The Love Story of Two Pearls

33. Ta'arruf

Seeing the smile on his son's lips, Ummi Ulfa smiled happily again. This was the first time he had seen Joseph smiling at a foreign woman.

"Yusuf, here" he asked Joseph to give a place beside him and beside Yasmin. "Ummi wants to introduce you to Yasmin" he continued while glancing at Yasmin while still maintaining his smile.

"Ummi know Yasmin?" yusuf asked a little nervously glanced at Yasmin and then looked back at Umminya.

"Yes, son, Ummi never told you that Ummi met a beautiful girl in front of the minimarket" said Ummi made Yasmin's cheeks immediately red with embarrassment.

"Oh, so it is" Joseph answered briefly.

"Do you know Yasmin?" tanya Ummi made Yasmin glance at Yusuf for a moment and then looked down again.

"Yes Ummi, Yasmin is again the PKL in the place of aunt Karina" replied Yusuf.

"Oh that, ka.." said Ummi Ulfa cut off when a phone call came in. Ummi went away a little to pick up the phone then a few minutes later he came to leave for a while.

"Yusuf, Yasmin, Ummi stay a while well, Ummi was called by your uncle, Ummi had to meet him first" said Ummi Ulfa then melengos left them both.

The two humans were frozen, regardless of what was on their minds, which was clear until a few minutes passed, no one started talking. If there was no music in the room, it was possible that the sound of their heart beating so great could be heard clearly, considering that the heart of both of them was not okay since. Until finally Joseph ventured to speak first.

"Eat the deck, I haven't touched it" Joseph said, prodding the dessert he took in front of Yasmin.

"Eh, i-iya sir, thank you" Yasmin replied nervously.

"Don't call me 'Sir', I'm still single, it feels like I'm like 3-baby fathers if it's called 'Sir'. Yusuf tried to be funny and it was quite successful to make Yasmin smile thinly.

Silent moment..

"A-you're married?" yusuf asked starting to the point while holding back his nervousness.

Hearing Yusuf's question made Yasmin look up at Joseph who was also looking at him, she was surprised to get the question. He also did not expect that Joseph would immediately tell him such a thing.

"Not yet sir, uh" replied Yasmin only to realize that she called Yusuf back as "Sir", but she did not know what to call him.

"Then what should I call you?" yasmin asked back.

"Call me, brother, or brother too" said Yusuf smiling back to see Yasmin and looking down.

"What about uncle?" yasmin asked jokingly, making the two laugh lightly for a moment. "Have I called you brother?" yasmin looked down.

"Alright, that's good" Yusuf said later.

Silent again..

"Dec, if for example I'm not sure you're making ta'arruf is it okay?" joseph asked carefully.

The question of Joseph this time made the pounding janutung Yasmin who had been not okay at once wanted to jump out, on the one hand he also felt a warm feeling in his heart, it was as if he had been waiting for that invitation for a long time.

Yasmin paused for a moment, "if you may know, what is the reason you want to invite me to ta'arruf?" ask Yasmin later.

"Hmm.. I don't know, you must have realized that we met before 2 years ago right?" Yasmin nodded to Yusuf's question, "if I may be honest, long before today, even 2 years ago, before our last meeting in the hospital because your friend was sick, I had done istikharah, I had done it, and the answer is you, and not just once or twice, but the istikharah I did several times, no matter 2 years ago, or a few weeks ago, my istikharah answer still remains the same, that is you". said Yusuf lowered his head but occasionally looked at Yasmin.

Suppose Joseph is currently making love poems that are so romantic, but he does not know how to explain other than to say what he went through honestly, not just beautiful and romantic words. According to him, starting a good must be with a good anyway, one of which is honesty.

Hearing Joseph's reasoning, Yasmin lowered her head, not out of shame, but this time she was unable to hold back her tears that she had been holding and she did not want Joseph to see her. Now he understands, apparently, this is the reason why since 2 years ago he often dreamed of the figure of Joseph's face with a clear conscience, God will not want anything to happen unless there is wisdom of goodness behind something.

"How's the deck?" yusuf asked again because he felt Yasmin had not given any response since.

"If what you're saying is honest, and you're serious about your intentions, then come to my house, ask my parents for permission before you ask me to ta'arruf" yasmin said still with a bow.

A happy smile was immediately engraved on Joseph's lips, he did not expect he finally managed to express his intentions at that time in front of Yasmin directly.

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