Cempaka Bride

Dinar Recognition

Rima tried to open her eyes which felt very heavy. Eric's face was very close to her.

The handsome man smiled and stroked Rima's hair affectionately. The man lowered his head and kissed Rima's forehead gently. Rima.

"I could have a body and control you right now. But I didn't do it because it was too deep of love for you" Eric whispered before he finally pulled away and sat down next to Rima.

Slowly Rima got up and sat up straight. Rubbing your face with your hands to dampen the desire that is still left behind.

Eric looked at Rima who was looking at him with a strange look. It was as if he was investigating and infiltrating into his heart.

"Take me home, Ko," said the girl.

"Later. I still want to be here with you."

Rima snorted and inched to the edge of the mattress. Stand up and walk to the bathroom. Not long after that he came back and grabbed his bag. Open the bag and reach into the contents. Start dressing up in front of a large mirror.

Eric looked at him from behind. His hands rubbed his hair and squeezed in frustration. Then, he got up and stepped out towards the balcony.

"I want to go home" Rima repeated.

Eric remained unmoved until it made Rima a little upset. He stepped onto the balcony and sat on a chair.

"Ko, I want to go home" he repeated.

Eric turned around and walked over and sat down on the chair next to him.

Silence back. They are busy with their own thoughts.

Eric grabbed Rima's hand and held her tightly. Looking at the face of the woman he loved so much with soft eyes.

"I'll think again about what I have to do to get married to you" she said.

Then he got up and pulled Rima's hand. They hugged tightly. A moment of spilling the taste in the chest.

Then Eric released a hug and held Rima's hand. They walked out of the room together.

***

By Magrib they reached the boarding house. After delivering Rima, Eric immediately went home to his boarding house which is not too far from there.

Rama looked at his sister while shaking his head. Rima smiled as she stuck out her tongue.

"He wanted to stay away" said Rama, who followed Rima to her room.

"Not so. He wants to consider converting" replied Rima cheerfully.

"What about Irwan?"

"Eitherway. I'll think about it again."

"Don't do it, Deck. Not fair to Irwan," said Rama with a frown.

Rima. In his heart he was confused to choose.

Rama was only able to look at the back of his sister who disappeared behind the bedroom door.

The yellow-skinned man thought hard about what he should do so that Rima would not fall into Eric's arms.

That night Rima shut herself in the room and did not come to gather with the others. That is of course a question from other residents.

"Rima Tumben in the room?" said Hasni who just got home from work. The man leaned his back against the front wall of his room while throwing it away.

"Again dizzy he said," replied Dinar. In his heart he had a feeling that Rima was having a problem. For a moment he looked at Rama who was sitting next to Hasan. Then Dinar typed on his phone.

Ting

The message came in Rama's phone.

[Thank you why, Mom?]

Rama raised his face and looked again with Dinar sitting opposite him.

[Againful]

[On Eric?]

[Yes. We'll talk again. Wait for the others to come in]

[Okay]

Dinar puts her phone back on the carpet and pretends to listen to Nani's story. Rama went into his room.

The night is getting late. They began to split up to return to their rooms.

Dinar invites Afni to accompany him into Rama's room.

"You help me, yeah. Make a Rima wake. I don't know why I feel less like Eric. Like there is something hidden behind his friendly attitude," said Rama.

"Ahh, I don't think there's anything strange about Amanda's sister. It turns out that Mas Rama also fancied the same," said Afni.

"I've had a conversation with Amanda. He himself admitted to being somewhat afraid of Eric's emotional nature. Eric had even been taken to a child psychologist because of his temperamental nature," explained Dinar while rubbing his face with a tissue.

"Hm. Is Rima not the same as Eric's nature?" ask his two colleagues.

"Maybe he's still unconscious. Fascinated by the good looks and romantic style of Eric," said Rama. He massaged the suddenly throbbing temple.

"Tomorrow I tried to talk to Rima. It just so happens that tomorrow is a holiday" Dinar said.

Rama and Afni nodded. In their hearts they prayed for Dinar to succeed.

***

The drizzling rain that has fallen since dawn makes people more lazy to get away from the contest. No exception to the residents of the kosan.

Early in the morning Bi Ai had come and immediately cleaned the house. The middle-aged woman worked deftly.

"Bi." Someone's voice surprised him. Bi Ai turned around and gawked as Rima exited the room with a disheveled face and puffy eyes.

"Bi, can you please buy me breakfast?" ask Rima. His hand held out a piece of twenty thousand rupiah.

"Yes, Neng. What are you buying?"

"Yellow rice is the same fried. It's back for Auntie."

Bi Ai nodded and immediately put down the broom she was holding, then stepped towards the front door.

"Bi, where are you going?" ask the dinar who just came out of the room.

"You're buying breakfast for Neng Rima."

"I'm nitip too dong," Dinar rushed into the room, took the money from inside the wallet and came out again from the room.

"The rice is five packs, the fry is ten thousand. It's back for Auntie."

"Nuhun, Neng," said Bi Ai and again he stepped foot to the front door.

Dinar crossed into Rima's room, knocking on the door quietly.

"Ri, can I come in?"

"Just in, Ma'am," replied Rima from inside the room.

Dinar opens the door and doesn't forget to close it again. Swung a step into Rima's room that looked clean and tidy.

Rima got up to sit down and looked at Dinar with a sad face.

"I'm confused, Mother."

"You want your story ready to listen" said Dinar.

Rima nodded and started the story. Every now and then she wiped the tears that had broken down her smooth cheeks.

"Hmm ... and now what do you want?" ask Dinar after Rima finishes telling her story.

"Come, Ma'am. Totally confused. I love Irwan. But on the other hand I love Ko Eric too. They have their own charms that make me acute," replied Rima as she lifted her legs and supported her chin on her knees.

"Think about it, Ri. Perform Istikharah prayer. Ask God for guidance on the best match for you. Do not be rash in making decisions. Because marriage is no joke. If it could only be once in a lifetime," explained Dinar.

The yellow-hijabed woman paused for a moment before continuing her talk.

"I've been in this position before. I was ta'aruf with a friend of Brother's cousin, I then met a man at my place of work first. He who just entered the work looked charming. Very good at attracting sympathy with polite speech. I'm just stunned."

"Our closeness at work continues right through to the exit. Her charming style made me forget the man who had long wanted to keep me. Until I finally decided to end the taaruf and prefer to be with a new man."

"However, it turns out I was wrong. The man I chose had a wife and children in his hometown. I'm shattered. Down into the deep abyss. Disappointed to be lied to for almost a year. And even more painful, he deliberately approached me to be able to dredge up the inheritance from the old man," said Dinar. Eyes glazed.

"It is fortunate that I was saved by a friend who from the beginning did not like the man. This friend of mine also found out who the man really was before finally providing irrefutable evidence."

"Our relationship ended immediately after I interrogated him. I stayed away from him at the office. Until he moved to another job because he felt hostile to other friends."

"The man who used to do taaruf is married and is now looking forward to the birth of his first child. She married my old college friend."

"I mean telling you this so you don't take the wrong steps and regret a lifetime like me, Ri. Enough I was a fool for being fascinated by pseudo-love. Releasing the diamond after stone times," Dinar ended his story by breaking into tears.

Rima shuffled closer and hugged Dinar from the side. This foster brother was crying over his miserable past.

Rima fell silent and thought long about the two men. Sweet memories with Irwan flashed in his mind.

"Neng, this is breakfast" Bi Ai said from behind the door.

Dinar rushed up from the bed and walked out. He returned with two plastic bags and placed them on the floor. Then he went to Rima's kitchen, took two plates and a spoon. And walk back to the room.

Dinar handed one plate and spoon to Rima who had already come down from the mattress. Then he sat next to her. They started breakfast while continuing the conversation casually.

Slowly the turmoil of Rima's heart began to decrease along with the burden of her heart that poured out.

As Dinar has exited her room, Rima stares at the photo of her memories as she and Irwan vacation to the top a few months ago.

Still vividly reflected in his memory as the man moved timidly to kiss him in the car. Since dating until getting engaged, Irwan never once kissed her lips.

He himself was astonished why suddenly the man dared to kiss her. Suddenly he felt very longing for the calm and loving man. His hand grabbed the phone and was about to call Irwan. A smile rang on his face when he saw a phone call coming in from the man.

"Assalamualaikum, Kang," greeted Rima warmly.

"Waalaikumsalam, darling. Guess where else?" the man asked which made Rima frown.

"I don't look at it. How can it be nebak," said Rima.

Geck, tok, tok.

A knock on the front door was heard along with the phone call from Irwan.

Rima shuffled to the edge of the mattress, stood up and walked to the door. "Remember!" his screams when he saw Irwan standing in front of his window while waving his hand.

Rima quickly opened the door and pulled the hand of the man she missed into the room.

Rima immediately hugged Irwan's body tightly after the door closed. Irwan kissed the top of his lover's head with great affection.

"Aren't you coming?" asked Rima spoiledly.

"Willfully a surprise. Success, right?" The man asked back.

Rima nodded in spirit. His embrace is getting tighter.

"I didn't take the day off two weeks ago. So now you can vacation here longer," said Irwan.

Rima looked up and smiled sweetly. His round eyes blinked.

"Why are your eyes swollen? Crying out?" ask Irwan. His hand moved rubbing the rest of Rima's tears.

"Nangis because kangen is the same Akang," said Rima.

"Cupcup. Don't cry anymore. I'm here."

They hugged again. Mutual release of longing that's building up in the chest.

***

"What's? Want to rent my room for indehoi?" goda Rama when Rima asked permission for Irwan to stay there.

"That's what. What the hell, Mas!" Rima pinched Rama's arm with anxiety.

Irwan smiled wryly beside Rima. He did not mind the closeness of Rima and Rama, because he knew that Rama loved Rima only as a sister.

"Yes, can. Pake aja's. Coincidentally tomorrow until the day after I have a gathering with office friends. So my room is empty" answered Rama.

"Good thanks, Mas" said Irwan and Rima together.

Irwan blinked one eye at Rama who replied with a nod.

It was Ramalah who contacted Irwan yesterday afternoon and asked him to come immediately because Eric was getting closer to Rima.

Irwan immediately went to the manager and asked for an impromptu leave of absence to add to his holiday that he had collected. Inwardly he was determined to protect Rima from Eric by any means.

In the afternoon Eric came to the hotel. He swallowed a sense of disappointment because Rima had left with Irwan.

Eric returns to his boarding house and prepares his equipment for the bodybuilding center.

In that place he spilled all his anger by running on the treadmill excessively. It was not enough that he switched to using various equipment there. Forcing all energy to eliminate anger in the chest.

After satisfied exercising he immediately returned to his boarding house. The atmosphere of a quiet boarding house because the residents mostly go out makes him feel bored.

Repeatedly he contacted Rima but always did not connect. Only the voice of the operator greeted his phone.

The night began to rise. A frustrated Eric ends up going to a club where his friends frequent. There he met his three friends. They get drunk while gambling.

A comforting woman approaches a drunk Eric. Without a lot of words they make transactions, then they go up to the top floor of the club which is a place of disguised prostitution.

"Who is Rima?" ask the woman after they have finished having sex. His hand moved rubbing Eric's chest that field.

Eric was stunned for a moment before finally asking back. "Why are you asking Rima?"

"Because you keep saying her name from earlier," replied the curly-haired woman.

"Rima ... the woman I love" replied Eric quietly.

"Why is it with him that you get drunk like this?"

Eric remained silent. In her mind was the beautiful face of Rima.

"Because she's engaged to someone else."

"Do you not want to take it?"

Eric turned his head and looked at the woman wearing the thick makeup. "definitely. I'll take it and make it mine. Forever!"