Jonah was still wondering how he never realized this place. It was a forest behind the campus, how could he not see that? But then again, he had been only attended this place for two days.

After some arguing, they finally managed to share the job. Jonah and Grim were in chestnut picking duty while Deuce and Ace on the shopping duty. Cater followed Jonah and Grim to show the way while Trey went back to Heartslabyul to prepare the tools they need.

"Whoa! There are a lotta chestnuts here!" Grim said excitedly, flying to the center of the open area of the wood. "If we have this much, then it's all-you-can-eat mont blanc for us!" He flew closer to one of the hanging chestnut. "Let's hurry and-"

When his paws touched the chestnut, he immediately pulled them back. "Gah! The thorns pricked my paws!"

Diamond laughed at him. "You should find a bucket first unless you want to carry those things all the way back to the kitchen." He then pointed at a building made out of glass. "There's a botanical garden over there. You can find a bucket or something."

Jonah nodded. "I'll get it." He then paused his steps and turned to Diamond. "Aren't you going to help?"

The senior gave him a cheeky smile. "I've done my job bringing you here. It's your turn now."

Jonah let out a sigh. He should've expected that answer.

The botanical garden was bigger than he expected. The air in that sunshine-filled room was sweet because of the various fruits and flowers. Jonah walked through the brick pathway, looking around. It was pretty in here. Maybe he could return to explore his place when everything is over. Wonder if anybody was here though? Maybe he could ask for help.

"Ah…"

Jonah looked up. Where did that voice come from?

He looked around as saw a student in their lab coat uniform, crouching in front of the box at the corner of the room under the shadow of a small tarp-tent. Jonah walked up to him, stopping just a few steps behind the student. "They're looking good," the student said.

Jonah cleared his throat, trying to gain his attention. "Excuse me?"

It worked because the other boy perked up and turned around, standing. That was when Jonah realized that this boy was so tall that he had to tilt his head up. Why was every boy in this school so damn tall? He had teal hair, with a longer, darker grey strand framing his left side. His eyes have heterochromia iridium; his left eye was yellow, while his right eye was olive.

Wait a second. He had seen this boy before. He was passing their table at the cafeteria with his look-alike. Didn't Diamond say that he's close to Azul?

The boy was surprised a little, but he soon regained his composure. "Hello there," he said, putting a hand on his chest as he bowed slightly. "Can I help you?"

Jonah blinked, still amazed by his height, and cleared his throat. "Well, I'm just looking for a bucket," he said. "What about you?"

The boy smiled. "Oh, just tending my mushroom garden here," he said, crouching back down. Jonah tilted his head and walked closer to him. True, he could see there were some small mushrooms with various wide of cap, mostly brown color.

The boy turned his head toward Jonah, gesturing him to come closer. Jonah raised his eyebrow but then shrugged. Eh, why not? He crouched down next to the boy. "Why are you planting mushroom?" he asked.

The boy looked at him as if Jonah just grew a second head. "Why not?" He turned back to the small patch. "This is just an experiment. And it's working quite well." He chuckled again. "You can eat them actually."

"Really?" Jonah perked up. "I thought they are poisonous."

"Some are, but there are plenty of edible ones," the boy said with a chuckle. He then started to point the mushroom that he grew. "These are Portobello… And those ones are Oyster… And here are the Shiitake…"

"Wow, that's a lot," Jonah said, chuckling. "I thought they're just the same mushroom."

The boy chuckled. "There a more actually. I may try to grow some Button or Enoki." He turned to Jonah with a soft smile. "You're way more interested in mushroom than my brother."

Jonah shrugged. "I'm learning a lot from you today." He then remembered. "We haven't introduced ourselves right?"

The boy shook his head. "No, we haven't." He then offered his hand. "Jade Leech, second year, Octavinelle."

Jonah took the hand, giving it a firm shake. "Jonah Argentum, first year… Ramshackle?" He ended with a small laugh. "I have a complicated situation."

Leech smiled. "Yes. Azul mentioned it."

"Speaking of Senior Azul…" Jonah let go of their hand. "Did you know he basically renovates the whole dorm?"

He nodded. "Yes. I was there."

Jonah raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you know why?" Afraid that he had offended him, he quickly added, "Not that I'm complaining! I'm grateful for that! But still, it was strange… Not in a bad way!"

Leech let out a laughed. "Oh, aren't you adorable…"

Jonah stopped talking. Was it bad for a boy to be called 'adorable'?

Leech continued. "I can see why Azul took an interest in you," he said. "Didn't he give you an invitation? Why don't you come to Mostro Lounge after this?"

Jonah unfortunately had to shake his head. "Sorry, I can't," he said, feeling guilty. "My friend got into trouble and I'm basically helping him out."

Leech slowly nodded. "I see. I'll let Azul know. And by the way..." He reached out something next to him and put several buckets, stacked upon each other, in front of Jonah. "You said you need a bucket. What for?"

Jonah looked at the bucket. Oh yeah. This was the reason he came here right? "I'm picking chestnut for my friend. We have to make a replacement tart because he accidentally ate the real one."

"Do you need any help?" Leech asked.

Once again, Jonah shook his head. "There's no need, we can handle it." He stood up, buckets in his hand. "I'll return these soon." He smiled. "Thanks for the talk, Senior Leech."

Leech stood up, and Jonah inwardly winced at the height differences. "Just call me Jade. You'll get confused with my brother."

Jonah nodded again. "Alright. Thank you again, Senior Jade." He gave him a small nod, in which Jade return with a nod from himself. Jonah then turned around and walked toward the door.

Jade kept watching the boy until he was out of the botanical garden. Well, Azul would be a little bit disappointed, but he'll understand. He let out a chuckle. Interesting boy indeed…

"What took you so long?" Grim flew toward his face, paws on his hips, and looking so annoyed. "We won't be able to eat some tarts if we don't bring some back!"

Jonah rolled his eyes. "I was distracted."

Diamond looked up from his phone. "By what?"

"A senior," Jonah answered, walking toward a tree and put the buckets underneath him. He pulled the buckets off one by one and gave one to Grim. "Here."

Grim wasn't so pissed like before. He immediately took the basket and immediately flew toward one of the trees, humming about chestnut picking. While Jonah, with his small height, had to climb the tree and tossed the chestnut bellow. It hadn't occurred to him how he knew how to climb a tree. It felt so natural for him…