Mr. Michael's lecture was very, really, seriously, hella' boring.
His voice sounds so sleepy that even us, the listeners, are constantly fighting the urge to doze off.
But no one dares to do anything that might disrespect Mr. Michael for the same reason with Mr. Heinrich and Ms. Melton.
They all have ridiculous connections with the governmental associations of ICARUS as well as the underworld.
Apparently, all teachers of ICARUS has backings to help them oppress the prideful hearts of these hot blooded youths.
So unless you want to be targeted by some unknown gang out of nowhere, then you should do your best to stay on a teacher's good side.
Except for me though. I can handle anyone they'd send to me, albeit discreetly.
After Mr. Michael's class about world history, the next one is with a teacher named Mrs. Lili. An above average mature beauty is going to teach us all about Entrepreneurship.
I listened attentively to Mrs. Lili, while Darren was occasionally glancing at my face.
It was weirding me out but I just continued to ignore him.
After Mrs. Lili's class is lunch break. Most of my classmates went to the cafeterias. I wanted to use this time to relax inside the classroom while eating my lunch, but I already gave the kittens the one I prepared.
So I just took this chance to eat on the nearest cafeteria.
Darren said he wanted to come too, so now we're both heading towards the 1st floor where the nearest cafeteria is.
We both got our food 5 minutes later after buying on the stall counters.
And then we sat near the exit door where the cool breeze could be felt from outside.
After a few moments of peaceful eating, Nicole suddenly appeared and her group of girls sat around our table.
Nicole was sitting on the seat opposite of Darren's while 2 girls sat around me, one in front and one on my left. There's also another girl on Darren's right side, making the girls a 4 member group.
Nicole greeted us first
"Hey there Darren. And Uh... New guy. Ocho? Ocho right? I'm Nicole, the one on your left is Francheska, the one in front of you is Ceeline. And this one is Ji Lan. Welcome to ICARUS Academy"
"Sure, yeah. You're the class rep right?"
"That's right. Anyways, You guys won't mind if we eat with you right?"
"Go ahead. It's for public use."
"Thankies."
"What do you want bitch?" Darren suddenly said.
"Well fuck that. Your tongue is still pointy a'int it? I thought us, both being on the good side of society, made you feel some sort of camaraderie or something. That's why you helped me earlier."
"Don't be flattered. I did all of it for the sake of my entertainment. I still haven't given Mr. Heinrich my phone, just so I could piss him off some more tomorrow. And whoever said that lawyers and police officers are always on the good side of society, is fuckin delusional."
"Right I thought so. But I still wanted to thank you and welcome Ocho here, but it seems that our presence is unwanted here so.... Sorry for bothering you both. Come on girls."
All four of them stood up and was about to leave, when I suddenly called for to Nicole.
"Wait. Nicole." I stood up from my seat and faced her and continued.
"Would you mind giving me a tour around the school after? Of course it's alright if you're busy and all. I already asked this guy but it seems he's not open."
"Uhhh, yeah. Sure. I'm the class rep after all. It's my job to help all my classmates. But you would have to wait a little. I have an appointment with my club leader later."
"Yeah, it's okay."
"So uhh. Cool. I'll See you at 2 in here after school."
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Lunch break ended and during our time eating, Darren said he got on a fight with some of the 2nd years, causing his uniform to be tattered.
So he first went to the 1st floor faculty building to get his coat buttons sewn back, while I decided to head back the classroom first.
When I was near the stairs, I heard a commotion nearby on a gazebo.
There was a student being bothered by a boy. The emblem on the shoulders of their coat indicated that they were 2nd year seniors. There was a color coding for each year: 1st years are white, 2nd years blue, 3rd years red, 4th years black. The ones on their shoulders are blue.
The guy was singing a ballad to the girl while holding a large banner that says "Please be my Lovey dovey dove dub darling sugarwomp schmackaroo sweet loving girlfriend."
I heard a conversation between men nearby regarding the situation.
"He's at it again. He's really persistent isn't he."
"Yeah. How many times has it been already? 5? 6?"
"It's 8 already man, this would be the 9th."
There were a large crowd gathering around the singing guy and the girl.
When the guy finally finished his song, he asked the girl in a very loud and a 19th century tone like voice.
"Minji. I, Joseph Finner, would like to ask you if you wanted to-"
"Hell no" the girl cut off Joseph.
I had a bad feeling earlier, as if I was discovered by my target. And after carefully observing the face of the guy, I realized that he was actually that annoying creature back at the station earlier this morning.
He was surprised by the girl named Minji for cutting him off. So he continued
"C-can't you at least listen to me first my darling?"
"You've already told that to me 8 times with different phrasings. I already told you countless times to stop this bullshit of yours. It's really annoying, so why don't you study yoga instead, and learn how to suck your own dick."
Joseph gasped and said "that could be learned?!"
Minji walked away after rolling her eyes at Joseph.
"See you later Minji!" Joseph said, not minding the level of embarrassment he just gained, and the weird looks of the people nearby.
After all that commotion, the crowd slowly dispersed. I also hid among the crowd so that Joseph wouldn't be able to see me. But it was already too late.
As if an eagle locking its sight on a slithering snake, Joseph approached me with quick and large strides. I hastened my walking pace towards the stairs while Joseph shouts "Heeeey there Amaru!"
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In the end, he caught up to me. And now Joseph is talking about my preferences with girls.
He first asked me if I remembered him from this morning and this is how our conversation went.
"Yow didn't see you there Amaru. Do you still remember me? You know, from the station early this morning."
"Yeah, No, sorry buddy. Maybe you got the wrong person."
"HAHAHAHA don't be like that. I know a genius when I see one. And you sir, is one of them. I hope."
'Genius? Me? Well he got a sharp intuition isn't he. Guess I'll listen to him for the being.'
"Yeah I was just messing with you, Joseph. Oh and by the way, call me Ocho. I'm more comfortable with that one."
"HAHAHAHA it's quite alright bud. You remember something about my proposal yeah? Well since we're both here then why don't we meet later in the day. How about the coffee shop near the dorms?"
"Well.... I suppose I could go. But it would have to be at 3:30."
"Yes, yes, that's quite alright. By the way, you must have seen that sorry state of mine earlier right? HAHAHAH"
'Everyone saw your english ass get busted' or so I wanted to reply.
"Nah, not too much."
"Really now? But since you've seen a part of it, if we're gonna be partners, I need to know something embarrassing about you too. Let's say...how 'bout you tell me your preferences? That'll be enough to square us"
"Tall, older, and independent. Now please excuse me, I still have one last class to attend to. See you later."
I casually replied to him and immediately walked away back to the classroom. But Joseph shouted from behind
"Yeah, see you later. I'll try to bring wonder woman along with me later!"
'My god. I want to cut his tongue off.'