Waiting Morning

To Jakarta by train? why not!

At 09:00 am Rahmat, the driver of the Beena family entered the yard. Since Hadi's father retired, Zaky forbade his father to drive his own car.

So Mr. Rahmat who works as a driver in a boutique that is now managed by Mbak Naely must divide his time on the sidelines of his busy dropping off goods.

The arrival of Mr. Hadi and Ms. Halimah has been awaited by the twins Hassan-Husein who can not wait to meet his obanya who almost one year did not meet, even Lebaran alone can not go home.

"Assalamu'alaikum"

" Wa'alaikumussalam"

Reply bi Sumi who was drying the kitchen rag that had been washed. He saw, it turned out that the jury was saying greetings.

" Oalah, father kalih tho's mother" Bi Sumi rushed to the family room to inform the arrival of her eyes with Hassan-Husein.

" Sir Naely, sampun rawh ".

Naely, who was at her in-laws' house, visited because she was told that her father and mother-in-law were coming home today.

"Hassan-Husein, that's what you're saying. We're ahead yuk"

Hearing the arrival of his eyes the twins immediately ran towards the courtyard of the house.

"Eyaang.." the two ran while hugging Pak Hadi and Bu Halimah.

“ Oba Beena which one?” husein asked a little disappointed when he did not find the person in question.

“Oba is still in Jogja, yesterday he came back here but only a day. Hassan equals Husein again school”. Answer Halimah.

"Well, the obanya is not coming home" Hassan replied lethargicly.

"Oba Beena still has work in Jogja so can not go back to Semarang le" replied Ms. Halimah.

“ Hassan –Husein let's help bring by-” exclaimed sir Hadi while handing over a few bags and then enter the house.

" Bi, please bring this inside huh" said Ms. Halimah.

" Ngggheh Ma".

Bi Sumi brought a parcel containing bakpia pathok.

Hassan and Husein took some of the gifts Beena had bought.

"Horeee..miniatur rickshaw . Mi.see the good rickshaw noodles" Hassan showed the gift Beena bought in umminya, Naely.

" that's the only thing baby, try to open" pinta Naely.

"Wah.kaos Jogja mi. There are pictures of the wayangnya mi" said Hassan.

"Kok pictures wayangnya different noodles, tumben usually Oba must buyin the same" asked Husein.

" Call look at ".

Mr. Hadi compared two images of puppet characters in Hassan and Husein's t-shirts.

"Oh.this is Nakula and Sadewa le".

Ms. Halimah walked up to her two grandchildren, then sat in the living room seat not far from Hassan and Husein who chose to sit on the thick carpet in front of the television.

"That's the figure of the twin puppets of Prabu Pandu Dewanata and Dewi Madrim" said eyang kakung.

" Oh yes, Oba Beena once promised to tell the story of Nakula and Sadewa with Husein"

" Yes, same with Hassan"

" Is that right?" said princess.

" Bener ti " replied Husein with passion.

" If oba Beena has a definite promise tomorrow-tomorrow kept" said Naely who came from the kitchen while bringing hot tea made by bi Sumi, as a couple eating a typical Jogja bakpia pathok.

Mother was busy watching Hassan and Husein playing miniature rickshaw with Nakula-Sadewa T-shirts.

"The tea is drunk first sir, ma'am"

Naely put the tea on the table.

" Thank you, Nel"

“ How are the boutiques in Jogja bu?Beena want to manage it?” ask Naely.

Mother shook her head and took the bakpia presented on the family room table.

“ Looks like Beena is still working at home on tv, try you sometime persuade Beena” pinta mom.

“ God willing ma'am, but Naely does not guarantee. You see Beena really enjoyed the job”

After all the boutiques are not too far from the home of Nizar.” Obviously father.

Be married?The nizar? Naely did not quite understand the meaning of his father-in-law's words. Naely doesn't really know about Beena's romance. Apart from rarely meeting, Beena did not discuss her romantic affairs with her family.

“ According to dad, does Beena want to be betrothed to Nizar?” ask mother.

“ I saw for myself yesterday while in Jogja. Nizar and Beena look harmonious, they are also close since childhood. And I know Nizar well. Seedlings, bebet, the weight of the Nizar family is no doubt because he is the son of a friend of his own father”

“ What should not we ask Beena first well, or else she was betrothed” rebut mother.

“ Matchmaking is not a bad thing, is it mom? look for Naely and Zaky. They live happily” father who does not want to lose while glancing towards Naely.

Yes, Naely and Zaki married from the results of an arranged marriage between the family of Pak Hadi and Pak Bagio who are both Semarang people.

Pak Hadi's family and Pak Bagio knew it starting when they were hajj manasik. It just so happens to be in the same group of manasik worshippers.

Silaturahmi continues until the completion of the hajj, there is often a regular meeting of pilgrims members of the hajj kloter. And eventually it ends in an arranged marriage between Naely and Zaki.

Naely, who happens to be a fashion graduate, is perfect if you take care of Bu Halimah's boutique.

Mr. Hadi is actually not a conservative parent, who likes to match his children without cause. But because until the age of 30 years Zaky did not have a partner, finally Mr. Hadi decided to find a future wife for him.

The other is with Arief and Raya. They are not the result of a match. They were familiar when they studied S2 at the same university. At that time they both got scholarships in ITS Surabaya.

From there Naely just understood, so the virginity of her in-laws to Jogja not just take Beena to work and look at the boutique only. But for big business, betrothed his sister-in-law to a man who works as a doctor son of his best friend-in-law.

Hearing her employer's talk about Beena, from the kitchen bi Sumi came to them.

“ Ngapunten sir, ma'am a few days ago there was mas Akbar come to mari”

With a little hesitation bi sumi conveyed. Bi Sumi was afraid of being mistaken for eavesdropping on her employer's conversation.

“ When bi?” ask mother.

“ Two days after mom same father in jogja”

“ Keep Akbar say what bi?”

mom's getting curious.

“ Previously asked for the number hp father or mbak Beena, but aunt does not know ma'am. Yes, finally, aunt told mas Akbar to come again after mother returned from Yogya”.

“ Well you know, how is it yah?” ask mother.

Dad sneezed his forehead , “ just see bu” later.

The news of Akbar's arrival to Beena's house certainly made my father angry. It could be that the arranged marriage has not gone smoothly .

***

Meanwhile, finding Akbar the other day who secretly ordered his initial brooch made Mary even more happy.

Every time Mary finished her work, she always came to Akbar's house. Even their togetherness dominates every day. Makes Akbar forget if he wants to try visiting Beena's house again before leaving for Jakarta.

“ Bar, you return to Jakarta again when?”.

“ Plan the day after, why ?”

“ We leave with yuk?”

“ I use the train lho” Akbar a little hesitant to convey it. Because she knew, Mary didn't really like executive-class cars though.

“ Why not take a plane to Bar”

“ I have booked tiket” akbar said while showing the tickets he had booked since a week ago.

With a bit of disappointment Mary breathes out her annoyance.” Yes, I took the train deh” finally Mary made up her mind.

“ Don't need to max other things you don't like, it's ga nice”.

“ Same origin as you, nothing”

Hearing Mary's reply, Akbar is suspicious. Marry looked deeper.

“Hm..I just don't want to be alone on the journey” Mary explained still shy if you have to express her feelings.

Akbar relieved to hear Mary's explanation, “ Yes already, later we order the ticket”.

They decided to go to Jakarta together.

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