Chapter 360 Alis Fears (1/2)

After that, they started eating while talking about normal, routine and non-heavy stuff.

After all, if one was to talk seriously even while eating, it might cause heartburn.

Of course, that wasn't true but Kyle simply wanted the atmosphere to be lighter after the slightly 'heavy' talk with Ali. The rest had kept quiet but it didn't feel awkward or strange. It simply was two people talking while the rest were listening while not really appearing to be intrusive.

Ali smiled at all of this, cherishing the moments they shared together.

It was true that he was starting to feel slightly neglected though he didn't show it. It wasn't apparent at first, but as Kyle got busier, the moments they interacted were even less. It was as if Kyle was the glue that held them together, and when he was gone, things were rather mundane.

It all started when Kyle ventured into acting.

So, he was away but he also took Sam. After that, Xing Han disappeared with him. Then, naturally, Kay would as well. Soon, before he realised what happened, he was the only one left out?

Though granted, everything that had happened, wasn't something planned to exclude him. Yet, it didn't mean that he didn't feel a little bit ... sad about it all. True, he had Sophia with him and that was the main reason why he didn't go into some sort of depression but it still affected him.

He knew that he was being irrational.

The Elite Five couldn't stay together forever. Not to say that he thought they'd 'break-up', so to speak, but rather, that they would soon go their separate ways. Each of them bore responsibilities that couldn't be ignored. Worse, they didn't live next to each other.

Knowing it, and accepting it, however, were two different things.

Ali was disappointed in himself, actually.

Why, you may ask?

He felt that he had let his sense of insecurities overshadow common sense and all the teachings that he had been brought up with? What had he been doing?

All his life, whenever he was faced with adversities, or things that brought him down, the thing that brought him back up was his unwavering faith in God. By placing his life in God's hands, believing whole-heartedly in God's plans for him, he would attain a sense of peace.

Peace, that also gave him the strength to carry on.

Those who didn't understand, would often mock him for it. Stating that he was weak. To them, the one to rely on, is oneself.

But really, is that true?