C21 Throwback(Side Story)

"They are really crazy and chaos every time we met" She mumbled while looking at the gallery.

Aifaa was the one asking Raja to be friends with Anne while Farah was by Anne to Raja. No one wants to start a conversation with any of them thus Aifaa tried being friendly and even collected another new friend to form a group. The more the merrier. And besides, they all look introverted. It was nice to have a group with various types of introverts. Dee and Nurul were also part of the group and were already friends with Aifaa since 13. But they all separated as half of them studied at some other places.

Raja never thought they would be her friends till now. Mostly her friendship didn't last long and even her relationship. She just tried the latter and it was the first and last. But what Anne texted earlier made her mad as Anne thought she could not meet Yuki. Anne can say it nicely at least. But after thinking about it for some minutes, Anne was right. She did not confess to him yet and he did not even know she has a crush on him. Therefore, she regarded it and began standing. She switched off her phone and put it on the table.

"Solehah, where are you? Quick!" Her mother called.

"Yes, I'm coming!" She shouted and stood up after laying on the bed for quite some time while reminiscing the memories.

"It's okay, Ja... You'll get pahala(reward) for helping your mum" She whispered, looking at the ceiling while calming herself.

"Why are you taking so long?" Her mother asked as Raja took 10 minutes to descend the stairs.

"I was laying on my bed," She said, panting while trying to listen to whatever her mother told.

"Don't waste time anymore. Go fry nuggets, sausages and french fries. I need to help your father with his laptop" Her mother said.

"Where are the others?" Her mother added before she could answer.

"They're in their room. Playing with their phones" She uttered, thinking what they did earlier when she passed in front of their rooms. The second one was watching a series, the third one was chatting non-stop and the fourth one was playing games with the last one.

"Just make the breakfast" Her mother replied while cleaning the dishes.

"You should tell them to help you too," She told while walking to the fridge and taking all the ingredients.

"Just do it!" Her mother yelled as she complain too much.

"Okay, mum" She gave in, hiding her disappointment and began frying.

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Chapter 2(flashback)

She was a bit surprised when Anne said it was not funny. Who made her angry? Boy, she was fine this morning. She knew Anne has high patience with some people but she guessed it was her b*tchy classmates or boys, the immature ones. Bet the classmates that made her furious. 'What's wrong... At this time?' She thought. Sigh.

Yet turned out she was stressed because of the Arabic test. Yeah, possible. Maybe. Raja did not think much about it since Anne did not show much expression. She really does not know the latter has problems. Anne always put on a straight face and she definitely was dense. She usually thought Anne was always fine as the latter never showed her emotional side. She abruptly snapped when Anne want to confess to Yuki on her behalf. She does not want it as she just has a crush on him. Not ready for any commitment. Besides, she was still a student. No money, no life.

Later in the car(after their last class of the day)

"Raja, do you know about a group of good looking Chemical Engineering students?" Farah asked while looking outside the window.

"Who?" Raja was clueless as she never heard rumours about them.

"I don't know much about them but one of them is from Turkey and another one from Pakistan" Farah replied, turning in her direction.

"How do you know?" She curiously questioned as she has no idea what Farah talking about while furrowing her brows.

"I heard people talking about them. I thought you know" Farah raised her eyebrows in quizzical.

"I heard about them too a bit but I ignore it after that. Why? Are they that handsome?" She did not care about them unless they are her type.

'Why do I suddenly feel uneasy?' Farah thought. A black figure watched her at the rear after Raja finished talking.

"Farah?" She called as Farah did not reply.

"H-huh?" Farah faltered, coming back to her sense.

"Are they that handsome?" She asked one more time.

"I think so. They won't gossip if they arent" Farah said.

"Were you dreaming just now? You wanna know one of them don't you" She smirked as she knew Farah has the interest to know them. One of them at least. On the other hand, the black figure kept watching them and smirked all the time.

"I don't know. I just wanna see their faces. What's so special about them and whatsoever. Hmm... Did she know about this?" Farah told then the last sentence turned into a whisper as she mentioned Anne. She does not want her to listen to it.

"You mean Anne? No, she didn't tell me anything about it... I think" She whispered as well.

"It's okay. Tomorrow you can ask her" Raja added then they halted from talking as they arrived ahead of Raja's house.

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Chapter 5(flashback)

Knock! Knock!

"Assalamualaikum, Anne! oh, Anne!" - Farah

"Aik? No one at home?" - Raja

"Maybe she didn't hear" - Farah

"Assalamualaikum, Anne! Assalamualaikum!" - Raja

"Waalaikummussalam, come in. Oh, you guys already came back from campus?" - Anne's mother

"Yes, aunty. We came back early today about 2 to 3 hours ago. Anne didn't tell you?" - Raja

"I thought she's still at the campus?" - Anne's mother

"Ah..." - Farah

"We'll go check in her room then" - Raja

"Okay" - Anne's mother

"She's going nowhere, right?" Farah asked while they climbed the stair.

"Yeah, I think so. She will tell us if she goes anywhere alone or with her boyfriend" Raja guessed, nodding as it could be right.

"Neither she's an outgoing person nor has a boyfriend so I think she's in her room" Farah mumbled while knitting her eyebrows.

"Ah, yeah. Right" Raja agreed as she realised what she said earlier.

Knock! Knock!

"What is she doing? Usually, she would open the door in an instant" Raja complained after knocking on the door.

"She's listening to her favourite song maybe. Max volume" Farah answered, shrugging her shoulders.

"If she is, then... I'll slowly open the door. She won't hear we knock anyway" Raja craned, telling Farah she will do it.

"Umm..." Farah hesitated.

Later(after the visit)

"Wait, Ja. You know Yuki from one of your social media, right? How do you know you like him?" - Farah

"Yes, since he replied nicely and faster than I thought. He said he's also single, available and wanna find a Malaysian wife so ya since then" - Raja

"Oh... That's how it started" - Farah

"You when? You've been single for so long" - Raja

"I don't know. I'm quite picky" - Farah

"Why?" - Raja

"It's hard to find the one who understood me. I need someone opposite my introverted demeanour who can help and calm me when I'm anxious to communicate. Didn't mad at me for being quiet" - Farah

"Ah, I get it. Yes, not easy but I believe your soulmate still finding you" - Raja

"Ye- what???" Farah halted from talking as she felt something bump into her. When she spun, no one was there. What was that? Ya Allah, the impact was real. But then, nothing was apparent. The black figure?

"Ye what what? Why?" - Raja

"Someone bumped into me just now but I didn't see anyone. Strange" - Farah

"Maybe there's a ghost here" - Raja

"Nonsense" - Farah

"Wait for this night. You sho-" - Raja

"Raja! Don't!" - Farah

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. I'll stop" - Raja

"You know that I'm scared of that kind of thing" - Farah

"I forgot. Sorry la" - Raja

"Let's go back. It's late already" - Farah