"What's with the rush?"
Sarah asked as she craned her neck to see a sea of students swarming up in their direction.
Sarah held the arm of a girl running past her. The girl stumbled as Sarah's strength while she pulled the girl was no joke.
The yanked girl turned her head towards Sarah.
"Why did you pull me?" She asked in a neutral tone. It had a hidden urgency in it.
Athena barely raised her eyebrows when she saw the haste within the girl.
"Well… We had no intention to stop you yet I am quite curious about the ongoing commotion. So care to tell me what is so special today?"
Ivy came forward and implored.
"Ohh….Well, we are going to the parking lot and watch the new batch of guys that had joined the University just yesterday." The girl dreamily mumbled. They could see her gleaming eyes.
Iris leaned to Grace, "Who are these boys now?"
"Why are you asking me? Do I have physic powers? How will I know everything?" Grace grumbled when Iris enquired her about the boys.
"Duh...Because you love to gossip and thus I expect you to have the tiniest bit of information of everything."
Grace retorted against the false allegations,"....I don't gossip."
"And you like a lizard."
"Ehhh….Don't bring that ugly creature up now."
Grace had always had a deep hatred and disgust for lizards. Those small reptiles with creepy scaly outer surfaces would give goosebumps to her. She never understood her contempt for them as it came naturally when she encountered it for the first time.
"Let's go," Sarah announced.
Grace and Iris moved their heads as they heard her, "Where are we going?" Grace didn't like to be kept in the dark nor did she like any surprises. Hence she raised the question before Iris who was just as dumbfounded as her.
Sarah smirked, "You should have concentrated here while I talked to the girl since you both were immersed in bickering, it's your punishment. We won't tell you but you both have to follow us."
She held their arms and walked ahead. Athena and Ivy followed them shortly.
"Woaah…..Girl, I think I might get pregnant with his one stare."
"Damn...Are they humans like us? God had done such big discrimination here."
"Mary, pinch me. Tell me I am not dreaming."
And the girls could still hear more. They saw the others huddled together. They squeezed their way into the crowd.
Five tall and handsome men came within their eyesight. The boys had well-built bodies. Each one of them wore eyeshades.
The girls gawked at them. Some fainted when the boys turned their heads towards the crowd. They watched them enter the administration counter.
"Thank God, I decided to come to university today otherwise I would have died with regret."
"Now, I have one reason to attend university classes regularly."
The crowd dispersed however, the girls stayed behind.
"Why do I have this sudden tingling feeling that these boy's unexpected appearances here are somehow connected with us…" Ivy rubbed her chin. Her friends kept thinking. Their silence meant that they agreed with Ivy's conclusion.
'I am sure it is him.' Athena thought.
While Athena had her head down and focused on her phone, she felt an intense stare. She lifted her head and inspected around her.
In the end, she assumed it was a hallucination yet the next moment she faced the same situation. She sought her sixth sense and her gaze landed on the new guy.
'Why is my stomach feeling uneasy? I didn't eat any unhygienic food. Then what is?'
Athena felt puzzled.
She felt a poke on her waist. She drifted her eyes away from the guy and looked at Sarah.
She could see a flicker of the plight.
"Please God, be it anyone just not him." Grace prayed. She clenched her skirt in her hands.
Athena couldn't comprehend. Her mind was already in chaos.
The girls waited for a while and eventually left for their classes. They didn't want to be late.
The girls arrived in the nick of time. They sat on their allocated seats.
Their Dean entered the classroom along with their professor.
What welcomed them was the loud screaming and shrieks of the girls.
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Two days ago…..
"So now you are saying that we will join the university two days later from today?" Xavier asked with his poker face.
Rev didn't respond as he expected from him. Instead of him, Zeki conceded.
Bryan played a game on his phone, "Damn. The monster killed me again."
He closed the game app, "Can someone among you take the trouble to tell me why the change of plans?"
Caleb arranged his clothes in the cupboard, they were provided with.
"Master didn't notify us about the reason. He only messaged to join the University from Friday. Also, he said to always be on guard."
"I still can't fathom why we have to go to another university for a mission." Zeki sat with a thud on the bed. From that time, he got to know about their enrollment. He was grumpy. He didn't like it, nonetheless, he couldn't go against his master. Moreover, only he had issues with the mission while his friends approved of it.
Call him childish but he didn't prefer to go through the exact thing again when you are already done with it.
While Zeki's brain protested, his heart on the other hand seemed to be exhilarating.
"What has gotten you so worked up?" Bryan had long noticed how Zeki came across to be very upset about their mission after the master revealed their first step; to study at the Treasure University.
Meanwhile, Rev gathered data of his co-partner for the mission. He found out that Black Shadow was a better hacker than him. Although many deemed them to be of equal level.
Rev observed his hacking methods during their duel. Black Shadow had succeeded in sowing a seed of curiosity. Rev got fascinated by him and his skills. He wondered how skillfully his competitor's fingers would glide over the keyboard.
The scenario captivated him not romantically rather it was his interest and hunger for knowledge. Rev loved to learn new things and Black Shadow's hacking skills weren't something he could find elsewhere. Rev thrilled with the idea of meeting Black Shadow in person.
"Let's meet up soon," Rev said as he gazed at Black Shadow's profile on the DARK web.
Rev mistook Black Shadow for a male and when he will find the truth. His poker face would surely show some human emotions as he is still unaware of his future and what destiny had planned for him.
His monochromic life will sooner get filled with colours of love.