BROMOCORAS
Tucked In the Book

Manan was enjoying the breeze of the night in the courtyard of the pesantren mosque. In the dark, he sat alone under a large tree. The dim lights of the courtyard of the pesantren mosque make it not so clearly visible from a distance.

In his hand, he was holding a book. He is not reading the book. However, he only briefly observed a piece of photograph that had been tucked there for several years, then closed the book again.

Not long after, he saw a person walking across not far from him. Seeing who was walking, Manan immediately got up from his seat and called the man.

"Hexa, wait!" Manan cried out in a flat voice.

Hexa who just passed by and was unaware of Manan's whereabouts immediately stopped her steps shortly after hearing someone call her name.

Hexa turned her head, focusing her gaze between the dim lights.

"You? What's up again?" Sahut Hexa also with a flat voice.

Manan slightly developed his smile, before long, he then stuck out his hand.

"I'm sorry for that time." Manan then said.

Hexa frowned then smiled pias. Doubtful, he extended his hand towards Manan. Now they shake each other.

"Yes." Yeah." Said a flat Hexa then immediately released her hand from Manan's hand.

"I hope you don't put it in your heart and hold a grudge against me." Manan then said.

"Of course not. I've even forgotten." Sahut Hexa slightly smiled wryly.

"Thank you." Manan Sahut after.

Hexa just nodded. Manan no longer said anything after that, he just returned a smile with a smile and a smile and swung his feet leaving Hexa without saying anything.

Hexa's still standing there. After a while, he just raised his shoulders.

"Smazy but not smart." He muttered while breathing.

However, not yet he stepped he found something lying on the ground not far from where he stood. A piece of paper that was now slightly moving in the wind. Hexa immediately picked up the paper..

"the photo? Whose picture is this?" Mumbled.

"Emmm, pretty too. Does this guy have that guy. Ah, I'd better ask you later if you meet, while let me save it first." Hexa muttered again then put the photo in his shirt pocket after he left the courtyard of the boarding school mosque.

"Where are you from, Kang?" Tegur Sobri when Manan arrived came to the terrace ndalem.

"Find the wind in the yard, Kang." Sahut Manan is short.

Sobri just nodded his head.

"Where to go, Kang?" Ask Manan then at Sobri see Sobri who is sitting alone on the terrace ndalem.

"Guse is on the phone with Miss Nyai, Kang. Listen listen, Miss Nyai wants to come here." Sahut Sobri later.

"Yes, Kang. On that I know too. Emmm, is it possible for Bu Nyai to discuss Ajik's marriage with Habiba, Kang?" Ask Manan at the end of his speech.

Sobri slightly shrugged his shoulders.

"Come, Kang. I dare not ask that of Guse. But it seems so." Sobri Sahut.

"Good, Kang. I hope it is. Preparation of Hidayah nduwe gawe geden if it is." Manan then said with a little smile on his face.

Sobri only then smiled hearing Manan's words.

"But listen to Bu Nyai also at once want to take his nephew Ajik, Kang?" Imbuh Manan again.

"What I hear is that, Kang. That's why I was invited by Guse to clean up the room for his sister Guse." Sahut Sobri later.

"Kang Sobri knew Ajik's sister, Kang?" Ask Manan later.

"Keep it, Kang. When we were kids, we used to play together. Because it just so happened that his little brother Guse was with his grandfather. While his grandfather was next door to my house, Kang." Sahut Sobri later.

"Oh, yes, Kang. Meaning age huh, Kang?" Ask Manan again.

"Emmm, no, Kang. Guse's sister was about four or five years under me, Kang. Because as I recall, at that time I was the same Guse was in fifth grade SD time pinned down Sewah to deliver his sister Guse it's TK time." Sobri's law after that.

"Emmm, so yes. Continue, Kang. That's his family relationship how the hell is Kang with Ajik?" Ask Manan later.

"Oh if it's about that, Kang. Sewage of his leg Guse from Bu Nyai's side is his brother Simbah his leg Ning Afis, Kang." Sobri's law after that.

"Oh, so his name is Afis, Kang?" Ask Manan again.

"Yes, Kang. Since childhood, I have been used to calling it that way. Ning Afis's. His real name is..." Sobri stopped continuing his words when Ajimukti arrived out of the house.

"Well, no coffee yet?" Tanya Ajimukti saw on the table still empty.

"That, Gus. Kang Khalil just cooked some water. Then Kang Imam I told you to buy fried food." Sobri's law after that.

"Bu Nyai so come here, Jik?" Ask Manan after that.

"God willing, Nan." Sahut Ajimukti later.

"Oh yes, Kang Sobri. Wardrobe for his room ndoro ayu I have not yet found. Find where, Kang?" Ajimukti's question turned to Sobri.

"Well, isn't it already there, Gus?" Sobri Sahut.

"She asked, Kang. Ask for a closet that has a hanger to make a game. It was nyemantakne again." Complaints Ajimukti while taking a cigarette and then light it.

"Yes, Nan." Ajimukti.

"Kok confused anyway, Jik. Just tell me my father." Manan then said.

"Oh yes, Nan. Mr. Lek Anggoro also sells furniture, Nan. How I forgot." Sahut Ajimukti.

"Already, Jik. About that leave it to me. Let me mature with my father." Manan also followed.

"Alright, Nan. Anyway you must also know how." Say Ajimukti to Manan while smoking his cigarette.

"Berez, Jik."

"Oh, yes, Jik. Can I ask you something?" Manan then continued.

"Please, Nan. What do you want to ask?" Sahut Ajimukti later.

"Emmm, but I'm sorry about the fall, Jik." Manan said after that.

Ajimukti smiled, "What do you want to ask, Nan?" Repeat the Ajimukti about which Manan will ask him.

"On the arrival of Nyai, Jik. Is that gonna talk about your marriage to Habiba, uh I mean Ning Biba." Manan then said.

Once again Ajimukti smiles then sucks in the rest of his cigarette.

"God willing, Nan. Just do it." Said later.

At that moment Manan's facial expression also looked happy.

"Well, it's really nduwe gawe geden, Kang." Manan said elbowing Sobri.

Sobri could only hold back her smile hearing that.

"I don't want any big event, Nan. Just gather my relatives and friends and friends only." Admit Adjimukti after that.

Manan only nodded his head nod, while Sobri was seen frowning as if remembering something.

"Oh, yes, Gus. Speaking of friends. Why not find a friend named Nyoman, Gus?" Sobri asked for a moment when he remembered.

Ajimukti straightened up his sitting position, "Astaghfirullah, I forgot, Kang Sobri. Though the plan was today huh, Kang?" Said later.

Sobri then nodded. "Yes, Gus. I wanted to remind you. But I saw the nejengan look nembe sayah. So I think I'm going to delay." Said later.

"Capek is not, Kang. But I was right forgetfulness earlier." Ajimukti.

"Then God willing tomorrow, Kang. Please Kang Sobri tomorrow remind me that if I forget again." Imbuh Ajimukti.

"Snake, Gus."

Meanwhile, Hexa who immediately saw Manan was on the terrace ndalem, turning her steps and undo her intention to meet Manan.

"Emmm, it's there apparently. I'd better ask you tomorrow if this photo belongs to him or not." He muttered while holding a piece of photo that was found yes in the page and then put it back in his pocket.

"Well, Hexa. Went where? I saw it going to Ndaleme Guse. How not to be?" Ask the Imam who happened to cross paths with Hexa from the opposite direction.

"No, Kang. I just happened to pass by." Sahut Hexa's.

"I'm sorry, Kang." He said after that then left without waiting for the Imam's answer.

The Imam only looked at the departure of Hexa while shaking his head. After that, he immediately continued his steps towards ndalem to join Ajimukti and others.

After a while those on the terrace ndalem disperse themselves back to their respective rooms, ending their night chat at this time.

Manan slowly went straight to his room. As soon as he arrived in the room he immediately dropped himself onto the bed. His gaze was straight up staring at the sky of the room. But immediately he sat back and reached into the small book in his pocket and put it on the table in the room.

For a moment he looked at the little book. At that moment a smile immediately rose from his lips.

"This is the only book you have left behind. I will return this book to you." Manan muttered while looking at the book.

Slowly his hand began to open the book one by one, not to read it but to look for something that had long been tucked between the sheets of the book that deliberately inserted the old owner of the book there, between the book's twin.

"Where's Nafisa's photo?" Manan murmured as he re-opened one by one the pages of the book.

"The feeling is still there." Mumbled again.

Manan still continues to open, even he had time to shake the book, but in fact the photo was not between the inserts of the book sheet.

"Mosque yard. Yeah, it must have fallen there. I hope there's still." Manan muttered in recalling the previous thing.

He quickly returned from his room to the courtyard of the pesantren mosque. His steps were fast and half running. Some santri who saw it only felt astonished to see the attitude of Manan who seemed so hasty once.

Manan no longer cared when the students who were still awake saw him. What he was thinking about right now, that photo. Yes, he should be able to find the photo again. However, the photo was given by Nafisa, Nafisa deliberately slipped between the books she left for Manan at that time.

Bruck!!!

"Well...!"

"Oh...!"

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