"Oh, I am feeling sorry for you already. I can visualize that your future days will be hell. Hahaha," Jiya laughed.
"Laugh all you want. You know me, I only wanted peace because this is my first day here. Thank God the school included bullying in the list of don'ts. I can just go report him You know"
"Look at me, I forgot to read the school rules…Rumble" her stomach rumbled.
"What was that?" Ayaan asked
"It seems I am hungry. He he he" she laughed embarrassingly.
"YOU HAVEN'T EATEN SINCE? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?!"
"Aww, stop yelling. It hurts my ears. I was looking around"
"Well, good for you. This is already seven. The cafeteria is closed and no student Is allowed on the school premises except those having night classes"
"Ha? What do I do brother? I'm starting to feel hungry"
"If you have snacks eat that for tonight. Didn't you pack snacks before coming?"
"I don't have any. I didn't have the time to buy some. Why isn't there a kitchen in this big apartment?"
"Where have you ever seen a dorm with a kitchen? in case you are forgetting, it's a dorm, not an apartment."
"Where have you ever seen a dorm this luxurious? I still prefer to call it an apartment. With that, I can remain sane."
"I don't know, you can ask Hassy_101," Ayaan said.
"Yeah, that lady is crazy, it's in one of her books I had an idea of a dorm with a kitchen"
"Hahaha…What book is that?"
"I think it's titled Who Changed Whom?"
"Even the title is as crazy as her ideas. Alright, enough with the author. Go find what to eat or you sleep through the night on empty stomach"
"You know I won't be able to sleep"
"Of course, I know that. Talk to you later. The dickhead is at the door"
Hearing the beeping sound of the disconnected call, she put down her phone and went to shower, and changed into her pajamas. She came back to the room in fresh and new pajamas with peaches on them tying her blown dried thick hair into a ponytail.
Because the hair was too thick, she had a hard time making it into the donut she desired and just left it in a ponytail instead.
Her gaze trailed to Vicky's side of the room to see her Coming out of her bathroom in her black and white pajamas.
Without any words to her, Vicky climbed into her bed and 'That's it? No goodnight to your apartment mate? Are all rich kids like this? Aww, my stomach. I'm hungry' she made a sad face and walked slowly to her bed.
...
Minutes later.
Vicky opened her sleepy eyes. She sat up and rested her heavy head on the bed headboard staring intensely at the girl whose sound of turning and tossing woke her up.
As she thought to herself 'Is this a joke? How am I supposed to sleep with that noise?' she heard the girl murmuring "I'm hungry" for that her gaze softened. 'No one can sleep with hunger' She thought.
She got down from the queen-sized bed and opened the drawer beside her bed containing lots of different healthy snacks. She took out two large biscuits and tetra-packed milk and walked over to her soundlessly.
With her eyes half-closed, she stretched her hand out to the girl turning in bed. "This should suffice for tonight".
Jiya who didn't know someone was by her bedside raised her head to see a hand stretched out with biscuits and tetra-packed milk. She accepted them immediately and thanked her profusely.
Vicky just looked at her and said: "Next time don't sleep on an empty stomach. It's not every day I will have that stored" she turned and left after saying that.
Jiya stared after her. 'She is nice, even though she is mean. Do I even understand what I just said? Who cares.' she thought and happily ate her snacks.
.....
The next day at 6:00 am.
Jiya walked out of the dressing room all dressed up for class. She woke up early to get ready for the first class. To her astonishment, Vicky was still in bed sleeping.
"Should I wake her? What do I do if she doesn't like it? What if she gets angry at me for letting her get to class late? What do I do, what do I do?"
She paced around her side of the room while biting her thumbnail. Just then the school alarm rang. It was so loud that she wondered how the seniors have been able to cope with it.
Vicky refused to wake up despite the alarm ringing twice, followed by the alarm in their room. She didn't even notice there was an alarm attached to their bed headboard.
Vicky scowled in frustration and annoyance.
"What the fuck is that?!!!"
"I-it the school alarm" Jiya answered. Her yell almost Frightened the Shit out of her.
"Damn this f*cking school!" She cursed, but her eyes were still tightly closed.
"ANNOUNCEMENT!!!.
Breakfast at 7:00 ends by 7:50. Those who miss out on having breakfast will have to wait until lunch break. When caught eating outside the Cafeteria, Five days detention. Put on your black and white uniforms. Your time starts now" the voice went dead.
Jiya went out after the announcement, leaving Vicky on the bed.
Vicky got down from the bed. You can kill her, but you can't take away her sleep, lazy lifestyle, and food.
Twenty minutes later she walked out of the bathroom wearing her black and white uniform with a white long sleeve shirt, black blazer, and a straight black knee skirt.
She looked elegant and gorgeous with her hair tied in a ponytail and face bare from makeup. She was too lazy to wear a little makeup on her face. She never liked doing it and when her sister calls over her makeup artist, she falls asleep all through the makeup process.
Vicky folded the blazer on the elbow, Looking so lazy and relaxed, with her heels and backpack she left for the cafeteria.
...….....
The cafeteria was a huge hall made into two separate spaces. One for the students and the other for the counter. A floor-to-ceiling glass separated the counter from where the students sat to eat.
More than a hundred Ai waiter food delivery robots were moving from one place to another serving food to the students who had placed their orders.
The seats were made for two persons sitting face to face on a table. The aroma of continental food assaulted her senses making her stomach rumble.
She stood by the door, her gaze looking around at the beautiful scenery. As she walked in, some students who looked her way froze.
"Can someone be this beautiful with purple eyes?"
"OMG, she's prettier than the university belle"
"Lower your voice, don't let school belle hear you" a third-year girl whispered with her hand shielding her mouth from the side.
"It's not like she can do anything to me, thanks to the school rules." The other lady replied.
"She can't do anything to you, but you seem to be forgetting the duel. The last time, she beat up a junior from the second year because the student wrote a letter of confession to General Vim.
"OMG! how did I miss that? tell me about it"
"I think you were serving detention at that time. School belle was challenged by the friend of the junior and the duel will be happening on coming Friday.
Simeon the whistleblower blew a whistle with his mouth.
"I have set my eyes on her, she will be screaming under me very soon," he told his friend who didn't get to answer before Anthonio mocked.
"It seems your ten days of detention is not enough for you."
"What has that got to do with you?!" Simeon barked.
"Everything. Because you are there in the first place because of us" Richard and Anthonio laughed.
"You must be very proud of yourselves huh, very well" Simeon turned back to his food with an evil smile on his face. He has a plan for both of them.
They used to be best of friends from three different countries until Simeon stole Anthonio's girlfriend in high school. Ever since Anthonio and Richard never missed a chance of making his life miserable anytime they met, and now that fate has brought them together at Hassride university, they are surely going to make him suffer.
By now Vicky was already seating on an empty seat waiting for a robot to notice her. She didn't wait long because a robot moved toward her and asked the programmed question it has repeated over the years.
"What would you like student?"
"I want…" she pressed the buttons on the different types of food displayed on the belly of the robot. After choosing her pick, the robot left.
She took her phone from the table and messaged her sister.
"At the office?" thirty seconds passed before a reply came.
"Yes. Eating?" Su Tang asked
"About to" Answered Vicky
"Not grumpy for being wakened in the morning?" Asked Su Tang.
"Very. I couldn't smash the alarm" She typed in annoyance.
"Good. Got to go, work calling". Su Tang left the chat.