Chapter 2

Gem is still gazing at them while daydreaming, and the Man and his friends from his group appear to be uneasy due to the stare.

"Are you simply going to squint your eyes at us, or what? you creep," he said

Gem abruptly regained awareness, gave himself a slap, and shook his head.

The man's expression shows his confusion as to why Gem put himself to such harm.

Oh, I'm so sorry, I meant to say, I was about to tell you. Gem said as he inhaled and exhaled.

'Gem offered them a smile and added, "Thank you for letting me know where my building was. I thought the building I was heading towards earlier was mine, but I soon realised it was my friend's."

The man looked at him up and down and remarked, "ah, wait, I remember you now. You're the guy with his other friends earlier."

'You know him Niel?' the man's friend asked as he stared at him bewildered.

(So his name is Neil') Gem thought as he smiled finally knowing what his name

'Because I'm a kind senior and he's a freshman, of course I helped him, Neil said sarcastically.

His friends looked at him and sarcastically remarked, "haha of course A great senior like you who only helps freshmen once is truly amazing."

Then, his other friend applauds, demonstrating how "amazing" Neil is; of course, this is all sarcasm.

When his friends made jokes, Neil genuinely smiled and laughed.

Gem murmured, "Oh my gosh, he's so handsome, his smile is so bright even strangers can see it, he's so handsome and cool, and hot."

'Well, don't worry about that; ask me for assistance if you need it around this building because I major in the same field as you. Neil's friend remarked

Gem smiled as he turned to face Neil's friend and said, "Oh, if that's okay with you, I'd be happy to accept your offer." Gem exclaimed as he raised his hand to express his gratitude to them.

Jun put his arm around Neil's shoulder and remarked, "haha no need to be that polite, I'm Jun, this guy here is Neil, and were in our third year this year."

Gem smiled at him. Oh, nice to meet you, Senior Jun. He turned to face Neil and said, "Senior Neil, I'm Gem; nice to meet you both." Gem raised his hands in a gesture of respect.

Neil responded, "mm," before averting his eyes that appeared indifferent.

Gem looks confused by Neil's response because he wasn't expecting Neil to act so coldly and unlike himself from earlier.

Gem's heartbeat became rapid.

'Oh, nice to meet you, Gem.He then whispered to Neil, according to Jun.

Neil stated with a frustrated tone, "well, I guess we better get moving, we've been standing in the middle of the corridor for a while, and we kind of are in the way."

"You're right, ay shit, I'm so sorry I made you stand there," Gem remarked after realising that they had been awaited by him for a while.

Jun lowered his head slightly and gave Gem an apology-seeking look as Neil sighed and began to move. "Sorry about him," he muttered in a gentle voice.

Jun then followed Neil

Gem watches them walk away and sigh

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'As the other students stared at Gem, he said, "ARGHHH," and then he began to repeatedly punch his own forehead.

"stupid stupid! What the fuck is wrong with you, Gem? You literally left a negative image on your seniors by eavesdropping in on their conversations! particularly to Senior Neil! Not only that, but he also just called me a creep!" He scratched his head and murmured.

People passing by appears a little worried to Gem.

Gem finally stopped talking to himself and started to walk as if he nothing happened

As Gem reached outside he looked around for a bit and called his friends

📱 'Hey where are you guys?' Gem said

📱 'oh were actually heading there right now just a second, were almost there' Rosa said

📱 'Hang on I just finished my orientation I'll be there on a Sec' Max said as he's breathing heavily

Luis, Gem and Rosa is so confused as to why Max is breathing heavily

📱 'is someone chasing you or you're just getting tired in walking, you should totally start working out you're getting weak and pathetic Max hahahahah' Luis said with a tease

Rosa burst out of laughing

📱 'oh wow Max, I so totally beat you A woman beating a tall mascular man like you is totally pathetic for just panting heavily for walking' Rosa said with a sarcastic tone

Gem is trying to hold out his laughter but he couldn't so he also burst out laughing and snorted

📱 'hahahaha, Man oh wait I think I see you guys' Gem said as he look at where Rosa and Luis is

📱 'yeah very funny, first things first I'm running right now  not from someone but because I don't wanna listen to your complaints of being late, secondly Luis, you're dead to me' He said with a serious tone

📱 'try me loser, go on! Go on!' Luis said as he sticks out his tongue

Luis and Rosa finally is with Gem

'Yknow I could've gone to your buildings, my building is literally far from yours and Max's' Gem said as he hungs up the Phone, forgetting that Max was still in the call

'well we wanted to see what your building looks like first and besides, it's break time, and were curious on what kind of food you have in your cafeteria' Rosa said and gave a thumbs up and smiled

'okay then haha' Gem said

As they wait for Max, They saw him running but he doesn't stop, he seems to be running towards Luis, Max is getting closer and closer when suddenly

*Smack*

Max smacked Luis' head

'Fucking asshole that hurts as fuck!!' Luis yelled and punches Max's arm

'i did say you're dead to me Luis' Max said with a satisfied look even tho he got punched

Luis seems to mumble and looks like he's swearing at Max and giving him the glare as if he wants to fight Max

'okay guys calm down, by the way I have to tell you guys something while we go to the cafeteria' Gem said as he try to calm them down

'oh? What is it? Something interesting happen?' Rosa said excitedly

They started to walk towards the cafeteria and Gem told them about Neil and his friend

'Wait what!?, You got to talk to that hot hunk  senior!? And not just that but his friend that seems to be handsome as well and got to know their names!?' Luis said as he grab Gem's shoulder and looking surprised

'bastard you don't have to yell like that, it was just a coincidence y'know' Gem said but can't seems to hide his smile

Rosa seems to be surprised as well

'good for you Gem!, That's one thing!' Rosa said with a smile

Max seems to be in thoughts about what Gem has said

'but don't you guys think it's weird that, that senior of ours acted cold towards you?, Cause like he was all being gentle and nice to us earlier and all of a sudden he acted cold, I think that's just called being fake' Max said

The three of them all look at Max as the smile slowly disappear

'wayy to ruin the mood Max' Rosa said with a disappointment

'whoa there I was just being honest!, Look I'm glad that Gem got to know his name, but think about it!, I'm just worried okay' Max responded as he sigh

'well you're indeed kind of right and like, Gem is kind of..like' Luis looked at Gem up and down 'A red flag magneto' Luis said with a concerned tone

Gem looked displeased on what he just heard especially from Luis' mouth

'great to ruin my moon Luis' Gem said as he click his tongue

'well anyways we're already here let's just get some food first and then talk' Rosa said

They all agreed and got some food. After that Gem and his friends went to sit down

*Cough*

Rosa looked at Luis, looking confused. Luis then Points towards someone

They all looked and it was Neil and his friends sitting near their tables drinking some beverages. Gem suddenly blushed and immediately looked away

'i didn't know they eat here' Max said as he eat

'well I did said that Senior Neil's friend majors the same thing as I do' Gem said trying not to look at Neil's table

'wait hang on, who's that beside senior Neil?' Luis said

'oh wait isn't that the girl from earlier?' Rosa said as she squint her eyes

Gem then turned around to look as well as Max

There, the girl from earlier was resting her head on Neil's shoulder while Neil's arm wrapped around the girl's shoulder as if they're being lovey dovey

'oh no..don't tell me he's taken'  Rosa said with a concerned tone as she look at Gem

'oh come on it's probably just a frie-' Luis said but he suddenly stopped mid sentenced because Neil kissed the girl on the lips

Rosa,Max and Luis started to look at Gem immediately being concerned and worried

Gem seems to be unfazed by it? He  was eating and looked at them 'what?' Gem said

Rosa,Max and Luis sighed with relief

'Oh thank goodness you didn't see that' Rosa said and wipes off the sweat

Max nodded with agreement and started to eat again

'if you did augh I don't wanna know' Luis said as he shudder just by thinking about what he's going to do

'i don't even know what you guys are talking about' Gem responded as he suddenly stab his food using a fork with a strong force

Rosa then flinches and looked at Gem again

Gem keeps eating

('fuck he's already taken! And not just that he's literally straight as a line! Why does he have to be straight!!! I mean I could like a girl as well but he's just totally my type!, I'm not jealous at all! Nope nopenopenope) Gem thought as he eats angrily

Luis seems to be clueless about what Gem is doing since he's just eating a lot, meanwhile Rosa and Max is getting worried and uncomfortable about what Gem is doing

'you guys aren't going to finish those?' Luis said

Rosa and Max looked at Luis giving him signals to comfort Gem, Luis then looked at them with an innocent look not really knowing what's going on

Rosa sighed 'well you can take some' Said Rosa as she rest her head to her hand

'cool' Luis said and grabbed the food

Max uses his phone and messaging Lin on what's going on

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As Neil and his friends were having fun Jun then saw Gem's group

'hey isn't that Gem?' Jun said as he look at their table

His friends started to look where Gem was

'oh is that perhaps the junior you were talking about Jun?' his guy friend Said

Jun then nodded and stands up.Neil then looked at Jun 'Wait where are you going?' Neil asked

'oh I'm just going to say hi to them' Jun responded

Neil turned to look where Gem's table is, he tapped The girl's head 'wait for me, I'm also going to say hi to them' Neil said

The girl gave some space for Neil and smiled 'alright, but be sure to come back Neil' she said

Neil then smiled and kissed her forehead

'what a showoff Neil' Jun said as he cringed at him

'shut up, why not go and find yourself a lover then' Neil said and smirked, his other friends started to laugh and teasing Jun

'haha, I'm not like you, let's go' Jun responded

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Gem's face doesn't seems to look pissed off but his actions can

'Hello Gem, we meet again!' A faint deep voice said

The gang looked at were it was coming from and it was Neil and Jun

'oh Senior Jun, Senior Neil, Hello' Gem said showing them some respect

Neil then smiled at them 'Hello Gem'

As soon as Gem heard Neil's Gentle yet sweet deep voice, He got shy and flustered

('Oh shit his voice is just so damn sexy') Gem mumbled

Neil tilts his head being confused

'it seems you are together with your friends huh Gem's Jun said interrupting Gem's mumbling

'oh hello, Senior Jun' Rosa said as she give them some respect

'oh you know my name? Haha I didn't expect you to know my name' Jun said feeling shy

'well Gem did say your name as well as Senior Neil's name, so you're not that special' Luis said Bluntly as he keep eating

Max secretly kicks Luis' foot making Luis make a sound

'AH' Luis screamed

Jun and Neil was taken aback because of it

'sorry about My friend senior, I am Max, She's Rosa, and the guy who just yell is Luis, as Luis has said, Gem told us about you, nice to meet you' Max said and showed some respect to them

'oh I see, what did Gem told you about me and Jun?' Neil said looking at Max being interested in what he's about to say

'Oh I told them about YOU being co-' Gem said but Max suddenly covered Gem's mouth

'Youu being cool! Is what Gem was about to say haha' Rosa said as she got nervous (These two seriously!') Rosa thought

'oh really?, Haha you're kind of making me Blush's Neil said as he place his hand at the back of his own neck

'haha, well he is definitely a cool type of guy, oh were actually not just here going to say hi, forgot to mention this but would you guys want to join us?, Since like we're practically acquaintance now and you guys are freshman, it's actually uncommon for freshman to eat here in this building's cafeteria' Jun said as he sat down besides Luis

'oh err, if that's alright for you guys, it seems to be rude to decline, but Senior Jun, but I wanna ask about what you meant when you said it's uncommon for freshman to eat here' Rosa said

Luis then looked at Jun since he was sitting besides him making him move a little farther from him since Jun is abit close to him

'oh it's because most freshmen who majors here either go to the other building since their food is much nicer than here or either because of this guy' Jun said as he points at Neil

They all looked at Neil and understood it since Neil is A hot guy and seems to be the type of person to greet all of the freshmen

Neil suddenly looked at the time 'oh I don't think they have to join our table Jun, break time is about to end' Neil said and gave them an apologetic look

'oh it's almost over?' Gem said and looked abit disappointed

'i didn't even notice the time,well maybe next time then, it was nice knowing you juniors, I shall head back then' Jun said as he started to walk Neil suddenly stop Jun

'hang on I'm just going to use the washroom you guys go on ahead, tell the others and tell An that she should go without me, oh and it was nice meeting you all' Neil said as he leaves

Jun looked at them once again and gave them a smile before leaving

'i also didn't even notice the time, Gem message us once you're done or well message you' Rosa said and patted Gem's back

Gem was looking at Neil when he was leaving and turned to look at the girl whos a name was An.

'well I got to run too, I'll catch up and Gem, were going to talk to you later after, I'll see you guys in a bit' Max said as he leaves

"Hey Senior Neil just said Next time, that means we have a chance to sit with them, so maybe you have a chance Gem hehe", Luis stretches and suddenly grapples Gem while standing. Even though he was unaware that Gem was mad and depressed earlier, Luis tried to cheer him up and helped him feel better

When Gem listened to what Luis has said he started to chuckle, his mood improved."Will you stop that and get off of me Luis! you guys still need to walk to your building." Gem said

Oh no, you're right Let's head back Luis!' Rosa said as they began to leave.

Gem then sigh and turned to where Neil's table was but his friends was already gone

Gem started to go as well but instead to his class, he went to the washroom

As soon as he entered the washroom he then saw Neil

Neil turned to the mirror and saw Gem standing there. He sighed and said, "Since you're here, I want to say something." , Neil remarked, Making Gem to look at Neil confused.

When Gem was surprised and further perplexed, Neil pushed him against the wall and grabbed his shirt, saying, "Look, I've been noticing this, but like, can you stop staring at me?" Since this morning, all you've done is just stare at me or snoop about, which makes me uneasy, Neil remarked, shooting Gem a creepy glare.

Gem was shocked as to why Neil knows that Gem was looking at him countless of times, he tried to make Neil let go off him but Neil was Stronger, bigger built and taller than Gem

I'll tell you, I'm not interested even with a cute guy like you, I'm straight and already has a lover, and if you ever tell anyone about this about me being mean and shit like that, you're going to face consequences, understand? Or are you possibly lusting after me. If so, I'll tell you, I'm not interested even with a cute guy like you. Neil muttered as he let go of Gem, causing him to fall to the ground, and turned to go.

Gem got up, walked over to the wash, and looked in the mirror as he struggled to understand what had just happened and what he was feeling at the moment.

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He looked bewildered and gave it significant thought as the words "cute guy like you" kept coming to mind.

He blushed as a result of Gem placing one of his hands on his cheek. Gem then turned to himself and stated, "He just called me cute," causing him to forget all but the phrase "cute guy like you."