Letters From Admirer

Chapter 1: Anonymous Admirer

"Nothing special, it's just him handing a letter," said Humairah calmly. Both of her friends was surprised when Humairah said that. Is he trying to give love letters now? They thought so.

"And, the letter is not from him" she said again. The more shocking the news to them.

"What? Seriously? I don't think so. You know, he can just said that he's probably making excuses just to gain your trust," Luna making up theories.

"Right, even if the handwriting is different, he can just asked others to write from and it probably cost them money, just to write for him," Layla said.

"You both are right though. But I haven't open the letter yet, so now I'm curious what's this about," Humairah explained.

With that, Humairah put out the paper from the envelope. To her surprise, the letter was written in Arabic. Luna was stunned, she never learn Arabic before. Different for Humairah and Layla, they used to learn it at elementary school.

"Okay, I don't know anything about Arabic, although I'm interested in Arabian men. You go ahead and translate it," said Luna.

"Well, you see, I wasn't that good at Arabic before. Aira, perhaps you understand them a little bit?" Layla asked again. If not, they have to translate it from Google, they doesn't even bring phone to school.

"That's kinda good hand writing. Now I don't think he is actually the one who write these. You know that he was from Chinese School. Right Luna? He was your classmate, wasn't he?" She asked to Luna.

"Yes, we don't learn Arabic at school, instead we learn Mandarin," Luna explain.

"Right, now you should try to read it, Aira. Here's a paper so we can know what's that letter means," said Layla with excitement.

                                                       

عزيزي حميرة ،

"هذه الرسالة كتبت بواسطتي ، أنت المعجب بك. طلبت من ألفونسو أن يعطيك هذه الرسالة بالذات. الآن هناك ، لم يكن ألفونسو هو من كتب هذه الرسالة. أعلم أنك تعتقد أنه هو الشخص. لكنه ليس هو.

حميرة ،
أريدك أن تعرف أنك جميلة جدًا ، من الداخل والخارج. أنت تؤدي صلاح كل يوم. أنت تجلب أصدقائك إلى الطريق الصحيح. تقرأ القرآن مع أصدقائك كل يوم.  أنت تخفي هالة الخاص بك ، تماما. الحمد لله يا امرأة مثلك ما زالت موجودة.جعلني الله أحبك. أدعو الله أن يسلمك كل يوم ، وأسأل الله أن يجعلك شريكي في المستقبل. أعلم أنه لا يزال مبكرًا ، لكن ألا يستحق ذلك؟

بإخلاص،
او.

                                                       

Dear Humairah,

This letter was written by me, your admirer. I asked Alfonso to give you this very letter. Now there, it wasn't Alfonso who wrote that letter. I know you think he's the one. But it's not him."

Humairah,
I want you to know that you are very beautiful, inside and out.  You perform Salah every day.  You are bringing your friends to the right path.  You read the al-Quran with your friends every day.  You're hiding your aurat, completely.  Alhamdulillah, a woman like you still exists. May Allah make me love you.  I pray to Allah to bless you every day, and I pray to Allah to make you my partner in the future.  I know it's still early, but isn't it worth it?

sincerely,
"O"

                                                       

"Now, now, now. You have secret admirer now?! He gives you a hint that his name started with O," Luna shocked.

"We barely know anyone who has their name started with letter O," Layla thought so.

Humairah was stunned, she couldn't speak. Not to mention, lately she have been feels like someone is eyeing on her. Anywhere she go, she feels like someone is stalking her.

"You guys know what? I feels like someone have been stalking me lately. I didn't open my mouth, but it is what it is," Humairah finally talk about it. She didn't tell anyone, she keep that feeling to herself.

"Oh no, why didn't you tell us before?" Luna asked and worried about her dearly friend.

"I just wasn't sure about it. But now I think someone really did stalk on me. Unusually, today I didn't feel anything like someone is stalking me," Humairah explained.

"Perhaps he's nervous because he already hand this letter through Alfonso," Layla said again.

"Ha, bet his face is all red now," Luna predicted.

                                                       

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Hey, why is your face all red..? Are you on fever right now?" Ilham ask his friend concerned looking at him with his face all red.

"I-it's nothing, I swear. It's just... I remember about her," he replied to Ilham.

"You hand her a letter didn't you?" Ilham asked to make sure.

"Yes, through Alfonso. I did gave her a hint that my name started with letter O," he explained to Ilham.

"I don't think she'll ever realized that. Your name has 3 words, she probably won't remember the O part. Plus, she once called you by the first word of your name didn't she?" Ilham tried to calm him.

"What's this all about?" Askandar showed up.
"And why is your face all red Oma.."