"Where Did The Handsome Beloved Go?" (Bee Duo) [Completed]

Chapter 0/13

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If you don't want to read this you don't have to! Skip this chapter to get right to the story! <3

This story is completed! I will just like to state that I attempted to rewrite this story and only got half way through before I gave up. The rewrite is also why I'm reposting the chapters! Just to alert you current readers.

I got up to Chapter 7 with the rewrite, so after that there's gonna be a few (only a few) inconsistencies. Also my writing style will be slightly different in Chapter 8, then after that chapter it's similar to the rewritten chapters.

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Anyway! This story is inspired by a poem I found in class,

"Where did the handsome beloved go?"

By Jalal al-Din Rumi

" Where did the handsome beloved go?
I wonder, where did that tall, shapely cypress tree go?

He spread his light among us like a candle.
Where did he go? So strange, where did he go without me?

All day long my heart trembles like a leaf.
All alone at midnight, where did that beloved go?

Go to the road, and ask any passing traveler - 
That soul-stirring companion, where did he go?

Go to the garden, and ask the gardener - 
That tall, shapely rose stem, where did he go?

Go to the rooftop, and ask the watchman - 
That unique sultan, where did he go?

Like a madman, I search in the meadows!
That deer in the meadows, where did he go?

My tearful eyes overflow like a river - 
That pearl in the vast sea, where did he go?

All night long, I implore both moon and Venus - 
That lovely face, like a moon, where did he go?

If he is mine, why is he with others?
Since he's not here, to what "there" did he go?

If his heart and soul are joined with God,
And he left this realm of earth and water, where did he go?

Tell me clearly, Shams of Tabriz,
Of whom it is said, "The sun never dies" - where did he go? "

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Here's the official cover art.
(drawn by me)

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Enjoy!

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