ADJOINING REALM
SATYAS

Saut a rowdy voice from the cries of the family left behind, and the sound of surah Yasin chanting continues to be recited. Mixed like a poignant haru.

A group of men were sitting cross-legged, and a few women were sitting down. They kept repeating the recitation of the holy verse of the Qur'an to send the departure of my friend who was lying stiff in the middle.

With a slow step, as an excuse. I bowed, flipping the group of people towards where my best friend who had been lying face up. Sheathed with a clean white cloth wrapped all over her body.

When I lift the cloth that covers that face. Satya's cheeks were so pale, they began to turn blue, with her eyes and nose covered in cotton.

"Deg. deg. deg. deg. deg. deg. deg," the sound of my heart hunting, when one of the cotton swabs that closed his eyes fell. Featuring an eyeball, staring at the ceiling with an empty view.

My heart was getting ridden, when the cotton next to it fell. The two wide eyes suddenly glanced at me with a very scary look.

"Sat! Sat!" Call me while shaking my friend's body.

But not wake up. Satya's body is getting convulsed on the table.

"Please... Sir! Mbah! It's Satya's motion!" my screams were not in the ears of dozens of people around me. They stay focused on listening to the Arabic writing they carry, while continuing to read it.

"Chap... Mbah..!" My hand tried to grab Sewan's body, but I couldn't touch it. It was the same as reaching for the shadow inside the mirror. Something is limiting.

Sobs can no longer I can stand. On one side I was terrified, on the other side my heart seemed to be sliced to pieces using a blunt knife. After seeing the corpse of my friend who kept convulsing in front of me.

'Did they really not see.?' my murmurs curled up, sobbing, sobbing, beside the corpse.

"Yes Allah... What else is this.?" I said softly continued to see the body of my friend.

"Sat... what do you want to say Sat.? I didn't know what to do, "my hand was stroking Satya's head, which was wrapped and slightly wet with tears.

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The room suddenly darkened instantly. This familiar darkness came to me again.

"Son.. Awake Nak.. Don't be lured in by her trickery!" The voice of a stranger greeted my ears this time in the darkness, but from the beginning I entered here first. always silent.

"If you can hear my voice, nod your head, son!" the voice came back, without a second thought I nodded my head.

"Alhamdulillah! for the first, you must calmly let go of all thoughts. Did you memorize Al-Inshirah's letter?" the question came back I answered with a nod of the head.

"Perfect! Read it constantly in your heart!"

I did the orders without further ado. I continued to chant the letter containing the eight verses without spaces. From the other side I heard the man keep reciting another letter. Such a long letter, with her beautiful voice.

My eyes can faintly catch a human-shaped transparent light. The longer it solidifies, as if it solidifies. Until now it is whole like a human who is standing smiling in front of me. He stuck out his hand with a faint smile on his lips.

I remember! He was a man of Si Mbah's age who wore all-white clothes, which I had encountered while reburying Dining's body.

"Wa'alaikumsalam. I'm sorry Mbah, Spice talk to me?" I replied confused with eyes around looking for who the person he called Grandchild was.

The man approached, he grabbed my head with those warm hands.

"Yes Nak Darto. Did you see anyone else here?" he answered while ruffling my hair.

"I mean Waste.?" I'm getting more confused.

Just answering with a smile, the man now thrust his hand at me.

"Hold the tight Dar. We have to go home!"

I grabbed that hand. I don't know why I suddenly remember the little memories of my time with my Dad, who always held my tiny hand when I walked.

'Do I have memories like this?' there were so many questions in my heart.wanted me to know who he was, and why the memories that I had forgotten were like a tsunami, thousands of memories crashing into my head.

'I miss sir! Darto would like to meet!' murmuring in my heart, accompanied the tears that began to pour out without me noticing, ever since that hand held my small hand.

"Dar! After returning, please try to close your friend's eyes yes, let the Mbah take care of the rest" asked the man I can.

"You go in there first. The Mbah wants to remove the creature that is still attached to your friend's body" said the man as he pointed his index finger towards a door leaf that suddenly was in front of my eyes.

"Okay Mbah, I go first" I replied with a heavy heart. As if unwilling to take off his hand.

I grabbed the glittering doorknob in front of me. After I opened it. My eyes were wide again, looking at myself who was daydreaming in front of Satya's body.

Then after coming out of the door, I set foot toward myself, who was sitting in front of my eyes, and patted my shoulder.

When my hand touched my real body, I was immediately aghast, and woke up from the daydream. I turned to someone who patted me on the shoulder, but I did not meet anyone close to me. 'What right? It was I alone who patted my shoulder?' the question seemed to have no answer even though I asked a thousand times.

Then I reopened the cloth that covered my friend's face. Still the same as I saw in the daydream, but this time the cotton still closed perfectly in both eyes

After I opened the two cotton, immediately Satya's eyes were still open. It was as if he was conveying how frightening the things he had seen before he died.

"Sat, there are good people who are helping you. He's throwing away whatever's bothering you. You sleep well Sat, just close your eyes, so that all your family, your loved ones and your brother can also sincerely take you to your new room," I whispered beside Satya's ear. With the hand I put over his eyes, I slowly rubbed the two eyelids.

"Alhamdulillah!" say a group of people in the room that instantly makes the atmosphere become boisterous.

They turned out to be watching me from earlier, and they were grateful to see my friend had been able to close his eyes, after failing dozens of times to be forcefully closed.

Now my best friend looks like someone who is fast asleep in the middle of a beautiful dream. Both of his eyes closed perfectly, yet a knotty smile floated on his lips.

After being satisfied to see the face of my best friend, I decided to cover his face with a piece of cloth while whispering.

"See you later Sat. When the time comes, tomorrow the four of us will play together again with Anto, the same Dining also in HEAVEN"

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