The sanctity of Love

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"Take him in Fan." Abinya Bilqis said, Erfan pulled Hira's hand gently, not as rough as before. Hira was filled with Erfan's treatment now, why was he so greedy to use Erfan's grieving state for his own happiness.

"Strong Erfan." Hira squeezes her skirt, she is actually also afraid, but must be strong to help Erfan. "Don't cry in front of him, let him go quietly." Hira continued to say the sentence to strengthen the man. Then closed his eyes, when Erfan wanted to open the covering of the corpse.

"You scared?" Erfan asked as he watched Hira close her eyes.

"No heart." Said Hira lying, Erfan rearranged his heart so as not to cry. But he could not help but keep his tears still as he opened the cloth.

"Bilqis...!" Erfan's cry broke out, "why did you leave me so soon Qis. Why?" He was full of pain. Hira grimaced to hear Erfan's voice that slashed her heart.

"Why go?" Shouting hysterically, Erfan could not bear to look at Bilqis's scarred face. "Why leave me Qis?"

"Do you hate me? So I have to leave me this way."

"Erfan, strong. Don't make her sad." Hira opened her eyes, looking at the face she had last seen so beautiful it was now full of wounds. His body is horrified. Erfan pulled him out of the room.

"Gue isn't strong Ra, I'm not strong." Lirih Erfan leaned against the wall. "Why did he go Ra?" Erfan shook the body of Hira who was in front of him. Hira was as strong as she could try to calm Erfan down, eager to hug him. For the man to stop thrashing. But he can't do it here.

"Hug your mother to get Fan's peace." Hira said at last, Erfan according, he ran the hug of the Mami. Hira just lowered her face not daring to look at Erfan's mother who was looking at him sharply.

"drs. Hira...!" Call a nurse, before seeing Erfan he has sent a message to the nurse. Hira approaches. "There's a critical patient in room VK 2."

"Yes, I'll be there in five minutes." He said, hesitating Hira approached Erfan and his mother. "Fan I stay ya."

Erfan breaks Mami's embrace, then looks at Hira with a smile, even though his eyes are swollen. "Thanks Ra, sorry to bother you." Hira nodded.

"Excuse me Om, Auntie, Assalamualaikum." On her own, Hira walked quickly to VK 2 after picking up her snell in the room. Today it feels exhausting. Not only was his energy drained, but his emotions were as well.

"CPD, prepare the operating room?" Hira's orders when examining the patient's condition, all his team moved quickly to take action before the operation was carried out. Once all is ready the patient is transferred to the operating room.

CPD (cephalopelvic disproportion) is a condition when the baby's head is unable to pass through the mother's pelvis. This condition can make the normal delivery process difficult to do.

"Bismillah." Lirih Hira upon entering the operating room, then did an epidural anaesthetic. Together with his colleagues they work hard to welcome a tiny baby into the world.

Not to dismiss how a mother struggles when giving birth to her favorite child. Against all the pain felt by the body, to fight against death.

"Oek... Oek.." the sound of baby crying provides its own relief.

Alhamdulillah, said Hira when he finished the operation. Hira returns to her room, her shift is over. He can rest for a while tonight to let go of the fatigue. Although Erfan remembered the condition, but he could not do anything.

Hira has no right to interfere in the affairs of Erfan and his family. Enough of her efforts to help the man.

Let it be, his destiny is like this. Hira rushes into the bathroom to clean the body. After the Isya prayer he wanted to go to sleep immediately.

"Is our meeting a fate?" Erfan's question flashed in Hira's head, he tried to close his neutrality but did not want to be closed.

Why he always intersects with people who have something to do with Erfan. Why not crash a Korean oppa-oppa cake or CEO like in a drama novel. If you don't hit the power pole. Why should Erfan object. Hira hit his head slowly which began to go insane.

How Erfan went through this night, the days that the man should have gone through happily became a sorrow. The bride died before the contract arrived. It must have been very painful, Hira could not imagine if it happened to her.

"O Allah, give Erfan the strength and patience to accept the destiny that You have written."

Sleep Hira, you will never see Erfan again. Only a short fate can find you. Erfan had already painted the story in Hira's heart, as the man patiently calmed the frightened Hira.

"Find your happiness after the grief has passed Erfan. Keep the spirit to meet the next happy days." Hira smiled widely and then covered her head with a pillow to fall asleep.

***

After the funeral home, Erfan did not return to his parents' house or apartment but to Abi Nazar's house. Only those two babies could comfort him at this moment. But it was late at night, they must have gone to sleep. If he wants to be with Hira, the girl can calm him down. This sense of calm is also what Hira felt when experiencing the trauma of that time. Not wanting to escape his embrace.

Erfan walked over and pressed the bell, before long he saw Abi Nazar open the door. Erfan immediately hugged Abi, his second parent.

"He went Bi, Bilqis chose to go rather than live with me." Erfan spilled his tears back, to hell with people's opinion that men should not be whiny. How many tears were lost today.

"Bilqis left me Bi, Bilqis went. He won't wait for the wedding." Abi rubbed Erfan's back to provide calmness. Ummi closed the door and called his two sons.

"Died is not good Fan, very painful. But we have no right to forbid God from taking His own back. God loves Bilqis more." Abi breaks her arms and takes Erfan to the sofa.

"Destiny is not always pleasant, but it is certainly the best of God." Ummi came from the kitchen with warm tea and sat down next to Erfan. "Drink first, son." Erfan took the tea at the table, sipping it slowly. Ummi rubbed the back of Erfan's head.

Ken and Adnan join in the living room, noticing Erfan who is collapsing in appearance. Predictably this handsome man who was crying had not had a bath since the afternoon.

The atmosphere of the family room was silent, only the sound of Erfan's sobs was still heard. Time has already shown at the number ten, hours of rest.

"It hurts, I just learned to open my heart to him. Not long ago with him, God had taken him forcibly from me." Erfan banged his chest tight. Right now is not the advice he wants, just a place to blow everything away.

"We go to Fan's room, let Abi and Ummi rest." Adnan reached out his hand, taking Erfan to the guest room at Ken's follow. "Go take a shower, I'll get you a shirt." When he arrived at the room.

Ken just sat quietly on the bed while leaning his head. Not no matter, he had also experienced destruction like Erfan. Even if they are not left forever. Right now, all Erfan needs to do is listen.