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《 Heartslabyul Dorm 》

"Woah~! This place's gorgeous! It couldn't be more different from ours!"

"Don't talk to me, Grim. I'm busy playing Candy Rush—Hey!"

ᴅᴇᴜᴄᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ ʜɪꜱ ᴘʜᴏɴᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇ.

"You seriously were playing games on my phone!? My battery will run out at this point."

"Hmph." ɪ ᴘᴏᴜᴛᴇᴅ.

《 Heartslabyul Dorm - Rose Maze 》

'Stupid Deuce...he didn't let me finish the level—'

"Oh, someone's here." ɢʀɪᴍ ʟᴏᴏᴋꜱ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀᴀɴɢᴇ-ʜᴀɪʀᴇᴅ ɢᴜʏ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏꜱᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴇꜱ.

"Oh, watch out. Any paint splatters and my head is gone."

'Paint...? Wasn't this...?'

"Hm...? Do you need something?" ʜᴇ ᴀꜱᴋꜱ ᴜꜱ.

"What are you doing with that?" ᴀᴄᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜᴄᴋᴇᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛ ʜᴇ'ꜱ ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ.

"This? As you can see, I'm painting the roses red."

"Eh? Why would you?"

"Hmm, you're fresh reaction is so cute! Come to think of it, you're the first years who busted the billion madol chandelier yesterday."

'We do not talk about that incident...'

"And you're the one who added even more punishment by stealing the dorm leader's tart last night! I feel so lucky meeting the notorious newcomers first thing in the morning! Ne! Ne! Ne~! Let's take a selfie! Yay!"

'Wait what—!?'

ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɪ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ɪᴛ, ʜᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ᴀ ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏ ᴏꜰ ᴜꜱ.

"Can I put this on Magicame? Tell me your names so I can put you in the tags."

"Deuce Spade."

"Ace."

"Grim and—"

"Azuma..."

"Hoi! Upload, finished!"

"You didn't let me finish!"

ɪ ʟᴇᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ꜱɪɢʜ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴘᴜʟʟɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ᴍʏ ʜᴏᴏᴅɪᴇ.

'His social stats are waaay to high for me...'

"I'm your third year-senpai, Cater Diamond! Call me Cater. Cay-kun is fine too. Nice to meet you!"

"Such a carefree guy..."

"Ah, you must be the supervisor from Ramshackle Dorm. Good on you, living in a place like that! It's super dark and you can't get a good Magicam there. You have my sympathy. You two also made that mess during the ceremony, right? I didn't realize you're so cute!"

"Huh...?"

ᴄᴀᴛᴇʀ-ꜱᴇɴᴘᴀɪ ɢᴇᴛꜱ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ.

"Hey, let's take another selfie then!"

ᴍʏ ʜᴏᴏᴅɪᴇ ꜱʟɪᴘꜱ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ꜰʟᴀꜱʜᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ.

"Arigatou~! Ah! I don't have any time for small talk! The party's in two days. I don't wanna lose my head for being late. Hey, can you guys help with painting the roses?"

"But why are you doing something so weird?" ᴀᴄᴇ ᴀꜱᴋꜱ.

"Red roses are the most photogenic! I guess? I've also gotta change the flamingos' colors for the croquet match. So I'm kinda busy."

"You're changing the flamingos' colors!? Your chores are so weird..."

"I feel like they're not supposed to be called chores anymore." ɪ ᴀᴅᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢʀɪᴍ'ꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ.

"So the tart Ace ate was for the dorm leader's birthday party. No wonder why he's so mad..."

"Nope~! That's not it!" ᴄᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇᴅ.

"It's not!? Then whose birthday is it?"

"It's no one's birthday. The day after tomorrow is our dorm's traditional "Unbirthday Party". The dorm leader choses a random day that isn't anyone's birthday and we have a tea party."

"The heck is that!?"

'Oh I've heard of this before...'

"All you have to do for now is to make the roses red! Deuce-Chan, Grim-Chan, you two can do it with magic. Ace-Chan, Azuma-Chan, since you can't use magic, here's some paint." ᴄᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴘᴀꜱꜱᴇꜱ ᴀ ʙᴜᴄᴋᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ 2 ᴘᴀɪɴᴛʙʀᴜꜱʜᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴇ.

"We can change the color with magic...?"

"I've never done anything like that."

"Grim can burn stuff though." ɪ ᴍᴜᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ.

"Okay, it's fine! We'll figure it out! We better hurry if we don't wanna lose our heads to the dorm leader~!"

𝓣𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 || Shattered GlassWhere stories live. Discover now