Please don't chase me

A tough nut to crack

Luka. Has Yana heard right? Was it the Luka she met during lunch? Twisted Yana looked at the piece of paper with his phone number.

"I'm not too sure."

"You could even win a grand prize money," the professor now had the lofty dreams Yana lacked but at the word 'money' Yana's ears perked up.

"Yes, I'll get along with Luka, it'll be no big deal!" Yana saluted.

So what if Luka was an outcast? If he was really good and she could get her free meals and extra cash on top of that, who cared if he was controversial? She didn't care about politics anyway. Luka- this nut, Yana would crack.

"Do you have a topic you're interested in?"

Yana was shot out of the cloud full of dreams and fell on the hard ground of reality.

"Oh yeah sure," even though Yana knew she should discuss it with Luka, she panicked as she wanted to leave a good impression, the last thing she read in the textbook became the holy grail she held onto.

"Maybe something on reforming or discovering the exploitation of the tax policy in enterprises," Yana said and hoped she was right.

"Sounds brilliant!"

Anything Yana would say at this point would sound like a surge in reputation for the department in the professor's ears.

"Really?"

"Yes, go and talk about it with Luka. I'll inform the university," with this the professor left Yana alone in the room where her soul left her body.

She only realised now what she got herself into but her VIP food was on the line and it just tasted too good to regret her decision and back out of it now.

The first thing Yana had to do was to contact Luka. She preferred to talk in person, if she couldn't find him then she'd call him.

After the classes ended, Yaana was on her way to find Luka. Experiencing how cold and distanced he was, Yana decided to buy some snacks to ease the tension, after all food was the way into anyone's heart.

Making her way against the ongoing streams of students pouring out, Yana heard more than once her name being called out.

"Hey Yana, you wanna head with us to the karaoke bar?" a girl and a bunch of guys stopped Yana.

Karaoke bar- the hot spot for all students to fool around, sing their hearts out and drink.

All in all, the favourite place to have fun. Yana was incredibly tempted, she hasn't been there in a long while during the exam's period but she had to focus her mind on important matters.

Luka! Maybe she could get him to join and then he could make friends with everyone and would be forever eternally thankful to her.

Yana balled her fists and laughed before realising the others were still there, she quickly cleared her throat and said, "Sorry guys, I've got something. Maybe later, I'll let you know!"

"Aww but ok let us know!" the girl was sad but Yana already left for the cafeteria.

The ladies were already about to roll down the shutters when a loud bang stopped them. The doors flung open and Yana, panting, ran to the counter.

"Nothing... left?" Yana put her hands on the counter and wore a sad puppy expression.

"Sorry, dear, the student back there has already bought everything," the lady apologetically pointed at a seat in the far back. Yana had to squint her eyes to make out the small, pitiful person in the back.