for anyone who ended up wondering, yusuf's mother tongue is arabic. i think it was clear in the way i wrote it, but i can't be too sure.

i think i tried my best to portray the reality of how they'd spent their last few weeks, the constant up-and-downs of their emotions, the fluctuation of it.

"it rains the entire day." = "that the sky only cried so that i wouldn't." (the sky really didn't want them to cry.)

yes, her death is calm like that. i didn't exaggerate the details of it purposefully. it had to be like a stretched out string suddenly being cut off.

actually didn't want to end it here, i wanted to write about yusuf's grief, but i think he was already mourning the entirety of the ten days they spent, so. i stamped a "nevermind" to that thought.

thank you for reading!

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