Special Journey

Episode 41

"Assynoltom..."

Looking at the direction of the voice, the door opened. "wa'alaikumussalam." only my answer was heard. Joseph did not flinch. Not even looking.

"What's up, brother? How does the atmosphere feel to grips." Fariz approached me. I only have one shoulder, signal...

"Bao... "Fariz moved on Joseph's table.

"What's? There's still a lot of work, just sit there and shut up!" pointing towards the corner there is a long sofa with his face.

Silence again. Fariz followed orders. Perhaps Fariz felt a tinge of discomfort from Joseph.

Fariz looked at me with a frown, hinting at what was happening. That's how I guess. Again, I only touched both of my shoulders in response. I grunt softly. What should I tell Joseph? Perhaps he still needed a little more to accept this reality. The reality is losing Kia. Maybe he also felt unable to protect Kia, so he took longer than me to accept Kia's loss.

"Why come here?" I approached Fariz and asked slowly. Fear of disturbing Joseph.

"Let's see, bang Satria asked me to come." Fariz leaned my body slightly into my ears.

"What's wrong?" Fariz shook his head in response.

"You guys got into a fight?" Fariz glanced at me back asking with a frown that folded.

"Little." forced smile, with hand movements thumb and forefinger almost tore. Fariz was only able to sigh and then throw away with a bang, "he's so sensitive deck." I pointed at Joseph with eye movements.

"He needs a heart conditioner, hehehe... Let it not be hot." Fariz smiled teasing me. "But maybe he will be single until old age. Numb him." continued Fariz. "Sister anyway... Too long to make him fall in love and wait, so don't move on from brother."

"Dwelling... How to be the wrong sister? You're supposed to be comforting brother, brother who's not her." My noble face is upset.

"Yes he. Six years brother... Six years," Fariz snapped his finger to six, "six years of waiting for big brother, once there was opportunity and courage to go to bed and even brother hanging for a month, until the unexpected happened, bang Satria indirectly must have felt guilty sis."

Hearing Fariz's words I thought, it might be true, I answered Joseph's proposal too long, "but you have to think carefully about the deck, no matter what the brother of the man who failed in marriage. How come you know that she's always liked you." I tried to defend myself, though,

"On Kia... Brother knows her feelings, sister also does not mindfully doubt her affection for Kia, but she must try to release Kia, Kia belongs to God."

"why couldn't he have been more patient?" I'm bending my eyes. There is guilt in my heart.

"It's only natural that he feels like you don't like him, you never see him with love." Fariz was still whispering in my ear, afraid that Joseph might hear our conversation.

"Sokay know you." I pinched Fariz and returned to my chair.

"Now long time no bang? If it's still a long time I want to find food first ahead."

"Hopefully I'm mah, Nisa's effect is pregnant like, I feel hungry mauu."

"I mean, Nisa who's pregnant you're craving? Haha... Stale."

"Let's go." Joseph stand.

"Where's bang?" Fariz ngekor behind Joseph. Walking without answering Fariz's question.

Fariz Yusuf POVs.

"Where are we bang?"

"Something's the place," Joseph walked a little faster, "pake your car!"

"How's your brother's car?"

"Don't bring my car, can't drive with Mami."

"There bang," Fariz pointed to a car parked at the front of the exit after seeing Joseph roaring left right in search of Fariz's car.

"Come on... You're the one driving." Joseph patted Fariz's right shoulder.

"Where'd you go bang?"

"Kc... How I want to drive if I do not know the purpose, later invited to the ravine, do not want me. My wife's pregnant again, so good she's a young widow." Fariz was still standing.

"the hunt... I'll tell you later." Yusuf stopped his steps after realizing Fariz was still standing still.

Half-run Fariz chasing after Yusuf who had almost reached the front of the car.

"Where's bang?" Fariz came in following Joseph into the car.

Without waiting for Yusuf's answer, Fariz began driving, leaving Wink Cafe & Resto.

"I want a pilgrimage." Joseph looked blankly ahead, and many times Joseph breathed heavily.

"Kia's Tomb?" Ask Fariz.

"Hmm." Fariz glanced at Joseph at a glance, and there was a sense of loss on Joseph's face.

Fariz immediately looked straight ahead, focused on driving. Fariz heard Joseph's breath sound heavy. Fariz could only guess the sorrow of Joseph's heart, without wanting to ask further.

With a medium speed Fariz towards the final resting place of Kia which is in their residential TPU.

"Here bang." After arriving at the cemetery Fariz immediately parked his car.

"Let's go down bang, no papa, anyways Kia is also calm on the side of God"

"Don't feel guilty bang, this was written in a faraway mahfuz long before Kia was born." Fariz patted Joseph on the shoulder, hoping that Joseph could accept God's destiny.

"Come bang... Down." Fariz smiled seeing Joseph forcefully smiling at Fariz.

"Come bang, no papa. We are all sad too, but can not drag on, Kia also certainly do not want to see us sad continue, let's go down. I'll show you Kia's grave." Fariz again patted Joseph on the shoulder many times

"Come on... He said he wanted a pilgrimage? Even standing like a statue here."

"Bao... I know you're blaming yourself for what happened to Kia. But... It's not really my fault, all this is arranged by God."

"sad? May... But don't drag on, not good. If it is God's, God has the right to take Kia at any time, not just Kia, we all belong to God, My Brother, Nisa maybe even brother Afiifa whom God took first, justjust bewildering. We can't protest." Fariz quoted half of Afiifah's words earlier in the cafe.

Hearing the name of Afiifa that could have caught up with Kia, Joseph looked at Fariz dislike. Tucked away the fear of losing Afiifah again in his heart. "Kc... If you're talking a little filtered." Joseph brushed Fariz's hand off his shoulder.

"Come on... " Fariz began to step towards Kia's tomb, eventually Joseph followed Fariz.

"That's bang..." Fariz pointed to a pile of higher ground, smaller than the surrounding tombs a little distance from the surrounding tombs, for one or two more tombs beside Kia's tomb.

With increasingly heavy steps, Joseph began to walk closer to the tomb, appearing to be a name "Shakia Najwa"

"A very pretty name is just like the owner," thought Yusuf.

Joseph started crouching, gently rubbing Kia's headstone.

"I'm sorry dear Joseph, on Yusuf can't keep Kia." The tears of Joseph noble are shed. The most painful day for Joseph was decades after the loss of his parents.

"Om Yusuf has just looked at Kia, om Yusuf can not accompany when the last of Kia's life, forgive Om Yusuf who is useless this dear."

Time and again Joseph brushed his face, wiping away the tears that were unceasingly flowing. Fariz Pun... Seeing Joseph who was so lost to Kia did not hold back tears, many times also caused tears that always spilled.

"Thank you for being present in the life of Om Yusuf son, om Yusuf very dear kia."

"We just pray bang, hopefully later we can be with Kia in the paradise of God."

POV Author

Azan Zuhur.

"Alhamdulillah... It's already sublime." I immediately got up and performed the zuhur prayer.

After the prayer, I tidied up the documents on the table. Suddenly thought of a pilgrimage to Kia's tomb.

Without thinking long, I patiently minibag from the table.

"Rin... I came out first yes, maybe a little long, if later Mr. Yusuf look for documents ask him to contact me." My message to Rini, who's guarding the cashier.

"Oh yeah... If Joseph and I don't come back, please lock my room, well, you just bring the key."

"Good ma'am." Rini nodded.

"I go first, assalamualaikum." I'm heading to the parking area.

Wanting to get to Kia's grave soon, I drove a little faster, I felt my longing for Kia couldn't hold back.

On the way, Kia's shared memory appeared, Kia's smile as if it was clearly in front of me at this moment.

Now that the schoolgirls are home, I am stunned as I pass through the already empty Integrated Islamic Children's Park. This is where Kia used to feel the name of the school, my tears just flow.

"Kinkkk.... " Until I heard a loud horn sound rattled me from my daydream.

" Astagfirullah's... " I took a deep breath, I wiped away the tears that were still left in the corner of my eyes, and immediately left Kia's school place first.

I stopped the car by the road, not far from Kia's school, right in front of an Elementary School. SIDQIYAH.

my concentration is disturbed, my tears are still flowing. How much I miss Kia. I still love missing Kia.

"Tok tok.." My gaze was fixed on the figure of the girl outside the car beside me.

I wiped my tears back, "Is there anything you can do to help my son?" ask me after lowering the car glass. I was puzzled to see the child silent, I noticed the child's appearance. Not like a street child, she is neat with her white headscarf even she wears a school uniform.

Seeing that he looked confused, I got out of the car and looked for people around us who might be looking for the whereabouts of this child.

"You waiting for an invitation?" I crouched down making my body as tall as that kid.

He's nagging. "Sorry aunt... Can I borrow a cell phone, the phone runs out of battery, I want to call papa."

"Attent." I pulled this kid in front of the security guard post.

"Assynolajet.. The postman?" I walked up to him in the mail, a little old, maybe in his 60s.

"Wa'alaikumussalam, ahh yes ma'am." the security stood up. Jakarian. That's the name on him. "What about febi outside?" the Scurity looked shocked to see the child she called Febi was with me.

"Not home yet? Haven't been picked up yet?" The security approached us.

The boy asked just nodded.

"Your name is Febi?" My toot. He replied with a nod.

"Yes mom... These students here, usually picked up by their mother, happen to be home early today, so maybe their parents don't know, usually we're FullDay Bu, school." The security explained to me.

"Say what's wrong, son!" I cupped her cheeks with both hands.

"What's wrong with Febi? Doesn't the homeroom usually tell the parents if there's anything, or a change in study hours?" The scurity crouched down to look at Febi.

"Mom told Papa to call, mama said she can't pick him up, there's work at the office." I saw her tears start to come out.

"I want to call papa aunt." Febi shook my arm.

"duh... I'm sorry, ma'am, the kids here know that I don't have a phone, maybe because that's why Ms. Febi wants to borrow a mother's phone, because the teachers are also home."

"Febi know papa's phone number?" Febi nodded while taking out a small book from her bag.

"Here." I just smiled, then pressed the phone number that Febi gave me.

"Assalamualaikum.." there was a voice of a man, quite mature.

"It's honey... " I gave Febi my phone.

"Assalamualaikum papa."

"Yes, aunt's phone."

"I don't know,"

"Fetch Febi papa, mama can no longer pick me up." The child started crying.

"Yes..." What they're talking about.

"Yes papa, aunt... My dad wants to talk." Febi gave me her phone.

I took the phone from Febi's hand, smiling... I wiped away Febi's spilled tears. "Assynoltom... "

"Wa'alaikumussalam, I'm sorry to bother you, I'm Febi's parents, thank you for helping my son." I heard a voice coming from behind my phone.

"It's okay sir, I'm just a little help."

"Once again sorry Mom, I don't know if Febi has come home, usually also five in the afternoon home and it was picked up by her mother, ck... When will he change." I heard a resentful tone from Febi's papa.

"Ah... I'll pick up Febi now, just drop it in the security there ma'am, in half an hour I'll be there, thanks again ma'am."

"Sir... The old man of this boy will come in half an hour, he told me to leave this boy to the father, I have to go. Got business. Assalamualaikum."

"Good ma'am, wa'alaikhmussalam."

"Thank you aunt." The child bowed a little.

"Sama-sama.." I swiped Febi's head before actually leaving.

I continued walking, my miss on Kia was a little sidetracked. Maybe the kid was two years above Kia. Brave enough to interact with people he has never met.

There was pity, he had to wait for his own parents when his friends were home. But I don't want to pass the boy's parents as bad parents, I don't know how someone's family is. Hopefully he is not an abandoned child, hopefully all parents can be responsible for their children. They are still grateful to be trusted by God to take care of and love their children, look at me... It's done my job as a parent, but it doesn't make me happy in the least.

I miss Kia.

I was stunned when I entered the TPU area, looking like Fariz's car was parked.

"It turns out they're here." My monologue. I took a deep breath. I parked behind Fariz's car.

From far away I saw Joseph occasionally wiping away his tears. They are not aware of my existence.

Slowly approaching, I saw Joseph holding both hands. Like I was praying.

"Stttt..."