Black Heaven

A Missing Smile,

Raindrops are still heard in the third tonight. The sound of toad ngorek began to earthy with each other, as a melody that accompanied Intan in his solitude. There was no noise or traffic, now there was only the sound of sobbing a girl, the owner of the rose tattoo.

Yes— tonight for the first time, after four years, Intan gave up longing to Sang Khalik. He sat on a prayer mat with his head bowed because of the regret that evaporated from his heart. However, shortly after that Intan re-enforced his head, both his hands looked up along with his expression of regret.

"Yes Allah .. I know that maybe the servant is only a woman who is full of sin. Servant does not know whether the ablution and prayer of the servant You can receive or not, the servant only wants to return to You, O Lord of the universe."

"Yes Rabb .. I beg forgiveness for all sins that I willfully commit. I know that all the mistakes I made were hard to forgive. Servant surrender to You for all the life of the Servant after this."

"Yes Allah .. Do not punish the parents for all the sins they committed. Punish only the servants, O Allah. Let the two servant parents calm down in heaven."

"The servant wants to return, O God, back to the right path as before. I am tired of running from Your warm embrace, O Lord."

"O Allah, thank You for sending light in the darkness of my life. Honestly, I really hope that the light can illuminate the way of the servant back to the path that You are pleased with."

In the third tonight Intan gave up his longing for the Great One. His tears kept dripping because they could not resist the longing that shackled the soul. Intan has found his way home. The light had come to light the steep path that Intan had traveled.

After he finished giving up his longing with Him, Intan opened the Qur'an he had just bought after returning home from the studio. Intan again learned to read the series of Hijaiyah letters that formed into the words of God.

A sense of calm began to come towards him. Calmness can be felt by Intan after chanting the holy verses of the Qur'an that he had studied in Pesantren. Intan closed his Qur'an when he heard the dawn adhan began to reverberate.

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Two weeks later ....

A large bag was ready on the terrace of Intan's contract. He had closed all the doors of his contract, now he sat on the porch of the house, waiting for Aji to pick him up.

A few minutes later, the person waiting for Intan had arrived. Intan stood up from his seat to welcome the arrival of the idol. A sweet smile rises from Intan's lips as Aji gets closer to her.

"Are you ready?" ask Aji after arriving in front of Intan.

"Here you go, Gus." Intan grabbed his sling bag that was on top of the big bag.

Aji also brought a large bag of Intan to put in his car. They had to leave immediately because this afternoon, they both had to stop by first to Mr. Gatot's house.

"Are you ready to meet Ummi? aji asked after the car he drove out of Intan's rented alley.

"God willing, Gus. But why do we have to take a night trip, Gus?" tanya Intan while turning her gaze towards Aji.

"Let's get there in the morning, Tan." Aji remained focused with his steering wheel, he replied without looking at Intan.

After traveling almost twenty minutes, finally the white car arrived in front of Mr. Gatot's house. The two of them immediately went down to meet Gatot and his family.

"Assalamualaikum ..." said Aji and Intan simultaneously.

"For a moment, I call Papah Mama" said Kinar after Aji and Intan sat next to each other in the same chair.

A few minutes later, Mr. Gatot and Mr. Leni came out of the living room. They were sitting in a chair across from Intan. This afternoon, Bu Leni's attitude was very different from usual.

"Include Sir, my name is Aji" Aji said as he shook Mr. Gatot's hand, "Mom ...." Aji clenched her hands together on her chest to greet Bu Leni.

"I'm Gatot, I'm Intan's father" Gatot said after shaking hands with Aji, "this is my wife, Leni." Mr. Gatot pointed at Leni's mother who was beside him.

Intan himself became astonished when he saw the generous Bu Leni smile this afternoon. Intan felt like he wanted to laugh when he saw his strange foster Mom.

"Sir, Ma'am .. My goal came here, to take Intan to Jombang. We might have been there for three days. Please pray the blessing, sir." Aji looked at Mr. Gatot with a serious face.

Mr. Gatot nodded his head, he looked at the man in front of him to look for seriousness there, "I allow Intan to come with you to Jombang. I hope there Intan received well," said Mr. Gatot with a view that can not be separated from Aji.

"God willing I will keep Intan from getting hurt while there. I hope Mr. Gatot believes in me" Aji said with a very convincing look.

"I trust Intan to you" said Mr. Gatot without hesitation.

Finally, the four people in the living room were chatting while enjoying the food that had just been served by Kinar. Intan's and Kinar's views were flushed when they saw the warm attitude shown by Bu Leni.

"I'm happy, you finally found your soul mate, Tan. Mamah was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief after hearing the news that you had found your dream man all along." Bu Leni looked at Intan with a happy twinkle painted on both of her black beads.

Intan and Kinar only gawked when they heard Bu Leni's words. The two of them did not expect that Bu Leni would behave so gently in front of Aji. Kinar shook his head several times as he could not believe seeing his sudden change in Mama.

Bu Leni finally revealed her reason for hating Intan all along. He was jealous, because all his family only cared about Intan at that time. He was afraid that Pak Gatot or Tommy put their heart to Intan, all because of the bitter past that had been experienced by Bu Leni when she was married to Mr. Gatot. The face and character of Intan managed to remind Bu Leni to the figure of the woman who had been present in the middle of her household.

The twilight is increasingly visible at the western end. They both decided to go to Jombang. Intan clutched the body of Kinar tightly, it felt heavy he was far from the family of Mr. Gatot even though only three days.

"Be careful on the Road. May you both survive until the destination," said Mr. Gatot when Aji and Intan say goodbye.

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