Aster Veren
Episode 101's

- Esther

Today is so tiring, why do I have to serve Teo like that? My energy is exhausted because of it. My mind as I walked towards Kalea's class to go back to the dorm with her.

"... but today, I also feel good about learning basketball with him" I muttered, recalling Sean's teaching me how to play basketball properly. Brushed aside my bad shadow with Teo in the sports field.

She just picked me up and took me to the infirmary, really very annoying. My mind remembers the attention of all those who made me feel ashamed half to death.

And again ... I think Sean wouldn't want to pair with me as a couple practicing it, I was scared when everyone noticed me who was pretentious close to Sean.

At that time I also had time to think, lest Sean also believe the bad rumors about my family that trap the Alaric family and make his family fall apart like this. But luckily my mind was erased when I saw him willing to pair with me.

"Kosong ..," I murmured as I reached the front of the Kalea class, I saw that the room was empty with the rows of tables already tidied up.

Did you go home first? But didn't Kalea promise to watch over me .. or did she wait in front of the academy huh? I continued in my heart as I moved my foot down the stairs in a hurry.

"Aster!" The voice of a man in a black and white uniform with a red tie shocked me, making my steps stop right at the last rung of the stairs.

Classmate? Wh who? My mind was watching the tie she was wearing, different from the color of the tie I was wearing.

"It's Aster, right?" The question made me doubt.

"There's something I want to say, can you come with me to the back garden of the academy?"

"Can't you say it here?" I was tired, hoping he would reconsider. If asked why? Yes, because I'm tired, not pretending to be tired to make excuses. But the back garden of the academy was quite far from my current position. And I was lazy to walk all the way there just to listen to what this upperclassman wanted to say in front of me. If he can say it here why take me somewhere else? Besides, I also need to find Kalea as soon as possible. I'll whine if I find him ...,

"Ba– alright, I'll say it here. So that's ...," he said, agreeing with my wishes, and I saw that he was standing straight up to me with an expression that I had a hard time explaining.

"My A– has been watching you for a long time and I like you, so–it .. be my girlfriend Aster!" He continued after a long sigh before expressing his thoughts.

I who heard his confession could only stare so surprised. Then I slowly felt my face heat up because I was ashamed of my current situation. How not? This is the first time anyone has expressed their feelings for me like this. And people would usually stay away from me out of fear, if they had stayed away from me because of orders from Kalea and Nadin.

"That's me–" I stopped when I saw Kalea standing behind the man in front of me with a surprised expression.

"Yes?" He asked me to be aware of his figure that I had forgotten because I was too focused on Kalea who suddenly appeared behind the man.

"Ah, emh .. te–thank you. But I can't seem to be pa– sister, sorry. Forgive me ...," I said stammeringly before bowing my body to my upperclassman in front of me.

"Is it because you've been dating someone else?"

"Eh? No," I answered back to straighten my body and stared at the confused figure of her who looked sad.

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- Hendric

"The kid left first?" I muttered while going down the stairs with a feeling of annoyance because my roommate was not waiting for me to finish the picket. He always asked me to wait for him, but when I asked him to wait for me, he left me. It's totally unfair.

"Aster!" A man's voice stopped me when I saw Aster's figure under the stairs, and I saw him standing in front of him.

Classmate huh? My mind paused my intention to go down when I saw them blocking the way.

"It's Aster, right?" The man's voice was again heard by me who was still standing at my place, "there's something I want to say, can you come with me to the back garden of the academy?" The next thing surprised me.

This it? My mind is no stranger to the situation I see today.

"Could that person–" I continued to start guessing what would happen next.

"Can't you say it here?" This time it was the voice I heard.

"Who is that guy? Why does his voice sound so timid?" My mutter tried to see the man standing before Aster, but I could not see because his body was blocked by Aster, and again his head was slightly bowed, making me unable to see his face clearly.

"My A– has been watching you for a long time and I like you, so–it .. be my girlfriend Aster!" He continued out loud, making me surprised for the second time.

Sure enough my guess is, the man intends to invite Aster to date him. My mind was watching Aster's back from above, his body was completely sculpted in place. Was he very surprised to hear that person speak his heart?

"That's me–" he said after a long silence. Maybe so surprised he got petrified on the spot and forgot the person in front of him.

"Yes?"

"Ah, emh .. te–thank you. But I can't seem to be pa– sister, sorry. I'm sorry ...," he continued stammering.

In–denied?! And I didn't hear wrong, did I? The kid said brother? Is he a classmate? My mind feels sympathy for the figure that Aster has rejected. Even though I don't know who he is? But as a man, I felt sorry for him.

"Is it because you've been dating someone else?" The question sounds sad.

"Eh? No," Aster replied, reaffirming his lowered body to apologize to the man before him.

"no? Does that mean the blonde guy's not his girlfriend?" I muttered considering Teo's figure who looked close to Aster.

Then subconsciously the corner of my lips was already drawn upwards when I thought of a good thing to prank Sean. Given that he had paid a lot of attention to Aster on his first day of entering the academy, he also continued to guess the relationship between Aster and Teo as he pleased.

But what if I tell you the truth?What kind of reaction would he show me?

"Damn!" I said as I realized my current bad deeds. Unknowingly I had eavesdropped on their conversation.

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- Kalea

"Why hasn't Aster gone down yet?" I muttered while watching my watch which had shown at 03:45 p.m.

Then I decided to follow him to his class, but my steps stopped when I saw a man talking to someone in front of him.

Blocking the path alone, my mind felt annoyed that my steps had to stop because of them.

"My A– has been watching you for a long time and I like you, so–it .. be my girlfriend Aster!" The words of the man who had his back on me shocked me half to death upon hearing his confession.

"He said Aster, right?" I murmured a little doubtful of my sense of hearing, and I stepped my foot closer to them. Make sure someone is talking to him.

"That's me–" Aster's voice came to a halt when he met me.

Su–rearn? Is that true Aster? My mind doesn't believe what I see.

"Yes?" The voice of the man in front of him roused me from my surprise.

"Ah, emh .. te–thank you. But I can't seem to be pa– sister, sorry. I'm sorry ..," Aster said stammered before bowing his body to the man in front of him.

In–denied?! And again I heard Aster call him brother, is he ... upperclassman? My mind can't say anything anymore. It feels like my heart will be dislodged if one more time is surprised by one of them.

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