The Toga Rahayu

Mother's Request

I don't budge there's no answer I can give to Reno.

“Mas we go home yuk, it's been very night, tomorrow morning I want to go home briefly”.

“I take ya”.Bid the Reno to me that night.

“No need mas, I went home with a friend office happened to have a visit to my city”.

“Alright then”. Mas Reno sighed in disappointment.

That night we went back home, as usual Reno will take us home first and make sure I am safe until I enter the room. Mas Reno also won't leave my boarding house before making sure I fall asleep.

Several times I saw Reno parked his car across my boarding road, after delivering me back to Reno's mas not coming home until my room light seemed to have gone out.

I saw him several times behind the window. That's how Reno wanted me. Like Ravana who wants Shinta to be his partner.

***

Rahayu's House.

Today on Sunday morning, I reached my mother's house, which is three hours from where I work. This year if it was Sunday I spent more time with my family at home. I came home more often even though I was busy taking the time to go home to visit my mother and father. Visiting my mother and father I made an excuse not to walk with Reno mas.

I slept on my mother's lap, while my mother's delicate hand stroked my hair lovingly. I was watching a news show not far from us.

She began to break the silence.

“Mother really wants you to get married soon nak”.

“Looks like Reno is a good person, the proof is that he is still waiting for you even though you have rejected him long enough”. Mother said in a slow and careful tone.

“What do you want to find again, son?”. He added his mother's words and approached us.

“According to mom nak Reno already more than I expected. He's a good boy, from a good family. High-educated, financially independent is another important he is a sholeh and loving child with full sincerity”. Said the mother who praised Reno mas with all its advantages.

“What matters is that he loves Yu as much as you, he is willing to sacrifice a lot and fight for you”. I added my mother's words again.

“How about the man you love? Has he been back for a year? Has he fought for you?”. My mother smiled wryly saying that.

“The woman is better at fighting Yu instead of fighting because the struggle is masculine nature only owned by a man. When a man fights for a woman he loves. The woman will be empty with nothing else to show off, she will feel the need for guards and patrons, you can only be empty and love your husband later”. Said father at the time.

“So Rahayu should how mr bu?”. Ask me to ask for opinions on the mother and father prihal application mas Reno for the umpteenth time.

“Marry Reno son, make your mother and father happy by being able to see you build a household with the right people, and have as many children as you want, he said, mumpung father and mother are still strong carrying grandchildren. You have sacrificed too much for our family. You have struggled to raise our families. See now you already have a life that is more than enough to meet the needs of family”.

I got up from my mother's lap trying to breathe as much air as I could then exhale slowly.

I began to consider input from my mother and father.

“For the moment I am not ready bu, but I don't know later also close the possibility I'm willing”.

“Pray to leave everything to the owner of the heart. Leave it to the one who can flip through the heart so that your heart softens a little and accepts the presence of Reno”.

I nodded my head hearing the words of my mother and father who were quite able to disturb my heart.

“Trust me love will come to get used to it, if you want to try something new. Isn't the highest affection is lovemaking, so love the man you love maybe now he is happy”. You gave me back your woo.

Pak Bu Rahayu permission to go out for a while to enjoy the afternoon in the fields as well as the streets. Rahayu will go with Rani.

I passed away from home and invited Rani to the field, maybe by seeing the many trees and green rice fields will make me think more clearly.

***

An hour went by and I went to the field and enjoyed the fresh air there, sitting on the grass and looking around the greenery made my heart calmer. The vast expanse of rice fields with newly grown rice plants makes the atmosphere look green. Not to forget the towering mountain shows its increasingly beautiful charm. The sound of birds and some animals typical of rice fields add a sense of calm heart that is being faced with a dilemma.

 I loaned my mobile phone to my youngest brother Rani so I could play and take pictures of some beautiful scenery. I chose to be alone in one of the huts near my father's field.

“Mbak already want to go home in the afternoon, it's been surup not good to crawl in the fields, a lot of demitnya (ghosts)”. Invite my sister who likes to say according to her imagination.

“Little boy knows what about demit”. Answer me with a stick.

“It is precisely that little boy knows more demit because he has not had much sin”. Answer with a grin.

“So holy pretender has not had many sins he said”.

We both rushed to get back on the bike before Dad picked up.

***

“Assalamualaikum”. I said hello when I first got to the door.

There were four people who wore neat clothes with a smile on their faces. I know one of the four of them.

Mom gave me the code to sit down. My eyes looked at my mother questioningly about what happened this afternoon. The living room looked tense.

“Pardon us if our arrival family here makes nak Rahayu and family surprised, our son often told us many things about you nak”. The family representative opened the conversation first.

“What's up sir?”. I asked directly without any pleasantries.