Prologue
Woe upon the winter’s ravens,
Silver wings in rivers of tears,
High and mighty above the cravens,
To the eternal summit ofthe Heavens.
"So, what do you think?"
The girl chuckles. "That is astrange opening to a love story."
“Well, I decided to change it.Romantic stories are just not my thing—”
Ohreally? Orked’s lips fold themselves into a sly smile.
“—so another way to attractyoungsters is a fantasy novel! It is still going to have the same idea. I amnot changing that. But Ked, this is not that bad. I’ve been working on it forthe past few days—“
Or pastfew classes. Orked grabs the cloth by their bed and heads back to her dressingtable. She notices, on her way back, the piece of paper in Aufa’s hand. It is rather old with hints of carbon stainsand what looked like tear stains on its sides. There are subtle blue lines inshapes of numbers but they are clear enough for a person as sharp as Orked. Sheknows he was not paying attention during classes.
“I know how much effort you put inthis project of yours.” Her smile in themirror’s reflection teases him. Orked carefully pins her hijab, glancing backat her husband and thinking of his troubles. The hijab was Aufa’s wedding giftfor her and it is the first time she is wearing it. Golden chrysanthemum andlittle butterfly embroidery blended well with the cream colour of the silk. Definitely her is what he thought whenhe saw the scarf.
“I am hardly half the writer you are,Aufa. Don’t burden yourself too much. Take it slowly okay? We are in thistogether, right?”
Aufa sighs as he brings himself tothe edge of the bed, admiring his wife. Oh how difficult it is for him to admitshe is right. She’s right, Aufa. Your currentpriority is graduating. You don’t want to repeat your previous mistake, do you?No. I don’t want to. Yeah. I know what to do. It’s okay to take it slowly,right? Allah doesn’t look at the results. It is my effort that shines in Hiseyes. There he goes again, smiling to himself. Aufa is a quiet man whospends too much of his time thinking. It became a habit to the point that hestarted to have conversations with himself. He once thought he should give a name to his inner self but it remains namelesscharacter.
“Ah, I know. It’s just... I need tostart something. I had this story in myhead for months. Or Allah knows, years. It is difficult for me to keep it offmy mind.”
Orked did one last check on herselfbefore she walks to her husband. Aufa was looking at his writings when Orked’shand reaches out in front of his solemn face.
“But then again, I’m definitelynumber one right?”
Aufa replies her smile with his asshe pulls him up. He pushed his weight at the same time to help Orked. He givesthe room a quick glance as he follows her out the door. A slight slap on eachof his front and back pockets. Phone, check. Wallet, check. Car keys, check.And they are all set to Zahed’s engagement ceremony.
Aufa and Orked are newly-weds,just two weeks into their marriage. The heat and excitement of that day stilllingers afresh in their minds. Aufa waited years for that moment. He is a smallperson with big dreams. But dreams do not come true by themselves. Dreams needsupport and encouragement. He saw them in Orked. All he needed was a push and Orkedwas the only person capable of such a task. Both tied their hearts under one intention.One described by Aufa as our pure dream.I want you to accompany me on a journey.A journey of faith. A journey of perseverance. A journey of the truth. At theend of this journey is a place; green as far as the eye can see with crystalclear sky. Worthy of all the sorrows on this earth. So, what do you think? I’ll be your Muhammad. You’ll be my Khadijah.
Chapters list
1. Courage
2. Adapt
3. Love
4. Envy
5. Destiny
6. Change
7. Gratitude
8. Repentance
9. Struggle
* ini hanya rough chapters. probably more. or not.
* thanks kepada sesiapa yang tolong edit, check grammar sume haha
* kalau sesiapa ada idea to improve it, silalah kemukakan suggestions anda.
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* feel free to give me your thoughts. negative. positive. apa2 aja. be as honest as you can.
* title novel pon x sure lagi. most probably yang tu.
* also aku jarang baca novel/buku bla3. so x sure sangat format novel mcm mana. tegur2 lah kalau salah.
* ini bukan novel jiwang XD prologue je jiwang2. pasni xde.
* jangan gelak
* i cant believe i'm posting this
