I said with a pained smile ,"Oh my senior, what a coincidence…". I felt cold sweat form on my supposedly stoic face. I gulped hard as he tilted his head. For some reason it's so hard to interpret this man's expressions and emotions. It's mostly an uninterested and bored look as if he just wanna sleep.
He broke the overbearing silence, his voice smooth and filled with disdain ,"I suppose a planned coincidence". He smiled slightly, it was at this moment I knew I fucked up.
I felt like someone had poured a bucket of cold water on me. I struggled to form words as I fidgeted nervously "...I..I.. it's not what it looks like…it's-" he cut me off.
He clearly has a knack for cutting me off . He walked closer as he said with a wicked flicker in his eyes ,"Watching my little sis by the wall discreetly, what do you suppose it means?"
I bit my bottom lip, before giving him a nervous smile. Although I tried to make it look lighthearted ,"...I was just passing by..you see great weather!…and she plays amazing tennis….I.. I should go now" nodding my head with a serene expression.
But as soon as I turned around I felt a blood curdling glare… It made me feel an extreme level of trepidation. As he spoke, his voice steady And concise ,"Did I tell you to leave,my little sis's little stalker?"
The way he worded it made me feel my stomach churning. I knew it didn't look anything…positive…what am I supposed to do?!
He let out an elvish chuckle ,"Dear junior, you have two choices either to comply or to walk away."
Of course I want to choose to walk away! But something feels off. Is he purposefully trying to make me walk in a trap? He is known for playing notorious.
I looked back skeptically, not knowing what to do, he spoke up again this time with much more amusement ,"Of course you are not so dimwitted to not understand. I can just tell my little sis about your little admiration. You see she can be very weary about her surroundings unlike me"
He is blatantly threatening me to comply. If I don't, my chances of earning a safe LV will be ruined. Liana won't let me go close to her.
Wait…he is also using that …stupid fake confession. Does he think I really like him? Is that why he specifically targeted me? He is known for not giving a shit about his sister's business.
Clenching my fist tightly, I responded through pure despair ,"....Comply" with my voice barely above a whisper. His wicked smile became more prominent.
"Wise choice junior", although his words were…maybe somewhat relieving. There was a slight dangerous understatement. His weirdly cynical smile along with the sadistic glimmer in his eyes made me finally realise.
Both were a trap.
Whether I complied or walked away. Worst of all, now he can play puppet with me. I just wish he plans on being a teeny tiny bit generous today and let me off the hook with a simple task.
"Get a signature of this", his smooth and rich voice cut through the palpable tension in the air. His tone went back to an uninterested one with a tinge of slyness.
I blinked a couple of times as he handed me a bunch of papers. He wants me to get his assignments signed?
Is he for real?
How am I supposed to do that? He probably must have missed the deadline, knowing that he is pushing this on me?!
"Senior, I.. I won't be able to get the sign! you need to get your own sign yourself…teachers won-" he cut me off again!
"I don't care how you do it. But in three days get them signed or else…"
This evil… impotent…I would have almost cried then and there.
He walked away in his casual manner as if he hadn't just ragged me.I almost tore up my napkin with my teeth. I can't believe it! I am getting ragged again in my darn second life, and by none other than the menacing Lioren!
With heavy steps I made my way to his mechanical engineering teacher. The department was huge as the room bustled with teachers everywhere. I spotted the old and scrawny man by the window seat. He was obviously his mechanical engineering teacher, Mr. Mitcho.
I almost blurted out Gandalf.
I hurried off to him as I pursed my lips and stretched the assignment towards him. He didn't notice me at first , his old eyes scanned the assignment as he spoke in a gruff manner ," Are you a freshman?" .
I nodded, he sighed as he grabbed the assignment, the teachers were well aware of ragging, but there was little they could do…no actually they didn't care.
As he read through the assignment I felt a ginormous surge of heat blazing from him. I looked around to see others were also surprised.
He spoke through gritted teeth ,"That shameless boy!Never listens to me! How dare he submit last month's assignment now, through a freshman! Worst of all it hurts me deeply that I had to scan through such lousy work!"
In one word he was angry…like really. Lioren, although a genius, never cared much about things he wasn't interested in. And this subject is one of them. Now I can see why he blackmailed me into this. That piece of cow dung.
"Seriously I told you it was a bad idea to stalk-" I cut the Settings,
Look, shut up.
Judging by how I got kicked out of the department without a sign…it will be a rough three days. How am I supposed to make the teacher sign this?
I still have my own assignments left, not to mention the disastrous group project…to be honest I have no clue what happened. The project date is long gone… shit. Anyways, there are so many things I have on my own…
As I didn't give up,I know I have to get Mr. Mitcho to sign. I went to him during recess, during his lectures I would sit with the assignment, even when he would go out for a walk.
As he yelled ,"Seriously girl! It's the men's toilet, go away. I need to teach that brat a lesson so I won't sign ",
I responded solemnly ,"Professor, have some mercy…this poor freshman really needs this sign…" as pitiful as I can be. His stoic exterior momentarily faltered slightly,
"[Sighs] Listen child, I also don't want you to get in trouble. But there is nothing I can do. So go back and leave the rest to me. He won't annoy you further". Although his voice was still rough and slightly steely. His words gave me hope.
Was he really going to help me? Now that I think about it.
No.
He might scold Lioren and tell him to not rag on me. But Lioren is the kind of guy who doesn't care about elders, he can with a flick of his fingers easily make me vanish into thin air, and no one can do anything about it.
This college treats their freshmen like crap, and when the bullying team is someone like Lioren there is nothing the authority can do.
Right now this might sound assuring, but this could be the reason I might die early.So I shook my head vigorously.
He sighed as he dismissed me yet again, as I was now strolling down the hallway petulantly.
"Hey. I think someone's looking at you", suddenly the Settings spoke up.
Where?
"Look right…he looks very weird…" , responded the Settings.I looked at my right to find a very…shady looking blind guy. For some reason the way he was standing and the way his face was clearly in my direction made me uncomfortable.
" Hey" , he broke my train of thoughts. His posture was kind of laid back and slightly cocky.
Seriously, what is this gooner doing here? I was really unimpressed
He stood up straight as he strided towards me. He spoke conceitedly "You respond when the senior speaks"
For real? Another senior? Why am I so unlucky?
"You have zero LV my dear", snarled the Settings.
Haha..Settings.
"....Y..yes", replied the Settings.
Go to hell~~
"Hey newbie, stop zoning out", the blind guy retorted. Come to think of it. How is he see-
"No...you don't ask me that", somehow he read through my thoughts. What a con. As he glanced at those wrinkled assignments. His eyes widened as his tone and posture instantaneously switched to sympathy and empathy.
"..Tch you poor girl, seriously I feel so sorry for you. Getting targeted by Lio, and also signing from Mr. Mitcho? You are so dead"
" Was that supposed to make me feel better?", I questioned with a sarcastic smile. He smiled back as he retorted,
"No,...wait. Are you the confession girl?"
Haha mama I am famous…in the worst way possible. Dear lord please tell me he doesn't know what the content of the confessi-
He cut my internal pleading by letting out an exuberant laugh.
…
…
"Are you done?", I asked deadpan. He wiped tears from his eyes as he coughed and went,
"Ahh come on, that night Lio was literally throwing knives at everyone, apparently he received the worst…Cringiest and horniest confession eveaaaa..*cough* *cough*". I sighed at his melodramatic performance of laughter.
Seriously, who coughed like an old man mid sentence?
As, then he explained ,"...A fucking mosquito got..eww..wait..maybe I ate it"
"Did you like…umm..feel something gooey?", I asked
"No but it was something pungy," he corrected. My face morphed into a big 'ewww"
"Hey stop it!", he spat at me. Wiping his mouth as he went on a coughing fit like a dying man…he even gained a few bucks from passersby.
Geez what a weirdo.
"Like you", sneered, the Settings dryly.
Bitch I swear to God.
"No need to, I shall hold my tongue, my ears are still recovering from the last ordeal", the Settings went politely.
I rolled my eyes, as the Senior blind guy spoke ,"Anyways you didn't get the sign did you?". I shook my head. An almost gleeful smile spread across his face.
"Excuse me?!", I retorted.
"Huh? Oh no..no..I mean…I can get you the sign." As soon as he said those words I knelt down to my knees. Today was so hard… I made my most pathetic face possible as I went,
"Oh my kind Senior, please I shall do anything just get me the sign".
He pulled me up by grabbing my arm, as he sighed and went ," Yeah sure, my name is Daniel"
..
..
"You are supposed to introduce yourself",he finally explained.
"Oh I am kia…" . He gave me a small nod before taking out a piece of paper and handing me that. I was confused at first but as I read, it was a presentation sheet. Something from the marketing and commerce department. Although Kia is a commerce student I was a science student.
"Senior Daniel, what is this supposed to mean?" , I asked. He scratched his neck sheepishly as he responded ," It is a thing… I need you to be my partner for the presentation."
Why is he acting like he is asking me out?
"Presentation partner? Oh..I see alright I will do it, but you better get me the sign", I responded immediately.
His face looked less tense as he smiled and said " You bet".
The rest of the day senior Daniel had given me valuable advice and filled me in with the college. He even showed me all the valuable restricted places such as where the exam copies are kept. My initial judgement of him wasn't much off.
He is surely lousy, but he doesn't seem too bad.
"Seriously that guy is so weird, how can he see-" I cut off Settings.
"We do not ask that", as I was now home. To be honest it wasn't so bad since that guy for some reason had a high LV.
"You are still stuck in a pathetic state madam.", The Settings clarified.
Uhhh, seriously dude shut up, anyways…wait did you perhaps use all those LV I earned by sticking to those gossip girls on finding this guy for me?
"I…I.. well..it was inevitable", said the Settings gruffly.
Whatever, I am not mad, but ask me before you do stuff like that. Tomorrow, I have to give a darn presentation. The senior Deaniel said he has everything already taken care of so I just have to assist him…
[The next day…]
He was lying!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!