MY NAME IS FARUK ABDULHAMID. I AM 19 YEARS OLD I AM FROM KADUNA STATE .I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY SOUL TOUCHING STORY WITH YOU .
I grew up in an average family me and my parent lived in a two bedroom flat it was a face me I face you apartment together with my two siblings and a cousin sister who stayed with my mum as she got married. they where all females, I was loved by all but I was a kind of child who never want two be in the mist of many people. I love doing things on my own and in my own way, I never did care for any girl and I had a lot of hatred for females I couldn't figure out what was my problem, but my sisters where a bit normal to me maybe because they don't school at home.
My mum was so mad at my attitude of not being friendly to my mate in the compound. am fond of beating children I don't like to see girls come close to me or even come close to my toys, anytime we have visitors who wil come to our house to stay for a while I do pray the don't come with any of their daughter's, because with the old system our parents they will want us to eat in the same plate, atimes I go hungry because I don't want to eat with a female. if a girl should use a cup from our house I make sure I don't use it again and if My mum forces me to, I make sure I break the cup, even if I was mummy's boy I do receive the worst beating of my life.
As life went on a new family moved into our compound it was a day to eid-day and to my worst expectation the had a daughter her name is falmata, she was of the same age with me and she was fair and very beautiful and she had Long hair, her eyes was just one of a kind the eye balls where jst blue with some beautiful brown around it, I had never seen such eyes before,but yet it didn't change anything in me, mum said we will go and greet our new neighbours. Her mum was happy to see us she said thank God we have children in this house am sure Abdul will make her get use to the compound my mum just smiled. falmata want to come close to me but I was just seated on a bench by the side of the room she notice I had an angry look towards her approach she said mum Abdul has a pointed nose that was the 1st word she said to me I stood up my mum eyed me, I just sat so she came closer to touch my nose just to make me laugh unfortunately she fell down and was crying she had little bruises on her knee so they both told me won't you take your friend up,I come close angrily as if I was going to do it ,but I ran out of the house and went home.
I was crying when my mum came in she asked me what was wrong I told her you left falmata to make fun of me and she laughed and said sorry my love and kissed me. so she went into the kitchen to make food for my dad before she could finish I slept off I didn't eat my lunch when I woke up my dad was already home with my three lovely sisters I told dad what happen. he told me not to worry he will call soldiers for falmata and will get me new toys I was happy and it all went away. so we went to the mosque and prayed with my dad, sallah was boring ba kamar da ba. I was only thinking of how next term in school will be because falmata's mum told me she wil soon join her in my primary school vintage international in Zaria Kaduna state, so I was worried we resume school and she joins us and our class teacher Anti Ofako who was friendly said I should seat with my sister.
I was annoyed I tried all my best not to be with falmata but yet she became my destined seat mate and was even called my sister. I will push her to the extreme end of the chair I told her not to come close to me or else I was going to beat her she was so patient and didn't complain as if she didn't also pay to study, we continued like that till a day when we where to go home from school because mum was not able 2 come and pick us so on our way home her sandal got spoiled and she asked me 2 hold her bag for her I come close and collected it I told her u remember when she said I had a pointed nose so she laugh and touch my nose I then throw her bag into a stagnant water across the roadside and went home she cried but our teacher help her to pick it and brought her home with her bag and my mum really beat me that day and ask me to apologize. I cried and she told mum it was her fault and she said sorry to me I didn't even look at her with the tears in my eyes she touched me and said sorry I ran into the toilet and luck my self the next day at school she told me to forgive her and I said yes even if it was not from my heart so she will just go away, few days before my father got transfered to Nasarawa state i started to get use 2 falmata I was able 2 tolerate her because she was not ready to give up., the last time i made an attempt to bite her she told me if I dare she will remove my teeth and she said she was joking.
Since then I stopped looking for her trouble, my mum was happy that falmata could change me we became best friends I don't allow anyone to beat her in school and the neighborhood, so my dad said we will be moving with him to a new state because of his new job. I left Zaria and falmata weeping I even felt sick, I wasn't comfortable with the children here they way they speak Hausa is totally different thank God some of the children around cloud speak English but pidgin English. I was able to understand there own dialect after about two years. dad told me he had found a good job for falmata's dad who was his friend and they will join us here in a few months, when falmata was in town, i heard about it and went to her new house. her dad saw me and said my Inlaw my friend and laugh and said "yau kai ne a gidan mu"? I smile I said where is falmata her mother said she is in Zaria schooling my eyes turn red before I could turn falmata came running into my arms and gave me a Sweet hug we laughed and she cried and said I thought we won't meet again.
We Went in and had to eat the rice and stew made by her sweet mum it was even more delicious eating together with a girl and she said when did you start eating with female I just laughed and ignored her, so we slept off I spent the weekend at her place before my dad took me home on Sunday evening, she joined a new school I was jealous to see her around new friends even if she use 2 call me my number one in front of them. But yet I pretended nothing was wrong with me, so we spent 4years together, we gained admission into different secondary school we only do meet at home but we still play like kids as of then is only sleep separates us even though we will one day end up together as friends in the same house.
One day we went to our Islamic school on a Sunday morning the day was totally different falmata was also not happy because the teacher was so bored his lecture was not interesting. So when we closed we were playing and on our way home she said she want to buy one sweet cake they use to sell in one area call tammah in Nasarawa state, I told her mum will be angry if she finds out. We bought something outside, it was not expensive because the cake is small. The owner of the store sells it at the rate of #20 Naira so we just went ahead to buy it since she insisted. so we bought it and shared it together, we promised not to tell anyone we cleaned our mouths while the woman laughed.
We came to the roadside unfortunately I turn to wave my teacher in school and a red golf car ran into falmata from nowhere and crush my dear falmata. I saw her just right in my eyes as she flew into the air and landed with a heavy thump. She started bleeding she truly needed my help tears was just rolling down from her eyes I cried so much while the driver came out and put her in his car we rushed her to the hospital. falmata was having a strange heart beat it was faster only God knew the kind of pain she felt. I was incapacitated I was crying so hard and I kick this man who did this to her, he could understand my situation, he had the power to beat me but he only said sorry to me. falmata could not talk and our parents came. The doctor and nurse where making sure they controlled and stopped the bleeding she was the only daughter of her parent and she was all I had, her mum was weeping.
My dad took me home so I will change because her blood was all over my body and I was going to bring food for my falmata. I left with my dad, mum was still there it was 12PM when we came back I asked mum where is falmata she said she's sleeping and mum was weeping the nurses seating at the exit side of the hospital also started weeping because of what I said, I walked in only to see my falmata covered with a white garment and she was truly sleeping the doctor's eyes were red he said don't wake her dear let her rest I was week I couldn't touch her. tears roll down from my eyes and they took her to our car she didn't walk back home by herself till today she didn't wake up. She died when I needed her the most I wish I had never left her, I felt it was my fault her mum was crying all day because she was all we had.
Good people are had to find people who can teach u morals don't last for long don't missuse any good opportunity , May her soul rest in Jannatul Fiddausi amin.
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