Sharing their first kiss, Vander wanted to send Alice back to the dorm in person. They walked side by side, holding hands and talked about how fun they had today.
Reaching the front gates of the dorm, Alice gave Vander a goodbye kiss.
"Love you."
"I love you too."
They said their goodbyes and Vander watched as Alice disappeared into her dorm.
After seeing Alice enter her dorm he turned around excited. He jumped up and clicked his heels. He just had his first kiss with his childhood crush, then got his second kiss right after. Vander was on cloud nine.
The six hour walk went by in a flash because all he was thinking about was the kiss. He didn't realize it until he reached the closed dorm gates.
"Mr. Hall, I believe I told you the rules were in your dorm room. The curfew is 10:00 PM." Alex warned Vander while he was leaning on the entrance gate.
Vander didn't even realize the time, it was already midnight. Spending time with Alice made time fly by.
"I'm sorry, I lost track of time. It won't happen again sir." Vander bowed down and apologized to Alex.
"Since you're being respectful, I'll let you off with a warning for now." Alex opened the gate and let Vander through.
"Thank you very much sir!" Vander gave his thanks and rushed into the dorm.
Since he didn't want to disturb his roommates, he entered quietly and layed down on his bed. Not bothering to take a shower because it was too late, he took out his phone.
Let's meet at 10AM same place GN ILY - V
Vander only sent one text and went right to sleep.
Waking up just a bit before 7AM, everybody else was also starting to wake up. While getting ready to meet up with Alice again, the door opened.
A black haired, fierce looking boy entered the room with luggage in hand. His gaze seemed like he was angry and wanted to fight.
"He-he-hello, my n-name is Noah. It's nice to meet you." Unlike his looks, he was very polite and shy. Stumbling with his words he held up his hand towards Vander waiting for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you too. My name is Vander. Sorry I can't talk for a bit longer, I have a meeting I have to get to." Accepting Noah's handshake, Vander then left the dorm room quickly.
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Vander reached the student center a little bit after 10 AM. Alice was at the same place as yesterday but she wasn't alone. She was talking to a man with blonde hair.
Getting closer to the building, Vander realised the blonde haired man was the arrogant student the other day, Xavier Truth.
'I wonder why Alice is talking to that guy.'
Before he could find out, Xavier walked away from Alice. He entered a luxurious car right next to them and drove off.
"What did that dude want?" Vander asked Alice after he gave her a kiss.
"Nothing, he was just annoying me. You know that guy is a douchebag."
"Yeah, he might be crazy too. Sooo… what do you want to do today, this is our last day before school starts?"
"I don't know. How bout we check out the area surrounding the city. You know… like the lake and waterfall."
"That sounds like fun. Let's rent a cab… actually let's just get a bike. I don't want to be late for curfew."
Vander and Alice rode a single bike over to Lake Steel. The bigger and closer lake to the city. Vander was pedaling as hard as he could on the bicycle. While Alice was on the rear of the bike, holding onto his back.
Three hours later and constant pedaling, they finally made it to the lake. After arriving and finding a bike rack to lock the bike, Vander and Alice headed towards the lake shore. Without swimsuits, Vander and Alice could only soak their legs in water. Soaking their legs in the water for a minute, they decided they needed to swim.
They bought swim suits in a little shack by the changing rooms and started to swim after changing. This was Alice's first time swimming, so Vander started to teach her. With an hour of practice, Alice got the hang of it and was able to swim by herself.
With hours of swimming, they had finally had their fill. They found a spot on the beach to dry off and just relax. The beautiful scenery with the sun starting to set made the lake and waterfall glow with a majestic orange hue. This perfect moment in time was then captured by Vander with a selfie.
After completely drying, then changing clothes, they started to ride back to the city. The day was complete after dropping off Alice and parking his bike at the dorm.
Vander made it to the dorm just in the nick of time. Before Alex regularly closes the gate, Vander made his way inside while greeting Alex.
Going inside his room, Vander got clothes for a quick shower. Finishing up his shower, Vander went straight to bed. Having set up plans with Alice to meet before the opening ceremony, he went to sleep early.
'Tomorrows the big day. The day our life changes.' Thinking about the future being heroes, Vander nodded off to sleep.
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Vander met up with Alice, this time at her dorm. The bike helped them save lots of time. They got to the 1st year student hall earlier than they thought. Exactly 30 minutes before the opening ceremony started.
Being some of the first students there, they were able to pick their seats close to the stage. They wanted to sit in the first row, but those seats were reserved. So in the third row of seats, they waited for the opening ceremony to start.
When the clock on the back of the stage hit 8:00 AM, a giant bird on fire flew from the air and crashed onto the stage. The landing created a flame explosion, covering most of the stage. The flames lasted for a second but it didn't do any damage. The stage looked brand new.
"Welcome to Moridrange University!!! I am your principal, Perry Foltz!" The fire bird transformed into a human and yelled into the microphone that was on the stage.
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"We will now start the Opening Day Ranking Tests!"