Behind the Eyes of INDIGO
Afi

Alia was still thinking about Azam's words, she recalled the incident she had experienced when she first came to campus, the situation really made her disturbed and also troublesome for others. Not wanting such a thing to happen again, Alia grabbed the bracelet and tried to wear it on her left wrist.

Although Alia could not see the spirits, she could still sense their existence.

"Alia.. fast breakfast, others are already in the dining room, after all you will have to go to the puskesmas" said Rahma.

Alia got up from the chair she was sitting in and walked towards the dining room. Everyone gathered there and started breakfast.

"Al You are sick hands, here I am a bribe" said Afi.

"What Fi, I can still eat myself anyway"

After finishing breakfast, Alia and Sandra rushed to the puskesmas using a motorcycle owned by Bu Murniati's son.

An hour later Alia and Sandra returned, the house looked deserted because everyone was going outside. There was only Rahma who was tidying up some of her things in the room.

"Roman?" greet Alia.

"Eh Alia, you're home, how's your hand? what did the doctor say?"

"Oh this is not papa, it was just in the same antibiotic love ointment" explained Alia.

Alia covered her right hand wrapped in bandages using her sleeves. Because he wears a long-sleeved shirt so that it can be covered and not seen by others, so that Alia can keep doing activities as usual.

After that Rahma invites Alia and Sandra to join the others. They were doing activities at an elementary school in the village.

The location is not far, they only need to walk about 15 minutes from home. Along the way Alia continued to look to the right and left, her body felt a very piercing cold, but she did not see anything at all because of wearing the bracelet given by Azam.

"Hey you three have arrived, let's quickly go inside" said Anton who had been waiting for them since.

they immediately entered and joined the others, but in the last activity they separated because they had to fill the activities in each class at the same time.

"Huh finally finished as well, but it was also exciting that his children were all enthusiastic" Sandra continued to babble all the way home.

Alia just fell silent while looking at all her friends, she realized that she had not seen Afi at all.

"Where's the api?"

"Oh, Afia had permission to go home first, he said there was something" replied Anton.

Alia hastened her way because she felt something uncomfortable. He rushed into the house, and it turned out that Afi was not there.

Alia searched every corner of the house while continuing to call her best friend's name, but there was no answer at all.

"Where are you?"

"Well, there's no Al?" ask Sandra.

Alia just shook her head and went out of the house to go back to look for Afi.

He tried to search the back yard, but did not find it.

"Alia... Did you find me?"

Shortly thereafter appeared Afi who walked from the direction of the bamboo forest in the garden behind the house building.

"Afis? what are you doing from there?" alia asked with a face that was still shocked when she saw Afi walking from that direction.

"Oh I was taking out the trash"

"Disposal isn't it getting there?"

"I just looked there" replied Afi.

Alia immediately invited him in because all her friends had gathered for lunch. When he reached the dining room, Azam and Nafisah stood up as soon as they saw Afi. The two of them were shocked when they saw her coming.

"Why are you two?" ask Alia.

They all sat down and had lunch together, but Nafisah was still silent as she continued to stare at Afi.

"Any, isn't Alia back as usual? but why do you look like a fool again?" the breath in the heart.

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At the same time they took turns teaching children who learn to teach at TPQ.

Alia had just come out of the room to pick up something left behind, she rushed to head to TPQ and caught up with her other friend.

"Reg..."

Suddenly Azam stopped Alia who had just arrived at the exit. Alia turned her back and asked what was going on.

"I want to ask you for help"

"Solicit what please?"

"Please, as long as we're still in this place, don't even once you take that bracelet off"

"Why?"

"I don't want you to do anything, because if you do anything, it will trouble us all"

Alia felt somewhat annoyed when she heard Azam's last words. He turned around and left without saying anything.

"What do you mean try! it's like I'm a bummer!" grouse Alia.

Nafisah accidentally heard the conversation between the two of them, she also heard about the bracelet that Alia was wearing, now Nafisah knows that Azam is again trying to protect Alia again.

"This time you won't be strong Azam!" mumam Nafisah.

Alia arrived at the TPQ room and immediately started her activities, but again she did not see her best friend, Afi.

"San, have you seen Afi?" ask Alia slowly.

"So coming out, I don't know where, but I saw him going in the back" Sandra replied.

Out of curiosity, as soon as he finished with his activities, Alia followed Afi back.

Afi turns out to be in a small flower garden located behind the TPQ building, he looks to admire the newly blooming flowers.

"Afi, since when did he like flowers?" muttered Alia in the heart.

"Fi wants Maghrib in! tar kesambet again!" shout Alia.

Afi just gave a smile and immediately walked over to Alia. The two of them entered the house together.

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At night when everyone was asleep, Alia was still sitting leaning against the wall while staring at the ceiling of the room until finally falling asleep in a still sitting position.

Shortly after that, he woke up with a strange dream. In his dream he saw there were 5 snakes that were very large and green with a black pattern. The snakes lived in a small river near the bamboo forest behind the TPQ building. One of them turned into an extremely beautiful woman with her meek demeanor. The woman seemed to want to say something to Alia, but her voice was so slow that Alia could not hear it at all.

"Astaghfirullah. I dream again..."

Previously Alia was very rare to dream of strange things because she could see directly.

"Is it because my inner eyes are partially closed so I'm chased through a dream? actually this is too ridiculous! no matter how hard I try to leave all that behind, they will still pursue me, it seems like this is fate" Alia murmured softly.

Suddenly the sound of footsteps came from outside, Alia was curious who was outside the midnight room.

"Well, why isn't there? I think I actually saw him sleeping here!"

Alia was surprised when she saw that Afi was not in the room, she had thought that the sound of footsteps outside was Afi's footsteps.