School Days
* enclosed in this sign [] is the chat conversation
["BATCH 20** ROYAL HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENTS"
Fansign (Rena): Guys, you going to the event in the other campus?
Buttercup (Althea): No.
Queen Kylie (Kylie): Nope!
Princess Harriet (Harriet): …
King Dean (Dean): I'll follow my queen
Buttercup (Althea): …
Buttercup (Althea): dog food
Queen Kylie (Kylie): knew it
Princess Harriet (Harriet): I'll follow sister Kylie
Blessed Playboy (Edmund): Unnecessary event
King Dean (Dean): Loser
Blessed Playboy (Edmund): Under the skirt
King Dean (Dean): Am not
Blessed Playboy (Edmund): Yes, you are
King Dean (Dean): …
King Dean (Dean): My queen, please defend me!
Queen Kylie (Kylie): Stop being so dramatic, Dean
Kick them all (Samantha): Not going
Wila's Prince Baby (Carlos): That campus is near the beach, right?
The Spy (Wila): I hope it's not what I'm thinking
Wila's Prince Baby (Carlos): Let's play in the beach, babe!
The Spy (Wila): Hehe
Blessed Playboy (Edmund): Change your nickname, Carlosito!
The Spy (Wila): Go find yourself a lover, playboy. Stop teasing my boyfriend.
Lonely Soul (Peter): Why is this chat turning into something like this?
The Spy (Wila): Because you're single?
Lonely Soul (Peter): …
Lonely Soul (Peter): Admin! Kick her off the chat group!
Kick them all (Samantha): You sure? That's the prince's girlfriend.
Lonely Soul (Peter): She's a spy!
Kick them all (Samantha): Yeah, NO. Not happening.
Lonely Soul (Peter): Then I'm not going
Attendant (Mira): …
Attendant (Mira): Going.
Queen Kylie (Kylie): …
Princess Harriet (Harriet): …
Blessed Playboy (Edmund): …
King Dean (Dean): …
Blessed Playboy (Edmund): The elusive attendant made an appearance!
Queen Kylie (Kylie): I'm going, too.
Princess Harriet (Harriet): I second the motion.
Blessed Playboy (Edmund): wherever the attendant is, I'll follow!
King Dean (Dean): I'm going with my queen
Buttercup (Althea): I'm coming
Kick them all (Samantha): changed my mind. I'm going
Lonely Soul (Peter): I'm also going! With Mira there, I won't have to suffer
The Spy (Wila): Dibs on the seat beside Mira!
Wila's Prince Baby (Carlos): You're abandoning me, babe T_T?
The Spy (Wila): …
The Spy (Wila): I'll give you attention when we reach the venue.
Wila's Prince Baby (Carlos): Yes!
Lil puppy (Dixie): …
Lil puppy (Dixie): What just happened?
Knightly Wisdom (Joan): It seems like the queen's favorite attendant is coming. So, everyone's going too
Fansign (Rena): You want to go, too, Joan? I'll treat you to a snack!
Knightly Wisdom (Joan): I'm coming!
Lil puppy (Dixie): When did Joan became a foodie?
Knightly Wisdom (Joan): Since I got rid of my single status
Lil puppy (Dixie): Peter, let's talk about life.
Lonely Soul (Peter): Stop mentioning me. I said that I'm going already.]
Mira silently closed the tab for the chat group as the people inside started getting boisterous.
Flipping over her notebook, she crossed out the box of a certain event, added another, and checked the other items on the list.
"I should wash my clothes tomorrow, then begin with the report in that subject tonight," Mira murmured as she swung her feet on the bed.
She's in her room in the boarding house, with an electric fan in front of her and a few books beside the bed.
She's slowly getting used to living here, although afternoons in this place feels like hell.
Every single day in a province a few hours away from her home is very boring.
She wakes up early every morning to prepare breakfast.
After breakfast, she bathes and prepares herself for school.
At school, she'll go to her classes or join her classmates with the school and club activities and events.
Afterwards, she'll go back to the boarding house.
She'll change clothes and check all her school assignments and reports. She'll be on them until late in the evening.
When everything is set, she goes to sleep.
Sometimes, she'll take the time to wash her clothes in the evening when she got nothing to do.
She can also browse some of the posts in the school pages or follow the activities of her favorite authors.
But most of the time, she'll have to study.
She can't fail.
Entering this university had been the dream of millions in their country.
When Mira found out that she qualified to enter the university and even managed to enter her dream course, mere words can't explain her joy.
So, in order not to waste this precious chance, she had been studying hard even during the pandemic.
Soon, a phone call interrupted Mira from checking her checklist.
She looked at the name in the record and found that her Pa is calling her.
With a familiar slide in her phone's screen, she accepted the call.
A slightly gruff voice entered her ears.
"Mira, how's school?" the gruff voice of the mid-forties man is gentle as he asked his precious daughter about her school.
Mira smiled, even if she knew that her father on the other side of the phone can't see her.
"I'm fine, Pa. I'm adjusting quite well," Mira answered as she set aside her notebook and books on her desk. She focused all her attention on the person on the other side.
"Do you need more allowance? Just tell Pa and we'll send you some online," the gruff yet gentle voice of her Pa relaxed Mira.
"No need. I already budgeted my allowance and it can last for a month. I'll be returning home by the first week of next month to go for an appointment with Dr. LJ, and I'll be staying home for a night," Mira informed as she calculated the expenses it would incur.
"Your Ma has a few things to say to you, Mira," the gruff voice was replaced by the familiar worrying tone of her Ma.
"Your cousin would be having his licensure exams nearby in a few days. You can contact him when your free, Mira," her Ma said.
"Cousin? The teacher's board?" she asked, surprised.
This older cousin of hers already moved out of the house when he graduated and worked for some restaurants before. Now, he's working as an office worker. He had been taking his time before taking his first board examination.