CH.24.THE DARK PAST .1

Mrs.lin watches as her daughter hurriedly ties her shoelaces with a smile until the figure appears from the front door. Her face dims.

"Y..you are b..back?" Her words couldn't form.

The figure looks at her keenly and raises his eyebrows. "What were you expecting? Do you want me to stay outside forever?" His voice is hoarser enough to give chills down the spine of the two figures in front of him.

Hua Lin stands up and rushes toward her mom's side. " How can it be? We were waiting for your arrival, Dad! " She smiles faintly.

He moves to the side and places his shoes in the drawer. He passes the two figures as his eyes side towards them giving off a cold look." prepare the bath for me!!".

The huge figure soon vanishes from their sight.

The figures struck on the doorstep release a sigh and loosen themself.

Mrs.lin looks at her daughter and smiles faintly." Honey, you should head to the school!".

Hua Lin looks at her mom and holds back the tears that overwhelmed her. " Okay, mom! I will be back soon! so be alright till then!".

"You don't have to worry about me but yourself, do you wanna get scolded on the first day". She chuckles and leaves as she watches her mom's face saddens with the closing door.

Hua Lin felt helpless, she couldn't do or say anything because her mom was fighting with it herself so she has to do the same.

She was past the streets absentmindedly.

"Oi!!!!!! Where do you think you are going, ma'am?". A loud yet deep voice reaches her ears. Hua Lin jumps surprised and finds her best friend with folded arms and an angered face in front of her.

She smiles apologizingly.

"Hmm....why are you so absent-minded? do you think you will get away with arriving this late." she brings the wrist in front of her face.

She jumps into the arms of her friend and leans her head on her shoulders.

Aliyah realizes her friend's state and keeps silent as they stood on the arid street.

Hua Lin gazes down the empty street that exactly resembled her soul. The emptiness that could never be replaced even if it had few feet spotted its mark on the path. She closes her eyes as the warmth of her friend reaches her body. She smiles and releases a sigh of relief.

Aliyah ruh, her best friend since childhood whom Hua Lin had always relied on since she was a child. The first day they met was when aliyah had shifted to her neighborhood. It was exactly 10 years ago but now they had shifted to different colonies because of Hua lin's Dad yet their relationship remained the same.

Hua Lin looked up at her friend, who had her face on the streets looking calm and comforting. Her face perfectly aligned with her jawline and her dusky tone matched the dark brown hair that flowed down her shoulders, she was indeed beautiful.

"Wanna kiss me?", aliyah turns towards the glancing eyes and smirks. Hua lin smiles and cuddles on her shoulders," Should I?". She giggles.

"So! What about our school?".

*Ahh.....right we have our school!*. Admit the chaos she had completely forgotten about the school.

" Right? How much time is left?".

Aliyah breathes a heavy sigh and raises her eyebrows." Well have a look yourself". Aliyah raises her wrist and faces the watch towards Hua lin's face.

"Ah.....!" Hua Lins pouts.

Aliyah laughs, "Alright what you wanna do miss? We've got a hell of a lot of time in our hands!".

The day passed real faster than usual. Aliyah and Hua's lin spent the day going on around the places they had visited every time they had time. Karaoke club, the game center, the love cafè, and the other places were the places they always visited.

It was time to go home!

" Lin! I know you are having a lot of troubles, but I will not make you remember it again.But remember that I will always be there when you look back and need someone to rely on alright!", Aliyah smiles at her friend reassuring her.

Hua lin looks at the mesmerizing face in front of her.*Ahh...right! I have someone who I can rely on, lean on and cry till I am out of breath...but..*

"Okay! I know", Hua lin leaps to her friends arm again. " Ah! I must leave or else I will be scolded again". She turns to leave.

Aliyah watches as her friend turns to leave. She feels a heaviness in her heart.She knew that the smiling figure that was with her till know was not exactly in her state of mind. The smile on Hua lin's face had somewhere a hint of sadness that she had been trying to hide.Aliyah couldn't do anything but reassure her for she knew even if she asked her she could never get the answer she wanted.

Aliyah stands ideal till she looses the sight of her friend.Somewhere deep inside her heart she didn't want to let her go that day.