Your name is Secret

Your name is Secret
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Niken smiled awkwardly, not replying to Anjas' jokes. His hands were cold and it seemed like Andre was aware of that. He invited Niken to come closer and greet all members of his family. It turns out Andre was three brothers. She is the eldest and has two younger siblings, Anjas and Anita the youngest.


Andre's mother immediately told them to go to the dining table to eat the dinner he had prepared because of the dinner hour that had arrived.


"Said Andre, today's your first birthday so mom accidentally prepared a rather special dinner. Hope Niken likes it, yes" said Andre's mother.


"Thank you mom, I love it. All the food I eat."


They sat down in their chairs and started to scoop up the food on the table.


"Sister-in-law, eat a lot, while free, later on Monday pay," Anjas chirped trying to eliminate the tense look that is still clearly visible on Niken's face.


Niken kicked Anjas's leg through under the table, coincidentally they were sitting face to face. Moreover, all chuckling amused to hear this juna sohib jit, making Niken even more awkward.


"Yes, you were in class, weren't you?" asked Andre's mother while looking at her son's lover.


"Yes Ma'am, same Anjas used to be a classmate, Andre's brother a classmate." Niken said after putting the spoon on the plate because the food was finished.


"Udah knows dong a long time." Andre's father this time spoke. He didn't talk much when Niken came.


"Lumayan om."


They continued the conversation in the family room. After previously, Niken took part in cleaning food at the table and washing dishes with Anita. At first Andre's mother forbade her future son-in-law to wash the dishes but the unpleasant Niken was of course stubborn and forced to follow Anita to wash the dishes as well.


"You've known him for a long time, dating has also been an annual. When would you seriously step into the pelaminan," said Andre's father while sipping coffee served by his wife.


Anita goes inside her room under the pretext of working on PR while Anjas goes to the yard of the house receiving a phone call. Probably from her boyfriend.


"Still a long time Well. We were young, but the marriage was in a hurry," elak Andre who still clearly remembered that Niken was not ready to go to the household.


Niken himself alluded to about marriage, a little scared. The shadow of the failure of marriage with Bayu used to be imagined in memory. That is why he does not want to rush to plan a wedding even though the desire to get married is still passionate in his heart.


"Ngapain dating for a long time. Later even do nothing and do things that are forbidden by religion. Mending in motion. Your mother's father used to, meet once, fit to get married." His father's advice made Andre shake his head.


"That's a long time ago, Dad, met a direct match of marriage. If we were ready for the wedding, we would have talked. Trust us, we will not do things that are not premature."


Andre's father could only sigh resignedly at the argument from his son. To be honest he was already impatient to see his son get married and he could soon fondle his grandchildren. But if his son doesn't want to rush, what can he do?


Niken say goodbye after chatting uncertain direction and increasingly night time. Niken was afraid the boarding gate was closed when he returned home. Once out of the house, it looks like Anjas who is still busy calling and sitting on a swing under a mango tree. Niken also said goodbye to him.


"Thank you, already want to meet the family brother," said Andre once they have arrived at the boarding Niken. Andre was still sitting on his bike and niken went down and stood next to Andre.


"Thank you also have been invited to meet with the sister's family, well even with the condition of this cat and sorry also I have never known the sister in my family," ringis Niken not happy.


"Sister, I don't feel good about my parents. Looks like they want a big brother-spinning marriage."


"Don't think if you're not ready. All parents want their children to move quickly to the household."


Andre took out a blue box from his pants pocket and opened it right in front of Niken. There's a ring in that box.


"Sister." Niken took a step back in fear that Andre would propose to her.


"This is a gift from my sister. You wear it? It's not a fiancee's ring anyway," entertain Andre to appease the pale Niken.


Andre grabbed Niken's hand and pinned the ring on his ring finger. The size fits and Niken had a smile because the ring looks sweet on his finger.


"Thank you. I'm sorry, I don't have anything for you." Andre just smiled because Andre understood Niken forgot their anniversary.


"Sister, if my parents can't wait to see my sister get married, ask me a month before the wedding day, I don't want to linger and end in failure."


Andre was silent after listening to Niken's words. Andre feels that includes the requirements that Andre must meet if indeed he is serious about establishing a higher relationship with Niken. In their environment, it does not factor in how long the period of time needed between the engagement and the wedding. But the proposal and a month later getting married was too soon for Andre. His financial condition has not been that smooth. Moreover, the cost of the wedding is not small.


"Why a month, Nik? Big brother felt it was too soon," Andre refused quietly and hesitated, afraid to offend Niken.


"I don't want to be engaged for long. If my sister is not able to meet the requirements I submitted, no papa really. I can wait." Niken said with a smile.


Yeah! Niken must be able to understand every economic person must be different. If you look at the simple house that Andre lives in, it seems like Andre does not have a stable economy and Niken must understand that. Bayu who already has a fairly smooth business only takes a year to prepare for marriage even though it ends in failure.


"So I don't know what to say. Sister's business is not stable. Martabak's sales turnover is still up and down." Andre said limp makes Niken not bear.


"Udah does not need to be thought of, brother, I also do not want to rush to the household." I am also afraid of failing again, Niken continued in his heart.


"After marriage, we also have to think where to stay. Sister does not want after marriage we still live with parents but sister also can not bear you live in a rented house. How about we fiancee first while the sister cuddle money for the cost of marriage and nyicil house," proposed Andre spirit but Niken just shook his head.


Niken is happy, Andre has thought far about life after marriage but still there is a fear in Niken if you have to get engaged first. The shadow of failure with Bayu used to be still haunting.


"If you collect money for the nyicil house, I'm okay but if for fiancee first, I don't want brother. We better take this relationship slowly while we look for solutions to the problem of marriage costs and others."


"Why don't you get engaged to Nik?" asked Andre curiously.


"I never failed to go to marriage sister," said Niken slowly.


"Three months before the wedding, my fiance cancelled our wedding plans and chose to marry someone else. I'm afraid getting engaged for too long will lead to failure again."


"It all depends on the individual Nik is not about how long we are engaged," said Andre assures Niken that all this time he was just scared. Andre himself was afraid that if he did not immediately propose to Niken, Niken would turn away from him.