Suddenly Ezekiel whimpered churning left and right, "Augh…" Sweat dripping his forehead he clenched his sheets tight.
Isa, Senri and Nagi looked at each other anxiously.
"Augh…" Ezekiel shook his head. "N-o..." he mumbled.
"Water, I'll get some water." Nagi rushed inside the kitchen.
"Is he having a nightmare?" Isa guessed.
"Ei…sen… Ei… sen…" Ezekiel repeated moving left and right.
"Shall we wake him up?" Senri asked.
"No… No… NO! Eisen!!" Ezekiel yelped sitting straight as Isa and Senri stepped back startled.
Sweat dripping his forehead like beads and hairs disheveled. Ezekiel shivered nonstop.
"Easy there, calm down..." Isa patted his back while Senri pushed his hairs back.
Tears resting on the corner of his eyes, Ezekiel sunk deep into his knees afraid. "I'm sor…ry, sor…ry… so sor…ry…" he cried.
Nagi returning with a glass of water listened to Ezekiel's broken hiccups as Isa and Senri tried to calm him down. Suddenly Senri pulled Ezekiel's arm, "Come on stand up." Ezekiel trembling stood up.
"Senri…?" Isa asked however, Senri ignoring him took Ezekiel out of the dorms. "It's alright. He is taking him out for some air." Nagi assured.
Isa gazed at Senri and Isa anxiously, "What just happened…?"
Seated beneath the tree, Ezekiel observed the morning surroundings that carried a hint of chilliness, yet offered a comforting ambiance. The grass underfoot bore the subtle dampness of morning dew, while the sun gracefully ascended, painting the sky in hues of orange and red. "It's morning already," Ezekiel thought, suddenly feeling a warm touch on his cheek. He flinched looking up, to find Senri smiling with a glass of hot milk in his hand. "Thank you…" he took it politely.
"Feeling better?" Senri inquired sitting beside him.
Ezekiel nodded, "I am sorry to trouble you..."
"You didn't." Senri interrupted, "So forget everything and drink it up. Isa's drinks are relaxing they'll calm you down. And once they do, stand back up again." he encouraged.
Ezekiel blinked contemplating, "He didn't ask anything?"
"Seriously, both of us are batsmen. Or else, I would've taken you out to practice with me." Senri said.
Ezekiel gazed at the milk glass revealing a light beam, "He surprisingly, is a considerate person…" "Hm." he nodded.
The sun rising and a brand new day unfolding, the middle schoolers all got up getting ready to head back home. Some dressing up and others packing their important stuffs left and right, the dorms emitted a bustling sight.
"You all aren't going?!" Alan asked the highschoolers surprised who had now settled themselves in the lounge.
"Nope, I am not going." Noah looked away, lines of fatigue covering his forehead.
"Haha, he is afraid he might get married the moment he goes home." Ren teased, "His great grandfather, grandfather, mother, father, uncles and aunt and god knows who else will pull him and make him a groom the moment they trace his sight."
Noah hearing him sunk even more, depressed as Haruf laughed.
"Poor him…" Aigou sympathized, "I am also not going since I just came back from China." he added.
"Me too." Elias smiled standing in the garden behind the lounge studying the bee hive.
"I'll also stay…" Orion told engrossed playing his video games.
"Instead of Rauf, you, Evan, Nagi and Ren. No one else is going back. I am also staying here since my family is currently in America while Isa is running away from home like usual." Kazuna glanced at Isa who smiled proudly.
"Not that it's a good thing…" Ren stated in disbelief.
Zachariah chortled ever so lightly turning the page of his book.
"Yup, I am also waiting for my PSL song to be selected today. Moreover, my family is back in France, I can't possibly go back." Aaron concentrated. A comb resting amid his hairs, he grasped Alan's hairs from the back trimming them slightly.
Alan grinned ever so lightly, "I was surprised when I heard you were sent an invitation for writing this year's PSL song. I look forward to it Aaron. You gave your best, I know you'll get selected."
Aaron nodded chuckling, "Yup!" "Moreover, Zachariah and Haruf are also not going. As for Senri…" he glanced at Senri who laid on the coach careless dangling his legs front to back, "He is being lazy again."
Senri hearing him corrected, "I already called home on a video call yesterday… no misunderstandings."
"Yeah, yeah, I already know. You don't need to explain." Alan said, aware of his genetically gifted lethargy and sloppiness.
"That's my boy~ Yawn~" Senri praised shoving his head inside his pillow.
Alan exhaled scrolling down his phone. His appearance different from usual, he emitted a graceful, striking air. Wearing a white frilled shirt which travelled down to thighs with long sleeves ending with frills on his wrist, he wore a black jeans and jet black shoes with a tint of silver and dark blue. His long blue hairs untied and neatly combed travelled down his back. A silver ring rested on his right middle finger while his golden earring shone, "
"Right, the fans are going crazy as if it's the world's end or something." Senri concurred.
"Tch, what's the point in going so crazy seeing their faces?" Aigou rolled his eyes.
"I am also not using my phone because of that." Isa added irritated.
"Seriously speaking I will only see who won, that's it!" Aigou declared.
"But it has to be those Mumbai Indians. We have to slam that history of revenge right back on their faces." Ren told.
"And... done!" Aaron kept his scissors aside removing the plastic sheet behind Alan's back. "Seriously, you look like a human now." he commented on Alan's neat sight.
Alan smiled awkwardly, "Thank you…" "What about Haris and the rest?" he questioned.
"They left already." Elias replied, "At 5:00 am if I remember correctly, they flew like bats out of hell."
"Of course, there families would be waiting. It had been 3 months already since they hadn't met them."
"And Liam will go back with one of the coaches to talk to his family about his current condition." Isa told, "I think Coach Seles and Coach Kortes will accompany him."
Alan exhaled, "In the end we still couldn't find anything."
"But we did search, Alan. Don't worry, our investigations are still in progress. We'll surely find something." Ren assured.
Alan smiled agreeing.
Soon the middle schoolers came out prepared. Their gears resting on their shoulders they crowded the lounge.
"Yawn~" Adam yawned half awake and half asleep. "I am tired." he complained. Wearing a red sleeveless shirt with brown shorts up to his knees and sandals, he sat on the couch beside Zachariah with a thud.
Zachariah amused glanced at him with his finger resting under his chin.
"Just wait until you reach back home. All tiredness will run away." Helios smiled. Wearing a grey full sleeved shirt and light blue jeans he took his shoes out of the cupboard.
Ryan too rubbed his eyes fuzzy. He wore a blue and white round collared shirt with black shorts assisted with red shoes. Troublesome…" he complained sitting beside Adam.
From Alan's point of view, the two of them emitted the same exhausted and drowsy aura.
"Wear this hat or else you might evaporate in his heat." Feng put a beret hat on Xavier's head.
"Hehe… thank you." Xavier smiled setting it. Wearing a tugged in dark blue half sleeved shirt with a white collared shirt worn unbuttoned above, followed by black jeans and sneakers. With the hat in addition to his attire he beamed.
Feng smiled, "Now that suits you." He too wore a yellow t-shirt with a black leather jacket and blue jeans.
"Argh~ it's too hot…" Heber complained sitting before the pedestal fan beside Azazel. He wore a dark green baggy trouser with a half sleeved pink hoodie.
"Indeed, it's too hot~" Azazel concurred wearing a sleeveless black shirt and grey cropped trousers. His disheveled curly hairs tied up in a spiky palm tree pony.
"What kind of heat are you guys fighting at 6 am in the morning?" Kazuna asked puzzled.
Poseidon, Seraph and Ezekiel too joined them. Poseidon wore a light pink shirt with a grey jacket draped on his shoulders tied into a knot before his neckline with white jeans above his ankles. "Good morning." he greeted politely.
"Morning." Ren and Alan greeted back.
"How are you doing?" Elias asked.
Poseidon smiled, "Never better."
Ezekiel silent took his shoes out of the shoe rack; wearing them. His expression stiff, he wore a long light blue shirt reaching to his thighs with a dark blue jeans jacket coming to his waist followed by black jeans.
Poseidon upon his silence furrowed his gaze restless.
Seraph wearing a white shirt with black jeans and a long chain resting on his neck. A green, black and white boxed jacket was tied around his waist from which colorful amulets hung. His arm with the golden gauntlet covered with a black sleeve he headed for the kitchen mumbling, "Thirsty…"
Isa seeing him approach stood before him with a water bottle, "Here you go." His gaze grim. Seraph blinked, "Um… thank you?" he took it confused.
Isa response less headed back inside the kitchen. "Why is he intimidating even when he speaks?" Seraph gulped.