YOUR EYES GAVE ME A SOUL MATE
18. Clues
"The plan is tomorrow the Affan mas family will come again here mak'e," Najwa said as he poured water from a teapot into a glass.
Sumirah who was chopping vegetables, so stopped her activities to hear Najwa's words.
"Has it been three months since their arrival?" ask Sumirah while returning to chop vegetables that she will cook into vegetable lodeh.
"Yes buk'e. More precisely three months to one week." Answer Najwa who put the glass on the table, after drinking the water to the toilet.
"Means buk'e has to make this cake again. It was good to entertain them later," Sumirah sliced the onion and slightly caused pain in her eyes.
"Oh yeah. Is your candidate coming too?" ask Sumirah.
Najwa approached Sumirah and sat opposite the woman.
"Nana doesn't know buk'e." Najwa looked at Sumirah's face which did not look at him at all.
"What's wrong? just tell me if you have something to say," Sumirah asked without looking at Najwa, as she was still busy curing onions and chili peppers to cook them.
"What does buk'e think of Ega's sister?" Najwa wanted to know what her mother thought of the man who planned to marry her.
"Why? did you still have doubts about your decision at that time?" ask Sumirah.
"Nana wanted to know why buk'e didn't oppose at all about my decision at that time,"
Sumirah stopped moving her hand and placed her knife on the place of the onion. The pulabaya woman then looked at the princess only wayangnya it.
"Buk'e understands the direction of your conversation. Buk'e also knows you don't like her yet. You accepted it that time could be because of two things. First, because you are not happy to refuse in front of your in-laws. Second, because you really want to run the contents of the will."
"Buk'e knows. Ega is not as gentle and not as polite as Affan. But each human has its own portion. You can't make Ega like Affan, because Ega isn't Affan. Just like you, you certainly don't want to if you're told to be like Butet?"
"So buk'e really accepts that Nana married him?" ask Najwa.
"Buk'e leave everything the same as you. Although buk'e says it's okay, if your heart says no, yo don't follow. The one who lives it is you, buk'e only happy, if you are also happy." Reply Sumirah.
Najwa. While Sumirah resumed her activities, this time about to buy spices.
"Do you know what's the happiest thing for your buk'e and mak'em? you have a mother and father-in-law who love you very much. There was nothing happiest, other than seeing our daughter being treated well" Sumirah spoke as she mengolek chili with salt.
"Have you prayed istikharah?" ask Sumirah.
"It's buk'e." Answer Najwa.
"Is there a clue?" ask Sumirah.
Najwa then shook his head, then bowed.
"Nana found no answer. Or perhaps according to God, Nana was not solemn in performing the service. But later Nana will try once again, maybe this last Nana will get enlightenment." Answer Najwa.
"Do your best. Bu'e will not oppose your decision, if indeed you do not want to accept this marriage," Sumirah said.
"Yes buk'e." Answer Najwa.
*****
The time shows at 2 pm, when Najwa is performing tahajud prayers, followed by Istikharah prayers afterwards. Najwa was very solemn in the service, because he really wanted to get a hint for the decision he took later.
After performing his worship, Najwa then went back to sleep because he was already very sleepy.
On the other hand, many women who are harvesting sunflowers, the sunflower seeds they will produce into kuaci. But when Najwa was engrossed in seeing them pick flower seeds, someone pointed towards the flower garden and someone appeared from that direction.
"Mas Affair..mas...." Najwa immediately ran over to Affan and fell into the man's arms.
"Mas...Nana kangen is the same mas," said Najwa while shedding tears.
Affan, who was wearing white clothes, then rubbed the top of Najwa's head.
"Have you read the letter from. Hem?" ask Affan.
"It has. Why would you do that? you know, Brother Ega doesn't suit me very well. He was grumpy and liked to act like it," asked Najwa.
"Because I want to leave him to you, because I'm sure you can make him a lot better."
"But he's a very rude person?"
"Do you remember my message at that time? if he's acting unreasonable, you'll let him go. He will be confused himself if we have let go. Don't serve him, if he's talking no."
"Did you really want Nana to marry him?"
"Yes. Do you want to keep up with my last request?"
"If it makes you happy, Nana promises to do it."
"Thank you, now I can relax" Affan said.
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Affan kissed the top of Najwa's head, then let go of their hugging. Affan then slowly drifted away, and disappeared among the sunflowers.
"Mas....Hiccu...."
Najwa suddenly wakes up from his sleep. He could feel tears dripping from the corner of his eye. Again the hugging he felt was so very real.
"It seems I've found the answer to my concerns. Although this is only a promise in the dreamland, but I believe God gives guidance through the dream. Mas Affan, I haven't had time to make you happy as long as we're married. So I will make you happy by following your last request. Hopefully my decision is not wrong" said Najwa lirih.
Najwa no longer went back to sleep, as time was nearing dawn. Najwa prefers to read the book while waiting for the call to prayer.
*****
"Yes ma?" ask Ega who is busy with the computer in front of him.
This is a young date, the people who pay taxes are quite booming. Ega doesn't want to pile up any more work, because he's pretty good at handling it.
"We want to get ready for Najwa's house. Today is the day of your marriage decision. Later you will inform the results," said Intan.
He stopped moving his hand. He had even forgotten about the intentions of his parents who wanted to visit Najwa's house a month before the wedding day.
"All right." Answer Ega briefly.
Ega's fingers danced back over the computer buttons in front of him, after Intan ended the short conversation. Intan's words were quite disturbing Ega's concentration, because he was quite curious what the answer of the woman who became his mortal enemy was.
TO BE CONTINUE ...🤗🙏
