Lingering silence

Lauren's POV:

As the urge for questioning was flooding through me, i felt a hand landing on my shoulder it made me flinch in surprise. I quickly turned back to meet a female cat with blond fur and magnificent teal eyes with sharp pupils. She seemed intrigued as her whiskers moved every now and then. I felt slightly scared as she seemed to look directly into my soul. Then her face brighten up and she smiled. She then broke the lingering silence.

?: " Hey, new student right? I doubt I have seen your face around here so I assumed that"

Lauren quickly regained her composure and replied.

Lauren: "yeah, just got here"

Akira heard the voices and turned back to see the female cat. He then put his hand on Lauren's shoulder while facing the cat.

Akira: "Okay, Lauren meet Lillian Weber, the president of the literature club."

Lillian: "please, Lili is fine." (*smiling gently*)

Akira: "Lili, meet Lauren Bridge, a freshman and apparently a huge fan of Korea. She wanted to know more about the literature club"

Lauren and Lillian shook hands and the latter started to talk.

Lili: "so you like korea huh? (*chuckle*) are you familiar with their culture ? What makes you like it?"

Lauren: " well, I really like their language and tv shows. As for their living habits and everything I do admit I do have some good and bad things to say about it but my overall appreciation is positive. I actually wanted to learn Korean more efficiently when joining this college but i figured there was no Korean language course...which eventually led me to look for this club"

Lili: " Sweetie, we got you. Starting 2 years ago, I brought the asian department in this club. So it's been 2 years since the Korean department has been nurtured. Right now, we have 3 Korean teachers that help us in the learning of language, cooking and even culture. Besides that, we also have a bunch of people really attracted to that culture and that joined the club over the years so you won't be alone, you will have a whole community like you, fan of Korea. I hope you like music, because every Saturday, the asian department has a dance show on various asian pop songs and that includes k-pop. "

Lauren had literally stars in her eyes at this point. She didn't know what to say at first but then she replied

Lauren: "Bitch, where do i sign up" (*jolting in happiness*)

Lili: "quite a reaction, well I will just need your badge for a second. We have an app so i will just scan the Qr code on ur badge to sign you up."

Lauren: "ooo so advanced here, i like that " (*handing her badge*)

Lili took it and scanned the Qr code, and in seconds, it was all done.

Lili: "done. Welcome to the best club of this place. I hope you will enjoy our activities and you will find yourself valuable to the community"

Lauren: "Great. I'm looking forward to those days. Thanks again, oh and Thank you Akira"

Akira: " Pay it no mind, i did my job is all"

Lauren: "okay, so now i probably have to head back home, it's getting a bit late"

Lili: "okay, it was nice meeting you. Perhaps i can give you my number so you can text me whenever you have questions or worries about tye club or just your journey here"

Lauren: "oh yeah, that will be great."

Lili exchanged her number with Lauren before the latter decided to take off.

Lauren: "see you guys next week i guess"

Akira: "sure thing, and be careful on your way back home kiddo"

Lili: "yeah, take care sweetie"

Lauren took off and the duo looked at each other before Akira said a word.

Akira: "she reminds me of you on your first day (*chuckle*) she seems to be quite a character"

Lili: "yes, I wonder what the future has in store for her and the other newbies"

Akira: "yeah...meanwhile, we still got to work on our thesis oh mannn" (*closing his eyes for a second*)

Lili: "(*sigh*) definitely not the part I enjoy the most"

The two friends sat then at a table and started working on various subjects for their thesis. Meanwhile, already at the edge of his front yard, Wyatt was making his way home.

All lights were automatically turning on the moment he opened his door. He freed his feet and took the stairs to his room.

He put his whole attire down and head to the shower. After a bit, he head out, grabbed a shirt on his shelf and a pair of boxer before going downstairs. This house was not huge but felt quite enormous for just one person. Wyatt sighed as he got through the living room, he didn't want to watch tv or anything with an empty stomach.

He reached out for the kitchen and saw a note on the island. "Hey buddy, I figured you might be too tired to cook anything so I got here at my break to make you a little something, it's in the microwave. Ps: if you still hungry you can order food, I left some cash under the TV remote, love you son"

Wyatt chuckled and smiled. He opened the microwave and saw some Carbonara. He close the microwave and turned it on to warm it up a bit. He then got to the living room and saw the cash under the TV remote. He didn't touch it, and just turned on the TV, He went for Netflix and scrolled for a thing to watch. He landed on a movie named "Our story".

From the synopsis, it seemed to be a movie about a young deer that wanted to become the world greatest basketball player but a scandal on him in college will make his life a living hell until a new player joined the team and changed both their future. Wyatt paused for a second and found it to be something that will turn out cheesy but he was bored and it did intrigued him so he would watch it.

He heard a ding noise from the kitchen and went for his plate that was ready. He took it out, grabbed a fork and a soda can from the fridge. He went for the living room and while he was getting comfortable he received a text from Lauren, saying she got home. He replied with a smiling emoji and put his phone down. He started the movie and was ready to enjoy another night alone in this empty home.