I held But Away

13. Pesantren

Nur and his tent are now waiting for someone who is none other than the owner of the pesantren. Long enough, to make Nur went from his seat to the outside of the room of the house requested by the satri who drove him.

Now Nur's eyes looked around the pesantren

"Quite calm even though there are many residents here" his mind while still looking at some santri and santriwati there, until someone from the back greeted him

"I'm sorry to wait a long time" said someone and made Nur turned his head

"Yes sir is fine" he replied politely

Yes, someone was Abah or the owner of the boarding school, his age is seen from the look of his face is not too old, maybe only a few years older than his father.

"Let's go in" asked a woman who is Abah's wife, Nur nodded while following from behind

"If you may know, what underlies you learn diesantren son?" ask Abah to Nur

"I want to deepen the science of religion sir" he replied

"Call Abah and this is Umah" Abah replied, pointing to his wife, and smiled at her

"Well Abah, Umah" Nur said sincerely

"Let me take you to your room, son" invited Umah and followed by Nur and his tantenya

Not long enough, now Nur was in front of the room that will be occupied

"Please enter son, this is your room, here you are one room together to 3 friends, in the sense of 1 room 4 people" Umah told Nur and said goodbye to leave him

"Nur, aunt pamit first yes, later if there is something you contact aunt yes" said the tantenya while giving hp, laptop and some money from Nur's parents who were entrusted to her tantenya to Nur

"Yes tan, aunty be careful, later insyaallah wedding aunty, Nur will try to come" he replied

"Ok little girl, be careful, her spirit of learning" replied his tantric by kissing the tip of his nephew, and was met with a kiss in his arms

Now Nur is in his new room, yes the room in the dormitory and in the boarding house.

"Introduce my name Luna, this is Ina and this one is Tata" said someone in his room introducing himself and clarifying the names of his friends

"Don't be so stiff, we're friends now" Tata replied

"Alright" Nur replied with a smile

"This is your bed Nur, you are below, I am above, and next to it the bed has Ina and Tata" said Luna by pointing at the two beds that are still stacking

"Oh yes Nur, how old are you now? what class have you been in? where are you at school?" ask Ina who thinks someone is more chatty than other friends

"Eh me, now I'm 12 years old to step 13 years old, and now I'm in 3rd grade, I'm not far from this boarding school" he replied with a little nervous

"You're great, we're 13 years old, but we're still in 6th grade" Ina replied with a bow

"Eh not really" Nur replied by inviting Ina to sit on her new bed

"How can you now be in the 3rd grade of Junior High? while you're the same age as us, even younger than us?" reply Tata who felt surprised with his new friend

"Only a blessing and the power of Allah" Nur replied and was taken by a smile by his friends

　

　

　

In the morning, still with school holidays, but not off for lessons in the school, because it will not soon enter the month of Ramadan.

"Nur, let's queue up for a bath, later we pray late in congregation" invite to 3 friends, with Luna holding Nur's hand

It was fortunate that in the public bathroom it was still quiet, so they did not need to queue.

"Nur you take a bath there, if someone calls and asks, you just answer someone inside" Luna told him, Nur nodded

After a comfortable bathing event, now the four of them are ready to join the congregational prayer.