Chapter 7: Weird Incident

Vesa had let Sebastian go and the man had disappeared from their sight. 

At this moment some of Vesa's classmates were looking at him with strange looks that Vesa didn't understand. 

Vesa turned around to face Derrick. He exhaled slowly. He's finished now. He had just wanted to make a good impression on Derrick by fighting Sebastian but it seemed the opposite had happened. He had given Derrick and his friends a bad impression of him being out of control. 

"I'm fine," Vesa said. 

The man lowered his head slightly. He thought he would lose a friend who wasn't even officially his friend yet. 

"That's good then. Do you want to go to the cafeteria first? You seem to need a drink," Derrick said. 

"Huh!?" Vesa raised his head in surprise. 

Uh, did he hear wrong, didn't he? Derrick White took him to the cafeteria? Vesa thought in confused. 

"Why are you still silent? Let's go to the cafeteria first!" Derrick invited him again. 

Derrick who saw Vesa still silent like an idiot then dragged Vesa out of their lecture hall. Vesa was still a little dazed when they reached the cafeteria. 

"Wait and sit here for a bit!" Derrick asked. 

Vesa complied and sat down without asking. He saw Derrick walking to an automatic machine to buy a drink. Derrick handed him a bottle of cold mineral water and Vesa just stared. 

"Drink it!" Derrick said. 

Vesa was still surprised but he accepted the drinking water but didn't open it. He just held the bottle in confusion. 

Derrick huffed in annoyance and said, "Hey, did you forget how to open the bottle?" 

Vesa stammered, "N-no. That's not what I meant." 

Derrick raised an eyebrow then snatched the bottle and quickly opened the bottle cap. He handed it to Vesa then said, "Drink it and cool your brain!" 

Derrick then sat beside him and breathed a sigh of relief when Vesa finally drank the water. The mineral went straight to the point. 

“Gosh. That's six hundred milliliters and you just finished it? You're quite thirsty, aren't you?" Derrick chuckled softly. 

Vesa awkwardly replied, "Isn't that right?" 

And that suddenly made Derrick laugh out loud especially seeing the innocent expression on Vesa's face. 

"Gosh, Vesa. You are. Truly." 

Derrick shook his head as he realized Vesa was actually quite innocent. He thought it was appropriate that many would bully him. The boy was too naive and innocent. 

Suddenly a feeling of guilt came over him. He remembered what he had done to the young man sitting in front of him. 

Derrick then cleared his throat. 

"Vesa, I'm sorry." 

Derrick's words were quite low but Vesa could hear him quite clearly. However, the young man didn't raise his voice to reply because he didn't understand why Derrick was apologizing. 

Derrick, who didn't hear Vesa replying to him, then said, "Uh, you. You didn't hear? Well, I'll repeat it again, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for all the bad things I've done. Do you accept it?" 

Vesa stared in shock. He's not hallucinating, was he? Was the one sitting in front of him really that arrogant young man? The young man who often flaunts his parents' wealth and looks down on others whose social status was below him, including himself. 

Was it really that Derrick White? That arrogant Young Master? How could that Derrick White ever apologize to someone? Especially him. 

Was this young man having a concussion or what? 

Yesterday he drove himself home and then defended him even to the point of having an argument with his best friend which resulted in Derrick losing Sebastian as his best friend. 

Continue this? He's apologizing. 

Hey, how could he change so fast? Did this have anything to do with that old watch? Was that true? 

Vesa looked at Derrick who was waiting for his answer with a complicated expression. But then Vesa thought maybe Derrick had started to change so he replied, "I've forgotten about it. Don't think about it anymore." 

Derrick was surprised but then smiled in relief. He said, "Thank goodness. I thought you still had a grudge against me. By the way you were cool earlier. I just found out you can actually fight back but why have you been silent all this time when someone bullied you?" 

Derrick remembered it well, never once did Vesa fight back. He just kept quiet, more accurately ignoring the people who always bothered him. 

"I'm just lazy. I don't like making noise and attracting people's attention," Vesa replied quietly. 

"What!? Are you lazy? Why? Even if at first you wanted to defend yourself, the incident wouldn't last long. And maybe they'll be quicker to deter than you silence their actions," Derrick said. 

Vesa smiled faintly. He replied, "I don't think it's necessary. It's useless anyway. I can still study in peace too. So it's no problem for me." 

Derrick really wondered why anyone could be so calm and relaxed when he was often treated unfairly. 

"You can't do that. You have to fight people who bother you like that. At least it will make you more comfortable on campus," Derrick said. 

Vesa then replied, "Fine. I'll fight back. But I'm glad you defended me too. By the way, thanks for your help earlier." 

Vesa smiled sincerely. Hearing this Derrick's ears immediately turned red. He was very shy. 

"Hey, don't say those words. I get goosebumps hearing you say it. I look like I've done something big. Even though I was just ... I was just ... well I sucked," Derrick said again, looked embarrassed. 

Vesa was getting more and more confused by Derrick's unusual attitude but quickly said, "You're not bad. I really thank you because you were the first to stand up for me." 

Derrick just rubbed his face. "Yeah. Vesa, stop it!" 

Derrick really felt weird but somehow his heart warmed up. 

Oh, so this was what it felt like to do good. 

Pretty fun, Derrick thought. He smiled stupidly. 

Vesa shook his head and thought more and more that Derrick White wasn't as bad as he thought. 

Suddenly Derrick reached out his hand and said, "Vesa Araya, let's be friends!" 

*** 

The news that Derrick White had made friends with a Vesa Araya who incidentally was known as a poor student quickly spread. 

Some of them even looked at them strangely as they walked together. However, many still looked down on Vesa and Derrick White would only stare at them. 

And of course after that they didn't dare stare down condescendingly again. They didn't want to get into trouble with a descendant of the White family. 

Sebastian Wright who saw his former friend getting closer to Vesa clenched his fists. His father had slapped Sebastian when he found out that his stupid son had cut off his friendship with Derrick White. 

Sebastian's father fears that it will affect the business partnership that exists between the Wrights and the Whites. 

Therefore Sebastian's father asked his son to make up with Derrick. Unfortunately, lately Derrick was always seen with Vesa and it makes it difficult for him to approach Derrick again. 

"Damn, that poor guy. Following Derrick everywhere," one of Sebastian's friend said and he also didn't like seeing Vesa and Derrick's friendship.

"Bastard, indeed!" Sebastian cursed. 

"George, have you prepared what I asked for yesterday?" Sebastian asked irritably. 

"It's done, boss," George said with a crooked smile. 

Sebastian smirked "Good, then. It's time for the poor man to get his revenge."