Reaching Surgaku
Produce Science

Amid the boisterous sound of the santri who was hounding his mushaf in the mushola, I and my best friend Aruna who are now in front of the mosque along with other santri santri, those who have finished doing our routine tasks are the Qur'an memorization deposit. When I was about to leave the mosque, I just one step down the stairs was shocked by the Abhi mas who was waiting for me in the front yard of the mosque.

" Nduk, can I talk to you for a second?"

I who was confused did not answer his question turned instead to look at my sahabar aruna who was standing right beside me as if asking for approval from him.

" city ... Iyo, Ndang there but inget not long yes Al. I'll be bitten by a mosquito waiting for you to date." God laughed giggling.

" What's up, Mom? How to wait in front of Mushola?" I asked as I quietly glanced at the face of the man standing right in front of me. While mas abhi who was in front of me just fell silent while continuing to look at me flat made me nervous and misbehaved.

" Dad, Sampeyan ndak papa anyway? Don't scare me." I asked this time to dare to look at the man who was still standing firmly in front of me.

" Nduk, you want to wait, right?"

I who was at the helm of such a question could only remain silent without being able to answer, I was too confused because I had arrived just faced with such a question. "Wait what?" I asked so innocently, while continuing to look at the face of the man in front of me trying to read the strokes that emanated from the look of his face.

" Wait for me to get home." mas abhi stopped his words for a moment, as if looking for the right word to continue the next sentence. " Abah told me to go to school in Al Azhar Cairo." Mas abhi.

" How long is it?" The question just came out of my mouth, I still can't believe what I just heard. Somehow my chest felt so tight as if a knife had struck right in the chest leaving a wound so sore. As much as I can try to stay strong and not cry in front of this man in front of me, but no matter how hard I tried the fog in my eyes slowly came to close my vision without feeling tears began to fall down both my cheeks sliding unstoppably. I also do not understand what makes me so sad to know it will go away from me, I should be happy with his persistence in studying to far away there. But knowing she was no longer here made my heart feel lonely.

" Al, Don't cry bad if you see other santri later in Mas what do you think?" Seen Abhi who began to panic and confused because the tears of alma that was pouring increasingly swift. Wanting it to feel abhi hugging the woman in front of him and clutching her tightly but deep fear made her undo her intentions, she could only calm alma with her words. Slowly the feeling of alma had begun to be controlled she began to wipe away the tears on her cheeks and looked down in embarrassment.

" Why nduk al?? I can't see you."

" I'm ashamed of you." Answer alma lirih.

"Shame on the whiny." He answered, closing his face with both hands.

Seeing such alma behavior makes abhi more anxious and heavy if you have to leave alma for a long time.

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That morning alma deliberately woke up earlier than usual the goal was only to see abhi much longer because maybe this was her last chance considering the day ahead the figure would not be able to see him again.

But alma only dared to look at abhi from a long vantage point unlike the other santri, who accompanied abhi's departure with both of her parents until in front of the cottage gate.

Until the time Abhi was about to depart he still looked from afar and did not dare to show the trunk of his nose. Alma was afraid that he would cry in front of other santri santri, especially Bu Nyai and Kyai Jabar there.

While on the other hand the abhi made restless because he was about to leave but still could not see alma. A feeling of disappointment enveloped abhi's heart as she wished to see alma one last time, framing alma's face in the pigora of her heart. But until the time the car will drive away from the courtyard of the boarding school cottage he still could not find the figure he was looking for.

Nyai Bu who saw the strange gelagat his son was curious.

" What do you know about Le? How do you fuck? Is there anything left behind?" Ask Bu nyai to his son who was restless from earlier was looking for what.

" Mboten Ummi." Answer abhi briefly.

The group car that drove abhi to the airport also sped up to defend the flow of the city of Jogja. Abhi left the city of Jogja with a restless heart.