"Penny?" Slater poked Penny’s shoulder, but her head moved, resembling a bobbing head dog like the car decoration. "Did she sleep late last night?"
He turned to the back, giving his elder brothers a questioning look. Atlas and Hugo shrugged and shifted their eyes to her.
"Don’t disturb her," said Atlas. "She’s still probably tired from yesterday’s event."
Hugo nodded and leaned forward, catching her head before it could hit the window. "Don’t we have pillows here?"
"Since when did we bring pillows to school?" Atlas returned with a bit of sarcasm.
"Should I check her bag?" Slater suggested, making his brothers furrow their brows. "What? You have no idea anything can fit her bag."
"Just hold her head like that," Atlas ignored Slater and cast his eyes on Hugo. "We’re almost there, anyway."
A shallow breath escaped Hugo’s nostrils, but he didn’t complain. This was for Penny, and he didn’t mind doing sothing for his little sister.
Even so, their curiosity about why Penny was so sleepy when she was normally energetic in the morning lingered in their minds.
If only they had known Penny and Charles had co ho at around three in the morning last night, they would have understood.
Shortly after, they reached the school. However, this ti, Atlas requested to drop them off at the drop-off point area so Penny could rest so more. He was concerned about the long walk when Penny was obviously not ready for the day.
When they arrived, Slater shook her a bit to wake her up.
"Penny, we’re here."
"Hmm?" She rubbed her eyes, still half asleep. When her vision grew a bit clearer, all she saw was the concerned look from her brothers. "Huh?"
"Penny, are you okay?" Hugo asked while retrieving his hand. "You nodded off as soon as you sat down in your seat."
"Ah. Hehe. Yes, I’m okay." Penny intuitively turned to the window, furrowing her brows as this wasn’t the usual place the driver dropped them off.
"First Brother is worried you’re not ready for the long walk. So, he requested to be dropped off here since it’s closer to your building," Slater explained before she could even ask.
Penny once again turned to her brothers, who were being so attentive for no reason. "Uh... okay?"
Ignoring their misplaced attentiveness, Penny jumped out of the vehicle and prepared to start her day.
It didn’t take long for her to realize being dropped off at the main drop-off area wasn’t a good idea. Since the way they were coming from was the closest to her building, her three brothers would be walking with her until she reached building 1.
Penny was about to bolt away from them and get to her building when she caught so students. Her face contorted, catching so of them wearing accessories with her face on it!
"!!!"
So keychains with her face in them were dangling from the zippers of their bags, others on their phones. A few were wearing so subtle hair accessories with the na "Penny" around it. She even saw so wearing sashes from Penny’s fan club.
’What in the horror film is this?’
She thought since the assembly was over and that their first charity event was a success, the hype would deescalate. But from what she was seeing, it wasn’t the case! If anything, it seed the effect was the opposite.
"Penny~!"
"Good morning, Penny~"
"You’re so cute, Penny~!"
"Oh, my god, it’s Penny!"
Penny placed her hands on either side of her face and tried to hide. How co so students wanted this popularity? And even dread of it? It was embarrassing!
Her brothers, who were walking just a few steps behind her, looked like her personal bodyguards at this point. However, they didn’t mind. Hugo even smiled back at the students greeting Penny.
Even Slater was forced to greet them back, since Penny obviously found her new popularity unpleasant. Atlas, on the other hand, didn’t bother completely. If Penny wasn’t bothered, why would he?
"Big Brothers, my building is here. I gotta go!" When she was at the building, Penny faced her brothers and smiled brightly. "Bye!"
Swoosh!
She fled faster than a blink of an eye.
"Tis like this, I feel like all her fats are just inflated skin," Slater muttered. "She’s like a balloon. How is she so fast with that size?"
Her brothers glanced at him but didn’t add more comnt on that. Though, Hugo had one thing to say:
"Slater, don’t say that in front of Penny. She might get hurt."
And just like that, the brothers who planned to walk her to her classroom were forced to reroute and head to their respective buildings.
Hugo and Atlas still walked Slater to his building, since it was close to Penny’s. Hugo and Atlas share the sa building, and it was still so early. So they weren’t in a hurry.
When they watched Slater get into his building, Hugo and Atlas remained quiet.
Their silent journey to their building, however, didn’t last long when a girl suddenly turned up from Atlas’s side.
"A — Atlas!"
The two brothers stopped, turning to the girl who seed to be around Hugo’s year. They weren’t sure since Hugo and Atlas weren’t particularly interested in girls at the mont.
"Who are you?" Atlas asked emotionlessly.
The girl pressed her lips and suddenly took out sothing from her back. Atlas and Hugo slowly gazed down at it, only to see a small box in her hands.
"I really admire you for many years now! I practiced making chocolates and eventually perfected how to make one. I made these chocolates just for you!" the girl was almost yelling her confession, her head cast down. "Please accept this!"
The corner of Hugo’s lips curled up, casting his first brother a aningful look. However, Atlas’s reaction was still the sa.
Atlas neither accepted nor rejected the girl. Instead, he took out his phone and scrolled through it.
"First brother?" Hugo called, curious. Even the girl slowly peeked up at Atlas, wondering what Atlas was doing.
Why was he on his phone so suddenly? Did he think this was a ti for study?
Atlas didn’t say anything for a minute before he asked. "What’s your na again?"
"Uh, relyn."
"relyn, what?"
"relyn Kho."
"relyn Kho," Atlas repeated and set his attention back on his phone. After another few seconds, he cast her a look and apathetically said. "Sorry, I can’t accept that. You’re not on Penny’s fan club mber list."
Hugo: "..."
The poor girl: "???"
"Good work, though. Enjoy your chocolates," and just like that, Atlas resud his steps after rejecting his admirer just because she wasn’t a mber of Penny’s fan club.
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