Hyperventilated

Chapter 21 - Throwback(Side Story)

Chapter 1(flashback)

"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, switched off her phone and put it on the table.

"Solehah, where are you? Quick!" Her mother called by her second name.

"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 to the kitchen.

"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 ordered.

"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 shouted as she complaint 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.