After cutting the call he finally looked up and saw that the entire cafe was looking at him, still in shock of the events that took place just a few moments ago.
Finishing his food, Derek stood and walked towards the exit. His eyes landed on Kenny who was standing with his mouth wide open.
" Wassup Kenny, I already finished, so we can't eat together. "
He spoke pretending like nothing had happened.
Then without waiting for any reply, he walked out of the cafe with hurried steps, leaving behind a dumbfounded audience.
" What the fuck just happened? " Kenny muttered to himself, " That bastard, is he actually dating her in secret? " he wondered.
...
After leaving the cafe, Derek decided to go back to his class, he just wanted to go away from that place since he didn't like too much attention on himself.
As he walked into the class, he saw that Batty, Shorty, Goldy and Ape were standing together, surrounding Jack in a circle.
Curiously, he came near the group of five and asked:
" What happened? Had Jack done something again? "
" No, I- I... " Jack wanted to explain but couldn't find the right words.
" Hah, just tell me what's going on? " Derek asked again.
" Jack has fallen in love again, he was asking us for advice since he wants to confess his love to her. " Ape explained, flapping his fat lips.
" So, what's the big deal, just go and ask her out. " Derek said, non-chalantly.
" Bro, you wouldn't understand, your ex was the one who confessed to you, you have never been rejected. " Jack said, pulling his hair.
" By the way, who is it? " Derek questioned.
" It's that junior blonde girl who helped us in the Drama, you remember her right? " Goldy explained.
" Ah her, she was pretty. " Derek replied, as he remembered her.
" Anyway, out of all of us, you're the only one who has been in a relationship even though it ended so badly. So, give me some advice. " Jack said with hopeful eyes.
"..."
Derek didn't like bringing up his previous relationship in any conversation, with an evil idea he spoke:
" Fine, I have just the perfect plan for you to get your first girlfriend. "
In an excited tone, Jack asked: " Hurry up, tell me the idea. "
Nodding, Derek began to explain:
" All the girls like it when you show them your love, create a big heart and an 'I love you' symbol in front of her dorm, and ask as many people as you can to come so that she won't be able to say no to you. "
" Then, use a mic and announce your love loudly in front of her house, ask her to date you for a year. "
" Why only for a year? " Jack asked in confusion.
" Since she don't know much about you, but if you date her for a year, and show her your love and care then she'll be yours for the rest of her life. " Derek explained.
With an enlightened expression, Jack asks: " Anything else? I'm already loving your plan, I'm sure I'll get my first girlfriend soon. "
" Yes, before she can answer you, show her a banner that will have countless pictures of her pasted on it, you have her photos right? " Derek spoke.
" Yes, I have a lot of pictures, thanks you're my best friend, if she really became my girlfriend I'll treat you to a meal. " Jack said, as he ran out of the class to make the preparations.
" Do you really think that'll work? " Batty asked, he was the one most interested in romance out of the rest.
" Of course, I'm more experienced than you. " Derek said and walked out of the class.
" I think Jack is gonna regret listening to him. " Shorty said, who was the dumbest of all.
...
Derek knew Jack was gonna get rejected, no he would be utterly humiliated, the blonde girl is shy and likes simple things. If he just asked her directly, she might have accepted but with all that crowd, she would definitely be angry.
" That's my revenge for all the time you annoyed me. " He muttered.
[ You are a terrible friend, how could you send him to his room like that? ]
Listening to Kal, Derek smirked and said indifferently:
" It's no big deal, with his face, she wouldn't have accepted his proposal anyway. "
Then he decided to go to the library and test his new skill.
The library wasn't too far from his class, within a few minutes, Derek entered the library and first went to the section where books of his semester were placed.
Taking out a book, he opened it and glanced at its first page and without even reading a line all of the content was copied into his mind.
" Damn, this skill is dope, I don't even need to study now. "
He went through the entire book in a single minute, and the entire content of the book was instantly stored in his mind.
" Will this skill, will I be able to understand the calculations? " he asked in a hushed voice.
[ Yes, even if you scan a maths book, you can understand everything in it. ]
" Let's first scan all the syllabus of my sem, then I will scan the other books. "
One after another, Derek began to pick books up he would flip the page at an incredibly fast rate and then pick a new book.
Within an hour, he had scanned over 52 books, yet he didn't stop and began to scan the books that weren't even in his courses.
Whether it was economy, bio or a language book, he scanned everything. The people around Derek stared at him in confusion, they couldn't understand what he was doing.
In the next few hours, Derek scanned hundreds of books, which also helped him to learn a few more languages like French, German, Hindi, Japanese and a few more.
Until his head began to hurt, Derek kept going, after a few hours when his eyes and mind both said no to any more of their exploit he finally stopped.
" Hoo, I guess that's enough for now, I'll scan more books the next time I come here," he said, as he gazed upon thousands of books.
He hadn't even covered 1/20th of all the books present there, but his head was already full of so much knowledge. It was already dark outside, with a yawn Derek strolled back to his dorm.
In the distance he heard some noise, it seemed some fool was confessing his love to a girl publicly. ' Haha, he sure works fast. ' Derek thought, imagining Jack's face when he would be rejected.
" I'm going to sleep early, Kal wake me up at 7 tomorrow I need to go back to my house and meet Dad and Mom," he asked, and put his mobile on silent mode.
He knew his phone was going to ring the entire night, as the angry heartbroken and drunk Jack would be calling his phone to spew threats.
" Haa today was a long day," he muttered and entered his room.
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Jack: Thanks for reading and have a great day,
I wonder how the two of us would look together, maybe I should colour my hair yellow.