The Love that is Haram

Contrition

Along the way to his apartment, Kenzo and Edward laughed heartily about the funny and embarrassing moments in the mall, But suddenly their laughter stopped when they opened the door to see his parents were already sitting with Nasywa in the living room.

"Mammy...!" lirih Kenzo's.

"Auntie... Om... When's coming?" asked Edward who immediately approached them and shook his hand.

"Five hours ago" said Sekar as he stared at Kenzo.

Kenzo who saw his Mamih's full gaze, shifted his gaze and took out one by one the paper bag that Edward just put down.

"Nasywa, come with me" said Kenzo who went straight to Nasywa's room without greeting his parents.

Nasywa, feeling unwell, bowed and passed Edward and Kenzo's parents.

Sekar seems increasingly suspicious and disliked to Nasywa who is thought to continue to be in love with Kenzo even though they know if they can not get married.

"Aunty..."

"Yes!" Shocked from his daydream.

"Who is that girl?"

"Indeed you don't know, aren't you very close to Kenzo?"

"Kenzo doesn't want to tell Auntie. I also just saw Kenzo take him to the apartment."

"So what Nasywa said is true. If he had just come here last night." Inward Sekar.

"Aunty...?"

"Well! Ohhh... That girl?"

Edward nodded his head impatiently to know who Nasywa was and what his relationship with Kenzo was.

"He's Nasywa, Kenzo's brother."

"Brother? Brother where? I never knew Kenzo had a brother?" edward asked in disbelief.

"Yes brother, E... Brothers from Malang, even they are one persu'suan so already rich sister brother aja."

"I don't see Kenzo treating him like a brother, quite the opposite, If they're brothers why does Kenzo look so hesitant to say that they're brothers?" edward's mind did not just believe what Sekar said.

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Kenzo took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Then he approached Nasywa who was sitting pensively on the edge of the bed.

"Deplace your clothes, I've bought you some models of clothes, may it suit you."

Nasywa still silently lowered her head.

Seeing that, Kenzo stepped back to get out.

"I'll wait outside."

"Ken..." Nasywa raised her face looking at Kenzo sadly.

"We shouldn't have committed that sin." Nasywa continued.

Kenzo who heard it felt claustrophobic considering the new happy hope he felt back after quite a long time they separated.

"Now your Papih and Mamih are looking at me suspiciously. What if they know. I can't look them in the face anymore, Ken... I'm shy... Hix.. Hix... Hicks..." Nasywa covered her face with both palms crying over what she had done.

"Are you sorry you did it with me?" ask Kenzo in disappointment.

"It's Ken's fault, Our love alone has been forbidden, Now we add sin again by doing the wrong thing."

"There is no illicit love Nasywa! How many times have I told you? My love is so sincere and holy, Only fate is so cruel to us. It's not our fault!" Kenzo again felt the pain as when he first found out if they could not get married because of the change of mahram. Even her teary eyes held back the tears that forced her to want to come out immediately.

"Ken.." cried Nasywa.

"Yourself...." Kenzo sat down next to Nasywa again and cupped his cheeks in a sorrowful look. He did not want Nasywa's sinful feelings to again break their relationship which had just been knitted a day back.

"Kenzo.." cried Sekar.

Kenzo and Nasywa lowered their gaze and eroded the distance from each other.

"What are you doing in the room?"

"Go Ken, don't make your mamih more suspicious."

"All right I'm going out, but our conversation hasn't gone bad, so think carefully before you make a decision. Okay.." - Okay..." Kenzo rubbed Nasywa's cheek at a glance and went out to meet her Mamih.

Seriate...