Mi Memoria : 1F-Mi Amore

*Mi Amore ‐ I stands for I Love You*

Note: Ini sambungan kisah/part 2 Q stands for Queen

"Maa I'm home!," Iskandar shouted from the main door.

"Welcome home my prince," Qaseh smiled and let Iskandar kissed her hand. Iskandar don't have a girlfriend, because his mother is the only Queen for him forever. But a prince will marry a princess.

Yes, he's betrothed by his late father which is Akmal. He was betrothed to Nur Alya binti Airil Naufal, the daughter of his late father's close friend. He will get married at the age of 21.

"Ma, one year left...I don't want it," Iskandar almost cry beside his mother.

"My prince, this is your late father's last wish...please, please do it for me," Qaseh hugged her beloved prince. Iskandar's look is 100% same with Akmal. Only their way are different. If Akmal is a soldier, Iskandar want to be a police officer.

"Ma...I don't love her," Iskandar said softly.

"Trust me, you'll love her. Please, my prince. Marry a princess and become the next king," Qaseh smile bitterly.

"I don't want to...I want to be by your side forever," protested Iskandar.

"Izzahin Iskandar bin Akmal Iskandar...I will not be by your side forever. There will come a time when I needs to go and be with your father again. That time, you need to have other support and it's not me," Qaseh gently caressing Iskandar's head.

"Ma...," Iskandar cried. He hate it when Qaseh talk about this.

"My prince, you're strong as your father my dear. Come on," Qaseh wiped Iskandar's tears with her thumb.

"Ma...I can't bear loosing you," Iskandar cries again.

"That's why you need your own Queen, my prince," Qaseh kissed Iskandar's head.

"Okay ma, I'll do it," Iskandar hugged his beloved mother. Only 1 year left.

*1 years later*

"I accept the marriage of Nur Alya binti Airil Naufal with a dowry of RM 5000 in cash," Iskandar smoothly pronounced the contract.

"Right?" asked Tok Kadi.

"Right,"

"Right,"

"Alhamdulillah," words of gratitude flowed from the lips of those present at the ceremony.

After reciting doa, Alya shake hands with her mother, her mother-in-law and her husband.

"Thank you for coming in my life," said Alya to Iskandar.

"Most welcome, my Nur," Iskandar kissed Alya's head.

Yes, Izzahin Iskandar has fall in love with a woman other than his mother for the first time. Qaseh hugged both her son and daughter-in-law.

"Congratulations, my prince. You've met your own princess," Qaseh almost cry.

"Ma...," Iskandar hugged his mother. Alya don't feel jealous. It's because she already know, Izzahin is his mother's love after his father. Also Qaseh is Izzahin first love, and forever it'll be the same.

"Iskandar, you know what? For me, the letter 'I' stands for I love you," Alya smiling sweetly at her husband.

"You know what, Nur Alya? N stands for my Nur(light), A stands for my Aşk(love in Turkish)," Iskandar replied.

"How sweet," muttered Qaseh. Looking at them, Qaseh remembered how Akmal treated her...with love.

"The Prince has meet the Princess, it's already time for the Queen to abdicate and inherit it. It's time for the Queen to meet the King," Qaseh tried to refrain from crying.

"Ma...," Iskandar persuade slowly.

"I can't believe that my Prince has grown. It's like...yesterday you're just learn to talk and today you're someone's husband," Qaseh smile, bitterly.

She realised, people grow fast.

"I can't believe it too, Ma," Iskandar replied.

"Ma, thank you for taking care of Iskandar until now. I'll try to take care of him, how you do it," Alya hugged Qaseh.

"Thank you, Alya. Now I feel better when I know Iskandar is with the right woman," Qaseh kissed Alya's head.

"Iskandar, Alya, be happy okay?," Qaseh smile.

Suddenly, she fell to the ground.

"Ma...?," automatically Iskandar become panic.

"I'm happy...my son. I'm happy as I feel like I want to sleep," Qaseh talk slowly. Her head was in Iskandar's lap.

"Saying(mengucap), Ma...," Iskandar cries. He whispered the kalimah syahadah in Qaseh's ear. Qaseh followed him, slowly. After reciting it, Qaseh's eyes slowly closed.

"Assalamualaikum, my Prince," she had time to give her last greeting before she finally closed her eyes.

"Waalaikumussalam...my Queen," Iskandar hugged Qaseh's body. Alya cries beside her husband.

It's true, the Queen has gone to meet her owner. The Queen has followed the King's path.

"May your love with dad forever to heaven, Ma," Iskandar whispered sadly.

The remains are managed by the mosque as usual. Qaseh's body was safely buried in the Islamic cemetery, and her grave was next to her husband's. Iskandar knows, his mother always wanted to be by his father's side. This is the second last service he can do for his mother. The last one is his doa that he recite everyday after.

"Ya Allah, please forgive my mother's sins and my father's sins. Ya Allah, please make their love forever to heaven. Ya Allah, let us meet in your heaven, Aamiin,"

The story of them may ends, but Qaseh's and Akmal's love are forever to heaven, In Shaa Allah. They didn't start with couple, they start with doa. And that's true love.

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