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FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING UP MY NOVEL FROM THE START, THE PREVIOUS TWO CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN DELETED BECAUSE OF SOME REASONS. THE PLOT OF REMAINING STORY HAS NOT CHANGED. SO PLEASE CONSIDER RE-READING THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER OR CONTINUING THE STORY FROM CHAPTER - 11 FRIENDSHIP.

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"C'mon get up!", Grace shouted.

"No! no! no! no! no!", Mika fought back as she curled herself up in a ball under the sheets.

"I'm not hearing that! C'mon get up right at this moment!", Grace tried snatching the sheets.

"NOOO!!!!",she cried in a long tone, as she stuck like glue to her sheets. "I would rather die than going back to those guys! I know that Nate would not leave a single moment to look down on me!"

"Oh c'mon! Nate is not that kind of guy.", Grace defended.

"What do you know?", Mika cried. "I'm not going with you that means I'm not going with you! It's decided!", Mika resolved as she tightened her grip on the blanket.

Getting a bit annoyed Grace said, "Mika, please! We need to go. You know we also have to practice for our performances."

Not caring about that Mika sang again, "No, I'm not going to face them the first place in the morning!"

Now fairy angry Grace asked, "Well then what do you want to do?"

Mika knew this wasn't a good sign. If she didn't handle the situation now, Grace would shout at her and she would lose her last chance to stay in bed completely.

Suddenly Mika got a plan and she purposed, "Well how about this? You go and I'll come to the campus during the second period. Everyone has their classes except the first years, right?" she started jumping on her bed hoping Grace to fall in for her.

"Well, that's correct. But do you really want to do that? I mean, I don't think they are going to make fun of you anyway.", Grace frowned.

"Please, please! Just this once!", Mika clung to her arm and using her innocent kitty eyes she played her last move in the game to make Grace fall for her.

Whatever the reason is, Grace is always week with those eyes. Or with tears in those eyes.

"Fine…", Grace sighed. "But I want you there in a second period with no complaints!", she said quite strictly.

"Yes! I would be there.", Mika said with a harsh nod.

"And we WILL go to the music room for practice after that.", she stated her demand.

"Yes, captain!", Mika saluted, being the over-actor she is.

Grace giggled up for this. Mika never fails to get her own way with Grace. Not that she minds that. She understands Mika completely. Grace knows that even if the whole world is against her, Mika would always stand by her. She smiled at the thought of it and got ready for university.

"Phew…", Mika sighed as she slipped back to her fluffy blankie and piplop, as per Mika's call.

Suddenly just after fifteen minutes Grace left, Mika got an unexpected call. She was sleeping in peace and ignored the ringing two times. But the third time it got on her nerves. Her phone was getting charged in the living room so she was reluctant to get up, being the lazy cat, she is. But louder than normal ringtone couldn't be unheard. As it started ringing the third time, Mika threw off her sweet blankie and started thumping her feet to the living room.

"Who the hell is it!? I swear if it's not a life-death matter I'll kill them myself!", she shouted in rage. But as soon as she looked at her phone, her anger was calmed down itself. She gasped at the look of it. Her eyes were back to her normal cute self. A big smile formed on her face. Within a quick motion, she picked up the call.

"Hello!", she almost shouted.

~ Took you a while huh? Let me guess, you were sleeping? ~

"No! obviously not! I was doing my work!", she pouted in complete denial.

~ Alright miss workaholic. You are quite busy I see. I think you shouldnot talk then. ~

"No! It's not like that!"

~ Like what huh? (wicked smirk) ~

"I-I mean I can take time out for you from my busy schedule!", she said proudly.

~ (laugher) Alright, alright. Thank you for the privilege ma'am. ~

"Hmph! How did you get the time to call though? It's been weeks since we talked."

~ well, I've been busy with applications. I decided to switch my university in the last minute. ~

"Oh, I see. Which university is it?"

~ SNU ~

"Ohhhh- WAIT! ISN'T THAT MY UNIVERSITY!?", Mika jumped up and down out of both happiness and anger.

~ Oh look, what were the chances! (chuckles) ~

"Why didn't you tell me sooner!? We could have met!", she started getting a little pissed off.

~Is that so? Well, my motive was to surprise you which I for sure completed. ~

"Where are you right now!?", Mika got more pissed off.

~ I'm on my way to the campus gate. ~

"Are you supposed to meet someone?"

~ Yeah! You. And you sure take a hell of a time to get to the topic. ~

"Wait, wait, wait! You are coming to meet me?!"

~ Do you know a person named 'you'? Geez, you are dumb as always. ~

"What did you say?!", Mika shouted. Her face got all red with anger. "Fine! This dumb person is not going to come to see you! HMPH!"

~ Alright, alright, I'm sorry! It was a joke. Would you please come? ~

"Alright-", Mika replied while sulking a little.

~ Meet me in front of the campus in ten minutes! See ya! ~

"Hold on ten minutes?!", she objected. But it was no use as he had already hung up. She hurried and opened up her closet. "What to wear? What to wear?", she whispered nervously.

As she was looking in her closet, she suddenly stopped and took a deep breath. She looked at her hand with a sad smile. "You came here huh?", she sighed and took out a normal pink hoodie along with a white high waist skirt to wear.

In the campus, Noah was just walking with his eyes on his tab. He and Nate might not have realized it, but they are the current campus hotties. Rumors have that, they not only have a secret girls fanbase but a boys fanbase too. Their looks are always blinding people's eyes. Some girls even have a policy to just look from the distance and not confess. They share a secret chat group where pictures of both the boys eating, studying, having fun or even yawning are shared. To take this to a very far extent, they both are shipped together with themselves.

As Noah had his headphones on, he was roaming freely in the campus not really caring about people's stare. He couldn't understand why people keep staring at him for no reason, not that he don't like but he couldn't understand their mindset while they do so. He was busy roaming freely until a not so poor girl bumped into him making him take his eyes out of his tab screen. But what he saw next was something unexpected. It was Mika! And she was not alone, neither with Grace. Instead, there was a guy with her.

An unusually older looking guy. Noah couldn't help but notice him because Mika was clinging to him quite well. Not as much as she did with Grace but she did reflect that they both were pretty close. 'Who is he? What the hell is he doing with her?', Noah's mind started working. 'Wait! Why do I care? It's not like we're committed or anything.', he started going back. In two seconds, he turned again. 'Okay, it's not like I'm jealous. But where the hell is Grace? She should be around her. Especially at the times like this.' He examined the guy from top to bottom. Straight after that, he started walking back. He didn't have any expression on his face. It was as if he saw nothing at all. He started heading to campus with the same calm personality as always, but his inners were like storm raging on, and even he didn't know why.

Soon enough he found Nate and Grace sitting on the bench.

"And that's what happened.", Nate was telling about something.

"Awe c'mon! When I started learning guitar, it was hard for me too.", Grace replied.

"Hey Grace", Noah interrupted.

"Yes Noah?", Grace looked at him with a bright smile.

"Where's Mika?", he got straight to the point.

"Oh! She didn't come yet. I'm sure she'll be here till the end of the second period.", Grace replied.

"You should not lie for her you know.", Noah sighed as he looked right in her eyes.

"Dude what are you talking about?", Nate interrupted.

"You tell me. She says that Mika won't be here any sooner but I saw her with some guy on the campus gate."

"What?", Grace was totally confused. "But she meets a lot of guys. I don't really pay attention to it. Whats new in it?"

Noah ignoring all the mind talks to not to be so open, said, "Yeah, I know that, but what bothered me was that she seemed awfully close to him.", Noah rolled his eyes adding, "She was clinging his arm in a really comfortable way."

"Well that's unusual now.", Grace whispered.

"What kinda guy was he?", Nate enquired.

Noad said, "I don't know. He seemed older than all of us. Strong build not that tall though and has a full-grown beard."

"Wait- That can't be true!", Grace said as she was startled.

"What? What's the matter?", Nate asked worriedly.

She quickly looked through her phone for something. Just in some seconds, she held her phone's screen in front of Noah's face. "Was this him?", she asked.

"Let me see too.", Nate got up and stood on Noah's side.

"Yes, that's exactly him.", Noah confirmed.

"Dammit. We would never have enough of these shocks, would we?", she sighed.

"Who is he?", Noah asked.

"Ugh, I was hoping I would never mention him. He's just one of her EXes.", Grace frowned.

"Oh, I see", Nate shook his head up and down.

"What's so special about him?", Noah enquired.

"Nothing is actually!", Grace sighed. "Just one of those exes who are a pain in the ass. Can we not talk about it?"

"Alright don't worry.", Nate patted her head. "Let's head back to the club room. You also coming, Noah?"

"No, I was out of my mind to study an extra language. Now I'm starting to like it. I'll see you both after this.", he waved them and started towards only god knows where. But little did he know what he was going for now...