Pariban So Rokkap

Tragedy before the wedding

“Eh, brother came here, want to see us, yes,” said Betaria joking, this one woman always makes a joke but crisp, unlike Revina who looks more mature even though she is younger than all of them.

“Iya, I want to invite Netta to speak four eyes, can you?” I said, glancing at Netta who was sitting in the corner of the room.

“Can you pay how much?” Sina spread his hands.

“Means .…?” I asked confused by the behavior of teenage children Netta friends

“Means thugs ration,Bang."Wati.

“Alright, we are just joking, yes ela... his face is very serious kayak, like a class hike test only,” said Sina chuckled.

“Can I come in?" I said to the girls.

 The board-walled and plank-floored house was the house that Netta lived in, she did not like when she saw me investigating her house, there was no special room for an adult girl, there was no room for an adult girl, in the house was only installed long curtains and two cabinets as a separator or bulkhead. I just first saw clearly the inside of my Bone house.

Not wanting to ruin what custom leaders and families had agreed to do that was the right day for our marriage I was forced to give in, succumbing so that the affairs of the party and all sorts can be done, do not want to linger in the village. Then apologizing to that snot girl was the right way. 

It used to be a little heavy-hearted, adult men like me have to apologize to a little kid like Netta, but for the sake of giving up is okay .

“Sit Bang, out’pun us from here, come on, woi.!” Nettania's friend Sina takes her friend out.

“We'll talk here, yes, I just want to say, I want this wedding to be over quickly, so, let's make up for each other and I have to apologize for my words yesterday.”

“Alright,” is just that word that came out of his mouth, even though I have spoken at length along the toll road, but the answer is only ‘alah’

“That means, we have no problem ‘right?”

“From the first we did not have a problem, Nathan bang that makes it a problem.”

“Ok, all right, I was wrong, so can we go to Oppung's house now? you are waiting there, if you do not come no meal he said.” 

I was forced to persuade him because of Papi and Mami's insistence on me as well, while I had started to feel saturated, Can't imagine me being kept away from my phone, Mobile is like a second lover to me.

Not to mention the longing for Micah, he must have been waiting for news from me, he must have thought I was a liar, a quibbler, because there was not a single promise I made to Micah I kept, one of them sent a photo of the view of Lake Toba.

He smiled a little, Nettania is a person who does not talk too much, has a lot of younger siblings make it quickly mature and difficult conditions forge him into a fast-thinking and well-established child.

“There is no such thing, maybe the person has eaten first, Brother first, later I followed there.”

“Alright,” I said nodding in agreement.

True, apologizing is the right thing to quickly solve the problem, no matter what you face small children or adults, if you feel wrong then apologize.

 I did so, apologizing to Nettania, she finally came and the misunderstanding was overcome.

 I haven't felt like I've been in Nettania for almost two weeks. Three days before the party all the equipment for the party is in order, starting from the tent, parhobas and all the sections, if the party I usually see in Jakarta.

The party just got it right because it will give to the wedding organizer, just get it done, if not stay catering and building messages if the party in Jakarta.

But this party was held in the village, there was no building that became a party venue, the courtyard of our Oppung house which became the building complete tent.

A week before the party everyone was busy, now ahead of the H-3 equipment is complete.

But, there is an expression that says: Malang can not be denied profit can not be achieved.

When our extended family was gathering and coming from overseas to attend our wedding. Oppung's house looks very crowded. The traditional house made of wood was filled with family members who came, children and grandchildren who came from abroad. 

Fortunately, the traditional house on the back was rebuilt as a permanent building as an additional building, so it accommodates our extended family, sleeping in rows like salted fish, but from there the uniqueness, the uniqueness, when you can sleep with all the family.

No one wants it today, no one expects it.

That day, no more sunlight gave a orange feel in the vast expanse of sky. As I sat down to enjoy the afternoon, a gentleman ran hurriedly to the house of Nettania. Not long after the sound of crying was heard breaking the silence of the afternoon, not long after four adult men were seen carrying stretchers. That's when the nightmare came to our extended family especially me and Nettania.

I was still sitting in a daze at the end of the courtyard, the orange-colored sky was fading away beyond the horizon.

 The hysterical cry broke the silence of the afternoon.

What happened, my mind was called, I went into the house of Nettania.

It was then that I felt my knees tremble unable to support my body weight.

Seen my truth, Mr. Nettania was stiffened with severe injuries to the head and chest.

The cries of all my family filled the whole house even the whole village, my brain was not yet able to digest the looks of a terrible dream

How could God? tomorrow after tomorrow we're getting married but this is already happening, how is this?

 My oppung fainted, followed by my bone, my eyes were so heavy that Netta was crying over the body of the man who was already stretched stiff.

What the hell's going on? just a few hours ago my bones were healthy even he was still saying goodbye to me.

Earlier when my bones were about to leave with their tools, I still asked to accompany them, but the bones forbid, it was not good for the bride-to-be to travel that he said, he invited his sister Nettania to accompany him.

Bones in addition to the field he also maragat or tapping palm wine from palm trees (Tuak drink typical batak people)

On the sidelines of my family's hysterical cries, the father who helped the bones recounted his chronology.

Bones fell while climbing the palm tree and fell into the river, his head hit a hard river stone, a large machete belonging to the bone injured part of his chest.

Netta's sister, who saw her father fall, ran for help from people near the fields.

But his life was not saved due to severe injuries to his head and chest.

 The Lord called him in his own way, there was no premonition, even I myself did not feel a hunch on the bone as he left earlier, he just he smiled at me.

“How is this? What about Netta's party?

The death of my bones, how a dream in broad daylight to our family, sadness, crying sounding bitter at Oppung house.

Nightmare in our extended family, especially for Netta, he did not even stand next to Bones, until tomorrow our bones are buried.

But tomorrow, there will be our wedding party, how about next? all the invitations were scattered and the tent when Bones died was not opened again.

Life is God's secret, only God knows when man's life ends.

Seriate...