
7:30 at the hotel...
Rain looked agitated. He was pacing back and forth in his hotel room. The man in full black was waiting for Jack to finish worshipping in the next room. And now he's trying to sit on the edge of his bed.
God, why is my heart pounding so much?
His heart was pounding, his breathing was irregular, his mind was not calm. All application needs are prepared. But the closer to departure, his heart grew more restless, anxious and worried at one. Tonight is the most important night for him. According to him, if tonight is smooth then the next nights will be facilitated.
Rain first proposed to a girl, causing her heart to beat. He thought there must have been a lot of Ara's relatives there who made him so nervous uncontrollably. He was worried that the first impression would make the Ara family talk about it. And he didn't want that until it happened.
"Sir." There was a knock at the door.
"Lake in." Rain let in. "Jack?" Rain saw that Jack was coming.
"We're ready, sir." Jack told me.
"All the surrender has been brought?" Rain came up from the edge of his bed.
"Already, Sir. I put them all in the car. The driver will also accompany you tonight." Jack explained.
"good. We're leaving now." Rain finally decided to leave.
"Good, Sir. Please." Jack let his master walk first. He followed after locking the door.
Rain set foot into the hotel's parking lot where a car was waiting for him. He is with Jack and the family is going to Ara's house. Nothing else to propose to the beloved girl. The man in black was ready to ask his mother for the girl. In a fast-paced heartbeat, he tried to take a deep breath. In his heart he prayed that everything would be done.
Meanwhile, at Ara's house...
Ara's house has been crowded with neighbors. The closest relatives also attended to welcome Rain and his family. Seen the girl who repeatedly took a breath as time approached the application procession. In a long purple kebaya and a bun of peacock-clad hair, he was ready to accept Rain's arrival to propose. However, in his heart it was really a dag-dig-dug.
He hasn't called me since noon. Did he intentionally make me anxious?
Ara looked at her phone, but not a single message came in for her from Rain. He then tried to contact Rain over the cellular phone network. But...
"Why not get caught?" Instantly his mind was anxious not playing.
He was deliberately worrying me, wasn't he? All the relatives had come, even the neighbors around the house had gathered waiting for him. But why is he even like this?
Ara's mind was not calm as her phone was not answered by Rain. The minute by minute he went through felt so heavy without any news from Rain. And finally the mother came to bring him a bottle of mineral water.
"Ara, drink this. Wait here, yeah. Don't come out before you call." The mother asked Ara to stay in the room.
"Good, Mom." Ara also agreed.
The living room in Ara's house has been decorated in such a way with thick carpets spread all over the floor. Local elders also came to witness the proposal procession. Which of course invites a sense of surprise for Ara's wedding. He felt just yesterday saw Ara playing dolls with peers. But now he's gonna see Ara proposed to people.
Three things are always God's secrets and no one will ever know them. Fools, sustenance, death, those three things only God knows. When and where it happened.
Twenty minutes later...
Jack then said his greetings after arriving at the door. The family welcomed him.
"Please sit down."
It looks like Ara's mother has been dressed in blue kebaya. Jack's wife then shook hands with Ara's mother and handed over the offering she was carrying. A young man in a white shirt photographed the moment with his digital camera.
"Come, please." Ara's mother invited Rain with the group to sit together.
The event soon began with prayers led by local elders. After the Rain family, Jack conveyed the intention of his arrival to the family Ara. Rain seemed to be silent from now on. Not even a smile can. He's so awkward tonight.
Ara, where are you? Why not be seen?
Heart's pounding. He didn't know if Ara had called him. Both phones are deliberately silenced so as not to interfere with the application process. The blue-eyed man tried to smile at the audience while looking for where his future wife was. But, minute by minute he went through without producing any results. Ara was not seen in his eyes.
"So that's it." The representative of the Ara family finally understood what Rain's purpose for the family was after Jack had said it.
"When will the wedding be held?" asked a middle-aged man who was sitting not far from Ara's mother.
"The wedding plans will be in Dubai in two weeks' time." Jack is back.
Suddenly those present were surprised.
"Why not just here?" ask the other old man.
"It just so happens that the job of the groom-to-be cannot be delayed any longer. On Monday morning we had to go back to Dubai. So tonight we will complete all the wishes of the family of the bride-to-be." Jack said straightforwardly.
Ara's mother finally realized that her son a month ago had gone away from home. So far away that it makes him shocked not to play.
His face looks like a bule.
The mother muttered in her heart. At the same time, the local elder asked what requirements he had requested in order to let Ara and Rain marry. However, her tears suddenly dripped just like that.
"I ask nothing but Ara's happiness for the future. I hope Nak Rain can take care of my daughter as I did a long time ago" said the mother.
Suddenly everyone present was moved.
Rain then took something out of his pocket. "Mother, this is a sign of Rain's seriousness to Ara. Please accept. Rain promised to make Ara and Mom happy." Rain handed over a small rectangular box with a red ribbon decoration on it.
Ara's mother accepted it. "Mom accept, Rain. Thank ye. Please take care of Ara, "the message again while trying to hold back the tears.
There were tears on his old face. He could hardly believe that the application procession would be this recent. Though as he remembered just yesterday petting his youngest daughter. But now people want to bring.
"Rain promised Mom. Promise as Ara's son-in-law and husband." Rain then kissed Ara's mother's hand with all her feelings.
Gratitude was finally offered to the entire audience when Ara's mother received a sign of seriousness from Rain. I don't know what it is, Ara's mother doesn't want to open it in front of her face. Until finally the family asked for it. Instantly, those present were surprised instead of playing to see what it contained.