EL NATH (Glorious Regrets)
BonChap-Nair (3)

At home, Nair keeps staring at Naira's mobile number. After the prayer magrib Nair intends to send him a chat message through the green application.

Nair had already typed the word Assalamualaikum. But he removed it back.

"What am I supposed to do, right?"

"Yes when I say hello and what else, Nai? Not busy?"

"Who am I, what is it to him?" mummified Nair slowly.

"Geez!" Nair sighed. He abandoned his intention to send a message to Naira.

"Well, if you want to meet."

Two days later...

Naira

Assalamualaikum, Nai^^^

^^^It's Nair^^^

^^You are back at what time?^^^

^^^And where can we meet so that I can return your Qur'an?^^^

Nair sends Naira a chat message during her lunch break. He is in the canteen and will immediately go to the mosque for Zuhur prayer.

It didn't take long, Naira immediately replied to her chat.

Waalaikumsalam, Nairand.

I'm heading to the mosque for Zuhur Prayer.

Can we meet there?

Nair smiled reading Naira's reply. Nair immediately replied and rushed to the mosque because Azan Zuhur would soon reverberate.

^^^Good, Nai. I'll be there soon.^^^

With a fluffy smile, Nair excitedly walked quickly towards the mosque.

He can't wait to meet Naira, the beautiful girl who made it difficult to sleep for the last two nights.

Nair took ablution. And when it was finished he intended to go directly into the mosque.

But his eyes caught the figure of Naira still walking up the stairs. He was just about to enter the terrace of the mosque.

"Nai.." call her strong so that makes everyone look at her.

Holy hooch! My voice!

"Tell...!" Nair stood in front of Naira, he took the little Qur'an in his bag.

"Assalamualaikum, Nair."

Nair gasped as Naira said her regards. The girl was like telling Nair that greeting by saying a greeting was much better.

"Wa. wa'alaikum salam, Nai," he replied stammered as he forgot to say hello to Naira.

"It's..." Nair handed Naira's belongings.

Naira accepts it without touching Nair's hand. Naira can guess, Nair has ablution and he does not want Nair to return ablution because their skin touches.

"Thank you Nair. Sorry to bother you."

Nair smiled and nodded. "Together, no nicotine really."

Coinciding with the Azan Zuhur roar, Nair and Naira split up in front of the mosque.

Nair entered from a special door for male worshipers and Naira entered from a special door for female worshipers.

Finished Nair prayer sitting near the dividing cloth, could hear the voice of the woman he had been looking for. Yes, the reader of the Qur'an.

Nair did not want to waste a chance, he immediately went out and peeked out of the window.

Nair couldn't believe what he saw. Naira was reading the Qur'an she had just returned.

Have I not heard this sound because the Qur'an is on me?

There's no way Naira's only got one. Is the Qur'an so valuable to him that he does not read with the other Qur'an?

Nair immediately sat on the terrace of the Mosque while wearing his shoes. He was afraid that if he lingered in front of the window, he would be caught peeping.

Nair took his phone. He sends a chat message to Naira.

^^^Your voice and reading are good.^^^

^^^Enak is heard.^^^

Nair left the mosque and returned to class due to his schedule today until 3pm.

Her night...

Inside the room, Nair fiddled with his phone. Repeatedly opening and closing the chat application.

"That's really?" ask Nath who is working on a task at his study table. An open laptop is more attractive than Nair.

"Okay," answered Nair briefly.

"Chick thing?" tanya Nath sure. He and Nair are twin brothers, their inner bond is very strong. So, lying jiga free. It will definitely be found out.

"No, Nath! Do your job!"

Nath turned to look at his twin. Staring silently at the face that did not switch from the square object in his hand.

"Thank you, Nair! Who the hell?" Nath forces Nair to tell him the truth.

"It's nobody Nath!"

Nath laughing. Kena right?

"Nobody means there is!" Nair widened his eyes to look at Nath. He realized he had mispronounced and entered the trap of betmen his twin.

"Haha... If you want to lie to me, then in the middle of the forest, continue fasting 3 months."

"Sokakti!" nair Cibir.

"It's not really Nair, it's my feeling that's never wrong!"

***

Nair was always looking for a way to approach Naira. But the nature and attitude of the girl who is like closing herself from the opposite sex makes it difficult for Nair to find a way.

A month, their relationship stuck. Only friends and never communicates again after Nair returns his Qur'an.

Nair looked back at his phone. Gini is very yes if you want to approach a girl of good character and have good religious knowledge as well.

There is a sense of doubt, for fear of thinking it is just a joke.

Nair had just returned from campus, but Azan Asar made a stop at a mosque which was only about seven kilometers from the gate of the compound where his house was located.

A mosque that Naira often wrote in her story. Where often held the recitation and tadarus of the Qur'an although not during the month of Ramadan.

Nair entered the mosque after taking ablution. Nair went inside and was amazed by the number of pilgrims who came. Very much.

After the prayer, Nair sat on the terrace next to the mosque. There was a feeling of unwillingness to leave from there. He overheard a soft voice that was familiar to him.

"No, Mas" the melodious voice reached Nair's ears. Nair looked for the source of the voice and saw Naira standing while bowing her gaze in front of the man wearing a kurta that was up to the knee.

Nair frowned. It was the man who became the prayer priest. Nair easily remembered it because the man's face was quite handsome.

"So, sirde you haven't delivered this, Nai?"

Naira looks to shake her head.

The man smiled. "But I've been sending CVs for two weeks!"

Nair was stunned, what CV of application?

"I hope that after the CV you see, you will be willing to do the next process."

"We will ta'aruf and InsyaAllah will be ready for the next month."

Nair slack. Aka? They want to get married?

"Sorry, Mas Alif." Naira's getting down.

"It looks like Pakde just told Abi about the CV and hasn't reached me yet."

"Let's still Abi's responsibility anyway. I'm still one meter away and my journey is still long."

"I'll get married if Abi allows and asks me to marry."

"I'll excuse you, Mom. Assalamualaikum." Pamit Naira and he immediately turned around and entered the mosque.

"Waalaikumsalam" replied the man named Alif.

Nair felt he was looking at his own rival in front of his eyes. Nair began to look at himself and the man took turns.

We're a lot different. He who I believe his religious knowledge is already qualified still makes Naira doubtful. Then what about me?

Nair saw the man go back into the mosque. The man took the Qur'an and sat down quietly to read it.

Nair slowly leaves the mosque but he accidentally sees Naira teaching some children to teach.

Nair feels dwarfed. It's small-hearted. Is my dream to be with Naira too high?

Just send him a message. What else came and asked for it?

Men like Alif alone cannot make Abinya and Naira immediately accept it. What if that guy was me?

Maybe the CV of the application was immediately thrown into the trash.

Naira, she still wants to go to college and still be in semester one, just like me. If Naira wants to get married when she graduates, that means my chance is 3 years away.

I have to change. His determination in heart.

***

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