In the Name of a Mate
Chapter 37: Sorry about Yasmin

With her heart firmly fixed, Layla stepped into the building that stood majestically in front of her. It has been almost two months since the last time he stepped foot into the building. The beautiful atmosphere with sholawat chants is the thing that always makes the heart feel homesick with him. The building once bore witness to the monk how his father passed through a childhood full of memories

"Ila" Layla looks at Sarah, they often spend time together first when she is often to the ponpes

"Assalamu'alaikum"

"Wa'alaikumussalam"

"I don't think it's you, I haven't been here in a long time"

"For a lot of tasks" Layla replied smilingly, though that wasn't really the main thing

"You must have come because of Kak Zain's proposal finally caught up with Kak Yasmin right?"

"Huh?" Layla slightly opened her mouth showing a surprised expression hearing that

"When we used to talk about Zain, right? It turns out his soul mate is Kak Yasmin. Children ponpes many heartbroken from santri son or santri princess" Layla not focus on listening to Sarah who continues to talk, he still digested the thing in his brain

"My direction first yes, there's business. Assalamu'alaikum" he immediately set his foot to go to a house with a wooden brown fence that he had not visited for a long time without hearing too clearly what Sarah said next

Seeing two black cars that he did not know parked in the yard made him know that they had guests, so Layla chose to step foot into the back door

Chequelek

"Eh, astagfirulloh" the person in the kitchen was surprised because the door was directly connected to the kitchen

"Hehe sorry, Assalamu'alaikum" Layla cupped her hands in front of her chest not forgetting the grin on her face. Lucky there is only Bik Imah, because it is certain that others are welcoming guests

"Non Ila why go in through there"

"In front of a guest bik, not polite"

"Oh yes, today there is a visit from Nak Zain's family. It seems to be discussing the matter of marriage"

"Will the tea be?" The two people turned to look at someone who had just entered the kitchen

"Assalamu'alaikum ummi" she was Yasmin's mother, instead of calling with her aunt she was told to call with ummi just like the others

"Loh Ila's? You haven't been here in a long time"

"Task college a lot" he said a little hesitating because that is not the main reason. Yasmin also seems to have not told me about their relationship

"It just so happens that you're here, let's go with Yasmin to get ready. She must be happy to have you here" Layla smiled faintly and nodded. It was impossible for him to refuse, including this as his approach to Yasmin

Staring at the brown door in front of her doubtfully, Layla finally ventured to knock on it

"So, the door is not locked" someone's answer from the inside actually makes Layla more hesitant to pull the door knob. Somehow Yasmin's reaction later, he can't imagine

"Sir Yasmin" he finally dared to say hello after the door opened. Seemed surprised look seen from the woman with white Thursday sitting on the edge of the mattress, clearly he did not expect that the one who came was his cousin

"Your?" Ask as if I can't believe it

"Can I come in? " this question has certainly never existed before. But Ila is aware of how the two are currently connected

"Let's go in" despite the awkward atmosphere, Ila slowly set foot into the room dominated by light green

"How's Yasmin doing?"

"get better? But why do I see Yasmin's sister is not okay?" Hearing that made Yasmin look up next to her eyebrows full of question marks

"You mean?"

"Sir Yasmin's body may be fine. But is Yasmin's heart okay too?" Layla patted her mouth softly after saying that. But it is like there is no expression of happiness that emanates as usually happens to some people when welcoming their candidates

"It turns out I can't lie in front of you" Yasmin smiled faintly. She looked at Layla and next without being held back, tears coming out of her eyelids

"I don't like him Ila" he said slowly

"He was kind, but my heart was forced to accept his presence. I don't know why I could, but I've been trying to make her like him" Layla fell silent, knowing what Yasmin meant here

"Why is it accepted?"

"My reason seems to sound evil, but I hope that when I'm with her I can forget about Qais" Layla closed her eyes when her husband's name was mentioned, then she nodded in understanding. Sometimes to forget something old we have to present something new

"Then try to accept it" Layla replied

"Maybe true for some people, love grows over time. After living with her, Yasmin will definitely know what it is about her that makes Kak Yasmin fall in love"

"He is kind, religious and knows how to treat women well. I'm sure it's not hard to fall in love with someone like that, because I've felt it" certainly the last sentence Layla just dared to say in her heart. There's no way he'd say that in front of Yasmin

"Is that right?"

"For me, Yasmin may not know, but before being with Qais, I never thought I could be with her. All I saw was the bad things that were on him, that made it hard for me to instill that feeling in my heart. But as we went along, I realized that there must be something about her that would make us fall in love and that we could only see after being with her"

"So love can grow over time, it may be true for some people including me on condition that both should be able to open their hearts to each other" Layla said holding both of her cousins' shoulders to reassure them

"Whether he can accept all my actions later that he may not know" Yasmin's voice still sounded doubtful "I'm afraid" he continued slowly

"If he has the courage to come here to convey his good intentions, it means he is also ready how the consequences in the future if you are together"

Yasmin blinked then nodded in understanding convincing herself, she hugged Layla and said an apology, even to her ummi she did not dare to tell him about this

"Why didn't Yasmin ever tell me that she accepted Kak Zain's proposal?"

"I thought you were angry because of my attitude that day. So never visit again here, I'm even embarrassed to find you fit on the campus"

"I was the one who felt wrong at the time. I'm too afraid that Yasmin's sister is still angry with me. So I thought to go far, but it just made me feel more unsettled" Layla replied with a long sigh

"I was disappointed at the time, but not until a grudge that could blind the heart"

"Uncle Naufal know, didn't he tell you?"

"Dad never said anything" Layla replied. Maybe this is Naufal's way of getting him to come here and fix his relationship with Yasmin

"Oh yeah, for princess kyai's proposal..."

"Rejected" Layla replied quickly as she realized where the conversation was going

"Dad said he was only loyal to mother and mother enough, he said he never felt lonely if mother's keinget"

"The story of their love both make jealous even though one body is not there"