EL NATH (Glorious Regrets)
BonChap-Nair (18)

Rion returns to see Ray after dinner. He sat next to his papa in a lounge chair by the pool.

"Rion is not sure how the papi works," upset Rion because his papi even invited Rahardi at the impromptu event.

"But why not talk directly to Rahardi. Continue to tell the story of the goodness and advantages of Nair and the family of Papa Akhtar."

"So that Rahardi could find Nair as his son-in-law."

"That's just impressed papi ngebelain Nair really, Yon!"

"Udah. Papi's way is the most obvious and natural impressed."

"Ck!" Decak Rion's. "There was a papi kayak joking about Rahardi on the show, Pi. If om Rahardi so feel this is the same reason Nair papi how?"

"Bec...! This is indeed papi's wits," replied Ray casually.

"Gosh!" Rion snorted in annoyance. "It's hard to talk to papi."

Rion leaves Ray and goes inside. But on the doorstep he almost collided with Bi who was holding Prince.

"Bye...."

"Replace, baby." Bi handed Prince to her. "I want to eat first."

"Oh my dear God. This is the fourth time you've eaten." Rion's protest against his wife.

"Why? Are you afraid I'm fat?"

"I don't know what it's like to be nyuin Prince." The star turned around and left Rion staring at his departure.

"Oh Allah, gini very. Just talking about the lines of answers lined up. Pake dibonusin crank again."

Rion held Prince up high and kissed the belly of the nearly six-month-old baby.

"You are so much the mistress. Mother until eat it continues."

Prince laughed cheerfully. "Yeah! Pake laughs at the boy."

"Dad kiss again?" Rion kissed her son and came back to make him laugh.

****

Naira's embrace was still felt on her body. Rahardi felt Naira's embrace so tightly earlier. The happy embrace that Naira gave her.

Rahardi met Rahman in the backyard. His older brother was watering plants in the garden behind the house.

Rahardi sat in a wooden chair. "Mas!"

Rahman. He turned off the water faucet and sat down with Rahardi who was clearly seen being agitated.

"What's up, Di?" Rahman sat down next to his sister.

"May I ask your help, my dear."

"Give this to, Nair."

Rahman sees a brown envelope in Rahardi's hand. He accepted it and started opening the envelope.

Rahman was surprised to find Naira's name on the paper. "Be the intermediary between my daughter and Nair."

***

Nair just finished taking a shower this afternoon. After returning from the hospital, he decided to run in the complex area. His only goal is to keep his body healthy even though his mind never stops to think about Naira.

Nair just came out of the bathroom and the sound of a vibrating cell phone stole his attention. Nair looked at the phone screen showing Pakde Rahman's name there.

"Sir? What's up?" muttered Nair wondered because it was very rare for Pakde Rahman to contact him if not for important matters.

Pakde Rahman will usually send important information about events in the mosque or related to activities there through groups in WA.

"Hallo, Assalamualaikum Pakde?"

"Navaloupe, Nair. You busy?"

"Oh, no Pakde. What's up, huh?" asked Nair curiously. He sat on the bed with only a towel wrapped around his lower body.

"Magrib will be able to come to the mosque, Nair? There's something important that Pakde has to say."

"What is important sir?"

"Can't get through Nair's phone."

"Oh, Yes Pakde. God willing Nair is coming."

After the call ended, Nair continued to think about what would Pakde Rahman say? Could there be an event they planned in the mosque?

"Nair, where are you going?" tanya Lintang who saw Nair come down from the second floor dressed neatly. Black trousers as well as white kurta and peci were in his hands.

"Yes Ma. Nair wants to go to the mosque that Nair used to go to."

Lintang and Akhtar looked at each other. Both are amazed because this is the first time Nair went there after many months.

Nair kissed the backs of his parents' hands. "Nair go first, ma, Pa. Assalamualaikum."

"Getishalight." Reply both.

Nair drives his car. Yes, since it was not allowed to meet again with Naira, Akhtar gave the car as a gift for her. As one way to divert Nair's mind about Naira. But unfortunately, it seems that way has not worked because Nair very rarely use the car.

Nair arrived at his destination mosque. Magrib's time is still ten minutes away. He leaned his body in the car seat. His eyes were on the car drawer.

Nair reached out and opened the car drawer. Where he keeps an object that he thinks has bad memories.

Nair took out a ring box. Where there are two rings, for him and for Naira. The ring he had prepared months ago when he wanted to propose to the girl.

"Geeh!" Nair laughed cynically. "I used to be so sure that I would be accepted until I bought the ring first." Nair nodded slowly.

"Allah's plan is going to happen. Why did my confidence level go that high? Precede to the will of God." Nair kept the ring back in the car drawer.

"Come Nair! Rion Bener, papa is right too. Keep your head up even though Abi looks like he's going to devour you." Nair cheered himself up before getting out of the car.

Nair attended Magrib prayers. He just greet Pakde Rahman and there is also Abinya Naira here.

After the Magrib prayer, Nair followed the direction of Pakde Rahman. The two sat in a corner of the mosque, right next to the boundary cloth between male and female worshippers.

"Naair..."

"Yes, Pakde..."

"How are you?"

"Thank God be healthy, sirde."

"Why never come here again?" ask Rahman. Actually he knew very well why Nair no longer came here.

"Hehehe... It's busy, sir. Sometimes time is too short to come here. So pray at home or in the mosque complex."

Rahman laughed. "The more successful here, Nair. New car?" Rahman pointed outwards with his chin.

Nair smiled a little. "Still giving papa, Pakde."

"Naair... Pakde wants to tell you something." Nair nodded small.

"There's a girl who sent CV ta'aruf through Pakde to tell you."

Nair rounded his eyes. "I'm sorry Pakde, but I never asked anyone to send me a ta'aruf CV."

"But there's a girl who loves you very much, Nair."

"But I also have someone I love, sirde. And I'm sure Pakde must know who that girl is."

"Nair, don't you want to see the girl's face first?" tawar Rahman on Nair.

The two-way conversation can be heard clearly by the girl behind the cloth. The girl who sat by squeezing the tip of her hijab. The girl who was waiting for a yes answer from the man she hoped to be her husband.

"No, Pakde." Answer Nair for sure. "I don't want to make that girl discouraged. I don't want the girl to hurt her pride because of my rejection."

"I don't want him to be embarrassed when he meets me because of my rejection."

"So, I'd better never see his face, sirde."

"Tell my apologies to that gadia." Nair full of softness.

"What if that girl is my daughter, Nair?" asked Abi Rahardi who suddenly came and sat cross-legged beside Nair.

Nair was pounding, but he tried to kiss the back of the man's hand. The man who became a fortress between him and Naira.

"How, Nair?" repeated Rahardi because Nair didn't answer the question.

"Abi, of course Abi knows the answer because until this moment the feeling is still the same, Abi." Reply Nair sure. He remembered Rion's words. He had to break through this fortress called Rahardi.

"You're sure you can make my daughter happy if I give it to you."

"God is sure, Abi."

"When are you ready to marry my daughter?"

"When Abi allows it, I'm ready." Nair looked at the man and showed a calm expression. He doesn't want to look nervous or scared anymore.

"Well, if you're ready at any time."

"Can you call your parents, Nair? We will do the marriage contract after Isya prayer."

Nair was stunned in disbelief.