Chapter 9:

#05: Extra Curricular

AirWise


The last subject for the morning class has ended and everybody can take their lunch, but Genesis needs to go to the faculty room to personally submit his assignment sheet from yesterday. While waiting for his return, the 3 friends decided to play a game to pass time while waiting for their friend's return. And the game of choice was "Poker".

Instead of betting money or giving orders like buying juice or bread, they decided to bet and use their lunch as their betting chips

Mann: ( Puts his covered lunchbox in the middle of the table) Just so you know, I take pride in taking someone's belongings by justifiable means

Kim: ( Puts his lunchbox in the middle of the table ) We might be friends, but I expect that you honor your words by the time I beat the both of you

Ren: ( takes a look at his lunchbox first, he was hesitant to bet at first, but alas, his pride overtaken his mindset, and decided to partake in the game ) I'm quite comfortable as I've seen this kinda stuff in those movies

Mann: (closed his hands and asked Ren) You mean this is your first, young lad?

Ren: ( smile to Mann ) Yeah, I'm quite nervous and excited at the same time, but it's a gamble, sometimes you win,  sometimes you lose

Kim: (Hides his facial expression by looking to the floor) Ah yeah, yeah, gambles are always 50/50, you just don't know what you're gonna get

Ren: haha! Yeah, absolutely, I mean, there's always a first, I hope I win

And the 3 friends started the game, and to avoid any form of cheating, they asked the passerby Mimi to shuffle the cards and give them a pair, and since Mimi will leave as she needs to have her lunch, they will only deal with the cards that they have, they name the current situation as "One shot Gallipoli".

Mann: ( check his cards, then smiled at Kim and Ren ) the stars might be favoring me very well today

Ren: ( check his cards, smiles, and feels nice ) I don't know what I have but I'm quite excited, haha!

Kim: ( check his cards, put them back on his table and look back to the floor ) that's life I guess, hmmm...

Ren: are you ok Kim? you look nervous

Mann: (starts tapping his nails to the table) well I guess that's how life is, you know, nice

Ren: I mean yeah, but you are looking pale Kim, Are you sure you are good?

Mann: leave him alone, that's what a person looks like when they are in a very dangerous situation

Ren: ( in a very small voice he said, you mean he has bad cards )

Kim: ( looks back to his friends ) it's ok, I think everything is gonna be ok

Little to his knowledge but his friends are playing just between themselves all along. Kim is pretending to have bad cards and continuously looking to the floor as his glass ain't no normal glass, in the tip of it is a special part where you can use it like a telescope, it can see faraway things, and below them is a drop of water, he sees the reflection of a mirror that reflects the left card in Mann's hand. On the other hand, Mann is using his very light disorder called "Hyperacusis", and he just hears things quite clearer than the rest and the people passing by behind Kim are talking about the right card on his hand as the left card is covered.

Mann: ( open his lunchbox, and take his bet he then put it on the lid in the middle of the table ) I bet, half of my rice, 2 fried shrimps and my scrambled eggs

Ren: wow, me too, here is mine, half of my rice, 2 cuts of my spam, 1 chili dog, and a bread

Kim: ( still pretending that he has the worse cards amongst them, he shakes his head and proceeds ) here is mine, half of my rice, all of my fried vegetables, half of my soup, and all my croquettes 

Then a matter of battle of the minds ensues between Mann and Kim

Mann: are you sure, betting on unsure cards is a bad habit that you might develop 

Kim: it's ok, that's life, I won't regret any, are you also sure about yours, little trivia, I've dreamt of 3 birds and a club, so, I wonder what was that about ( he proceeds to look back to the floor to hide his emotions )

Mann: ( he thought in his head, " This bastard, how did he know that I have a 3 of clubs in my hand, then he said ) that's quite a dream you have there, but you know, if I were to have a son, I wouldn't dare name him Jack, that bastard Jack made Rose cry, unforgivable!

Kim: ( his emotional expression drastically changes as soon as he heard what Mann has just said and he thought in his head " How on earth did he manage to get such vital information, such trickery! , then he said ) I mean, he is the main cast, can't do anything about that, can we

Ren: ( was murmuring ) oh, two's, I wonder if I can win with this

Mann: oh did you just say something Ren?

Ren: oh nothing, I'm just thinking out loud, nothing important, let's proceed, want to add more bets ( he then takes back the bets on the lid and put them back in his lunchbox )

Kim: hey, why did you take those back?

Ren: oh this?  (He then put the lid of Mann's lunchbox back to his and put his entire lunch box in the middle of the table and said) All in! Haha! I'm quite nervous and excited

Mann & Kim: ( thinking in their head ) hahaha! You fool! Your food is mine!

Mann: sure, I'm getting hungry too, here, all in ( put his lunchbox in the middle of the table )

Kim: ( for the last time he released a huge smile while looking to the floor before showing his serious face to his friends ) well here we go huh, me too, I'm all in

And the 3 friends unveil their cards and only one can take all the prizes.

Mann and Kim were smiling while pooping in the cr as they were talking about what happened earlier during lunch

Mann: can you believe that, that we're gonna enjoy such a meal that way

Kim: no kidding, it was my first to befriend such a good person

Earlier after they unfold their cards, they were all shocked, Mann's cards were a pair of 3's, Kim's was a Jack and a King, and Ren have a Pair of Ace, Ace of heart, and Ace of Spade, and to confirm his victory, Yami saw what happened and told Ren that he won the game. 

After claiming his winnings, when Mann and Kim were about to leave, he called them

Ren: hey, where are you going? ( pull a huge banana leaf out of his bag )

Mann: what do you mean, we lose, that's why we're gonna head to the cafeteria to grab some food

Kim: congrats man, hope to play with you next time

Ren: what are you two talking about, we're friends, right? Now sit and let's enjoy this ( he put all their foods in the banana leaf ) did you know when I was in the Philippines, they have this on the open street and they called this "Budol Fight" where families and friends have to enjoy the foods with happy faces

Mann & Kim: ( still can't believe that their friend who is the total virgin of them all is saying that, they never felt such emotions, not even from their families, and then they start eating with their friend Ren )

Ren: ( talking to himself in his head ) Fools!, my uncle owned a casino and I was once his protege until I came back here in this country, and luckily, that man, "Niccoló" and his book The Prin-, oops, I'm thinking too much, they might smell what I'm really thinking into, slowly  but surely, 1st is making them open themselves to me completely then making them owe me, then the rest shall follow

And the 3 friends enjoy their lunch, especially Ren.