After what seemed like an eternity Cassius was finally ready for his first day at university, it was much harder styling his outfit and hair by himself. The hair dryer was a noteworthy adversary and Estefan's morning was quite amusing with the mismatch of outfits Cassius had displayed. In the end Cassius wore a sports tracksuits unzipped exposing a black t shirt matched with running trainers. His double layered chain peeking through matched his multiple ear piercings. Although his original Crimson crested earing remained untouched on his left ear.
'All university students dress like this, unless there is an occasion there is no need to dress up' Estefan explained trying to defend the outfit.
'Well, it definitely is more comfortable than my usual attire' Cassius replied as he put on his light weight jacket and headed out.
'Sire! Don't forget these' Estefan handed over a pair of what seemed to be stylish framed reading glasses. 'These should negate the influence of your charm' he explained.
Cassius inspected the glasses using his crimson eyes and identified some writing imprinted on the glasses. 'Interesting type of magic' he smirked.
'It's called science now… Sire' Estefan corrected.
Humanity had progressed over the last 500 years and were able to replicate the magic of the past known today as science. Although they still can't crack the magic runes of advanced level spells, experienced Coders -what used to known as magicians have come up with creative ways to use and create their own programmes –formally known as spells to their own advantage. 'Looks like I will learn a great deal from University' Cassius laughed to himself as this period continues to surprise him.
Reaching the campus was an easy enough task now that Cassius was already accustomed to public transport thanks to his crimson eyes aiding his information processing. This time Cassius was prepared for the surprise and the grand scale of a globally leading university didn't amaze him, well as much as one should anyway. Although what did interest Cassius was the lack of Vampire scent in the area, considering how large the campus was while he was exploring he thought to himself 'It seems we do not integrate with human education despite being public.' Cassius still hadn't decided how he was going to react when interacting with humans, whether he would outwardly introduce himself as a vampire or not? He found it quite refreshing to even have these thoughts. After being alive for an eternity have new thoughts and experiences are a luxury that Cassius didn't take for granted.
However, before Cassius could live in the thought a figure came running from behind, he purposefully shut off his instinct to dodge and let the man grab his shoulder. 'Bro, how are you walking around screaming you're a first year!' the figure laughed out loud. The man's looked to be of a similar age to Cassius, the most striking feature of his was his shaggy white mop haircut that contrasted his darker skin tone. 'You are a first year right?' He hesitated doubting if he mad ethe correct deduction.
'Was it that obvious?' Cassius enquired with an innocent smirk on his face.
'Yeah ha! You look like a tourist in the city for the first time' The man replied noticing how handsome Cassius was but thanks to the glasses he wasn't effected by his charm 'Name's Ashin, ain't you lucky you ran into me if you keep wondering around you're going to be late to the orientation lecture' Ashin smiled as he ushered Cassius to walk to the right.
'Cassius. Please do lead the way' he replied as he followed beside Ashin. Cassius wasn't sure why he decided to so willingly follow along he seemed to just get caught up in Ashin's pace.
'What major are you? Media or Code?' Ashin asked.
'Media, how'd...'
'It's the only two courses that people come to Alpha Uni for ha, nice you're with me then.' Ashin responded pointing to himself before Cassius could finish. 'We're in the red building over there next to orientation, made it easy for us, this place is too big.
'Red building, ironic' Cassius mumbled under his breath with a sly smirk.
Ashin noticing his gesture couldn't help but comment 'You're definitely gonna be popular with the girls ... maybe boys to jhahaha' he laughed out loud pleased with himself, he was also very pleasing on the eyes in a more rugged and free-spirited way than Cassius, slightly taller than him as well, the pair were a pleasure on the eyes for bystanders. 'I'll have better chances with the girls with you... sorry I know I'm a bit much' Ashin said with a weary smile as he did indeed know himself well and his energy didn't always mesh well with others. For some reason Cassius didn't find it troubling and was happy to go along.
'I don't mind it for now, still deciding however' Cassius replied with a soft smile.
'Haha dude, I love the way you talk ... like an old soul' Ashin said as he mimicked Cassius' demeanour in a low vibration tone which Cassius couldn't help but laugh at. Most people wouldn't dare approach him in such a friendly way as humans were usually too enamoured by his charm and vampires respected the power difference, potentially why Cassius felt so at ease with Ashin.
After orientation, Cassius could feel his boredom rising taking in new information was draining when he wasn't interested in the topic, in that aspect he seemed like the typical university student. He and Ashin found their seats towards the back of the first actual lecture of the day and Cassius started to drift off into his own world while the students chattered away in the background with Ashin.
'HEY ASH!' A loud voice called out as he walked up to Ashin in a friendly manner. Cassius quickly snapped back to his surroundings as he felt a change in energy around him. He turned to Ashin to find him emitting what he thought was bloodlust... no, it was more like pure disgust, like a cockroach just touched his hand and he wanted to rip it off to crush the insect with. This caught Cassius by surprise to the point he had to forcefully deactivate his crimson eyes before anyone noticed but more than anything the pure thrilling excitement tingled through his body as it was an energy that he'd never felt from a human yet was not completely foreign.
'It's Ashin, don't call me that' Ashin's tone was void of his usual positivity in fact it lacked any sort of emotion, whatever it was it scared the student to the point he couldn't even face Ashin. Ashin turned around trying to forget the whole thing only to find Cassius' creepy fascinated smile greeting him.
'Eww Dude! Don't stare at me like that' he pushed Cassius away in a jokingly manner returning to his usual demeanour.
Cassius made a mental note to ask him about this after lecture as the professor had now entered and was ushering the students to quiet down.