"Zzzzz..."
"...?"
Finding herself looking up at the afternoon sky above, Aerina thought to herself.
(Oh, I fell asleep....)
Her mind working slowly as she felt rejunevated by her nap and move her limbs to stretch herself.
"?"
Feeling something as she moves her arms, Aerina touched something and ran her hand along its surface.
(Hmmm, smooth surface and a cloth material, cotton maybe?)
As she ran her hand up and down she felt it change angle to the side and ran her on it, this time felt something hard and soft underneath.
"...."
"...."
".....?"
"..."
".....?!"
Opening eyes wide and sudden, Aerina found herself looking at a hooded figure that covers the entire face.
"Eek!"
She quickly roll out of his hold in a hurry and stand up looking around her.
Laura has already gone back to class, the same as the other students, except Callum.
"....Ahh....Ahhhhhh..", realizing that what means Aerina cover her face in embarrassment and crouched down.
Callum look to the side upon seeing this as he almost caught a glimpse of her underwear as she crouched down.
Unlike Laura who wore a long skirt down to her ankles, Aerina's skirt only runs down to her knees and due to her crouching down in embarrassment, she wasn't thinking carefully to the position of her crouch that reveals her underwear.
"Ugh! I'm sorry!", realizing this fact too late as well, Aerina push her skirt down in between her thighs.
"....Yeah...it's alright, I look away already"
"....."
"....H-How long was I asleep?"
"About two hours?"
(My legs have already gone numb though)
Using his hands, Callum moved his legs to stretch them, as blood flows resumed its position he began to cast a healing spell for a faster recovery.
"I'm sorry, I really am"
"Yeah, no problem" he waved it off to calm her down, her already red face seemed to turn even more red as more time went on.
"....Ugh..."
(I can't believe I fell asleep on him! Why?!!!!)
"Did you have trouble sleeping last night, Ms.Aerina?"
".....Uh, yes"
"Oh....Is it perhaps the power outage?"
"Yes, that's the one"
"Yeah, I get that as well"
"Oh, you too..I see"
"I ended up sleeping in the elevator till morning"
The Haxker Group prepared another surprise for everyone just as they appear out of nowhere, this surprise happened last night late into the evening as everyone gets ready to sleep, a large power outage caused panic throughout part of the city, specifically the area surrounding the student dorms.
"I was so scared last night that I could barely sleep"
"But at least you were in bed right, I'm sure you would feel comfortable even if the power went out"
"Actually....I was in the elevator as well"
"....? Oh, that's a problem"
"Y-Yes"
Aerina visited a friend of hers to retrieve a package she ask them to order online, while heading back down the power outage caused the elevator to stop making her stuck inside there for 3 hours, by the time they got her out and delivered her back to her home she was still scared of the experience and wound up lying on the bed with wide eyes.
"The firefighter found me sleeping in the elevator peacefully after they force it open and decided to leave me there since I slept like a log, so...lame right?" Callum decided to lighten the mood by mentioning that part to Aerina who couldn't help but chuckle lightly.
"! Ah, I'm sorry I shouldn't be laughing at that"
"No, it's fine, it supposed to be funny anyway"
"Oh, I see..."
"Well, are you going back to your class after this?"
"Well, I suppose so...but I felt embarrassed just by thinking about it already"
"Yeah, it would be so awkward to go in there like nothing happened while everyone are already seated"
"Yes, that's right" Aerina nodded cutely upon hearing Callum's words, understanding her thought.
"Then how about we skip classes for today?"
"....Eh?"
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"So, you decided this would be your hangout place?" asked Rualan, arms crossed while looking at the two underclassmen in front of her.
Aerina looked guilty upon hearing this and looked down in shame of herself while Callum replied.
"Yes"
"....."
"?!" Aerina looks at him in surprise.
(How bold!)
She then looks at the black-haired upperclassmen who is looking at the two with her sharp gaze.
Rualan Mavick, previous roommate of her twin sister who studies Monster Taming, an unpopular method of using monsters in place of beasts as their familiar. While her field of research is risky and ignored by many it also holds many potential discoveries as the least studied and would make her successful if she managed to bring enough attention to it.
Aside from her looks that is enough to both enchant and freeze anyone who lays eyes on her beauty, she is said to be an apathetic person which is normal for those who delve into research and magicians like her sister.
But her apathy seems to extend to monsters as well, while they aren't categorized as sentient beings due to being formed by distortion in mana itself, seeing them go through various experiments did cause many to leave out of fear and pity for them.
(How did he know such an amazing yet terrifying upperclassman like her?)
"Well, I don't mind you two staying here, but make sure to stay quiet alright?"
"Thanks, Senior Rualan"
"T-Thank you"
The two headed to a corner of the room where Callum pull out a seat for her to sit on and look for a book to read.
Aerina brought out her own book and began reading it quietly.