Black Heaven
Go home to Jombang,
A white Avanza stopped in the courtyard of Kyai Yusuf's house. The driver of the car was none other than Aji. He stretched his body before getting out of the car tired after a nearly ten-hour drive from Tangerang.
Aji arrived at Jombang place at nine o'clock in the night. The atmosphere around his house was quiet. Aji rushed into the house through the side door.
"Assalamualaikum ..." said Aji after entering the house. No one answered his greetings.
There is no sign of anyone in the house, it makes Aji decide to go to the back of his house, where there is a pendopo commonly used Kyai Yusuf aloof in the silence of the night, sometimes these pendopos in use come together to discuss important issues.
Aji's auditory senses begin to catch the voices of Kyai Yusuf, Umm Sarah and Ninis as she moves closer to the pendopo.
"Dadji!" Ninis sharpened his gaze when he saw Aji who was walking from inside the house.
Everything in the pendopo instantly turned its gaze towards Ninis. Ummi Sarah developed her smile when she saw her youngest son coming home.
"Assalamualaikum ..." said Aji after entering the pendopo.
"Waalaikumsalam ..." answered simultaneously everyone in the pendopo.
"Why don't you tell me you want to go home?" ummi asked Sarah when Aji kissed the back of her hand.
After shaking the hand of Umm Sarah, Aji now crawled towards Kyai Yusuf and then shook hands with Ninis and her husband.
"Let Ummi not cook too much. Later Aji must have been forced to spend all Ummi cooking," Aji jokes after sitting next to Umm Sarah.
Kyai Yusuf smiled after hearing Aji joke, as did Ninis and her husband. Indeed, as Umm Sarah did every Aji returned to Jombang, she always cooked all the food that became Aji's favorite.
"Tomorrow Ummi to go to the market with Rahma. Ummi wants to cook all your favorite food," said Ummi Sarah while patting her youngest son's thigh.
"No need Mi, Aji is here a bit long," said Aji while staring at Umm Sarah.
"Have you been on vacation, brother?" ask Rudi, her husband Ninis.
"Yes Mas, but I came home for only one week," said Aji, "And in two weeks my cafe starts to open, Mas," continued Aji while staring at Rudi.
The conversation continues. Starting from discussing cafe issues to problems on campus. After finishing chatting with Aji, now they return to the initial topic, discussing about Rudi's education.
Tomorrow night Rudi will go abroad to continue his education S3. He had to leave without Ninis, because his daughter was too small to be carried away. The plan, Ninis will be entrusted here as long as Rudi continues his education.
"Finding knowledge must be Istiqomah, Le. Do not half-way, let alone seek knowledge in the land of people. You have to focus on studying there, don't worry about your wife and kids. God willing they are safe here. Abah can only pray that the knowledge you get will be useful for the people around you." Kyai Yusuf gave advice to his son-in-law.
Time just keeps passing by. The time indicator is already at the number eleven nights. They all went from the pendopo to rest except for Kyai Yusuf. He was accustomed to this pendopo alone to feel the state of nature in the silence of the night.
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The morning mentor has come to greet all the residents in the city of Jombang. His radiance began to erode the coldness created from the night wind that had left. The flowers smile because they feel the goodness of the light.
A beautiful smile never faded from the face of a girl who was washing dishes in the kitchen of Kyai Yusuf. The girl was none other than Rahma, the girl who devoted herself in the Al-Khadijah boarding school. It can be said that Rahma replaced Intan in the house of Kyai Yusuf.
"Oh Allah, Gus Aji is really fit to be the dream husband of the future" Rahma murmured in her heart. She smiles at herself when imagining being Aji's wife and building a happy household with Kyai Yusuf's youngest son.
Rahma had not realized if she was being watched Ninis and Umm Sarah near where she was. Ummi Sarah can catch if Rahma puts a taste to Aji.
"Roman!" Ninis pat Rahma's shoulder to make the girl surprised instead of playing.
"Oh God!" rahma shouted as she turned her gaze to look at who was behind her.
Rahma gasped when she saw Ninis and Umm Sarah behind her. It becomes a misbehavior with red cheeks.
"Are you going to take Ummi to the market?" asked Ninis with a red face because he held back his laughter when he saw Rahma was wrong.
"Y-yes so, Ning. Sa-I I'll drop ummi after this." Rahma stammered with nervousness in front of Umm Sarah.
Ninis just passed from before Rahma because he was no longer strong enough to hold back his laughter. He walked towards where Aji was at the moment. His laughter finally came off after standing beside Aji.
"Something's funny, Ning?" aji asked with an astonished look at her brother laughing to himself.
"A ...." Just now Ninis wanted to tell about Rahma, but Umm Sarah suddenly came to him. Ninis would rather be quiet than have to tell in front of Umm Sarah.
Umm Sarah only said goodbye to Ninis if he was going to go to the market with Rahma, "Come on!" Ummi sarah waved her hand to Rahma who was pushing the motor matic.
Aji looked at Rahma as she passed in front of him. Can not be denied if Rahma has a more beautiful face than Intan. However, Aji did not have the slightest taste for the beautiful girl. His heart has been imprinted on the girl whose name is Intan Rahma Ayunda.
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The king of rays continued to move westward. Orange tinge is beautifully painted on the western horizon, a sign that the king will return to his throne. The moon began to appear to shine a dark sky without stars.
All the members of Kyai Yusuf's family stood in the yard to drive Rudi who was preparing to leave for the airport. Tonight Kyai Yusuf's eldest son will drive Rudi to Surabaya. Ninis could not come because his daughter had a fever this afternoon.
Ninis could only look at the departure of the husband with a sad face. She had to stay away from her husband for some time. He gasps when someone slaps his shoulder and turns out Aji is already standing behind him.
"Ning, if there's time, meet me in the room huh, Ning. There are important things that I want to tell you," said Aji in a soft voice when he saw Ummi and his brother had entered the house, "this is about Tata," continued Aji.
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