Deepening ties with friend number 1

Cecilia thought the vice principal was going to kick her and Devin out right after the ceremony, but for some reason, he just ran off somewhere, leaving only a vague promise that "we shall take care of it tomorrow."If she wasn't used to the eyes falling on Aliya before, now she is completely helpless. Every student, whether fourteen or forty years old, stared at her from the moment she stepped off the stage until she reached the junior dorms.Devin hasn't spoken to her since he confessed.  Cecilia wanted to tell him that she wouldn't say 'I told you so' as long as he turned to her, but he didn't make the first move.She stood at the entrance to the dormitory, afraid to be checked under the eyes of others.A man, whose name she did not know but whose face she knew well, opened the door from the inside. Facing her directly."You coming in? They pick roommates now."Cecilia almost wanted to cry to see this saintly girl, this time without potatoes in her hair, talk to her.She almost muttered, "You-are you sure you want me? They might kick me out tomorrow.""No issues," The girls smiled at her, a smile so bright it lit up the hallway. "Then I just won't need to share a room, right? No damage at that."Cecilia suddenly hugged her, "Thank you, thank you so, so much. I won't let you down."The girl's laughter was like music to her ears. "Let's go inside? I'm afraid that if we get stuck outside, we'll be left with the worst rooms.""Yeah, yeah." At this moment, Cecilia would have reacted the same way if she had told her to jump off a cliff, "Let's go inside."

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"I'm sorry, we don't have spare rooms."Cecilia and the girl stood helpless in front of the dormitory director, a student a little over a decade older than them. She had heard from Devin before that all the dorm directors are in the same year group as the students. Cecilia didn't want to know how many years she repeated her junior year to be where she is now."It doesn't make any sense; the number of students hasn't changed since we arrived here." "No spare rooms." The woman was completely immune to the charms of Cecilia's friend."But-"The woman corrected herself. "No spare room, for you." She pointed at Cecilia "Someone with no magic talent..." Her finger moved to the girl. "And someone with so little magic talent that I don't know how she passed the selector without sucking his- Ah!"Cecilia punched her before she could finish her sentence, making her squeeze the nicest voice she had made since the beginning of this conversation."Are you nuts?!""I'm going."But she didn't go to the exit as the dormitory director wanted. Instead, she went to the rooms, fueled by anger."Hey." She kicked the first door from her right. "Where's your roommate?"The girl on the bed in front of her was so shocked that she automatically answered, "In the shower."Cecilia did hear a stream of water come out of the attached bathroom, so she left them be and moved to the next door: "Hey, where's your roommate?"In a short time, the rumor spread that the commoner student had gone crazy, forcefully taken a census in every room. Her intended roommate came to find her, the half-shouting conversation they had with finally revealed her was Angelique; she begged her to stop already whilst Cecilia knocked hard on one of the doors: "Don't you see that it gives us a bad reputation in the dorms?""Did you see how the dormitory manager spoke? We can't have any worse reputation than that.""Aside," she kicked the door after no one answered her knock, "If we don't solve this now, we won't have dorms to maintain our reputation in them; where's your roommate?" The last sentence she addressed to the girl who was flipping carelessly through a fashion magazine inside the room, who completely ignored her vigorous knocking."None of your business; get out."Cecilia surveyed the room, only one suitcase was visible, and the other bed was untouched. "Get out.""Excuse me?" The girl finally bothered to look up from the magazine, "Who are you to tell me... Hey, what're you doing?! Hey!"She didn't bother to enter into discussions with her, just took the suitcase and threw it in the hallway, letting the girl follow the suitcase anxiously. "It's Gucci! You know how much that cos-" Cecilia dragged Angelique into the room and closed the door behind them both, leaving the girl and most of her belongings outside."Are you insane?" This time, Angelique's tone was quiet and serious, as if she really wanted to know the answer."If there are no extra rooms, it means that a couple has split into separate rooms. Let her make her friend roommate again.""Cecilia," Angelique said, taking a deep breath. "It doesn't suit me; I am the nice girl. I have worked for many years to develop a certain moral line, and I will not allow myself to be negatively influenced. Do what you want; I'll find another place to live."As she turned to the door, Cecilia grabbed the hem of her shirt, "No, please, you're my first girlfriend. I just don't really know how- where would you live anyway? Everyone there will treat you badly, I'm the only one less good at magic than you, please…"A son escaped Angelique's mouth, "I was so excited to be accepted.... for generations no one in my family has been able to get in, that somehow the only one worse than me is my only friend...." She realized what she said and quickly tried to correct it. "Not that I'm ashamed to be your friend, just..."Cecilia hugged her from behind this time, "I'm not good at talking either, can't we just talk bad together?"She turned and joined Cecilia's hug.After a long silence, she responded, 

"Fine."