PARTING: NEWLYWED

CHAPTER 19: MARRIAGE

But this time we did a spa in the guest room and Mama deliberately asked the housekeeper to enter one more mattress in the room so that it could be massaged together with me. If there is no talk, Mama used to fall asleep at the spa. Funny how it is.

After the spa ritual that we lived finished starting from massage, scrub, mascerine to the last soak. Now go on to ni pedi while we still fall half body and legs dangling down. Let it be better, said Mama, but originally there was no special chair to sit while being on the pedi menu.

"Aren't you going to henna?" ask Mama who is currently busy with her phone while lying down to enjoy meni pedi.

"No, I don't want to get dirty. Long time too. Not this Indian." I replied.

"Ma, if you want to get married, what is it like?" I looked towards Mama.

"How's that?" ask Mama who doesn't understand what I mean.

"Yes deg-degan gini. Restless and feeling unwell. Is it normal, Ma?" many reassuring. Hopefully it's just my feeling.

Ever heard that the bride will feel nervous when getting married. It is also usually on the day H when the ijab qobul or oath on the altar.

Nervous feeling before H day is it natural?

Mama smiled meaningfully, "just pray a lot. Think good things, don't guess bad things. If we think well, everything will also go well." advice Mama.

Well even if it's just words, but it convinced me a little. I also have to think well for the good days ahead.

"It's over, ma'am" said one spa therapist who had completed the task. And some of his friends tidied up their equipment.

"OKAY. Thank you, ma'am, this is for you" said Mama then gave an envelope containing a tip for them. If the main payment has been done through online Mama to the owner of the spa directly because it has become a subscription Mama.

H-1 wedding

"What's the matter Ma?" I asked her to see Mama talking to our housekeeper.

"This is a package for you" Mama replied, flipping through the box and thrusting at me. I also accept it.

"From who?" ask me to flip through the package like Mama did to find the identity of the sender.

"His brother said ojol from Tama, but there is no name" replied Mama again. I also nodded in agreement.

"I'll ask you later. The period of sending something must use ojol, it can be directly in the anterin." said I who intend to save it first.

"Oh this you, forget it. The bride-to-be can not wander let alone meet each other." said Mama as reminded. I rolled my eyeballs lazily. I am afraid to hear this kind of thought.

"There was a Maa driver." I said and went upstairs to go to the room to save the package he said was sent from Tama.

After saving the package I went back down again to approach the family of the brothers Mama and Papa. Yes to talk because it is what we usually do if we have gathered together like this.

Today the house is very crowded. Although Papa has booked a hotel for the brothers Mama and Papa who come from far away to feel comfortable but still they want to visit this house on the grounds of wanting to see the bride and groom.

Even though it will be on the day H or after it can also be seen. After all, they also often visit home even though there is no big event like this. Strangely they are.

Nightfall. I fiddled with the phone screen to open some social media applications to check if there were other messages or notifications.

The message from the chat application looks a lot, I opened it. Many messages from high school or college alumni were also messages from my store employees.

Because it was too fun to reply to each other, I forgot to send a message to Tama to ask about the package last afternoon.

Wedding Day.

Crowded voices of applause and prayers and congratulations from invited guests filled this room. Flowers, smoke and music and singers also accompanied the event.

Today is the wedding day where the happy day that everyone is also waiting for, including me and Tama. Everyone seemed to be smiling and happy to see where Tama and I were standing.

The groom who looks handsome in a white tuxedo suit and the bride in a white dress expands ballgown style that makes the eyes amazed. Like everyone's dream wedding in general.

Time to throw flowers.

Tama and I turned around and threw them together with hands clasping each other in a bouquet of flowers. Then after the applause sounded boisterous, of course the bouquet of flowers had been won by someone.

When I turned around, I saw the lucky one who caught the bouquet was a woman. The same woman, again, the woman who had been caught saw by me who was always around Tama when I was meeting with Tama.

I looked towards Tama's face with my flat gaze. But he gave a wide smiling expression with a clap of spirit that I thought I couldn't hear. I don't know, it's like my mind isn't here right now.

Tama did that of course because it should be applause while smiling widely on a happy day like this, right?

But from here my feelings started to get stuck again. Especially now that I was reminded of a box of packages that he said were sent from Tama, this morning I opened it. Because until the morning before I forgot to send a message to Tama to ask about the package.

What did I get?

Some printed photo sheets that show the face of Tama and female body pieces that are deliberately not shown clearly.

Yes, the woman's body parts were partially cut off. Only the woman's lentic finger is in two-finger style with Tama, there is also an arm seen on the shoulder of Tama and two more are being paired with a formal suit. It also only shows a part of the female body in the photo.

But suddenly all of that was forgotten because many people were cheering and whistling while clapping for us to kiss.

"Kiss..kiss.kiss..!!" they shouted young invited guests who were mostly my friends and Tama's friends. There was no shame in them shouting that word in the midst of invited guests who also had adults.

Inevitably, even though we are ashamed to obey their wishes to calm down immediately. And the next show went.

"Tired." lamented while laying down on the mattress that has been provided special room bride.

Finally, the party that was held one day and one night was finished as well. Two more days of home party for our two extended families. I have a lot of rest so as not to fall in the next event later.

I saw Tama also lying next to me with her tired look. Seen with the previous he threw away his clothes carelessly, after bathing then positioned himself to sleep and the next second fell asleep soundly.

I smiled as I looked towards him. "My escape from an arranged marriage."

I rubbed his hand and slowly took it for me to make a head pad. I then went to sleep.

The home party was held two days after the wedding day. The brightest short-sleeved jumpsuit I'm wearing for the home party tonight. Tama's family and my family were not present either. Because this is only an event to strengthen the relationship between families so only a few are present.

A simple party with some food stands and barbeques to make it feel like a family get-together. We feel closer to the families of both parties. And the adults, they also hope that their business relationship is also well established. Again, when events like this are still talking about work.

After marriage Tama moved from Surabaya city branch office to Jakarta city main office in his Papanya company. We also have our own home that we both live in. Everything feels harmonious.

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