Chapter 29: Got To Believe in Magic

Water splashed from the faucet upon turning it on. Halora washed her face in front of a big, life-size mirror for the nth time.

She couldn't believe that she fell into the trashcan earlier. She wanted to disappear from the crowd but it was impossible after all.

"I'm glad Zenith saw me on the sidewalk! Without her help, all of the people who will see me will laugh and run away!"

She looks at her reflection without wearing her eyeglasses. Halora blinked her eyes upon realizing the fancy, grandiose washroom she used.

Zenith had brought her to the mansion after she changed her uniform at the campus. She needed to take a bath or she will be surrounded by flies.

She gasped and found a small box on the upper surface. She opened it slowly and five white, clean towels flaunted.

"Wow!" She mumbled and took one of the towels. "I need to cleanse my body first!" She quickly took off everything that left on her body and ran to the shower room.

It was huge enough and five girls could be fit inside. She looked through the room and searched for the shampoo and body soap.

The water poured into her uncovered body. Halora rubbed gently her hair until the bubbles covered her entire head. "Hmm, vanilla flavor." She took the body soap from the mini box on the right side.

She pressed it, scrubbed it to her arms and legs until she remembered her favorite song.

"Got to believe in magic, tell me how two people find each other, " She paused, turned on the shower while her left eye remained closed. "In a world full of strangers."

She stopped singing when the door suddenly squeaked. She quickly turned off the shower, grabbed the towel from the left side of the room, and covered her body.

"Tss. Why she didn't wait for me?" A man spoke out of the blue.

He stood right in front of the mirror as he reached for the small box above his head and took a towel too.

The man unbuttoned his uniform without seeing Halora's clothes on the corner. He walked barefoot to the shower room as she used the slippers.

"Hmm, why is too hot lately?" He mumbled shortly.

The man pushed the door which made her screamed horribly. "Who are you? What are you doing here, young lady?"

"Ze–Zenith saved me from the bullies and... and she brought me here to take a bath." She stuttered but little did she know, the man who stood outside of the shower room was...,

Until Zenith pushed the door, took a heavy breath, and said. "Sebastian! Sebastian!"

Halora widened her eyes upon hearing his name. She felt nervous and scared because of her look. She only wore a piece of a towel, one wrong move and it would fall into the wet floor.

Sebastian looked at her confusingly. He narrowed his eyes while Halora slowly opened the door and stepped out from it.

"What are you doing? You should have a knock on the door before entering!" Zenith told him, then put her hands on her waist. "Don't you know that Halora is right inside of that room and you never dared to knock in the first place!"

"Why are you angry? I didn't saw anything even the strand of her ha–"

Sebastian was taken aback upon seeing her from behind. Her hair was still wet and water slipped into her neck and chest.

He gulped, stared at her eyes, and no one ever dared to look away from each other. Zenith waved her hand to catch their attention, yet, nothing changed at all.

"Wh––what are you doing here, Hermione?" He finally asked her but his voice cracked. It was obvious, both of them were nervous and uncomfortable with their looks and situation.

She blinked her eyes to stop herself from looking at his flat abdomen. He was still young to go to the gym, but he has solid muscles, long arms, and six-packs.

She gulped for thousand times, "Pa––pardon?" Her knees trembled, and her heart skipped a little bit. "I... I am sorry but I have to change now!"

She held the towel tightly and walked away from him. "Come with me Halora, I'll guide you where to change!" Zenith reached for her arm not until she caught off guard and slipped to the floor.

Halora widened her eyes as the only thing that matters to her was to hold the only piece on her body.

"Ohhhh!" Sebastian surprisingly grabbed her arm before she could catch off guard. He quickly touched her waist and pulled her closer to his chest while Zenith screamed at the top of her lungs.

Her butt landed on the wet, slippery floor. Zenith slowly stood, bore the pain on her legs and back until she saw Sebastian and Halora in an awkward position.

"Wh––What happened to the both of you?" She asked but Sebastian and Halora remained silent.

They looked at each other's eyes like no one has a plan to stop it. "Halora!" He called her name softly like her chest. "The... to–towel."

"What ab––about the towel?" Halora asked him until she realized that she was topless and naked.

Her heart stopped beating, her face turned red and scarlet. She quickly looked at her uncovered body and her world fell apart upon realizing it.

"For heaven's sake, we are too young for this!" Zenith hit her forehead in disbelief. She walked back and forth, thinking about what to do next.

"Don't move! I... I will close my eyes and you can pick up the towel from the floor. Do you understand?"

Sebastian told her the best thing to do. But he felt something strange that electrified his entire system. The warmth, the tenderness he felt was unexpected.

He slowly turned his head and told Zenith to do the same thing. By then, Zenith turned around on them and went outside of the room. Instead of closing her eyes, she had chosen to go out for Halora's privacy.

However, what will happen next between Hermione and Sebastian if they were alone in an isolated room?

How will Halora run away from him and change the reality that a boy finally saw her body? How will she accept the truth that she's slowly falling in love with the campus bad boy?