The Journey of Jinan

Chapters. 2

Jinan shed her tears. Jinan's ears are now in pain as strange sounds begin to be heard from the room he used to live in with Romi. Because there was no other choice, Jinan finally ventured to knock on the door of the room.

A second later, the strange sounds disappeared instantly. Jinan knocked again on the door of his room, not daring to open it. He could not bear what he imagined, visible to his own eyes.

"Who?" romi shouted from inside as Jinan knocked again on the door.

"Mas" cried Jinan nervously.

There is no truth from inside. Jinan was silent for a moment before speaking again.

"Mas, I already know everything. I'm sorry, I overheard your conversation," exclaimed Jinan accompanied by a small sobbing that she couldn't stand.

There is still no truth from inside. Jinan is even confused as to what now. He wants to get out of there, though, but his memory of the driver of the ojol who was still waiting in front of him and the vegetable debt to bude Wati - the owner of the vegetable stall - made him inevitably have to stay there and knock the door back until Romi came to open the door.

"Mas, I'm asking for help. Please get me my wallet in the nightstand drawer. Please, after this I'll go."

Jinan stayed at the door, still waiting for her husband to come out. A few minutes later, the door handle moved. Romi looks out of the room with only a black boxer and bare chest.

Jinan lowered her head when she saw her husband figure who came out of the room with half a tel4njang. She dared not look at her husband or at the door of the room because she did not want to see anything that would make her nauseous more than she had heard a few minutes ago.

"Jinan," call Romi.

"His wallet?" pinta Jinan rested her palm in front of Romi's chest without looking at the man's face.

Romo gave Jinan's wallet to the owner. "Jinan, I'm sorry."

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry. Assalamu'alaikum," said Jinan without looking at Romi's face in the slightest.

"Wa'alaikumsalam," said Romi slowly as he looked at Jinan until the woman disappeared behind the stairs.

Jinan rubbed her cheek-drenched tears, her heart ached when she heard all of that from her own ears. Just wanted to start loving, but the pain of being betrayed was already so painful like this, what if he really loved that man? He can't imagine it. Lucky he who has not completely fallen into this wrong Romi love.

Jinan again wiped away her tears that soaked her cheeks. He did not want to cry over something that was clearly inappropriate for him to cry.

"Please take me to the pickup location earlier, sir. I will pay double" Jinan said after being in front of the driver.

Along the way Jinan looks dreamy, he does not know what he will do for his life in the future. Be able? This fast? Just wanted to feel happy, but fate did not support Jinan to be happy now. Does he not deserve happiness?

Jinan gasped at his temple, bad thoughts now began to float beautifully in Jinan's head, but a second later he hesitated over all his bad thoughts.

"Astaghfirullah," he murmured softly barely making a sound.

Jinan dropped her tears. Jinan cried not because of Romi's dirty actions, he cried but because he was sorry for thinking to blame God for the bad events that happened to him.

Arriving in front of his parents' house, Jinan did not go straight into the house, he stopped by Wati - the owner of a vegetable shop - to pay for unpaid groceries.

"Thank you, Jinan."

Jinan nodded her head. "Jinan go home first, Bude. Assalamu'alaikum."

"Wa'alaikumsalam."

Jinan looked uninspired walking towards his house. He sighed as he recalled Romi's words about him as a toy only for the man.

Once home, Jinan locked the door from the inside, then he laid his body on the mattress while closing his eyes.

"I misjudged it again" Jinan muttered bitterly with a laugh.

...

The knock on the door and the sound of someone shouting from outside the house woke Jinan from his deep sleep. The woman squirmed her body, she narrowed her eyes as the voice of a man she knew kept calling her name from the outside of her house.

"Hooaam."

Jinan justifies his hijab that is messy because he accidentally used the sleep earlier. Jinan walked towards the entrance, as the door opened, a figure of Romi standing there with his hand holding his briefcase.

Jinan cleared her throat for a moment, then she opened the door wider to let her husband in.

After Romi entered and sat his body in the wooden chair of the living room, Jinan closed the door and locked it. Jinan was about to walk into the room, but when he reached the living room table, his steps stopped because Romi called out to him.

"Mad."

Jinan stared at the wall clock for a moment. "I pray first, Mas," he said, leaving Romi alone in the living room.

Romi kept silent while watching Jinan who started to enter his room. Before long, Jinan was seen coming out of the room with a hijab that had been removed from her head. Jinan walked towards the kitchen regardless of Romi who was still sitting in the living room with his smartphone.

Six minutes later, Jinan walked up to Romi with a glass of warm tea on a small plate as a coasters.

Jinan put the tea glass on the table and was about to leave Romi without saying a word.

"Jinan," call Romi and manage to stop Jinan's footsteps that have just walked a few steps.

"I pray first" Jinan said without turning to look at Romi, then he continued his steps.

Romi sighed. For the first time as long as he knew Jinan, the woman behaved indifferently and was impressed like that to him. Even though Jinan had always been friendly to him even though he had never seen the woman cheerful or happy. And now, Jinan looks changed after their meeting at his house last afternoon.

"I'm sorry, Jinan. I shouldn't have played you like this" Romi murmured softly.

Romi sipped warm tea made by his wife, then he fiddled back with his phone while waiting for Jinan finished praying.

Half an hour later, Jinan was seen exiting the room with a few clothes in his hand.

"Jinan," called Romi and managed to stop Jinan from making his way to the kitchen.

Jinan looked at Romi. "I took a bath first, my body was already very sticky from sweat. The fan in my room is broken."

Jinan stepped back into the kitchen to get a towel, then went into the bathroom.

After finishing the bath, as Jinan opened the bathroom door, Jinan was surprised to see Romi who was already standing in front of the bathroom door.

"What are you doing here, Mom?" ask Jinan.

"Jinan, I'm sorry. I–"

"Hand first, your body is already very smelly," cut Jinan and walked away from Romi who was still in front of the bathroom door.

Romi just kept silent to see his wife who completely changed it. He sighed and grabbed the towel in the kitchen, then went into the bathroom.

As Romi cleans up his body in the bathroom, Jinan looks busy with cleaning the room his parents used to occupy Romi tonight. From now on Jinan will no longer want to sleep one room with Romi. He does not want to sleep with a man who has been as good as he can do adultery with a woman who is not his mahram and has the heart to play tricks on him.

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