Hadwan
Chapter 20: Better Behind

..."Teach them how to know their god, and he will become a better person. And he who loves you will never take you down the wrong path, he will urge you more to be the perfect woman and deserve to be the first madrassa for his descendants."...

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Iklima was silent hearing the words of Hadwan. The girl did not understand the meaning of the man's words, but she knew that Hadwan had good intentions towards her.

"I'm not sure I can" said Iklima in a soft word.

"Oh, now you go home. The school is deserted, afraid of things that are not desirable to you, then immediately go home," said Hadwan who then made Iklima look back at him.

Klima shook his head. "You go home, I still want to be here" said Iklima.

"I won't go home either until you decide to go home first" Hadwan said.

"You just go home, I need solitude to get calm," said Iklima with sadness.

"I know a place that can make you calm" said Hadwan, then Iklima immediately turned to him.

"Where?" ask Klima a little curious.

"I will show you the place, but you must come with me" said Hadwan, who kept Iklima quiet.

"Sister wouldn't fuck with me, would he?" tanya Klima full search.

Hadwan knitted his two eyebrows in wonder. "God willing, I will do nothing for you" Hadwan said.

Iklima who heard that was relieved because Hadwan had no ill intentions towards him.

"Well, I want to come with you" said Iklima as he stood up from the chair he was in.

"But wait a minute!" Hadwan held back Iklima.

"What's wrong?" tanya Iklima was astonished.

"Before that, you should contact your parents and ask him for permission," Hadwan said, making Iklima smile.

"Huh, kirain what. Yes, I called my mother first," Iklima replied with a smile. He opened his bag and called his mother's number.

Hadwan just kept quiet and was happy to see Iklima can smile again, although previously very sad.

"Assalamualaikum, Ma." Iklima started a call with Mama Nadira.

"Wa'alaikumsalam's chat. What's up, Iklima?" ask Mama Nadira over there.

"Ma, Iklima wants to ask Mama's permission," said Iklima with a little hesitation.

"What adultery?" ask Mama Nadira to make sure.

"May Ma, Iklima go for a while with a schoolmate?" ask Iklima carefully, he hoped Mama Nadira would allow it.

"Women or men?" mama asked Nadira, she was afraid her daughter would go anywhere.

"Emm... boy, Ma." Iklima began to fret, afraid that his mother would not let him go.

"No! Mama won't let you go with a man, that's the shoulder." I saw the dislike of Mama Nadira.

"But, Ma ...," said Iklima persuaded.

"Hem, okay. Mama wants to talk to the man" said Mama Nadira who began to melt.

"Here, talk to my mom. Mama I want to talk to you, " said Iklima who made Hadwan accept it.

After that, Hadwan just spoke to Mama Nadira. "Assalamualaikum, Auntie," said Hadwan who immediately made Mama Nadira who was there, smiling listening to his voice.

"Wa'alaikumsalam's chat. Son, do you really want to take Iklima away?" mama Nadira asked in a soft voice.

"Yes, Aunt. I want to take him away for a while and it won't be long. Is Aunt willing to allow it?" Hadwan immediately said his goal to Mama Nadira.

Mama Nadira smiled there, after hearing the answer from Hadwan who was very sure. "Well, Mama allowed it, but you have to take good care of Mama's daughter. And remember! Do not let the night go home," he replied, who immediately allowed Hadwan to go with Iklima.

"Good, Aunt. Thank you for believing in me" Hadwan said with a smile and that smile was very sweet. Even Iklima was fascinated to see it.

"Yes, you're welcome." Mama Nadira really likes the way Hadwan talks.

"Assalamualaikum" Hadwan said before returning his phone to Iklima.

"Wa'alaikumsalam," Mama Nadira replied with a feeling that began to calm down.

"Have you?" ask Iklima when Hadwan hands over his phone.

"Yes" replied Hadwan briefly.

That way, Iklima received his phone back and put it in a bag. "Then how? My mom allowed it?" tanyanya.

Hadwan nodded immediately. "Yes, your mother has allowed me to take her daughter away," replied Hadwan who immediately made Iklima to not believe.

"really that? Mama trusts you?" ask Klima again. He still did not think that his mother would allow him to go with a man, even though Mama Nadira had been very angry before.

"Yes, if you don't believe me. Try to call back your Mama," said Hadwan who immediately got the headband from Iklima.

"No need, I already believe it," Iklima replied because from Hadwan's speech had been very sure, so there was no need to contact his mother again.

"Then, come on." Hadwan immediately walked away from Iklima who was still standing in his place.

"Eh, yeah wait." Klima ran after Hadwan. However, after Iklima was beside the man. Hadwan stopped his steps abruptly.

"Why stop?" ask Iklima. He did not understand Hadwan's actions just now.

"Follow me from behind, then I will go back to continue the journey," said Hadwan who made Iklima shocked.

"Why is that? It's not Kak Hadwan who wants to take me away, but why walk in the back like two people who don't know each other?" ask Iklima with a sullen face because he thought that Hadwan deliberately considered him a stranger.

Hadwan paused for a moment and said, "A woman is better off walking behind a man than at the front, so she'll be more awake."

"It does not have to be in front too, right next to you can also," said Iklima with a face that looks confused.

"In addition it will cause slander because we are not mahram," Hadwan said in a cold tone of voice.

"No, brother. Not everyone knows if we are not mahram and not to be afraid because it is commonplace and commonplace here. Many are dating, they are alone without anyone reprimanding them," said Iklima and Hadwan could only shake his head.

At once Hadwan turned his body and faced Iklima. "It's not like that, but it's like this. Indeed others do not know, but God knows," he said by bowing his head.

It was only from here that Iklima began to know the meaning of Hadwan's words, he knew that Hadwan had many advantages that were always closed. From the way he talks and behaves, Iklima has learned a lot from him.

"Well, I'll keep walking behind you" said Iklima, thus making Hadwan turn his body back forward and continue his steps.