133 Fractions 2 (1/2)
I sneaked out of my dorm room through the window as usual. It was crazy how the meeting was right in the middle of the night at 3AM. But, I couldn't complain when Luke's fraction was just as crazy to hold it right before school started.
The location was near the dean's office where both middle and high school students could access. It was the only place where this was allowed for security purposes. Sometimes, the middle school dean would personally assign missions to the high school students.
The door was a familiar sight after my frequent visits. Ben waited for me as he leaned against the door. I already guessed Ben would personally take me to another location. These fraction meetings seemed so secretive.
When I took his offered arm, Ben had teleported me to a room inside a stony castle. I wondered if we were outside the campus as I instantly discovered another barrier that stopped time. There was no way the campus who mixed some futuristic automation with traditional decorations would have an ancient room with no alterations.
”Are we still on campus?” I asked him.
”We're in the high school section that not many people know about,” Ben revealed.
”Hey Rika,” Cillian greeted me.
I gasped when I saw the same girl with the BL comic inside the room. She covered her face with her soft chocolate hair when she remembered I had helped pick up her stuff yesterday. There was also Henry, who I met during social week and their partners who I had never met before.
One of them yawned from the lack of sleep as there was a big exam coming up. She stretched out her arms as the girl next to her kept on pinching her side to keep her awake. They were dressed the same like they were twins except one had a short bronze bob and another had shoulder-length tanned curls.
”Sienna,” The one with the short bob chided her.
The high school girl was also beside another person I had never met before. His light strawberry blond hair waved in various directions like it was intentional. At the same time, his eyes glowed cherry pink under the moonlight.
Alice leaned against the wall beside two more pairs of high school students who hid inside the shadows. She friendly smiled in my direction, remembering our time together during social week. I liked Alice since the first time I met her since she didn't appear to be afraid of anything.
Before Ben could lead the meeting, I came to shake the high school girl's hands. It was hard to find a fellow otaku in the first district. I could already imagine helping ourselves out when we needed to hide our stock.
”Do you already know each other?” Ben asked while the others seemed curious with their interested eyes that glimmered.
”She's the one who has few BL comics from the early volumes of the magazines,” I revealed, thinking that the group was open to otakus since Ben's sister had a stash of her own.