Chasing Night Novel Chapter 53: The Most Awaited School Trip

Chapter 53: The Most Awaited School Trip

I sighed.

"Why are you sighing? It’s the most awaited school trip!" Andy excitedly said. I would prefer training for the preliminaries at this point. "Let’s go to the bus." He pulled

towards our bus, and I couldn’t care less. Yesterday’s lesson with Tomoe was going great, not until she told

to perfect brewing tea all of a sudden. She also said she has 18

lessons she must teach

after the school trip. ’Who knows what she ant with that.’

"You’ll be sitting with Night, right?" Andy said with a broad smile that made my forehead crease. How will I sit with Night when he’s not from our class? "There, sit with him." He pointed to a seat, and my eyes widened upon seeing Night. ’What in the world? Why is he with our class?’

I can’t forget how he almost peeled my skin off last ti. ’He’s a total weirdo, isn’t he? I was just blinded by how good-looking he is!’ That’s right, and now I’m sitting beside this weirdo because Andy still thinks I’m head-over-heels for him. "Why are you on our bus?" I asked with a little voice as I sat down beside him. ’I wanted to sit beside the window, though.’ I clicked my tongue. "May I sit near the window?"

Night looked at

with those emotionless eyes. I know he won’t move, and I just tried to make him, but I didn’t expect him to do it. He’s ready to move, and so I stood up. He moved to the other side, but that’s when the bus drove suddenly, making

stumble, and I accidentally sat on Night’s lap.

"Oh? What’s this? You’re already sitting on Night’s lap. You’re quite fearless. I like it." Andy said as he saw what had happened.

I felt my face heating up as I stood and sat beside Night. ’Oh, please. When will this embarrassnt stop.’ "I’m sorry," I said while covering my face. It’s not like I can keep ignoring his feelings for what happened, even if it’s an accident. However, Night doesn’t respond to anything I say, which is better for . I would probably feel more embarrassed if he responded with cold and unfriendly words.

During this school trip, we’ll be going to the Westside mountains. We’ll have a recreational experience with the recreational activities they prepared for us. ’I would rather stay at ho now.’ I used to like these activities before because I could always look at Night without being scolded. Now even if I’m sitting beside him, I would still prefer lazing around in my room.

"Settle down, class." I heard Miss Valencia’s voice in front while the bus was moving. "As you can see, Night is here with us because we have an extra seat. That’s all there is to that. Also, check the schedule Andrei made so you’ll know what activities we’ll do as soon as we arrive. He sent it to the group chat." Hearing that made

open my cellphone.

I thought the final school trip would be like going to a tourist destination, for example, Palawan. I really wanted to go there before, I hadn’t gone there, but mom and dad already did.

I opened my phone and went to the ssenger app. I opened our group chats there, but I think I opened the wrong one. They’re only talking about how exciting this field trip is. And my eyes widened after seeing Andy chat sothing about Night and . Ryzen also keeps talking about it as if it’ll make

happy. ’They’re all not aware how much I don’t want this.’ I sighed.

My classmates made another group chat where it was only us, and no teachers were added. They often swear and diss school so much that we can’t allow teachers to see it.

If I’m sitting with Ace, I’ll probably be talking nonstop. Still, because I’m with the unpredictable and snob Night, I only focused on the scenery outside. It makes

rember that motorcycle ride with El the other week.

Although Night blatantly ignored

after wiping my face as if I had an infectious disease, he’s sowhat okay now being with . ’I really can’t understand him. He’s so moody that I don’t know how to act whenever I’m with him.’

"Hey." Andy peeked at us. He was sitting next to us, but now he’s in front of us. "Do you want so?" His teasing smile makes

awkwardly smile back. I still need to act that I want all of these to happen, or Ace will start asking questions again.

"Since the advanced class has an odd number, they made Night join us." Andy giggled. "It’s all my plan, though." He muttered that part, enough only for

to hear. "I support you with all my might, bestie. Go for the win."

I wanted to slap my forehead after hearing that. How can Andy make such a plan without asking ? And how co Night isn’t complaining? "Is it really alright for you? You’re in our class and don’t know anyone here." Well, except for Kaoru and . Not that it matters if he knows

since he’ll just ignore

like usual.

Night didn’t answer. Instead, he looked at , and I was taken aback. He had his arms crossed, and his eyes were still emotionless. "Why? You don’t want to be with ?" I gulped, hearing his soft and deep voice asking that.

’W-W-What???!!’ I had a ntal breakdown thinking that I might be dreaming because there’s no way Night will respond like that to ! No way! He hates . No, hate is an understatent. HE DESPISES !

"You don’t want to be with

either," I whispered as I tried to ignore the loud beating of my heart, and I ignored him. My heart’s acting weird because he caught

off guard. That’s it. Nothing more. ’Let’s take a deep breath. Do not be fooled.’ And that’s what I did. Let’s calm down. Nothing about this is surprising. Maybe Night’s only manipulating

with his good looks; he’s trying to see if I can still fall for him. Tough luck. I’m already over him. ’Right?’

As the bus continued moving towards our destination, I felt sleepy. I didn’t even notice I was already leaning on the glass and drifting into sleep land. I woke up from sleep when I felt sothing heavy on my shoulder. "What—" I imdiately covered my mouth after realizing that Night’s sleeping beside . And not only that, he has his head on my shoulder.

’What is going on?! This is the first ti Night took his guards down! What is going on with him? I swear I need so answers.’

My train of thought was disrupted by the flash of the cara in front of . "I’ll send this photo to you later." Andy chuckled while looking at the photo he had taken. This is not the ti for laughs! I want Night’s head off my shoulder! I can’t move, and I’m afraid he might get angry if I started moving away.

’Co on! How will I enjoy this trip if I’m already this uncomfortable?’ Despite thinking like that, I can’t stop my drowsiness at all. Even though my shoulder was already hurting because Night’s head was too heavy (I wonder what’s inside his head), I was still able to fall asleep.

"Noelle." I felt soone gently shaking my arm. "Wake up, we’re here." When I opened my eyes, I saw Ace sitting beside . Where did Night go?

"If you’re looking for Fuentes, he already went to his class." Ace answered as if she had heard what went through my mind. "Let’s go. We need to put our belongings in our room after all."

"Am I going to share a room with Ace?"

Ace shook her head. "Of course, you’ll share it with your group mates." The tension I felt suddenly went down hearing that. "Co on, being with Carla and the others don’t sound so bad. They want to befriend you too."

"Who said that? They don’t like ."

Ace sighed as she ruffled my hair. "You should try and talk to them first before saying that." She pulled up from my chair, and I just followed her while bringing my luggage out. Most students went to their rooms first since they needed to settle their belongings before going to the activities.

As I read in the schedule Andy sent in the group chat, we’ll first be doing recreational water activities at the pool behind the lodgings. Apparently, a vast pool is behind, and the camping site is just above the mountains. We need to climb there for the campfire later. There are also zip lines and bungee jumps which excites !

"I guess this is where we part." Ace patted my head, but I grabbed her hand. "I’m in the room beside you, so it’ll be fine. You can do it." She said as she entered her room, but I stood still in front of the room where I needed to get in.

I’ve never been this afraid of talking to people. I was usually the social butterfly before, but I’m scared of interacting with other people now after everything that happened. "What are you doing?"

I flinched due to surprise as I looked at my back.