5

Xenia reached Romily's home and found that only her bestie was at home. Well, Romilly's the one she wanted to see anyway.

"Xixi, you want a hug or a kiss?" Romilly asked as her friend put her school bag on the dining table.

"Hug," Xenia replied with a dull face.

"Honey, you look so gloomy. What did he penalise you with?"

Xenia broke the hug and replied. "2 weeks of cleaning the toilets. To shorten it, I have to solve a complicated math question on my own and then explain the answers to him via zoom."

"That's not too hard, is it? The hard part should be the question."

"That's not it. The painful part is that the time to deliver the answer via zoom exactly clashes with my competition."

"The MCL?"

"Yeah! You know I worked so hard for this chance to lead my squad to victory and now this..." Xenia said with ire.

"It's okay dear. Calm down. It's not compulsory for you to do it right? You just need to clean the toilet for 2 weeks."

"Bah! I'm not doing that. 3 days just like Weston. That's