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Bear with me, this will be one long ass post haha. Got inspired to write this one down. This is a story I’ve heard from someone, and I think it has such a nice plot.

Once upon a time, when Facebook was still relevant to teens, this girl (A), has received a friend request from a guy (F). She accepted the friend request without much thought, and F hit her up in the IM. They were both surprised to see previous conversation they had two years ago noted in the IM. Which can only mean he was blocked and unblocked at some point. Intrigued, both of them continued to chat each other and from there, they formed an online friendship.

They both live in a small city, but went to two different school. A is the classic straight A student, from a quite well-off family, and a classic goody two shoes. F, on the other hand, projected himself as lacking in comparison to her. However, with the bond they shared through online exchanges, he was fascinated by the way A thinks, the way A texted with full spelling and capital letter at the first sentence, and the way A always prompted him to do critical thinking in daily conversation. Ahhh she’s different, so F thought. And he was somehow smitten. 

He started to befriend anyone that knows about A and can provide any sort of information about A. He started to ask around, buy a new phone cos A prefer to chat over Whatsapp and uses Twitter more than Facebook. It was pure agony, however, given that each morning, he would see her replying mentions with other guys on his timeline. He started to get worried, if she talked to certain guys quite often, to see if she is interested in the guy? His confidant wasn’t helping either, by riling him up by telling lies such as A went out with a guy over the weekend. He would only later found out it was just mere lies made up by the confidant to mess with him. 

A year has gone by, and he is still in the same place. Trying to get her attention by mentioning her whenever he got the chance to on Twitter, and messaging her everywhere, Whatsapp, Facebook, AskFm and text message. Waking up early each morning, to look at the car she will ride on everyday for school passing by in front of his house. Just to get a glimpse of her. Saving her picture and make it as wallpaper. Making an effort to relate to her interest by watching Running Man, when he doesn’t even like Kpop. Buying a pricey product sold by her cousin, just so he can meet her when he pick it up (poor him tho, A’s dad was the one who gave the product to him, not A herself).

It was a little too late, when he found out, A is now with a boyfriend. F moved on to B, but his heart was still with A. He offers himself to be A’s shoulder to cry on when she got int a fight with her boyfriend, S. He continues to support her whenever he can, and listen to her talking about S. F stalked S’s social media, to know more about the guy who snatched A away from him. He doesn’t understand why A likes the guy but, each to their own.

End of year approaching, and S broke A’s heart. And at this moment, F and A grew closer. F is always there to listen to A rambling about S, crying, and venting out her anger. He is so patient with A. At that point however, he was already in a relationship with B. So, they were just friends. For some reason, A kept on avoiding to meet him in person. She even went to get her driving licence with her friends, despite promising him to go there together. 

I guess, it was fate, or Karma? A was caught in a lie. F went to the driving institution to accompany his friend. And, guess who he saw there? A! They were both there for the whole day, but in different classes. The whole time, A kept on avoiding F and the day ended with F trying to catch up with A on the way home, to no avail.

After high school though, A went to further her studies in different state, and it became harder to get in touch. A became the epitome of chipsmore, “kejap ada, kejap takde”. She got straight A in national exam, and is preparing to study overseas. He managed to meet her, right before she fly overseas. She gave him cornflake madu she made for Hari Raya, and they said their goodbyes. His heart was racing the whole time, to finally be able to talk to her properly in person. It was at the tip of his tongue, to say he loves her, and to ask her to get engage once she finished her studies. In the meantime, he was determined to study harder, so he could be at the same level as her and is not frowned upon by her family. However, he couldn’t say it, cause she brings her cousin along, to the meet up. He was just too shy to say it in front of someone else.

She then flew overseas. Unfortunately for him, she got back together with S. And, knowing that, F continued to be together with B. One day, A called him crying. Something traumatic happened to her, and all he could think at that moment, was to break up with B, and telling her he wants to take care of A. He didn’t though. The whole time A was overseas, they kept in touch irregularly. In the process, F’s relationship with B has ended, A broke up with S again, and this time around, F did not hesitate to pursue A and tell her how he feels. He was really active in pursuing A, confessing to her, hoping she would accept him. She turned him down everytime tho, saying she was not looking for relationship at that moment. They made a pact. If F and A are both still single by 29, they will get married to each other. 

Seems sunshine and rainbow? But no, afterwards, A has been chipsmore more often, and F has become less hopeful of A. F has started to get into different relationships, with the last one lasting for two years, despite him not feeling as strongly as the girl. 

Now in present day, 5 years has passed. A was asking F. 

“Do you remember when you were sick?”

And F couldn’t remember that moment. Cause it was a lie made up by him to get A’s attention. A knew all along, what he was doing, at that time, to get her attention but she played along so he wouldn’t be embarassed. But now everything is out in the open, so F started to open up about how he felt once upon a time. A finally knows how he felt all along, and is pleasantly surprised to know what he has done in the background. 

Remembering his story about what made he started to grow distance with his last ex, A asked F:

“If it was me, who made a scene like what she did, what would you do?”

“I would ask you what was wrong, and try to make it right. I woukd try to understand you”

“Would you claim our promise from back then, to get married if we are both single when the time comes?”

“No, I won’t. I won’t make the effort again”

“I see. It’s okay”

“I mean, I won’t do it knowing you don’t feel the same way as me”

“Okay”

“But, I’m not saying there’s no hope at all. If anything were to happen, you must be the one initiating it this time around”

And…..the story ends here.