Chapter 3: The Man at the Rooftop

Chapter 3: The Man at the Rooftop

HER CLASSES ended like the usual—boring. She never had a chance to have a friend since everyone thought so low of her for always being at the bottom. They are also scared of being targeted by the higher-ranking bullies that is why no one ever approached her. 

Well, the only good thing that happened even when they were already back is, she encountered no one after her first meeting with the troublesome twins and her crush. Wherever they are, they just bring so much hardships and troubles that she sometimes wished they could just disappear forever.

Right now, she is on her way to her usual spot inside the school that she uses before she comes home to ease her mind and have some peacefulness whenever she is stressed. Today, she decided to drop by again because of the overwhelming stress that the twins caused her.

Her secret place is the abandoned clinic that is far from the crowded places of the school inside the campus vanity. The place looked creepy like it was haunted but it was nice for her. Or maybe she is just weird? So far, she hasn’t experienced anything scary yet so she is not scared at all as for her, the place was better than staying in the normal areas of the school where she would have a high chance of meeting the members of Au Elites. For her, there are no other terrifying people in their world that she feared other than them. They made her life miserable. Who knew if they would do it again? The twins already started it, didn't they?

The moment she got there; an exasperated sigh came out from her mouth as she glanced at the school buildings from afar.

She is currently leaning on the rooftop railings that were reaching her belly button while pondering before she accidentally glanced at her jacket and smiled so bright.

"Did that thing really happen? Did he really talk to me? That famous Liev talked to me…” she whispered to herself with a mixture of happiness and being in denial.

When she recovered from her shock earlier, she immediately removed the jacket as she was certain that she would gather a lot of attention just by wearing it. The man’s fangirls would definitely do everything just to snatch the jacket away and she didn’t want that to happen.

Liev always loved to wear hoodies or jackets with his name embroidered on it. The one that she has right now has a big "Liev" embroidery on the back. Many of his fangirls would surely snatch it from her as all of them are severely obsessed with the wearer of the jacket. Aside from that, Liev already wore it once, so the fan girls would like it even better because Liev’s scent still lingers on it. Because of its danger, she thought that it was better to hide it safely in her bag for the whole day before preserving it.

Why would she preserve it? Why else aside from the fact that she is also one of his fangirls? Liev was the only normal person that is a part of Au Elites. Aside from his looks, his attitude is also topnotch, who wouldn’t dream for him?

"Why are you talking to yourself? Are you crazy?" a masculine voice suddenly said.

The young lady glanced over the direction of the voice and gasped with widened eyes after seeing a figure.

She took a step back in reflex that made her body lose balance and fall on the rooftop. Is it her end? Such an ugly way to die. 

"THAT girl obviously likes you, Liev!" Chase said as he laughed hilariously hard before tapping his friend’s shoulders.

It has been a while since the twins started teasing the guy who looked as though he didn’t have any knowledge about his surroundings.

Liev MacQuoid is currently a nineteen-year-old guy, ranked as the third highest student in their whole school and a part of Au Elites; sitting on the second chair as a part of the MacQuoid Clan, together with his sister.

The three are about to go home. That is why all of them were now sitting on the grand waiting shed of the school while waiting for their own carriages.

"So? It's not a big deal. Why are you trying to make small things bigger when it was supposed to be nothing?" Liev said casually before standing after sighting his service.

"Liev, don't you want to play a game with us where you will be the king and not First? You'll be the one to manipulate, order or anything," Hunter quickly said, afraid that their subject would immediately leave before they could even get heard.

Liev shrugged his shoulders, as if he had no interest at all. 

"So what? I don't care about it that much," he replied.

"There'll be a bonus. Don't you want to try playing? We'll help you..." 

Before Liev could even leave, the twin's words already brought interest to his curiosity—leading them to a perilous path they didn't know they'd be facing in the future.

OR SO she thought. The owner of the voice earlier immediately pulled her from falling to death.

"Who are you? Why are you here in my place? Why do you have a cover around your body? Are you a student here?" the young lady asked continuously while raising her eyebrows and shooting dagger looks to meet the gaze of the gossipy intruder.

"Shh. Too many questions I'm never going to answer. Just let me stay here for a while," the guy calmly replied in a tone filled with snobbishness.

The person stood straight after he managed to pull her from her death—reason why her jaw dropped momentarily.

The guy is so tall that she would need to raise her head if she wanted to meet his gaze. As if she is a rat while he is a mighty lion. Truthfully, she only reached his chin. Aside from that, he is also fully covered in black cloth on his head, leaving only the part of his eyes free from hiding. The only reason she assumed that he is a male was because of his deep voice and large body build that couldn’t be compared to any woman.

"So, who are you talking about earlier?" the guy asked, which made her fidget in shock and took her back to reality.

After a few minutes of being lost for words, Crostelia only found herself sitting on the floor while the mysterious guy who suddenly showed up in her spot was already using her thighs as his pillows.

Who is this guy? She asked in her mind.

Based on his uniform, he is also a student of her school. The odd thing is, she never saw him before. Even when it is a big school, with a fashion style like his, it wouldn't be impossible for her to notice him.

Who is he? She is famous in their school for being the bullies' apple of the eye. That is why she is wondering why this guy had the guts to be near her.

Anyway, it looked like she would never see him again so maybe she could talk to him about her crush? She never had someone her age to tell stories about her crush and other stuff that is why she is very thrilled even with just the thought of it.

"The one I was talking about is a part of Au Elites. The jacket I am wearing is even his, that's why I’m—huh?" Crostelia said with a smile before stopping upon seeing that the white jacket she was wearing was changed into black! Aside from that, it was so big that it looked like a dress to her!

When she tried to find the jacket of Liev, her mouth parted upon seeing where it was. Why is it on the ground? And she is even sitting on it!

"Huh!? How did this thing get here!?" she said, confused while staring at the white jacket that immediately got tainted with dirt.

"Well, I used it so I could have a pillow," the guy said casually while she, on the other hand, was already raging mad inside.

How dare he used it that way!? She already thought of keeping it like the way it was so that Liev's scent would stay forever but how could she still do that if he already made it dirty? Now, she would have to wash it.

"What? You're mad? You're already wearing my jacket. Be glad. That's a lot better.”

Crostelia’s jaw dropped again upon hearing his boastful remarks but she still tried to secretly smell the jacket to see if he was right or he was lying—and he was freaking right! She didn’t want to admit it to herself but her nose already liked smelling his refreshing scent. But! She’d never tell him about it. Never!

It was weird though, his smell kind of felt nostalgic and she didn’t know why. 

It was the first time they met so how would it become nostalgic?