LB14

"thank you, kid", Iory smiled at Rem and gave him a pat on the head.

"man, I couldn't recognise you with your new beards and moustache. You looked like Chewbacca's twin brother", Mellow teased.

"And then there's you, looking like the darkweb version of Peter Parker", Iory teased back.

The two of them had a great laugh until someone came out from the faculty office. Both of them covered their mouth to stifle their laughs. After the person finally left, the two had calmed down. Iory turned towards Rem and asked, "so what's up? You two came to register?"

Mellow responded, "yeah, how about you?"

"Already done that. I was on my way back to the gates", he pointed towards the school gate.

"alright then, I need to take care of mine first", Mellow said as he took Rem's hand and opened the door.

"Alright", Iory replied and walked towards the stairs.

"Let's catch up sometime!", he shouted. Mellow gave him a thumbs up and head inside the faculty, followed by Rem.

The hall was left with silence.

"Looks like he's doing alright", Iory muttered to himself. It's been awhile since the two of them had a chat. However, he never imagined that the Melloriew he knew managed to have a child. He wondered who was the lucky woman.

"Rem, this way", Mellow whispered as he knocked on a door that said School Clerk's Office. After the second knock, a voice from inside spoke, "yes, come in"

Mellow and Rem looked at each other and took a deep breath before entering.

A woman wearing glasses with maroon suit was sitting before them, typing something on her laptop. "Just a second", she said. Mellow noticed her nametag said "Brity". He immediately recognised the woman. Meanwhile, Rem was staring constantly at the Newton's cradle on top of her desk.

"ah yes, sorry for making you wait. I've been expecting you two. Please, sit down", Miss Brity said as she took out a thick file from her drawer. Her last sentence made Mellow felt a little nervous. What does she mean by expecting them?

"uhh.. yes, I want to register him please", he said politely. "uh-huh, did you brought his necessary documents?", she asked.

Mellow took the documents out from his tote bag and handed it to the clerk. She took the documents and went through them. "uh-huh, Remon..Vemonia..", she muttered as she looks at the documents while typing into her laptop.

"okay, finished! Now.. ", she looked at Rem. "Remon, how do you want your friends to refer you as?", she asked.

Rem responded, "umm.. anything is fine but Rem is easier"

"okay Rem, school starts at Monday and here is your class schedule", she handed a piece of paper with Rem's school schedule.

"You may get your school supplies at the school store near the cafeteria", she paused and turned her head towards Mellow. "I'm sure you remember where it is, right Mister Melloriew?", she said as she squinted her eyes towards Mellow. "uhh.. yeah?", Mellow answered hesitantly.

After finishing Rem's registration, the two of them got outside the office and made their way to the school store. When they were passing the cafeteria, Rem took a glance at the place. Something that he didn't recognised caught his eyes. It was the vending machine. He wanted to ask Mellow about it.