Marriage Ends in Love.
CHAPTER 29 IS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY DESTINY
Early in the morning Me and Mak e accompanied by Mak Imah who came here after Shahuh to help us cook some menus to welcome the arrival of Pak le from Klitang.
For cake Mak e choose the favorite cooking buk lek and pak le ie cake buak tat and cake layer legit.
Buak Tat is a type of cake whose center is filled with pineapple jam in the shape of a rectangle also there is a round and has an engraving motif.
While the legit layer cake has a multi-layered shape and tastes very sweet.
And for lunch menu later Mak e choose Tempoyak and Seruit.
Tempoyak is a food made from durian ingredients. The taste of sweet sour sweet results of this presentation makes it feel delicious when used as a side dish for when eating rice. Tempoyak is usually processed with sambal and fish meat mixture so that it feels savory.
And this time Mak e chose Cooking Fish Patin Tempoyak. At about 09:15 we finished with the activity in the kitchen and then came home to see his mother just to change Pampers or if his mother needed something like a drink or change her sleeping position.
Mas Hardi has come wearing a short-sleeved batik complete with black peci.
"Where are you going?" ask me wonder
"Yes, everywhere"
"Kok already neat as if you want aja mas kondangan"
"You are yes this is his name honoring the candidate besan. It's not possible to wear clothes for Ngarot to welcome candidates besan and mr le"
"The new acquaintance mas.kok already welcomed the whole thing"
"Ran. mas this is my father. Mas Ndak want to be considered no manners is wong just wear clothes kayak gini kok said excessive. You're ready in a minute le sir until about half an hour ago le le call."
"Yes my mother..." I went to my room to change my clothes to make them look better.
"Wear the robe only nduk, if necessary wear a hijab"
Mak's voice from behind the bedroom door reminds me.
I decided to get out of the room, though,
"Mommy, Rana's not wearing a hijab. Let Rana be what she is. Rana Ndak wants to get to know and even start a relationship by pretending.
"Yo wes is important to wear a robe to look polite"
"Yes mother.." I went into the room again to comply with Mak e's request.
A few minutes later the sound of the car stopped in the house when I was going to come out mas Tama told me to kedapur make coffee and tea. Finally I complied and kedapur to make a favorite sweet thick coffee sir le by waiting for the water to ripen. Pak le ku it does not like if the coffee is brewed with water from a thermos he said less steady. Pak Le is the brother of the late father's only so I am quite close and have a habit of him because when I was a child I often when on school holidays stay at home.
While waiting for the water to boil, there were voices of Mr. Le and the guests he invited to be introduced to me. Suddenly someone patted me on the back.
"Why is it even here.. Why don't you come out?" Buk le Fatimah surprised me.
"Still want to drink buk le, how are you doing buk le healthy?" ask me about buk le Fatimah
"Thank you be healthy" Buk le pulled the dining table chair next to me.
"Ran, you know a journey of our lives is predestined by that power. So how strongly we refuse if it is our destiny then he will not move on to others. Buk le hope you think carefully about the young man who will propose to you. His mother's cousin buk le. He's a dutiful son, Sholeh insyaallah. If mbak yu ku just happy as his mother especially later his wife. Buk le hope you can accept this young man Ran. Buk le know him from childhood, You niece buk le buk le pangsai if the young man as good as him is even betrothed to others while niece buk le still alone at the age of now" Buk Le ended his words by holding my hand.
"I promise you, see it later"
"Yes. uh that's boiling water. Yo wes buk le wait in front ya"
Hhh..... There was a heavy, tight breath in the chest. Buk le Fatimah it if already said like that then there is something but am I a little confused. Finally I finished with a teapot and one cup of sweetened condensed coffee. Because I did not know the number of guests then I made tea using a small teapot.
Arriving in the middle room I felt familiar with the voices of women and men who were chatting with Mak e and Pak le.
"Lah.. here he is the awaited from earlier his coffee Rana. pak le already miss with your homemade coffee nduk"
The deg!
Jiddeeerr.....!
"Buk kades....Mas Tama.." I said a little whisper. I was so shocked but still stepped forward to serve the cakes and drinks I had brought in my tray.
When I arrived at the guest table I poured drinks for everything in this room and greeted the kades and kades sir and mr. le. I chose to sit next to le buk and Mak e.
"Pak le shocked Lo Ran, it was fitting until diverted three mas Narso asked about you was already familiar with mas Narso and Bagus"
"Well I think yesterday the same mother there may be many names Kirana maybe the same name so I'm not too detailed and also Ndak asked questions. Lah Until diverted three Tama same mother said that the direction to Kirana's house was I directly call you anyway No" explained mr. kades on mr. le.
"So you've been proposed to Na? is it just as good?"
I did not dare to answer, just nodded my head even from earlier I just lowered my head because there was shame in the buk kades and mas Tama and a sense of condolence for ever rejecting the application of mas Tama. I just remembered that Tama has the full name of Bagus Pratama.
"Yes at that time he said Rana still wanted to find experience No. So yes, everyone has rights. Ndak can be forced finally ga so. said deck Fatimah You have taught now nduk in one of the high schools in the city?" buk kades asked me
"Yes buk. Now it's a holiday so I go home first"
"Alhamdulilah, I hope you guys mate once Ran.lah imagine Ran has 3 times tried acquaintance and the result 2 rejected, one failed how many days before the application event... I hope this is your answer differently. Already have experience anyway" Buk kades stopped talking instantly because it looks like mas Tama glanced at the buk kades as if asking to stop talking.
"Hayo please drink first Ma'am.. come here son Dwi definitely Like this legit sandwich sweet taste" Mak e welcome the book of kades and family to enjoy the drinks and food that has been served.
Some time sir le chat with mas Hardi so did mr. kades. While the mother and buk le and buk kades also occasionally chat discuss food issues. Only me, Dwi and Mas Tama are like her busy with their respective mobile screens.
"If I don't mind uncle, maybe this meeting has a silver lining. After I proposed to Rana I also have not found a suitable one as well as Rana who said he had 3 times refused applications from others. I went back to Rana if today I intend to re-apply Rana whether she is willing or not uncle"
"How did Rana hear himself from Tama. He wants to propose to you again"
"Nduk.." Mom touched my hand asking me to answer the question.
I held my head up and stared at the buk kades and mas Tama.
"Well, can we talk together first and there are some things that I might want to ask a little personally to mas Tama".
"All right"
"We just chatted in the morning" I asked Mas Tama and then we both walked towards the terrace. In front of the terrace there is a round table and surrounded by 4 wooden chairs. We sat facing.
"What do you want to ask Ran?"
I stared at my interlocutor at this moment. I observed a shady but dignified and handsome face with a pointed nose and black eyebrows and a slightly tapered at the end as it was shaped but more visible it was a carving from the creator.
"Hem.... I know mas Tama is a good man, whether mas Tama there is no heartache or annoyance after the good intentions of mas Tama at that time I did not accept. Why mas Tama still intends to continue this meeting process by going to the next process, namely application?"
"If for the heartache, annoyed like not getting there Ran. If you are disappointed, but I understand. I still want to continue this process to the proposal because for me within you there are criteria for my future wife. And you have the character that I am looking for to accompany me in sailing the household ark then even though you had rejected my good intentions I still hope this time your answer is not the same. Isn't it true that you now have experience after you finish college?"
"Yes Alhamdulilah I can feel how to become an educator and channel what I have learned during college to my students" Answer me while twirling a paper flower on the table to relieve my clumsy taste.
"Then are you going to reject me again this time Ran? it's not like you're saying that a good person will meet a good person and it seems like today destiny is talking to us that this moment may be the time that you and I may have been so both good people"
"There are a few more things I want to ask Tama, What if a woman after marriage wants to take care of her parents and if necessary she wants to bring her parents to live with her after marriage? because he said that a woman who wants to take care of her parents after marriage must be with the permission of her husband"
"Of course I'm very happy if my wife wants to take care of her parents when they're old, But I won't allow it if I want to invite his parents to live together if it's by my wife's coercion. Because our attitude that forces the will to the old man actually hurt him not make him happy. Because sometimes many parents whose children are successful on the grounds of work, on the grounds of their comfort with the wife/husband forcing parents to live together the intention to be filial, want to take care of the parents. But they do not want to ask questions or ask their parents' opinions. Because the average parent will have their own happy memories in his home which may have been many memories with his husband or children and heavy to leave his house". obviously mas Tama and I heard carefully because this is one of my important points to choose a life partner.
"Then what if the mother is old but does not want to live with us while the wife wants to take care of him"
"Hem.... It remains to be communicated. If you live nearby, you can visit him every day. but if the place is far away can provide an alternative to the wife for several days to visit her parents or if indeed her parents are very old then a wife can stay to take care of her parents so that the husband visits the wife nya. The point is that something will be easier to make a decision when we are dealing directly with the problem"
"Okay, 2 last questions. First what does a wife mean to you?"
"My wife is a friend, a partner that I will walk beside me, my friend to discuss in my life ahead. One of the 3 women I'm going to look after, I love, and I protect besides my birth mother and my contact mother" the answer is steady visible from his face and the tone of his voice mas Tama replied not made up it was indeed a spontaneous thought not a flutter grabbed my heart.
"The last mas, if I accept the application of mas Tama and we get married can mas Tama wait for my heart to fully love mas Tama new mas mas Tama ask for the rights of Batin mas Tama as husband? Because so far there is a character that I'm looking for my life companion in Tama but I still just feel comfortable there is no sense of love"
"Then you want if you don't love me then we get divorced? Like the story in those soap operas?"
The deg! her question made her startled and confused as to what.
"yes, I mean mas"
"Ran, marriage is something sacred and sacred. I want to marry one time until the end of my life if God allows it. And I will try to open your heart to me even though maybe at the beginning of our marriage, you haven't loved me"
"But I doubt you did, when you asked for my phone number when KKN was almost half a year old you didn't make any effort to get close to me, don't call just to send a message you didn't do that. What if you get married if you're going to try as you say".
"Roman.... did not you yourself say that if you want to focus on college to be able to fast wisudah then I'm principled the right time is when you finish your college what's different from dating if I call you or do I meet you often? isn't that also a false relationship?"
I fell silent, I confirmed the words of mas Tama, this time I cast my gaze towards the flowers that were in the terrace.
"And for your last question may sound wrong to a husband but I'm sincere if that's the case I will try to wait for you Ran, and I hope that if you do accept me to be your husband you won't sue me for divorce promise me you'll also open your heart to me"
"Okay, thank you, can you give me 3 days? after that I will contact Mas Tama about my answer. I need your determination for the decision I'm going to make. It's so sudden"
"Well, you can tell me via WA, my phone number is still the old one you still save right?"
"I think I doubt because I changed my phone, try later on in contact with Rana number because it still uses the old number"
"Okay, is there anything else to discuss? otherwise we'll be in for more worry in a moment to enter Dzuhur time"
"Well then, thank you...."
"Together, hopefully there's some good news from you".
Mas Tama precedes me to enter the guest room.
"Have Ran finished?" Mak e asked after I sat down at my place earlier.
"It's Mak"
"Is there an answer, Ran?" Buk kades looked enthusiastic and impatient about the outcome of our chat.
"I'm sorry Mom, I ask for 3 days in Tama to give a decision, hopefully Rana's decision will be well received and sincere both families. And apologize if it doesn't go as expected"
"Aamiin....." The words that come from the lips in this room.
"Mom, the lunch is ready Ma'am" Ma'am Imah appeared from behind the kitchen door.
"Let's go No Pak Narso and our mom have lunch first. It's lunch time". I invited Mr. Le and the two parents of Mas Tama for lunch.
I glanced towards the Tama mas this man is still the same as a year past has not changed much.
"Is he my soul mate? May you give your answer, O Allah, to your servant's question" I hold my heart in my eyes while glancing at Tama.
