The Desire Tarnished

Engagement

On a blind morning, Vishnu pressed the bell button kos Wine. Mom got out and peeked out from behind the gate.

"Find who!!" yell mommy kos.

"Sorry mom, it's my Vishnu!!"

"What's wrong? so early in the morning!!"

"I'd like to meet Wine mom!!"

Rossi noticed Vishnu, he looked tangled, not as usual Vishnu always looked neat and clean. Rossi opened the gate.

"You wait there first!!"

Rossi walked up the stairs, towards the Wine room. 

Tok

"Wine, are you awake?"

KreKK..

The sound of the door opening.

"What's wrong mom?" ask Wine.

"There's Vishnu downstairs! did you have a problem with Vishnu until this early morning he met!!"

"Maybe there's something important, ma'am!"

Wine walked up the stairs and then headed downstairs to the boarding house. 

"What's Vishnu!!"

"Wine, I want to take you away! let's just get married without blessing!!"

"What!!"

"I don't know how to resist papa's wishes!!"

Wine shook his head, While a pair of eyes were watching and eavesdropping on Vishnu and Wine's conversation.

"Wine, I don't want to marry Melda! the day after tomorrow I have an engagement!!"

"Yes, I already know! Melda told me yesterday and gave me your engagement invitation!!"

"Wine, we elope!!"

"No Vishnu!!"

"You don't love me!!"

"That's not the case! I don't want to be like my mom!!" 

"So you'll let me get engaged and marry Melda!!"

"Yes." Yeah." 

Wine lowered his head.

"How else to do! I'm sorry Vishnu!!"

A look of sadness appeared on the faces of the two.

"I'm sorry! I hope you can be happy and love Melda, my brother!!"

"You're coming on my engagement day!!"

Wine nodded his head again, then Vishnu released Wine's hand, passing away from Wine. The sense of loss was so stifling her chest, tears fell down her cheeks as Wine returned to her room. Wine must be able to toughen and menikhlaskan if indeed Vishnu is not a match with him.

2 Days later.

"You're sure of your choice!!" said Pepi.

"I can't resist papa's wishes!!"

"What about Wine?"

"Wine supports this matchmaking!!"

"What?"

"Master Cakra has a daughter from a woman! Melda and Wine brothers!!"

"You are serious Vishnu!!" Pepi surprised.

"I want to find out about that! once I know, I'll take Wine to see master Cakra!!"

"For what?"

"To marry me to Wine!!"

"Seriously!!" Pepi flabbergasted.

"Wine and I love each other!!"

Suddenly Darmadji setio, papa Vishnu is already at the door of the room.

Eemm..how are you ready? Ask Darmadji setio.

"Come, we're off, the show starts at 10am!!"

Soon the Darmadji family arrived at the residence of Cakra Wicaksana.

Melda was in her room, she was in makeup, when her phone rang.

"Mel, I've come!!"

"Wine you go straight to my room!!"

"Good!"

When Wine turned off his cell phone connection, he saw Vishnu who had just arrived. Then Wine rushed towards Melda's room.

"Finally you came also Wine!!"

"You are so beautiful Melda!!"

"I thought you weren't coming! 

"I must have come for you and Vishnu!"

"If you don't come, I will cancel my engagement to Vishnu!!"

"You don't say that! it's your happy day, Melda!!"

"Wine, will you still be my best friend?"

"We are friends forever no matter what!!" said Wine while hugging Melda.

A servant came in and said that Mr. Darmadji's entourage had arrived. Wine immediately went to the place where the engagement will be held between Vishnu and Melda.

On the side terrace of the house adjacent to the flower garden and swimming pool has been filled with invited guests. Such a beautiful decoration with decorated roses, jasmine and tulips. Melda's engagement show looks so glamorous and classy.

Wine sits on a bench that has been prepared. He saw the figure of Cakra Wicaksana who was welcoming invited guests. The figure of the man who had been in his car all this time. Wine's eyes did not pay attention to Mr. Cakra. The shadow of the past with his papa is reflected in the eye.

"Wow, it's so bright!"

"But look!" yell Wine.

"Do you want to be like that moon, baby?"

"Yes papi!"

That was the last memory he still remembered, until finally Wine never met again. 

The last memory is still quite clear, now he can clearly remember the face. The one who had been longed for was already in front of him. But he could not shed all his feelings of longing.  The desire to tell his whereabouts must swallow disappointment, a story of the past and a secret still hidden from him. Why would a very authoritative and distinguished Wicaksana leave her mother and herself.  Instantly his eyes glazed over. 

Without realizing it, suddenly Om Dimas was standing in front of him, then he sat side by side with him. Wine tried to hide his sadness.

"Wine! how are you?"

"Om OK!"

"Om proud of you! you can take care to accept the match between Melda and Vishnu!!"

The phone in Wine's hand grips suddenly rang. 

"Sorry Om, Wine answer the phone first!!" 

"Hello!

"It's By lastri, neng!"

"What is mbok calling!!"

"Neng, don't be surprised! mami's in the hospital!!"

"What mbok! mami's in the hospital!!"

"What pain?"

"But don't worry, you're better and now you're in the treatment room!!"

"Tomorrow Wine home soon!!"

"Neng!"

Wine's closing his cell phone call. Om Dimas who was sitting next to Wine overheard the conversation of Wine and Mbok Lastri.

"Who's in the hospital, Wine!"

"mommy!!" 

"Tomorrow will you go back to Bali?"

"Yes, Om Dimas!"

"Then we are together!  it just so happens that tomorrow there is work in Bali, ticket problems let Dimas set up!!"

"Thank you, Om!"

Om Dimas sees a hue of sadness on Wine's face, though Wine tries to keep looking tough and fine.

"It's about to start!!" say Om Dimas.

All invited guests already occupy the seats that have been provided, the engagement event Melda and Vishnu look so luxurious and glamorous, attended by the elite, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and so on, there are also respected artists and public figures.

"Finally our child's engagement can be done today!!" darmadji setio.

"They're a really nice couple!!" Liliana.

"Hopefully until the month of her wedding!!" 

Melda wears a modern kebaya that is combined with a sarimbit long batik skirt.  Melda looked so beautiful, while Vishnu wore a batik shirt and trousers. The two candidates who would later become a pair of brides exchanged rings, but when Vishnu wore an engagement ring on Melda's ring finger, the ring fell. The engagement was stopped to look for a ring that fell and rolled between the invited guests. 

The ring rolled around in the chair occupied by Wine. Wine took the ring and handed it to Vishnu, At that moment Vishnu stared long enough towards Wine. Vishnu's mind looked far away, wanting it to feel like Vishnu pulled Wine's hand and then pinned the engagement ring to Wine's ring finger and told all the invited guests present at the engagement event, if Wine was his real lover. Wine pulled his hand from the handle of Vishnu, and at once Vishnu was jolted from his daydream.

The engagement resumed, the event of the fall of the engagement ring that will be pinned to the ring finger Melda, had made invited guests at the engagement event whisper to each other about events that rarely occur.

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