Treating myself

"Fine give me five minutes, I'll be ready" I said as I also wanted to get this 'fine' thing over with. "What do you mean five minutes are you a girl? he chuckled. "Says the boy who spent hours in a single store undecided on what to buy" I scoffed.

"And also, remind me to always keep my balcony locked" I added.

Where are we meeting her anyway?" I asked as we went out of my dorm. "We're going to her dorm room" he shrugged.

"How sure are you she's around and if she is, and does she know about us? Our arrival I mean" I asked, as personally, I dislike when my personal space is intruded upon.

"What do you mean by 'does she know?'" She's Aurora, of course she's almost always in her dorm especially when it's the weekend, and don't worry, Aurora doesn't care about formalities" he finished speaking as we reached the elevator.

Entering the elevator, he tapped the number for the top floor. Soon the elevator opened on the top floor. There was only a single door two meters away from the elevator.

We went closer to the door and Owen started knocking on it while shouting; Aurora open up, its me Owen, we're here to pay the fine. There was no answer but he continued knocking and shouting. Soon I got tired of his actions and spoke.

"Fool, it's soundproof, it's the reason why there's a door bell in the first place" I said as I moved to press the button on the side of the door as Owen looked at me with his mouth agape.

"And you watched me fool around for the past three minutes!!?" he asked with a dark expression. "And how the hell am I supposed to know that the dorms are soundproof".

"And how the hell do you not know the door is soundproof, don't tell me you didn't read the dorm guidelines? I asked and he tried to laugh it off.

"Hahaha, what are you talking about? Of course I read it" he said.

"Can't say I'm surprised" I muttered under my breath. You see Owen is the type who isn't the type that bothers about reading or any theory of sorts. Those kinda things seem like a chore to him.

"Hey I heard that" he exclaimed. "And it was meant to be heard and also it seems like she isn't around". "Hmmm, maybe she's with the old man" Owen contemplated.

"What old man?" I asked."The principal" he replied and then realization hit me. "Oh I kind of forgot he's her master" I said. "Not just her master but also her grandfather" he chimed. Well wasn't expecting that, and I guess he must be from her mother' side since her other grandfather is the patriarch of the De Silva family.

Whatever doesn't concern me, "let's go, we can come back later" I said to Owen who was looking at my face intently.

"That's all!!?" he asked in a bewildered tone.

"What?" I asked, genuinely confused. "Nothing, just expected to see you shocked after knowing the principal was Aurora's grandfather" he said regaining his calm.

"I am shocked" I answered. "Yeah right, your face doesn't exactly scream 'shocked', instead it's more like a machine" he said. "Whatever" I said and walked back to the elevator. We entered the elevator but instead of going to our rooms, we instead headed to the ground floor.

"Where are we going?" Owen asked. I looked at him and asked; "why didn't you ask before we reached the ground floor?".

"Well I thought you'll have a place on mind so..." he trailed off. "I'm famished, so we're heading to the restaurant" I replied.

"Didn't you say you were banned from there?"

"That was three weeks ago, and it was a two weeks ban, so it ended a week ago".

"I see, but it's your treat" he smiled like a unscrupulous business man.

"Fine" I said as we made our way there. No sooner than we found a seat, Owen tapped on the holographic menu. "Hey don't go overboard" I protested. After saying my piece, I also tapped on the table, a holographic screen appeared with a variety of foods.

Scrolling through them, I picked a meal called; 'winged rabbit stew'. The winged rabbit is beast with the size of a bull, and appearance of a rabbit, only that it had wings and It was a platinum ranked beast.

The meal costed five thousand points. Expensive I know, but after my recent haul, I was willing to treat myself a little. I also ordered some juice. By the time I was done, Owen had also finished picking.

Not long after, a robot came with both of our orders. As soon as the robot placed our orders on the table, a rich aroma started coming out from the tray in front of me.

"You ordered a winged rabbit stew?" Owen asked bewilderedly. "Uh huh" I nodded as I picked the spoon on the tray. "But you said not to go overboard" he complained. But I ignored him and observed my dish. The stew was reddish brown in color and the meat pieces were cut in cube shapes.

I scooped a meat cube, and the moment it entered my mouth, it was like I was experiencing a flavour overload. The meat was so soft to the point I felt as if it was melting in my mouth. I had only two words to discribe the dish, that was 'spectacular and heavenly'.

As we left the restaurant, owen kept complaining about how I told him not to go overboard.

"Hey, can you come with me? I wanna try something. "What?" he grumbled still salty about what happened in the restaurant. But as I was about to answer, a voice interrupted us. "Are you guys ready to pay your fine?"

Turning around, I noticed Aurora standing behind mewith her ever expressionless face, I didn't even sense her when she was this close, if she hadn't talked, I wouldn't even know she was there.

"Yes" I said while Owen nodded. "Good send it to this account" she said giving us the code. As soon as I sent it, my heart bled as I watched my over seventy two thousand reduce to only a bit above twenty two thousand points.