YOUR EYES GAVE ME A SOUL MATE

8.Cynical Stares

The sound of ambulance sirens roared in front of Mr. Rahmat's residence. As the coffin was lowered, Najwa's blood rippled instantly. Her tears are like waterfalls, which flow freely from her eyes. If his faith faltered, if the shame was gone, he would cry roaring to embrace Affan's body one last time.

"Is the coffin open sir? I want to see my son's face for the last time" Intan told hospital staff carrying Affan's body.

"Sorry mom can't. The body has been bathed and also the condition is also not possible. We hope your mother and family can be patient and let her down,"

Intan's cry broke, especially Najwa. The woman's eyes had already swollen, with a voice that had disappeared due to crying too often.

After the religious leaders came, the coffin was put into the house to be sholatan. After completion, Affanpun's body was brought back into the ambulance to be buried immediately.

The funeral procession was held according to procedure. As the sound of air firing was released, someone arrived in a hurry, almost even slumped between the gravestones.

Intan and Grace saw the arrival of her little son coming too late. The handsome man's steps slightly wavered as he looked at the younger brother's coffin, slowly being inserted into the burrow.

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Tears of Ega Dirgantara dripped instantly. The shadow of his friendship with Affan so imprinted in his memory. But of course that rarely happens, because he was busy studying and working outside the city. And her deepest regret is that she couldn't hug Affan one last time.

And with her own eyes, Ega had to watch her younger brother being mummified. Affan's soft voice was so ringing in his ears, when his sister who was worshiping was advising him about the right lifestyle.

"Hikz.." Ega's cry broke while hugging Grace.

There was a sense of tightness that Ega could not express, probably because he could not see Affan's face one last time.

The mourners left the funeral one by one. The family of Grace. Only Ega still wanted to stay there longer, because the man wanted to reveal his heart even though it was a little too late.

"Mas. Nana's coming home? Nana promised to visit you again. Sis," said Najwa to Ega, but not at all covered by the man.

Najwa leaves Ega alone. He remembered Affan's message, that his brother-in-law's temperament was indeed a little less good. The man was also indifferent and a little arrogant.

"Affans. We wasted a lot of time during this time. Perhaps more precisely, it is the brother who always wasted family togetherness. If the time can be turned back, brother better not pass the exam, in order to hug you one last time. Hiccu...." Ega returns emotionally with a sobbing next to Affan's meal.

"You haven't even had time to say what you want for your wedding gift, even though your sister is waiting for your request. Hiccu...."

"So I'm sorry I haven't been a good brother to you. I pray you calm down there. Brother believed the people of Sholeh and died of jihad were the inhabitants of Allah's paradise, and you were one of those lucky ones."

"See you soon, my dear sister, one day we will definitely be together again." Ega wiped his tears and then kissed Affan's navel one last time before he stepped home.

When Ega came home, the house looked crowded, because tonight will be held tahlilan at that house. Ega wanted to enter Affan's room, but he remembered that his sister was married. From outside the door he heard Najwa sobbing.

"Nana still does not believe Nana's death like this. What should Nana do now? I can't if there's no you, Nana's used to having a mas next to Nana. Now Nana can what?"

Najwa's tears spread over Affan's sweet smiling frame in a striped uniform. Until it was not felt, Najwa gradually fell asleep.

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Can Intan see the face of the kuyu Najwa, with puffy eyes. Intan rubbed the top of his daughter-in-law's head, then smiled slightly to cheer up.

"Clean yourself, soon magrib. A lot of people will come after that."

"Yes ma." Najwa answered in a voice that disappeared.

"We don't cry anymore, do we? your voice has disappeared so. If Affan knew, he wouldn't have liked that."

"Emm." Najwa nodded his head.

Though Intan's words were true, it was impossible for Najwa to do so. The suffering and wounds he felt at this moment were so deep that he himself did not know when his tears had run out and did not allow him to cry anymore.

"Yes you have a bath now, mama wants to see the preparation for consumption first," Intan said while rubbing Najwa's back.

"Yes ma. Later nana followed," said Najwa.

Intan left Najwa still standing in front of the door. Only a few meters away, Ega was seen walking while busy with his phone. And when he realized there was someone in front of him, Ega straightened his head and his eyes met with Najwa.

"Sister" said Najwa.

Despite Najwa's conjecture, Ega instead looked at him cynically. I don't know what the man was thinking, so he looked at Najwa with such a gaze.

Ega then threw away his face by returning busy braining his mobile phone. The man walked to the end of the hall, to go back into his room. The room was quite strange, because the man did not allow at the end of the hallway to be given a lamp for lighting.

"Sir Ega why? it seems like he doesn't like me. But what's my fault? is it because I'm from a simple family?" inner Najwa.

"But I have to remember Affan's message. His nature is so, I cannot take heart over his attitude. I'm not gonna be here any minute anyway,"

Najwa re-entered his room to clean up. After finishing fulfilling his obligations, he also followed Intan to the back to see the preparation of the tahlilan tonight.

The atmosphere of tahlilan is so solemn, when chanted lines of verses and also do'a-do'a that people send to the deceased.

"Mas, I hope you see my sadness at this time. When I saw these people praying for your departure, but I still couldn't believe that you had left me. Nana kangen you mas, "the inner Najwa who then tears back freefall.

Meanwhile, in a corner someone seemed to be staring at him cynically and hatefully. The man seemed to dislike seeing Najwa crying over his sister in such a way.

Najwa bejalan gontai to his room after the tahlilan event was over, But before opening the door of the room, Najwa saw Ega in front of the door of his room at the end of the hall. And as usual, the man threw away his face while he was on his way to Najwa.

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The sound of the door closing violently, as the man entered his room. Najwa could only shake his head and then also went into the room to rest.

TO BE CONTINUE'S....🤗🙏