ﻳَٰٓﺄَﻳُّﻬَﺎ ٱﻟَّﺬِﻳﻦَ ءَاﻣَﻨُﻮا۟ ﻻَ ﺗَﺘَّﺒِﻌُﻮا۟ ﺧُﻄُﻮَٰﺕِ ٱﻟﺸَّﻴْﻄَٰﻦِ ۚ ﻭَﻣَﻦ ﻳَﺘَّﺒِﻊْ ﺧُﻄُﻮَٰﺕِ ٱﻟﺸَّﻴْﻄَٰﻦِ ﻓَﺈِﻧَّﻪُۥ ﻳَﺄْﻣُﺮُ ﺑِﭑﻟْﻔَﺤْﺸَﺎٓءِ ﻭَٱﻟْﻤُﻨﻜَﺮِ ۚ ﻭَﻟَﻮْﻻَ ﻓَﻀْﻞُ ٱﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻜُﻢْ ﻭَﺭَﺣْﻤَﺘُﻪُۥ ﻣَﺎ ﺯَﻛَﻰٰ ﻣِﻨﻜُﻢ ﻣِّﻦْ ﺃَﺣَﺪٍ ﺃَﺑَﺪًا ﻭَﻟَٰﻜِﻦَّ ٱﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻳُﺰَﻛِّﻰ ﻣَﻦ ﻳَﺸَﺎٓءُ ۗ ﻭَٱﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﺳَﻤِﻴﻊٌ ﻋَﻠِﻴﻢ

21. "O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will follow the footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful and wrong: and were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not one of you would ever have been pure: but Allah doth purify whom He pleases: and Allah is One Who hears and knows (all things)."
(Surah Noor)

The wind grew more intense, lifting the leaves off of the ground, the dry leaves swirled around Safwa's feet, brushing past her skirt. She stomped her converse clad foot onto a dry leaf making a crunching sound.

Safwa sat awkwardly on the bench, her eyes glued onto her now mud smeared shoes.

This Khaleel guy was still seated next to her , they both sat in an awkward silence, but she could feel his gaze burning the side of her face.

What the converse is wrong with this dude ! He's such a creep!

Why am I still siting here ?

Oh yes because I was seated here first and I'm not moving because of this idiot boy!

"Interesting shoes you're wearing " Khaleel commented , interupting Safwa's conversation with her conscience.

Safwa glared at him.

What is wrong with this boy ! What is so interesting about her shoes!

" Do you mind finding your own bench, do you know what is personal space ?"

Safwa turned away from his annoying smirking face and glared at the duck instead.

" You don't own this bench nor this park, neither are you my mother to tell me what to do" Khaleel retorted, crossing his arms on his chest, indicating that he had no intention of moving.

Safwa's cheeks stained pink, due to anger. She swallowed back a string of curses that almost escaped her mouth.

Oh how I wish I can pull that mouth of his so hard , that it becomes like a duck's beak.!

She laughed to herself, trying to imagine how Khaleel would look if he had no nose and mouth, but a duck beak in place of that instead.

"Are you crazy ? "
Khaleel gave her an incredulous look.

"Just now you were pointing guns at me , now you sitting here laughing to yourself"

Safwa shot up from the bench, annoyed at this irritating boy.

"Where are you going ?"
He asked once again, purposely agitating her.

"None of your business duck face!"

"Duck face!" Khaleels face marred with confusion. He scrunched up his nose.

"I don't even look like a duck !"

" You are like a duck you can't be quiet and your talking is irritating me, like how the constant quacking of these ducks are annoying me right now."

"Moody Idiot " he muttered under his breath.

"Puh lease ! Next time you see a girl all alone, deep in thought, let her be. You know sometimes people like to be left alone !" Safwa gave him one last glare and stomped off in the direction of the play ground.

Jauhy noticed Safwa angrily stomping her way towards her and rose her brows in question.

Was she still angry about her shoes ?

"What kind of cousins do you have?"
Safwa asked once she was a few feet away.

"huh" Jauhy gave her a confused look.

"What kind of a random question was that, why are you so mad ?"

"You have an annoying cousin"

"Uh okayyy I don't see what your mood has to do with my cousin, and which cousin,I have like twenty five cousins!"

"My mood has everything to do with Khaleel, who unfortunately happens to be your cousin. "

Jauhy's eyes windened in surprise.
"What? When did you meet Khaleel? "

"Just a few moments ago".
Safwa pointed towards the bench across the lake.

Khaleel saw them both looking in his direction, he grinned and waved at them. Safwa scoffed and Jauhy rolled her eyes, she waved back and beckoned for him to join them.

"What! Why are you calling that idiot here !"
Safwa gave her an irritated look.

"Because I need to warn him not to mess with my friend , I know him better than you do. "
Jauhy said honestly.

No doubt he was a sweet and caring guy, they were very close and she enjoyed his company, he never failed to make her laugh and he always had some amusing story to share with her, but one thing that irritated her nerves and she felt like slapping some sense into him for was, his habit of playing around with various girls feelings. It anoyyed her a lot.

"Yeah" he smiled at Safwa,then  turned his attention to Jauhy.

"Listen here little bro..."
Jauhy pointed her index finger at him trying to itimidate him, but the funny part was that he was a good head taller than she was, so he looked down at her instead of her looking down at him.

Safwa held back a laugh , it was a hilarious sight. She lectured him until he laughed in her face, annoyed that he wasn't taking anything she was saying, seriously, she grabbed Safwas hand and they walked back home, Jauhy fuming in anger and Safwa laughing in amusement.