Hot Couple: Inara's Love Story

The Ideal Husband

At eight o'clock in the morning, we attended the invitation to a premarital course for guidance on marriage and married life, such as the integrity of marriage, marriage harmony, and household preparation from a religious point of view. The event I thought would last long enough. But no, the pre-wedding course event lasted only briefly, not as long as we thought, even less than an hour the event was over and the participants were immediately disbanded. With a high spirit, Reza immediately fiddled with his phone. Out of curiosity, I asked him what he was doing.

"Find the plane ticket" he said without looking at me.

"Where are you going?"

"We" he said, this time looking at me. "Me and you. We're going to Palembang."

"You what?" Practically my forehead shriveled, while my heart began to feel anxious.

Oh my God, but Reza immediately smiled. "Buying dowry to justify you," he said.

Huuuuh...! That answer left me a little flabbergasted and at the same time very happy. I thought he was gonna take me to meet my dad's extended family. Oh no!

"Our mothers are quite disheveled. I'm obliged to buy Palembang gold. If not obeyed, then they'll be on the baffles, right?"

I'm nodding.

"You want to, don't you, accompany me?"

I nodded my head. "But promise first, you won't take me to my father's house? Okay?"

He promised in reverence, "Yes, honey," he said. "I promise, I won't take you to your father's house. Now relieved?"

"Em." I smile at the smile. Half happy to hear his promise, half anxious to set foot in the city where many of my father's family were there, which I honestly never wanted to meet them at all.

That morning, we got a departure flight ticket at 10.05 WIB, and a return flight at 18.50 WIB. There was a flight time of 10.30, but the return flight hours we had to fly a separate plane. So we had to choose a flight hour that was only one hour away, really had to catch up time to the airport.

Twelve o'clock in the afternoon, we were already at the Great Mosque of Palembang. Reza wants Friday prayers there first. At one time in the afternoon, then we visited one of the gold shops around Rustam Effendy street, the location of the most hits gold sales in Palembang.

In dowry and handover, our family agreed to apply the customs and traditions of South Sumatra, in the form of money, gold jewelry, a set of prayer tools, and a number of other offerings ranging from foodstuffs, cakes, clothes, and other gifts, up to household appliances. A custom and tradition that reminds us where we came from. But we don't specify what the number and the nominal is, it's up to Reza and his mother.

While at the gold shop, Reza invited me to choose a set of jewelry according to my taste, but I did not want to, I was afraid wrong in choosing. Choosing a small gram later in say naive, choose the gram is large later spelled out matre. I finally gave the business to him.

I noticed, Reza's eyes were always fixed on large jewelry, of course gram and his tribe was big. Suddenly an unpleasant feeling slipped into my heart. No, not bad for Reza. I'm not the kind of hypocritical woman who would refuse to be given luxury goods by my man. I told him to buy necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings, one tribe each. Because I have a brother, who later when he gets married, I don't want people to compare him to Reza. I do not want to create a moment that will become a burden for Ihsan, because not necessarily Ihsan will be able to balance what Reza gives me. I don't want the girl the guy demands my sister give him as much fancy jewelry as I get. And I'm grateful, Reza wants to understand that. Yep, our choice fell on the chain model jewelry set, equipped with flower earrings and flower pendants.

"Let's look at that peacock model, Koh," I said to the Sturdy who was preparing a letter for a set of gold jewelry model chain.

"Good, beautiful," Reza commented with a smile - she made me blush. "There's a complete set, Koh?" tanyanya.

"There are only bracelets and pendants" said the sturdy man who then took out the two peacock-patterned objects from the display case and showed them to me, plus a bamboo necklace.

Wow... Looking at the width of the bracelet alone, I can already guess its size. "How many tribes, Koh?" I just wanted to make sure, while putting that bracelet on my wrist.

"Five-tribe bracelet, five-tribe necklace, one-tribe pendant" he said.

I looked at Reza again. She did not take her eyes off me at all, remaining with a sweet smile that had not gone out since I touched the jewelry with the peacock model. He stood relaxed with his legs crossed. His left elbow rested on top of the display case, while his right hand slumped casually into the pocket of his pants.

"Beautiful, yes," I said. I put my gold-adorned palm in front of my face. Reza answered me with a nod, her smile was still engraved with sweetness. "I don't mind if you want to buy this outside the dowry." I squealed and grinned all over.

Still with her sweet smile, Reza asked, "You want this one?"

"He'em. Can, huh?"

"Can."

"Thank you, Mum. I love you."

Ahaha! Mater!

"But you used to keep it. Give it to me when I'm your wife's legal, then I'll take it."

"All right, it's up to you."

I grinned once again, complete with slightly narrowed eyes. "By the way, that's a nice rose motif, lo. A set for Mom. It's my birthday soon."

Reza nodded his head in agreement. "OKAY. I bought you a set for Mom too."

"Uuuh. pious child, future dream husband," I said. Compliments that make her lips smile. She felt embarrassed, then anxiously pinched my cheek.

It hurts, but I'm willing: anything for Reza's sake.