Eyes Don't Lie

chapter 30

Wafiyah was fast asleep within the first hour of movie, but next time she opened her eyes it was Fajr time, she had missed tahajjud which was a blow for her and a reason why she was now crying sitting in a corner hugging her legs "Ya Allah I'm so sorry" she whispers because the other girls were sleeping, she didn't want to wake them up "please forgive your Wafiyah" she sat there for long, goled hues of sun was now breaking through the window, after calming down she got up and went toward the window to glance at the quietness of morning. Selena woke up and saw her there so she got up too " what's wrong wafu" Selena asks sleepily as she hugged her "Selena we should go back to hotel, or better let's just go back to Seoul" she opened her eyes completely sleep was now out of the window "did you miss your tahajjud today?" She asked her who's eyes started to brim with tears again "Aww my baby" Selena turned her to wrap her arms around her shoulders "Selena it happened after so long, I over slept I don't feel good" "don't cry now, it's alright you're a human, God must have wanted you to rest so that's why he didn't woke you up today, don't think otherwise yeah" she says while Patting her back "but maybe I did something to make Allah upset, maybe he didn't want to talk to me or he doesn't want to see me" Selena steps back "come on wafiyah don't say that if he didn't want to see or talk, you wouldn't have prayed Morning prayer but you did am I right?" Wafiyah looks at her, nodding her head "see he's not upset with you" wafiyah sighs "but let's spend the with just you and me, friends day out" wafiyah smiles " friends day in" she adds making Selena roll her eyes " of course, let's see if anyone's awake so we can inform them and leave". They went to the lounge and luckily the grandma was there so they informed her who insisted on having breakfast together but they politely refused.
Wafiyah was sprawled on her bed, she had spent yesterday in her Abaya and veil but right now she just laid there, her scarf was lying beside her and her long hair were dangling from the bed, Selena came out after taking shower "so are you planning on staying like that for the rest of the day" she shouts over the noise of hairdryer "do you have any better idea " "well other than exploring the city, none" "Then I'm planning on staying like that" "idea" Selena shouts "there's this cable car from where we can see the whole city without going to the crowded places" "but I've height phobia" " I'll hold you tight please it will be fun and then we will go to haeundae Beach and take the mini train, it will be so fun you won't even get to see naked people" wafiyah thinks for a moment the idea wasn't bad "okay if that makes you happy" she smiles "I love you so much" Selena jumps over her lying figure tickling her until tears were streaming down her face during of excessive laughing. They went to ride cable car first, wafiyah held Selena as if her life depends on it which actually did, and like usual Selena recorded every moment, they could see the beach and buildings from that height. They also received alot of stares from the people in other cable car that passed by them, as wafiyah kept screaming on top of her lungs " wafiyah people can even hear you on streets" Selena laughs right after that they took a lunch break and went to restaurant " Let's add another place in our list" Selena says taking a spoonful of rice "Haedong Yonggungsa" wafiyah tried to pronounce the word but couldn't "what is this place?" "You'll see for yourself " wafiyah shakes her head furiously "not at all I don't trust you, show me the pictures first" "it's beautiful I'm sure you'll like it " wafiyah takes her phone out which had alot of texts from different people but she went to Google " say that name again" she typed as Selena repeated "oh a temple" she puts her phone in her bag " okay we can go" Selena rolled her eyes "you don't trust me and it breaks my heart" "sorry not sorry" she send a flying kiss her way. The mini train wasn't as scary, they enjoyed the view and took a whole tour around, Selena would time to time point at the places in distance telling her the history she found on internet, then they headed toward their last destination for the day which was quite close to the current place. The temple was very old, it's architecture was ancient Korean, they wandered in the temple, and saw many people praying to the huge sculpture of Buddha. Selena too went there and made some wishes while wafiyah recorded her as she wasn't the one to pray much. "I'll send this video to your father, he'll be so proud of you" "He's Chinese dad, I don't think a video of his daughter praying for once will make him proud" Selena chuckles "did I make you sad?" Wafiyah asked because her relationship with her parents have been up and down after the divorce incident which thankfully didn't happen "you can never" Selena slings her arm over her shoulder and then start telling her all Buddha stories and tales she was told during her childhood. By the time they came back to their room it was evening, wafiyah washed up and decided to answer the texts she has received. she replied to Mina, somi and jungkook texts who were upset at the fact they went without telling them followed by her lack of response. Somi told her that she was going on date with her fiance and if she got free earlier, she will visit them. Mingyu had also send her some messages and wafiyah knew he would be upset for not responding on time "Selena" the said person hums "are we really going to attend somi's wedding?" "After they've treated us so well definitely yes" "but what will we wear, and how am I supposed to go?" " how about you attend the wedding and I'll stay back?" She suggests " shut up wafiyah don't be silly, I've already thought about the dresses" "what?" She sit straight "you'll wear a maxi that I bought the other day, it was for you but I didn't say back then knowing your ability to over react without thinking, and you can wear one of your hijab with it" "have you lost your mind my dear friend?" Wafiyah says "see that's why I didn't tell you before, what's the difference between maxi and abaya" "there is a difference Sela, Abaya is a loose garment, with no adornments on it" Selena tuts "wafiyah the maxi is not that tight, and it's a simple one you'll wear a matching hijab on it so no big deal" "but i-" "close that mouth of yours, the wedding is in one day, we'll go there sit, enjoy and then book our flight back to Seoul" Selena points finger at her making her quite. She got up and performed ablution to pray her Isha prayer and then recited Quran, like usual Selena came and laid her head on her lap as she continued her recitation and then when wafiyah finished she blew over her "I can listen to you for a whole day, it's so calming " she always adds in the end which breaks a huge smile on Wafiyah's face "Let's order food" she suggests, soon they were done with their dinner. Wafiyah went to throw the boxes out when her phone rang so Selena attended it for her "Hello" "Selena it's me somi" "oh HI how was your date" "it went well, but I'm still angry at you two" "you were sleeping so it wasn't appropriate to disturb you " "I was sleeping not dead that I couldn't wake up at least i could've dropped you to hotel" somi argues "it's nothing girl, forget it now" "I won't, what were you guys doing" "just had our dinner wafiyah is out to dispose the trash" "Good if you aren't asleep I'm coming to pick you guys will be there in 5" somi says and hung up "wafiyah somi is coming here" she informed her "wasn't she with her fiance?" "She said she'll be here in 5 minutes so hurry up put on your abaya" wafiyah whines "my legs hurt can't we stay in " Selena give her a pointed look "we hardly walked today, we rode on cable car and train, how did it tire you?" Before she could answer they heard a knock somi didn't hug her like usual when she let her in "what's wrong?" She asked worriedly "the audacity to ask me this question" she looks at Selena "she upset we left without telling her" realization hit her "Ahh that" she went and side hugged her and this time somi didn't protest "I'm so sorry, I didn't knew it will make you sad otherwise we wouldn't have left" "now cheer up we can even watch movie here what say" wafiyah says hoping she'll agree on staying in "No we are going out" Selena chortles at that " hurry up girls" "where are we going though?" "I'll let my car decide that" she sighs while putting her veil on. Somi drove them to seomyeon nightlife, the place was bustling with youth, something Selena would always be up for. There were lots of clubs and bars but they weren't here for that, somi guided them through the crowd where a group of street performers were dancing and singing, they stood there, Selena even gave her a twirl "Sela stop it" put she kept pushing and pulling her to the rhythm of song whereas somi recorded their banter. They went to ice cream parlor next, somi and Selena were disgusted by the amount of scoops she ordered with all topings and chocolate syrup. Around midnight they came back to the hotel, all three laid on the double bed which had enough room to fit them "how do you feel somi?" Wafiyah asks holding her head with help of her hand "we've been in a relationship for quite some time now, he's perfect man for me but I still feel nervous, as if I want more time to know him even better, my mind feels numb and anxious at the same time" "don't worry inshaAllah Allah will definitely bless you with a good life, I'm sure he will keep you happy and treat you the way you deserve to be treated" somi smiles softly "I wish we had met earlier, but better late than never" "Ahhh I'm staying here tonight" somi adds "make yourself at home" Selena says. They chatted for some time before dozing off.
Somi phone was resonating through the room, but she was fast asleep without any worry "somi" she taps her but somi changed her position "somi phone" this time she hummed, the person persistently kept calling her so wafiyah got up and recieved the phone "Hello?" "Somi?" The person on other side says, the contact was saved with nickname so she didn't know who it was "Sir I'm somi's friend and she's sleeping rightnow, I'll inform her first thing in morning" the person talk to someone "it's the Muslim girl" was it Aaron she thought "wafiyah where are you guys?" She heard jungkook voice "w-we're in our hotel room" she was now wide awake "somi is staying with us, she's fine but if you want I'll wake her up" she added "No, we just wanted to check up she didn't came back so but no worries go back to sleep " "okay" she hung up. She checked the time and decided to pray tahajjud and then recited Quran and then slept back after praying her Fajr prayer.
Next day somi and her family was neck down busy, so they thought it was better to not bother the family but this decision was enough to ruin jungkook's mood, another day he won't be seeing her. He sighs in despair "jungkook let's go buy you a suit" Aaron says "I'll wear whatever I have" "come on dude, get your lazy ass up. You haven't been out since you came here. I understand your desperation to see your girl but she isn't coming today so get up" he pulls his arm and then pushed him toward bathroom to get ready. They bought a few things and Aaron took him to the wedding location to see the arrangements "imagine it's your big day, Miss Muslim coming down the aisle, you stand there waiting for her mesmerized enchanted by her beauty" Aaron continue to tease him, jungkook chuckles shaking his head "thank you for making me imagine such an amazing experience but this isn't how Muslims marry" Aaron look at him in disbelief "then what do they do?" "Their wedding ceremony is called a Nikah, the right way is they do it in a mosque where they sign and say their do's " Aaron was lost in thoughts "I'll do my research on it" jungkook pats his back "good luck with that".
Wafiyah was acting a bit off, Selena tried to know the reason but every time she would say it's nothing, it was evening by now and her mood was still gloomy "wafiyah what is it?" Selena asked again "I swear I don't know, I feel so strange there's this unsettling feeling in my heart which I can't really name" wafiyah explains, she had been feeling suffocated throughout the day they tried many things but nothing helped "Selena the feeling is getting worse, is something bad about to happen i-im so scared" she took her scarf off throwing it away maybe will help her breath, she went to bathroom, did ablution and performed units of prayer "Ya Allah please make this feeling, this uneasiness go away" she supplicated but as if luck wasn't on her side "wafiyah try to relax don't overthink nothings gonna happen, everything's fine okay" she nodded "do you wanna eat ice cream it always helps you?" "No, I don't feel like eating anything" "you should go to sleep Sela I'm okay" after some convincing Selena gave up and turned the light off "wafiyah take a walk, it'll help" she suggests sleepily, sighing wafiyah checked the time it was quite late, after so much contemplations she put her Abaya and went out, the streets were almost empty. She strolled not knowing where she was going, all she wanted rightnow was to get away from the feeling in her chest. Absent mindedly she came far from her hotel, when she came back to her senses and looked at her surrounding, it was dark and empty alleys, she could hear the dogs barking in the distance. Her heart thumped wildly " Ya Allah where am I?" She looks around to find any convenience store or shop but there was none. She started taking quick long steps almost running, she kept on going from one street to another, she thought someone was following her without turning around she sped up, wafiyah was so busy in getting away from the man that she didn't saw a car speeding toward her, her body froze in the middle of street instead of moving she put both of her hand as a shield over her face waiting for the blow but instead she heard someone shout her name "wafiyah " and in the next moment she felt someone pushed her making her stumble and fall on the road followed by a loud noise, the car went off and it got quiet. Everything happend so quickly that it took her a while to react, to realize what happened, to recognize the voice that said her name, for her heart to stop once again. She was afraid to look back, she didn't had the courage, a pained moan broke her out of her trance. She got up and turned to look at the man lying few feet away from her, the man she was in love with "Ya Allah" she ran toward him with wobbly legs "Ya Allah " she kept chanting as she took in his blood stained face "J-jungkook o-open your e-eyes" he let's out another pained moan "please jungkook please o-open your eyes" she begs as tears stream down her face, she looked around to find help but no one was there. She taps on his face hesitantly, scared to not hurt any wound "please jungkook look at me, for God sake open your eyes" she was crying shaking him gently and luckily he heard her this time, he tried to keep his eyes open as he peeked at her through partially closed eyes "stay with me please, Ya Allah what should I do" she looks around "jungkook please keep your eyes open, don't don't leave me like that" she sobbed "Ya Allah show me a way please I'm begging you Allah please" she couldn't muster the courage to look at his wounds "h-hospital, I should call hospital" she got up and ran toward her bag and took her phone out, she dialed a number and within few seconds the operator recieved the call, she told him about the situation " please mam stay on the call so we can locate you, we will be there in no time" the operator asked about injuries and she told him whatever she saw and then hung up "jungkook" she tapped on his face again, his eyes were half open. The blood needed to be stopped, she kept thinking but her mind was numb, she cover her face with hand sobbing hard which it clicked her, she thought for a moment before taking her veil off with shaky hands and saw Jungkook's eyes widened momentarily "W-wafiyah" he whispers but she folded her veil clothing and tied it around his forehead hoping it would stop the bleeding for a while. Jungkook could hardly stay conscious but he kept trying for her sake, never in million year did he expect what she did next, the air almost got stuck in his lungs, his previous subconsciousness evaporated into the atmosphere. He tried to speak but the only thing came out of his mouth was her name, he couldn't say anything. He always thought how would he react if he ever saw her but now that he has he forgot to react, his eyes traveled all over her face, his gaze followed the tears that were streaming down on her cheeks which had gotten red by now. It felt as if time has paused, he didn't feel any pain what was happening with him he didn't know "jungkook" for the first time he saw her saying his name and he fell in love all over again with the same person that he saw in the restaurant "jungkook please stay with me" she pats his cheek, and he swore her touch could heal his injuries "Ya Allah please help me" she wiped her eyes with the sleeve of abaya looking around to see if ambulance was in sight or not, her hand was lying lazily over his chest, if it was under normal circumstances she would've heard his heartbeat with her ears. Soon the ambulance siren could be heard and he saw relief washing over her face , the ambulance stopped in front of them 3 paramedics were rushing toward them with stretcher, the bubble he was in was popped, the time started ticking again and the pain started to run through his body. He didn't know what happened after because he gave up fighting his consciousness welcoming the darkness surrounding him.