This is a just short chapter, a continuation from the previous one. Wish everybody a Merry Christimas in advance! =)


Chapter 11 – Real Reality

Prince promptly dropped his spoon. The sound of the spoon crashing against the marbled floor, though was soft, seemed to be so loud to my ears. Abyss's sharp snort pierced through my eardrums as well. What was even louder than all those noises was the sudden wild beating of my own heart.

"Is it just me or I heard him saying that he likes-"

"It's not like that, Prin-" I coughed, massaged my throat a few times to relieve the burning sensation, "He's just joking!"

I turned towards Mosquito and laughed sardonically, "Right? You're just joking, right? Right?"

He didn't speak a word. He just looked at me in the eye with those same old annoying soulful twinkling blue eyes. Crap.

"That's Hei_Psycho? He's the one that you like?" Lollidragon pointed at me with her forefinger, every bit of colour on her face fading away.

"You two make such a cute couple!" Professor suddenly pounced on Prince, "Like me and His Highness!"

Hit! Hit! Bam! Kick! Tak!

As I was watching silently at how Prince beating Professor up like there was no tomorrow, I came to one awful realization that would surely break many hearts in my college. I sighed pitifully for the cheerleaders who all had a major crush on Prof. This sort of bad news would crush them if they were to know about this…

Prince just took his seat calmly and carried on chewing on his large drumstick. Professor was just laying there in a pool of fresh blood on the floor. Maybe I should have done that to Mosquito. That ought to teach him not to spurt out nonsense!

"Please ignore these idiots," Lollidragon spoke with a tired expression, which then brightened with a sly smile, "So when did it all start?"

I waved my hands vigorously, "We are not a couple! Come on, people! Can't you tell that he was just kidding?"

"I was wondering why he took the blow for you, Hei_Psycho," Wicked spoke solemnly, "Now I can understand why…"

I was wondering the same thing too! Did I ask for his help? He was the one who came running at me and received the slash by mistake! I was running out of things to say, things to defend myself that I was not in any kind of dirty affairs with that weirdo. Suai, who was still gobbling up whatever he could touch on, did not even lend me any helping hand to speak up for me. What friends are for, hah? Fine!

I promptly stood up from my banquet chair, "Excuse me, everyone. Thanks for the dinner, but I got to go now."

"What?" Suai, for the first time, looked away from his food to complain at me, "I haven't finished yet!"

"Do you have to leave so soon?" Prince muttered through a mouthful of food, "We still have some desserts left to be served!"

"Another time," I smiled thankfully, "It's really a pleasure meeting you all. Let's meet up soon, okay?"

I waved bye-bye at all of them, including Suai, who was staying for the desserts. (I should have known!) I was about to step out from the dining hall, when an unexpected voice shouted at me from behind.

"I was not joking!"

I stopped in my track. Something told me that I shouldn't turn back to look at him, because if I did, I might have totally changed my mind.

At the depths of my heart, I was afraid that I might have really fallen for him.

"You'll regret it that you like me! Don't blame me later!" I shouted back with an air of superiority.

"I won't regret! I promise. Pinky swear?"

I smiled to myself, while struggling hard to keep my face front and my inner feelings bottled safely in one secret place in my heart.

"I don't believe in pinky swears."

With that said, I walked to a spot where I could log out back into the real reality.