So you know her name

Our group is walking down the school corridor towards their respective classrooms.

"Ghalen isn't coming?" Ken asks noting his absence.

"Yesterday he had to work overtime and he's going to be a bit late. I had to walk this morning!" Briar replies before bursting a bubble gum.

"Nora is late too. I'll call her." Before the first ring could even finish, Will heard a familiar ringtone coming from behind him. He was greeted by a hug from behind from his girlfriend, who wrapped her arms around his waist planting a kiss on his cheek.

"Are you missing me already?" She says, resting her head on his back. Will turns his head to get a better look at her.

"I always miss you." He then notices slight dark circles under her eyes. "Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"Oh... no, someone in my building has been drilling late into the night but I'm fine. I'll catch up on sleep later."

"Sorry to hear that." He breaks away from the embrace only to turn to face her and kiss her on the lips.

"Get a room!" Brayton jokes.

In the meantime the group had stopped walking and Ken's expression seems to become brighter when he sees Rebecca just ahead of them and without thinking too much he runs towards her.

"Doesn't he look like a dog when he does that?" Briar reflects aloud.

"He's the golden retriever type." Brayton agrees with them.

"I was quite shocked when he called me yesterday to get all that information about her. Rebecca doesn't seem to be her type."

"Yeah, easy-going, flirty girls aren't his type anymore? You see him a lot with girls like that." Briar nods at Brayton's assumption.

"Actually, I think he has no regular type but goes for beautiful girls." Will joins the conversation.

"Do you think she's beautiful?" Nora pouts at him.

"Much less than you, my beautiful princess." He gives her a grin, intertwining his fingers with hers; making her blush.

"You must know the reason Nora and I are together is him. If he hadn't flirted with her we would never have spoken."

"Oh my."

"I wanted to punch him for the shameless way he approached me..." Nora frowns remembering the moment.

"I can imagine how much more cheeky he was at the time." Brayton says, watching Ken talk to Rebecca in such an excited way he felt as if he'd grown a tail and ears. And they would be moving wildly.

Meanwhile, Ken and Rebecca were standing not far from the lockers.

"How are you now?"

"I'm better, thanks for everything." He looks at her knee and frowns when he sees the Band-Aid but smiles again saying:

"Happy to hear that. But... yesterday your complexion didn't really looked good, did you go to the hospital for a check? If you weren't so tired I would have taken you there. What did your parents say? They hate me, don't they?"

"I-I wasn't that sick that I had to go to the hospital... and you're fine."

"Are you sure? What did your parents say?"

"W-well... they just..." She looks away from him

"Don't tell me you didn't tell them?!"

"Ugh... it was nothing! I have to go now."

"Oh! I can tell you what the test is about. It was-" She stops him from finishing the sentence by placing her palm over his mouth but quickly take it off.

"N-no need..."

"Right, you’re one of the best in class. Do you like studying?"

"Not really..."

"Ohh...so do you like being at the top of the class? Or do you have strict parents?"

"I like being first in class. Now I really have to go..."

"Of course. Good luck. If you want, you can stay with me and my friends during the break."

"Your friends?"

"You know, Will, Briar..."

"Ah. Thanks, but I think I'll pass." With that said, she started walking towards their classroom.

"Wait, let's go together. We have the same class, after all!" He runs after her.

* * *

As soon as the teacher arrives, she assign an exercise to the class, while Rebecca carries out the check she should have done the day before. Ken observes her concentrated figure.

"What is the answer to the first question?" He then asks Will in a low voice after thinking for a few minutes about the answer.

"'c'."

"I was right! And this one?"

"'a'. Are you serious about it now?"

"Isn't that a good thing? I'm kind of good at this."

The two continue to do the exercises together until Ken notices Rebecca has stood up to hand in the test. As she sits down again, he takes out a small piece of paper and writes on it; he crumples it up and throws it at her. She jumps as something hits her head but stays put, not turning to him or picking up the paper on the ground. So he does that again. It ends up on her shoulder, but this time she doesn't seem to realize it at all.

Is she ignoring me? Why?! He throws another piece of paper at her with more enthusiasm than before, missing completely. It goes in front of her, so he hopes it has at least entered her vision and tries to call her name, not too loud so the teacher won't hear him.

Ken's last bullet was soaked in his saliva. Maybe it's too much but she's ignoring me on purpose. Best-case scenario I'll miss her again... He throws it with all the strength he has left and it lands on her hand. She lets out a loud squeak at the wet, damp feeling on her skin. The fact that the class is entirely concentrated on the teacher's explanation and there’s complete silence doesn’t go in her favor. Those closest to her look at her in confusion, while others look around trying to figure out what it was while others chuckle.

"Who did it?" The teacher, who was writing on the blackboard, turns to the class but no one answers, complete silence has fallen. Ken and Rebecca are in a cold sweat, and after a few seconds she shyly raises her arm without saying a word. Damn, Rebecca!

"It was me!" He stands up, doing what he can to take the attention away from her.

"Douglas... you were quiet until a few minutes ago, could you continue to do so?"

"Yes, ma'am!" He sits down again and the teacher sighs before continuing with the explanation.

After sitting down, his gaze falls on Rebecca who finally turned to look at him with an almost shocked expression but she turns away quickly.

That girl...