บท 78: BREAKFAST WITH UM.. PEOPLE?.. (._.*).

***On Planet Gieă, In the Outskirts of the Continent 'Eclipse of the Oceans', Chingford's Academy dormitory..

***Navi's Quarters..

It's been six days since Navi's extremely stressful resumption back into the Martial academy and although all the numbness from his dream session isn't gone, Navi is able to go back to his normal routine without problems.

He takes one martial class, one weapon class and one meditation class each day, devours two big meals(Breakfast and Dinner) with a couple of Nutrient packs, dives through two icy cold showers and hits a night of rest without truly sleeping.

Things were all but 'super' during the last few days and the intense thrill from his first kills and the dangers were wearing off.

Things were just too normal and Navi isn't shocked to find out he doesn't enjoy normal as much as the chaos and blood from that intense night or the nasty and painful thrill from his memory-dream sessions. He's not at all hypocritical to himself or his thoughts as he openly admits that he is a lover of chaos.

Comfort isn't addictive in the slightest to his calm yet stone-cold mind-set.

Pushing himself up from his slumber this morning, Navi remains sitting on his bed with his back against the wall while looking at the golden-orange sunlight pouring through the small window. As usual, his room-mates were still asleep but a bed amongst them is missing a owner.

Nobody but himself knows the real reason why and now that he thinks of it, he never even knew the name of that bastard!. Navi's eyebrow subconsciously raises as this thoughts sneaks in his mind but he obviously doesn't care enough for a ponder as he uses the ladder to get down to the floor. He silently picks up an already prepared bag before calmly using the door to exit the room.

With a bag in his hand and a calm expression on his remarkable face, Navi casually strolls through the hallway and straight to the stairs. It took six small flights of stairs to finally get to the ground floor and after a familiar right turn, he enter into the mostly empty public bathroom.

Navi casually picks a spot and strips down to his boxers. He puts his clothes into the bag he've brought before pulling out soap and sponge.

In two minutes, Navi give himself a full soapy scrub-down before letting the running water down his skin. His ink-black hair hangs down like wet threads in front of his face while reminding him of the overdue trim down he has been postponing. Combing his hair back with his fingers, Navi gets a clear look at his face.

His dark eye circles weren't as bad as before and the pale pink of his wet lips look deadly attractive. His pale skin has gotten back most of its glow and the white in his eyes were finally clear of their former redness.

His orange iris were as beautiful and calm as always and his body is showing improvement as he has grown a bit taller with more toning in his proportions. Taking in a low breath, he puts his brush into his mouth while drying himself off with a towel.

One minute later, Navi is out of the bathroom and he is covered in a new set of neat and smooth disciple robes. His teardrop pendant hides behind his robes as he takes a round trip back to his room in order to drop his bag but then, opening the door.. he sees someone new in his room.

Tinkering around the Cabinet that used to belong to Troy, a young man that doesn't look much older than him can be seen putting his stuffs in it while staying in a squat position.

The guy obviously hears the door open as he immediately turns his head to Navi. Golden-brown hair, light blue eyes, half-feet taller than Navi and an even tan on his warm ivory skin.

Navi calmly tilts his head a bit while standing still and then he calmly continues to his cabinet to place his bag in it while ignoringthe other party's stare. It looks like he has a new room-mate.

"Hi!..", The other guy greets in a surprisingly enthusiastic tone that make some of the other sleeping room-mates turn a bit in their sleep. Navi gives him a short glance before calmly closing his cabinet door as he turns to face the new fella.

"I'm Dennis, you can call me Dean. You're the first person I have met in this Academy that's actually younger than I am so I hope we can be close friends..", Dean says while pushing a handshake and a smile as he now stands just a few steps away from Navi.

Navi calmly looks into the newbie's eyes for a few seconds which made Troy feel a little awkward but then he gives out the handshake while saying in his very mature voice..

"I'm Navi..".

Dean is obviously a bit surprised by Navi cold tone and mature voice but Navi didn't seem to care as he calmly withdraws his hand and starts walking to the door with Dean feeling a bit of odd chill on his palm from contact with Navi's still wet palm.

"It's nice to meet you Navi..", Dean finally says as Navi indifferently exits the door before going down the stairs once more.

New room-mate or not, as long as his lines are not crossed it's none of his business. He's looking for thrill and not chill and as far as his current goals are concerned, relationships are nothing but distractions as he plans to leave this 'free prison'.

Walking down the stairs then through the open grounds, he is quick to find the cafeteria. He orders a tray of nutritious meaty foods with a bit of veggie and he takes two Nutrient packs with him as he finds a silent and empty table to lay on.

He sits down and sweeps his hair back before taking up his chopsticks in his left hand to eat. For some reason, although right handed he always uses his left hand while using chopsticks and he has never questioned why as he already knows the answers.

Ikita Shi(His possible past self) is left handed and this seems to reflect on him when he uses chopsticks.

Calmly eating with the best manners yet not-so-right pace, Navi settles some stray thoughts in his head while not at all paying any sort of attention to the less than edible taste of the Cafeteria dishes but then his thoughts are interrupted but the sound of someone pulling a chair by his side.

His brows lightly furrows as he looks up and to his side with a familiar figure taking a seat while settling her tray on the wooden table.

"Good Morning Navi..", Yuxi greets with a small smile hanging on her face as she picks up her chopsticks before dropping them back as if remembering something.

"Morning senior..", Navi responds in his usual deep and distant tone while getting a whiff of her Cinnamon perfume as she whips up strands of her Curly Copper hair back before packing it up with both hands as she prepares for her signature messy bun.

Her blush-like freckles over her sandy tone skin looks just as attractive as always and her doe blue eyes glimmers with energy as she laces up her hair with a band before picking up her chopsticks once more.

Navi nonchalantly goes back to noiselessly speed eating with the older cute lady by his side also starts to eat but she barely bites into a scoop before she picks up a conversation.

"..how was your holiday break?, I thought it was the sessions stress last time but you look and sound just as cold as always.", Yuxi says while turning her attention to the eating Navi with a casual smile.

"It was.. *new*.", Navi says calmly and honestly as he thinks about his first battle, first kills and first win all in the one week break.

"New?..", Yuxi asks in confusion as she turns her gaze to Navi with a raised brow.

Still eating, Navi gives small honest nods that doesn't at all help define what he meant by 'new'. Honestly, Navi prefers the silence but he respects Yuxi atleast enough to starve her of the cold and silent treatment.

"Navi?!!..", A oddly familiar voice calls out Navi name from the distance while forcing him to look up again at the approaching other party with a well concealed annoyance and a not so well concealed piercing stare.

Due to the cold stare, the approaching Dean couldn't help but slow his momentum a bit as he finally gets by Navi's table with his happy smile replaced by a more awkward one.

"Can I pull a chair?..", Dean asks casually while already putting his tray on the table and sitting himself down. Completely ignoring him, Navi returns to his meal which he is already more than halfway through.

"Are you a friend?..", Yuxi asks with a smile while Dean finally gets a good look at her face and is apparently a little shaken by what he see with pink appearing on his cheeks.

"N.. no I'm his mate, his room-mate.", Dean says with a awkward smile as he adjusts himself on his seat.

"Um.. I'm Dennis though you can call me Dean." – Dennis.

"Nice meeting you Dean, I'm Yuxi..", Yuxi cheerfully says while stretching her right hand over the table with a smile.

"N.. Nice meeting you too Senior Yuxi, you.. you have pretty eyes.", Dean says while blushing deeper as he respectfully gives a short and respectfully handshake to Yuxi with both his hands.

"Oh! thank you, you have pretty eyes too.", Yuxi says with a smile that brings out her small dimples as she obviously takes no deep meanings to the compliment.

Still minding his meal, Navi is soon about to clear out his tray as he noiselessly devours all it has on but he is once more pulled into the conversation by Dean.

"Are you two friends?..", Dean asks with a smile as he stirs his meat noodles with chopsticks.

"She's my senior..", Navi coldly responds not taking his eyes off his tray while Dean blinks twice at his very uninterested tone.

"Is he always this cold or is it because of me?..", Dean asks to Yuxi in confusion while Navi continues to eat in silence.

"You're his roommate so I should be asking you that..", Yuxi says while blinking her eyes before slurping on her noodles with the help of her chopsticks as she looks at Dean.

"Actually, I.. I just moved in this morning. By the way I heard something interesting about the disappearance of the former owner of my space..