once upon a time there was this kid that lived in cairo, the kid as the locals described him was daye3 (Lost) he was no good for life at all, just another stomach to fill with food and water and another holes to drain his wastes, he didn't like it either but he didn't express it through asking for help yet it was through rebellion. Till one day he was wandering in the streets of Khan El Khalili were he passed by a perfume shop he was frozen in his place by the beauty of those scents that captured his mind and prevented any motor cell in his brain to move his limbs to stay in this heaven as long as it could be. Lucky him his uncle knew the owner of the shop and tried to get him a job in it, the owner at first didn't like it as he already knew about the kid and his behaviour but at last he agreed and gave him the job. From that day on the guy was nothing but polite, gentle and a model of good. He lived for his job and nothing but his job, he never went to sleep except to wake up stronger for his job, he followed the orders of his boss so carefull and never disobeyed him, the owner liked the guy and trusted him, later the guy used to make scents by himself, extract them from different flowers, process them and mix them if needed too, he made the scents that his owner asked for and also he made another ones from his own creation, these were so good too that the owner liked them and started to merchandise them. He one day stayed at the shop late making one of his scents and was so taken by it that he forgot about everything but his scent, he came up with the best scent he had ever made in his life. Regardless how beautiful it was he kept it as a secret and never told anyone about till one day.
One day he was at his shop polishing the glass containers that contained the best perfums in whole Khan El Khalili when he heard the most beautiful voice any woman could ever have saying "Law samaht" (execuse me) he turned to her and looked at her and he saw the lady with the sweet voice, she was charming in her own Egyptian way with the politness and shyness that cought his immediate attention, at that moment he knew she was the one that deserved the scent her made for her, he knew from her she wanted a perfum for her mom as a gift, he gave her a good one and she liked it, he tried to give her the scent he made as a gift for her but she strictly refused but after smelling it she decided to buy it, he tried once again to gift her with it but again she refused but buying it, and while he was wrapping it he put a small part in a small glass bottle and kept it for himself. The beautiful Egyptian girl went away with her mom's perfum and the perfum he made himself.
Days after, anytime he felt lonely or depressed he took out his bottle and took a smell at the scent, when he do that he get together with the beautiful lady in a daydream that surpassed night dreams in awesomness and magic, when he opens that bottle he takes a deep one smell and try to store how it is in his brain hoping he could meet his princess again.
Days came after and he took over that business after the owner got too old and sick to run it again after all he found no one to trust more than the "kid". He excelled in his work but that bottle of scent and that one memory kept him lonely and he never managed to be engaged to any woman after that, thus he stayed single.
And as life went over and he had a car accident that left him without the blessing of seeing light with his eyes again, he never gave up on his life and lived it as much as he can.
And many many years from that as he grew old, old enough to have grandchildren yet still single, he was at a cafe shop drinking coffee with one of his assistants at the shop, it was the moment when his all sense got into a state of alertness, his eyes aren't complaining of not seeing right now, no need to, his brain has every detail of that beautiful face carved in it, he smelled the perfum he once gave to the lady at Khan El Khalili, he smelled it once then he started to breathe it, he breathed it inside his lungs and his heart refused but to get some of it to ease the tireness it had all those years of loneliness, he asked his assistant to describe the people in the cafe shop and lucky him there weren't many customers there and there were only two ladies having there drinks, he was astonished as the lady must have grown up by that time yet in the cafe were only young ladies, he told his assistant to go to them and tell them that he(The kid) is the one that made that scent and that he needed to have a little talk to whoever is putting it right now. The assistant came back with the two lovely ladies who were seated at his table and after one another breath he knew he would never forget that scent in his whole life. He talks to the young lady who happens to be the daughter of the beautiful lady he met in Khan El Khalili he get into talking about himself and how he loved that woman so much that he gave her the best scent he has ever made, yet comes a moment he never wished to witness when the lady tells him that her mom died two years ago, it wasn't the news he wanted to hear but he kept listening to her daughter about how she loved that perfum and how she protected it so much also she tells him about her and how amazing person she was, he keeps listening to those memories while consuming every breath he takes to take in that perfum that he waited so long to find except that he didn't find it on the right person.
One day he was at his shop polishing the glass containers that contained the best perfums in whole Khan El Khalili when he heard the most beautiful voice any woman could ever have saying "Law samaht" (execuse me) he turned to her and looked at her and he saw the lady with the sweet voice, she was charming in her own Egyptian way with the politness and shyness that cought his immediate attention, at that moment he knew she was the one that deserved the scent her made for her, he knew from her she wanted a perfum for her mom as a gift, he gave her a good one and she liked it, he tried to give her the scent he made as a gift for her but she strictly refused but after smelling it she decided to buy it, he tried once again to gift her with it but again she refused but buying it, and while he was wrapping it he put a small part in a small glass bottle and kept it for himself. The beautiful Egyptian girl went away with her mom's perfum and the perfum he made himself.
Days after, anytime he felt lonely or depressed he took out his bottle and took a smell at the scent, when he do that he get together with the beautiful lady in a daydream that surpassed night dreams in awesomness and magic, when he opens that bottle he takes a deep one smell and try to store how it is in his brain hoping he could meet his princess again.
Days came after and he took over that business after the owner got too old and sick to run it again after all he found no one to trust more than the "kid". He excelled in his work but that bottle of scent and that one memory kept him lonely and he never managed to be engaged to any woman after that, thus he stayed single.
And as life went over and he had a car accident that left him without the blessing of seeing light with his eyes again, he never gave up on his life and lived it as much as he can.
And many many years from that as he grew old, old enough to have grandchildren yet still single, he was at a cafe shop drinking coffee with one of his assistants at the shop, it was the moment when his all sense got into a state of alertness, his eyes aren't complaining of not seeing right now, no need to, his brain has every detail of that beautiful face carved in it, he smelled the perfum he once gave to the lady at Khan El Khalili, he smelled it once then he started to breathe it, he breathed it inside his lungs and his heart refused but to get some of it to ease the tireness it had all those years of loneliness, he asked his assistant to describe the people in the cafe shop and lucky him there weren't many customers there and there were only two ladies having there drinks, he was astonished as the lady must have grown up by that time yet in the cafe were only young ladies, he told his assistant to go to them and tell them that he(The kid) is the one that made that scent and that he needed to have a little talk to whoever is putting it right now. The assistant came back with the two lovely ladies who were seated at his table and after one another breath he knew he would never forget that scent in his whole life. He talks to the young lady who happens to be the daughter of the beautiful lady he met in Khan El Khalili he get into talking about himself and how he loved that woman so much that he gave her the best scent he has ever made, yet comes a moment he never wished to witness when the lady tells him that her mom died two years ago, it wasn't the news he wanted to hear but he kept listening to her daughter about how she loved that perfum and how she protected it so much also she tells him about her and how amazing person she was, he keeps listening to those memories while consuming every breath he takes to take in that perfum that he waited so long to find except that he didn't find it on the right person.
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