Silence prevailed over the fifth floor as Jessica rethought her choices while the others watched, awaiting her answer.
Jessica looked around with a frown on her face and returned her gaze to Dorian who didn't take his eyes off her the whole time.
"Fine, I'll share it and go with you," She finally replied causing the other students to heave loud sighs of relief and then she continued, "But you have to prioritize my survival over anything else, agreed?"
Dorian only shrugged as a response.
"You're not saying anything, how am I going to be assured that you'll ensure my survival?"
"I prioritize the safety of everyone equally." Dorian gave a plain answer.
Jessica frowned but she had no choice, she had already considered her options and staying with Dorian was the only right option available.
Milan and the pyro mage went into Jessica's room after the matter was settled, Jessica went with them.
Dorian stayed behind and asked the other students to return to their room to reduce the noise generated from the fifth floor at the moment and also to make distribution of the food supply easier. He only went to see the food supply when everything was settled.
Jessica's room was pretty big compared to the one Dorian's, it was almost two times bigger and one third of the room housed a big wardrobe or cupboard considering it wasn't clothes inside but food supplies.
The cupboard was opened at the moment, with the light from the pyro mage's magic, one could see the heavy amount of snacks of different kind and soft drinks as well as two bottles of expensive red wine.
"Hmm, who could've stored so much food in their room? Not just food but even wine which is totally banned in starmap Academy. How did they even get all these past the dormitory security and bring so much food in their room without getting caught and punished." Dorian muttered.
Starmap Academy is very strict with dormitory hygiene — Snacks or any sort of food supply aren't allowed inside the dormitory at any time.
For someone to house this much food supply in their room and even possess such a big, visible wardrobe ( cupboard ) to store them in, could only mean they've greased some palms and they are definitely of very high financial and social status.
'Enough of how they brought them in, we're lucky this person was able to get through the school rules and store this much food.' Dorian sighed.
"Count the snacks and drinks, both of you. Then we decide how to share them effectively," Dorian instructed Milan and Jessica.
They obeyed immediately and began counting, Milan counted the soft drinks while Jessica counted the snacks.
It took about five minutes for both of them to finish counting.
"293 Can of drinks, excluding the wine." Milan reported
"432 Packs of snacks," Jessica reported and, "So many snacks! I still wonder who owns this room and how they brought so much food in."
"Definitely someone with close ties with the school authority." Milan responded.
"I wasn't asking you." Jessica hissed.
"I wasn't answering your questions either." Milan immediately retorted.
"You.."
Jessica began walking toward Milan. He remained still, clearly prepared to handle her provocation. The pyro mage smirked, a thrill evident in his expression.
Dorian facepalmed and quickly intervened before the situation escalated. "Both of you, calm the fuck down, for heaven's sake!"
"Milan, get the drinks, and you, get the snacks. Both of you will help me distribute them, and I don't want any sort of childish behavior during the process, unless you two want to sleep outside," he continued.
Jessica stopped approaching Milan and hissed, then proceeded to start packing the snacks in a big polythene bag. Milan grabbed another big polythene bag and joined her.
Rowan could see two of them exchanging heated gaze while packing their bags full but he didn't mind as long as they didn't create a commotion.
After they were done packing, they went down to the first floor and began the distribution. Each student got one pack of snacks and one can of soft drink while those who participated in slaying zombies got two packs of snacks instead, it was a small reward for their contribution.
Everyone was beyond thrilled when they received the yummy pack of snacks and life saving cans of soft drinks. They had already taken their fate of sleeping without food, thus seeing the food supply made them extremely excited.
A few of the students were pretty nosy and asked about the cause of the commotion earlier but Dorian disregarded their fears and told them it was nothing to be worried about.
Others like Craig and Brandon wondered how Dorian got the food supplies.
Sadly, Dorian had no time for chit chat and ended the conversations even before they began.
Distributing the food supply went pretty smoothly and quickly, in less than one hour they were done distributing to every student.
Dorian gave the three of them extra snacks for helping him.
Dorian also gave Jessica a new room because he didn't trust her with the food supplies.
After everything was over, everyone returned to their room and prepared for a good night rest.
Dorian relaxed on the bed, staring at the ceiling while his mind wandered about the activities for tomorrow.
Dorian and everyone else in the dormitory were relaxing when the same robotic voice at the beginning of the apocalypse blasted across the world once again.
[ Congratulations humans, you have survived the first day ]