SHORT STORY 1 - title : miss her

there he was, lying on the bed.. alone.. he looked at the time on his phone, "god, it is still not her lunch time yet.." he whispered.. dark gloomy room rised an emotionally stressed mood as he stared at the ceiling, waiting for the time to pass by.. here is the thing about time that he could never figure out so far, time is always long for those who is waiting and short, very short indeed for those who don't..

he turned to his right side and grab his fluffy bolster and wrapped his arms around it.. he tried to shut his eyes, wanting to fall asleep.. but he simply can't.. missing someone is that terrible.. and as he moved swiftly to the left side, he realized that his phone was out of sight.. his heart stopped.. it was rather a crazy moment.. like a lightning bolt, he stood fast and spread his vision wide while both hands palpating every inch of the bed.. he found it finally, under his pillow.. what a relieve..

he laid back again, and noticed that it was the right time to make the phone call.. he didn't need to scroll the name on the list, it was as simple as pressing the call button, and the previous dialled number will always be her number.. he pressed the call button again and placed the phone on his right ear.. he started smiling even at the first beep of the phone call.. when she finally picked up, he smiled even more..

-----------BM TRANSLATION---------

her : hello! (cheerful voice with a very noisy background)

him : assalamualaikum....

her : waalaikumussalam.... (with a very cute voice, the kind that soothes the heart of mother-in-laws)

him : what are you doing?

her : im having lunch at the moment, have u finished your exam?

him : yup, it was in the morning, i just get back from solat jumaat..

her : ooh.. how was it?

him : it was ok

her : er.. emm.. sayang, im having lunch..

him : yup, its ok, go ahead.. (2 seconds pause).. i miss you sooo much..

her : i miss you too, its going to be ok, we will meet up soon

him : emm (disagreeing in silence).. ok then.. love u.. mmmuahh3! bye

her : love u too, mmmuahhh3!! bye

--------END OF CONVERSATION---------

he hung up the phone.. smiling wide, probably to himself if not to the ceiling.. (there is no point smiling at the ceiling anyway).. he took the blanket and covered himself in it.. hugging the bolster tight.. shut his eyes slowly.....

it was approximately 30 seconds later when he figured out that there is actually no way he can ever go to sleep.. (sigh).. then the whole circle of things happened again.. holding phone.. staring at it.. pressed the call button once (to check), and waited and at the same time arguing with himself wether or not to press the call button for the 2nd time (to call).. minutes later he decided to press the button, surrendering to the urge and call from the little voice in his head, saying "hello!! just press the damn button and call her and tell her how much u miss her!!!"...

so he called again, and told her he miss her soo much.. and she was either annoyed or touched, he honestly cant tell.. he wanted to give her a call the 3rd time, but he was afraid that by any chance such action could lead to discomfort of her lunch time.. (he can never do anything that he feel would make her feel discomfort as he loves her so much, too much maybe)..

he struggled hard to sleep.. and he made it.. and he slept for 2 hours..

*him/he - ME

*her/she - MY SHIKHIN

THE END