7 Rumor 1 (2/2)

”I didn't do any of that...”

Realizing the smaller girl had taken her words the wrong way, Aika sat down on her new friend's bed and pulled her into a hug.

”I know you didn't. Even if I didn't trust my new roommate over someone who won't even post this garbage with their real account, they claim to have seen you bring a man to your dorm room last night and say they have proof.”

Aika tossed Aria's phone back to her on the bed and smirked.

”And for some reason, I'm pretty sure that didn't happen.”

Before the two were able to finish talking, a stream of messages started pouring in through Aria's phone. Within just a single minute, nearly a hundred messages were received and more were coming through constantly.

Each ding her phone made reminded her how desperate the situation was.

After several more seconds, Aria jumped up and grabbed Aika's hands.

”Wait! You can just tell everyone they can't be true because you're my roommate and we were both here last night.

When she heard what Aria said, Aika sighed and shook her head. She wished that it was that simple for her to fix the girl's problem but she couldn't think of anything she could say to make it seem innocent.

”If I do that, people will just assume you paid me off or that just that single part of the rumor is untrue, it will just make it worse.”

The relieved smile that had been growing on Aria's face before that gradually faded away and her brows furrowed.

”I guess I'll just make a post saying it's all lies. I already typed it.”

As she was about to move to hit submit, her phone was grabbed from her hands again and turned off before getting tossed to the corner of the room. It made a loud thudding noise, but neither of the two people in the room paid attention to it.

”If we can't prove that you're innocent, we just need to prove that whoever this anonymous user is guilty. Even if people still believe them afterwards, their attention will all be on them.”