"Ai Fong you still alive? Silence means yes. I'm coming inside then."
He did not lock his room door so I stepped inside slowly. Our dorm room is floors apart, Fong stays on the 3rd floor while mine is on the 2nd floor. I came to comfort my dear friend today.
I bet he's still sulking over what happened yesterday during the football match. A normal football practice turned into a match between the Gifted class vs Regular class at first both teams score was tied.
A lot of students watched the game, Fong was quite confident winning against them not until Bright showed up.
He was amazing! Bright played like a pro. He wasn't joking when he said he was the best.
At one point Bright and Fong played against each other it was a nerve wracking.
Both of them were so focused on playing that I was worried they'll injure themselves.
In my mind I wanted Fong's team to win badly it would boost the teams morale if they won against Bright's team. But I also don't want Bright to lose in front of everyone.
I don't want to see him lose.
"Look, look! Bright keeps glancing here." One of his fans exclaimed.
"Maybe He wants us to cheer louder?"
"Silly, it's because of my beauty. Can't you see? I think he likes me."
"Keep dreaming girl. He loves his fans, maybe he's just happy to see us."
"Pfft."
This group of fans is lively, talking shit against each other but at the end still throwing jokes after. The whole time I am standing at the back of them I was silently laughing.
Why does Bright keep glancing at this side though?
Wait ...
He isn't glancing at me right? No way.
Why would Bright do that Win, stop dreaming.
I shook my head to dismiss what I was thinking then I noticed what time it was.
"Shiaa. I'm late for class!" If I don't run now my math professor will surely kill me. I left the football match and forgot about it entirely.
It wasn't long before the news of Bright's team winning the match and how well he outplayed our football team spread. Thus, I am here at Fong's room at 9 in the morning.
He is still in his bed covering himself with a blanket like I wont know he is already awake.
"I bought you food and pain killers, your whole body must be hurting from yesterday's game."
"Oh-ho it's not just my body that's hurting but also my pride. Your damn boyfriend is heartless!"
Fong got up from his bed and sat with me in his two person table. The food is already heated up for him. He looked at me like I was the reason of his suffering.
"Not my boyfriend idiot. The other day you were praising how good he is, now you're saying his heartless? Being two-faced suits you."
"Not your boyfriend for now." Fong murmured. He looked at the noodle topped with eggs that I sincerely prepared for him. He quickly ate a mouthful of it.
"Ai Win this is delicious! Did you bought it from a convenient store?" I did not answer him and just smiled.
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2...
3...
Wait for it.
"!!! F*ck too spicy! Water! Give me water!" I am laughing loudly while giving him his water. Finally I got my revenge this is payback for saying I like Bright in front of everyone Fong.
"Ha-ha so funny. Glad you're much entertained bastard."
"It's so worth it. Here, have a sandwich instead. Don't worry it's not spicy this time. I swear."
I made a "sincere" gesture with my hand and smile till my eyes looked like a cat smiling.
People say I have a cute smile, the kind of smile no one can resist. It's my ultimate weapon to escape any situation.
After eating I handed Fong my class notes from yesterday for him to copy. It's not even in the middle of the year yet our teachers giving us quizzes left and right.
We spent all day playing mobile games, him ranting how unfair it is losing to Bright, doing homework and studying for the quiz.
It's past 7:00 in the evening I collected my things getting ready to return to my own room. Fong is tired from complaining all day and just wants to rest early.
"Ai Fong these pain killers are not cheap you better not waste it. Meet you tomorrow at class okay?"
Silence.
Is he asleep already? I turned to look at him he was stuck staring at his phone screen. After all that I have done you still ignore me over a phone? Great.
"Uh, Win do you have your phone with you?"
"It still hasn't been fixed. They said there's a problem with the OS (operating system) and would take two weeks to repair. Why?"
"You are in for a surprise, see this yourself."
Fong handed me his cellphone. Woah! the notification rang non stop and the stream of comments keep coming in. It seems a post is currently trending the Common University Page.
The University has three public pages that both students and Teachers can put their posts at:
+Common University Page [CUP] - both the gifted and Regular class can post on this page managed by admins of both classes.
+Main University Page [MUP] - School announcements, School and Club Activities and public information related posts. Managed by the University itself.
+Face of the University Page [FUP] - post related to all handsome/beautiful/talented students in the University. Their activities, infos about them and daily updates of the idols. It's basically a page for future biases.
"It's a post about Bright. Better read the caption." Fong scratched his head and looked at me.
A post about him? No wonder it trended. Both CUP & FUP are always full of posts about Bright, it's the norm. What's the hype with this single post about?
I scrolled up back to the main post and read it slowly.
Admin_cutie posted:
Caption: ATTENTION! HOT GOSSIP AHEAD W/EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS! A FAN SENT US THIS PHOTO (BLESS HER SOUL) OF THE ONE AND ONLY HANDSOME PRINCE BRIGHT BEING SOFT WITH SOMEONE. SEE EVIDENCE BELOW!
I quickly looked at the photo.
My heart. My eyes are not deceiving me at all.
It's a picture of Bright softly smiling while ruffling my head inside the University Cafeteria!!
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AN:
*Remember in chapter 4 a group of girls took photos of Win? It's bcoz of Admin_cutie's post in CUP. The post was made after the cafeteria scene but Win didn't know about this coz of his broken phone and Fong just known about the CUP post today coz he was busy practicing football.