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Something Change

I ate a lot again, but this time I'm not hungry, I just chose to eat that many because I will resume my experiment later break time. And since I'm the first one to eat breakfast, when I finished eating and put my plates to the basket, the others were just coming in yet inside the canteen.

After putting the plates, I left the canteen and headed back to my room. But when I was just supposed to open the door, the door suddenly opened and my roommates were there standing to the other side of the door.

"Oh Shin, you're there, you scared us to death." Lucas said.

"Good morning." Noki said.

"Well, same for you guys."

"You're early today, huh. You already ate breakfast?"

"Yea, just finished." I looked behind them, and it seemed William was not there. "Um… has William already gone ahead to the canteen?"

But I didn't come across him.

"Nah, he's in the bathroom. He said he will take a bath. And so Noki and I just go ahead and eat breakfast first."

"Oh."

After our talk, they went outside.

"Then both Noki and I should go now." Lucas said.

"See you later!" Noki said.

They left me here in the room. I was thinking of taking a bath, but William took one first. So I'm going to lay in my bed and wait for him to finish.

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"Hah… I'm bored."

When did he start bathing? What time is it already? Waiting here makes me anxious, so I look at William's phone.

"Oh, it's still early."

Means the time seems to be slow. Now, I wonder why the time is slow.

After looking at the time, I lay back to my bed and start thinking.

Why's that when I'm doing nothing, the time is slow but when I'm doing something it's fast? Was that already taught in school? I can't remember that much when I'm there because… if I try to remember my time at school, it gives me an unpleasant feeling. But still I'm curious about the time, but who would explain that?

While I was immersed in my thoughts, William exited the bathroom. So, seeing him here, I accidentally asked him.

"Ah, William, can I ask something?"

"Ha?"

"I said, can I ask something?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Why's that when I'm doing something the time is fast but when I'm doing nothing the time is slow?–"

Oh wait, why am I asking him about this? This is just a silly question, why would I think he will answer it?

"...well, It's because when you do something and are immersed in it, it means if your mind is working you will not realize the time was moving and then if you got back to your senses the time had already passed that long. It's the same as when you are not doing something, your mind has a sense of time, meaning you're flowing with the time." He answered.

"Oh… oh, I see…"

"Do you understand it? Or should I repeat it again?"

"No, no, I quite understand it a bit. Thanks for the answer." I get up from bed and head to the bathroom. "Are you already done in the bath?"

"Yeah."

"Then I should take a bath now."

And so I entered the bath.

"Phew…"

I panic and enter the bathroom. I thought that I would experience that darkness again. Asking him some stupid question, Im glad hes not annoyed about it and answered it seriously instead.

I sighed. "I should take a bath now."

So I took off my clothes and went inside, then started washing myself.

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After taking a bath, when I exited the bathroom, William was not here anymore. Well, since I don't know the time and no one's here that I can ask, so I immediately wear my uniform. Next, I rushed to the elevator to ride it, to go down and went to the main front desk.

"Oh, Shin, what's the hurry?"

I'm panting. "Sam, what time is it?"

"It's 6:03."

"So I'm not that late."

"Why? You woke up late again? Don't tell me, you didn't eat breakfast again?"

"No, I woke up early and already ate breakfast. I'm just late because of me taking a bath."

"Then how did you get late because of the bath when you got up early?"

"Well… I have lost my sense of time, I guess?"

"Sense of time?"

"Yeah. Anyway, I should go now."

And so on, I start my work. I do the same thing I did, carrying luggage, cleaning the room, bringing food to their room, etc. I did all of that until break time came.

"Sam, what time is it?" I asked.

"It's 11:50."

"Finally, it's almost break time."

After saying that, Sam looked at me like she's uneasy and has something to say.

"What is it?" I asked her.

"N-nothing…"

Based on this situation, it seems it had something to do yesterday. Is she still anxious about that?

"I already said, I'm not angry about it."

"Huh?"

"You're still thinking about yesterday, right?"

"...y-yea…"

"Don't mind it already. I'm not that mad at all."

"T-then what about your break time?"

"What about it?"

"Didn't you find out already?"

My break time? Does she mean the time for my break time?

"Well, about that… my break time is the same as yours now."

"Now?"

"Apparently, my break time is supposed to be 9 AM, but boss changed it to 12 PM since it will be sad to my friends, he said." I paused a little. "But I practically guess that he meant you to be sad."

After saying that, I looked at her. But instead of her replying, she just became quiet.

"...well, I don't really mind the boss knowing it. Plus, I don't want to ruin our relationship."

When I said that, Sam smiled a little, like she was relieved or something.

[BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!]

Suddenly, there's a beeping sound coming from Sam pocket.

"What's that noise?" I asked.

Sam grabs something in her pocket. "It's my phone. I set an alarm if it's already break time." After turning the alarm off, she gets out of the front desk and grabs my arm. "Then shall we head to my room now?"

To her room? Wait, I have something to do.

"Wait."

"Hhmm?"

"Can we not do it today?"

"Why?"

"Well… I have something else to do."

I hope she agrees to it.

"..."

Is she mad? She just suddenly became quiet.

"Sure–"

"Sorry about that– huh? What did you say?"

"Sure, why not."

"You're fine with it?"

"Yeah, it seems you have something important to do. So you can go, and I'm not going to force you, we can just do it whenever you want."

What's this? I thought she's going to force me to go to her room since she is older than me, but this time is different. In the few days since the day I came here, she's kept dragging me to her room without my permission. But now, she's giving me space. What is this change? Or is she just mad and cutting off ties.

"I know that we're not doing it this break, but I promise later tonight I will go to your room."

"Then I will wait for you."

After that talk, she starts walking. But instead of heading to the elevator, she's heading to the way where the café is.

Is this okay to leave it like that? Hah… I should just stop thinking and just do, what I will do.

And so, I as well start walking, but heading to the elevator.

The significant thing that I'm going to do is about my abilities. Because I still need to experiment. So I'm going to the 99th floor.

After reaching the floor, I went to the canteen.

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In the canteen, even the kitchen, there's no one there. So after knowing the coast is clear, I grab the knife and start the experiment.