"What the f**k, Rin? Are you alright? Why are you standing there? C'mon, let's get inside now." Erix quickly dragged Rin inside the room and locked the door.They might get punished if caught outside during curfew."Now tell me, where have you been?" Erix asked shortly after they took their seat.However, he began to notice something weird in Rin's behavior.The latter seemed unusually quiet and avoided eye contact with him.Rin did this by facing the ground."Are you alright, Rin?" Erix asked in concern."Y...Yeah, I'm fine. How are you? Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? Please let me know if someone is biting you," Rin said, not looking at him even once"I'm fine, but you are not. You're not f**king alright! What happened, Rin? Talk to me, you know you can tell me anything." Erix said. It pains him to see Rin like that.It was obvious the latter was in misery.Rin didn't reply. His face remained down, not at once looking up at Erix's face."Just go to bed and leave me alone, I'm f
Inside an abandoned room in one of the school buildings, Rin was anxiously seated on an old rusty chair, directly facing a curly brown-haired boy leaning on a back chair, with crossed legs, seeming unbothered by the problems of the world. Quito was busy hitting away on his desktop when his boys entered with Rin. Fear was apparent on Rin's face. After all, who couldn't be, after being brought into an unfamiliar room blindfolded? Luckily for him, on his way there, he had dropped his mech ants along the way. Through this, he will get to know his way out in case of an emergency. For some reason, the boys had blindfolded him while bringing him there. Probably because they didn't want their location to be uncovered. One thing was sure, these boys were up to no good. At the moment, he was seated on a rusty chair, with both hands and eyes bound. 'Who really are these people?' He thought. The whole time not once has Rin attempted to escape. Early on, he came to understand that no
"What do you want from me? I told you, we can't be friends," Erix said in a low tone as soon as he approached Salvador."I won't stop bugging you until you accept my request," Salvador said with a poker smile.This further confirmed Erix's thoughts last night. The boy who attacked him last night wasn't Salvador.Erix took his time to examine Salvador's face to see if he would trace out hints of fear or uneasiness, but after examining it for some time, he came to nothing.The boy's face was just neutral and in the end, it made him look like a weirdo."What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? Is something on my face?" Salvador asked as he nuzzled his face confusingly. "Nothing is wrong, I was just thinking... Never mind," Erix replied before taking a seat next to him.When Salvador saw this little action he smiled in achievement."Hey, look, don't rejoice yet. I just don't have a choice," Erix said, pointing in the direction of the class.Salvador followed Erix's hand only to
Erix left immediately, leaving Salvador no time to counter back.Salvador frowned in outrage when that happened. Erix could have at least given him time to reply, rather than abruptly leaving like that."Really? Did he really have to leave like that? He said he wanted to ask me something, then why make it sound like I was begging him to talk to me?" Salvador mumbled with a deep frown before leaving the class."Something isn't right with them. First, they all wore worried looks on their faces while having breakfast this morning. Secondly, Rin didn't have breakfast with them, instead, with a group of other high-levels," He muttered as he headed back to his room.'Am I missing something?' He thought.He was confused about what to think. He isn't close with them to know if they were actually having problems, so he could only guess.'But why did he choose to have breakfast with those guys, instead of his friends he normally eats with? Is he having problems with them?' Earlier in the morn
"What's happening, Rin? I know you're not alright," Erix suddenly said, interrupting Rin. He knew something was wrong. His behavior last night made it obvious. Rin was just trying to act tough and he knew that. Something must be bothering him, otherwise, he wouldn't have been like that last night. "Huh?" Rin sounded confused. "You heard me. Tell us what's wrong. Last night sounded miserable and sad, so I can only assume something was wrong." Erix replied. Rin was more hurt when he heard that. Erix seemed to have already known him well. 'I can't imagine myself destroying this wonderful relationship. I'm no different from those monsters.' Rin thought in intense pain. "Like I said, I'm fine. Just a little personal issue. But that's completely on me, I will work on myself. C'mon, guys, I'm fine," Rin said with a smile. Only God knows how hard it was for him to smile like that. "Are you sure you're alright? You can tell us anything, you know that." Nicole urged. "Thanks, but I'm
Inside a room in the second-year dormitory, five students could be seen kneeling in front of a huge muscular black-haired guy."How is the boy, right now? Hope you guys didn't beat him to death? We don't have enough resources to cover up a murder, right now?" The muscular boy said.The huge muscular boy was none other than Rafa, the second-year that tried to bully Erix in the canteen a few days ago.Kylee was one of the boys kneeling in front of him.He was fretting after hearing Rafa's question. From the look on his face, it was evident he was nervous.He doesn't know how Rafa would react after learning that he wasn't able to defeat an ordinary level one. Last night was still a thing of a surprise to him. One moment, he had the upper hand, and the next, everything changed.He was thoroughly defeated. And even worse, he lost consciousness before the end of the fight.This was practically the third time he was losing to Erix.What vexed him was the fact that he lost to an ordinary l
Rin hurriedly entered the second-year block the moment he left his roomHe needed to make it clear to them not to touch his friends, otherwise, he would quit the job they blackmailed him to do.His friends were his priority and partially the reason why he agreed to do that job.Even though they wouldn't accept him back after betraying them, he would be happy to have done it for their safety.Entering the second-year dormitory, he began searching for the room that corresponds with the room number that was given to him last night.He searched for a few minutes until he finally found the room. It was the room at the far end of the hallway.However, as he raised his hand to knock on the door, the door instantly slid open.The force at which the door opened startled Rin and reflexively, he took a quick step back away from the door.He saw as four boys dash out of the room. They looked terrified as they ran out of the room.'Why are they running like that?' Rin thought. "I should check why
While on their way out, Rin told Salvador all that has been going on between him and Quito.He told him how the high levels came to his room last night to look for Shota and took him after they couldn't find him, the torturing they subjected him to and the deal they finally blackmailed him to accept.Though he wasn't sure he made a good decision by telling Salvador, he still wanted to believe Salvador was someone that would be trusted.He didn't opened up to Salvador because of what he said back then, instead, he did it because he seemed genuine.Moreover, he needed advice from someone that wasn't his friend.His friends might get worried and out of worry, advise him into doing something irrational, so he needed someone who wasn't his friend, and Salvador seemed to be the suitable person for that."These guys are f**king cruel. How on earth do they want you to betray your friends? Luckily, you changed your mind, otherwise, your friends could have hated you for real," Salvador said afte