LB 18

The weather was warm and sunny when they both arrived at the school gate. A lot of people were dropping off their children at the front gate. They also noticed Iory from afar. "Hey! There you two are!", Iory greeted them as he waved his left hand while leaning against his car. Mellow held Rem's hand and walked passed Iory, making the poor man stunned.

Rem looked at Mellow with a questionable expression. Mellow noticed and grinned, "shhh, play dumb, play dumb", he whispered. The two of them were searching for Rem's classroom until someone accidentally bumped into them from behind. Both of them turned around and saw George on the floor with three brooms in his left hand. Mellow helped getting him up while Rem picked up the brooms. "Sorry about that...oh, thank you!", he said as Rem handed him back the brooms.

"Are you hurt somewhere, Georgy?", Mellow asked. "Nope, I'm okay", he answered and looked at Mellow. "You are...Melloriew, right? Now I remember that dimple of yours. You have grown taller than the last time I saw you", he nodded as he talked while pulling his goatee. Mellow grinned and teased, "yeah, I'm more taller than you now, right?"

George laughed gave him a pat on the shoulder. "Hahah, in your dreams, you little rascal"

He looked at Rem and asked his name. "Remon, Remon Vemonia.. ", Rem answered.

‎"ah, I see..you're the grandson of the woman that Mellow worked for, right?", he asked which the boy nodded as a respond. "By the way George, do you know where class 3-B located?", Mellow asked. George nodded. "Yeah, I'm about to go there myself. The homeroom teacher asked me to bring three brooms", he explained. Mellow felt relieved hearing George was heading the same way. Now he don't have to drag Rem around anymore. "Can we follow you? I forgot where it is", he said while smiling sheepishly. George agreed and the three of them head together to Rem's classroom.

After taking two flights of stairs, they finally reached Rem's classroom. Inside the classroom, Rem saw a bunch of children talking to each other while some of them sat down quietly at their assigned seat. Rem gripped Mellow's shirt. He felt very nervous. Mellow noticed and rubbed Rem's back for comfort.

George knocked on the door to get the teacher's attention.

The teacher got up and rushed towards the door. Mellow took a look at the teacher. It was Sara, his former classmate. Apparently, she was Rem's homeroom teacher. She thanked George for the brooms and turned to Mellow. "Hello, are you.. Eh?", she gasped. "Melloriew, is that you?", she asked in surprise. "Hello Sara", Mellow responded with a smile. He felt that Rem's heartbeats getting faster so he took the boy's hand into his.

"Wow, how long since we've seen each other?", Sara said cheerfully. She then faced towards Rem, who looked a little scared. She crouched down in front of the boy and took his other hand. "Hello there, my name is Miss Sara. May I know your name, sweetie?", she asked sweetly. Rem replied, "Remon.. my name is Remon"

"Nice to meet you Remon", she shook hands with Rem. "Now, let me see..", she stood up and looked around the class. "ah! Your seat is at the third row behind Darla", she said while pointing at a small girl with twintails. Mellow and Rem both exchanged looks and nodded in synch. He hugged Mellow and said, "see you after school"

Mellow waved Rem goodbye and noticed that Sara had been staring at him for some time now. "Is there something on my face?", he asked. Sara sighed and said, "I would never imagined that you, out of all people, have a child", she shook her head. "So, who's the lucky lady?", she nudged his arm. Mellow chuckled and shook his head. "There's no lady"

Hearing this, Sara was surprised. She widened her eyes and said, "huh? What do you mean?"

Mellow glanced at his watch and looked back at her. "I should head back now. It was nice seeing you again. Take care of Rem for me", he said as he walked away while waving goodbye.