Category: Short Story/Cerpen

Dinding bilik Naail berlatarkan warna biru langit. Dia yang pilih sebab ibu bagi. Teringat sewaktu Naail berusia satu tahun, menangis dalam dukungan ibu setiap malam. Dia pula hanya mampu melihat ibu dan ayah tidur selang malam, berganti macam pas baton. Oh ya. Dulu bilik itu warna kelabu. Dia tak suka warna kelabu. Satu malam, dia datang […]

I am Kiara and I thought today, or this semester would be different that the rest, I thought I have chosen a buddy that would help me for the rest of the semester. Oh, how I was wrong to put my positive judgements on it. Its been a rough week for all students this time […]

Where Should I Belong?   If there is anything that I am good at, surely it will be waiting.   It had been two weeks since I left that dark and cramped box and lived here.  My spirits brightened upon sitting on the “new arrival” section. However as time passed by, new generation replaced me […]

“Where did you learn this?” Most would ask me this. A 22-year old who could crochet bags, pouches and much more. People was amused as it was not a common hobby here in Malaysia plus a young-adult?. My answer would always be “My mom, she was a start” She is. She is a start to […]

Defensive according to Mr. Google was ” very anxious to challenge or avoid critism ” “Always put others first.” My mom used to say that, she was worried that I might not make friends or I was too bold for the world. Sadly there’s a negative side of it, I became soft. In an argument, […]

I don’t know where to start. I have never been in love, well not really but more to one-sided love. Some says “It will come one day, you’re special. The last one are always for the best.” Some says “Put some effort in it, you cant just wait around for it to pop-up” Some says […]

It was a Sunday afternoon. I was listening to Khalid when he called me to come to bed. I was doing my work and I know I shouldn’t but I just couldn’t resist joining him. His body felt so warm pressed up against me, his hands on the small of my back, his breath on […]

She loved him and never recovered. He came for a season and left when the day becomes warmer. And she ate ice-cream under the sun alone, while staring at smaller kids on bikes. She’s on a hand-me-down swimming suit, red and white, striped. She stared at the small vase in front of Mrs Fisher’s yard, […]

Her heart was broken in the morning. She gasps for air. Took a deep breath, and let it go. She looks puzzled for a good minute And realized she need to work. She can’t afford to breakdown now. Not in front of the office. So she went in. Fake a smile. Walk to the office […]

I’m writing to remember today. You were such a gentleman, holding open doors and all. You asked me about myself like you genuinely wanted to know. You asked questions to listen, not to respond. You really listened to me. You heard me. I felt comfortable with you, safe even. Like I could trust you with […]

“If I had the courage to convey these feeling, I can say goodbye to all those painful nights. I put all my wishes into it, wish my love, so give me the power to take that first step.” But what kind of first step would it be, I have always wondered it too. The first […]

Never liked them. I’m currently in my 3rd week of doing an internship in the big city. I swore myself to not ride the bus but it was the most cheapest n fastest transportation but it might not be the most time-efficient and safest one. My first experience was the worst, the bus was too […]

—“Will you marry me ?” I remember how for the hundredth times he asked. “I am going to take care of you I promise,” He added. “You know I can’t,” I gently replied. He knew I would never agree to that but he asked anyway, hoping I would have second thoughts. “We are young. What’s […]

I’m deeply invested in you. How can be this way I have no idea. My head is fully occupied with this incoming election. And family to put on top. Glad work at the office is manageable. But still as the clock turning, there’s you in some part of my head. I remember you want to […]