- New Friends -
|Next Morning|
In these few days, Charlotte used to eat her breakfast on her own. Sometimes, Altaira and Celeste would join her. But this morning, she joined the crowd and talked with them.
"Who would have guessed that rivals would be able to get along like this?" Noah asked.
"What? Are you jealous?" Charlotte asked him with a bright smile.
Noah snorted, "Why should I be jealous?"
Charlotte just smiled when she heard those words. She was sure that he was jealous.
"Earrings! Oh my God, haha!"
"Don't laugh!" Shibisu said even though he was actually smiling. "You might end up in Khun's bag! That happened to me last night!" He looked at Charlotte and asked her to be his witness.
Charlotte swallowed her food before she waved her palm and said, "Hey, don't look at me. I also don't want to end up in his bag."
"Ah, he won't do that" Shibisu said to her. "You are Bam's and Altaira's sister, he won't do anything to you!"
"Yeah! You are the safest!"
Charlotte just smiled when she heard those words. This kind of atmosphere made her remember about her old friends. Didn't they use to sit down together and to talk and make fun about lots of things?
Meanwhile, Bam realized that he still need to look for some friends that he decided to talk with Endorsi and to convince her to be friend with Hatz. But things didn't go like how he wanted.
"Bam, I'm sorry but I am not allowed to date" Endorsi said.
"Ah? Why not?" Bam wondered.
Charlotte snuck a glance at Khun who, like what she thought, was listening to Bam's conversation.
But when he noticed her gaze, Charlotte immediately lower her head and continued eating. When she glanced to him again and knew that he hasn't took his eyes away from her, she felt awkward and decided to finish her breakfast as soon as possible.
It wasn't only because she felt nervous with Khun around, but also because she remembered that she left something on the class that she wanted to go there as soon as possible. She also wanted to choose the back seat so that Yuga won't be able to notice her if she fell asleep in his class later on.
Shibisu laughed and said, "Calm down for a bit, Charlotte! No one is going to steal your food!"
The others chuckled and agreed. Altaira who had finished his breakfast and saw everything between Khun and Charlotte couldn't help but to smile. He purposely said, "That's right. No one is going to steal your food so why are you so hurried?" His blue eyes moved to Khun before he playfully added, "Or.....could it be that someone is staring at you?"
Charlotte coughed when she heard that. She covered her mouth and looked away while the others were still laughing. Khun raised one of his eyebrows at Altaira and wondered what was funny about it when he saw him smiling like that.
Altaira just grinned and patted Charlotte's back and said, "Take it slow, take it slow."
Bam who noticed that didn't even hesitate to pinch Altaira hand when Charlotte wasn't seeing. Altaira pulled back his hand and hissed in pain. He rubbed his hand that was pinched by Bam and glared to him. Coincidentally, Bam also glared back to him.
He turned his head away and ignored Altaira while talking with Endorsi again.
Celeste just sighed and shook her head for a bit.
Charlotte finished her food as fast as possible before she drank the water and then stood up and said, "I will be going first to class."
"But I haven't finished yet" Bam said. "Why are you so hurried to go to the class? I thought you don't enjoy the class."
That wasn't wrong.
"Brother, haven't you heard that the 'early birds get the worms first?' If we want to choose the back seat, then we should be hurry" Charlotte said.
"Ho~" Altaira pointed his index finger to Charlotte. He knew his sister more than anyone else in the tower even though they were separated for some time. "Say it, little devil, what are you plotting this time?"
"Don't wrong the innocent" Charlotte said. And then, she added again, "How can someone as innocent as me schemes something?"
"Innocent?" Altaira echoed before he chuckled.
Charlotte ignored him and looked at Bam, "Then I will go first, brother."
Bam nodded his head and smiled.
Charlotte was about to leave but before she left, she snuck a glance at Khun who noticed it and then she ran away.
Altaira shouted, "Hey! You can't just run after you finished your breakfast! It's not good for your health!"
"I know!"
But even though she replied on his words, she was still running and disappeared from their sights. Altaira just shook his head and then looked at Khun who asked him, "Do you know why your sister is so afraid of me?"
"Funny, I was about to ask you the same thing" Altaira answered.
Khun looked at Altaira. Judging from his expression and smile, he believed that he knew the answer but it seemed like he didn't want to give him an answer.
|Wave Controller Class|
Charlotte knew that after the scouts got the homework to look for the 10 friends, it was only the matter of time before they get the troublesome homework.
Charlotte wasn't really the type to talk with strangers unlike Bam who could get along with anyone. Therefore, this homework felt more like a punishment.
First, She wrote Bam's name and Hoh's name, although she didn't want to write Hoh's name on her friend list.
She looked at Bam and said, "Let's write Brother Altaira's and Celeste's names."
Noah whistled. He had seen how much Bam and Altaira disliked each other because of her. He said, "You are looking for a fight by writing like that, you know it right?"
Charlotte ignored the ghost.
Bam frowned and asked, "You had write his name first?"
For a moment, Charlotte thought that Bam was telling her to look and talk with Altaira first before adding him to their friend list. But then, knowing that Bam and Altaira didn't get along that well, he was actually wondering why should she wrote his name on the friend list.
"Because he.....is also our friend" Charlotte said. "Ah, Shibisu and Hatz still have some slots empty right? Let's be friend with them as well!"
Bam smiled and nodded his head. But he was still thinking about how to deal with Altaira so that he won't have to sign his name on his friend list.
•••
Altaira wondered why all these notable people were looking for him when the four of them knew very well that he didn't want to see everything single of them. He hid on his room and refused to let them in.
Charlotte wondered why Altaira suddenly behaved like this. But turned out, Hatz once angered him before when he and Shibisu was trying to be friend with him. Bam also had pinched Altaira's hand this morning as hard as he can and Altaira hasn't gotten a chance to have his sweet revenge yet.
"So from the five of us, Khun and I are the only one who hasn't angered my brother like this?" Charlotte asked.
"You overestimate me" Khun said. He looked at the door and said with a playful smile, "Judging from how stingy Altaira is, he must have not want to see me now."
"You also had offended him?" Charlotte asked him.
"I just talked with him for a bit and he is angry at me" Khun answered with a friendly smile.
"How short tempered" Bam responded and he wasn't even whispering.
"I heard that!"
But Bam ignored him and said to Charlotte, "Can we just go and look for someone else? I don't think Mr. Altaira wants to see us here."
"Yeah, we don't have to depend on this narrow minded person" Hatz said again.
But Charlotte wasn't really listening to them as she had another idea on her mind. She was thinking about what she should do to open the door. And of course, the first thing that she thought was to destroy that door and then block the exit so that Altaira couldn't run away. But that's too harsh right?
She smiled when she had gotten herself a brilliant idea.
"Brother, I'm sure you know that rumors could make one misunderstood about the others right?" She asked with a smile.
Khun was surprised when he heard about it. He didn't expect that Charlotte, Bam's younger sister will come up with this idea and smiled. On the other hand, the four others were wondering what she was planning, including Altaira.
But Altaira knew that his sister was up to nothing good and shouted from his room, "Little Devil! What are you planning?"
"Lately, I have noticed that you would always spend your time with Celeste" Charlotte said. "Wherever Celeste is, you will always be there. Whenever Celeste is in a problem, you would always help her. Could this be that......?"
"He likes Celeste?" Shibisu guessed and he was also surprised at his own thoughts.
"That's a lie!"
"Denying will only make the rumor stronger, brother" Charlotte said. "If you don't open the door, believe it or not, I will tell every single person in this floor that you like Celeste. Let's see whether people will believe in you or the rumors more."
At the end, Altaira opened the door for them grumpily. He said, "You little devil....am I actually your brother or not?"
Charlotte wore the innocent expression and then looked at Bam before she looked again to Altaira, "But he is also my brother. I'm just helping my brother."
Bam smiled when he heard about it.
When Altaira was going to sign his name at Charlotte's paper, he noticed that there was something wrong.
"Hey, there is something wrong with this paper" Altaira said.
"Did I write someone's name wrong?" Charlotte asked.
"Why is that boy's name is on the first?" Altaira asked.
This made Bam smile even wider when he saw Altaira getting annoyed.
"Don't be childish, I just wrote his name before you" Charlotte replied. "First comes first serves right?"
"Then next time, you have to write my name first" Altaira said.
"Then that will depend whether we will have this kind of homework and see who approaches me first" Charlotte replied.
"You can't be selfish, Mr. Altaira" Bam said it as well. "Besides, it's just the order. You won't get mad over something trivial like this right?"
'Trivial my head' Altaira said and turned his head away. He promised himself that he would get his revenge after this.