Chapter 4: A day of schoo-

(AN:this chap came out late due to mine and a few others birthdays happening and a few family activities as well as a lack of support sorry I'm halfway through writing this chapter and it's Tuesday so it will probably get released on Thursday or friday since I'm so fully packed recently)

"Ugh...."

Grey slowly got out of bed more sluggish today after all the stress he put himself through the previous day.

He still quickly put on his school uniform as well as his trainers due to the muscle memory helping him.

"Yesterday was really stressful for me... it's best if I don't think about it."

After getting dressed he walked down the stairs and quietly ate his breakfast not bothering with his previous energetic routine it seems having the realisation of his want for blood in the game had made him much more calm and thoughtful than before.

His mom shot him worried glances often but was justifying it as him just being really tired today or something.

Grey eventually got up after finishing his breakfast and put the plate he had it on in the sink before grabbing his backpack and walking out the house with a simple wave to his mom before he shut the door.

He calmly walked to school going through small alleys he usually ignored to speed up the process then he eventually arrived in front of his school and sighed before walking in his new much more composed attitude caught the eye of a few people in the halls but they didn't deem it important as everyone had their off days where they acted different.

Grey eventually arrived in front of his class and entered.

His difference in attitude was much more noticeable in the room where everyone in the room at the very least knew of the energetic boy so it caused a few double takes from the students seeing him so calm instead of bouncing off every wall with energy.

However Grey opted to ignore this instead sitting in his assigned seat.

The teacher came in and even she seemed shocked at the silence in the class as at this point Grey would usually be rambling about some new game or movie that was coming out to anyone that would listen and she would have to reign in the class.

Nonetheless she still had to do her job and started to do attendance after greeting the class.

"Good morning students... attendance as usual then, Candice? Not pre-"

Grey silently thought on what his next steps in {Bloodline} should be now that it was a large possibility that he wouldn't be able to level up without some attention from others for a viral post since most posts in the game at this point would go viral if they had anything interesting to say and a post like that was obviously interesting considering the level diffrence of him and them.

He automatically confirmed his presence as the teacher called his name with her pausing a moment still not used to his new attitude.

After homeroom was over he headed to his first class of the day, Gym class.

After arriving he quickly changed in the lockers room into a black pair of shorts and a black vest that highlighted the slight abs his classmates couldn't recall him having before they had blinked owlishly at him for a minute straight after noticing before deciding that today was just going to be weird.

Grey was quickly in the Gym Hall after he finished dressing and immediately started doing laps since that was the usual start of day activity but the gym teacher was a little shocked seeing Grey run at the pace the Track and field Club students usually ran at he thought he may even be quite a bit faster than a few of them.

To be Frank it was shocking that Grey hadn't noticed this yet though it was clearly due to the events of yesterday still being on his mind and him thinking about his next steps still.

After a while Grey realised his pace and immediately stopped and acted like he was dead tired from his running, hideing the shocked expression on his face completely broken out of the mood he was in by his unexpected fitness, suddenly a screen popped up for a moment before flickering out of existence as if loosing connection.

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Grey blinked in confusion for a solid minute questioning if he was more affected by his mentality in the game than he thought to be hallucinating the system screen outside of the game.

He ended up brushing it off thinking he should just work things out as they go instead of letting it affect him.

"However... if I did actually see that screen and didn't hallucinate then I should definitely be more wary of the game next time I enter since it seems my life suddenly got so jostled when I started playing it, and there isn't a reason to not be cautious, I should just get back to running.... slower this time though."

And so he went back to his running now at a much slower pace easing the gym teachers confusion thinking he was pushing himself though he still had a changed impression of Grey knowing he could run that fast when pushing himself, he even considered suggesting he joined the Track and field club.

Grey was running along wh-

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(AN: your probably confused which is somewhat on purpose, Sire is someone I've wanted to make as a character for a while now you can probably understand some of his character from what he says but to explain his concept is what this note is here for not who he is, as a small warning of what you can expect from him and how to understand him, Sire is a character made from all my stray ideas bunched into one entity Whether that be for characters I want to create or phrases I want used or songs that are playing while I write, he is the embodiment of my ADHD as a character basically, his speech pattern is chaotic like my thoughts as well as you may notice some of what he says if not a majority are from songs with slightly changed lyrics resulting in his cryptic words, if you have any questions feel free to comment them and to try interpret his words however you wish)