"Wow, your college is quite big, although it's a newly founded one." Aisyah gaped in astonishment at the large building in front of them.
"Alas, it is a private college, sister. Almost 90% of the students who applied here have a very outstanding family background. No ordinary people could easily enter here, well, not without help anyway." Fakhrul replied. "The rest 10% are scholarship students. Isn't it right, Iz?"
"Hmm, maybe." A short sentence comes from the handsome young man as an acknowledgment of his friend's question. His attention is more on his smartphone rather than on his surrounding.
"Come on, Iz. This is our first day here. Let's explore!" Fakhrul excitedly said. He slung his arm on Izzat's shoulders.
Izzat scrunched his nose, clearly hating his best friend's suggestion.
"I'm lazy. Go ask someone else." He replied with a distinct dislike on his face.
"Who should I ask? We are new here. New students should stick together. You will never get a girlfriend if you act like that, my friend. Always gloomy and a man of few words. I really wonder how a chatterbox like me could befriend a stoic person like you. What a waste of your handsome face. I really envy you sometimes. Even when you do nothing, girls flocking around you like birds."
Izzat glared at his friend.
"I am here to study, not on a quest of finding a girlfriend, silly. I also wonder how exactly our friendship could last this long when all I can think about is strangle you to death! Find a girlfriend for yourself first. Don't bother to find one for me. I am perfectly happy like this!"
"But, Iz..." Fakhrul showed him a pitiful expression. "I think it is about time for you to let go of your bachelor's title. You'll be a loner forever if this continues..."
"Shut up!" Izzat snapped at him.
Aisyah chuckled at her brother's interaction with Izzat. Izzat rarely expressed his emotion to others. Only when Fakhrul or his older brother, Aizat, around does he talk longer than necessary.
"Stop fighting, kids." She amusedly said. "First, we need to sort out your things and your dorm's matter. After that, we go out for our lunch. Exploration could be pushed back later. Understand?"
"Fine, sister." Fakhrul rolled his eyes.
"Careful. my dear brother. Or your beautiful sister here will poke out your eyes if you do that again. You must already forget about our sparring last week, isn't it? Next time, I will beat you hard enough so you will never forget it again. Okay?" Aisyah gave him a smile that not really a smile.
Fakhrul immediately nodded his head in understanding.
"Yes, sister! I will not do such things again towards you. I promise!"
"Good." Aisyah rubbed his brother's head in satisfaction.
Izzat scoffed.
"Pathetic."
***
Boy's Residential College
Jupiter Building.
They arrived at their dorm, well, more like their apartment, fifteen minutes later by car. The parking lots are crowded with expensive-looking cars since today is the first day of college registration. Parents are sending their children and at the same time, wanted to check their children's living quarters, whether it is safe and comfortable enough for them to live in.
"Too many people," Izzat grumbled under his breath. He hates crowded places so much that he preferred to stay at home during the holiday, the contrary of other adolescent teenagers. He quickly followed Fakhrul and his sister, Aisyah, while silently pleading in his heart, for this exhausting day to end. He had it enough already.
While crossing the parking lots, Izzat suddenly felt uncomfortable. He felt all his hairs on his body, standing. Shivers are running down his spine. Izzat looked around cautiously. His forehead wrinkled in confusion.
Is there something over here? But, he saw nothing at all, except a sea of human overcrowding in this place. Why did he experience an eerie feeling all of sudden? Izzat stays rooted, keeps scanning his surroundings in an attempt to find something out of ordinary.
Ah, forget it. He decided to ignore such feeling and rushed towards the lift.
Their apartment is located on the third floor(Level 3) and situated almost at the end, two dorms away from the emergency stairs. One dorm has three rooms. And, one room is shared with two students. Overall, there are six students in a dorm.
"Wow, your dorm is fabulous, kids." Aisyah snapped some pictures for their awaiting parents at home. "Really comfortable and I bet, the security is tight, especially for the girls."
Aisyah started her tour around the house alone. She checked every nook and crook of the house. From the main door to the back door. Even the toilet is not escaped her detailed inspection. Like an architect supervised her construction site. She has done it so seriously that the other two boys felt afraid to disturb her. They could only let her done her unauthorized work, lest then they get beaten for interrupting her.
"The dorm is in a good condition, these buildings must have a good maintenance team. So, we can rest assured that nothing bad will happened in case of emergency."
"What kind of emergency will happen? What kind of absurd things you imagined, sister?"
"Accident could happen anywhere, silly. You can never predict them. For precaution, I even checked the fire extinguishers one by one and looked like they serviced them regularly. As expected from a famous private college."
"In other words, you are being too cautious for no apparent reason."
Aisyah chuckled. She cracked her fists in front of Fakhrul and smiled chillingly.
"You, unexpectedly, had so many questions about my action, huh? If you did this deliberately to get beaten by me, then, as an understanding and loving sister, I will give her dearest brother a deserving reward. Come here, let this sister performed a choke holder on you for five minutes. I love to strangle your thin neck with my arms."
Fakhrul runs to Izzat and hides behind his back.
"No, thank you." He refused in a polite tone. "My back still sore from last week sparring. If you wanted to spar, go challenged your fiancee. He is the only one that could handle a brusque woman like you."
"Are you tried to call me a gorilla or something? How impudent." Aisyah glared dangerously at her brother.
"You just tried to find a reason to beat me, woman! I didn't say anything like that!"
"It is the same!"
"It is not!"
"Let's start packing out." Izzat finally said something to end the sibling's childish argument. He opened his bag and started working. He hates delaying his work the most. The quicker he worked, the faster he will get his rest.
Fakhrul followed his friend's suggestion without a fuss. He looks behind and stealthily stuck out his tongue at his sister.
"This stupid..." Aisyah muttered the rest of the curses' words in her heart. She exhaled a heavy sigh.
Aisyah bid her farewell after she sent them back to their residential building at 3 p.m. "Stay safe, and both of you, please don't attempt to do anything that screamed dangerous to you. Understand? Don't indulge in your curiosity too much. And you little brother, look after Izzat. The last time I entrusted you to look after him, you left him at an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere, alone! You do that again, and I will castrate you." "Not fair! That's Izzat's fault! He knows I hated scary things, yet, he forced me to follow him to that place." "Whatever. You are the one that mentioned such a place to Izzat first. So, you also shared the blame. Serve you right. Ah, that's enough. I need to go. Good luck, kids, in your study. Goodbye." &nb
Orientation Week. Many exciting events were held and prepared for the new students. And, the most memorable one among those events that the students participated in was these two. It was The Night Walk and The Cultural Night. Whether it is lucky or unlucky, Fakhrul is stuck up with Izzat, almost in every event. They are also in the same group. Fakhrul had long suspected that Izzat had done something fishy with their group selection member since Izzat refused to choose a stranger as a partner. And he, without a doubt, will pack his stuff and go back home if Izzat is pressured himself to stay with others without Fakhrul around him. The thought warmed his heart, but, right now, he deeply regretted it. He is begging his best friend to shut his golden mouth duri
"I heard from a senior that poor girl saw a very horrifying figure, hiding behind the bushes. A figure of a mangled body of an unknown dead girl, asking her for help. As soon as she saw that, she screamed like a mad person while running away in fright. She stumbled upon the facilitators in charge, crying and wailing in distress, speaking incoherently. But, rather than calming down, her condition is worsening." Lee informed them about the incident that happened last night in chronological order. "Worsen? Why would her condition get worse?" Fakhrul asked impatiently. He holds the urge to sip his milk tea as he asks this question. This kind of story always aroused his interest. However, Izzat will always be looking at him in disdain. He would say said, "A coward person should hold back th
Zhao Wei glanced at his wristwatch. Ah, it's almost 8.00 pm, he sighed heavily in his heart. He wanted to come back before the dark. However, the traffic flow became infuriatingly slow at the main road and delayed his journey to one hour late. He didn't have any choice other than continued his driving. From afar, Zhao Wei could saw his college's residential building. The Jupiter building was built on the top of a small mountain. He sighed again. If he could, he didn't want to come back to this place. Nevertheless, such a simple wish carried a heavy consequence with it. It's already too late for him to leave this place without being implicated by 'that' thing. If he didn't comes back during the appointed time, he might experience something worse than death itself. Zhao Wei gripped the c
It's been a week since the tragic incident of those three girls from the first year, who miserably gets possessed by a ghost. Two of the girls are still recuperating at their homes. Their parents are still reluctant to send their daughters back to college. They fear that such an incident might be repeated again in the future. The same thing will happen again to their beloved children, and they undoubtedly cannot bear the consequence of their negligence. The dean couldn't do anything to persuade the stubborn parents except prolonging their medical leaves. While Hanna is still in a trepid condition. Hanna's parents decided to postpone her study to an unknown ti
Izzat opened his eyes in confusion. He looked around curiously and was quite baffled by what he saw right now. He decided to stay rooted at the same place. He also needs to sort out his thought before leap out for his following action. First and foremost, where is this? His mind is in a messy state. One moment, he was standing in front of his faculty's office door in level 2, and the next moment, he has suddenly appeared in the middle of a big forest? Did he just teleported or something? Izzat took out his smartphone. No service? Perhaps, he is really in a forest! Did he just daydreaming, or did he experiencing a sleepwalking state? Then, Izzat realized something crucial. The date on his phone is inaccurate. Today was supposed to be xx/xx/2021, yet, the date on his smartphone showed that he was in 2001. Am I t
Chemistry Lab. Faculty of Dental and Medicine. Asyraf heard about the commotion that happened during the new student's orientation week. "How're the girls? Are they okay? Did they recovered well?" His inquiry makes another student in the lab furrowed his eyebrows. "I never know that you're so thoughtful, Ash. Usually, you will condemn those people as attention seekers." John pinched his friend's cheek. "Are you Ash?" Asyraf slapped John's hand away. His face is clearly expressed if he(John) didn't answer his question right now, he's dead! "They got send home. What else?" John understood his silent threat, immediately replied. "The dean didn't want any bad rumors circulati
Fakhrul kept glancing at the main door every five minutes. It's almost seven in the evening. It is worrisome. Where is Izzat? The lecturer canceled their class. He should be back two or three hours ago. He felt uneasy. He cannot calm himself unless he sees his friend is safe and sound in front of him right now. "Didn't your class is canceled? Where is your anti-social friend went off to, Fakhrul? Did he have another friend to spend his time with?" Zhou Wei asked Fakhrul. Although they barely knew each other for less than a month, they could already grasp the others' personalities and attitudes. After all, boys tend to get closer faster than most girls. "I don't know. Since you mention it, I also find it weird for Izzat to be this late." Fakhrul had a worried expression on his face. "He hates socializing. If not because of the classes that he needed to attend, he will never set his foot outside of his comfort zone." "Are you able to contact him