Someone bumped into Terban’s back as he walked around the campus.
“Oh my god! I am so sorry!”
Terban turned around then deducted the reason of their collision. The girl was taking selfie while walking backwards, that’s why she bumped into him. There’s enough reason for him to get angry. Yet Terban decided to stay low for now because many is looking at their side.
“I am not okay,” he said, “but I will try.”
The woman frowned.
Terban walked away from her but was dragged back because she pulled the hemline of his sleeves back.
“Wait a minute!”
With crumpled expression, Terban tilted his head and said, “What do you think you’re doing? You’ll wrinkle my clothes.”
She quickly left go of his sleeves.
“I’m sorry,” she apologized again. Hearing that for the second time put Terban in a bad mood.
He hates people who kept doing things that make them looks dumb.
“Actually, I read your name from your ID,” the girl murmured in shy tone, then pointed the ID that Terban just got yesterday.
‘What’s wrong with my name?’ Terban wondered. ‘I know that my name is cool. Even the owner.’
“So?” he asked while raising his brows.
“I have a friend,” she said. “She’s looking for a man who has the same name as yours.”
Terban’s eyes widened. He guessed that it must be the Ryan that he is looking for! Not the idiot Ryan Mcguffin from the boarding house!
“What is your friend’s name?” Terban asked her with her heart beating so fast.
“Ryan,” the answer that gave him hope.
A sweet genuine smile escaped from his lips. “Ryan Hill?” He continued.
Terban noticed the girl’s hesitation. Then she nodded her head, “That is… her name before. But her surname changed right now. She’s isn’t Ryan Hill anymore.”
Terban felt a bad premonition. He gulped as she waited for the answer.
“Her full name is Ryan Mcguffin,” she continued. “She’s in Engineering department.”
‘Damn. Yes. Big DAMN,’ Terban said to himself.
“Anyway, ahmmmm,” the girl murmured in excessive thin tone and suddenly gave him a finger heart. “You are so handsome.”
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Many days have passed since Terban found out that Ryan Mcguffin is actually the childhood sweetheart that he’s been looking for.
But Ryan never introduce himself to him, which made him confused. It slipped out from his mind that except for Slyvester, Kyle and Vincent, he hasn’t shared his name to the newcomers.
He used lot of ways to have a serious talk with Ryan. Unfortunately, their schedules did not match. When he’s at the boarding house, Ryan is at the library being a complete bookworm.
She goes to school very early so they don’t see each other for breakfast. Moreover, Terban could not ask her number to Slyvester or Kyle because of his damn pride. He does not have any social media account he can use to contact Ryan, and if ever he has, he won’t take the risk of adding her as friend or following her account. Those moves aren’t from a guy like Terban Myers.
Terban is really eager to talk to the girl he wanted to avoid before.
Weekends arrived, thankfully. For sure, Ryan will stay home and Terban will have a chance to see her. And so, he stood in front of Ryan’s room. He’s even wearing perfume, which he found odd.
“Why am I getting nervous?” Terban whispered to himself after taking few deep breaths. When he set his eyes towards the door, his palm suddenly felt cold.
He brought his fist up and gently knocked on the door.
Knock. Knock.
“Hey? Are you there?” he asked.
“...”
A minute passed. He heard nothing from inside the room. Terban is one of the people who has short patience. That’s why, instead of waiting for response inside, he just opened the door, using the excuse that he came here in urgent.
The door wasn’t locked, fortunately.
“Ryan!” he shouted as he’s pushing the door open. “I know you are here. Why didn’t you open the...”
Terban froze. Even his heart seemed stopped from beating.
The moment he opened the door, he saw Ryan standing near the door. She was about to lock the door she had left opened. However, as surprised as Terban, Ryan also froze at her position.
She just finished taking a bath, and the only thing that covers her wet and naked body is a white towel around her glass-hour figure. Thus…
“Ahhhhhhh!!!” Ryan screamed.
With reddened face, Terban tried to stop her from shouthing. “D-Don’t shout! I did not mean to…”
It was only an accident. Indeed.
However, the clumsy Ryan , who was panicking, ran and slipped on the wet floor. As a result, the towel she was wearing fell down too.
Terban’s heart seemed stopped beating at that point.
“What happened?” shouted Kyle who just came in the place after hearing the noise. Together with him are the three curious men.
All in all, Terban, Kyle, Vincent, Chaylen and Slyvester saw Ryan’s naked body on the floor.
They had different reactions.
Kyle covered his face. Slyvester turned around. Vincent looked up in the ceiling and gulped. Meanwhile, Chaylen took the chance to stare more at her body, as if it is a once in a lifetime miracle. And Terban… yes, Terban just stared at her with opened mouth.
Terban and Ryan’s first encounter isn’t great. And this incident will give Terban another problem to solve in the future.