On their way to the cafeteria, Theo noticed the consistent glance the other students cast in their direction and nudged Miles nervously. Whispering as he shifted closer.
"Did you offend anyone?"
"No," Miles denied with a shrug.
" Then what's with the whispers and glance like we got shit stuck to our faces."
Theo cursed under his breath, eyes lowering as the cafeteria doors slid open, presenting a scene of total chaos and rowdy atmosphere.
Not even the market atmosphere was this noisy.
Looking around, Miles saw that the cafeteria was roughly the size of four basketball courts altogether, with long tables and benches spread across it.
A long queue of students streamed the serving counter which stretched to two opposite sides.
While it was exceedingly crowded, Miles suddenly spotted Oliver and Simon who were almost done serving their plates and nudged Theo with his shoulder.
"Let's go."
'As expected.'
While picking up a tray, Miles suddenly noticed the unseen order that existed in the chaos.
The outer part of the cafeteria was mostly populated with Freshmen, towards the centre were the Sophomores, while Junior and Seniors carried themselves with distinction. They didn't banter loudly but conversed frequently within groups, often laughing out loud but nothing to make them look childish.
Even more surprising, the opposite end of the Cafeteria was totally in order. The Seniors, those in their late teens and considered the biggest boys and girls in the whole school.
'Truly the biggest, they openly flirt without giving a fuck. Is Josephine not coming to the cafeteria?'
Just as he was trying to find clues of his sister's whereabouts, Theo's voice forced him to retrieve his gaze.
"What are you looking at? Can't you see you're the next in line?"
" Chill Theo, there's no need to be wary or haven't you noticed that Daniel didn't attend class."
At his words, Theo revealed a look of 'Oh.' feeling embarrassed that he had freaked out to his own imagination.
Finished dishing his tray to the maximum capacity, Miles patted him softly.
"Don't think much about it."
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On one of the excluded tables particularly meant for nerds and loners alike, Simon and Oliver waved at them, while seemingly impatient about something they had discussed.
"Here, here, sit." Simon hurriedly pointed at the space opposite them when Miles got close.
Beside them, Theo raised his brows when he noticed the gleeful smile on the duo's face and asked.
"What's with the cheeky smile?"
However, the duo swiftly dismissed him, muffling their voices to hushed whispers.
" We heard you confronted Daniel this morning and you're the reason he left school."
" Is it true?"
Seeing the eager excitement on their faces,
Miles smirked and gave a casual shrug.
"I guess."
Theo was about to ask if the two were okay but suddenly froze in disbelief, thinking that it suddenly made sense. How come that they were the only class unaware of what happened.
" Jeez bro, tell us, what happened?"
Oliver's voice was literally drooling with curiosity when he said it, internally struggling to control the rush of adrenaline.
Simon and Theo too.
Compared to Miles' losing his virginity, this was more important.
"Well…" Miles pinched his nose awkwardly under the expectant gaze of the three before laying down ground details of how it happened.
" He kinda had it coming from the start. You should have seen the terrified look on his face."
After listening to Miles' narration, the boys were in a trance replaying the scene over and over again with a sense of gratification.
"Damn bro " Simon grinned and initiated a handshake.
Theo and Oliver did the same.
"Today it was just Daniel, make sure you guys stay out of sight tomorrow because the whole crew is going to come for me."
Miles cautioned the nerds who were starting to feel like gangsters.
"Deal. So tell us about how you lost it."
The atmosphere became silent as they watched Miles sip a milkshake before before describing a cooked up experience of how he managed to fuck 3 girls at the estate swim pool because they had seen his little brother by mistake.
Of course he wasn't going to reveal that he fucked ladies more than twice his age.
"Okay, my turn. Do you guys happen to know any Chloe Beaver?"
The moment he said this, both Simon and Oliver froze, exchanging a glance before letting out a mocking laugh.
"Chloe Beaver? You've gotta be kidding me."
"Yeah Miles, I think you need to hold off your horses here."
"Huh? Why?" Miles was puzzled.
"In case you haven't heard this before." Oliver lowered his voice, "There's a rumour she has the biggest boobs in the whole school although she tries to hide it everyday.
" Hehehe, in case you didn't know, her brother is Billy, a senior and also the Gridiron Team captain."
"Oh," Miles showed an enlightened look as a figure appeared in his memory.
'This is risky. But how come a girl like that is infatuated with me to the point I could try to have sex with her and she wouldn't deny me.'
"Is she in the cafeteria by any chance?" Miles asked out of curiosity.
"Look over there—at the far end, left corner. The girl in the green cardigan next to the intimidating gym bro." Simon lowered his head as he spoke, not daring to let his gaze drift in that direction.
Rolling his eyes at his friend's exaggeration, Miles glanced the way he indicated and almost felt his soul leave his body at the sight of the girl.
'Is this the crushing feeling when you find your soul mate?'
"Coming through."