Not as Beautiful as Angan

The tortured cempaka

I don't feel like time is passing so fast. The dhuhur and ashar prayer times have passed.

A marriage that does not leave a beautiful impression in Cempaka and his family.

Kebaya clothes that are used for marriage contracts have been changed from now on with a house shirt.

Why wear kebaya clothes and dress and also because no guests come to congratulate him.

"Is this my wedding? Which is always anticipated by everyone. That said, marriage is sacred and always carried out with full service. But why is my marriage like this?"

Mumbled Cempaka while staring at the carpet that is still untethered, but empty without a guest.

Karmin remained silent in the living room, where he had been. While Kenari, since his departure before the dhuhur earlier, has not returned again, either went where. No one tried to go to his house.

Jati and Bu Sekar talked on the back porch. Looks like there's been an important conversation. Because they speak slowly, as the rest of the house is afraid to hear.

Lightning and Seruni playing with her friends.

Flowers and Carnations talk in the dining room while cleaning the dishes of the former dinner-eat finished the marriage contract earlier.

"Pity of Brother Cempaka" Heard Anyelir speaking on the sidelines of his work.

"Why is his fate this bad?"

Flowers, ask himself.

"Come brother, I was astonished too. If there is a soul mate, why should it be like this? Unlike others, a reasonable marriage, strangely again why is it that the dowry can disappear all? Kan stored on a small table that in use ijab qobul, Why suddenly can be lost?" Carnation scrunched his forehead.

"If I think it's all the work of Kenari. He forced Cempaka to marry Karmin. And as far as you know, Karmin did not bring anything, but after the event began suddenly his dowry so there, right strange?"

Flower Sayar.

"Yes, sister, then after the completion of Qabul why the dowry so suddenly disappeared, and kak Kenari seemed to be offended by his words bi Nani, then he immediately passed with an emotional face, and he immediately passed by, that's weird!" Carnation said, she looked at her brother's face full of wonder.

"Sister had also expected her to go there, but sister could not do anything, sister's tongue was hard to say. Especially after the mysterious Grandpa, it seems like our entire family is rendered helpless by him"

"Yes, sister, I also feel that, Brother Cempaka also who a few minutes before still refused the marriage, but after being rubbed his head by the Grandpa, he said, he immediately married the Karmin who did not know who and where the limb was from"

"It looks like Cempaka has to be useful, so be willing to be the same Karmin. She is beautiful, she is well-educated, and she is unlikely to want to, if there are no magic frills in it"

Flower Sayar.

"Now what should we do, brother? So that brother Cempaka is not so moody?"

Anyelir hopes his brother can help Cempaka, just to cheer his heart.

"Not yet, big brother think about it" said Flower, he could not promise.

Meanwhile, Cempaka was silent.

"When the wedding of Kak Kenari and Kak Bunga, the atmosphere was so lively, everyone had fun. Especially the bride, because many gifts are piled on the wedding bed that is dressed as beautiful as possible. But, me? Let alone the bridal bed in beautiful makeup, the chair is not there. There's not a single gift I have to open" he murmured.

"Why do I want to marry that Karmin? Wh why? I don't know him yet, I don't know who his parents are? And how's his family? Why is this happening beyond my reasoning, why?"

He murmured again, more and more questions began to appear in his mind.

"Ring, yes! Usually, those who have carried out the marriage contract usually there is always a dowry given by the groom. Then, what do I dowry? And where's my dowry? Karmin gave me what as his dowry?" Cempaka stared at his ring finger, still empty.

He still wears his old ring, the result of his sweat, the results of his labor work.

"She said the dowry is gone, why is it gone? Who lost it?" He remembered his dowry which he said was gone.

"Karmin, I have to ask Karmin! Why would he marry me? Why is the dowry missing?"

After that thought, Cempaka immediately got up from his seat, then he stepped his feet towards the living room.

"Sister! Where's Cempaka's sister going?" Carnations asked frantically to Bunga.

"Follow! Brother is afraid of anything happening to him, pity him"

The flower immediately placed the plate that was in his grasp on the dining table.

The two brothers soon followed in Cempaka's footsteps.

"Carmin! Why are you here? Are you at my mom's house again?" Beware of her after she was in the living room.

"Eh, grandpa. Why ask that? I've married adek, we're married now" Karmin replied with a sparkling face.

Cempaka yelled at Karmin upon arrival in the living room.

"Eh, Cempaka's deck" his greeting to Cempaka, really sucks.

"Why? Answer!" Snapped Cempaka again.

"Anu, deck, emh anu!" Karmin answered nervously.

"It looks like Cempaka was not aware of all the events that had been in his nature earlier" Whisper Flower who noticed Cempaka from the doorway.

"Pity your fate, brother. Then you married Karmin in a state of unconsciousness, O God why is this so?" Carnations moved, his eyes staring at Cempaka.

"Not anu, anu! Answer my question! Why did you bis marry me? And why is the dowry missing?" The cry of Cempaka grew louder.

Karmin did not answer.

This made Cempaka even more upset.

"Answer my question!" Impact again.

"I, emh I su, like I like equally adek, yes I love equally adek" Nervously Karmin replied.

"Karmin, listen to me! As far as I know, in any marriage it should be like, should love each other between the two. Not just one-sided, I don't feel like you, I don't love you, why did you marry me? Why?" Cempaka's getting pissed.

"But, now that we are already martyred, officially married, husband and wife" replied Karmin trying to calm down.

"Then what did you give me as his dowry?" Cempaka asked about the dowry.

Karmin was surprised to hear the question.

How not to be surprised?

He won't be able to prove it. Because, the dowry is the jewelry of his mother Cempaka who has been stolen from his room by Kenari.

"Why silence? Where's dowry?"

Cempaka raised his hand, asking for his dowry.

Karmin shook his head.

"Yes Karmin, give her dowry if you want her wedding. Because, dowry is one of the conditions of marriage" Shouted Flowers from the door.

The words of the Flower made Karmin and Cempaka turn his head towards the arrival of the sound.

"That's what Bunga said! If there is no dowry, then our marriage is not valid!" Cempaka confirmed his words Bunga.

"Later, I'll ask you first

Walnuts" Karmin said.

The answer greatly shocked the three brothers.

"Why ask Kenari first?"

The three brothers asked simultaneously.

"Because, um because, Walnut's mom gave me that jewelry box" Karmin said slowly.

"What's? Did you know that Kenari gave me the jewelry box? So then! It's not your own that you deliberately bought to give to Cempaka as your wedding dowry?" Flowers were shocked and angry at what Karmin had said.

Karmin shook his head in response to his question Flower.

"Astagfirullahaladzim, what kind of marriage is this?" The three brothers again said the same sentence simultaneously.

"That means, she married you without a dowry. And, he did not try it at all, everything has been arranged by Kak Kenari. Means that Karmin is only made a doll by Kak Kenari, O Allah, Robby"

Flowers spoke with emotion, his eyes sharply staring at Karmin's face which immediately looked down.

"Sister!" Cempaka hugged Bunga while crying, spilling a sense of feeling stifled inside his chest.

Carnations and Bunga hugged Cempaka with sullen eyes, trying to hold her back from falling on her cheeks.

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