When the sun and moon collide

I can make it right

Maha's Pov

July 27th

At the apartment

"So he slapped her, then he just held her and stroked her face. What is this Maha?" Zafirah just stared at the screen. Me and Aarish just laughed hysterically to the point where Aarish just fell off the sofa which then in result made me laugh even more. It was a boring weekend where the three of us didn't have work. It was too hot to go outside and also it was raining, so instead the three of us just stayed inside and binged watched dramas. "Leave the fan alone will you." Zafirah slapped Aarish's hand away from the fan, leaving Aarish with fed up look on her face. "Alright, fine. Does anyone want anything to eat, I'm going in the kitchen?" Aarish got up off the sofa and made her way towards the small kitchen. "I'll have cake if you've got some." I asked. "Wait, I'll come with you." Zafirah followed her excitingly.

The sounds of clattering and clanking erupted from the kitchen. What are they doing in there that's making them create this much noise. "What's with all the rola?" I asked and all I got was nothing. Just then, I heard a ping coming from my phone. I opened my phone to reveal a message from none other than Hyun-Ki. Why would he be messaging me? It was a voice note. That's around almost ten minutes long. I placed my headphones in and listened to the message.

* "I mean what's there not to like about her." What has he sent me. Is this Asir Imran? *"I like Maha because she's kind and generous. She believes in me; and she makes me feel good about myself." What is happening? *"When I look at her, my heart beats so fast. It's hard being around her, because I want her. I want her so bad it hurts." Is he talking about me. *" And now mum is making me marry someone that isn't her." He want to marry me.
My phone just dropped out of my hand. I had completely stopped functioning.
"Maha. Maha!" Zafirah throw some water over her." Zafirah filled a glass of water and splashed it all over my face. It was refreshing to say the least.
"Oh my God." I inhaled and came out of shock. My breath became laboured. I was holding my breath. I think I genuinely had stopped functioning for a moment to the point I wasn't breathing.

"Are you ok?" Aarish asked me very slowly. The words pouring in my ear. "Yeah. No. I don't know?" She guided me towards the sofa to sit down. I didn't even realise that I was standing up.

"Ok, what the hell has just happened? What made you freak out?" Zafirah asked.
How should I tell them. I didn't know what to say, so I grabbed my phone and opened up the message. I turned off Bluetooth and the message was on full volume.

"I want her so bad it hurts." Hearing that line again made me question everything. On the other hand the two girls gasped but it seems that they took it better than me. Zafirah squealed and Aarish just cringed.

"Oh my daze he confessed. He likes you." Zafirah ushered.
"Correction, he is in love with you. Infatuated with you." Aarish added.

I took in their words but I couldn't fathom it. Asir Imran likes me.
"Ok. Now, what? How do I face him?"
The two looked at each other shrugging.
"Well, that's a good question?" Zafirah said.
My phone started to ring. It was my mum.
"Well we'll talk about it tonight. Right now I need to go home." I said my salaams and left in a hurry.
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Zafirah's voice erupted like a volcano, her tone fiery and filled with disbelief. Aarish paced anxiously around the room, her thoughts racing just as fast as her feet. "Well duh we are also hearing this for the first time too," she stated, trying to make sense of the ten-minute confession they had just heard. "And boy, was that a confession and a half." she shook her head in amazement. "The man is completely and utterly in love with her." Zafirah let out an awed sigh, lost in the romantic revelation before them. "It's cute," she gushed, "it's like we're witnessing a love story blooming right in front of our eyes." Aarish couldn't help but cringe at her words. "You're acting like it hasn't been obvious the entire time," she retorted. "Plus, it's just cringey. Cute but cringey nonetheless." The girls burst into laughter at their banter and how far they had come of this whole playing cupid situation. Zafirah suddenly turned serious, her thoughts shifting to Maha's potential response to this unexpected confession. "I wonder if he has heard Maha's confession," she pondered aloud, turning to Aarish for answers. "We need an update on that situation."