"You can't skip Sports class today." Layla said to the boy who was planning to skip the sports period again. Placing both of her hands on her hip, she didn’t stop her complaints. “Just because of you, I have to come up with a new excuse every time sir asks about you. Do you even have any idea how much he misses you.” Her last sentence was filled with sarcasm.
Seeing her firm stance, Ryan sighed. He knew no matter what he couldn’t escape today. Like a tired person, he replied in defeat. “Fine, I’ll go to the ground.”
“At least let him know you are fit and fine.” After finishing her piece of advice she left, trusting his words.
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-Sports Ground-
On the ground, students were engage
-The Canteen-"Let's sit there." Lani suggested, counting the number of people going to dine together in her head. It was supposed to be five people meeting but an uninvited guest, Zou Haoran joined them too. Well, his presence wasn’t that unexpected when they actually took his only friends in the school.Without wasting any time those four sat down. Zou Haoran and Opal sat on either side of Caleb. While Lani chose to sit in front of Zou Haoran leaving two seats empty.After some time, Layla and Ryan joined them. "Sorry, we are a little late."They run their eyes across the table to scan those three in front of them. Only Zou Haoran seemed to be a little out of place. Everyone was having a canteen meal except him. His food was brought by his driver, prepar
All the tiring classes were over. It was time to leave. Some were leaving, exhausted and some were filled with excitement in the anticipation of completing their plans. Meanwhile, Zou Haoran was waiting for his friends in the car. Not after long, Caleb arrived. "Where is she?" Zou Haoran asked, seeing no sign of Opal with him. Caleb just opened his mouth to answer but at the moment she came."Sorry, I was a little late." Zou Haoran nodded his head, "Let's go". They had plans to visit Zou Haoran’s new place. His parents bought a house so that he could live with comfort even if he is not with them. Their new school wasn't near to their residents despite being in the same city leaving them with no choice but to make these arrangements.
Layla’s expressions were urging her to spill the beans and break this suspense she was creating."You know… they told me that he’s an excellent student, a topper. They found it from their networks." Her eyes were sparkling as she was practicing one of her liked activities."Hmm…Topper?" Lani nodded."There is a rumor but no one dares to speak it loudly..." Lani had lowered her voice. She was whispering. “...that he might have some connections with the Zou family.”“Isn’t it... just an assumption.”Layla shook her head. Then she remembered that he seemed to be rich. “Did something slip from your tongue?” Her eyes were looking at her sharply.Lani gulped under h
Layla was standing in front of a shop. Her head was up, looking at the name written on the top of it. The shop’s name was Aroma where the 'O' was replaced with the beautiful top view of a cup of coffee.When she entered, a bell chimed on her head making the owner aware of someone’s arrival. She went to the counter and smiled at the old man who looked like in his fifties. "Hello, Uncle Fu, I’m here on time."He was the owner of the shop. He flashed a fatherly smile at her. "Hello, little girl. Are you ready?"She nodded. “Find your aunty Fu in the back room.” He showed her the way to enter a room behind the counter.This shop was run by the Fu couple. Due to Frs. Fu’s health, they were having some difficulties in menia
Layla was impatiently waiting for Lani to get ready so that they can leave for school."My singing goddess, you should cut off your long hair." Layla couldn't help but complain seeing her taking time to do her hair. As much as those waist-long black hair looks beautiful, they proved themselves trouble too. Well, Layla was kinda spared from this trouble as her hair only covers half of her back.With another break-recording speed, Lani was ready to leave. "I’m ready, my singing disaster, we can leave at any time."While these two girls were busy complaining and teasing each other, Opal was sitting quietly, waiting for them to finish or that's what they both thought. In reality, Opal was busy thinking about last night's events when she showed her newly bought things. It wasn’t the first time she, the second
-The Canteen-Like always, the canteen was bustling with students and the smell of food was wafting in the air. They all were eating, chatting, and relaxing the moments they got away from their studies.At one of the tables there, four people were seated together: Lani, Opal, Caleb, and Zou Haoran.Caleb didn't think that they would end up eating together… again. But then again, Opal and Lani have become friends as well as roommates, so it was understandable. But the most shocking news for him and Opal was Zou Haoran's new position in the student council. He was aware of his friends' thoughts but didn’t think he would act this fast since Zou Haoran refused to spill any beans on his ways to deal with it.
His eyes moved from sheet to sheet pasted there, reading their contents and seeing the purpose they served. Momentarily he halted on quotes and drawings which were giving a beautiful look to the board. “Who drew them?” he asked.Layla turned her head to see what he was doing, “They were already on the board. We just rearranged them and a few are from the art & craft club.” He nodded in understanding. He could see the traces of being old on them.Then, his eyes stopped on a sheet with the title "List of events". He started reading it.The information on it was divided on the basis of months. It was well arranged and written with dates too. August, October, November… in November, one particular occasion attracted his attention. 'Hmm, it shouldn't be an event.'
Like yesterday, Layla was doing her job in the shop "Aroma".She was picking empty trays, also looking around to observe people. While doing so her eyes fell on a boy biting his straw while struggling with a physics problem. She felt an urge to at least offer him help, "I can help you." She was wearing a harmless smile on her face."Oh" The boy, of course, didn't believe her even a bit. Though it didn’t affect her mood in any way. After receiving a dull response, Layla resumed her work. Just then, her eyes fell on a familiar face."What are you doing here?" she asked the boy in the glasses."Mom asked me to come." He answered while sipping his coffee.'If not for my aunt, you wouldn't come.' When she was scolding him in
‘What a beautiful girl.’ Jealousy surged inside them. Seeing such a breathtaking face they wanted nothing more than to ruin it. But they couldn’t let their emotion run wild, not in front of Zou Haoran, their ultimate target. Maintaining their smiles, they shifted their attention from Zou Haoran to Layla. “Hi, my name is Ava.” “Hi, I’m Mia.” “Layla.” A curt reply came out of her mouth making them feel that she was putting on airs. But, the truth was Layla wasn’t willing to be a part of their act. Thus there was no reason for her to play accordingly. ‘Too too arrogant,’ they complained inwardly. Hearing Layla’s cold tone that was devoid of any emotion turned their mood somewhat sour but they could not give up so easily especially when they had seen from the far how friendly Zou Haoran was with this rude girl. Therefore, left with no option they had to please her as this guy blatantly refused to corporate with them. “Nice to meet you, Layla.” They replied with enthusiasm as if they
Reaching near the door Opal noticed something unusual. "Hmm, why it's dark?" She questioned herself as she slowly pushed the door.“Happy Birthday!!” Both the girls shouted in unison as one of them also pressed the switch. They had a big grin on their faces as they took note of every expression Opal made in seconds. They could guess that Opal was very much pleased by the surprise they had prepared for her and it could be considered the first step to success.Opal’s eyes widened in surprise. She checked the time and it was already 12:01 am. ‘It’s my birthday.’ She reminded herself as her eyes sparkled with joy and a pure smile bloomed on her face.At first, her family also used to wish her at midnight but gradually things changed as her sister started to get busy with work and her parents started to go to bed early with aging. Though her family would always make her day awesome enough that could make others jealous but she missed this feeling. She missed those midnight birthday wishes.
“It’s been many days honestly I was waiting for some reaction or an ambush, given how much I angered him.” stirring the fork in noodles Layla exposed the doubt in her heart, “Do you think it was normal that he didn’t come to find me?” She really thought that he would come to find her and seek trouble. She clearly read it on his face. That is why Layla was so confused. “You should watch fewer dramas,” Ryan commented in a monotonous tone as he maintained his deadpanned face. Although he said so but he was also worried about Layla crossing paths with him accidentally or intentionally. For the past few days, he was paying special attention to this matter. He even went as far as hacking some cameras of nearby public places but he didn’t find anything. And he didn’t know whether it was a good thing or bad. Layla rolled her eyes and continued eating while maintaining silence. She would never be able to guess that that man was sent to the police that very evening by Opal’s people. He was a r
“Ah!!” “Oww” “Sorry” Layla apologized timidly to the second ‘ghost’ she accidentally punched after entering the building. “It-it was a reflex action.” She added hoping to lessen the ghost’s resentment. No one knew whether her action was really an accident or a deliberate act. Ryan snorted at the scene unfolding in front of him. His actions made others recall the words he uttered before entering the building. Now they realized how foolish they were to think that he was scared. “You will have to walk in the middle. And that's final.” He added before she could utter any word of protest. He did not want to give more workers a chance to gossip about a certain crazy customer they got. “You seem to know vice-prez very well, pre
When Layla followed behind Opal she saw a man passing by Opal and laying his hand on her inappropriately. This made her mind short circuit for a second. Layla flew in rage. Without wasting time she kicked that man hard, making him fall in the process. “Oye!! What’s wrong with you?” He raged out. His face flushed red seeing a girl glaring at him furiously. Apparently, he also guessed that she saw something she shouldn’t and that made her react like this but no way in hell he was gonna admit a thing if she dared to question him. When he was gloating inside about how he would deal with her and her questions, something unexpected happened. Layla, again, kicked him making him unable to steady his foot successfully. “What’s wrong…?” she sneered. “I’m just doing
“Aren’t you getting late now?” Ryan asked helplessly as he saw Layla was still busy clicking pictures even after Zou Haoran arrived. On top of that, she had made that guy her photographer. He was speechless. What Ryan didn’t know was that Layla was charmed by Zou Haoran’s photography skills thus she unleashed her full desire today.“Just a few more. Till then, you focus on your thing.” He could hear the underlying message in her tone. He shook his head inwardly as he remembered when he was sulking on how he was forced to come here, he received a message. Taking out his phone he saw Layla texted him. “Do something to your face. It’s making others uncomfortable, especially a certain someone.”He raised his head and found Layla gesturing to him with her eyes. From then Ryan reluctantly let go of his anger
Opal was relaxing in the room. Wearing a light green top with black shorts, she was lying on her tummy with her legs dangling in the air. She looked beautiful and that carefree smile of hers was enough to steal hearts. While Lani, who was also present was lying on one side of her body. Her hand was supporting her head as she was staring at the screen of her phone. Her long black hair was beautifully scattered on her body and bed making her look like an exquisite art. Everything was fine but all of sudden something unexpected happened which shook the whole room. “AHH!!!” Abruptly, Opal screamed at the top of her lungs. Her soft feet landed on the floor and with the speed of lighting, she ran out of the room, barefoot. This scream’s impact was a little too powerful. La
After resting yesterday and this morning Layla was feeling much better and now her most concerning situation also has passed she decided to come to work today. Anyways it was a holiday after the sports day and Layla couldn’t stand her roommate aka friend Lani asking her too many questions.When Lani questioned her earlier she somehow managed to brush her off. She only told her how she was injured but didn’t inform her anything about the drama that took place before that.Reaching her destination she opened the door only to be greeted by a surprise… or shock. She was stupefied to see many of her acquaintances from school waiting here to welcome her.She could feel too many gazes as if they were ready to pounce on her and tear her apart. “Uncle, chase away whoever isn't here to buy anything ye
Looking at her slightly tired reflection in the mirror Layla let out a heavy breath. Coupled with the pain in her waist she faced a troublesome morning today. And now, she had to go to the sports ground. After all, soon it will be time for her race.She raised her head to meet her own eyes. Yesterday’s events were still playing in her mind making her sigh again. She remembered that Zou Haoran stopped the bike in front of a hospital, making her dumbfounded in the process.Tired at the shop, she didn’t pay any attention along the way, making her miss the fact that this guy was heading to the hospital.She asked him to go to the pharmacy. Did he assume something on his own? It was then she was forced to narrate the whole incident to him and the purpose behind her request.