The Moon Hiding at Dawn

Chapter 33: Days of Habit Gone by

Nothing much happened after that night. I woke up to find everyone fooling around as we wait for breakfast.

"Sleepy head is finally up!" Riz said.

"What time is it?"

"Just a few minutes past eight."

I nodded and drowsily made my way to the restroom to wash my face. When I returned, I made way to Randy and the other guys who were playing some sort of fighting game.

"Yo! Wanna join us?" Randy invited, handing me a controller.

I shook my head in reply. "You guys go with it. Imma just watch."

Just as I sat down another round finished. It was between Ramus and Chris. Judging by the ever-devastated face of Chris, he probably lost the round.

Ramus glanced at our side. "Chris sucks. Never won anything."

Poor guy, he looks like he's about to cry.

"Stop looking at me with pity! I bet I'm even better than you!" Chris growled. Well, he did sound like a confident arrogant dog.

I sat down beside Randy. "Okay, I take that back. Lemme borrow a controller, Randy."

Aaaaaaand moments later, Chris laid flat on the floor in disbelief. I smashed him for three straight rounds without taking a single damage.

"I still have better grades. I still have better grades. I still have better grades." He kept muttering. I feel genuinely bad now that I shattered most of his confidence.

"Don't feel bad, he just had the best night's sleep that's why he won." Randy said in an attempt to console Chris.

"Unfair. Snuggling with his girl like that." What Randy said might've done Chris more damage than consolation...

Wait... snuggling?

I glanced at Riz who also seemed perplex after overhearing that matter.

As if on cue, Cynthia appeared and opened her phone. "Oh, you mean this?"

She scrolled through a few photos: the first few were photos of me and Riz hugging each other while sleeping while the last ones was a group photo of them sitting around the two of us while making wacky poses. How on earth did both of us not notice anything?

I shook my head in disbelief as we drown in the teasing of the crowd, both our faces turning red in embarrassment.

We were spared from further comments when the door opened with maids bringing in breakfast. We all gathered on the table again and most of the topics were either games, movies, poker and all of those. Thankfully the snuggling moment was not brought up anymore.

I was minding my own food when I felt some sort of stare. You know, that kind of feeling that someone's talking about you or looking at you. I scanned the table to see Rin teasing Riz. Rin, who seemed to notice my gaze, glanced at me laughing and sending a thumbs-up. I wonder what—oh no. I just exactly remembered what Rin made us do.

Everyone got curious and was already asking what happened. Rin was struggling as Riz kept trying to shut her up.

"Okay, fine! I won't tell!" Rin exclaimed as Riz was trying to tickle her, though I can tell that it might be more painful than ticklish at that point.

The table was overrun with sighs and boos before going back to their own respective topics.

Few moments after breakfast, we just fixed the place before going on our way. We were dropped in front of the school gate where everyone parted ways.