First Friend

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~ Lilac's POV~ _________________________________________________________________________________________________

So soft and warm. What's this heavy feeling on my waist though. Opening my eyes, I was greeted with sunlight shining through the curtains in front of me. I blinked a couple of times to adjust to the warm sunlight. I looked down to see someone's arm on me. Instinctually, I tried to pry away the hand with full strength, but they wouldn't budge.

I huffed in frustration and looked at the owner of the heavy hand who was asleep next to me. A man? He had pale skin, a chiseled V-shaped jaw. He was close to my face. A tiny beauty mark was next to his left eye. Strands of blonde hair fell on his face covering his eyes. My hand reached out to remove the hair falling on his eyes.

He opened his eyes, startling me. Those eyes! They were a bright golden like the sun. He smiled at me showing his cute dimples. He reminded me of a cute puppy I used to take care of in my world. Well, I would just feed him my leftover food at the school every now and then.

I blushed, realizing what I was just caught doing. He glanced at my wrist as I tried to retract it, but he caught it in his hand. Bringing it too his face, he planted a kiss on my palm. "Good morning, lovely Lila!" His voice was sweet like honey.

My brain glitched for a few seconds as I tried understanding the situation, I was in. Let's see... I woke up with a strange man in my bed who looks handsome.

"Oh! Do I really look handsome?"

"Did I say that out loud?" I covered my mouth.

His laughter echoed in my ears. "You do not have to be so shy! I like you too. Your very beautiful!" His voice sounded like honey drops. So sweet and delicious. If he wasn't a human, I would have eaten him up, I think. He placed a kiss on the hand covering my mouth as my head became hazy and I dropped back on the pillow.

"I can see why all of them love teasing you!" He leaned over my face. "I like teasing you too!"

My heartbeat went faster as my face turned red in embarrassment. That grin could kill someone. Ah, please leave me alone. Someone please, save me from this embarrassment!

"Enough chatter!" Someone banged the door open as I squeaked jumping onto the blonde-haired guy.

I opened my eyes to see myself sitting on top of the blonde-haired man. He smirked at me, pretending to lazily yawn.

"Ah... T-This..." I looked at the door to see another tall handsome man with sea blue eyes, tanned skin, and dark hair. He wore the same clothes that Orion and Darius wore yesterday.

Darius? Last night he...

My head pounded as I fell onto a hard chest.

"Lila. Are you okay?" The concerned voice of the blonde-haired guy made the haziness away.

"Lila?".

I shook my head and held onto his strong chest underneath for support. As my vision came back, I looked at the blonde-haired man, who was staring at me with sad puppy eyes. Why did he look so sad? The one with blue eyes stood next to the bed looking at me with concern.

"I'm okay! Thank you."

Octavius cleared his throat and looked away embarrassed. "Next time, I will open the door gently." There was going to be a next time when I did be sleeping with Mason. I inwardly cried.

"Who are you two?"

"I'm Mason! An alchemist and a wizard! I can control the wind.", spoke the blonde-haired man.

"That's so cool! So, you can make like potions and perform magic?" I couldn't contain my excitement and the smile that was brought to my face.

He smiled looking at my sparkling eyes. "Yes, you should look at that adorable face of yours." He moved some strands of my hair out of my face, making me red.

"Octavius!" spoke the blue-eyed man. "I'm a werewolf and I can control water!"

I turned to look at him with another pair of sparkling eyes. "That's so cute! So, you can turn into a giant fluffy puppy?" I asked feeling giddy.

What? What's with this awkward silence? Did I say something wrong?

Mason burst out laughing beneath me as his laughter vibrated throughout my body. I looked away embarrassed.

"Yes, he can turn into a giant fluffy puppy!" Mason spoke in between laughter as Octavius threw daggers at him mentally.

"I can be a giant fluffy puppy for you only, my love!" Octavius replied looking at me in adoration.

I cleared my throat to get rid of my shyness. I can't get used to their way of talking. "So, then you're the roommates the head... I mean Mr. Gerald was talking about?".

They both nodded synchronously.

"Oh... nice to meet you, I'm Lila!" Don't be nervous, you got this!

"Hi Lila!" They spoke synchronously.

"Are we all the same age?", I asked curiously playing with the button on Mason's grey t-shirt.

"Mason is 18, while I'm 19." spoke Octavius.

"I'm 17!" I nodded and replied.

"I really don't mind the position we are in right now. But are you going to stay like this forever sweet one?". A smirk was plastered on Mason's face. Glancing down I saw my hands on his chest. I pressed my hands a little. A hard chest?

I blushed looking at Mason. I became a pervert after staying here for only one night. What is wrong with me?

"Should we go get ready for classes?" asked Octavius holding out his hand for me. I quickly accepted it and got off of Mason. I looked back to say goodbye to Mason. "See you in class, cutie!" I blushed and ran into my room to get changed as I heard laughter behind me.

Geez! These men. They are going to drive me insane.

After showering and getting dressed, I looked at myself in front of the mirror. The uniform was a white shirt like the rest of the guys, however, we had to wear a bow around the neck, whose lace strands fell on my breasts loosely. A black plaited skirt reaching mid-thigh and knee-high black socks accompanied with black boots were a part of the bottom attire. It was pretty similar to the high school uniform back in my world.

I shook my head. That was not my world, this is my world. Everyone here has treated me so nicely and with respect. Not one of them have thrown insults at me. I feel like they genuinely care about me. Although, I feel like I have become a bit of a pervert staying with four guys.

I put on the cape that was lying on the bed. It was a simple black cape like the others, but had a deep shade of purple inside. After combing my hair that came till my butt and putting on some moisturizer, I headed out of the room.

Three of the four awaited in the hall, lazily lying on the couch. Upon seeing me, they all stood up and blushed.

"You look lovely!" Mason was the first one to speak.

"Beautiful as always!" Orion winked at me.

While Octavius just looked away. Orion hit him as he mumbled, "Yes, you look very lovely indeed."

I giggled as they smiled at me. "You guys look very handsome too."

"Thanks!"

Orion had the same clothes as yesterday on. I believe its the school uniform. Octavius had a deep royale shade of blue on the inner side of his cape, while Mason had a deep shade of Golden or Yellow on his inner side of the cape.

"Leave them! We both are in the same classes. Did you know that?" He asked excitedly.

"Huh?"

"You can be with me the entire day!" I smiled.

"That sounds nice!"

Mason's eyes widened a little. "Aww... you look so cute when you smile. Please smile some more!"

I blushed clutching my cape and nodded in response.

"Oh right! Darius. Where is he?".

"That bastard is not in the Academy!"

I looked down. I knew what he did last night was not his fault. After all, I touched the place where he had kissed me last night. Feeling a sharp pain, I flinched.

Right! Canines, sharp ones. They pierced my skin. I heard him drinking my blood.

"Are you okay Lila?". Worried golden eyes met mine/ I nodded.

"Darius is a vampire with the power of fire?" I asked curiously.

"Yes, he is. I'm sorry that happened to you last night." Mason spoke, softly touching my cheek with his palm. That's why I woke up next to Mason this morning. I guess he healed my wounds as it doesn't hurt anymore. He did say he was a wizard or alchemist. Maybe he made a potion to heal me.

"It's alright. It wasn't your fault. Thank you for healing me."

He smiled. "It's alright!"

Orion sighed, "He'll be back in the evening. I'll get that bastard to apologize properly."

I nodded.

"What about you Orion? What are you?". Curiosity kills the cat, I know. But even more than that I needed to make myself familiar with this world and my roommates. My four very handsome roommates.

Orion hesitated. Scratching the back of his neck, he looked away from me.

"Orion? You do not have to tell me if you don't want to." I spoke. Out of everyone, I knew the best about not speaking to anyone about painful things. Maybe, it may be painful for him. But I feel like taking away all his pain and only seeing him smile like yesterday.

"I'll tell you later!" He smiled sadly.

"Let's go have food!" Mason caught my hand dragging me to the table. We talked a little about the school rules and classes.

Ding! Dong! Ding!

The bell rang. Probably the school bell signaling that the first class starts in a few minutes.

Mason held my hand in his and winked at me. "Let's go to class!" He hopped his way outside the main door, with me treading behind him, trying to keep up with his energy as we headed to our class.

It was a huge class. Huge might be an understatement. Tall ceilings with chandeliers on top, lit by magic brightened up the entire room. Red carpets were laid everywhere within the room. There were only 20 benches however while the rest of the room was occupied by books. Millions of them were placed in order on bookshelves. Mason dragged me to the last bench as we climbed the stairs to reach them, and he sat me down next to him. Each row had only four benches. I wondered why Mason sat here.

I didn't have to worry about catching up to the class as most classes were casual and always taught classes that weren't really linked to the previous classes. But, after insistence, Mason said he did tutor me in learning everything. The language they used to communicate here usually was English. It's so strange to see another world where people spoke in English, but where the myths and legends were true.

"I don't have my books!" I whispered to him. He smiled back at me. "Don't worry, you do not need them. Just follow my lead!"

I nodded seriously and looked ahead.

A girl with light pink hair entered the classroom with a tall man treading behind her. She was really beautiful with long pink hair up till her waist and pale pink skin, which brought out her rosy cheeks even more. Her cape had a dark pink colour. She looked like she was at my height and age. The girl looked around as her pink eyes met with mine. She smiled. I blushed, looking away at being caught staring.

I stared at anything but her as she came and sat down next to me. I was nervous. What if she hated me? I never had any friends who were girls.

"Hi, I'm Rose, but you can call me Rosie!" Her voice sounded like sugar. She brought forth her right hand.

Nervously, I looked at Mason who encouraged me. I caught her right hand with mine. "Hi Rosie! I'm Lilac, but you call me Lila!"

She blushed looking at me. "Your so sweet." I looked down and blushed too. "No, you are sweeter!"

She giggled as the man treading behind her, huffed sitting down next to her. Immediately, he started throwing daggers at me with his eyes, making me flinch.

"Hey, you prick, pick up someone of your own size!" Yelled Mason from behind as he stood next to me.

"What did you just say? How dare you? She is my mate!" He asked. "I can do whatever I want!"

"She is my mate too! Does that mean I can kill you too?" Yelled Mason back.

I awkwardly smiled at Rosie. She smiled back and then turned around to hit the man.

"What the hell Rosie?".

"Mind your manners! Lila is my friend. That means you need to behave with Mason around." She yelled at him still holding onto my hand. The guy complied grumbling in denial. "This is Yukio." I nodded. He had dark blue hair and eyes, but pale skin. His cape was a dark blue similar to Octavius'. Also, he seemed to be a bit shorter than Mason too.

"Friend?" I looked down at her hand holding mine. I never really had a friend.

"Yes, we will be the very best of friends!" She spoke happily reaching out for my other hand and holding them together.

I smiled with teary eyes. "Yes, we are friends!" I guess we could be friends. I want to try trusting people here. She did not seem like a bad person.

"Lila, your so adorable!" She jumped onto me and hugged me tightly. "I just want to squish your cute cheeks!"

I lost balance as Mason caught us, but Rosie didn't let go of the hug. I looked at him as he smiled gently at me. "Friends!", he mouthed.

I couldn't really help the genuine smile on my face as I hugged her back. "I like you too, Rosie!"

We laughed as Yukio kept throwing daggers at Mason. But he stopped looking at me like that. I guess he really listens to Rosie well. I always wanted to experience a school life like the other girls at my school. Maybe this is where I truly belong!

"Settle down everyone!" Boomed a voice.

We looked ahead to see a professor enter the classroom as the class started.

After about three classes, I found out what Rosie loved doing in her free time and the kind of food she liked to eat. We had a lot of interests in common. We were also in the same classes for most of them, except one. Alchemy! I was alone with Mason in that one. Rosie was apparently my neighbor. That means the other occupied room belonged to Rosie and four other guys. Promising to meet at sunset in the forest for a walk, we parted for our last class of the day.

I couldn't wait to hang out with her after class. My first ever friend who was a girl! Rosie!