From minutes to days, from days to weeks, and from weeks came a month... Ilma has been staying in her room for a very long time. She hasn't come out of her room since.
Every day, she will wake up and take a bath, do her prayers, and pray that all this lie will stop. Then she will lie down on her bed. Again. And take out her phone. She would check every message she would receive from each group she joined.
She still kept in touch with Hanna, to know whatever that's happening in school. Especially about Lutfi and Rihanna. She opened WhatsApp.
Nothing new. Just people talking bad about her. Then she remembered about Lutfi. She quickly tapped on the message with Lutfi... None. Ilma felt her mood getting worse. She put the phone away.
She closed her eyes, wanting to sleep again. When a "DING" came from her phone. Annoyed, she took her phone and read the message. It was from Hanna,
" weyh, aku nak bgtau kau smth. Asap. Im coming over"
She felt curious but reading that message gave her a spark of hope.
She ran downstairs, meeting her parents who were having breakfast were surprised to see their daughter coming out of her room.
"Ilma- Ilma dah okay dah ke?" Her mother asked, stuttered on the 'ilma'.
"Umm kinda? Hanna cakap dia nak datang, kata nak bgatu smth"
"Oh okay, nnti mama buat smth untuk korang" her mother said, a smile appeared on her face, after such a long time.
*aku malas menunggu dan menaip so SEHKIPPP*
KEH TINGHHH KE TONGGG
Ilma ran towards the door to open it, as she did, she found herself hugged by Hanna. She felt warm by the sudden hug by Hanna. She didn't know what to do.
"Aku rindu kau doe-" Hanna stopped when she realized Ilma's parents were watching them.
"Ehek ehek" hanna ter-ehek ii
"Can we go up now?" Ilma broke the silence.
"Oh ehehehehe ok ok" Hanna ter-ehe ehe, as she let go of Ilma.
The two of them went upstairs, into Ilma's room. The two of them sat on the bed. Ilma was getting more and more curious of what Hanna called 'important'.
Hanna took out her phone and warned Ilma,
"Aku ade good news and bad news kau nak dengar yang mana dulu? "
Ilma froze for a moment when she heard 'bad news', as she thought that everything was all good. She couldn't take anymore bad news, but if it's important she would have no choice but to accept.
"Bad news..." Ilma said slowly,
"Okay, then" Hanna said observing Ilma's sudden face change.
" umm.. Lutfi suruh aku bagi kau surat ni.."
Hanna said handing out a letter. Ilma took it and read it, she felt her heart break. Falling into pieces . She went quiet.
In the letter was a short message hand-written, saying
"saya dah takboleh go on with you, dengan kau dengan laki lain. I'm sorry but no. I want to break up with you
- lutfi "
Ilma put away the letter, not wanting to cry anymore. She felt her surrounding colder, her hair is standing at the edge.
"Bila dia bagi ni...?" Ilma asked shivering a bit
"Well..Ilma...this is the second bad news..." hanna said getting nervous,
"Ape yang jadi?" Ilma looked at Hanna in the eyes,
"Macam ni... Lutfi dia .... dia couple ngan Rihanna.."
Hanna answered, right when Ilma's mother came in to send some nuggets. She was smiling, looking at her daughter, finally communicating.
What she doesn't know is the news she just received.
Ilma's mother left, Then Hanna saw that Ilma had a tear flowing down her face. Hanna took out her pocket tissue and gave it to Ilma,
Ilma took the tissue and wiped her tears away. She didn't know what to do anymore, all she had in her mind was to cry it all out.
Then hanna reminded Ilma,
" the good news is that.."
Ilma then looked up to Hanna who purposely stopped. Ilma had forgotten about the good news,Hanna continued her sentence,
"The good news is that, the message Rihanna sent was proven fake, from my discovery. I met the guy who was the ' scandal ' of yours, at a mall nearby. I asked him if he ever had any realtionship with you, or even met you. I showed him a picture of you, he immidietly said 'no'. "
Hanna told Ilma the whole story.
Ilma, hearing it was touched to hear her friend's , sacrifice just for her.
"Kau dah bgtau ke yang lain?" Ilma asked.
"Belum, aku takut nnti aku kena maki, so aku plan untuk post these proof pakai anonymous account kat dondinsta"
Hanna told Ilma her plan.
A spark of hope came to Ilma again, BUT will Hanna's plan succeed or not? And if it does, what will Rihanna do to overcome this?
Sekian sahaja dari chap ini, sekian terima kasih,
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Humorbased on nothing but a sticker who became a girl's biggest addiction, the girl's name is Ilma... LMAO the story for fun. and only is. book cover, creds to hanna
