・ 。゚⭒ 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 🐍 , khalida latib, a tragedy. the girl who suffered. the girl who screamedcriedbegged for help. the girl who was scorned by the world. the girl who cried for help. zariya mohammed, a mistake. the girl who's hands were stained with mistakes. the girl who carried the weight of the world on her shoulders. after a moving back to her hometown, zariya decided to do full time madrasah, hoping to bring herself on the right path and hoping to start fresh. khalida had been scorned by the world, by her parents as she hid her grief as though she didn't have a choice. khalida chose to teach madrasah, hoping to make a difference as madrasah saved her in a way. both of them were suffering with their own demons, suffocated by the pressure to be perfect. after meeting in the starting of the year but then a chain of events led zariya to always be in khalida's presence, they ultimately getting tangled into each other's life. zariya can't seem to figure out khalida. khalida can't seem to shake the feeling away that maybe zariya's suffering too. as the two bond over time, secrets unfold and trauma resurfaces. will zariya be able to let khalida in? will khalida be able to save zariya before it's too late? ━━━━━━━━━━━ ⋆ (platonic) oc x oc story. ⋆ set in johannesburg, south africa. ⋆ intense themes are mentioned throughout the book. please read the warnings carefully. ⋆ i don't own any form of media throughout the book; i only edited it! all credits go to the original owners.