After a few minutes of staring in silence, I suddenly remembered my glasses.
"That...can I have my glasses back?" Only when I asked that question that I realized this.
I'm still holding her hand!!! Quickly, I let go of her hand for not wanting to be rude. I rub the back of my head as I mutter the word sorry.
"No, it's fine". She replied in a calm manner. I was about to reach for my glasses when she avoids my hand.
"H..huh?" I look at her with a tilted head.
"Let me help you to put it on.." she held the glasses toward my face to put it on for me. I didn't refuse her at all. Her action is still a shock to me but I just play along.
She is at the same height as my neck, so to help her a little easier, I bend my body forward a little so we are now in the same height. As she put the glasses on my face, I can hear a few gasps from the students around us.
I guess this type of interaction is too much for them. Well, it is for me too, but I can control it. I just shrug it off. As I stand up straight, Becca looks at me for a few seconds before turning away.
"Say... Do you need to go to the school infirmary??" She asked in a cold manner. With her arm crossed, there is no change in her expression. "That fall before was pretty bad. Are you feeling dizzy or something?" She looks at my face again.
"Ah... I think I'm fine for now.." I give her a small smile. " You must be busy... I don't want to take too much of your time... you know, being the school vice president and all.." I refuse her politely. I am a little dizzy, and my body is a little numb from that torture earlier, but, she doesn't need to know about that.
I nodded and smile at her and before starting to walk away. I don't know how to talk with her. I'm not really a verbally talkative person and she certainly is not that different from me. I don't think I can keep up with this conversation for too long without any plan in mind.
[ SERVE YOU RIGHT ]
"I'm sorry, Okay!!!!" Damn this ball!! Always find ways to increase the stress on me.
"No, Wait!" She grabs my hand to stop me which is... Unexpected. I stare at her wide eyes and there are a few gasps can be heard around us. "Don't these students have better things to do rather than watching us!!!!?????" I sigh a little.
"Actually... I'm on my way to the school infirmary, so... If you don't mind, I can accompany you to that place." She speaks calmly without any change in her cold voice. But, the way she acts to help me is unlike her cold demeanor at all.
" Hey, Ball!!! Can you tell me her affection level toward me? "
[20%. BETTER THAN YESTERDAY. STILL, SUCK THOUGH ]
"Turn on the monocle. I need to investigate her reason for helping me."
[ OHHOOO... PERVERT. HERE YOU GO.]
" This fucker..." I gritted my teeth and curse internally before continuing scanning Becca's information. I don't want to leave her hanging so while waiting for the full information, I turn my focus on Becca.
"Er... Becca.., if you don't mind accompanying me... then, I'm thankful for your kindness. " I give her my best smile. I hope it doesn't look awkward to her.
"Bec... Becca!!??" Suddenly, she looks taken aback and looks at me with eyes wide open.
"Eh??" Why, is there something wrong with the way I call her?" I asked the ball.
[ HOST, YOU... SLICK AS FUCK!! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE CALL HER BECCA ASIDE FROM HER LATE MOTHER. PEOPLE USUALLY CALL HER MISS SULLIVAN OR YOUNG MISS. EVEN HER FAMILY CALL HER REBECCA. ]
"Is that bad...??" I asked nervously. "Oh my gosh!! I'm not used to heart to heart conversation or any type of conversation between normal people my age!!! I usually leave this kind of job to my little sister or Princess Reina!!! If it was a diplomatic kind of talk or blackmailing people.. then you can leave that to me!!!! Oh shit!!!! What if I ruined everything!!!!!??? Oh, Shieee!!!! "What if she is mad at me because she wants her mother to be the only one to call her Becca!!!???? I panicked screams internally while still plastering a smile on my face.
" If you are uncomfortable with me calling you Becca, then I can change it." I look up while thinking of a good name to call her. "Ah... Err... Mhmm...." When I glance at her face, she looks at me weirdly( I think). Stunned maybe?. I'm always confused between these two emotions even after 40000 years.
"Ahhh!!!" I clap both of my hands together when I thought of this name. " How about... I call you Becky??" I give her a proud smile as I've just solved a problem so quickly. I'm a genius!!! I just need to change the way I call her instead of Becca!!!"
Somehow, Becky looks shocked by my Idea. Was my idea that bad??
[ HOST, YOU'RE STUPID OR PRETENDING TO BE ONE? CALL HER REBECCA OR VICE PRESIDENT. THAT'S BETTER THAN GIVING HER A PET NAME.]
Oh, Shieee!!! I got panicked, Okay!! Nevermind... I can fix this.
I look at her with a big smile on my face and- " I'm just joking!!! ... I will call you Rebecca or vice president if you're uncomfortable with being called Becky. Ahahahaha...ha.....ha....." I tried to laugh it off so the awkward feeling inside me will disappear. Still, I feel like this situation is getting nowhere. " Aha..ha..ha.." My laugh is only making this worst. "Ha..."
When I look at her face, she only has a blank expression on her. I can feel the cold sweat on my back. I take a deep breath, still smiling with my best smile, and ask her again with my most gentle voice.
"So, what should I call you from now on?"
"...." She is silent for a moment before looking back at me in the eye.
"Becca"
"H..huh?" I was shocked by her answer.
" you can call me Becca. " She repeated. " Now, let's go to the school infirmary. I don't want you to be late on the second day of school". She holds my hand before turning her face away. "Let's go!" Without changing her cold expression and voice, she pulls me gently toward the destination.
As we walk hand in hand, which is unusual in the eye of other students somehow. There are many gasp here and there from the students around us. I don't find this weird anymore as I've already read all her information.
I kinda feel guilty about reading her information. And when I did, the ball just went, "HUE HUE , YOU PERVERT". Which is so annoying, I swear I will make him pay one day!! I will make him suffer an unbearable pain!! I- Avaline, hey Avaline!!
H..huh!!??
I shift my attention toward Becca. "Y..yes..?"
"You okay? You've been frowning for a little while, are you feeling dizzy?" She asks.
Shoot!!! Did I forgot to control my expression!!?? WOW..it seems like the ball's annoyance is on a whole new level to make me lose composure. Quickly, I tried to make an excuse.
"Ah...yes, a little. Not that bad actually. Just a little hot. " I give her a reassuring smile.
"Hot?? A fever?" She stares at my face as she asks that question.
"No no... I'm just a little stressed out." I wave my hand as I denied her guess. Stressed because of some annoying ball watching over my movement everywhere, every time. I can't even have my private time in peace without having to listen to the ball constant yodeling and screaming YOLO aloud. But, Of course, I won't tell Becca about any kind of demon possession. Don't want to make her scared after all.
[TEE HEE]
" Fffu..!!!!!!!"
"Avaline, you're frowning again.. " she stopped walking and let go of my hand slowly, "are you feeling stressed out because of me walking beside you? Are you uncomfortable because people are staring at us??" She crossed her arm while looking over her shoulder.
"....sigh"
After reading her information, I realized many things about this girl's personality. Or more like The Villainess personality. How she was labeled as the villain. This girl, Rebecca Sullivan, know how to hide her real feeling and expression very well. Live by following orders of the so-called parents for the hope of getting their acknowledgment.
A useful but easy to manipulate girl. For the sake of collaboration between the Sullivan and the Vincent legacy. Raised to become the perfect fiance of the future CEO. She is willing to undergo many hours of cram school. Music class. Learning piano and violin. Embroidery, ethics classes, and on top of it all, becoming the students' council vice president. She also sacrifices little of her free time to learn cooking to satisfy the heart of the male lead but of course, his heart was never meant for her. No matter what she did, the male lead will never look at her ways.
A girl, longing for affection, working so hard only to have everything turn out to be in vain.
This girl, who is standing in front of me right now, willing to sacrifice her likes and hobbies for the sake of a future that is never meant for her.
At first, I was weirded out by her action of helping me despite the low level of affection. Tuned out, she wanted to become a doctor in the future. Just like her late mother. That is why she is helping me right now.
"What a pure and kind wish from a naive and pitiful girl". I can't help but sigh internally for feeling sad for her. I guess this is the reason why I was sent to this world for this mission.
" That's not it... " I give her my warmest smile from the heart. " It's because I am standing beside a beautiful and kind girl like you. I feel so happy that someone great like you is willing to help me. So, I got stressed because I don't know what I should do in return for your kindness". ( I feel stressed out because I'm not used to being the center of attention..)
There is a long silence between both of us.
WAIT!! WAIT!!! WAIT!!!!! Did I just make a mistake between my internal thought and what I'm supposed to say out loud??
[ HOST..... YOU.SLICK.AS.FUCK.]
[ANYWAY. THE AFFECTION LEVEL IS 50%. GREAT JOB ON THE SECOND DAY.]
Wait!!! Isn't this development a little too fast!!!!????