

“Zulfa shame".

“No need to be ashamed Fa”, said Joseph stroking the head of his wife. "Udah spent? let's go home and stop by to buy martabak too".

“No need to mas, we just go home anyways I'm already full”.

“Alright if that's what you want".

Joseph then paid for the order he had eaten and took his wife's hand to cross the road. They run the bike after paying the parking attendant. Not 10 minutes they left the market, the rain proudly roams the city of Jakarta making the riders pulled over to take shelter or wear raincoats.

“Fa, we shady first yuk".

“No, Zulfa wants to rain".

“Later you will be sick”, said Yusuf half yelling for fear Zulfa did not hear his voice due to the swift rain.

“Mas, Zulfa want to enjoy the rain tonight but if mas Yusuf want to shave no problem sih”.

“Hah”, breath of Joseph. He laughed and clasped his wife's hand and kissed her hoping that she or he wouldn't get sick tomorrow.

They both broke through the rain without wearing raincoats. Sometimes Joseph told a story while relieving the cold of the night and Zulfa replied with a happy laugh. He is very happy tonight, can walk and enjoy the rain sent down by God.

Zulfa thought while looking up at the sky, encouraging the angel of mikail who distributed sustenance. Behind the raindrops, Joseph saw his wife smiling happily and making the worry disappear.

“If you are happy I am also happy”, Yusuf closed the glass and then run the motor.

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The house was so quiet and dark that Joseph entered his house. Zulfa who was cold ran towards the bathroom.

“Don't run around later you.”

Pile up!!

“Toh”, Yusuf added.

“Udah fall mas".

“That's so stubborn". Without the consent of his wife, Joseph took Zulfa and took her to the bathroom.

“Hah?!” shocked Zulfa.

“If you don't want to, I don't want to.

The look on Zulfa's face was confused, she thought hard let alone she saw the look of her husband who was disappointed, her heart felt unbearable. "Mas Zulfa wants to go".

“Serious?!” shocked Yusuf.

Though he asked and he was also the one who was shocked, inner Zulfa.

Joseph and Zulfa went into the bathroom to clean their bodies. There they joked, and fought over the water. Not only happiness but the reward of husband and wife also they get.

15 Minutes later they came out with laughter, the happy look of Joseph and the shy face of Zulfa became one making the angels envious of this halal couple. Not only that their romance, they also help each other wear their own clothes. After Joseph and Zulfa had finished wearing their clothes. Joseph asked Zulfa to sleep.

Joseph patted the bed next to him and followed by Zulfa who went to sleep without wearing a hijab. "You're beautiful Fa, I want to see you every day rich gini".

"When you look at me, God willing in front of Joseph I don't wear a hijab".

Joseph played Zulfa's hair and stroked Zulfa's cheeks slowly. They stared at each other for a long time, Joseph's eyes slowly closing. He pulled Zulfa into his arms and kissed his wife soft forehead. Zulfa who felt her husband's warm body quickly looked at her husband's sleeping face.

"Mas, Joseph's body is warm. Is Joseph sick?" ask Zulfa to worry.

"Heem".

Only the frown given by Joseph kept Zulfa quiet and hugged her husband more and more, hoping that she would recover tomorrow morning. She knew that her husband only needed rest tonight, Zulfa's bedtime prayer recitation, and then fell asleep following the husband's dream.

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The sound of dawn woke Joseph in his sleep. Dizziness strikes his head warm body, walking alone feels heavy for Joseph at this time. Zulfa with the face she had worn walked over to her husband.

"Mas let Zulfa help you".

"Yes, please yeah".

Zulfa then helped Joseph stand up and helped her husband to go to the bathroom to fetch water. The two of them performed the congregational dawn prayer, Yusuf read the letter in a soft voice but it sounded melodious. Silence and solemnity make the seeing heart want to shed tears. After ending his prayer Joseph leaned against the wall to support his body so as not to fall he was very weak.

Zulfa approached her husband and rested Joseph's head on his lap. "Mas later Zulfa masakin porridge huh?".

"Yes" said Joseph, hugging his wife.

But wait for Zulfa to buy the material first, the possibility of waiting for vegetables in the morning passed.

“Not for too long, then order online. I want you to stay here and I'll get well".

“But.."

“But why?”.

“Nothing, later Zulfa permission not to go to college first nemenin mas Yusuf until healed".

“You have a course today?" joseph still hugged his wife's possessive stomach.

"Yes".

"Don't skip I don't care if you go to college today. You are the final student so please leave often".

Zulfa stopped rubbing on her husband's hair, remembering her mother's message that her husband's order should be obeyed whatever it was.

"Well, you" replied Zulfa.

Joseph was silent, he was very tired. His body feels devoid of energy, in fact he would love if his wife accompanied him who was sick but Joseph realized he had to eliminate his selfishness, his wife also had a life of her own, thought Joseph.