Classes ended, this time I didn't sit next to Leiby I was only with Silfy, Leiby sat next to Arthur which shows that she is already perfectly comfortable with him
"Well done Noah, you deserve a mountain of food and a nap."
I patted my back in my mind and got up to go to the dining room along with Silfy, but as I was about to leave someone called out to me.
"Hey Noah."
When I turned around I saw it was Samantha she came up to me walking quickly and stopped in front of me.
"What's up Samantha?"
"Well...um."
She seemed to be hesitating about telling me and I couldn't see her face because she was crouched down, this is extremely rare, Samanta doesn't usually hesitate to tell others things.
"Maybe you know...?"
As she was talking she lifted her head and I could see her head completely.
"Ria's favorite color?"
Her face was slightly flushed
"...Huh?"
Several days ago when Noah agreed to help Leiby.
Ria got up at the usual time and as Noah told her that Silfy would wake him up for a while she went straight away, she didn't know why Noah changed her but she didn't care either.
When she was on her way she could see how the dryad girl was talking to another student in her class, or well, she thought they were talking until the girl ran off at full speed.
As she followed her gaze she could see how she headed towards Noah and Silfy and mentally thanked them for not including her in whatever they were doing.
She continued on her way, she got to class and everything was normal, when it was lunch time Noah didn't accompany her but she still had to pay for her food which annoyed her a little, but it was because of the bet so she had to do it anyway, she ate alone and after class she headed to the dorm to train.
"Hey Ria."
In the gym was Samantha who was getting ready to start training.
"Hi."
Ria greeted her and headed to the locker to change clothes.
"Isn't Noah coming today?"
"No, he said he was going to develop a new technique or something so he won't be coming for a while."
"New technique?"
"I'm not too sure either"
"I see, well I can't stay behind, do you want to train together?"
"Sure."
The two started doing their workouts together, weight lifting, squats, running on the treadmill, etc.
Then they entered the gravity chamber and began to fight.
Ria was moving much faster than the first time she used the room, but Samantha was no slouch either.
Clank
Samantha used her gauntlets to block Ria's swords and counterattack.
Clank
Clank
The fight was intense, the two attacked constantly without giving their opponent time to recover.
After 30 minutes the winner of the match was Ria.
"Sigh~ I lost this time."
Samantha was on the floor breathing heavily covered in sweat, and Ria was at her side leaning on her swords, when she caught her breath she walked to get out of the gravity room.
"Hey."
But as she was about to leave Samantha's voice stopped her.
"What's wrong?"
"Since Noah won't be coming for a while how about we train together?"
Ria thought a bit, now that Noah is gone she has no training partner and training alone is not very efficient, besides, Samantha is not weak and she has a different fighting style than Noah so maybe she can give her a new approach when it comes to fighting.
"Alright."
After saying that she left the room.
The next day Ria woke up as usual, got dressed and left the dorm, everything seemed normal but.
"Hello!"
Samantha appeared behind her and hugged her neck.
"What are you doing!"
"Come on~ don't be so serious, I saw you from far away and I wanted to say hi."
"Well you already did get out of the way!"
"Fine~ fine~"
Samantha let go of Ria's neck and walked together with her to school while talking about various things and Ria started to regret accepting her as a training partner.
After class Ria got up and headed to the cafeteria but Samanta ran to her side and said.
"Let's go together!"
"Why should I?"
"Come on~ eating alone is boring, and food tastes better with company."
These words reminded her of the first time she ate with Noah.
"Sigh~ do whatever you want."
"Yey~"
"Get out of the way!"
In the dining room were Ria and Samantha sitting at the same table Ria had a well balanced meal with enough nutrients and protein but Samantha had a mountain of meat on her platter
"Hey Ria are you only going to eat that, isn't it too little?"
"No, it's just that you eat too much!"
"No you eat too little!"
They argued for a few minutes after they finished eating and when the classes were over they headed together to the dorm to train and on the way they chatted a little bit.
"Hey what's the sword technique you use?"
"I created it myself based on exploiting my advantages to the fullest."
"You created it all by yourself!? that's awesome!"
"T-thanks"
Ria blushed a little, no one had ever complimented her on her sword technique, but it wasn't a bad feeling at all.
When they arrived at the dorm they trained in the gym and then in the gravity room, they had an intense fight like the other time but this time Samantha won.
"Well done."
Samanta extended her hand towards Ria who was lying on the floor, this one didn't reject it and took her hand to get up.
"Tch your defense is very strong"
"Haha and your attacks too fast, it gives me a headache having to block them."
They talked some more and then left the room and went to their rooms to rest.
The next day Samantha and Ria walked to class together as they talked.
"What made you want to use double swords?"
Samantha asked Ria
"Well, I'm ambidextrous."
"Wow! Really?"
"Yeah, and to make the most of that I decided to practice dual swordplay"
"Wow~ you really are amazing! even though you're ambidextrous it's really complicated to master dual swordplay"
"N-no big deal"
Ria blushed a little and continued talking with Samantha until they arrived at the classroom, after class they ate together and then trained in the dorm to repeat everything the next day.
The two quickly approached each other as the days went by.
Now they were in class, Samantha was sitting bored as usual and her gaze went to Ria who was sitting in the front row with her full attention on the class, a lot of time passed but Samantha kept looking at Ria it was as if she was hypnotized.
"Miss Samanta!"
"Ahh! Y-yes!"
But teacher Cintia's shout brought her back to reality.
"Could you tell me the answer to this question please?"
"Emm... that..."
Samantha didn't even know what question she was talking about, she was so immersed looking at Ria that she heard nothing from the outside
"Sigh~ pay attention next time please."
"Y-yes"
After that the class continued as normal until the bell rang, everyone started to get up and Samantha went with Ria to accompany her
"Hi Ria~"
"Hey why were you so distracted in class today?"
"Na, it's nothing, I just got disconnected for a minute."
"Okay?"
They walked to the dining room and ordered their food and sat down to eat, but when Samantha started to eat her eyes as if attracted by something started to look at Ria in front of her, and stayed like that for a while longer.
When the classes were over the two arrived at the residence and changed to start training, when Samantha finished dressing her eyes turned to Ria again.
She was tying her hair in a ponytail, she was wearing her training clothes that consisted of black leggings and a black top, you could see her abdomen that had slightly marked abs and her legs well defined.
The more Samanta looked she felt her heart beating faster and her face getting hotter, Ria looked at her and 'asked' her.
"What's wrong?"
"Huh? ah! I-it's nothing!"
Samantha averted her gaze quickly and began to train.
'What's wrong with me?'
After training they headed to the gravity room.
Clank
Ria moved quickly as she attacked and Samantha blocked.
Ria threw some energy slashes which Samanta destroyed easily, but it was a distraction so she could get closer, Samanta who already knew Ria's fighting style predicted it and blocked Ria's onslaught.
Their faces ended up close and Samantha was surprised.
She hadn't noticed it before, but Ria's skin was very white, her lips were pink, but what caught her attention the most were her eyes that looked like rubies.
Ria took advantage of the distraction and kicked her legs to knock her to the ground, and then pointed her sword at her neck.
"I won."
Samantha stayed on the floor still processing what she had just seen.
"What's wrong with you? You looked distracted during the fight."
"No, it's nothing, I just...I guess I'm not feeling very well today."
"It's okay, if you can't train tomorrow let me know."
Ria helped Samantha up, they left the room and went to their rooms.
Samantha was lying on her bed after taking a shower, her mind was full of today's thoughts.
'Ria is very cool, she is not only smart but also very strong, she is quite fast and accurate when attacking, she has good reflexes, she is flexible...nice...she also has pretty eyes and...'
Suddenly the image of Ria in her training clothes came to her mind, her face blushed and she became very nervous
"What the hell am I thinking about!!?"