After separating with Daniel earlier, Sebastian still has a lot of time for him to spare since it is still early in the morning. He was the first one to arrive at his classroom, considering that they entered the building exactly when it was opened.
Sebastian put his bag down to his respectful seat before wandering around the empty room. Normally, a seating arrangement would have been held from the first day to the third day of the class, however, in his surprise, they are given the privilege to sit wherever they want to.
Due to being bored, Sebastian decided to to grab a broom and started to clean the dust and other trash on the floor, swiftly as possible while humming.
Despite not being a cleaner on duty, with nothing to do, he can only clean the place.
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"You're quite early for today, Welis." A male voice from the door. Sebastian looked at the direction of the source to see one of the boys at the back, a boy smaller than him with messy hair and glasses. He thought that the Boys at the back would be chaotic, but in pure shock, they are intelligent, not the very normal boys at the back circumstances.
"You too... Uhm... Costa, right?" Sebastian asked, due to his lack of socializing, he sometimes forget the names of the people, even his classmates.
"Yea, just call me by my name." He said as he put his bag down.
"Er..." Sebastian went silent for a moment. "What was your name again?" Sebastian added.
"That kind of pains me, Sebastian..." The boy chuckled as he went to grab a fabric from the racks on the back of the class.
"Anyways, I'm James. James Costa." He reached out for a handshake, quite a formal way of introducing himself. Sebastian was slightly weirded about this kind of thing, but, he still shook his hands.
"N- nice to meet you, I guess?" Sebastian gave a nervous chuckle.
"Why the fret? You don't have to be nervous with us." James went to the water dispenser, pouring water on the fabric to make it slightly wet before wiping the board. "Anyways, are you free later?" James asked.
"Why?" Sebastian replied calmly while cleaning the floor with the broom.
"I'll introduce you to the rest." James said bluntly while being focused on the board.
Introduce Sebastian to who? That's his question to himself. "To wh-"
"Just answer yes or no." James swiftly said, cutting off Sebastian's question.
"Uhm..." Sebastian paused a little bit. "Yes?" He replied afterwards.
"Good, later first break." James was hasty to finish wiping the blackboard clean off, he went outside to wipe the windows now.
Sebastian just went silent afterwards. He soon finished sweeping the floor, he went to his seat afterwards, grabbing his phone and continued to swipe on social medias.
Soon, the room was slowly getting filled by students by minute. A girl greet Sebastian before sitting beside him, yes, it's Ceika.
"Sup, dude." Ceika punched Sebastian's shoulder before sitting down.
"That kind of hurts..." Sebastian said while rubbing the shoulder she punched.
Although it doesn't look like it, Sebastian soon knew that Ceika is not single, but rather, he has a boyfriend on another strand. Although he doesn't know if they're the same personality or not.
"Did you watch the newest episode last night? The plot twist was intense!" Ceika said to Sebastian.
Sebastian gave a sigh of disbelief. "Yeah, I mean, Carl? I thought he was just a side character with a lousy background. Damn, I never expected that he was the culprit..."
They were watching the same show coincidently, Killers in the shadow It was on its latest episode now, around its 11st episode.
"Yeah, I hope we get the newest season as soon as possible. Anyways, what are you reading?"
Ceika have no sense in anyone's personal space if she is curious.
"A- ah. Just a simple CultivationManhwa..." Sebastian said as he showed the panels, it was the common genre, from weakest to strongest kind of things.
"Title?" Ceika ask while scrolling the panels.
"Weakest Tamer to Dark Summoner." Sebastian said as he pulled his phone to continue and read the Manhwa.
"They could have put "Necromancer" rather than Dark Summoner..." Ceika gave a sigh of disbelief as she stay put on her seat.
"Anyways, did you do the assignment?"
"Yeah, while watching the latest episode last night."
"Damn, Multitasker King" She said with a sarcastic gasp.
"Yeah, whatever." He chuckled as he kept reading his Manhwa.
Soon, class will start, Ms. Camirona entered the class.
"Alright class, seat down, we're about to start our first lecture."
It was a simple lecture about Astronomy and a glimpse of Solar system, nothing happened in particular. Same in the next subject, Economy, just some lectures about how the country's economy work with some laws. Class was just simple as ever.
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The first break soon arrived, the circles within the room went on their own ways, some left to go to the canteen, some went out to walk their legs and some went outside to eat.
James from earlier soon flicked Sebastian shoulders from behind, catching him off guard.
"Wassup, Bas." A nickname James thought of for Sebastian it seems.
"W- oh... James..." Sebastian was slightly startled but soon composed himself by just seeing James.
"Are you ready?"
"For what?"
"To meet the boys. I already notified them, due to some circumstances, they are at the activity area." James added as he grabbed Sebastian from his seat.
"Eh? Why there and not here in the class?" Sebastian asked in confusion, the activity area is much more farther than the canteen, considering their campus is large and full of trees.
"To eat in peace, I guess. Come on! We only have 28 minutes to spare!" James said as he pulled Sebastian away.
Sebastian was unable to resist James, they walked with haste towards the Activity area, towards the 8th grade building area, it's full of trees, peaceful to eat and stay, the breeze of the wind makes the area cool and the shade of the trees covers the area away from the sun's light, it's a perfect spot for everyone.
Soon, they reached the area where the boys are, a relaxing area with perfect form of stones to be used as a seat and a concrete table. It's like a secret place.
"Hey Guys! Look who I got!" James said as he hurried to them. "Hey, that looks delicious, give me some." James added as he sees their food, they slightly argued but they still gave James a bite.
"You must be Sebastian." A calm voice from behind, it was a boy with circular glasses, he has the same height as Sebastian.
"Y- yeah..." Sebastian replied. The boy led him towards the group. "I'm Chris De Guzman, just call me Chris." He introduced himself.
"Oh, that's the boy?" A tanned man said, he was pretty muscular and big, bigger than Sebastian at the very least.
"Mhm." A boy with long bangs said while eating his cup noodles.
"Oi, introduce yourselves." Chris said as he sighed to them.
"Oh, right! I'm Simon. Simon Cruz." The Tan Man said as he walked and put his arm around Sebastian's shoulder. Seems like a similar vibe as Ceika.
"I'm Remi, no need for my last name." The one who was eating his cup noodles introduce himself. Quite Gloomy for his slow pace of talking and straightforwardness.
"James told us you are forgetful of names, so hence the introduction." Chris said as he walked beside him. James chuckled and put out a peace sign. Sebastian was surprised for them to go such lengths, seems like they are not bad.
"You're that kid, right? The one who won the top 3 placement in the Mathematic Poetry back then?" Remi said after finishing his cup noodles. "That's quite a good feat, to be able to make a poetry like that and talk up front." He added as he crossed his legs and looked at him.
"I- it's just pure luck." Sebastian tries to make an excuse.
"Heh- Humble, I like this guy." Simon said as he gave a weak flick to Sebastian.
Sebastian was about to respond, but Chris cut him off. "Daniel said you're a shy person, an introvert." Chris said as he sat down on the concrete table.
"Daniel?" Sebastian asked as he looked at Chris.
"Yeah, Daniel told me. Don't fret, you don't have to worry or be nervous at anything, if ever, we very much like for you to be more expressive with us." Chris chuckled.
Seems like Chris is a friend of Daniel. "We don't bite, don't worry." Simon added with a laugh.
"You always bite someone if you're excited, Simon." Remi said as a joke while opening his phone.
"Hey!-" Simon was about to respond but Remi cut him mid sentence. "You can't deny, James suffered a lot of bite marks because of you." James choked on the sausage he was eating. It was Simon's food. "Y- Yheaw" He said while his mouth was stuffed.
"Can you please not talk with your mouth stuffed?" Remi added to James. "You're a weird bunch." He chuckled.
"H- hey, my food!" Simon rushed to James, grabbing his food back.
Chris chuckled at the sight of his friend then towards the silent Sebastian. He offered him a handshake as he looked at him in the eye.
"Good knowing you, Sebas. I hope we can be friends, you're free to enter our circle." Chris said calmly. Sebastian was openly invited into their circle, he never thought the Boys on the back would be this calm. He shook his hand back with a smile. "I- I'll will." He said with slight joy.
"Good to know we're in the same page." Chris added.
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Sebastian is now part of the Boys at the Back circle. This is when he met the first period of his golden era. Where his happiness started.
-Chapter 3: End-