Black Heaven

Letter from Tata,

Jombang

The melodious voice of the santriwati who was practicing sholawat banjari in the boarding school was heard at Kyai Yusuf's house, it made Aji remember with the system that is not clear where he is.

The sun is still reluctant to appear, the sky is still covered in cloudy clouds, the cold is still felt there. Aji opened the window of her room, breathing fresh air that calmed the soul. Aji was so enjoying the atmosphere that he could not feel when he was in Tangerang.

"Subhanallah ..." Aji muttered as he looked at the white cloudy sky. His memory was reminded of a girl whose name had been kept tightly in the recesses of his heart.

Cute girl who used to chant lafadz-lafadz Quran and sholawat banjari with a melodious voice is now lost somewhere. Aji desperately missed the soft voice that had been lost in time. The sound of the room door being knocked managed to wake Aji from his daydream.

"Ning Ninis, what's wrong?" aji asked when he opened the door.

Without answering Aji's question, Ninis just barged in. He threw himself on the soft bed in the white bed. "lock the door!" ninis said while reaching into his game pocket.

Aji raised one eyebrow when she saw Ninis's unusual facial expression. He immediately threw himself beside Ninis who was unfolding the white paper, "read it!" Ninis gave the paper to Aji.

Assalamualaikum Ummi Sarah ....

I apologize to Ummi and Abah, because I ran away from the pesantren just like that when the Ummi family was not home. There is a reason I can not reveal why I ran away from the pesantren, again I apologize for not being able to tell the truth.

Ummi, I have committed a great sin for stealing the money that was in Ning Ninis' room. I had to do this sinful thing because I had to. I took Ning Ninis' money to survive in another city. Once again I apologize for making Ummi and Abah disappointed because of my actions.

Ning Ninis ..thank you for all the kindness Ning gave me. I'm sorry I was only able to return Ning Ninis' money after four years of my disappearance. At that time I took the money in Ning Ninis closet drawer for eight million rupiah. I know ning Ninis must have been furious after the money was gone, I'm sorry that the savings that Ning will use to buy a gift for Umm Sarah just disappeared along with my departure from the boarding school.

Ning Ninis .. I can only apologize through this letter, I have not dared to appear before the Abah family. Ning, please accept the money in this envelope. This is Ning's halal money, the result of my hard work for four years.

Wassalamualaikum ...

Tatas

Aji sighed deeply after finishing reading the letter from Tata. He put the letter on his side. His head became dizzy from thinking about what had really happened four years ago.

"What do you think is really going on, brother?" asked Ninis after seeing Aji calmer.

"Come, Ning! I was confused," murmured Aji with a straight forward look.

"In the past CCTV footage also showed that Tata did enter my room, but the explanation of Aga at that time was different from the written confession of Tata." Ninis stood up, he walked towards the big window in Aji's room, he sat in the window frame while staring at the boarding school building from this room.

Four years ago, after Umm Sarah's family came home from Kediri, all the family members were shocked when they got reports that Tata had run away. Aga explained that at that time Tata entered Ninis' room and took Ninis' savings. They all believe because Aga showed evidence of CCTV footage in the family room, where Ninis's room can still be reached by CCTV cameras.

"Who delivered this letter, Ning?" aji asked after a while of silence.

"Said Mr. Ali, yesterday it was a woman who delivered the package, he said it was a package for Ning Ninis, uh time in the same money contents of the letter, Dik." Ninis returned to where Aji was.

"There is nothing, there is only the name Tata Jombang so alone," said Ninis in the accompaniment of conical lips afterwards.

Aji went back to silence, thinking about the steps he had to take to uncover what really happened. He was really suspicious of the letter Tata wrote.

"Ning, Aga must know the letter from Tata, we must ask Aga directly in front of Ummi and Abah" said Aji after finding the idea in his head.

Ninis also agreed to Aji's plausible proposal, he immediately came out of Aji's room to find Umm Sarah and discuss the matter. Aji also swings her steps to find Aga's whereabouts in the boys boarding school.

"Assalamualaikum, Gus .." greeted a tall girl when she met Aji who was walking towards the boys boarding school.

"Waalaikumsalam, Rahma." Aji reviewed her sweet smile before leaving in front of one of the ngawulo santri in the pesantren.

The girl named Rahma blushed in embarrassment after seeing the response from Aji. Rahma had long glanced at Kyai Yusuf's youngest son and it seemed like the feeling she had was growing when she saw Aji's sweet smile.

Back to Aji, now the owner of the shady eyes had reached the pondok pesantren putra, where Aga was currently.

"Ga, after this please go to the house for a while, there are things that Ummi wants to talk about," said Aji after meeting with Aga in the cabin manager's room.

"Yes, I want to finish this first. Ten minutes I'm going to go home" replied Aga as he looked at his cousin.

Aga is currently one of the administrators in the pesantren Pondok son of Kyai Yusuf. Pondok putra and daughter are located a bit far apart, so all can be sure it is safe, the rules of the cottage began to be tightened so that santriwan and santriwati more disciplined again.

Six months of Aga received direct attention from Kyai Yusuf. The direction of Allah finally came to Aga, making a great change in Aga to this day. He no longer knew drinking, drugs, ***free and other delinquencies.

The appearance that was once disheveled with torn jeans, black oversize shirts, hairstyles that are a little shabby, now all that has been lost from Aga. Today Aga more often wear sarongs and cocoa clothes and kopyah on his head as santri in general.

Aga swung a step towards Kyai Yusuf's house after finishing his task. He walked leisurely while looking at the neatly arranged plants in the back garden.

"What did Bude call me?" mumbled Aga in his heart.

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