I can't understand what's with the students here. How can they just be spectators when some of them are about to kill each other? Even now, my knees are still weak, and my hands are trembling from watching the fight earlier. I don't know which gray wolf fought with the ash-gray one, but they were both equally strong. They were evenly matched; when one struck, the other retaliated. I abandon the idea of going to the music room and end up sitting on a bench in the park, sipping mineral water until it's gone, hoping to calm my trembling. "What are you doing here?" Byurrrrr. "Sorry, sorry, I didn't know you were drinking," Jeni apologizes, feeling guilty, and I wipe my wet mouth, staring sharply at her. "You startled me." "Sorry," she replies with a wide grin. "What are you doing here?" she asks again. "Calming down," I m

I truly couldn't believe that I was in the midst of the crowd that I had already imagined in my head. "Jen, promise you won't ever leave me here," I said a bit loudly, as the annoyingly loud music seemed to be enjoyed by everyone except me. "Hey, I would never leave you. Cross my heart," she replied, raising her five fingers to emphasize her point, which made me raise an eyebrow. "What's with the look? You doubt that I'd risk the most precious thing in my life? My fingers, I mean. They're valuable because without them, I wouldn't be a famous violinist – that's my dream," she explained, which finally made me nod. Jeni pulled me further into the crowd, and we ended up in the backyard of Maudy's house, which I found to be quite spacious. I was sure that Maudy's family was wealthy, judging from the size of the house and the luxurious surroundings. "Hey, I thought you wouldn't s

I'm sure that if before, people used to look at me with mocking gazes, I vividly remember how Maudy and the others stared at me with worried expressions. Now, I find myself scrutinizing the room I'm currently in. For some reason, the cold atmosphere pierces my skin, and it feels eerily quiet. I attempt to examine every object around me, and there's only me in this dark-themed room, yet I feel as if someone is watching me until the sound of the door interrupts my thoughts.I haven't even had a chance to think about anything when Rex appears concerned and rushes over to me. He reaches out his hand and sighs, looking at my face, "Are you okay?" That's the first question that comes out of Rex's mouth, and I can only nod, looking at Rex with questioning eyes. Why is he here? The answer seems to come when I see Miss Brenda entering after Rex, is this her house?"Brenda called me earlier. She said you're at her house," Rex continues, drawing my attention back to him. I don't even know how to

I had just dozed off when the ringing of my phone interrupted my sleep. Feeling extremely lazy, I stretched my hand to reach for the flat object and opened a message from Maudy."Open our swimming group chat, I just added you to it."Maudy's short message fully woke me up, and I began to sit up, checking other messages. There was a new group called "NYHS Swimmers," as Maudy had mentioned. Besides that, there were messages from Aunt Anna and Rex. First, I had to reply to Aunt Anna's message, then to Rex, before checking the announcement that Maudy had added to the group."This evening we will have our usual practice. Everyone should come without accepting any excuses for absence."Maudy's command message left me speechless. I had planned to spend the entire day in my room, but it seemed like everything would fail. I couldn't possibly miss the first meeting at my new club. I decided to clean myself up and have lunch as Aunt Anna had instructed in her message. Right now, I was alone at h

We've just entered Gray's house when everyone inside looks at us with surprise. Miss Brenda, Mr. Lauv, and a few others I don't recognize are there. The curious stares from the five people make me uncomfortable. While I'm used to Gray's presence, I haven't interacted much with others, especially in this setting."Aurel, are you with Gray?" Miss Brenda asks, clearly intrigued by our unexpected presence together."Yeah, Miss. I mean, we accidentally ran into each other at school," I reply, still feeling uneasy under the scrutiny of the five pairs of eyes, three of which belong to unfamiliar students from my school."Is that so?" Miss Brenda glances towards Gray, who remains impassive."I was actually on my way home, but then I received a call from Rex. He told me not to come home for a while, as something is going on in our neighborhood," I explain, trying to provide a reasonable explanation without revealing too much."Ah, yes, Rex. I heard about it. That's a good reason to bring you h