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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: Seatmate Dilemma

"Ahhh(°⁠□⁠°)!!! I'm so nervous! School is about to start"

"Yeah, it's kinda very different if you are a new student. Maybe try to calm yourself down like breathe in and breathe out"

I send my reply

....

"I'll try, thank you for the advice(⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡"

*RIIIIIIIIIINNNGGGG*

"Oh, the bell has rung. I have to go, good luck"

 Another day of school, boring. Everyone settled down going to their assigned seats. I put my phone in my pocket.

 We waited for the teacher to come, people around me were very noisy, murmuring, talking and laughing loudly in their seats.

"Good morning human beings!"

 The teacher came and rushed to the front, carrying her laptop and papers. The students settle down... Again.

"Good morning ma'am"

"Okay students, I have a surprise for all of you today. You are going to have a new classmate!"

"A new classmate?"

 They started whispering around

"May I call you miss, you may enter and introduce yourself"

 The teacher called someone at the doorway, gesturing with her hand. Someone entered the room, a girl, a tall familiar looking girl.

 Her size felt familiar, she reminds me of someone. She went to the middle and faced us.

 She took off her black mask, revealing a familiar pink pretty lips. It is... Tina, my comic artist.

 Ayayayayayayayayヘ⁠(⁠.⁠□⁠°) ヘ!!!

 Tina looked so nervous(⁠๑⁠•⁠﹏⁠•⁠), I could see the strong anxiety on her face and her shaky legs.

 She looked around, at the others, around the classroom, until her eyes..... Landed at me.

 Her eyes lit up(⁠✷﹏✷⁠)!, I just gave her an awkward smile(٥⁠^﹏^⁠).

"Good morning everyone, it is nice to meet you all. I am Tina Realonzo who came from New Jersey, age 16"

"Go take a seat Tina, any vacant seat"

"Here Tina!"

"Sit here!"

 The girls are calling her, Tina is just looking around. Tina started walking towards here.

 It would be good if my comic artist becomes my seat mate, continuing the comic without walking around to talk to her.

 I looked at the chair beside me, it was vacant. Jerry? Jerry!? Where are you!? I looked around for him, he was beside Thomas.

 This is the second week of school so our seating arrangement wasn't set.

 I was just joking! I am just joking! (⁠ >Д<). I looked at the seat in the middle column last row, it is empty

 Okay, Tina, which one do you pick, seat with someone who you just met once and doesn't know all or his real personality, or...

 Tina sat beside me, this is going to be awkward.

"Nice to meet you again Stephen. I can't believe you are going to be my classmate"

"Y-yeah, nice to meet you too"

"Oh, you already made a friend with Stephen there. How wonderful!✧⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧"

"Ayiiiieeeee!!!"

 Godammit, I just look down on my table with my hands on my forehead.

 This is just..... Very very awkward, Tina is also embarrassed about the situation.

"How many views did the chapter 1 get?"

"It got 63 views, we need more chapters to of course, get more viewers"

"Stephen and Tina, both of you look close. Do you know each other?"

"No ma'am"

 Is the teacher just looking at us?

"Okay, for today's activity. Use one whole sheet of pad paper and pair with your seatmates and answer the problems. Do it together, do not write the names who do not cooperate"

 Tina put her table next to mine and pulled her chair next to me. The teacher started writing the problems on the blackboard.

 I could feel a lot of eyes us looking at us, a lot of whispers.

"So, when will we continue the comic?"

"Let's continue it during lunch break"

"Hey, the two of you look close. Do both of you really be strangers?"

 Mary who is in front of us turned around and asked. I remained quiet, letting Tina do the reply.

....

 Wait, Tina remained quiet. AHHHHHヘ⁠(⁠.⁠□⁠°⁠)⁠ヘ!

"Y-yes, we are strangers(⁠٥^﹏^⁠)"

"Then they way both of you talk to each other, both of you look like you know each other"

"Yeah, she's right" Mary-ann, who is Mary's seatmate and sister, joined in

 Now that's the part I don't know what to answer. I looked at Tina, she is answering and calculating the problems already.

 I just watched her doing it.

"Hey, don't you both dare ignore us!"

 I tried to help but she kept answering it all. I am getting carried by her.

"Finished, here, write your name"

 She handed me the paper. Damn it Tina, I was about to test my knowledge. I just remained quiet and wrote my name.

 I looked at her face, she looked very excited about somethi- wait a minute, I shouldn't be staring at a girl's face.

"Finished student!?(⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)"

"What!? No ma'am, you just gave the problems 10 minutes ago!"

 The teacher roams around, looking at others works. She went to us.

"Oooh, both of you are already finished now?"

 The teacher took our paper and looked at it.

"Say, Tina, did Stephen help?"

 Shit! It's her fault for not giving me something to wor-!

"Yes ma'am, we solve it as a team"

 Huh!?

"Well that's good then. You know, Stephen is failing math so, help and teach him until the end of school"

 The teacher gave back our paper and continued roaming around. Tina looked like she was very very sure about her answers.

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 50 over 50!? What!?

"Who got perfect!?"

 There are a few of us who stand up, we went to the teacher and passed our paper. The other gave me a glare(⁠눈⁠‸⁠눈⁠).

"Berry good, I hope you learned something from Tina, Stephen"

 I turned around and looked at my friends and just smiled at them. Bro I just got carried by our new classmate. I sat back down.

"I am so excited to continue the comic!✧⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧"

"Comic?" Mary muttered

 Please be quiet for a second Tina! People are always listening to our conversation!

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*RIIIIIINGGG*

I stretched, finally, lunchbreak.

"Tina, let's cont-"

"Tina! Want to go out and eat with me?"

"Let's go to the canteen and eat together"

"Wow Tina you're so smart!"

"You're kinda pretty!"

 Tina got flooded by girls, Tina doesn't know what to reply. You know what, let's continue it this afternoon.

"Uhhh, uhmm, sorry but I can't. I am busy today"

.....

"Busy with or busy with what?"

"Busy with..... Stephen"

 AAAAAHHHHHH!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID BUSY WITH MAKING COMICS! THAT WOULD AMAZE THEM AND THINK YOU ARE COOL BUT SAYING THAT MADE SOMETHING WORSE!

 The girls looked at me, I looked down at the floor, distressed.

"Can I talk with you a bit Tina, alone"

"Uhhh, is there something-"

"Just a bit"

 Jane pushed Tina away. The other girls came over and surrounded me. I just remained still and quiet staring at the floor, distressed.

"What did you do to Tina?" Marian asked

"I didn't do shit"

"Did you brainwash her?"

"I didn't do shit"

"Did you say something to persuade her?" Kline asked

"I didn't do shit"

"Did you charm her you pervert" Diana said

"I didn't do shit"

"Then what is she busy with you?" Hannah asked

"Make comics"

...

"Make comics?"

"Yes"

"You draw?"

"No bitch ahh, she will be the one to draw"

"Watch your mouth there. What are the two of you drawing for?"

"What is happening here!"

 The president came! My lord and savior!

"Ah! It's just nothing!"

"Are they doing something bad to you Stephen?"

"Uhh, we are not doing anything bad to Stephen. We were just asking questions"

 The girls scattered around, leaving me. Thank you Cheska!

"Did they do something to you?"

"No, just nothing"

"If you're in trouble, call me okay?"

"Okaaaay"

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 Hmmm, come to think of it. When Tina came, Stephen never talked with those friends of his like what I wanted.

 Sooo, without Stephen hanging with them, that means his upcoming chapters of his novel will be great!

 I will soon check it tonight.

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 Tina prepared all of the materials on her table.

"Now that we are in chapter 2, the introduction of their powers. Since I put a lot of details about their powers and with your beautiful stunning art style, the readers and secret fans of my novel might be surprised to see it in image"

"Understand sir!"

"In the first panel, draw the fighters looking very tired and looking at each other, if you remember the last panel of chapter 1"

"What are you guys doing?"

 Cheska and her friend, Ciena, came and asked.

"We are making a comic"

"A comic! What comic!?"

"Tina here will adapt my novel into comic"

"Oooooh, which novel?" Cheska asked

"The action one"

"Aww, I thought it would be the romance one. I am excited to wait for the scenes to turn into images or comics..... Mostly that some of your scenes are hard to understand"

 I knew it

"Well, ask Tina here if she wants to adapt two novels at the same time"

"I can do it"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, we can go to the action, the next day is the romance, then back again to action, then again back to romance"

"I hope your brain won't get overloaded or cooked of thinking"

"What do you mean? You are the one who will get his brain cooked because you will the thinking and imagining"

"Oh.... Yeah right, how could I forget about that. Yeah, we will try to adapt it tomorrow"

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 I was admiring the progress of Tina's work. We stopped 10 minutes before the time.

 We were planning to continue it this afternoon. Tina, who came from the restroom, came back while stretching.

 Her shirt lifted up, her tummy showing.

"Did I do a great job Stephe- wooah!"

 Tina got tripped over by her untied shoelace, she fell down and landed on my lap face down.

 I felt an uncomfortable pain after she landed, a pain from my lower body.

 I looked down, her left hand on my crotch.

"AAAAHHHH!!! GET OFF OF ME!"

 Tina started to lift herself up, her left hand moved.

"AAAAAHHHH!!! I MIGHT GET A BONER FROM THIS!"

*Stephen is screaming in the inside*

 I put my hands below her to try to grab her and lift her up.

 Huh? I felt something squishy, this texture, the feel, the size.

....

 It's a bra! I put my left hand a bit to the left, touching her upper chest.

 I lifted her up making her stand. I faced my back on her.

"Thank you, I am so sorry about that!"

"It's okay, it's okay"

 There is no way I am going to forget what just happened!

Hu hu hu, in my point of view, I will never see the innocent version of Tina.

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"Can you send me the link to the comic?"

*Send*

.......

*Ting*

"Here is the link wfa//:tthps.Comicsforall.InnerBeast#17003.moc"

"K thanks"

*Send*

 I clicked on the link, it led me to the website, then showed me the comic.

 Oh wow, the cover, it was changed. I think she drew it by herself and gave it as the comic's cover.

"If you're wondering about the cover, I drew it and went to a computer shop, colored it then uploaded it"

 The cover looked more better than my AI generated one. I'll give that point to Tina.

 The comic got a total views of 232, but still did not get any ratings or comments in it.

 Yeah, I'll be patient, I will wait.