Chapter 1: Â Meeting you the person I can't see.
Narrator PoVÂ
This story is about Salwa's journey in proving the credibility of her love for the man she met in her dream. It all started on that day. The day her fate starts to change. That day was on her 17th birthday night.
On her 17th birthday, the day went by like any other day. There was no celebration nor a happy birthday said to her. It already became a common thing to Salwa. Even though it was always happening to her for a long time now, Salwa can not help but feel lonely. It is not like she did not have anyone in her life. She still has her mom, dad, and an older brother. Her family is also on good terms with one another. Her family rarely fights but is not that bubbly too. They are a harmonious family that is full of serious people.
Salwa lives in a good and wealthy family. A family that many people want to grow into. However, not all wealthy families make their children live happily. That is also the case for her. Her parents always left her at home to work, and now her brother also left her to live in their big empty house unattended.
It is not like she did not understand the reasons behind them. She understands them. She knows that all her parent does is for her and her brother's future, and her brother left home to work out of town. She keeps reminding herself that she can not be selfish in keeping them by her side, but she can not help it to feel this way.
For a long time, she had realized how people saw her and her family and how the people were envious of her life and her situation. It was burdensome, but also made her more conscious of how weak her mind is. She was incapable of withstanding every problem she encountered. But she does not want to show it, she wants her family to see her as a strong girl they are proud of.
'I just need to keep silent, not voicing even one of my thoughts and feeling to them.' that was what she said to herself every time. She thought she was fine, but she forgot about the limits of her ability to withstand everything. She forgot that every people has different limitations.
Finally, on her 17th birthday, she knows her limit has reached rock bottom. She could not withstand it anymore. She had given her family a chance to make up for the loss of their presence on her birthday. She had wished for at least a congratulation to be said. But no, she is still alone that day, with no congratulation received and no presence of her family celebrating with her. That night, on her desk in her dark room, she put a cupcake with only one candle lighting the whole room for her. No one was there accompanying her. And when the time reset to 00:00, signaling the new day in her life, she blows her candle with a single wish in her mind. She did not want to be alone.
"In the name of Allah, I make my wish for the rest of my life. Today, the first day, I turned 17th years old. I don't want to be alone. Please give me someone who will love and be there for me, who never leaves my side. Someone who will become my home, my place to express my pain and sorrow. I won't mind even if it is just one person, whether he is far or near, he is good-looking or not. I don't even care whether he is rich or not. I don't care. God, If you send me one of your creations, someone who won't leave me alone like today again. I promise you. I will love and accept him however he will become later on. I will always be there for him and become his home, a place where he can rest and show all his pain and sorrow... please, god... please give me one of your creations..." She mumbled to herself before she blew the candle.
Once the candle was blown, the pitch darkness greeted her. It was cold and silent, just the sound of the air conditioner accompanying her, feeling the void around her. With the still silent atmosphere, she decided to crawl back into her bed and shut her eyes for the night. At that time, she did not know how the world around her will change sooner or later.
