Delving Into the Buried Chapter

Chapter 7

"Yumi? Are you alright? You're like a statue," Zaranaia asked Yeonica once again after hearing no response from her. She waved her hand in front of Yeonica, checking if she's okay.

Yeonica, on the other side, became more alert. She thought that Zaranaia probably knows now that she is not really a student of Olkizia and is undercover, so pretending to not know something is just a waste of time.

Even so, she managed to lift up her lips. "Nothing. How about you? Are you okay?" Yeonica asked Zaranaia back.

Confusion covered Zaranaia's face. "Huh? Of course. Why won't I be?" she innocently asked. Or is she really?

Yeonica shrugged her shoulders off. "Just because. I just thought hiding behind a luxurious mask was probably tiring."

"Huh?" Zaranaia became more confused. In her mind, she thought the fever must have gotten really serious.

On the other hand, Edem, who doesn't understand anything, just quit listening to them and went to her seat. Meanwhile, Zarco also went to his seat, but his ears were all open. He silently observed Yeonica and Zaranaia. He noticed the sudden change in Yeonica's behavior towards Zaranaia, which also made him confused, as those two are almost inseparable in the classroom. At least for the sake of Yeonica's cover as Yumi, which no one knows.

"Sit down, class. Good morning."

Everyone got back on their seats, including Yeonica and Zaranaia, when Mrs. Estiva came inside the room. 

During the whole day of class, Yeonica did nothing but observe Zaranaia's actions. While Zaranaia just looked occupied the whole day, she never noticed Yeonica's deadly eyes on her.

Yeonica arranged her things and packed them inside her bag. Once again, she stared at those pictures she found in Zaranaia's notebook. She can feel her emotions building up inside her. She just sighed deeply and put it in her bag. She'll need those later.

"Yumi, do you have time? Or you'll go home early?" Zaranaia came to Yeonica and asked her. She ignored her.

Zaranaia tapped her back. "Hey, should we get another food at the convenience store? I got a story to tell," she talked to her once more. 

"What story? Like about someone who's playing dumb and acting like the nicest person on Earth but is really hiding dark things?" Yeonica sarcastically said without turning to her.

"What? Where did you get that from?" Zaranaia asked. "Come on! My treat! Why are you ignoring me anyway? Are you mad? Did I do something?" 

Yeonica was about to answer her, but Edem called her name. "Yumi, Mrs. Estiva said go see her in the faculty room. About your papers of transferring," Edem told her in the most calming way. 

"Is that so? Thank you," Yeonica simply answered. 

"Wait, Yumi!" Zaranaia said and went her way. "Can I come with you?" 

"No. What for?"

"Please. Why are you mad at me?"

"I'm not. I'm just not in the mood for chitchats. Get out of the way," Yeonica firmly said.

"But—just let me go with you, oh? We'll go eat after," Zaranaia continued to nudge her.

"I said I'm not in the mood. Let's just talk tomorrow."

"Yumi—" 

"Here comes the teacher's pet. Loser just went to Mrs. Estiva." Both Yeonica and Zaranaia stopped when they heard Mezily was bothering Edem again. They looked behind them; Mezily was cornering Edem from going outside.