11.30 pm

Lily: Wooooooowwwwww!!!!! This is what I'm craving for so long!!!!!!

Lily shouted excitingly at the top hills after hanging out with Mia and Naim, they came to the hills to view the whole beautiful and stunning city from above. Mia came next to her and put her hand on her shoulder, while Naim leaned on the car and watched the girls.

Lily: I can't believe it, this view would melt my whole heart like an ice cube.

Mia: I knew you would like it, cause we would get to see the whole world here.

Lily and Mia were laughing happily, when she spotted Naim left out from them and leaned on the car.

Lily: Naim, why are you standing there alone? Join us.

Naim: It's all right Lily, you guys can continue.

Mia: Oi prefect, sini lah.

Mia pulled Naim's hand without listening to his words, she made him to sit on the ground on her left side, while Lily took her place on her right side.

Lily: Naim, don't isolate yourself. There's more you need to explore in your life rather than locking yourself up.

Mia: Lily's right Naim, you can't just stay in a room and think about the problems you are facing. I have problems too, and so do Lily. But, are we worrying about it all the time? No, we just enjoy ourselves when we put our problems behind us.

Lily: Naim, you only have one life to live. Once it's gone, it will never come back. Just don't overthink about your problems, but think of how to be worthful even after our death. You got it?

Naim raised his eyebrows in impression as the girls stated their mature thoughts of not losing their life easily.

Naim: I know, but I don't know how.

Lily: Well, maybe you should start breaking the wall between you and your brother.

Naim: Fakhri? Huh.......he's more than a wall Lily, he's still angry on me.

Mia: Naim, aren't you going to talk about it to him? How long are you both going to be like this?

Lily: Yes Naim, or else it will be too late to think about it.

Naim sighed heavily and looked at the dark sky, filled with shining stars and a crescent moon.

Naim: After Fakhri ran away from my new house, my mom searched for him everywhere. She was worried as he's still a kid at that time, she always cared about him a lot. Until she found out he studied in the same school as mine, she immediately came and met him after so many years. But still.......the past kept taunting my family till today.

Lily nodded her head and patted Naim's shoulder.

Lily: I will help you Naim.

Naim: Help me what?

Naim confusingly looked at Lily after what she said.

Lily: Help you to reunite your family, you deserve all the love from them.

Naim: But how? We are being separated for so long.

Lily: And? Do you think it will be like that forever?

Naim: It's............

Lily: Naim, you're just thinking about how to reunite your family, but you're not making a move yet. Actions speak more than words, you know that right? Hence you have to step up and do something to reunite your family again.

Naim: But.......I'm scared.....what if anything goes wrong?

Mia: That's another problem of you, being petrified is definitely not working, you have to believe in yourself and do it. All right?

Lily: Yes Naim, you're not just taking the responsibility as a man, but also as an oldest sibling for Fakhri, a son for your parents. You have to do this Naim!!!!

Naim: I have to, but........

Mia: Eh, dah lah kau punya but ni, just do it, do it and do it!

Naim chuckled and smiled at both girls at his sides.

Lily: By the way, I need to ask you something Naim.

Naim: Me? Oh...um...yeah, sure.

Lily: Who is the man that your mother married to for the second time?

Naim: Oh, he's a swamped man, always go overseas month by month. I have hardly seen him for these days.

Lily nodded her head and looked at the dark sky again.

Lily: Do you really accept him as your new father?

Naim: Uh......why...do you ask.........

Lily: Hmm, come on Naim. Fakhri won't give up on his father, but did you?

Naim: I don't know, but that's what dad promised, to stay with mom no matter what. But, Fakhri won't just let dad to go away.

Mia: Uhmmm....Naim, I know my father is kind of out of his mind, and I don't really have any affection on him, but still I want to tell you this. Just don't give up on your father, he might be missing you as well.

Naim smiled sadly and looked down on the ground.

Naim: Yeah, that's all I can hope for now.

Lily just realized where the situation was heading to, she slapped her forehead as she mistakenly brought up the sensitive topic of Naim's.

Lily: Wait, what are we even talking about? This is the time to have fun, not being emotional. Silly me, what do you say if we go to that circus area?

Mia: Circus?! Are you kidding me?! I would bet my whole life for that, let's go Lily!! Naim!!

Naim: Ah! Ah! Yeah yeah!!! Let's go!!

After a long night out with fun and excitement, Lily, Mia and Naim finally went back to Kudrat school before it's getting too late. Mia's father didn't show up at the area as he would, she parked the car back where it was. The trio got down from the car and looked at each other.

Lily: Oh my gosh, that's such a load of fun out there, thank you so much Mia.

Naim: Yeah Mia, this is what I want the most now.

Mia: Eiiii, don't thank me, I feel shy shy lahh.......Anyway, I'll see you both tomorrow, I'm sleepy right now, good night you both.

Lily: Bye Mia, have a sweet dream.

Naim: Bye Mia, don't forget to call me when you reached there.

Mia: Yeah yeah, I will.

Mia smiled sweetly at Naim and went back to her own room, Lily started to feel suspicious of them as their interaction were getting weird day by day.

Lily: What is going on here?

Naim: What?

Lily: Call me when you reached there? I never heard something like this before.

Naim looked down on the floor while scratched the back of his head, cupping his lips as he didn't know what to answer.

Lily: Hello? Naim Ismet? Are you there?

Naim: Oh...uh...uh.....I feel sleepy too, talk to you tomorrow, bye Lily!!!

Before Lily could stop Naim, he ran away from the area to his room. She laughed softly and looked at the directions where Mia and Naim went.

Lily: Something is going on, I will find that out soon.

As Lily was going back to her own room, she saw someone walking out from the store room. She looked closely to the second floor, and witnessed a young boy leaving the area, followed by a tall man who seemed familiar to Lily.

Lily: Wait......isn't that Ariz?

It was none other than Ariz, he adjusted his clothes and looked around to see if anyone's watching him, Lily immediately hid herself behind a wall and kept an eye on him carefully. He checked the area one more time before he left the place as well.

Lily can't help but to feel suspicious of Ariz's activity, she immediately went to the second floor and examined the store room. When she reached there, she spotted a red hanger hanging on the door handle, she slowly opened the door and looked around the inside. Nothing permanently she found, until she looked down and the floor was a bit messy.

Lily: What is this man up to? He has been behaving weird lately, maybe I should keep an eye on him from tomorrow.

After a while.......

Lily went back to her room and she looked for something that could helped her to look after Ariz's activity. Luckily, she found a small speaker device to record anyone's voice in live. She nodded her head and looked serious all of a sudden.

Lily: Ariz, I will find out about your intention soon.

To be continued............

Hi guys. Thanks for reading. First of all, I do know some people are starting to lose the interest on Projek High Council series, and some of them are still attached by it, including myself hehehehe. But, like I said earlier, I won't get away from this book until I finished it, all right? Anyway, what do you think about this chapter? Leave your thoughts in the comment section down below, stay in touch to find out more about the story. Until then, I will see you guys in the next chapter. Bye, guys! Terima kasih!! 💛🇲🇾

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Mithran