AWAKENED
Epilogues

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This story is just fictitious. All events that occur are free authors' essays, not actually occurring in the places and locations mentioned......

That day, Salfa's house looked more crowded than ever. If a few days ago, crowded by the santri pesantren cottage, then now another. There were many men in brown uniforms passing by and around, passing by the side of the house to the back yard. The policemen were combing the location reported by Genta and Salfa after both faced the young man's parents. Yes, even though he was grieving, it did not prevent Salfa from keeping his promise to Genta. At the young man's house, the two explained everything.

During his visit to Genta's house and proceed to the police station, Salfa entrusted his sister and mother to three friends who were on standby at home. Kinara, Vin, and Novan, who handle and assist with the funeral needs of Dody. And, as Nilam's apology to the Genta family, he would take care of the funeral for Diandra as well, and the Genta family apparently accepted the goodwill.

"Oh Allah, Paaaakk…!!" The voice of a hysterical woman. "My son, Sir. My diandra…!!"

Seen the husband of the mother aka Genta's father, trying to calm him. Provides reinforcement even though his mind is torn apart superbly. If anyone says the man's tears only come out when he's so hurt, maybe that's the right thing. For a long time, only this time Genta saw the man he called 'Father' crying. The man he saw only as a head of the family who was firm and affectionate at the same time, who never looked weak in the slightest.

"We tell him yes, Buk. Like what Genta said…"

"Why does it have to be this way, sir…?"

Genta's father heaved a heavy sigh, still with the hand that held the wife's shoulder. "This is a sign of fate…"

The actual clapper does not have the heart, stay close and help calm the mother. The thing that made him relieved was, because his parents did not blame the Salfa family one bit, especially the Kinara family. The only thing they hate is the perpetrator. Widji Gayatri, who is currently being sought by police on K Island. Eleven o'clock earlier, the autopsy was completed and fingerprints were found on Diandra's face, the same as fingerprints found by police on the side wall of the house. The report was then forwarded to Island K according to the testimony of witnesses who were none other than Salfa and his friends.

A white car stopped between many police cars. Gopal, decided to leave the hospital and came to Salfa's house as a form of his solidarity. With her boyfriend delivered, she met Salfa and offered her condolences. His path was no longer limping, because the wound on his leg had healed completely which he was astonished by it.

"Sal, I'm sorry, yeah."

Salfa nodded while receiving Gopal's embrace as a form of support. The girl still remembered the wound on her friend's stomach that made her more cautious. A moment later, Gopal moved to Genta. Still the same, expressing condolences because his friend had lost his much-loved sister.

"It's sad, Ta. May you calm down there" said Gopal, staring in.

Kinara and Vin didn't say much. They along with Novan are arranging benches for the unjust. Kinara briefly returned home because his house was close, to change the typical clothes of those who grieved. Not grieving about his more comfortable father he called his 'former mother', but out of respect for the Salfa and Genta families. Vin was the same, his close home made him also able to clean himself for a while. Unlike the Novan that was lent clothes by Wira.

Gopal and his girlfriend, along with Genta and Salfa, also meet other friends. They greeted him with a short hug. At that moment, there was a sense of relief in Gopal's heart. That his entourage is fine. Can get back to Jakarta without lacking anything, even there is clarity of relationship between Salfa—Genta and Vin—Kinara.

"Gue's glad we're all okay. All I'm sad about is this, right now," said Gopal, who was in the midst of his friends, then looked deeply at Salfa and Genta. "And you guys, stay strong, yeah. After all this, no matter what happens, I don't want us to get far away from each other. I still think so, guys. I swear I love you all!"

Yes, however, it is rare for Gopal to speak such sepuitis. We all know Gopal who is always excited and likes to joke the most. But now, sincere sentences thrown from him, no doubt managed to invite blue haru from his friends. Everything gathers to a point, which is started by Vin. He hugged Gopal with a hand that had clenched his head first, followed by another.

"Eh, uh, my girlfriend's mistreated. Here, here!" exclaimed Gopal then, who had returned to his former nature.

Funny indeed, for all of them especially Salfa and Genta, also Kinara, felt a feeling of sadness and happiness that combined into a unity that actually now makes them smile. The good thing about everything that happened, was their increasingly close friendship. Kinara, who was only close to Vin and Salfa, can now blend in with Genta, Novan, and Gopal as well. Losing her 'former mother' husband, making her get a better replacement in the form of new friends.

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The funeral atmosphere was very solemn. Genta's parents, who had been completely sincere, watched the funeral with an overflowing prayer, along with water from the corner of the eye. The father even strengthened his heart by going down directly to the burrow with Genta and Novan, receiving the body of Diandra from the people above. In fact, it was Genta's father who chanted the Adhan in the grave. The form of expression of love and sincerity for the princess who has always been a child in her eyes. Diandra has been buried properly. Next to Dody's tomb.

"Pull it over there, Dad. Maafin Salfa always hurt Dad with Salfa's attitude.." Wept the girl whose curly hair was covered by the black veil.

"You should know, brother. Dad changed a lot because of his guilt for you. D-he is the same as you, brother." said Nilam who is next to him.

Salfa nodded withstanding tears, and as his face hid on the mother's shoulder, his tears fell again. "Salfa the fool can never see all that, Buk…"

The right moment, that's how Gopal sat up when his phone rang, revealing one number he kept with the name of the House Tenant. Called right by him, because when it's right after the funeral procession is over. "Owner of my phone house."

It certainly attracted the attention of Kinara and Salfa who were not far away. Genta, Vin, and Novan seem to also realize that there is something to be seen from the look of their friends. Vin begins to approach and the six of them, plus Gopal's girlfriend, pull over near the frangipani tree. Gopal picked up the phone, his countenance turning serious.

"Speaker, Mrs!" novan.

"Hello? Mas Naufal?" a voice from across the phone sounded.

"Yes, hello, sir?" reply Gopal.

"Here I just came home from out of town, Mas. Sorry, this is why the house said the neighbors were not visited by anyone, huh? Didn't Naufal come here?"

There, Salfa and Novan, and Gopal himself were stunned. It means right, that from the beginning Gopal was not wrong. The house was indeed a different house, and the photo of the house he showed Vin was not the same.

Another case with the three people, Genta, Vin, and Kinara actually exchanged lyrics, looking not surprised at all. Because of Gopal and Novan's position in the hospital, as well as Salfa's possession, it was only natural that they would know the truth. Si Mbah had told them that the directions (Maps) that their group followed had been misled by Suri who was Widji's ghost. The key to the house is also not suitable, but again, Suri who makes it look right.

After the phone was turned off after Gopal claimed that he did not go there, and would send back the keys to the house he brought, then three friends who knew to tell all. The thing that made Salfa again cursed himself.

"I shouldn't trust Suri, huh? Goddamnit!" his gerrick.

"Lo is not wrong, Sal," said Genta.

One voice surprised the seven young men. "Sorry, Mas-Mas, Ma'am?" said one of the policemen who apparently followed to the funeral. "I brought news from the Pulau K police, they managed to find the body that is suspected to be Widji. Stranded on the south coast of the island."

DEG! The news was heartbreaking for all of them, especially Kinara. Although he felt extreme hatred, but just imagining Widji's corpse, his heart shook violently. Not yet digesting what he heard, the policeman continued. "Widji's family can come with us to make sure the body is true, Brother Widji or not?"

Although Kinara reluctantly admits that Widji is her family, she nods briefly only to her friends. "Good, Sir. Let's." Let's."

"We started this together, we ended it together." That's what Vin said that tried to encourage the glasses girl he loved.

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Residents flocked to watch the unpleasant sight of the news they heard. That there was a man stranded on the beach with terrible conditions. His body was bulging and almost destroyed from being in the water for too long. It is not so clear whether the victim committed suicide or how, but rumors are circulating, saying that the man had done a ritual of a black magic offering on the beach from the other side of the island. The news that there are witchcraft equipment and flowers drifting from other beaches like being abandoned by the perpetrator of the ritual, further reinforces this assumption.

"O Allah is ambune! Nemen bushy ngene yo?" exclaimed one of the residents who covered their noses with a shirt collar as the corpse passed in front of him. (God smells! It's so fucking rotten, huh?)

"Come on, one dewe ngono iku. Worship the devil" commented the other mothers. (Yes, it was his own fault. Worship the devil.)

The police on the island of K were informed this morning about the search for the person who was the perpetrator of the murder in Jakarta, immediately sent a picture of the victim to wait for confirmation from the Jakarta police. After it was confirmed that the body was in the name of Widji Gayatri, the police closed the case officially because the only person responsible for the murder of Diandra, had died.

Meanwhile, in Jakarta, the police who sat opposite Kinara and his friends, resumed the discussion. "Your father's body will soon be sent here, to be properly buried by the family."

Kinara immediately shook his head. "No, Sir. Just buried there. He has no family here anymore. Divorced from my mother many years ago. Let's just say he's not my father!" reply the girl sniffled.

Salfa's hand rubbed his shoulder gently. "Ra, are you sure? How does he bokap lo—"

"That's punishment for him, Sal!" sergeant Kinara fast.

Salfa bit his lower lip, then sighed softly. "Gue just doesn't want to be as sorry as I am, Ra…"

One drop of Kinara's tears fell without being able to hold it anymore. Since then his eyes had been hot resisting desperately not to cry. Now, all he did to realize his disappointment, was clench his hands. It was hard to explain, as if there were not enough words to define the anomalous feeling in his chest, where he felt lost and angry at the same time.

"He deserves that. Let him get a reply for what he did, Sal.." replied Kinara in a trembling voice, then a second later his head was reached by Vin. The girl then wrapped her hands around the young man's waist. "He deserves it, Vin."

This story comes at the end of everything that happens. The events that Salfa, Genta, Kinara, Vin, Gopal, and Novan are natural, will always be an unforgettable story at any time. There are many new things they learn. About life, about the evil and the good, about the unpredictable heart of man, and about the increasingly beautiful intertwined relationships. A life that brings happiness, hurt, and disappointment. Which all the hustle and bustle there to color the universe with his stories.

For Genta, living his new days as a person with open inner eyes, he lived with sincerity because he had Salfa and Wira that he could talk to about these things.

For Novan, who is the only singles in his gang, ready to slowly forget about Kinara and open his heart to anyone who meets his criteria.

For Gopal, what had happened to him on Island K, motivated him to follow martial arts so that he could be deft in overcoming unexpected things that at times endanger him.

For Vin, everything that happens makes him a more courageous person to be honest with himself, for feelings and anything that feels better expressed, so that it does not continue to be lost by a sense of prestige.

For Kinara, all of this is similar to the trauma that might be exposed until later, but make it a person who is more careful and understands others well, according to the department he studied: psychology.

For Salfa, the 'awakened' soul he once considered a burden, is now transformed into what he is grateful for. That it is all indeed given by the Almighty for him as learning, as the saying goes, "experience is the best teacher of everyone".

And one more thing for Salfa, is that he was made to appreciate the time by doing the best he could, to fix things that were not as they should be. Losing his father was the sickest thing he ever felt. However, the girl also knows that there is no need to regret anything, if she does not change for the better. The promise to yourself is never to repeat the same mistake again. It's too late, but his affection for his father won't stop.

Salfa glanced at Genta who was walking next to him without the young man noticing. His heart fell back to the Genta Megantara—, a man who managed to bring confidence to the men in his life again. Whatever happened before all this, which made him sad for a long time because of one mistake Genta, he had received with a spacious chest, and was ready to start everything again with the young man.

Thank you, Lord. Thank you for the learning you gave me.

"After this, we're going together, honey?" said Genta who took Salfa after they died from the police station.

Salfa looked over while smiling. "Thank you for everything, Ta."

Looking at the frowning Genta, even when they were already lovers, Salfa still shyly called out to him with a special call. The thing that Genta liked about Salfa that never changed. Always hold it up to anyone. But for this time, as a solitary consolation for all his grief, Genta expected Salfa to repay him.

"Kok is still 'Ta' calling him?" goda Genta stopped his steps.

"What does he want to be called?" salfa's reply stopped.

Although Salfa actually knew, he was still reluctant to respond to Genta's request. He said nothing more, but his spontaneous actions succeeded in creating special shakes in his own heart.

Cup.

The clapper rounded his eyes when Salfa suddenly kissed his cheek. A smile followed, adorning his beautiful face. He took Salfa's hand again, grasped it tightly but felt sincere. The heat spread to the chest. Back the two walked up to their friends who were already quite far ahead.

"I love you, Ta/I love you, Sal."

Salfa and Genta turned their heads as they unintentionally said the same sentence simultaneously. Again, smiles were drawn from both. Now, two people who are both lost, ready to make each other happy.

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