CUTS
The difference...

“Yes Allah, why is my heart so tight? Why are my feelings not calm? O Allah, what happened to the servant?”

Cut woke up in the middle of the night as usual to perform the prayer istikharah and night prayers felt something strange with his feelings. The sound of sirens of ambulance cars and planes from above the sky further adds to Cut's anxiety.

“There's another war, where ya about?” ask Umi who came in to follow Abu to my room.

Having lived in the current situation, there is certainly trauma. They sat on the floor because they were used to being in the village when there was gun contact.

“Yes Allah, protect us as well as our villagers from danger.” Omit Abu with a choked voice. Little Rendra was still sleeping as if nothing had happened out there. This toddler has been feeling the war since he was still in his mother's womb. The sound of guns or bombs is like a toy.

The next day, Abu and Umi went to their neighbor's house to ask about last night. From the narration of the owner of the house said that the attack last night occurred near Tanjung village. Many soldiers were killed and wounded. In fact, army trucks sent to help were also attacked on the road and even ambulances were shot upside down.

He also said that until dawn there were still many soldiers deployed to help the location. The number of dead and injured has not been identified.

“We have orders to tighten guard including in residential areas. So, for a while, Abu kinsmen do not go anywhere first.”

“Good, Sir. Thanks for the information.”

“Pray only, Abu. May this war end soon.”

“Amins. Excuse me first. Assalamualaikum.”

“Walaikumsalam.”

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POV CUT'S...

7 Days have passed...

The days are still gripping and very felt because Abu and his family live in an army housing with a fairly tight guard. Without realizing it, I also thought of Rendra who never came back home again

Tok.dok....

“Assalamualaikum.” the voice of a man giving greetings disperse my daydream that was in the room.

A soldier stood at the door with a full weapon. “Sorry, Sir. Do you have a family named Amiruddin Nur?” ask the soldier.

“I-yes, it's my sister who is in Banda Aceh. What's wrong with him, sir?” tanya Abu was agitated.

“He is in front post. Please Abu kinsman come with me!”

Abu and his family eventually followed the soldier to the guard post. And sure enough, once he saw Abu, Mr. Cek Amir immediately smiled and greeted the hand of Abu who had not been found for a long time.

Mr. Cek Amir is the younger brother of the ashes who has long settled in the provincial capital. Mr. Cek Amir, that's how I and the other nephews called him.

He never returned to the village even when Lebaran arrived. The Abu family can accept never even telling to go home because the situation is different from in the city. In the provincial capital is not as severe as in the district.

There they can still live quietly and without gunshots like here.

Abu once told me that Mr. Cek Amir had sold a plot of land as his initial capital to wander for the first time. And the family was very grateful to find out if he managed to become a sembako merchant who already has two shopfronts and a house and some land in Banda Aceh.

Pak Cek Amir also chose to marry a girl from Banda Aceh. A civil servant working in the mayor's office. They had three children. Two men and one woman.

“How do you know if we are here?” tanya Abu after being served drinks by Umi. Rendra and I sat together in the living room.

“I met Min in Banda Aceh. He said everything that happened to the family until Brother had to stay here. Actually, I came here to pick up my brother and family to move to Banda Aceh. You can start a new life there together without having to fear being visited by the rebels. Hows it? You can't stay here forever. This housing is for soldiers. If it wasn't today, tomorrow would have come the one who asked to vacate this house. So how? If you want we can ask permission to go out the day. Tomorrow we can go. How?”

“We do plan to go back to the village, but.” Abu looked at Mr. Chek with a heavy sigh.

Later, Abu told Pak Cek Amir everything about me and Rendra that he did not know. “So, how now? Earlier I apologized, but I think it is better for Brother and Sister to think again about the proposal of the soldier. Getting married not only brings two people together but also two families. Did you ask Rendra about her family? Not to mention Cut who never went far. It will be difficult for him to adapt especially with people who are different cultures with us.”

“Cut, Mr. Cheque apologizes, instead Mr. Cheque forbids you. But think again carefully. This marriage is a lot of benefits or harm? To Banda Aceh only you have never been. Especially this is to Java island. Culture and ethnicity are very different from us. At the same level in Banda Aceh, we already feel different because not only we who live there, there are people from other tribes or cultures who also settle there. The closest example is Pak Cheque and Mak Cheque you. In terms of language alone Pak Cek difficult to understand the time recently married. So sometimes we mix with Indonesian to understand faster. Not to mention the food. This is still one tribe, well you with Rendra? Aceh and Java are very different. Language, culture and food. You marry her, you automatically learn something she likes, understand more about her wishes because you are a wife. Are you willing? And one more most important. You married a soldier. The procedure of marrying an army was different from that of an ordinary person. What about your educational status? Have you guys talked about it? Would her family accept you if they knew you didn't graduate in elementary school? Sorry if Mr. Chek's words are rude but, Mr. Chek does not want you to imagine beautiful things after marriage as if all the problems are gone. You should know, when you get married you are entering into even more complicated problems.”

“Don't see your Abu and Umi wedding. They married their own people and continued to live in the village. See how many people are getting divorced? There's hardly any, right? Because they live in villages that are not entered by the behavior of the modern world of the city. While Mr. Cek has long wandered in the city. What Pak Cek saw and experienced became a valuable experience for the children of Pak Cek and nephew Pak Cek like you. Not all men out there are as good as your Ashes. And not all women out there are as good as your Umi.”

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