Earth Love Qibla

93

Akash returned to the sea that night.

"Love a little information about the Earth." Pinta Akash that night.

"The earth is good" replied the Sea.

"Call him dong, I miss his voice." Akash said thrusting a cell phone into the face of the Sea, It's a Sea phone.

"So soon he's learning naji, again" reject the Sea but make Akash smile because he knows what the Earth is doing.

"Try it, who knows it's done." Urge Akash.

"Wait a minute until he's done!" The sea refused.

"Away from Uti's house where he's paying?" search Akash.

"Near, fifteen minutes." Answer Sea.

"Have he been spending a long time?" Akash continued to ask, The sea subconsciously replied as well.

"A few days since we got there."

"Wearing hijab and dong now?" Akash smiled, The sea does not realize that his lips continue to give information about the Earth.

"Well, last time he wore a shar'i shirt he sent the pot." Said the Sea, while reaching for the phone and looking back at the photo of Earth's shipment.

Akash, of course, approached the Sea, his eyes looking at the screen. The earth looks beautiful in the picture. Wearing syar'i clothes. Taking a picture with one hand holding a yellow cat and his eyes closed, the photo was taken in the yard of the house, just below the fruitful mango tree.

Instead of treating the longing, Akash felt his longing increase. It was like to see the figure for real, not just the potrer. Akash's index finger raised, touched the phone screen and rubbed it as if it were the cheek of the Earth.

The sea soon awakens, he distances himself from Akash.

"Eh, ******. What was I talking about?" his curse while kicking the snoring of Akash.

"Sick, bege! You answered my question." Akash replied, kicking back the sea calf.

The sea closed its lips, remembering everything he said. To his own stupidity.

"God, it's not a sin if I know about the Earth." Akash said while punching the Sea's shoulder.

"I have promised the Earth" Sea. "Lagian lo kepo keep going anyway!" blame the Akash.

Akash just laughed, happy to have managed to prank the Sea. He was also relieved to hear the Sea's talk of the Earth. The earth is fine.

The vibration of the Sea phone made him who was about to kick back Akash. Call from Earth.

"Earth," muttered the Sea immediately receiving the call.

"Sister, Uti brother. Uti.huaaa"

The sound of the earth crying. Akash put an ear. The voice he wanted to hear the most could now be caught by his ears. But why cry.

"Why Uti?"

"It just breathed its last breath."

Like lightning in broad daylight the news that the Earth gives. The Sea phone fell from his grasp along with the Earth turning off his call.

"Kash, Uti Kash."

"Yes, I'm a dreaded. Now you wake up Ayesha." Akash helps the Sea stand up, "gue ready for the car. You can't be driven by this kind of situation."

*******

At exactly 20:30 Uti breathed his last in his house. Asthma suffered from childhood is the cause, but of course it is the power of God. Earth had met with Uti first. When he arrived, Uti was still alive with Ayas sitting next to him lying down.

At that time Uti's eyes were still open a little, his breathing was getting heavier. His hands were held tightly by Ayas, a neighbor who came to chant the surah Yasin, their voice was unpretentious to fill the restroom uti.

When Ashar was Uti still able to walk, even take Earth who was about to go to teach until the front of the house. His hand even waved as Bumi boarded his subscription ojeg. There was no sign Uti would be gone forever.

According to Ayas narration on Haji Endah, finished praying isya suddenly Uti held the chest. Complaining and hastily Ayas called some neighbors and also called Judis. It happened so quickly, that even Uti was still wearing a face when the angel Izrail took his life.

Uti repeatedly recited dhikr before the death to pick him up. Like deliberately waiting for the arrival of Earth, after the Earth came and had whispered in the ear of Uti "Uti, go if indeed with so Uti does not hurt anymore. May khusnul khatimah. The pure earth."

Uti breathed his last breath on the lap of the Earth. His face was radiant, his eyes closed perfectly. The earth did not dare to cry, nor did it sob. Slowly put Uti's head back into the mattress. Then leave the room, make a call to the Sea.

Her cries broke as the waiting tone on her phone sounded.

"Sister, Uti brother. Utis..huaaaa". Her crying is breaking.

"Why, Uti?"

"It just breathed its last breath."

Inaudible to the answer from the Sea, the Earth turned off its call. Next to him stood Hafidz.

"Don't overdo it" said Hafidz, giving him a tissue and the Earth picked it up.

"Take ablution, teach immediately." Then Hafidz said as it passed by helping the neighbors prepare whatever is needed to take care of Uti's body.

All the santri Haji Ma'sum came to Uti's house. Some of them help with other preparations. Judis was busy calling some distant relatives while the close ones had arrived from earlier.

Warm water is prepared to bathe Uti, given the collision of pandan leaves to give a fragrant aroma to the water that will be rinsed to the body of Uti for the last time.

Some neighbors also began to prepare cotton and cloth when, done in the middle room to be free. The seat was moved to the front of the house.

Not to forget the yellow flag flown in front of the house uti. There are a lot of mourners coming. Remember Uti is a very good person and is a baby massage.

Bumi and Ayas are still teaching, while Lili is assisted by other relatives and cooks in a neighboring house for people who are helping all the funeral process Uti.

The bath is ready, the body is taken to the backyard to be bathed. Ayas and Bumi are also involved. The two held back the crying of bathing the corpse for the last time. The clean skin turned yellow, his face was radiant with lips that seemed to smile.

Bumi asked permission on Haji Endah to kiss Uti's face, allowed Haji Endah with a note that there should be no tears about Uti's body.

Everything is done solemnly, from bathing to caffeinating Uti's body. After the body was laid back in the middle of the house, Bumi and Ayas returned to teach, reading Surah Al-Mulk as recommended by Haji Endah.

Uti's face has not been wrapped, only covered with a long kebat cloth. Intentionally if relatives want to see for the last time.

Sea, Ayesha and Akash arrive as Earth finishes her studies. The first sea was scattered in front of Uti's body.

"There are no tears on the body" Haji Endah warned. Directly Sea rubbed his face that had been shed by tears since earlier.

Immediately opened the face-covering cloth of Uti, Ayesha and the Sea stared at the cross-hairs of that face for the last time. Akash looked at her. His sorrow may not be as deep as the Sea, but still he felt his heart being sliced.

Akash's gaze now turned to the person he missed. Hugging the mushaf in his chest. His face was filled with tears, with trembling lips.

His second glance collided, Akash reviewed a smile hoping that Earth would reciprocate. But only Earth will pull both of its lips up, suddenly someone's hand thrusts a glass of tea in front of the Earth.

"Sugar sweet tea, drink it! you've been crying for too long."