IKHTIAR AKMAL LOVE
SECOND-GUESS

The time is now three o'clock in the afternoon. Baby Zahwa who has woken up from her sleep asks Cyra to play along with her funny language.

Oh yea! If Cyra's marriage has been going on for nearly three months. That means baby Zahwa's age is around ten months. And he has started to practice standing to be able to walk.

Cyra and baby Zahwa were playing on the porch with a lot of toys scattered there.

It's cool playing. Their eyes were turned towards the luxurious car that had just entered the courtyard of the house.

Cyra's smile was printed very clearly behind his niqob to see whose car had just come.

"Mother come home, dear" heard the words of the Umi. Baby Zahwa reflexively leaves her toy and starts crawling towards Akmal's car. But Cyra didn't let it go. Because surely baby Zahwa's knee will hurt to hit the rough floor.

Baby Zahwa is being held by Cyra. Extending into his two hands as if asking to be carried by Akmal.

Akmal smiled very sweetly. And he immediately carried the beautiful princess into his car. Cyra took over Akmal's briefcase.

"You're playing here, baby. Ow hell! It's messy" said Akmal.

Cyra smiled as she continued walking beside Akmal.

"This Abu's son has taken a bath yet huh? It smells of acem!" Akmal while kissing baby Zahwa's stomach.

Of course it makes baby Zahwa feel amused and laugh cheerfully.

"We're going in yuk! Sultry ash. Take a shower. Or Aiza's gonna take a bath with Abu?" akmal.

"A-Bu-bububu," Aiza's funny voice is first heard by Akmal and Cyra.

The faces of Akmal and Cyra look surprised to hear baby Zahwa can say Abu.

"Goddessa. What was that, baby? A ... "

"Abbubu" said baby Zahwa.

Akmal immediately held baby Zahwa tighter when the first speech he heard was not umi but ash.

"If Umi how dear? Try dong say U-mi."

Cyra doesn't seem to want to lose. But baby Zahwa looked away and did not want to imitate Cyra's words. Akmal laughed looking at baby Zahwa like that to Cyra. Cyra is pretending to sulk at Akmal and baby Zahwa.

Arriving in the room. Akmal took a shower. Same with baby Zahwa. They shower together in the same bathroom. It is limited to transparent glass only.

Finish shower. Cyra immediately dressed baby Zahwa. Likewise with Akmal who has finished wearing clothes and immediately perform ashar prayer.

"Mother! Please take care of Aiza! Umi want to shower the same as ashar prayer as well," said Cyra when Akmal had finished the ashar prayer.

Akmal nodded. "Ready! Come on baby, let's go out first. Let umi pray."

Akmal then brought baby Zahwa out of the room. Just leave Cyra alone.

Akmal's. Cyra immediately took a bath, then performed the Ashar prayer service. Finish it all. Cyra then comes out of the room to look for the whereabouts of Akmal and baby Zahwa who turns out to be in the front yard swing.

"Daritadi Umi looking for. It turns out you're here" Cyra said.

Cyra immediately sat down on the swing next to Akmal. "Mother! Someone wants Umi to talk to Abu."

Akmal instantly shifted his face. "Speak what darling. Just say it."

"We're staying at a yuk hotel!"

Akmal laughs. "Why stay at Umi Hotel. Is our room like a hotel room?"

"Eitherway. I really want to stay at a hotel. Want to Abu! Want ya!" Cyra whines spoiled to Akmal.

"Emm! Alright. When's Baby?"

Cyra's face was very happy. "Tonight yuk! But find a comfortable hotel."

Not wanting to make the wife feel sad or disappointed. Akmal sincerely assented Cyra's request.

Akmal then looked for a star hotel in their city to stay that night. Completed making a reservation by phone. Akmal joked again with baby Zahwa and Cyra.

"Oh yes Umi! Ash has good news for all of us."

Akmal's face looks sumringah. "Start tomorrow. Abu is no longer actively teaching."

"Does that mean. Abu's resignation letter is already in the same ACC Rector sir?"

Akmal nodded. "Yes Umi. Exactly right. And today is the last day Abu taught."

"Tadi Abu also said goodbye to the children. And also has delivered two words of farewell to the other Lecturers."

"Did the campus have a substitute lecturer for Abu?"

Akmal nodded again. "Umi's. He's younger than Abu."

Cyra smiled. "Alhamdulillah then. So Abu will be able to focus on both of us."

Akmal nodded his head in response to Cyra's words.

"Then? When do we go to Abu's hotel?" ask Cyra.

"Now just yuk! But before that. Abu would stop by the store for a second. Want to get the files. Who knows if something is over."

Cyra nodded. Then the two of them went back into the room to get ready to go to the hotel.

I put some clothes in my suitcase. Akmal's phone suddenly rang. This made Akmal immediately leave his activities to receive a call first from his father.

"Hello Father. Assalamu'alaikum."

Rafiq's father immediately replied. "Wa'alaikumussalam Mall. You'll be home later tonight?" ask Rafiq's father.

"Next night Akmal same Cyra wants to go Daddy."

Rafiq's father was curious. "Where to go?"

"This is Cyra Tumben asking Akmal to stay at the hotel."

Rafiq's father laughed across the street. "That's it. Why stay at all hotels?"

"Eitherway. Maybe you want to find a new atmosphere. Akmal hasn't even taken Cyra on her honeymoon. Because I'm busy with construction."

Rafiq's father nodded his head. "Yes, that's it. Dad's plan is to go to your house with your mom tonight. He said my mom misses you guys. Especially Zahwa. If you can't. Yes, tomorrow again."

"I'm sorry Akmal is Dad" Akmal said.

"Yes. It's okay ko. I'll hang up first, call him. Assalamu'alaikum."

Akmal answered. "Wa'alaikumussalam." Their connection was eventually severed as well.

Mama Jian who was daritadi next to Rafiq's father immediately asked. "Same thermal Cyra wants to go, Dad?"

Rafiq's father nodded slowly. "Yes. Says Cyra wants to stay at the hotel."

"There-there's just the hell. Is Cyra not cravings?"

Rafiq's father and mama Jian reflexively looked at each other with their strange gazes.

Turn to Akmal and Cyra again. The two of them finally finished getting ready as well. And now they're saying goodbye to the aunts who work in their homes.

After farewell. The car that Akmal drove and then pumped gas to the destination. While the aunts immediately whispered spoiled to each other.

"Home is this good and want to stay at a hotel? Don't you love the money?"

Bi Sukma immediately responded to bi Lilis' speech. "Is it possible that Miss Cyra is pregnant?"

Sukma bi speech successfully made the aunts who heard directly look at each other with the meaning of the same gaze.

Well 'would've guessed-nebak🤭.

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