The Eleventh Gifted (The Gifted Fanfiction)

Chapter 61

Wave closed the door behind them and led Aria to his area in the dorm room he shared with the rest of the Gifted boys.

He went straight to his table whilst she looked around the room. It had the same structure as the dorm room she shared with three more girls, only with more "girly" vibes; colourful bedsheets, patterned pillows, and an elegant curtain that one of her dormmates let them use. They even had different "bed designs". One of them even had fairy lights and polaroid pictures. That room was much simpler than theirs.

Wave slammed his bag on the bed next to his table so Aria let herself fall on it, thinking that the lower bunk was his. He put his jacket on the back of his chair and sat on it, sighing and catching his head with his hand.

Aria noticed it. She got up from lying and sat, folding her legs in a lotus form as she continued staring at Wave massaging his head.

"What's wrong?" she asked gently.

He turned his head to her and opened his mouth to answer, but she interrupted him before he could even utter a word.

"Don't even think of lying to me. You made a promise. You're not supposed to break it," Aria threatened.

Wave sighed. He couldn't break his promise. Even if promises were meant to be broken, he would strive not to break the one he made to her.

"I just... I don't want to tell everyone the truth. Punn has points, yes, but they'd hate us. They'd want to hurt us. They'd want us dead." Wave shook his head. "I don't want any of it happening to us, to you."

An adoring smile appeared on Aria's face. That was how much he cared about her? She wanted to melt just by thinking about it.

Wave sighed and shook his head once more.

She got up from her seat and went to the small fridge they had inside. She and her dormmates, too, had a small fridge like theirs, but unlike that one, they had many foods and drinks inside. Even a secret stash of alcohol that her dormmates did a great job of hiding. She didn't drink with them, nor did she tolerate it. Aria would tell them to keep them away, but they wouldn't listen. She resorted to telling the teachers, but they still managed to get away from it.

Aria looked inside to find one bottle of green tea with Pang's name on a note on it. She took the piece of paper off, put it on top of the fridge, went back to Wave, and gave it to him.

He was hesitant to take it at first, but he still accepted it and she went back to her seat.

"This is Pang's," he noted.

"I know, but you need it more than him. If he looks for it, tell me, I'll give him a box if he wants."

Wave shook his head, and drinks the contents of the bottle anyway.

"Don't bother about what people would think even just for a moment, okay? We both disagree with what the Ministry wants, we both don't want to see, hear, and feel the negative reactions, but also don't be stressed out by it too much. So much has happened today and the past few days so think of something else that'll distract you from the problem."

"Like?"

"Like, when do you plan on setting an appointment with my family?"

"That will do nothing but add to my stress." "And besides, you took me by surprise with all these dating and relationship talks."

Aria giggled, hearing not only his spoken words but also his thoughts unknown to him. But her little act put an upward curve on Wave's lips as soon as he heard it.

"What about this topic: I think I've found my limit?"

"What?"

"Mr Pom told us to find our limit, didn't he? I think I found mine."