Chapter 234 Prelude to the Storm (1/2)

After months of being away from school, Kyle finally came back.

As he stood at the gates of Sakura Academy, Kyle couldn't believe that he actually missed school. The movie had been fun and all - a distraction after the assassination - but school was still the place to be.

In his previous life where he couldn't truly appreciate how fun and easy-going school life was, as he was too busy trying to catch up in studies and the normal 'school stuff'. It had been stressful and though Kylie did participate in school events, it wasn't enough. Nor could she enjoy it enough.

Now, however, Kyle knew that school time was definitely the easiest time - despite all that he was doing in the background. It was his home-away-from home. His vacation time. Have fun to the max!!

Xing Han was eagerly waiting for him at the gates and they boisterously and loudly made their way back to the dorms. Xing Han, being Xing Han, was busy ribbing Kyle and messing up his hair while Kyle ran from him.

So the moment Kyle dashed through the entrance of the Dorms, his entrance created quite a stir. Eyes sparkling, shirt partly open, hair sexily messed up and his laugh. Oh dear Lord, his laugh. He skidded to a stop the moment he came in and was quite close to one girl.

”Oh, sorry,” Kyle said while flashing his Colgate smile.

The girl, seeing him suddenly in front of her, just froze. The next thing Kyle knew, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

With quick reflexes, he caught her before she fell, easily swooping her in his arms.

The other girls in the lounge screamed.

Kyle was so shocked that he almost dropped the girl in his arms. The screams woke up the girl in his arms, and when she realised that Kyle was holding her, her mind went blank. Instead of fainting again, however, she wrapped her arms around his neck and held on tight, burying her head in his chest and inhaling his scent.

She was in Heaven.

This scene caused the other girls to scream even more, some even pointing at Kyle and the girl.

Kyle put the girl's legs down but she still hung onto him. So, essentially, she was like a gecko, stuck to his chest. Kyle spread his arms out, not touching her and he said gently, ”Er, I think you're alright now.”

Her friends came by then, taking the opportunity to get close to Kyle as they literally peeled her off Kyle.

”We're so sorry, Senior Kyle. Really sorry,” they kept apologizing while taking the girl away. They also took the opportunity to softly caress Kyle on the neck as they peeled the girl's hands off his neck and felt up his abs as they pulled her away from Kyle.

Xing Han had caught up by then, saw the scene of how several pairs of hands were touching Kyle all over while pulling a girl away and he stood next to him, patting Kyle on the shoulder.

”Well, at least your clothes are intact this time,” Xing Han said, brushing Kyle's shirt.

Kyle suppressed a shiver as he looked at the girls who were staring at him.

He had been safe-and-sound within the security of the Smith Mansion during the entire filming aspect that it completely slipped his mind about his level of popularity in school. Well, he knew and he did kind of expect it, but not to this extent.

He didn't remember it being it like this. Perhaps due to his absence for so long, that 'normal fan base' reactions were a tad more unrestrained than usual.

Make that a lot more.

He cringed upon thinking that he was going to have to go through that for the next few days. Weeks, if unlucky. It had better not be until the end of the school year.

”Really?” Kyle was whispering under his breath to Xing Han, ”Just what happened while I was away?”

”Nothing,” Xing Han replied, flinging his hand across Kyle's shoulder and leading him to the elevator, ”That's the crux of it. There was no 'Kyle' to drool over and people were actually looking kinda depressed.”

”I think your Insta account got more views and downloads since you were away, but you got to ask Kay about that,” Xing Han mused.

”Also, I think the first years were the one who were hit the most. I believe they came here - and this Dorm - for you and you weren't here! Those girls earlier were First Years, by the way, in case you didn't realise.”

Kyle sighed, shaking his head.