Chapter 1: Monday Morning
Today is Monday.
While every students of Rubando High School are preparing for school, a certain someone is still lying on his bed, sleeping.
He was only awoken by the sounds of his phone ringing. It is his alarm. 6:30 am.
He let his alarm ring for a while before opening his eyes. He is still sleepy because he slept late last night due to many things he needs to do.
As he removed his blanket and stretch his body, he felt something wet in his crotch.
"Fuck!! This fucking wet dream again..."
It's his second time.
He almost bit his tongue as he gritted his teeth in anger. He just had another one the other day. But the difference is that, last Saturday he had a dream, while now, it just happened without him expecting it. He understood that it is because of puberty, but isn't it too much early for a 12-year old boy? He doesn't know if the same goes for other boys around his age.
He is Jay Elra, a 12-year old first year student of Rubando High School. It is still the second week of school, and not much had happened. Only he that he had made a friend.
After taking a bath, he went to the kitchen to prepare a simple breakfast. It is silent, so he knew his father is still sleeping. Actually his foster father, since he was taken care of by him ever since he was an 8-year old boy. Both of his parents died in an incident when he was young, and he had no other families to seek help from. He actually had an older sister, like him, she was also taken care of by Randy, and she was currently away in a farther university because of her college course. Even though it is like that, they both considered Randy as their Dad, which in turn made the father happy. Randy Elra is a professor in a nearby university, San Francisco State University.
Just after he finished cooking their meal, Randy appeared, still looking sleepy due to overnight works.
"Good morning Dad", Jay greeted with a smile.
"Good morning", Randy simply responded and went to the bathroom.
The two are having their meal while facing the television.
"How's school Jay?"
"Well, like always, the same."
"That's good. Just remember to behave well. Even though it's your first time in a high school, I believe you will manage well."
"Thanks Dad. I'll make sure that I'll be good".
After breakfast, Randy headed out first after getting his bag and bidding goodbye to Jay. Jay on the other hand, watched some news on the TV before proceeding to wash the dishes.
He is moving slowly, due to lack of sleep, and didn't care at all if he got late for school. He has a motorcycle, and using it will take him 5-7 minutes to reach school, so he wished he can make it in time. But looking at the time, it was impossible.
After cleaning everything, he turned off the TV and went to change for his school uniform, got his bag, and got out of the house. After locking the door, he went to the garage where his dad's car was, to use his motorcycle.
After making sure the garage was locked, he sat on his service (his motorcycle) to start it.
Upon realizing something, he almost had the urge to shout out loud because of anger. He can't believe he had forgotten his motor key in his room, so he had to return to get it.
"I'll be really late..." muttered Jay.
"Whatever".
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Rubando High School
"Damn it, that brat sure is not afraid of the classroom rules. This is his third time being late already. He even got the nerve to be late even after he knows he will be punished soon? Well, lucky for him if he will be excused, but I don't think that will happen though", a boy told these words to the girl beside him. He is Briniel Naystugui, nicknamed Bren by his friends. He is probably the only friend Jay has made for the past one week in school. They became friends since they were seatmates, and Bren was a chatterbox, while Jay is more on the quiet side. Jay quickly became best friends with him because Jay sees him as a nice guy even though he is talkative.
"Well, it seems like from the first day of school, he always look tired and sleepy, so maybe that is the reason?" the girl besides Bren responded. She is Natalie Saya, a classmate of Jay since elementary and his friend.
"Maybe he is still asleep?" a boy behind them said then laughed.
"Hey there Mark, haven't seen you before the morning ceremony, I thought you will be late", said Bren.
"Nah, I just barely made it in time".
Like Natalie, Mark Genesis Gamora is a friend and and an elementary classmate of Jay. Although among the three, even though Jay had known the other two longer, he still felt closer to Bren the past week.
They soon entered their classroom and wait for their first teacher. The first year classes are divided into three sections, section Aquarius, section Scorpio, and section Libra. Jay and the other three belong to the section Aquarius.
For Bren, he said it is his first time seeing a school with so many students, as according to him, he came from a school with fewer students students and only moved here in Rubando because his parents had a house here that needs to be taken care of.
After a few minutes the teacher entered the room. But behind the teacher, Bren saw Jay sneakily following their teacher, obviously trying to act like he was not late at all, which actually worked as Jay went and sat down on his chair besides Bren.
"You sure are lucky today", Bren said to Jay.
"Maybe? haha"
They didn't talk much as they prepared to listen to their lessons for the first period. Their teacher today is Mrs. Melissa Ran, a beautiful lady despite her age of 39.
As time passes, Bren felt bored. Their lesson is all about Values and Human Development. Even though Bren is focused on the teacher, he really felt bored. So he turned around to Jay to at least talk to him for a bit.
But when he turned to his right, he almost said the word 'F*ck' loudly from what he saw. Jay had his head resting on his right palm with eyes closed. He is actually dozing off!
Bren poked his shoulder with his pen to wake him up, which made Jay open his eyes.
"Is it our next period?" Jay asked after rubbing his tired eyes.
When Bren heard those words, he almost bit his tongue. Only a few minutes had passed and this boy was asking if their first subject was finished? Did he really felt he slept for a long time with that short span of time?
