She waved once before heading back toward the dormitory entrance. Several girls moved aside for her as she disappeared inside the building.
The girl on the bench gave me one last suspicious glance before returning to her notebook.
Yeah. Definitely still not welcome here.
I decided not to push my luck any further and walked back across the circular street toward the boys' side. The guards visibly relaxed once I moved away from the girls' dormitory, which honestly felt a little insulting.
I found an empty bench beneath one of the lanterns and sat down. "Man…"
A few minutes later, Ken stepped outside the boys' dormitory while drying his hair with a towel thrown over his shoulder. His eyes scanned the area before landing on me.
"Yo," he greeted while walking over. "Did she join already?"
"Not yet."
He sat beside me and leaned back against the bench. "So your master plan was sitting here and hoping she magically appears?"
