I've been cursing mentally nonstop since the time I woke up, I only had 15 minutes and I'll be late. It's just the second day yet here I am, running from my dorm room up to our classroom in the main building, I didn't bother having my breakfast because I know I won't make it in time.
When I reached the door, I stopped and catch my breath before opening the door just in time when the bell rang.
I walk towards my seat and settled my bag below my desk.
"You almost got late there" Liz chuckled, I frowned and tucked my bangs behind my ear.
"I over slept" I explained and they both smiled at me.
Sam was about to tease me when our teacher entered the room and started with our discussions. I tried putting all my attention on what the teacher is saying but my hunger would always interupt me.
I sighed and declined it once more, I was busy writing some notes to add on my handouts until the bell rang. Liz immediately handed me a milk and it was still cold, just right for my mood.
I thanked her before peeling the straw off the back of it and stab the whole in the upper part of the box before sipping on it.
"I miss drinking this" I commented and the two giggled.
I fixed my things on my desk before carrying my bag with me as we left the classroom.
"We should have our lunch on our building this time" Sam said.
"Right, I don't wanna go back to the grand hall anymore" Liz frowned and I nodded, Loraine is always eating there with her friends so we thought it should be fine to eat there as well but yesterday's incident happened.
After having our lunch, we walked back towards the main building, we don't have a class after lunch so that gives us a free time to roam around the campus.
We stopped by the music room and chatted there, of course this is the only place where most students would avoid that's why we chose this place to hang out.
"Hey Tine look, the school brought a harp, you can play it right?" Liz pulled me towards the said instrument.
"I'm not sure Liz, it's been a while since I played a harp" I told her and sat on the chair next to it.
I examine the strings and gave it a try, I plucked the strings as the music rang our ears, so far so good, I tried to make a pattern by plucking some random strings until my fingers suddenly burst in pain so I stopped.
"Why did you stop?" Sam asked.
"My fingers hurt" I told her while massaging my fingers ease the pain.
"Yeah these strings are kinda new so it's still sharp" said Liz.
After that we walked out the music room, I reached for the door knob and pushed the door open, I squealed when a bucket filled wkth icy water fell to me just then I heard laughing drom a distance.
"Now that's what I called an ugly duckling" Ace and his friends laughed their ass out while I hug myself because of the coldness I'm feeling.
Sam and Liz just glared at them before we walk away.
"Going too soon?" Troy called, Liz was about to fight back when I suddenly sneezed.
Goodness I really hate getting cold, I shook my head and ran towards our building as fast as I could, I could hear the two calling but I didn't stop for them.
Once I got into my dorm room, I immediately rush to the bathroom to take the blower to dry my hair, I was really in a rush when I slipped suddenly.
I groaned in furstration, is my luck really that bad today? I sat up with my body still aching as I checked my elbow, it was bleeding, I sighed and slowly stood up to reached for the first aid kit on the drawer of my bathroom.
I also told the two to get back to class, I can't even bare to make in on time for our next class, they made sure that I was okay first before they finally went to class without me.
I cleaned my wound and applied some ointment to it and covered it with some bandage, I also changed my ruined uniform into a new one before fixing my hair and tied it using a chopstick.
I applied some perfume and checked my bag, it was all drenched, good thing I left my handouts and other importnat documents on my desk earlier. I got and papers plastered on my desk for it to dry, I took a new bag and got my spare papers and pens before heading towards the door.
I'm already late for the class that's why I walked slowly back towards the main building, this is all their fault! It's just been the second day yet they already went back to their bullying agenda.
I was busy toturing the three members of the 4th Cards when I suddenly bumped into someone, I waited for myself to fall, but before I could even hit the ground I felt a pair of strong arms wrapped around my waist careffuly.
I shot my eyes opened and due to shock upon seeing who caught me, I pushed him away and bowed my head.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean t-to bumped into you, I'm really sorry" I said while keeping my head low.
"U-uh hey miss it's okay, it was my fault so I'm sorry" he said shyly.
E-eh? The Head of the 8th Cards is saying sorry to me?
"You can stop bowing now miss" I heard a chuckle making me stand up straight, the eight of them looking at me, now I feel so embarassed.
"Now why are you running late?" Their Leader Joseph asked me as if I didn't do anything wrong at all.
"Uh, I accidentally poured some water of my uniform earlier so I went back to my dorm to change, I didn't realize the time, sorry" I lied.
As if I'll tell them what really happened, they're just gonna turn the tables and make me the one to blame.
"Oh I see, you can go back to your classroom now and give this to your teacher" The head of their group from ealier- Kyle handed me a small envelope, I accepted it and bowed once again before leaving.
I skipped towards the classroom and knocked on the door trice, our teacher opened the door and was about to scold me when I hand her the envelope that Kyle gave me.
She read it and let me inside without getting scolded, what was inside that letter anyways? I sat on my seat with everyone looking at me like I did something.
Even my two friends eyed me confusfely about the teacher not scolding me but I simply gave them a shrug.
"Alright lets continue our discussion" the teacher said and everyone's attention immediately shifted back to her.
Everyone is that desperate to get the highest rank this year? Looks like I need to work harder than last year to keep my rank.
Dismissal arrived, the three of us walked back to our building to have our dinner and while walking we also discussed about the upcomming opening of clubs.
"We're always joining music related clubs, I wanna try something new" Liz frowned.
"Yeah, this is our last year anyways" I smiled at what Sam said, I snapped my fingers which caught their attention.
"I'm actually planing to join the volleyball club- I mean I love playing that sport with my cousins" I told them.
"I also tried playing it back on my previous school" Liz added.
"Well it's settled then, volleyball club it is" Sam cheered making us chuckle.
The three of us kept talking about volleyball while having our dinner, Liz really wants to be a middle blocker while Sam wants to be the Ace, I haven't really thought about my position tho, but when I was playing with my cousin's, I always set the ball to them to score.
My blocking skills are also good, but my serve and spiking skills are really below standards, I don't even think if I can pass through the trials.
"How about you Tine?" Sam asked me.
"I don't know, maybe setter?" I questioned my own statement for a bit, yeah maybe I'm qualified for that.
"That's cool, you should always toss to me then" Liz grinned.
"I don't think that's how the game would work" I shrugged.
"It was meant to be a joke, geez" she rolled her eyes in process, I chuckled while Sam cleared her throat.
"Well we should hurry up so we can rest" she said as we carried our trays towards the sink before exiting the cafeteria.
When we got into our dorm floor, we bid each other a good night before parting ways, before actually proceeding to my room, I walk towards the clinic to get some medicine becuase I can feel my head starting to get heavier than earlier.
The nurse also told me not to go to school tomorrow if my headache continues and I nodded, I also thanked her before leaving the clinic.
When I got into my room, I took some medicine and changed into a black spagetti strap shirt, baby blue pants and of course a white see through blazer to keep me warm, I didn't bother turning on the airconditioner of my room cause it's chilly already.
In the midst of doing my homework, my phone started ringing, I frowned and answered it without looking at the caller's ID.
"Hello?" I greeted in a bored tone, I'm sure it's my older sister anyways, she's the kind of person that likes to call me at night time.
"Where the fxck are you?" My tiredness washed away as I checked the caller's ID, it's Icer!
"I-in my room-" I answered but he immediately cut me off.
"Have you forgot about the concept illustration? Get your ass here in the art room now!" He yelled in furstration.
"Yes on my way sorry" I said and ended the call myself before gathering my things and headed out my room.
I ran the distance from our building up to the 2nd floor of the main building just to go to the art room but again, my luck is still bad cause I bumped into something.
The youngest member of the 7th Cards, Crystal, she's with the 8th Cards members namely, Lucas and Zen. What's today that I always bump into the members of the Core society?!
"I'm sorry, I'm in rush, I didn't mean to" I apologized, Lucas chuckled.
"It's you again, you're always rushing" he said.
"Oh you met her earlier? Oh miss, please don't be too formal, it's okay, I'm sorry too" Crystal said with a smile.
"So what are you doing here at night miss?" Zen asked me.
"She's no business with you people, come on Cursetine" Icer suddenly appeared behind them and called out for me.
"Right, I'm sorry once again" I bowed before following Icer.
When we got into the art room, I saw the rest of his friends getting busy with their phones, ah I think I can't work properly with these people in here.
"I'll do the 2nd concept" he said and a nodded before handing him his part and started working on mine.
Icer is good at sketching and drawing so I gave him the perfect circle I made last night with some answers inside the circle, all he need to do now is to upgrade it's look while I'll be doing the illustration of our research and express it through painting.
I tied my hair into a bun so it won't get in the way, I took a clean canvas from the drawer and a few paint brushes.
I also removed my blazer and hang it on the chair before lifting the canvas to a higher stand, I don't feel like painting while sitting cause my spine is gonna bent so much so I need to stand up.
I then poured some paint on the pallete tray before taking some clear water to use for my paint brushes.
"Aren't you two tired? Why don't you go back to our building and do your own shxts instead?" Icer asked the two.
"No way, you're working with a girl dude" Troy hissed, my face heated, argh this is why I hate it when they're here.
As if nothing happened ealier, their bullying and pride is really out of reach and it sucks to be them, acting like they did nothing wrong earlier and I bumped into the 8th Cards and almost got scolded by our teacher for being 38 minutes late.
I sighed and start stroking over the canvas, moments later the other two got bored so Troy kept distracting Icer from his work while Ace slept on the corner with his phone playing some music I'm unfamiliar with.
After a couple of strokes I stopped, something's bothering me, I look around the room, Troy and Icer are chatting while Ace is now staring at me- more like my canvas.
"It's ugly" he commented, I raised my eyebrow at him.
"Don't mind him" Icer added, Ace rolled his eyes and went back on playing his phone while I tried my best to finish the painting.
"Alright I'm done" I said while adding a few highlights on the canvas.
"Just leave it there, I'll handle it, you can go now" Icer said, I nodded my head and cleaned my mess.
I was washing my hands when someone opened the door catching all our attention, my eyes widened when I saw both the 7th and 8th Cards standing by the door.
"What are you three doing here with a girl, in the middle of this night?" The Leader of the 7th Cards- Sofia eyed us.
"Chill Sof, we didn't do anything, it's a project matter" Troy laughed.
"Oh really, is this a group project?" Joseph scoffed.
"We're just doing our project which is by pair, Cursetine is my partner and these two just came along to watch over me" Icer added and they looked at me.
"He's right" I smiled and look away to get some towel to dry my hands and release my hair from tying up.
"I'm done here, good night" I said and took my blazer with me together with my bag containing my things and walk pass them without looking back.
Did I really just act cool back there while my insides are 0.001 milimeters close to exploding?! I sighed and calm myself, I wore my blazer when I started feeling more cold, it's just quarter to 9 on the evening, I still have time to do my homework and get an early sleep.
I was in front of my room when I realize that I was wearing these clothes with the boys ealier which was really embarassing because they were still wearing their uniforms, I mentally slapped my face, is that why the two groups came? Maybe they misunderstood it.
I feel cold so suddenly, maybe I'm having a fever perhaps? Well a fever can't possibly hold me down cause I have a high stamina so I need to work out my shcedules to have enough rest before my immune system totally drop down.
Today is indeed tiring but what can I do? This is the life of evey student, as long as we learn new things, our journey would always lead us to a better path and I know I can achieve mine as well.
Just like what my mom always tells us "suffer now and have fun later"- tho most likely they aren't having that much fun at the military, at least I know that they are all waiting for me to go home.
I was done with my homework, I stretched my arm and turned off the lamp on my desk, I fixed myself to bed when my phone tinged, I immediately look at it to see a message from my mom.
Fr: Mother
Ai-Ai my dear! I'm about to head home today, your dad also wants to hold a party Once he's back from his mission next month, I'm telling you this in advance so you can adjust your schedules and attend it, I really hope you're present on the party my baby girl, love you~ <3
I smiled and turned my phone off, I'll send her my reply soon. Dad's comming back after a year of being away, maybe I should attend it, it's a once in a blue moon chance to see dad, I already missed 3 welcome parties and it's been 2 years since I last saw him.
I really miss having a complete family, I don't even get a chance to see them even at every summer vacation, I'm usually staying at my uncle which is my mom's older brother and he is a well known lawyer.
"See you soon, everyone" I mumbled to myself with a smile before dozing off to sleep.