I yawned as I woke up in the morning.
Good grief... I thought, trying to recollect what happened yesterday. Unable to summon any hints about yesterday, I dragged myself out of bed and into the kitchen.
"Good morning Aiden." My roommate said.
"Morning," I mumbled.
"Tired huh?" She said, flipping a pancake over.
"Yep," I said. My roommate was a braxien. She was extremely intelligent despite being a couple of grades lower than me. We went to a boarding school and I ended up with this student, rather than my girlfriend because we had an age gap. They try to prevent relationships between students by placing them according to age and gender, which I find pretty dumb.
"Here you go," Anna said. She placed a plate in front of me.
"This looks really good," I said, feeling myself gaining consciousness. "Wait, you used the stove again?"
"I already explained to you that we are saving on electricity." Anna huffed. "Plus, I used Ember to get the gas stove to turn on."
"Oh, I thought you used the electric stove," I mumbled. "Smart thinking."
"Hmph." She said, sitting across from me.
"You're really cute when you do that." I teased, knowing she hates it when I compliment her. She blushed while eating her pancake.
"Shut up, pedophile." She said.
"Woah, okay there." I laughed. "You're an eighth-grader going into high school and I'm a junior. The age gap isn't even that big."
"You're so annoying," Anna said, giving me a dirty look.
I finished my portion and placed the plates into the sink.
"I'm heading out early," I said, retreating to my room to get my backpack.
"Okay," Anna said. I brushed my teeth, fixed up my hair, and changed into something more presentable. After I looked at myself in the mirror, I grabbed my shoes and sat on the floor. I heard the sound of water running in the kitchen,
"Thanks for doing the dishes, I'll do them tonight for dinner," I said while putting on my shoes. "Remember to lock the doors. You remember the last incident-"
"Yeah, I know!" Anna cut me off. "I'll lock the damn door."
I smiled to myself and left my dorm.
"Morning!" A lucario said. I waved back and continued my way to the lecture hall.
School has already begun a month ago. Schoolwork has begun ramping up due to college applications. I have already started during my sophomore year, so this year I'll be touching up all essays. My feelings were darkened by the thought of scholarships.
Actually, I've never actually heard back from any programs I applied to when I think about it... I thought. If I don't get enough money, I won't be able to continue my studies. I ventured down the campus through the woods. Typically this portion of the grounds was prohibited, but the upper-classmen all used this path as a shortcut. I stepped into the paved path and walked down the calming woods. The campus was protected anyways, so I won't be attacked or anything here. I continued to think about the things I had to bring to the lecture, trying not to forget anything.
Crap... I think I forgot to go to the lost and found... I thought, snapping out of my trance. Oh no... hopefully, nobody threw it out or anything. I don't think anybody would want to take my knee pads anyways... maybe I should go after my lectures today. I'm going to see my friends tonight anyways so I have time to do my papers as well... yikes, I still have a history paper to finish.
After a good ten minutes of walking, the road brought me back onto the main road of the campus. I already see some students piling into the building.
Freshman here, a freshman there. Oh, a sophomore... more freshmen... I thought as I pushed passed the underclassmen. I eventually made it to my lecture hall where the professor had almost begun speaking.
"Sup." I nodded at Coffee. Coffee's name was actually Hannah, but I called her Coffee because of her brown, long hair.
"Good morning." She said. I made my way and sat down next to her. I glanced at my left to see Ori, my other human friend.
"Has he reached his morning prayers yet?" I mumbled as the professor dimmed the lights.
"He has..." Coffee said, taking out her notes. "He said that we would all appreciate the gift of technology. Something rare amongst the elders nowadays." I chuckled and rested my notebook on the foldable chair.
"Good morning, everyone." He said, walking around the podium. "Today... we'll be talking about the idea of quantum computers and their functions. We'll be exploring the idea of their algorithms and what makes them a very powerful today and in the future. Same drill as always, I don't care if you don't listen, if you are on your phone, or even if you're sleeping. Heck, you can even leave if you want. But you damn make sure you all can write papers that can be above a sixty-five. All right, let's begin."
Leaning on my right arm, I couldn't help but phase out during some parts of his rants. I am a good note-taker, so the majority of the time I am fine during lectures. This school is very college-based, where they try to prepare us for college as best as possible. They have intergraded lectures into our class schedules in order to show us how class in college maybe. We have our standard classes in the classroom alongside with our lectures. I mindlessly watched the professor drone on about algorithms and computational mechanics. I won't lie, but I found some of the things he said quite interesting. However, due to sheer exhaustion, I could bring myself to get enough energy to look interested.
An hour quickly passed. As the bells rang from the outside (the bells were controlled by selected music majors), I got up to my feet and packed up my notes.
"I'll see you around," Coffee said, picking her things up.
"Yep," I said as she left. I sighed and left the building as well. It was around noon, so I figured I should eat something before the second lecture started. After that, I will be free for the rest of the afternoon. I didn't have any classes or lectures during the weekends, so that's perfect. I went around the building where all the food stands where.
It's already crowded... I thought, glancing at the number of people in front of the best food stand there was. I wouldn't be able to get food from the pizza stand, so I settled for the sushi station.
"Hi, Mr. Fukishi," I said, as I approached the manager.
"Welcome back, Aiden." Mr. Fukishi greeted. "The usual?"
"Yeah, the California Scorpian Roll," I said. He took the food from the back of his trunk and put it on the table. I gave him two dollars as a sign of appreciation.
"Take this calpico drink." He said, placing the bottle on the counter. "You'll need it for the rest of the day."
"You sure?" I asked. "This is like three bucks."
"The school pays me, it's fine." He said, making sure nobody was around. "It's not like I care if one student doesn't cough up money to pay."
"Thanks, Mr. Fukishi," I said, taking the bottle. I made my way to the lawn where I settled my things down. I opened the bottle and started to drink. The sweet water filled my tastebuds. It tasted like sweetened milk that was watered down.
Still surprisingly good. I thought as I ate my lunch. I looked at the campus where other students were engaged in sports. Our school had the best soccer, hockey, and volleyball team. Our basketball team wasn't great. I wanted to try out, but the coach said I was too short for his liking. He did offer me to be a manager, but I didn't want to take the pity-position. I finished my lunch quickly and checked the time. I still had half an hour before my next lecture, so I decided to look at the gym if I could recruit anybody to the boy's volleyball team.
I highly doubt that anybody good would show up. I thought. Maybe that Hitmonchan I met early... but he can't set well.
Our volleyball team had the highest standards for players. Our school was number one in the region anyway.
Maybe if I grow a little taller I would be an outside spiker... or maybe even opposite... I pondered. I swiped into the gym and glanced at the volleyball section. As I predicted, only a couple of students have preoccupied the court. I leaned against the railing.
"Here to recruit more students?" I heard a familiar voice say. I turned to a shiny gardevoir. It was Miku.
"Quite frankly, yes," I said, glancing at the human students playing. "We've been running short on players. What are you doing here?"
She showed me a weight she was holding.
"I thought of increasing my jump height." She said.
"I'm still surprised those feet of yours could withstand jumping." I chuckled.
"Maybe if I kick some sense into you, you will change your mind." She said. I shrugged.
"You should come to see the girls volleyball tryouts sometimes," Miku said.
"You got better players?" I asked.
"There is a freshman that joined recently who is really tall," She said. "She's like five feet eleven or something."
"That's good for the team," I said. "You don't have many blockers anyways. She could play middle."
"She can," Miku said, smiling deviously. "We should have a match against the boys one day."
"You sure you want to face guaranteed defeat?" I chuckled.
"Yeah right, we are going to be the ones defeating you," Miku said. "I'll talk to the coach about it, I'll see you around."
With that, she left. I gazed at her flowing skirt as she left. I turned back to the court. Nobody was playing anymore.
I guess I'll head back now. I thought as I walked across the gym. I passed the turning gates and rounded the building. More students were piling up in the hallways.
Good grief... I thought as I navigated through the sea of students. I reached my room and stepped in. I glanced around the room and didn't find anybody I knew. I made my way towards the back of the lecture hall.
I guess I'll just go back home and put my stuff down before heading off for volleyball. I thought as the professor started to talk. I wonder what Anna will make for dinner tonight... maybe if we are tired we can go to the dining hall or something...
Break~
"I'm back!" I called.
"Welcome back," Anna said, sitting in front of her computer.
"What are you doing?" I asked as I put my things down. "Didn't you have class today?"
"I had one during the morning and afternoon." She said, typing something. "I have a lecture tonight, so I won't be coming back for dinner as always. Dinner is on the stove if you are hungry."
"You really shouldn't have crammed yourself with so many courses," I said, leaning over her shoulder to see what she was doing. "Do you need help from your senpai?"
"No," she said. "Also you're not my senpai."
"Oh! So you do have one." I teased.
"Go to hell." She said, annoyed.
"Who is it?" I asked, curious.
"I don't have one!" She growled. I laughed.
"I'm just messing with you, Anna," I said, petting her. She smacked my hand away.
"Go fuck your self with your dildo collection," she joked.
"I'll do it with yours." I said, leaving her alone. I got my gym bag from my room. I looked at the mirror to check if my hair was still doing okay.
"I'm heading off for practice," I said to Anna.
"Okay. Be home by ten." Anna said strictly.
"What are you? My mom?" I said. "But I'll be back. If I don't, I probably got caught on the short path again."
"Why don't you just go the long way?" She said, annoyed. I closed the door gently and went downstairs. I opened the lobby door and felt the gentle cold air stroke my face.
It is getting colder... I thought, huddling my thin sweater. I guess that's what you can expect from a September weather.
I stepped into the patch of grass and proceeded on the previously paved route. The sun had already started to set and it was getting dark.
Office office... here I come...I thought. I skipped over to the building. I whistled as I opened the double doors. I climbed up the stairs to the office.
"Hi," I said to the person at the desk as I made my way to the lost-and-found. I rummaged through the box. As I searched through the box, I finally found my pair of knee pads.
Thank god, I don't have to dive with my bare knees anymore. I thought as I put them into my bag. I stood up and turned around to see a gardevoir talking to the manager. The gardevoir was around my height and wore a long white dress. Her hair was grown longer than a traditional gardevoir.
Woah, she's really pretty. I thought as I prepared to walk out of the office. Kinda reminds me of somebody...
"Aiden!" I heard. I wheeled around.
"Yes, Mr. Prince?" I said. The gardevoir turned to me.
"This is a transfer student-" The man said.
The next few words stopped my mind. My body froze from the words I heard coming out of my teacher's mouth.
"Her name is Emily-"
Time stopped as I looked at the gardevoir. The very same hairstyle and eye-shadow that I had been used to be seeing for three years have suddenly appeared in front of me this very moment. I had sworn that I would never meet this student ever again, with the passionate hate I had back then. I watched as the gardevoir frowned at the sight of me. Could it be possible that she recognized me? My mind was spitting random thoughts of recollection as I tried to calm down.
What is she doing here?!