
"Mas, you still owe me an explanation for my question last night. What answer?" ask, take the appointment.
Reza smiled thinly. "Why am I approaching you? That's a more precise question why am I interested in you?"
"Well, why?"
He took a deep breath, then smiled again. He held my hand tightly before he could make a sound. "Why am I interested in you? Because from the beginning I was interested, and indeed, it was physically, yes, because I often see you in ig. When it comes to feelings, the answer is because the first time I saw you sing, I felt the same loneliness I felt. We both have an empty space in our hearts, somehow from the beginning I had the belief we could fill each other. Do you remember when we first met in Surabaya? On the beach, you're alone, I see sadness in your eyes. Since then I don't know why, I want to be someone who can give you happiness. I want to see you happy. But I don't know why. The only reason I know - because I'm starting to love you. But if you ask me why I love you, I can't answer either. Not because you're beautiful, not because you're sweet, or any other reason. Ilove you. That's all I know. I love you so much. If you are, why are you interested in me?"
I didn't answer, because I suddenly daydreamed.
"Hey! The darling? How daydreaming? I'm nanya."
I was a little jumped. "Eh? Emm... why?" I had lost focus because I was still buzzing with Reza's answer that had just taken control of my mind.
"OK, there's no need to answer" he said. "I know the answer, you're attracted to me because I'm as handsome as Reza Rahadian."
She smiled sincerely, as if it was okay, no matter what reason I was attracted to her, whatever my opinion of her, how I felt about her. It was as if his love was enough for both of us. But can it be like that?
"Mas, when you went to Solo, I was thinking, maybe we should rethink our wedding plans. I'm ashamed of my outrageous attitude yesterday."
Reza's just gonna open the sound, but I'm gonna make a quick ban on it.
"You listen to me first" I said. "You see for yourself, don't you, how rude of me, how rude of my words? Maybe one day I will act more than that. I don't want you to end up regretting choosing me as a wife. Maybe you should rethink. Think carefully about everything. Or maybe...we forget about this wedding?"
"I mean, you know me for the next month, after a month, you make a decision, whether you will marry me, or you choose to withdraw. I see."
Describe*. Of course he objected to my proposal. But that's Reza, she won't insist on arguing with me. "Well, if you want it that way, in a month you can ask me again about my decision. I make sure I still make the same decision. But I won't forget about our marriage. I'll keep planning everything for early March, and keep our wedding ready as planned, the fourth of April. And nothing can change, we stick together and stay the same as usual. Okay?"
"okay." I'm nodding. "But you don't tell Mom about this. I promised that I'd marry her son - whatever happens."
Reza only responded with a smile. Then he borrowed my phone. He recorded things he thought were important on my phone's banner. On March 23, he wrote Ask Me. On April 1, he wrote the word Mother's Birthday. Then on April 4 she wrote the word Wedding Day and wrote a new name for me, Miss. Inara Dinata's.
"Well about marriage, are you sure you want a simple wedding? Just want to invite your extended family?"
I answered I was sure, because I had no close friends. Only school friends until college friends, but only to that extent, did not continue after I finished college. And since she was talking about marriage, I remembered my mother's message to discuss with her about the wedding organizer for our wedding.
"Mas, I didn't know you had any plans or not yet about the WO taking care of our wedding. But hopefully you don't have a plan yet and hopefully you agree that I ask you to use my family's WO services" I said slowly and hesitantly.
Reza looked at me with astonished eyes, but then she smiled. "Anything for you" he said. "No problem. I don't mind, I'll talk to your cousins later. But... If I may know, why? I see there's concern about the way you said it just now."
I also explained to him about my reasons, about the past of my family who had experienced a rift just because of differences of opinion and perspective on a problem.
"Okay, I'll explain at length. You listen to me carefully. Hmm. Mother's relationship with her two sisters is good, as well as our relationship between cousins, also good. But not with inter-in-law, between his father Lima Z and his father Four R. They never even met, even at the time of Eid, or when there was a family event. Just because of differences in perspective, how to appreciate each other, how to tolerate each other. I don't want to tell you about the details. It's a story I don't want to tell, a story we can't judge who's right, who's wrong. From the right side, everything is right, from the wrong side, everything is wrong too. In essence, my extended family did not want the story to repeat itself. I don't want any more division. Only a person who has never felt the loss of a family member does not think carefully about his decision. While we who have felt the loss, will try desperately to maintain the integrity of our family so as not to feel the loss again. And how you behave as a new prospective family member - is the determinant - whether everything will be okay or vice versa. One thing you need to keep in mind, I don't want you to put me between two choices, between my happiness with my future husband, or the wholeness of my family. I did not want to be in my tantalizing position many years ago, nor did I want to put Mommy in my grandmother's position like that time. You should also not ask again what happened, I will not tell you. You've agreed to wear WO from my family, it's been a relief and it's taken away my worries. Because we must uphold the principle: the family is the main one. You confused? Don't think about it, mending us stop by the resto. We keep taking our stuff. Bring food to the villa. Can you?"