"Oh, could you put down before I get close to the school?"
"You? How about ?"
Trisha asked Teren.
"We're not schoolmates."
He simply replied, making Trisha nod in understanding. Teren then glanced at First who seed to still have a lot to talk about with Trisha, therefore, it's good that they will have more ti. Furthermore, he wouldn't worry about Trisha. Not only just because the Drago House is 'officially' his ally but if there would be a fight, Trisha would win against the two with a few burns.
Understanding this even without Teren explaining, Eron dropped him near rshen High before continuing to drive off after a goodbye. Trisha just waved since they can contact each other with their phones anyway, so there's no problem.
After the car was out of sight, Teren began to see other students. At this ti, usually, there would be more, however, he just saw a few schoolmates walking in the sa direction.
It wasn't surprising. And when he arrived at his classroom, he saw that there are fewer students than expected. Although there's still ti before class starts, it's safe to assu that many students will not be coming today or tomorrow.
Once Teren is seated, he looked at his side and saw Iesa sitting beside him. Well, since she's not giving him any attention, she's probably 'Dehian'
Teren oddly felt nervous and a bit of guilt and sha. Maybe because he did it with another girl. No, he shouldn't think much about it. He hadn't noticed it but his eyes would glance at her most of the ti as if he couldn't control himself. If he could, he would've just stared at her.
'I guess nothing changed.'
Teren felt more optimistic now than the past few days.
At that mont, a cheerful lady ca in, skipping and greeting everyone. She was the only sunshine in a room full of gloominess. Almost everyone's discussing how they hate the mayor for being unreasonable and how hard it is to co to school right now, or how they are envious of those who are forbidden to co by their parents.
The cheerful lady then reached Teren and brightly smiled.
"Good morning, Teren."
Teren's face twitched.
"Good morning, Lina."
Lina chuckled at this while the others lowkey watched them. Lina's presence was a bit strong today that it caught their attention. Furthermore, they haven't seen Teren for a long ti now so their interaction piqued their interest.
The class president then leaned forward and whispered.
"Did you already receive the news?"
"Yeah..."
"Okay, then I'll be waiting tonight. Rip my hyn."
Thud*
Everyone then stared at Iesa who dropped the book that she was 'reading'. From the start, she had a hobby of reading but ever since she t Teren, she had less ti on it. Now, she got back on it to distract herself.
Being at the center of attention, Dehian played it cooly and just continued reading the book. Lina glanced at her and smirked.
She then hopped into her seat as if nothing happened. At the sa ti, another girl approached and slamd Teren's desk.
"Teren, you finally showed yourself!"
Catherine said angrily, it was not for show. She then leaned forward and whispered too.
"The Devi House is under trouble without you."
"Huh? What happened?"
Teren didn't think that it had sothing to do with the group he just ford.
"Well, you ordered Uncle Jo and the rest to get all Aberrants in the city. Now, there are so many of them that they are rioting. There's no one who's strong enough to control them with the addition from the Heren City Prison."
Catherine summarized and Teren found that she's good at reporting. She was able to put the whole situation in one go. Or maybe, she's been engaged with the matters that she's beco an insider.
"Why are they not saying anything to ?"
Teren muttered to which Catherine rebutted.
"They did, Teren. But you're not giving them any attention."
"..."
Teren was dumbfounded by her words before she sighed and said.
"Give your phone."
"... here."
"Oh, you got a new one?"
Teren nodded which made Catherine palm her face.
"I can't believe all of that happened just because your notifications are off."
"R-really?"
Teren tried to look at what Catherine was changing on his phone.
"Trisha...?"
Catherine muttered the na she saw on Teren's contact list. It was easy to spot. There is only Iesa, Lina, and her at first.
'Wow, I didn't know he's such a womanizer.'
She thought which a certain soone heard and tightened her grip on the book.
"Who's she?"
Catherine wasn't really going to ask but she said it out loud.
"..."
Towards this question, how could Teren say she's his pet now?
"... a friend."
"Hm... her na's familiar." Catherine whispered. Trisha's na had been sowhat spread due to her being missing. However, it was not that sensational at the sa ti.
"So, is it okay now?"
Teren asked to which Catherine handed him his phone back. He entered the group chat and saw the pop-up, saying he has 99 unread ssages. A bead of sweat dripped from Teren's forehead.
Of course, he wouldn't be able to read it all since it's actually more than 1000 ssages. It seed that even Josh was silent, probably because told him to keep his mouth shut regarding him and Trisha, just like Alph who's now within the group chat.
"How bad is the situation?"
"Thankfully, it's not the worst but a coup d'etat is about to occur... I think."
Catherine said with a heavy voice.
"I guess I should visit them later."
"You must."
Catherine pressured him. He had no say since it's his fault. Good thing that it's not too late. Catherine would've talked about it if sothing really bad happened like soone getting killed. But at the sa ti, he has doubts that Catherine knows everything. He might need to talk to Hanon later.
While he was thinking, Catherine spoke again after so hesitation.
"Also... you said you would help us in sothing, right?"
"Yeah...?"
Teren looked at her, not going to decline anything even though he will be busy again from now on.
"Well..."
Catherine then told Teren that story about Mike being absent due to him being caught in the destruction near their school. He was fortunate that he and his family survived but he was inflicted with an injury.
Now, with more students absent, rshen High's basketball club had no more substitute mbers. Since the class is continued so does the school activities. Along with that is the regional competition that Mike had been preparing for the past weeks.
At that exact mont, Nick arrived at school and when he sat, Teren asked him.
"Nick, you know how to play ball?"
Nick was surprised by the sudden question so he paused for a second.
"... streetball."
"Teach ," Teren said.
"Sure, but... I have a part-ti job. My mother's store was destroyed along with that... you know. Brother is also not helping with our situation..."
"Well, quit that part-ti, I'll pay you to teach and play."
Nick's eyebrows rose with interest. He's going to play ball while getting paid? Why the hell not!?
"Sure, what ti?" he smiled with excitent while trying not to raise his voice.
"When's the tournant?"
"About next week?"
Catherine said as she forgot.
"Update us when you know. And after so days, we'll et the basketball team to practice with. I don't think they'll let substitute if I still don't know how to play."
Teren explained which made Catherine smile.
"Alright! But next ti, you better not ignore your ssages. The ssages you ignore will have their notifications automatically turned off so be careful."
"Sure."
Catherine went back to her seat the mont Hanon arrived. Looking that Teren was finally there, Hanon was annoyed at relieved at the sa ti. He couldn't help but frown at his own boss before making an eye signal.
Teren understood and later, at break ti, he'll have to talk to Hanon about what happened.
Before Hanon could check attendance though, Catherine received a ssage.
[Karaoke, after we practice if you're free.]
To which she replied-
[Then I'll watch you two practice.]
[Okay]
Hanon then started taking attention. Around half of the students of the class were gone. But at the next mont, Teren noticed sothing strange. Dehian seed to be stretching a lot while Hanon was discussing and making the class fun. She will extend her arms and yawn before repeating this for so ti.
When Teren finally realized why, he wanted to puml himself for not noticing. When Dehian stretched her arms again, Teren imdiately grabbed it. She flinched a little before gripping back.
Hanon was the only one who noticed this and, fortunately, he was able to restrain his reaction to not let anyone know what the two of them are currently doing. Teren felt his palm sweat but it was not just his, hers too.
He felt like his heart will explode.
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