Aesthetics and characters.

Just let me be ~Abdullah-

I know am crazy and I don't care -Hudaya-

Prologue.

Everyday, I mean every single day I tell myself that everything will be fine,it will all be history.

Maybe even after being 21 years old, I still didn't realize what life truly is,I was still in a delusion of my nearly perfect life but then life have its own way of changing.

December came with all its might and I didn't hope for too much from it,after all 2020 has been a testing year but I never for once thought that it will be my best year,in the all the good and bad things happened in this month of the year December.

It was a month of self discovery,a month of happiness and sadness,a month of living in the reality of life,a month that reality hit me hard on the face but I didn't fall because of a certain someone.

That is my true love Abdullah.

He was there at any moment of pain and happiness,I really didn't know we would go that far because of the circumstances we met but love they say is uncontrollable and unpredictable.

So yeah December is here with all its might and I can't believe that it is December,the last month of the year.

~Hudaya~

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Am not the perfect handsome guy that every girl wishes for,am not friendly or anything, I don't care about what everyone thinks,all I care about is doing what makes me happy,call me selfish because I won't deny you.

December is here and I don't know why people are fantasizing over it,it is just a month which happens to be the last month of the year.

My life have never gone straight but I didn't know December would be cool to the extent that I smile and laugh everyday.

So yeah,it is December people!

The last month of the year,let's brace ourselves for whatever it comes with.

~Abdullah~

Relishing the wind of December, the cold that is making my whole body tremble, I clutched onto my sweater as I hopped off the car,the leaves were twirling on the trees and some were falling down making feel like am watching a movie but who am I kidding? This is real and the leaves are falling on me,even though we don't live in a sandy area, I trust December weather for bringing a gust of sand which is accompanied by the wind.

I walked with a smile on my face when a street urchin came and stood beside me with a dirty face "Hajiya please give me money to buy slippers." He begged and I looked at him with pity dripping from my eyes,I wonder how on earth as a parent you let your children come out to beg like this but then it is condition that makes cray fish to bend "I don't have change,sorry." I further walked away but he still begged me and I let out a sigh as I checked my bag,it was true that I didn't have change, I only have N500 in my bag, I look at the money I was holding then at the little boy who was standing in-front of me barefooted "Take." I handed it to him with a smile on my face and his face light up as he began praying for me "May Allah accept all your du'a." I smiled and responded "Amin." And he smiled at me brightly "May jannatul firdausi be your final abode." I could feel the tears stinging in my eyes as respond him "Amin." He ran away leaving with the thoughts of my death.

I looked at the boy from a distance and a smile caressed my cheeks when I saw him with some other urchins going to a shop.

Their is love in sharing!

I can vividly remember how my parents always tried to make me remember that.

"Assalmu'alaikum." I said entering the house "Wa'alaikumussalam." Mama answered as she smiled at me,I threw my bag on the couch and jumped on it which made mama to eye me and I gave her a very big smile "Mama just remind me to be giving charity every day,am feeling so good after giving it today." I smiled at her she nod her head "So that was the reason why you were giving me this broad smile when you entered." I nod my head as I raised my head to look at the time and it was 10 minutes after 2:00pm "So how was school today?" She asked and I let out a yawn "Exhausting!" I emphasized dramatically and she rolled her eyes "How was work?" I asked sighing as I fish my phone out of my bag "Exhausting!" She said mimicking my earlier demeanor and I just chuckled a bit.

"Where is yaya?"I asked "He is in his room." She replied and I stood up to go to his room.Yaya is the only sibling I have,we are only two in our house so my brother whom I fondly call yaya have been a brother and sister figure to me "He seems to be in a bad mood today." Mama said in a whisper like tone making me turn around because I know that means I shouldn't go to his room or else he will lash his anger on me,I went back to the couch and sat down "His boss definitely did something again." Mama nod her head in agreement "Having a female as a boss is sometimes cringe worthy especially if she doesn't like you." Mama explained and I let out a sigh "You know she is pregnant so sometimes it is the pregnancy hormones." I nod my head in agreement of what mama just said "And Yaya can be a pain in the ass sometimes." Truly,my brother is very stubborn and that is absolutely the main reason why his female boss hates him because of his guts.

I carried my bag ready to go to my room when I remembered something important and turned to ask mama "Is baba still coming today?" She nod her head "I wish him safe journey." She mouthed a quick amin pressing her phone "I will go and take a nap." I walked to my room and I let out a tired sigh as I jumped on my bed and didn't even realize when I started sleeping..

I heard a loud knock on my door followed by Mama's loud voice "Hudaya, I swear if you don't come out right this instant am so going to kill you." I yawned sleepily and cleared my throat "Mama am coming." Damn.My voice was so sweet,gosh am in love with my sleepy voice "Open the door for me." She thundered and I stretched my hand as I hopped off the bed knowing that her patience is dropping just like the way a running tap drops "You said you were going to take a nap." That was what she said immediately when I opened the door "Yes." I approved nodding my head as I gave her space to enter the room "It is freaking 5:30pm Hudaya!" My eyes dilated and then fell on the clock that was ticking on the wall "Am so sorry, I lost track of time." I looked down guilty and she eyed me "Of course you did,pray and come out to prepare food for your father."

"But Mama you kno-."

"Don't even start rambling right now." She cut me off eyeing me.

"Mama Dr.Fatima said that I should always be resting,but you are making me cook." I whined and mama wasn't buying it.

I was a little bit sick last week so mama's friend who happens to be a doctor advised that I should have a good rest.

"Hudaya just hurry up."

"Mama,I don't want you to get used to my cooking because if I die then you wi-." Yes mama cut me off again.

"Hudaya!" I shrieked back and mouthed sorry.

She scanned the room and them looked up at me "I swear Hudaya if you don't clean up this room,pack those clothes and tidy them up,you will see how I will deal with you, I am also not going to sew new clothes for you because you don't know their quality,you are very lazy." Okay, I agree that I have hit a nerve and am paying for my deed.Gosh,mama can scold for the whole day,typical Nigerian mother! "You are a lady and you are this dirty,how can a lady's room be this dirty? Back then when we were young,you dare not let your room like that because our parents were really strict,just because we gave you green light doesn't mean you should take us for granted." She stopped to breath for a while and I darted my eyes to the tiles suddenly finding it very very alluring to my eyes "And if you dare bring up a topic of you dying, I will kill you with my bare hands Hudaya!" She stormed out not before banging the door close "And come out in 5 minutes." I heard her voice from the parlour.

Letting out an exasperated sigh,I turned around to get a good view of my room and Mama was right,the room was..........indescribably scanty,my clothes were screwed on the chair,my shoes weren't on my shoe rack and my bags were surely under the cloths.Okay,am a very lazy person and that is why my room is like that, I really do want to change from the bottom of my heart but I can't,I will keep trying to change though.Well for now the case at hand is taming mama's anger,in order to not anger her more I hurriedly entered the bathroom and performed ablution then came out and prayed.

I walked to the parlor and saw mama watching an Indian series film on star plus,she wasn't a fan of series but I thought her because of my excess love for them and now her love for them have surpassed them "What am I going to cook?" I straighten myself and she turned to look at me skeptically "Cook Tuwon shinkafa and Miyar Taushe (Traditional Hausa food)." God.All alone,with this laziness of mine "Okay." I knew better than arguing about it and moreover,that is my father's favorite meal so let's get to work "Mama am so sorry, I will clean my room tomorrow insha Allah." I said awkwardly standing "Am doing this for your own good,just make sure you take action and not only apologize." I nod my head and I head to the kitchen.

After I was done with everything, I was so tired that I felt like I couldn't raise even a finger,yes that is how lazy I am, I set everything on the dining table and and then sat down and waited for the horn of my father's car to blast my ears.

As if on cue we heard a horn and my mother who was now dressed in beautiful ankara gown which is beautifully styled with its patterns,she had her matching jewelries on and she was smelling of humrah,oh how much love the scent of this humrah,she did ture kaga tsiya as her hairstyle and yeah overall she looked beautiful,am sure from my little description you get to realize that my mom can dress.I on the other hand is looking like a maid,I was wearing my gown from earlier and I had my himar wrapped securely around my head.

"Welcome back,Baba." I smiled respectfully and he gave me a very wide smile "Baby how have you been?" He asked and I smiled at him "Am fine." I replied and he sat down with a tired sigh "Am so tired." He said looking at my mom who is smiling at him "I have told you countless of time to be taking flight but you are hell bent in coming by car,the worst thing is that you drive the car by yourself." Wait,is it my ears or is that mama is truly whining? The last time I checked I don't have hearing problems "That just proves that your husband is still young." Baba teased and Mama chuckled. I stood up and tiptoed to my room because those two oldies are semi romancing in-front of me.

I sat down on my bed and then started searching for my phone under the pillow but it wasn't there, I checked under the blanket and it wasn't there also, I decided to just carry the whole blanket to check and yap my phone fell down after flying up making a very good deafening sound which also made me know that my screen is a mess right now.

Way to go!

I carried the phone which is now cracked but not as much as I thought it would be,I turned on my data and messages kept trooping in,I decided to check my WhatsApp first but then something caught my eyes.

Well you see the thing is;I have been added into a group and the group's name is "Halal Matchmakers" and the group description says "Salam,This group was purposely to match two people,you don't know maybe you can find your true love here!

I hissed as I went ahead to check the members of the group and I knew no one.Okay,who the hell added me into this group?

I scrolled their messages and gosh they were seriously serious about the nonsense,a message popped in from my best friend Du'a.

Best❤️Best:Did you like the group?

Okay am so gonna kill Du'a for this.Now I have some set of missions to accomplish.

Mission 1:Exit the group.
Mission 2:Deal with Du'a.

Leggo!