Glowinx Club - We Shine On Our Own

19. The Family is Growing

After a long time, Alora was able to sleep over at the suite again, at least she could be distracted by her friends.

The fairy felt worn out when she woke up, like the stressful dream she just had didn't really end but just continued. She stumbled out of bed and exhaled, picked up her phone and checked her messages. Nothing.

Oh well, apparently Jun just came back from Solaria, he probably had his usual duties and businesses to do. Alora almost had to laugh at the thought, she felt dazed and alone with her thoughts. After all, she did gush about him and kept telling her friends what dates Jun took Alora on but her precise, strong feelings weren't talked about – simply because Alora thought it was never the right time to talk about a thing her friends had no idea about nor heard her talk about before.

It was soon noon and Alora started cooking up a quick meal for her suitemates and her but her mind wasn't with the food. Jun and her haven't been talking for two days now. Jun read her message she sent yesterday but didn't answer yet. Well, her message was very vague and anxiety inducing:

'Can we talk about something?'

She sighed and didn't notice the soup boiling over until it was too late, cursing Alora turned down the stove. You're overthinking...I don't even think all of this can be right.

Checking the time as well as the flavor of the soup she nodded and turned off the stove completely, walking out of the small suite kitchen.

"Hey guys, I finished the soup. I don't feel well, so I might take a walk around Alfea to get...things out of the system. You can eat though! I'll be back in a little." Alora smiled and put on her jacket, Cécilia got up from the couch. "Should I come with you?"

Alora shook her head with a light chuckle. "No no, don't worry. Eat up but leave a little for me, I'll be joining you guys when I finished the walk. Please, I just need a little lone time right now." everyone nodded with a sad look in their eyes and Alora bid her goodbye before closing the door behind her.

She walked down the long corridor before checking the time. 12:50...his classes must be over by now.

Alora looked around to see if anyone was watching her before she conjured a transportation portal to Red Fountain. When she stepped through it, she sighed and hid, no one seemed to have seen Alora on the campus yet.

Then she watched a guy walk through a gate, closing it afterwards and lighting a cigarette while greeting a fellow specialist, that was when Alora noticed it was Jun.

She gasped and looked around, a tree was right next to the gate so the fairy quickly jogged over and hid behind it. I'll wait for them to finish talking.

"You want one?" the young man motioned Jun to take out a cigarette from the box but Jun chuckled. "Wyatt, I don't smoke anymore since graduation. I thought you remembered."

The other specialist, Wyatt laughed and inhaled the smoke, speaking through his nose. "You became so soft; you could be one of the girls."

Jun snorted, leaning against the gate, Alora took a step back so she wouldn't be seen by either of the boys.

"The girls are tougher than you, by far." Jun crossed his arms over his chest, smiling and making Wyatt huff. "It's just the girls here think they are so special, they act so superior. Yikes."

Jun laughed his charming laugh. "That's not hard, you're a weak little boy."

Both grinned but Wyatt took a pull from his cigarette. "And what's with the little fairy you're seeing? You've been going on a few dates; you even go and get lunch together – you literally take time out of your busy day to go and see her."