The Will of Love

ch 10's. Suddenly proposed

Aris's heart began to beat fast when his car had arrived in front of Meli's parents' house. He was a bit groggy because he would meet the parents of the girl he was going to marry.

All the villagers who saw Aris' luxury car parked in front of Meli's house, immediately covered her.

Meli village is very remote. So, rarely do luxury cars cross their villages.

It looks like Meli's father and mother are also trying to find out who parked the car in their yard.

With doubt, Meli got off the car and was followed by Aris who also came down from his car.

"MagetRY....!"

Excited Mom and Dad Meli.

Meli immediately ran to the side of her parents.

"Mom, sir" said Meli, kissing her parents' hands.

"O Allah Neng, Mother Kangennnn. It's been half a year since you left, only now are you home Neng."

Her mother was crying in Meli's arms.

Like a drama, all the people of Kampung came out and watched the scene of Mother and child who was releasing the longing.

"Where is Neng?" Asked his Father Meli while pointing towards Aris.

His father Meli swept his gaze to Aris, from the tip of the hair to the tip of the foot.

Politely, Aris immediately greeted Meli's father and mother.

"I'm Aris Sir.. Ma'am.. I'm Meli's lover."

Hearing Aris' words, of course Meli, her parents and everyone watching were instantly flabbergasted.

"Huhhhhh...!"

Like a group of choir singers who are given Aba-aba. they all say the word "Hah" simultaneously.

Aris was astonished, then he saw everyone around him.

Feeling the spectacle of many people, Meli's mother immediately invited Meli and Aris to enter their hut and allowed Aris to sit on a mat that stretched in the living room.

"You're not kidding, are you?" Ask Mama seriously.

"No sir" replied Aris.

"I'm here to propose to my son to be my wife. It just so happened that I was already an orphan, so I came here alone without family" Aris said without hesitation.

Meli looked at Aris in disbelief.

"Is that Neng?" Ask Meli's mother curiously.

"I-iya Ma," Meli replied as she glanced at Aris who looked relaxed, without the slightest burden.

"Your work is really Neng in the Capital? You brought Neng's men home." Whisper of Meli's mother.

"Neng really works, ma'am, Neng swore." Meli said seriously.

"Where do you meet this guy? Looks like he's a rich man Neng." Whisper his mother again.

"Long story Mom," said Meli. Then he lowered his face.

"Neng isn't pregnant, is she?" Asked his mother with a probing face while glancing at Aris who was sitting in front of him.

"I make sure not Mom, Mother and Father's children are not just women. Meli is a respectable woman. Therefore, I really want Meli to be my legal wife." Said Aris firmly.

Mother and Father Meli immediately threw a sigh of relief.

"I'm good intention to come here, I also promise not to hurt the son of Father and Mother. Although the new Father and Mother know me, but I think Meli quite know me. That I would never play him."

Meli looked at Aris with a haru look. Just this time there was a man with a male to meet his parents and propose him with language that made Meli soar to the seventh sky.

"Is that Neng?" Asked Meli's father with a serious face.

"I-yes sir.." Meli answered nervously.

"Hmmmm then, what status are you, son?"

"I am a widower sir." Replied Aris calmly.

"Young? Divorce because of what?" How old?" Asked Meli's father curiously.

"Thirty-seven years sir, my wife died of illness."

His mother and father looked at each other.

"Oh so, but aren't you too old for Meli?" Asked his father Meli while looking at Aris.

Of course, the question from his father Meli, made Aris become not confident.

Meli took the initiative to answer, because she saw Aris who began to look groggy.

"But, his age is not much different from the Father."

"But his style is still young sir, you just called him as Nak, surely you do not think that he is thirty-seven years old. If the City people that age is still young sir."

Meli looked at Aris who was trying to hold back her smile.

"Are you sure Neng? to marry him?"

Hearing his father's question, Meli suddenly fell silent.

"And are you sure to marry my daughter?" Ask Meli to Aris.

Aris looked at Meli intently, then nodded at Meli.

"Why.why look at each other?" you sure you're not?" Ask Mama again.

"MISS..!" Meli and Aris answered.

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That night Aris curled up on the mat. A shabby blanket and shapeless pillow accompanied him to sleep in the living room. While next to him, Father and youngest brother Meli had fallen asleep soundly. Meli slept in the only room of the house, with her mother and two sisters.

Aris stared at the leaking ceiling of the house. In fact, Aris can see the star from the sidelines of the roof of the house that leaked.

"How can they live like this. Meli could not continue his school and preferred to work in the Capital" he murmured.

Then, he tried to close his eyes with the sound of night animals singing along with the typical silence of the hometown.

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Early in the morning, after the dawn prayer Aris and his Father Meli sat on the veranda of the house. A glass of hot coffee and boiled sweet potatoes make a special dish for their guests.

Aris looked at the face of Meli who brought the dish to Aris and his Father. While Meli did not dare to glance at Aris in the slightest.

"So, when do you want to get married?"

The question of his father Meli, made Aris wrong.

"Well, not answered?" Ask Mama again.

"If I can, sir, I have a job to do in the City." Aris.

"Yes, the day after. Today, let me take care of you."

Aris' heart started to beat fast.

"As for you."

"Well, you're not sure about that. You still want to marry my son, right?"

Aris looked at his Father Meli who was glaring at him.

"Aaa..aaanu.., I am sure Mr..! Yes, the day after" he stammered.

"That's dong."

The face of his father Meli looks friendly again.

"Drink the coffee, it'll be cold."

"I-yes sir."

Aris grabbed her coffee cup and sipped the hot coffee slowly.

"Sorry sir, please don't take it personally."

"Why?"

"I intend to improve the house of the Father, what do you think?"

His father Meli looked at his future daughter-in-law.

"Boyou don't want to owe you." Said his father Meli firmly.

"Sir, I'll be Meli's husband. Means Father is my parent too and that means this house is my parent's house too. So, what's wrong with me fixing my own parents' house?"

His father Meli looked back at Aris, when the water turned into water.

"You don't just love my son apparently."

Aris smiled sincerely.

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