Chapter 8

SUN'S POV:

Today was already Monday and I wasn't happy that I will go back to school but there is something inside me that was different from my usual boring school day.

I sighed and was about to stand up when my phone suddenly rang.  So, I immediately grab it from the side table and answered it when I saw the caller ID.

"Good morning, P'Cadwell."  I feel here.

I heard him chuckled from the other line and trust me, it was the most amazing chuckled that I wanna hear all day.  "Good morning to you too, Sun. Wow, your name really suits my morning."  He replied gently.

I just shook my head. "Why did you call me this early?" I asked him.

He cleared his throat. "About that, can I drive you to school?"  He asked hesitantly.

I laughed because of it. "P'Cadwell, where did the oh-so-called the quietest Fourth year in the Psychology Department?" I asked him jokingly.

He chuckled again. "Yeah, I'm not really talkative in school since I don't like being an eye candy for the students." He calmly answered.

I nodded even though he could not see it. "Then, why are you talking to me?" I asked suddenly to him.

"About that, I am comfortable in your company and I know that you are very different from them."  He answered confidently.

I sighed. "Okay, P'. But I don't want to get some bashers and haters. What will you do if I will have them just because a popular boy is being friend with a nerd like me?" I asked him. I just want to test him with these questions.

"I know what you are doing, Sun. But okay, I will answer that."  He suddenly replied and I stopped myself from laughing.  After all, he was the top one of their batch, what should I expect from him?

"Go on."  I respond to him.

I heard him sighed first.  "I will not let that happen, I will protect you." He stated in a serious voice which made my face heat up, good thing that he wasn't with me at this time. "So, can you be my friend now?" He asked me with a hint of hope in his tone.

I calmed myself.  "Friends, then."  I happily replied.

"Thanks, Sun. I will pick you up at 7:00 am. Just text me the address, see you." He said and ended the call without me having the chance to talk even a single word.

I just shook my head because of something unbelievably happened today, I just typed my address on my phone and after that, I sent it to him. I put my cellphone above the side table again and stretch my hands upward. After that, I stood up and I was shocked to see myself in front of my mirror. Is it creepy if I had this wide smile plastered on my face and my eyes reflects happiness? Damn, I am becoming crazy!

I stroked my hair messily and took my towel to take a bath.  After cleaning myself, I immediately wore my uniform and got out from my room to cooked some food. I am not that good when it comes to cooking but at least I can eat decent foods.

After eating, I instantly folded my sleeves to wash the plate I used and I wore my shoes after that.  While combing my hair, my doorbell rang and I hurriedly ran to the door to open it.

I wasn't surprised to see P'Cadwell standing and looking handsome without even doing anything in front of my door. I just smiled when he looked at me. How can a man do this?  Well, I could say that I am handsome too but he was a bit different not to mention his freaking good height.

"Are you done? Can we go now?"  He asked me gently which made me blink my eyes.

I looked down because I felt my cheeks heat up because of what I did. "Ah, yeah. I will just going to get my bag." I replied and ran back to my room embarrassed because of the thought that I just shamelessly checked out that guy in front of my freaking condo. I just grab my bag and calmed myself down before coming out.

When we got out from my condo, we immediately walked silently to the parking lot and I was about to grab the handle of the door when he beat me to it and opened it first.

"Thanks." I mumbled softly and entered his car before he closed the door.

He walked to the other side and we drove silently but I can still feel his gaze sometimes. Instead of feeling uncomfortable, I felt okay with it because I know that something was in his head and he was debating mentally if he will asked it to me or not.

"Sun, do you mind if we go home together after class?"  He asked out of the blue which made me look at him but he was too focused on the road but it didn't go unnoticed from my eyes that his face showed a hint of hesitation.

I giggle softly.  "Okay, P'. Chill, you don't need to feel hesitant." I replied calmly with a smile on my face. He looked at me shortly and breathed a sigh of relief before looking back at the road.  I just chuckled because of that reaction.

I didn't know that behind this silent and tough exterior, he was indeed a soft and a gentleman if you want to really know him. In my case, we are just starting to build our friendship and I think, my every day life will never be boring anymore.

I just hope that his intentions were true and genuine which I am really hoping.

ARROW'S POV:

It was already our time to enter the special section so I am lazily and silently walking to the hallway, leading myself to where that room is. I was alone since I owned a different schedule from my friends and I was the only second year college among us.

When I arrived at the room, I entered immediately with a blank face expression. I looked around and saw Ethereal, Maevel, Enchanted, Soiree and the three monkeys on their seats who immediately looked at my direction.

Night and Light smiled at me while Fighter just nodded his head. I just shook my head and nodded in return before walking to my seat and sat there while waiting for the teacher. Yeah, I maybe against this idea to enter here but I cannot do anything about it, I have a choice but I choose to be with my friends.

A few seconds passed and a new face immediately entered the door and it meet mine. His eyes were gentle, far from what my eyes reflects and express. After a while he averted his eyes and sat down in his chair. Worthington Vega Marshman has this aura of something different, he was mysterious and I am curious on what lies behind those calmed vibes and humble personality.

I just let him and thought that this was the first time that both of us looked at each other like this. Anyway, why am I bothered with that? I just shook my head and P'Air, P'Sun, P'Ocean and Miss Aimee suddenly entered the door.

My three friends walked instantly to their respective seats while waving and smiling at me and to our other friends except P'Ocean who just nod his head which I did the same.

"Good morning, boys." Miss Aimee greeted us with a smiling face and someone just cleared a throat which made her looked at that direction. "Oh, and a girl."  She added and giggled afterwards.

She was about to say something again when Cadwell Turello Hadfield and Lindsell Akhurst Ambridge entered the door.

"Good morning, miss Aimee."  The two greeted her together and proceed to their own seats.

"We are already complete." She exclaimed happily and closed the door. "So, for our first activity in this section, I will pair you all into two and you will do the task I will give you with your partners." She walked to her table and picked up seven white folders.

"How will you group us, miss Aimee?" P'Sun asked which made her looked at him.

"About that, I will announce it now." She answered with a smile on her face. The truth is, I don't like her being a jolly person. I am still suspicious if she was just pretending or not but as long as she didn't do anything bad, I will be okay with it. "Ethereal with Night, Maevel with Fighter, Soiree with Air, Enchanted with Light, Lindsell with Ocean, Sun with Cadwell and lastly, Worthington with Arrow." She happily announced which made me frown. Seriously? Am I lucky or unlucky? Well, maybe I could tell once we get our hands on this activity. "Please seat beside your partners, everyone." She ordered which made me looked at my partner but he was already walking towards me with his bag. Well, our classroom was like a cinema type but the only difference is that, the chairs were like a long sofa and the desk were made of long expensive crystals.

It consists also of three columns with a stairs between them.  Some of us are seating alone in one of the tables and chairs while some of them aren't, just like the three monkeys who were seating together, Lindsell and Worthington who were seatmates too. After seating silently beside me, Miss Aimee immediately disseminate the folders.

Once she put the folder above our table, I immediately looked at it. I was about to touch it when my hand collided with another hand and that made me froze.  The two of us looked at each other and he smiled awkwardly at me before withdrawing his hand while looking away.

"I will open it and let's just read what's inside it together." I told him coldly. He looked at me again and nodded his head slowly and we both focus our attention to the thing in front of us. I sighed and open the folder only to see the words that were written on it.  "You need to do a report about the missing person in the City of Talabong named Arnold Basilisco." I read what we supposed to do.

"When will we start it and when will it be passed?" I heard Fighter ask in a cold voice.

"Oh, about that, you have different assignments. You can start investigating tomorrow and you can pass that onto me on Friday." She answered with a smile and clasp her hands together. "By the way, I paired you all according to your expertise and the things you can do but please, work will with your partners and do not fight with each other since I can saw some of you glaring on your partners already." He further explain.

"Is it depend on us where we do it?" Night asked suddenly and Miss Aimee nodded.

"Well, you can talk to your partners now and plan what you need to do to accomplish this activity." She answers in a cheerful tone.

"Ahmm, so when will we meet our other teachers?" Enchanted suddenly asked which became the reason for us all to looked at her.

"Oh, you have only three teachers in this section including me. You will meet one of them tomorrow and the other one will be next day." She answered again and we just nodded before I looked at my companion again.

"What should I address you?" I asked him.

He looked at me and smiled.  "You can call me P', if you want. But you know, you are so tall." He answers in a calm tone.

I nodded my head. "P' then since you are older than me." I answered him. "Where are we going to do this? In your house or in my condo?" I ask him.

"In your condo. I don't want to do it in our house." He replied with a hint of sadness in his voice that didn't go unnoticed by my ears but I just didn't asked anymore about it.

"All right, then give me your phone number so that I can talk to you if we still have something to discuss or I have questions for you."  I told him.  I pick up my phone and hand it to him. He immediately accepted it and type something on it which I assume was his number and after that, he gave me back my phone.

"Here, I already save my number there." He said with a smile and I just nodded. Before I could say something, the bell rang saying that it was already time.

"That's all class, you can now eat your lunch." Miss Aimee happily announces and bid her goodbye to us.

Kuya Worthington immediately stood up and looked at the folder back to me. "You will going to keep it or I will be the one who will be going to do that?" He asked calmly.

"I think it's better if you will do it." I answered him and stood up on my seat too. He nodded his head and pick the folder. He put it inside his bag and looked at me.

"See you around." He mumbled and I just nodded my head in return while looking at his retreated back. P'Lindsell immediately run to catch up to him while P'Ocean stand beside me while looking at them also.

I looked at him and he looked back at me. "Let's eat in our usual spot, Arrow." He stated calmly.

"Okay, P'." I replied and looked at our other friends who were bidding their goodbyes to their partners and they immediately went near us after that.

"Time for food!" Light happily exclaimed which became the reason to shake our heads at the same time.

"It was just hunger, Light. Come on!" P'Air laughed and pulled Night and Light out. "Baby, I will treat you now." He told happily to Night who immediately frowned.

"I told you, P'. I am not a baby!"  He retorted while pouting. P'Air just smiled and didn't speak anymore.

Light Sneered. "You are always acting like one." He said and smiled mockingly. I just shook my head because of these two.

"Hey! I am still older than you and fighter." He grumble and P'Air looked at the two alternately. Damn, he must be enjoying this childish fight.

Fighter scoffed this time. "I am older than you when it comes to thinking." He deadpanned which made Night pout more while crossing his arms.

"Stop that already, Night was already annoyed." POcean calmly rebuked them, causing them to calm down but they still did not stop glaring at each other.

We were about to turned left where the canteen was located, when my phone suddenly rang which become the reason for me to stopped on my track. I looked at them and they were waiting on what I was about to say.

"Go ahead first, I will go there once I was already finish talking to the caller." I told them and they just smiled at me and continued walking.

I answered the call. "Yes, dad?"  I asked the caller which is my dad, obviously.

"Well, hello to you too, son." He said while laughing causes me to just roll my eyes. He already used to me not greeting them.  "Well, the truth is, I want you to go back home on Sunday, son. It was our anniversary!"  He exclaimed happily.

Well, my dad was a bit different than me.  He was a jolly type while my mom was an aloof one and not talkative at all but I can say that she was still a good mother. She was giving me her time and she was cuddling with me when I was a kid but we don't usually talked but our actions says otherwise.

If other people will see us in that state. They will assume that I am not close with my mom but it wasn't the truth. I can totally understand her since we have the same personality somehow.  We rather be quiet while spooning our love ones instead of saying anything. We are speaking by doing an action instead of saying it by words.

"Okay, dad. Say hi to her for me."  I respond in a calm voice.

"Thanks, son! I will." He happily replied and ended the call. I was about to put back my phone in my pocket when suddenly, a loud sound of a gunshot was heard near us.  Damn, where did that sound come from?

I just shook my head and was about to continue walking when I saw someone leaning his head on the wall and he was trembling while both of his hands were in his ears covering it.

I furrowed my eyebrows when I recognized who is it.  Before I know it, I was already near him while holding his shoulder softly which became the reason for him to looked at me. I was stunned to see tears running down his eyes and fuck it, I feel worried even though I just barely knew this guy.

I fix my glasses. "It's okay, you are okay now." I tried to calm him down and fuck it, this is new to me, I am not used to comfort nor calming someone down.  "Breath in, breath out. You are okay, I am here with you." I added which made him followed what I've said but he was still trembling so I didn't think too much, I just hug him which he immediately did also. If someone saw us now, he or she will be surprise and I was like, 'Yes, if you are surprise, I am more than surprise too.'

After a few seconds on that position, I feel that he is already calm and he slowly pushed me to wipe his tears.  He was glancing at me shyly and I just cupped his cheeks to wipe his tears on my own. See? I am becoming weird.  Damn, I need to consult Kuya Ocean about this later. Oh, maybe not since this is embarrassing.

"Thank you, Arrow." He told me softly but I shook my head and held his wrist.

"Come with me." I stated and walked while pulling him with me. He was about to oppose by pulling back his hand but I tightened my grip on it and glared at him which made him quiet.

Damn, I really need to consult him to the doctors. I am fucking worried and I know that, my mind and this feeling will just stop once I will know the cause of this and how will it cured.

Damn this feeling, damn this day.  Maybe tomorrow, my weirdness will gone again. Yeah, this is just a cause of the world being round.