Funfetti Made For Only One Fork

🍽️ Chapter 2 🍽️

Chapter 2 : Unfortunate Soul

Orientation session lasted for three stretching hours. Zhoucheng persistently spend last two of it nodding off into yibo shoulder, softly snoring sometimes even mumbling incoherent whispers. Yibo sits through it like he was warded by magic, anticipation thrumming under his skin. He try to imagine his father, a sunny boy from rural side of china walking through the entrance, looking a little intimidated by the searing raw of seats occupied by unfamiliar faces or how his heart pulse found an unfamiliar rhythm when a beautiful girl approach him to help. A faithful encounter that marked the moment of everlasting love.

He holds his bag closer a little closer, seeking a warmth it could never provide. When the arena erupt into clapping as the speech ends zhoucheng startled awake and looks around petrified, grinning sheepishly when yibo laughs at him. Abashed he adjusts his clothes and sits straight, fiddling with his ears that is red on its tip.

"Hii"

A curious pair of black orbes peeks at them above the chair infront. A minute after a slender arms pokes through the gap between the chairs and thrust upon them.

"I'm Zhao lusi. Nice to meet you.'

"Hi. Wang Yibo. Nice to meet you too"

He took her offered hand for a brief handshake then pointes at zhoucheng

"This is Wang zhoucheng"

"Hello. I'm Lusi"

She offer zhoucheng a perly teeth smile and nudges on the boy sitting besides her, who throws her a fleeting scolding gaze before going back to observing the ongoing speech. However, lusi slings her arm around his shoulder and turns him back to them.

"This potato here is my friend sang yan."

She ruffles his hair hair and slapped her fist gently on his cheeks when he groans,Wiggles on her hold. Lusi laughs at his heating red on both of his cheeks, pokes it. In the end sang yan manage nudges her arms off and adjust his glasses.

"Stop being so annoying. You're gonna get us into trouble."

He grumpled and but still gives both yibo and zhoucheng a shy nod. Lusi shrugs and tossed her long black hair back before rummaging her bag to give yibo and zhoucheng some candy treats.

"Come on take it. Good occasion should always start with sweetness"

She said with a bright smile.

"Thank you."

Both yibo and zhoucheng said as they take one wrapped candy. Lusi took one for her self,unwraps it and tossed the chocolate into her mouth.

"You're welcome ."

She jiggles her fingers at them and managed to string the words out despite her mouth is puffing up with mouthful chocolate. She unwrap another one with golden warped and dumps it on sang yan's mouth who let out a offending noise but immediately starts chewing in silence.

Lusi is indeed a beautiful girl, with glossy brown hair, round doe eyes, perfect arch of eyebrows. Her companion however have a angular face, pale skin and shy, timid aura around him. They chatted for a few minutes enough for yibo know that both lusi and Shang yan is from suburban parts of yanqing municipality. A picturesque townscape of historical abode.

After the orientation program they were asked to form a group under the stone arch on the entrance to faculty building for journalism adjoined to the printing museum which only completed its construction in recent year. Their faculty building is alone a five thousand square meter Greek revival styled edifice. Classrooms are fully air-conditioned and specifically designed like case study model room, with crescent tables ascending up ward,wide lecture podium,  smart glass wall opening for the splendid view of campus lawn and vollyball field.