Jack of All Trade

Chapter 11: The Dance of a Heartbreak

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It has been a few weeks ever since Lawrence started training with the team. He started learning how to use his newfound abilities in collaboration with others. When holding the cards of his teammates, he is able to take care of them which is very helpful for them. Lawrence has provided countless pieces of advice to the team that has become a staple to the team's fighting style.

Balancing this endeavor has not been an easy task for Lawrence since he was still working on his final project for his classes. Fortunately for him, he has been constantly fixing the programs he got from the USB and checking if they would fit into his lines of code in the program he is creating.

He has also learned more about the lives of others. The entire team has accepted Lawrence except for Unice. Every time Lawrence would say something about her form and how she should take a rest, she would scoff at him and just continue her own training. She would often refuse to give her card to Lawrence. This has caused some rift between the two, greatly affecting the team. For the past few days, the team decided to take a rest and continue on with their lives before they held the cards.

Lawrence went back to the cafe and went back and oversaw the operation of the cafe. Sauren still pops up and continues to pester Lawrence while he is working. At night, they both relax and at times, go on a movie date and just hang out.

"Lawrence, I've been wondering," Sauren says to him while cuddling him in bed. Lawrence looks at him, interested in his question. Sauren shuffles away from Lawrence's hug and looks him straight in the eye.

"What happened between you and Unice? Both of you always seem to be in high tension and she always has her guard when you are there to check on them." Lawrence sighs.

"Honestly, this all started ever since I became close with George during high school. You know that George was all alone in class and he usually doesn't speak to anyone unless prompted to. I just went and said 'Hi' and started to get closer to him. I didn't know that he had a friend, I always assumed he had been the lone-wolf type of guy. And this girl was really so clingy to him during high school. Every time I would invite him to lunch or when we were groupmates on an assignment, she would always pop up out of nowhere like she was part of whack-a-mole."

"You know that they were childhood friends and are completely inseparable. They even use their abilities together because it works so beautifully together." Sauren says to Lawrence

"I know that, it's just that Unicef is too much of a hassle to George. George even told how much she clings on to him every time. He's scared that she might not survive without him." Lawrence tells Sauren, with concern for Unice.

Sauren sighs. "We have a few days left of break and I'm pretty sure Unice has not taken a break ever since. I'm not sure if you know but Unice has been pushing herself almost every day. The entire team is really worried for her well-being and she might just stress out herself."

Lawrence thinks about it for a bit. He nods his head. Sauren smiles and they both continue cuddling for the night.

Morning comes and Lawrence heads to the training area and sees Unice, dancing in the middle of the training area. Sweat dripping down her face, her shoes seeming like they had been thrown to the wall, her hair in a messy bun, almost about to be unfurled from the tie.

Lawrence silently walks around the dancing Unice and listens to the song playing. It is classical music with a heavy emphasis on the strings, specifically the violin. He soon realizes that this is a song made by Lamanta specifically for battle.

Unice shows no signs of stopping which makes Lawrence look where the music is playing and stop it. He grabs Unice's phone on the table and pauses the music. Unice continues dancing as the sudden stop of the music doesn't faze her. Lawrence sees her card on the table and scans it her card. He begins looking through her statistics.