Warfare Augmented Intelligent Frame Unit

Chapter 65 - Accidental Love Triangle

Chapter 65 - Accidental Love Triangle

I finally finished the last exam for the Midterms. As soon as I slid my paper onto the scanner of the robotic proctor, a soft chime echoed, and a bright A- flashed on the holo-screen. Huh. Not bad. I hadn't exactly poured my soul into this Midterm—after all, Myrrh already had more than enough high marks to keep her scholarship on the Dean's List—but I somehow managed to scrape a pretty good grade anyway. Well, I'll take it.

I glanced over my shoulder as I left the examination hall. Myrrh was at the proctor's desk, her neatly written answers disappearing into the scanner. When she noticed me watching, she flashed a soft, confident smile and waved lightly, her long greenish blonde hair swaying with the movement. I didn't wait. Instead, I stepped out of the room, letting the door slide shut behind me.

Inside, Neil was still hunched over his desk, brows furrowed in deep concentration. Guess I'll just wait for him outside.

As soon as I stepped into the hallway, I spotted Remuel leaning casually against the wall, eyes glued to his phone. His thumbs scrolled lazily through his feed, probably checking the latest drama or posting one of his infamous nonsense takes. Without a word, I walked up beside him, and just as expected, he was the first to break the silence.

"So, how was your score, Mister Topnotcher?" he teased, smirking as he tilted his head toward me.

"A minus," I replied, shrugging. "What about you?"

"C." Remuel scoffed, slipping his phone into his pocket. "Barely passed."

I raised an eyebrow. "You had me fooled for a second. You were the first one to turn in your paper—I thought you knew all the answers and just breezed through it."

"I just gave up," he admitted with a lopsided, idiotic grin. "Honestly, I'm more worried about Cindy. If I barely scraped a C, she might score even lower... but at this point, I've given up worrying too. Haha."

"I'm worried about Myrrh too," I muttered, rubbing the back of my neck. "Advanced Calculus was actually brutal this time."

Remuel let out an exaggerated groan and rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on, you goddamn brainiac. You and Myrrh are guaranteed to pass. Stop overthinking it. Let's focus on the real benefit of exams."

I raised an eyebrow. "And what's that supposed to be?"

He turned his gaze to the window, where the golden afternoon sun bathed the hallway in a warm glow. His expression softened as he admired the view, a rare moment of serenity from someone as loud as him. "Don't you just love how school days end early during exams?"

I exhaled, then let a small grin creep onto my lips. "Yeah... I love it. It means we can game all we want for the rest of the day."

"That's the spirit!" Remuel snapped his fingers with a satisfied smirk. "Alright, let's wait for Neil."

Just as he said that, the classroom door slid open with a faint whoosh, and Neil stepped out. His eyes immediately locked onto mine—cold, serious, unreadable. For a moment, we just stared at each other. Then, in that silent exchange, he gave a subtle chin-up gesture. To most people, it would've looked arrogant, like a challenge, but I knew better. He was signaling me. A silent message: Meet at our spot.

I frowned slightly. What's up with him?

Something was definitely going on.

As I scanned the hallway, I realized that Myrrh and Fei had already left the classroom—earlier than Neil, in fact. I must have missed them while talking to Remuel. The two were deep in conversation, flipping through their notes and discussing their answers from the Advanced Calculus exam. Myrrh's brows were slightly furrowed in thought, while Fei nodded along, occasionally pointing at something in the notebook she held.