Love Stories Over A Cup Of Coffee

II. We Met

Mew is running so fast. He did not know where to go. It is his first day at the university and everything he planned did not go the way he wanted.

He was planning to gain as many friends as he can in his faculty, Engineering. He planned to do it during lunch break, but suddenly girls from other faculties started to approach him. He did not know that being in a popular show, even just as a supporting cast could make him this popular. The volume just got out of hand. He just decided to run.

Now he did not know where to hide. He is new in this place anyways. He couldn't just enter any classroom. He doesn't even know where he is right now.

Mew saw a door below a staircase. It is slightly open, that's why he saw it. He immediately went inside without thinking what could have been in there.

Mew stood still for a while to catch his breath. After a few seconds, he tried to listen if there are still people outside. There are still some. He then decided to stay a little longer.

Now he has the time to observe where he is. He almost shouted when he saw a lady at the not so far end of the place, looking at him. He was able to cover his mouth but still made some noise.

"I'm not a ghost." Said the lady. Her eyes are emotionaless. She doesn't look happy nor sad.

"Th-then, what are you?" Mew whispered.

The lady raised an eyebrow. "Human?"

Mew let out a sigh. "What are you doing here?" He asked curiously.

"How about you?" The lady asked him back.

"Well, I'm hiding from some people." Mew paused. He realized the lady did not answer him. "Why didn't you answer my question?"

"I don't know anyone here. And I'm not used to being surrounded by a lot of people." The lady answered. She took a bite from her sandwich.

"S-so, you eat your lunch here?" Mew asked. He is indisbelief. A lady eating her lunch in this stuffy, humid, and dark place?

"Yes." The lady responded, unbothered.

Silence. The lady kept eating. Mew couldn't take the silence.

"I'm Mew, freshman, faculty of Engineering. How about you?" He introduced himself.

The lady looked at him for a second. "Lapisara, freshman, faculty of political science." Then she goes back to her food.

"Don't you have any nickname?" Mew asked again.

"Apple." The lady said.

Mew smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Apple."

Apple smiled back, yet her eyes still emotionless.

After meeting Apple that day, Mew decided he wanted to be friends with her. He got a good feeling about her.

The following day, Mew got curious if Apple really eats in that place. So he decided to look for her. Viola! She is really there, eating her lunch again. Mew convinced her to go with him. It took a while before she agreed.

Mew brought Apple to the faculty of Engineering canteen where they met his new friend, Tawan.

"Apple, this is my friend from the faculty of Engineering, Tawan. And this is?" Mew said as he noticed an unfamiliar person seating beside Tawan.

"Ah, this is August. He is my high school friend. He is from the faculty of Law." Tawan introduced his friend.

"And this is Apple, my friend from the faculty of Political Science." Mew introduced Apple.