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She then looked up at me, and that was when I felt my heart start accelerating. Her eyes were somewhat teary, which when combined with that blushing face of hers, it for some reason had an oddly alluring effect. It kinda makes me want to protect it from harm and only allow myself to be the one to mess with her. In summary, she's very cute at the moment.
"Y-you should've said it earlier."
God damn it. Why am I getting flustered?
"Where do you live?"
She then told me her address, and I told her which line to take depending on her address. However, she appeared to still be quite confused. Then, I took out my phone, taught her how to use the Map app to see what line to take, but she still looked at me with those helpless eyes of hers. Therefore, I decided to give up.
"I'll take her home," I looked over my shoulder and at Muria. "You can go ahead."
Muria then chuckled and crossed her arms. "Who says I'm waiting for you?" she said in a cold and mocking voice. "How narcissistic are you? I'm just here to make sure you don't do anything weird to Irina."
"..." I frowned out of being annoyed and looked at her. "You coming or not?"
"Of course I'm going," she said. "Who knows what a desperate monster like you will do once you get the chance to be alone with a girl."
"...I'm not that bad of a person," I sighed as I started leading Irina to the platform for her train.
"Are you sure you're a person and not a thirsty wolf?" Muria then responded in a mocking manner.
On her face was a look of confidence and superiority, a look that I can't bring myself to hate or despise no matter how much she mocked me. Maybe I've already accepted her character and it has no effect on me, but for some reason I couldn't sense any real disdain in her voice.
I ignored her and passed through the ticket gates by quickly bringing my phone over the scanner, allowing the machine to know that I'm going to be using this line. This train line that I was about to board isn't covered in my school commute pass. Therefore, what I scanned is basically my payment information. Once I scan my phone once again at the ticket gates of the station where I disembark, the funds will be deducted from my virtual wallet.
On the train it was already somewhat crowded, with the three of us being forced to be close together. Since this was probably Irina's first time in a long time riding in a packed train car, I used my own body to shield off other passengers and secured enough breathing room for her and Muria.
"Thank you," Muria expressed her gratitude.
So when it's situations like this, she can talk normally to me...
The train ride didn't take too long since Irina's house was on the banks of the Helliger River in one of the skyrise condo buildings by the river on the Nocsinis end of the river. It was quite a wealthy area. The stores and restaurants here all appeared quite high end, with some of the shorter buildings by the road having a rooftop park area for guests to rest at. That's not the rare to be honest and can be found in other areas in Palisia, but it's still kinda fancy.
"Which building is it?" I stepped to the side as we exited the train station at Nocsinis Station to allow the many skyscrapers that characterized the city to come into view and for Irina to point out for me.
"That one," Irina pointed at an extremely tall and creatively designed skyscraper in the distant sky.
"That one?" I looked in the direction she pointed in and then back at her and Muria. "Let's go."
I decided to lead since I probably had the best sense of direction out of the three of us. Muria has demonstrated that she does not have a good sense of direction in the past already, and Irina... I don't expect much from her. I don't blame her because she probably never had the chance to truly walk the streets since she's usually escorted around in vehicles with tinted windows which made it difficult to remember the route.
The two girls behind me don't seem to have a problem with me leading since they followed without saying a word. That works with me since it's quieter and probably made it so that we could arrive at our destination even quicker.
We walked by the numerous skyscrapers and high rises, passing by numerous stores, restaurants, pedestrians, and cars on the road. The city was lively even as night slowly approached and casted a dark veil over the world. However, the city was brightly illuminated with its many street lights, store lights, and bright neon signs. Many windows of the skyscrapers were also illuminated, creating a beautiful scene in the dark sky.
A gentle wind blew by as I walked, letting me know that the river was extremely close to us. Like I had expected, after walking for a short while, the river came into view as we approached the riverbank. On the riverbank was a trail that some people used to jog with occasional benches for resting. The river was also extremely colorful as it reflected the lights from the skyscrapers that towered over it to its and our left. I looked up at the skyscraper, taking in the beauty of its modern design, feeling as if I was in a forest but instead of trees, it's skyscrapers.
It wasn't long until the three of us came across the building Irina resided in. At the front, there was a security post where security guards were deployed to monitor that only residents or approved guests may enter the building. Seeing that she probably knows the way from here and that it was getting late, I decided that I should start heading home.
"You know the way from here on?" I asked her. "Just ride the elevator to your floor and enter your house."
"I-I know!" she blushed.
"Goodnight," I casually smiled after knowing that my mission hads been accomplished. "See you tomorrow."
"See you," Muria added as well.
"See you guys tomorrow," Irina bowed her head in gratitude and smiled as she saw us off.
Retracing our steps and walking down the sidewalk with the Helliger River now to our left, I looked across the wide river and at the Lumina District on the other side.
"That's our building," I pointed out as I saw the familiar shape of the building that Muria and I resided in.
Muria looked in the direction I was looking in as well, taking in the beautiful nighttime skyline of the Lumina District. The many windows of the skyscrapers on the other side of the river were all brightly illuminated, creating a beautiful light show in the nighttime sky. As we gazed at our home, a gentle breeze blew by, moving my hair and stinging my face with its low temperature. It blew past me, moving Muria's long black hair in the air and causing her skirt to dance in the air.
"Let's head home," I muttered.
"Yeah," I heard Muria lightly agree from behind me.
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Author's Note:
Longer Chapter this time. 10 pages in Google Docs instead of the usual 6 pages. Please vote and comment😭😭😭😭
And just saying, these daily postings aren't gonna last forever. Once senior year of high school starts for me, the current schedule won't last. It'll probably be two times per week that I'll post or something like that... And if I'm still writing once I hit college... updates will be slow... But that's in the future, so no need to worry about it now.
