Fuck!!!"
I landed with a loud thud on the ground.
Today was finally the day.
We were spread out on a large field area or–the battle field.
As Samantha called it.
We were spread out as the instructor paired each person with their opponent.
Gosh, most of the students here looked strong. Like muscled arms, chiseled jaws and whatnot.
At some point I was so scared that I was going to be paired with one of them.
But luckily, I was paired with a blonde guy, a bit skinny with freckles and green eyes.
Definitely broke a bone there.
Not so lucky after all.
Although skinny, he is definitely out of my league.
He just shot a toothy grin at me.
"What kind of food do they feed these people?"
"You quit already?" He mocked grinning ear to ear.
"You wish." I sneered with my hands up ready.
Although my words came out strong, my trembling fists and shaking body said otherwise yet I couldn't feed his ego.
I'm gonna kill Samantha after this.
'Don't be terrified, you are going to love it.'
What she said.
Now I'm almost two hits away from breaking a bone.
"You sure? I can see you are a punch away from breaking yourself." He bent a little to my height.
Oh that was it.
I swung my arm immediately landing a hard punch on his nose.
Caught off guard, he lost his balance a little, wiped his nose and glanced at me with a slight curve on his lips.
I noticed a small streak of blood on his finger.
"I sure underestimated you little miss." Lifting his finger, he showed me the blood stain and wiped it on his pants.
I guessed we both judged each other already.
I was already panting with sweat all over my body.
Please can the bell ring now.
"I must say…I haven't seen you here before, you must be new." He grabbed a handkerchief from his pockets and wiped his nose.
"Yeah, I just entered the boarding facility, but I have been a regular student not actually new."
Why just happened?
Why did I…
"Maybe we can meet some other time, miss…"
"Kira. My name's Kira."
"I'm Casper."
After introducing ourselves, immediately the bell rang for the end of the session.
I thanked the heavens and was about to head straight to the dorms.
"If you don't mind, can I get to know you more…please."
His voice shook me out of my thoughts.
I had forgotten he was tagging along with me.
I really didn't want to stay and chat but he added please.
So it would be kind of rude to just not chat with him.
"Sure."
We chatted on our way back to the dorm
"Well this would be the path we go our separate ways." He nervously scratched his neck. "I'm sorry for being so rough with you today…on the field."
He didn't look me in the eyes, too nervous. I wasn't even angry or annoyed.
It's part of the school's training curriculum and I can't be angry at him.
He was my opponent, so… yeah
"No need to apologize. It's all good." I assured him and started making my way to the girls' dorm.
Until I felt a gentle tug on my shirt.
I stopped and watched him as his cheeks brightened.
"Please wait…I know I've asked this before, but…can we meet again?"
"Sure Casper." I smiled and waved him off heading straight to the girls' dorm.
I was so focused on getting a much needed shower and sleep right now.
Or else…I'll get cranky and that's not gonna be funny.
"Thanks." He said as I took a corner turn and headed into the girls' dorm, straight to my room.
Taking that much needed shower, I was about to sleep when my phone rang besides me.
I answered immediately as I saw Samantha's name.
"Where were you today? I didn't see you anywhere and what did you say the other day, that's this was gonna be simple? I have a back ache, a little headache and body ache right now!" I didn't even allow her to speak before venting out.
Immediately I felt bad, this was my first time yelling at her like that and it was just so proud of me.
I was about to apologize until I heard her chuckling.
What?
Why is she laughing?
"I saw you Kira but I didn't want to interrupt you and Mr. Hottie."
I could feel her smirk through the phone.
I playfully rolled my eyes.
"It's not like that, he was just a friendly guy and even apologized for nearly breaking my bone."
She only laughed when we had a little talk before I ended the call.
I was just at the brink of falling dead asleep before I cut the call.
***
I can pretty much still remember when Samantha assured me that this wasn't going to hurt.
I mentally cursed my legs with every step I took.
I thought the nap would have helped but it didn't work.
My back was still hurting and I still don't feel the magical healing there.
Honestly, what do they feed these students?
Right now I only need to use my restroom in the middle of the night.
I still don't know how it happened but I slept through only waking up when I felt a tickle down there.
With a mental push, I finally made it to the toilet and right back to my bed.
Seems like I would likely skip classes tomorrow.