89 : The First Year III pt. 35 (1/2)

Freya was standing there with a smug grin on her face as she watched Matthew step off the stage. He brushed the front part of his hair to get it out of the way of his eyes. Noticing the look on Freya's face he mentally prepared himself for whatever she had to say.

”Look at you, flirting and winning. The beauty falls in love with the villain, that's a new one.”

Freya started teasing Matthew as she grinned and rocked back and forth on her heels.

Usually it would be a beauty falling in love with a hero, but Matthew played the role of the villian. He jumped into another groups fight and interrupted it causing chaos. Not only that he dragged the so called 'beauty' on the ground. However, at the end the two of them seemed close as if a romance was budding between them.

Matthew furrowed his eyebrows. What did she mean beauty falling in love with the villian? Who was a villain? He wasn't, he couldn't be.

Matthew stood in front of Freya and poked her cheek with his index finger. Causing her to jump back, because she was rocking back and forth on her heels she nearly fell.

This action caused Matthew to laugh as he held his stomach.

”You're just jealous it isn't you.”

After making fun of Freya, Matthew walked past her and strolled towards Katherine.

She appeared to be miserable as she looked down towards the ground and moved her right leg in small circles.

”Hey, how'd you do?”

Matthew asked her, he did not see her the entire match. He wondered if she actually walked off the stage like she said she'd do. Was that even possible?

Katherine stopped moving her foot and looked up at Matthew. Rolling her eyes at the fact she failed to accomplish what she had hoped for.

”Sadly I moved on to the next round. There was no end to the dessert, it just seemed to go on and on.”

Finally gaining his answer Matthew wanted to laugh. She was trying hard not to participate in this competition but somehow ended up passing the first round. Others would be envious of her luck.

”I'm glad you passed, even if it wasn't your wish.”

Matthew patted Katherine on the shoulder as he meant what he said.

How could she as the fiancee of Nick fail to pass the first round?

Katherine cocked her head to the side a bit as she was confused. What was he talking about?

”Why?”

She seeked a reply from him.

Matthew had a look of confusion on his face.

”What do you mean by why?”

”I mean, why are you glad I passed? I did not wish to pass, so i'm disappointed. Not in the fact that I ended up going to the next round, but disappointed I could not find an exit!”

Katherine explained as she stared into Matthew's green eyes. Her face seemed to have a strange glow to it, causing her beauty to evolve to another level.

There were some things Matthew never noticed about Katherine before, mostly about her appearance. She was cold and quiet, but the feeling she was giving him now was warm. Matthew was drawn in by her silver eyes and got a bit flustered. This was new, he's never been flustered before.

”I… I mean would you rather be sitting on the sidelines watching as all your friends fight? Wouldn't it be better to be up there with us? That's why i'm glad you passed, it means another one of my friends made progress in their abilities which let them survive.

I know you might not hang out with us every day, or even talk with us a lot. However, I still consider you a friend, someone that's close to me. Th-that's why, i'm happy you passed.”

Matthew scratched the back of his head and kept his eyes off of Katherine's face.

He did not know why, but he couldn't look at her straight anymore.

There was no way he liked her. He couldn't, she belonged to Nick. So, why was he feeling this way?

”A friend… friend.”

Katherine started repeating friend a few times as she tapped her lip with her index finger.

This was the first time someone said she was their friend. She had many acquaintances, but none ever clarified what their exact relationship was. Katherine imagined her first friend would be a female, but… maybe Matthew wasn't bad as a friend.

”Eww.”

Freya said as she tried to get the sight of Matthew out of her eyes. He was over there flirting with Katherine, and had this stupid look on his face.

Just thinking about it caused her body to shudder.

”I hope she shuts him down.”