Tera was walking out of the canteen , the first round of the assessment had ended and they were given a week of rest, tera wanted to go out and probably make some friends and maybe even find Carlos grants , grandson. There was a small park in the assessment camp, with a water fountain and few trees around and a field with little bushes it was a small quiet place, even in the midst of hardship, friendship bonds were being formed and lifetime friends and partnered were being made, this was an assessment ground for all those who wanted to join the army ,those who wanted to pilot a mech, to pilot a colossus or even become a titan, this was a gathering of people of similar minds, taste and aspirations. Everyone here had a lot of things in common and it will be easy for them to be friends with one another.
Tera was walking with a small cake and juice in hand. They were on break so they were being served good food , at least up to a 3 star hotel standard, it wasn't much for the nobles but it was a lot for the commoners. Tera wanted to sit down on a bench by the fountain and eat in peace , his life had been rollercoaster as of late he was still getting used to the fact that he was a titan elect and his body was as strong as that of a titan or even stronger, his brain was now digitized and he was processing thousands of information per second, he wasn't forgetting anything anymore, it was a lot for him to handle to the point that he had been ignoring his system and trying not to use his all seeing since his last experience with it.
Last night he had returned to his hostel to rest after passing through all the verifications and vetting process , and questions and answer sessions with the guard , he wasn't tired physically or mentally but emotionally he was drained, he layed back to sleep but was woken up in the middle of the night by a shaking bunk, he slept in the down bunk , but the up bonk was shaking profusely he wanted to see what was happening sp he used his latest ability all seeing eye and looked through the wooden frame and bed only to see a sight he would rather not see , his bunkmate was up to no good , he quickly turned off his all seeing eye and put a mental reminder to not shake his bunkmates hand no matter the circumstance, he forcefully turned his mind off and went to sleep, saying he was traumatized was an understatement he was still very young and there was a lot of things he didn't know.
Back at the bench, tera was eating calmly but he noticed that every girl that was passing was looking his way , he began to feel insecure. Is there something wrong with him, was his zeepers open ?, he couldn't find anything wrong , where he lost it was when one of the girls passing by fell down face flat on the ground when she saw him, he had to find out what was wrong , he walked up to her , she had dropped the book she was reading the name of the book was The Mech Touch , he picked it up for her, " here, you dropped this " he said, " thanks" she said after a lot of stammering,"can I ask you a question?" tera asked, " anything for you" she replied so fast without thinking " no ", "yes" , " I meant yes you can ask me any question" she finally said without looking up her face was completely red and her legs had twisted in , she was a shy person normally, this was her first time out of the house, " okay,good" tera replied, " can we leave the open , the question is kind of personal " tera said ," uhh,okay" she nodded her head without looking up she didn't know what she was doing following a boy to a quiet corner of a garden, if her mom saw her now she will be dead she thought, or worse if her brother saw her now she will die of embarrassment, but he was so handsome and he didn't seem to have any bad intentions and he smells so nice, what's wrong with me , get yourself together kiyoshi she said to herself while giving herself a light slap when she thought tera wasn't looking. Unfortunately for her tera wasn't an ordinary guy he had seen it when he turned back slightly after he sensed a sharp movement of the wind,what is she doing why is she slapping herself, is she okay, did she even fall because of me or on purpose to harm herself, just like she slapped herself, does she indulge in self harm,is that why she came to the army to be tortured, you know what it's none of my business I will just ask her what's wrong or if there is anything wrong with me. "By the way my name is tera" tera said ," okay mike is kiyoshi, don't ask me any questions about it , I have been made fun of for my name" kiyoshi said while still not looking up ,what am I doing, why did I tell him that , I am talking too much get it together girl."I think it's a cute name, I like it" tera said , "thanks" he likes it, he probably likes me she said to herself while blushing , unfortunately she had said it out loud too not loud but audible enough for someone with super senses like tera," no I don't like you" tera said , " you don't like me? " kiyoshi asked back with anger on her face while looking tera right in the eyes, " no I like you, I think your cool" tera said while palming his face, " so you like me " kiyoshi said while blushing and looking down she didn't know when started twisting her legs, " no , i mean yes, but what I said earlier was I like your name and i think it's cute" tera said , " oh " kiyoshi said after Hearing this , then whispered men are scum barely audibly, but tera still heard it and his eyes started tweaking just like his dad, while also raising his hands as a sign of giving up and turned back to continue walking, while whispering dad was right no one can understand a woman.
" Ehhh , tera don't you think we are secluded enough?We are already close to the center of the garden. "Kiyoshi said this while thinking, " Why am I here?I should have just said no. " Who am i kidding i would not have said no even if he was holding a knife, "she thought to herself while blushing. " oh sorry , I got distracted or you dis…." After looking at kiyoshi's face he couldn't complete his sentence," right the question" tera started scratching his head , this is gonna be weird he thought, why did I even do this in the first place, " you see everyone that passed especially girls, kept looking at me making some weird faces ". Kiyoshi started laughing when she heard this "and you even fell after seeing me" kiyoshi laughter immediately ended after hearing this," I just wanted to ask if there was stg wrong on me or I was doing" tera asked while scratching his head, "aww you look so cute worrying ,why other people were looking at you" kiyoshi said while smiling" , "your cute just like my little bro with that look on your face" she said as she came closer to him she was getting a little bit too comfortable. ,"well ,if you ask me , apart from the fact that you are very handsome, with that long hair and how it so soft she asked while touching his hair, and your eyes it looks blue,black and gold at the same time like looking into the stars, this was as a result of his abnormal reaction with the dao and the system, and your smooth skin she said while touching his hands, i will say its the cake that is stick on top of your lips" she said while laughing hard, " what " tera shouted out loud quickly wiping his lips, " what do you mean by handsome" he had always been okay looking but compared to other nobles he was lacking he wouldn't qualify as a noble, but after his experience with the dao all impurities had been removed from his body and all imperfection had been removed, his hair had become as black as thebnightbanrbhis eyes like the stars in the sky, he could even be called beautiful but he wasn't aware," here take " kiyoshi said as she removed a portable mirror from her bag and gave to him , tera looked into the mirror and was shocked at what he saw , was that him, he could hardly recognize himself, his look had not change but it was just many times better,he returned the mirror to kiyoshi, he finally understood why everything that has been happening in his life since he returned from the office had been happening since he returned from the office, the hostility from some men and the excessive kindness from women , including the cooks at the canteen who had given him extra desert.
" Kiyoshi" he called out after processing all the information, his life was definitely going to be different after this , he didn't know if it was for better or worse, " yes " she replied, "your still holding my hands" tera said to her, " oh sorry " she said while blushing, " anyways, I will be going back to my hostel now , thank you for everything" tera said , " wait " kiyoshi said after tera started walking away, take my number incase you need anything, she didn't have any friend in the camp , she wouldn't mind making friends with tera even though he looked younger than her, she took out a pen and wrote her number on the book she was reading, The Mech Touch , take it's my favorite book you will like it , and you might get bored from hiding from girls in your hostel she said jokingly , " thanks " tera replied, "oh and do you know any fat boy , by the name Carlos " , "no " kiyoshi replied" but if I see one I will let you know,bye tera" she said as she turned to walk away, "bye kiyoshi he greeted back as he also turned to walk away. He may not have found Carlos today , neither was he interested in searching anymore today , but he did make a friend. She seems nice, he thought and she is cute too …..