But just as she was about to resume climbing up the stairs, she heard a faint shout before Ulima suddenly appeared before her.
"So, how're you feeling now?"
Inna looked at him with a weird stare.
Uhm, this is new.
When did he care so much about her?
Inna didn't want to be rude and leave him hanging so she casually replied back.
"I'm good. The uhm, poison's out."
"Oh, that's good."
Ulima coughed awkwardly as he tried to look authoritative towards Inna as he spoke.
"By the way, I'm just telling you this in case your boyfriend isn't informed but the visiting times in the dorms are only until by the tenth hour. So, absolutely no staying over, you got that?!"
Realizing what he's implying, Inna's eyes widened as she immediately flared up like a tomato.
"Wait, what?!"
She stared at him with an incredulous expression as she raised her hand to stop Ulima from speaking any further.
"Okay, hold up!"
"First of all, I don't have a boyfriend. Never had since birth!"
And death…
If she got into the technicalities.
"And second, why the fuck are you telling me this? If I did have one, I'm not that indecent to actually do it in the dorms! Or to do it in the first week of just meeting!"
This time, it was Ulima's turn to get all flustered.
"B-but, I thought... You... Him… Oh good heavens… the poor boy…"
Ulima finally realized the situation.
The boy must be in a one-sided crush…
Though, he can never understand why someone like that boy would choose this…
Barbaric and idiotic man-lady.
He coughed to release a bit of the awkwardness he was feeling inside.
"Ahem, okay so he's not your boyfriend or whatever. But the rule still stands! No one is allowed to visit from the tenth hour onwards!"
Inna rolled her eyes before shooing Ulima away.
"Okay, okay. I get it. Now go! I need to rest."
When Ulima left, Inna gingerly patted her cheeks to hopefully reduce her redness.
Heck, that phrase was enough to make her lose all trace of sleepiness in her body.
But she knew she needed rest so she continued to walk towards her dorm room.
When she arrived, she launched herself straight to bed, all the while smiling from ear to ear.
But she's not smiling because of the 'boyfriend' thing.
Absolutely not.
She's smiling because she can finally have a good nap.
So, when she felt the wave of drowsiness come back to her system, she closed her eyes and readied herself to sleep.
But suddenly, she heard a voice in her head that suddenly made her eyes shot open.
'Aren't you going to eat dinner?'
Ulima's voice echoed throughout her mind as she sat on her bed, stunned.
She shook her head, thinking that she might be imagining things but Ulima's impatient voice spoke up in her head again.
'No, it's not your imagination. I'm using telepathic magic right now to talk to you. Like I did before. The stone, remember?'
She can even hear Ulima sigh in her mind which she found kind of weird and disturbing.
'Now, answer me. Aren't you going to eat dinner?'
Inna sighed as she replied to him.
NO!!! I DON'T WANT TO HAVE DINNER!!! I AM TIRED!!! LET ME REST!!! PLEASE!!!
She heard a crash downstairs along with a stream of screams and she opened her eyes in surprise.
Oh shit, she thought too hard.
Inna can hear grumbling in her mind before an angry voice replied.
'YOU! I WAS JUST ASKING! YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCREAM IN MY HEAD! Heavens, your voice is still ringing inside and it's giving me a headache!'
'Whatever, just… from now on, you can take whatever food you want from the storage box. I keep it regularly stocked weekly so make sure that you leave enough food for me to actually be able to eat every week. Also, I rarely have any vegetables in there but judging from your preferences, I doubt it'll be a problem.'
Inna squealed in delight as she grinned heavily. She was about to ask why he was suddenly okay with sharing his food when Ulima cut her thoughts off.
'I give you access to the storage box in exchange for one thing.'
Inna furrowed her brows as she clicked her tongue.
She knew that it was too good to be true.
There's always a condition.
She sighed as she tried to reply to him. This time, she tried to avoid thinking too hard about her message.
What's the condition?
Inna can hear grumbling on the other side before she heard a faint mumble.
She couldn't decipher what he just said so she asked him to say it louder.
Ulima grumbled again before he softly spoke.
'As long as you keep that Rose class boy away from him.'
Inna raised an eyebrow at the weird statement.
She didn't expect him to say that at all.
Why?
She couldn't help but ask.
There was silence on the other end. And after a few moments of Inna patiently waiting, she finally heard Ulima's voice.
'Just tell him I held up my side of the deal now.'
Inna just grew more confused after hearing what he said.
What deal? And why mention Raghnall?
What kind of deal do you guys have?
She asked and asked but no matter how much she waited, there was no longer a response.
It seems like Ulima already stopped his telepathy spell.
Inna gritted her teeth as she grew more and more annoyed at the increasing number of people ignoring her questions and hiding more secrets.
First, it was Raghnall, then Solomon, and then now she had Ulima dodging questions left and right.
Is it their tradition to hide shit from girls?
Is that it?
Inna huffed as she tried to calm herself down.
It's okay.
She's going to have a four-hour class with Raghnall until the end of the year anyway. So, surely she can get something out of him someday.
And if push comes to shove, she can always barge into Solomon's office to demand answers if no one would really tell her.
So, with that thought, she successfully calmed herself down. Then, she comfortably eased back into her bed as she closed her eyes.
And a few moments after, her breaths evened out as she eventually fell into a deep and peaceful sleep.