TOAST
* Slice 23, Time

Later Noah will help his parents sell meatballs in the village. Actually Qeena was sad to have to part with many of his friends in Jakarta. But he was indeed a child who never fought his mother, so he resigned to the wishes of Noah. After all, what can be a child who just graduated from Elementary School living in Jakarta alone.

That afternoon, in the back of Nuha's contract (since the kiosk was sold, Nuha contracted behind SD and sold side dishes in front of his contract to connect), after school, and after school, Dawn is still complete in high school uniform to meet Qeena who will move tomorrow to the village.

"Qeena .. friendship is priceless. Although the distance that will separate between us, we will never feel far away. Friendship is not measured by distance, but by heart. I won't say goodbye, but I'll say I'll see you later. From the bottom of my heart, I want to say, thank you for being my best friend all this time. May your journey realize the dream can be achieved. Our friendship will be in our hearts and minds forever. I will surely miss you. This Mas buy a mobile phone so we can communicate with each other, do not see from the price yes, but see from the true Mas Fajar to you. Later if Mas has become a successful person, will pick you up from there. We live happily here again yes" promised Dawn while giving up HP for Qeena.

Qeena did not understand the direction of Fajar's conversation because she was twelve years old and did not understand about a man's love for women.

"Mas .. This is expensive. Mas Fajar ga Nyuri right?" ask Qeena.

"Qeena ... Mas tau if Mas is naughty, like to skip, join brawl even already smoking .. but Mas never the name is kindly. This is Mas kumpulin from the same pocket money plus Grandma and Dad" explained Fajar.

"Just promise don't be naughty anymore if Qeena is far away. Do not volunteer Mother, Father and Grandma again. Later if there is a windfall, Mas play ya to Wonogiri, or pray aja Qeena can return to Jakarta later" said Qeena. Dawn nodded.

Although she was only twelve years old, her words were always obeyed by Dawn. When Dawn is naughty, it's always Qeena who advises.

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In the evening, Fajar went into Dafi's room and fell asleep in Dafi's bed. Dafi was being serious in front of his laptop. Now Dafi is in college, entering the fifth semester, even though he is nineteen years old. Dafi had accelerated in SD and High School, at Junior High School level there was no acceleration class, so when the Junior High level he learned to organize and have many friends. During SD and High School he did not join the organization and did not have a close friend like during Junior High School.

"Mas ... if we are the same as children who have just graduated from Elementary School including pedophiles anyway?" ask Fajar to Dafi who is still busy doing campus work.

Dafi managed to get into the statistical high school with which he had his official service bond. He is crazy about statistics, his ideals can be assigned around Indonesia to survey the condition of the community and see firsthand how Indonesia.

"There-there is aja ... like children piyik" said Dafi still while staring at the laptop.

"But he is so heart-wrenching. The bigger, the more beautiful he knows Mas" said Fajar again.

"Qeena?" tanya Dafi stopped her activities and turned her body towards Dawn.

Dafi sat down on the bed next to Fajar.

"Yes ... Mas know that the friendship of Dawn with Qeena has been going around for about ten years, since Fajar TK already knew him. Continue until now" replied Dawn casually.

"Jar .. realized anyway Qeena just graduated from Elementary School and you are in a gray white uniform, besides know how Mother does not like if we are all close to Mak Nuha and Qeena" dafi said reminding.

"Ah that Mother who was jealous until bumped into Mak Nuha. It's the same with Mak Nuha nothing. I'm only friends with Mak Nuha" for Dawn.

"Come on Dawn .. ga there is friendship between men and women, there must be a spark of taste .. rich you are the same Qeena right? Maybe Qeena doesn't understand the meaning of love, but you already know Jar. Enough yes ... almost our family fell apart because of Mak Nuha" Dafi's advice again.

"But Mak Nuha is not wrong Mas" Fajar defended.

"All parties are wrong Jar, both Mak Nuha who did not refuse the help of Father and Father who always visited Mak Nuha there" said Dafi again.

"Mak Nuha and Qeena want to move to Mas village" explained Fajar.

"Oh so too?" said Dafi again.

"Well, where did you know?" ask Fajar.

"When Mak Leha died, Mas participated in the ambulance with Mak Nuha and Qeena. Mak Nuha said he was going back to the village, a week before he died, Mak Leha said about the stall. Dad finally bought the stall, but don't tell anyone, it's a secret. Mak Noah did not know" said Dafi.

"Kok Mas Dafi didn't say" said Fajar.

"There come out ... A lot of tasks. Tomorrow again if you want to talk" throw away Dafi who is busy with tasks.

With the words of Dawn came out of Dafi's room.

Dafi had just entered Junior High School, when she joined Mother to Mak Leha's kiosk to hit her father who was visiting the toast stall, there his father seemed to talk to Noah while holding Qeena. There was a big storm between Father and Mother. At that time Grandma Sri defended her father, saying between Mr. Dzul and Nuha was only friendly. Dafi did not know what the truth was because there was no origin story why there was such a commotion, but after the quarrel, the suspicion between Father and Mother was very disturbing. Bu Fia makes the rules must be video call every hour, if Pak Dzul vacation to Jakarta must be at home, if you go out of the house must be with him and many other overprotective things.

What makes Dafi angry is the endless quarrel of his parents. Dafi was stressed from being in the middle. He was only ten years old, but he was forced to think of adulthood. How he explained to Fajar about the quarrel between his parents, not to mention that he had to take care of Rian and Izma who did not understand his parents had a disagreement. Pressure after pressure made Dafi who was about to become stressed, finally he decided to enter the boarding school as his escape from disappointment with parents. He just wants to get away from home.

In modern Pesantren, not only the talent of his interest is channeled, but he can also increase his religious knowledge which is still very shallow when in public school.

Educated in Pesantren is very disciplined, even teaching him how to share, help each other and how to have extraordinary patience in addressing something.

During the Pesantren was only Grandma Sri who regularly visited him every month, Dafi also only took a time to return during Eid al-Fitr aja. Semester holidays and class hikes instead he used for devotion to the surrounding community. That is why many residents around Pondok Pesantren who know him. Dafi helped teach at a TPA Mosque. There taught children with a lower middle economy, who had the TPA was once a student of Pesantren where Dafi mondok.

After graduating in Pondok Pesantren, the relationship between Father and Mother is still not harmonious as when she was a child. Plus at that time Mr. Dzul was placed in charge of East Indonesia and had to live there for two years, returning to Jakarta only three months, once, Bu Fia is also getting busier because he has served as deputy director. Grandma Sri is still moving all her children, be the children of Mr. Dzul more the same caregiver at home.

Saturday afternoon, Dafi made a pact with friends while in Pesantren first, now they just entered college. His Pesantren friends who studied in Jakarta he invited to come home. Ms. Fia has ordered food for all of them.

"Lo great emang Nish (all friends of the boarding school knew him by his first name, Danish, initially he introduced himself as Dafi, but each diabsen called the name Danish, because the ustadznya confused, then it was agreed to call the first name not a nickname at home, after all the meaning of the name Danish knowledge and policy) .. not twenty years but already the fifth semester. We're still in semester one" complimented his friend.

"Where to go to high school there is another official bond .. Lo's brain is very diluted" he said.

"In addition to being smart, people are also very vocal if the ustadz again ngajar, even dare to protest him" said the other.

"But so much that his vocals have been deforested once .. hahaha" Dafi replied with a laugh, his friend who remembered laughing crazily.

Santri who is in trouble is indeed given a penalty for cleaning the bathroom and being cut in front of other students.

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Dafi era flashback in Pesantren.

So the story is when Friday prayers arrive. This is Dafi's first Friday prayer at Pesantren. Learning activities on Friday only until ten in the morning, so that the students can prepare to come early during Friday prayers, as taught by Rosulullah, so that the students can prepare to come early, Dafi prayers Tahiyyatul Masjid and his sitting position can be near the pole.

"Astaghfirullah, this is the Pesantren Mosque heretic?" tanya Dafi jumped in shock because she was touched by the next worshipper who turned out to be the supervisor of santri.

"Why are you all asking what flow?" ask the supervisor.

"Friday prayers without adhan, without a direct sermon qomat aja (not according to the shari'atkan)" Dafi protests that make many people pay attention to him in wonder.

Dafi was confused at that time, with a little limp and feeling forced, Dafi stood up also to perform Friday prayer until it was finished, thinking only just to respect aja even though he was heartbroken.

When he finished praying and kissed the hands of the pilgrims older than him, he asked again.

"Sorry Mr... This is Pesantren flow what? strange teaching, this is only a matter of Friday prayers already not in accordance with the shari'at, let alone education here" whispered Dafi who did not know who the person next to him.

The person was surprised while looking at Dafi.

"New soldiers?" ask the Father.

"Yes sir, just came in yesterday. Do not be here taught heresy yes" added Dafi still while whispering.

"How long?" ask the Father back.

"Ga use adhan and sermon, the time to pray directly .. strange" said Dafi.

"Lah sampeyan was BEDRR Mas .. the custom of Friday prayers how to stand near the pole so that it can be alone continue instead of listening to the sermon instead of sleeping. Let's wash your face and wudhu again there" said the father.

"Who is this father? kok was angry when I asked what kind of school this pesantren is" asked Dafi.

Finally Dafi was brought by the supervisor and in the same trial Mr. Kyai who was in charge of santri discipline. Dafi sleep during prayer hours. As a result, he received punishment. Sorry and embarrassed at the time of the incident, but it was also his fault to stay up late working on the problems in the book that Grandma bought, because she forgot the time, because she forgot the time, he went to bed until dawn and continued directly to the mosque and morning prayers, after which he tilawah until seven in the morning.

"Gokil is our friend. Who would have thought he achieved the highest National Exam scores at the Pesantren and Provincial level, even though almost all the ustadz who taught in our class a lot of dizziness the same critical question even sometimes mischievous" said his friend Dafi.

"Yes .. pas passed get an award on stage, all sampe teachers say it is not free yes the second day in Pesantren already got boxed and brushed bathroom. The end result was jos gandos, breaking the highest test scores in the history of pesantren even perfect math and English scores" Dafi recalled, all laughing back to that time