C20 Serendipity Brush in Vexation
After Anne finished her business law paper, she decided to go to the cafeteria to buy food as her mother did not cook for lunch. Her parents got an appointment to do a medical check-up and they will eat outside for sure. Her parents might be coming home late at night to boot. “Dating maybe,” She thought. She does not care. She knew they also need time to date only the two of them after having and taking care of 5 children till now. She will take care of her 3 siblings after they got home from school. Another one is a university student and he is at his campus so she does not care much. "What to cook for dinner eh? I don't wanna eat rice. So... 2 boil eggs for dinner? Sounds good" She does not want to eat much as she is on diet. While walking, she keeps thinking about what to eat even she has already planned it. She might change or add something to the menu as two boil eggs are not enough for her.
She goes to the cafeteria by treading as it only takes 5 to 10 minutes from the exam hall and let her car in the parking lot. She arrive not long after and decided to add one more food for dinner which is two toasted bread as well as looking at the menu for lunch. There are Nasi Goreng Kampung, Seafood Fried Rice, Pattaya Fried Rice, Tom yum Fried Rice and Chicken Fried Rice for lunch. She chooses Nasi Goreng Kampung after 5 minutes of thinking about the one she wants the most. Too many options that she could not pick instantly after looking at the menu. She leisurely apprises the waitress then sits on a chair nearby.
Her peepers ramble around looking for something interesting. Starting from the vases of different colours of roses near the footpath, she unconsciously shows a lopsided grin as the white, black, red, and orange roses are mesmerizing. "It's unique. How does the owner take care of them? They aren't withered. Look fresh" She says while staring at them for a few minutes. Her peepers then move upfront the vase, a plant in a rectangle shape about 90 centimetres on each side called Bougainvillea. "So beautiful. So many colours. It's... nice" She stares at them for quite some time before turning with smiley eyes thought they are more plants around but there is Raja and Farah abruptly in the view. Her eyes now are gazing at them in longing.
Unfortunately, they did not see her. If they did, things will not change the way they used to be. “It's okay, seeing them from afar makes me happy. At least, they're still together. Stick like glue” She whispers merely staring at them. She displays a delighted grin as she reminisces their finest memories. "Hope they're doing good. Aargh! I miss them so bad. Wanna talk to them. What to do eh?" She wonders. "Ha! Present! I should give them their fav then. Hope they will like it and talk to me. Hehe," She mumbles while grinning from ear to ear. Her stomach grumbles as she waits for her food. But then, the waitress calls her name. “Oh! My nasi goreng kampung is done already? Good timing. My stomach whimpered just now” She mumbles and immediately treads to the counter and pays for the food. “Thank you,” She says and smile to the cashier.
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After she ate dinner while watching Thailand drama in the living room, she paces upstairs, leisurely go to her room and lay on her bed spacing out thinking about the person who camouflage as her. Why would that person do it? Why me? You did dirty to me. But why my best friends? You can do it directly to me though. Wait! Or might be people that I’m close did this to me? She thought. The fan sound company her cloud of thoughts as the surrounding is quiet. It is peaceful and miserable at the same time. Seriously she connects the possible dots all she could then hugs her pillow while recalling what had occurred these past weeks.
"The thing is what's with the mysterious student, the tricky man who masked as Yuki and the one who masked as me? Hm...”
“I don't know how the mysterious student know me but... it sent me chills spesh when he mentioned coward and vulnerable kid. Yeah, I was. When I was 5 to 12 years old. Is he a spy? Or maybe he’s my old friend in kindergarten? I barely know anyone though”
“But... wait! Number! The numbers he told me! Gonna use Google. Um... what’s the number eh? Ha! 1... 6154... and 176. Aargh! What’s wrong with Google? I can use it this morning! Why can't now??! Later la!”
"Another problem is... Ariif. Ever since he appears in my life, I often got in trouble... are all of them related? Impossible... but how? I met them at different places and different times"
“Eh??! Wait, wait... why is that mysterious student’s mug is similar to Ariif? Are they identical twins? Why did I just realise this??! Ya Allah! But he would tell me if he has twins, yes?”
"Shall I ask Khairi? Hope it's not Ariif again. Please don't share your account with him, Khairi. He’s troublesome”
She grabs her phone beside the pillow, pushes some buttons to unlock the phone and open the app as well as begins messaging him on Instagram asking if he knows anyone in his faculty whose height is almost like Ariif 180 above, good looking, quite tan skin, big eyes and no beard. She got the guts to dm-ed him even he assist him to use his account to reply to her confession. She does not mad anymore but the wound is still there as she could not forget it. It does not matter for now. Her mission is vital. Not wanting abrupt episodes to happen again in the future yet she knows this is not going to be straightforward. She carries on thinking about earlier while waiting and searching on Google again about the number. At last, she could find the meaning behind it. “A... faed... agf? What’s that? No, no. I should use another website. Uh? Numerology alphabet? Okay, let's try this one. I... wind... you... No, it's weird. Um, I... vant... you... Weirder and poppycock. Aargh! What’s he trying to say? I... want... you... What the??? Want me? For what?”
Khairi replies 15 minutes later. He says he did not see or know anyone with that features. Only Ariif has them. Most male students in his faculty are below 180 centimetres so indeed his best friend is the highest and only. Plus, he does not have twins. Then, who’s that mysterious? This makes her frustrated. Just where the heck is that student’s faculty and what’s the course he took? Her phone vibrates once again not long after. “Why you asked about Ariif?” She reads in confusion. An anonymous message with no picture on his or her display profile made her curious yet she discerns it is not Khairi. “Eh??! How does this person know???” She is taken aback as she thought it was him.
“Why??? Tell me! And why did you ask Khairi in lieu??? You can directly ask Ariif! He got ig as well!” That person adds. It seems like he is irate and tries to pry into her matters. She is still in disbelief but suddenly one person comes to her mind. “Wait... I think I know who’s this” She confidently says. “Because I don't wanna ask you, annoying. I like Khairi better than you” She replies. She catches him knowing who it is. “@UnknownUSA eh? Do you think I'm stupid? Just you wait" She mumbles. “No, you don't! Don't you dare ask him again! I’ll come to your house if you did!” He sends. “I bet you will whatsoever. Or maybe nay? Bla bla bla... jerk!” She chuckles and blocks him after that.
"Who hated me though? Ariif? He's as nutty as a fruitcake. Duh~ The mysterious student? Anis the narcissistic? Fatin her slave BESTFRIEND? I don't even know them. Sabrina? She's not like them but who knows, right? They are the only ones that obviously don't like me" Yet Ariif sudden text made her frown. His attitude was quizzical just how come he knew? ‘Don't tell me Khairi told him?’ She thought while changing her position leaning on the headboard.
A glass abruptly breaks and flies on her face. It cut her left cheek a tad and blood oozes down the chin but she did not notice it. She is surprised as she did not see it was coming. “How??? What???" No one else in the house. Only her. Her parents did not come home yet. Don’t tell me it's... She begins feeling uneasy. The two figures she has seen before subsequently appear in her psyche. The incident where she got hurt by one of them and passed out thus she did not want the same thing to take place again. But half of her trying to regard the thought as she did not see the figures yet. She stands and treads to the table looking at the broken glass. "The glass was on the table all this time. It's in the middle too. I didn't touch it. Who the he-" A black figure races out of the blue faster that she could not see who it was. 'Who's that??! How he or she could enter??! I have already locked the door!' She thought. "What do you want huh?!! Go away!" The black figure races once again in the other direction near her and scratches her back with the nails. "Aargh!" She yelps as she could feel her back is bleeding. "Wa-wait! No!" She stammers then covers her face with her hands as the black figure is now in front of her.
