My Beloved Uncle
C30. Bastian

"Uncle Bas" Ara called out to Bastian in a raucous voice after her cries subsided.

"What Neng?" Ara sighed softly then asked a question that made Bastian surprised. "Ara wants to have a rich husband Alina who is the same age as her Uncle Alina. Uncle Bas wants to be Ara's husband?"

"What's?. Really true?"

Bastian was strangled, but Bastian immediately put the back of his right hand on Ara's forehead, but immediately the back of Bastian's hand touched Ara's forehead, the berniqab girl immediately brushed her aside and murmured to Bastian "Not Mahram!"

"Yes sorry, Uncle Babas forgot" said Bastian regretting that he almost crossed the line touching Ara, "Lagian kan Neng Ara himself who talked strangely, ngajak Uncle Babas wedlock"

Ara took a breath and exhaled slowly, "Sorry Uncle Bas, Ara is just a slouch" The girl re-thought to think about her story that had to run aground before starting, though his beginning after He and Alina go to college together, Ara intends to ask Alina to match him with her Uncle, Ara, but now it is precisely Alina who has been married by her Uncle so that her Uncle can keep Alina without Mahram restrictions.

"Not good daydreaming, let alone daydreaming about a man who is not his Mahram, Neng Ara must understand what Uncle means right?"

"Astaghfirullahalazim" Bastian's rebuke awakens Alina to her inadvertent sin, making the girl also beristighfar in her heart.

"Focus learning, pursue the ideals to be proud Apha the same Amih first. Matter of marriage, submit to Allah, God willing Neng Ara will get a much better match than his Uncle Alina" Said Bastian who now looks brooding about his own fate that until now is still at home single after experiencing heartache for betrayal committed by his future wife and friends a year ago.

Almost depressed before finally his aunt realized to be closer to God. But when Bastian visited the boarding school, his aunt stayed to give birthday gifts to his two aunt children, Bastian felt a sense of inner calm when he heard the voice of a woman teaching in the house of the Aunt who lives with her husband's family, until finally Bastian also decided to stay in the cottage to learn to know Islam. Only a few months later Bastian also said two sentences of shahada, becoming a convert to follow in the footsteps of his aunt.

Bastian's daydreams are back to crumbling, when Ara makes a sound again.

"Aja who was amazed by Mr. Ziel and realized that Mr. Ziel is not interested in the same Ara feel sad not a match with Him. Moreover, Uncle who is in a marriage residence even though it has stayed another week the same Uncle Aunty Bellatrix wedding was carried out. It must hurt Uncle" Bastian sighed resignedly hearing Ara's true speech there.

"Nyindir dalem terribly Neng" Gerutu Bastian made Ara was not good day and immediately pat his lips softly also 1 apologizing for his spontaneous speech "Sorry Uncle, Ara did not mean, Ara did not mean, uh Where's Uncle Bas going?" Bastian immediately walked away leaving Alina ignoring the call of the girl along with regret.

"Astaghfirullahalazim, it's a really tough mouth anyway. Ish gets angry at his Uncle Bas" Ara feels guilty about what he said to Bastian and rushes out of his room to look for Bastian and apologizes for what he said.

Just as the girl exited her room towards the exit, Umi Eil called her to come to the living room because there were guests who wanted to meet her with her.

"Let Neng hear for herself, dear" Umi Eil behind noisily answered Ara's question.

"Well, this is the only daughter of Our puppets whom We used to call Ara" Abi Dhika also wore Ara to a couple and a man of her age who was sitting in the middle of a couple.

Ara also said her greetings and cupped her palms to the chest, which her guest Abi replied and kissed the back of the hand of the woman sitting on the sidelines.

"Sit here, darling" Abi Dhika patted the empty spot on her left side asking Ara to sit in the middle of her and Umi Eil. Ara was obedient and sat in the middle of her parents.

Since sitting in the middle of her two parents, Ara felt careless because she was noticed by the young man sitting in front of her. Highlight the eyes of the young man stared at Ara full of cravings to make Ara involuntarily squeeze the back of Umi Eil's hand because it was uncomfortable.

Umi Eil was surprised and then looked at Ara who was bowing her head, as if understanding what Ara felt Umi Eil was whispering quietly "Neng is okay?" Umi clasped tightly onto Ara's palm which started to feel cold after Ara shook her head slowly.

"Ehm" Umi Eil was forced to mendeham because since then his guests only talk stale Ara, saying Ara is beautiful, friendly, smart and sholehah, and it is appropriate to be betrothed, and has been pinang, this was the first time they met Ara.

Abi Dhika who understands the dehaman Umi Eil and also his guest ngalor speech also asked directly the purpose and purpose of Kiyai Burhan's family and his family to visit his residence.

"Punten Kiyai, I'm sorry if We were sassy to ask the purpose and purpose of Kiyai and family visiting Our house?" Said Abi Dhika, who had glanced at his daughter and also his wife. Umi Eil gave the code to Abi Dhika to glance at Ara who was seen bowing her head deeply.

"Well like her Kiyai Dhika type person who directly addresses to the core of the problem" Abi Dhika smiled in response to Kiyai Burhan's remark which was like her offended at Abi Dhika's question. "Don't call me Kiyai, Kyai Burhan" Kiyai Burhan smiled at Dhika's rejection, which Kiyai called her.

Yes Abi Dhika always refused to be called Kiyai, Habib, or Ustadz. The middle-aged man preferred to be called Abi by his santri and those around him, with the reason not worthy to bear the call because Abi Dhika always said he lost he was still in the level of deepening his religion so that the call of Kiyai or Ustadz was pinned to him.

As for the call of Habib, Abi Dhika always rejected him because it does not have a lineage of the Habibs.

Yes Abi Dhika was deliberately asked directly because he had seen Ara who was not comfortable in the middle of the ngidul ngalor conversation, moreover, now Ara tightly gripped her palm making Abi Dhika also want to immediately end the conversation full of stale bases.

"All right then. We came to Abi Dhika's house because we want to establish a friendship by binding our two sons and daughters in marriage"