Drafted on 4th July 2015 - 1.29am.
They say it was puppy love.
They met during the end of the honeymoon year. Which was in Form 4, honeymoon because it was after PMR and before SPM. He was a bad boy, and she was a school's prefect. Typical novel story.
He and she was worlds apart. He came from a well-do family, and she was from a middle class family. Their circle of friends differ, he was the school's bad boy and she was the prefect. Ponteng kelas vs tukang tulis nama kat pintu pagar. Nuff said.
Boy is L. The girl is A.
L is what you can say as a carefree teenager. Didnt care much about future, taking things one at each time. He live with his grandparents, so there were never really any disciplines. He was always late to school, if he ever went. No books, no homework. Just goofing around with his friends. He was not a really bad boys, just misguided.
And then he met her. He cant really say what it is about her that attracts him. She was pretty enough, but not that pretty. Maybe it was her i-dont-take-your-bullshit attitude. At first, he was intrigued. He never noticed her before, never even spoke to her. He started asking around, and the boys laugh at him for noticing some nerdy girl.
The girl didnt really believed that some boy are asking about her. Must be a high school joke. Then a few people starts telling her that L is sending salam and all, and she said if he really want to get to know her, why dont he meet her face to face. It was just a figure of speech, really. She didnt think L was serious enough to meet her and if he really did, she didnt really know what to say. She only think that it was a joke, and L was just messing with her.
After a few days mustering his courage, L finally met A face to face. And both of them surprised each other. None of them can really remember who said the first word, but A can clearly recalled one particular conversation:
L: ada nombor phone rumah tak?
A: mm ada, tapi saya duduk hostel. Minggu ni tak balik rumah. Kalau saya bagi nanti mungkin awak hilangkan.
L: ohh. Betul jugak kan.
A was just looking for excuses not to give out her phone number, and she didnt expect that kind of honest reply from L. Like come on, you were there to express your 'feeling' towards a girl you like, an most people will say whatever good things about them, not admitting that you were such a carefree person that you would actually loose your crush's phone number!
And that, was how she started to get attracted to him.
In the end, L gave his phone number instead. But being a jual mahal kind of person, she didnt called.
After a week, it was a minggu balik kampung. A come back to his parents house, and much to her surprise, L called. He got her number from A's classroom teacher directory book. Curi-curi ambil. Take about being bad boys huh.
They talked all night. Both of them didnt sleep till morning. It was as if they were long lost friends, apart and meet again.
By morning, they declared themselves as couple. Cheesy, yes.
Every puzzles started to fall into one big picture. L finally found and anchor in his life. For once, he become responsible. He was still carefree, but with A holding him together, he starts feeling that his life means something. She was the answer that he never knew he was looking for.
And A, for once, started to feel complete. She was always struggling, to do more, to become more, never enough. With L, she finally slows down. She appreciates those around her. He was her dream, the one that she never knew she was dreaming off.
It was sweet and exciting. Puppy love, they said. They rarely talked, rarely went out on a date, yet they understand each other.
A believed in signs. Kismat. There was this game, a tissue paper game. On a piece of tissue paper, A write her and L's name. She then tear the tissue into 6 strips, and fold it to become strings. So there were 6 strings. A friend, who introduce the game, hold the strips in her palm in such way that one end of each string facing upwards and another end is facing downward. A then tied together 2 end of each strips facing upwards, making 3 tied-end. And same goes to downward, making 3 tied-end.
As the end result, if the strings becomes one big circle, (only by miracle, do take note), the couple are are fated to be together. Ada jodoh, orang kata. And yes, A's 6 pieces of strings miraculously formed one big circle. She and L were fated to be together.
Didn't believed their luck, A do the same thing again. And yes, it was a circle again. Boy, their bond was such a strong one.
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