ADJOINING REALM
HARU

When he arrived at the door of Harti's house, Darto and Jaka had looked at each other and gulped saliva stuck in the throat. There is a feeling of anxiety, because maybe the one who opened the door is no longer the same owner.

After a long time flinching in front of the door, Darto finally ventured to knock on the leaves of the wooden door in front of him.

"Assalamualaikum .." cried Darto as he knocked on the door three times.

There was no answer at all, until he repeated the knock of his hand on the door.

Coinciding with Darto's first knock, someone opened the door from the inside. Middle-aged woman, who looks a little foreign but familiar in the eyes of Darto and Jaka.

The woman was stunned to see two young men standing in front of her house, she did not move at all and pecked for a moment.

Tears began to pour on the body pecking, when the sound of his crying broke he immediately slammed and then held Darto, who was still silent looking at the woman in front of him.

"Mas ... why so long," Harti said in a raucous voice. He held a husband who had been very long himself later in loneliness.

"Marti?" asked Darto a little hesitant, although Darto really knows the voice that comes out of the lips of the woman in front of him.

Hearing Darto's question, Harti immediately nodded and took off his arms. He wiped the tears on his cheek as he said, "Magisna inside, Jaka. He's cooking."

After hearing that remark, Jaka immediately ran towards inside Harti's house. As with Darto, he sees the same woman but looks very different.

Jaka was also immediately embraced by Magisna with sadness, haru, happy, happy that raged in his heart. The two women had indeed waited for a time that could not be called short.

After taking off each other's arms they then sat together in the front room. Shortly after they gathered, Harti's parents joined the room. They also felt astonished by the two men who still looked the same as when they left.

Mrs Harti and I looked older. They even already have gray hair on the head, with faces that start to have wrinkles on some sides.

After enough talk, Darto again asked Harti, "Where is Dava?"

"Dava is teaching Ratna" Harti said.

"Ratna's? Who's Ratna?" Ask Darto a little confused.

"He's my son with Kang Jaka, Mas" Magisna said.

"I have a child?" yelled Jaka in excitement.

Hearing Jaka's cry, Magisna immediately nodded, she gave a smile with a downcast face. While Jaka who saw Magisna nodded, he immediately grabbed the bowed head and landed a kiss on the forehead of Magisna.

Magisna's cheeks instantly turned red, it had been a very long time that she had not felt the touch of someone she so desperately longed for.

"How long are we going, Dek?" ask Darto who does not pay attention to Jaka's actions.

"It was li .. ," said Harti stopped, because there was someone who opened the door of the house without permission.

Shortly after the door opened, a pair of young women stepped in casually while greeting.

"That's Dava with Ratna" Harti continued. He did not continue with his previous answer.

Jaka and Darto, who heard his son's name, turned to the door at the same time. The instant their gazes met, the gaze of a father who met after all this time.

The confused Dava turned his head towards Harti, he looked at his mother then asked silently. From Dava's lips, Harti immediately knew that his son said a word that read "Who?"

Harti immediately smiled, he replied to his son's question so happily. In her smile Harti said, "Your father, son."

Dava who was young really could not express his feelings. He was just stunned by the feeling of disbelief lodged in his chest. How not? The age of his father and mother is completely different, even Darto is more appropriate if called an older brother.

The same thing happened to Ratna. Jaka's daughter did not believe Jaka was his father, because Jaka was very young when he left, he was almost the same age as his son today.

"How old are you, son?" ask Darto to Dava.

"Fifteen, sir," he said in a slightly disinclined tone. Dava felt a bit stiff calling the person in front of him father.

"That means you're 14, son?" jaka said to his son. He left his wife when he was pregnant with his child, so the age gap between Ratna and Dava may only be a few months apart.

"Yes, Mas" said Ratna. He could not call the young man in front of him as Father, because Jaka was only 17 years old.

"God! Even as small as he is your father, Ndok!" ketus Magisna's.

Ratna lowered her head after hearing Magisna's words, then she looked at Jaka wistfully and repeated her words again, "Yes ... You're right, Ratna's been 14."

Jaka hugged his son again, his feelings completely inexplicable verbally. Jaka did not know to be happy or sad at that time, because this was the first time he saw flesh blood that did not believe in the truth of his parents at all.

"Where's the sack?" ask Darto after everyone has known each other.

"In a moment, Mas," replied Harti then stepped towards his room.

Everyone looked silent as Harti left, no words were spoken from their lips at all. After Harti returned, Harti immediately gave a paper and said, "One week ago Anto Temen Mas Darto sent a letter. Harti hasn't opened yet, Mas, because that's a letter to Mas Darto."

After reaching for the letter in Harti's hand, Darto immediately opened the envelope. He read the contents of his letter silently then lowered his head with a lethargic face plastered.

"What's it all about, Mom?" tanya Harti was accompanied by curiosity from all the people who were in the room.

"Mbah Turahmin is sick, Deck. Mas had to go home" replied Darto, handing a piece of paper in his hand to Harti.

Harti immediately read the letter carefully, and then she also immediately put on the same lethargic face as her husband. In the letter Anto explained the condition of Si Mbah in the village, which is clear the condition of Si Mbah turahmin is really far from healthy.

Still in a downcast position, Darto again asked Harti, "Where is Kakung? Don't say ...."

Harti immediately stopped her husband's speech by holding Darto, she immediately pulled Darto's head into his arms, in front of both parents and children.

The sound of crying instantly broke from Harti's lips, he really did not know what to talk about to explain about Kakung's state. He was really confused to convey the news of the sorrow that he had been trying to forget, since five years ago.

But just by hearing Harti's cry, Darto immediately knew if the figure he loved very much had gone home first. One of the figures who has been patient to give Darto knowledge, is now in a completely different nature.

Darto continued to cry in the arms of his wife, he felt disbelief in what was on his mind. Darto continued to say sorry from his lips, whispering in a whispering tone as if someone was mumbling.

Darto really regretted, because he could not see the last moments of someone who was very meritorious to his life, and also someone very much himself respected.

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