BXBX NOVEL Chapter 50 Are You Ready?
'He called my name, he knows my name!!!' Gia's thoughts went into overdrive. But in reality she froze the moment he called her name, spacing out deep in her subconscious.
"Gia?!" Nix tried again.
Gia snapped back to reality, she nodded her head.
"Yes, it's a sign of care." Gia said with a pout. Looking over at Lank to trap him with the guilt trick.
Nix nodded his head at her answer, he wasn't necessarily concerned on the reason she wanted to do that, but what he wanted to avoid a situation that could cause him to gag.
"You want to protect your pride as you walk out that door, right?" He nodded in the direction of Lank, awaiting his answer.
"Yes?!" He responded, somewhat not sure if he was even making the right decision by answering.
Nix closed his eyes, placing his head down on his clasped fingers. It took all in him to calm down before he planned on speaking soon.
Gia had clearly wanted to give him the jacket because of the soiled patch on his pants. She didn't want to be associated with someone who might be the next laughing stock of the whole academy.
Yet they had almost put him through hell to watch the unforgivable wait to happen?
"Okay, so that's reasonable." He nodded his head in understanding, having a smile as he pointed to Lank.
"Alright?" Lank responded, looking over to Gia.
"Do you know what you should do now, Lank?" Nix questioned, taking a deep breath, his hand slightly pinching on his nose.
"..."
"Take the goddamn jacket, Lank!" He pulled on his hair in utter frustration. There was no use dragging the whole issue.
Lank stood there frozen and stunned by his response, that was definitely not how he had pictured his advice to go.
"Or..." Gia stressed on the word, waiting for them to ask her the obvious question.
"Just spill it out, we all have a life out of these four walls." Nix berated, he was in a hurry to get back to the dormitory.
'Uh! Excuse you!' Gia scoffed in her thoughts.
Outwardly, she had her mouth slightly agape, cross popping veins on her forehead. Clearly disappointed he had the nerve to speak and ruin her great moment.
"I could test out my powers that I've been practicing to perfect for some time now." She explained.
Nix watched, immediately intrigued by what she had to say that was better than knotting the hands of the jacket around Lank's waist.
He had hoped that would bring on a new dawn of fashion that was a notable trend back in his world.
'If you think I would ask you what you have in mind, then you're clearly mistaken.' Nix raised a brow, determined not to say a single word while they waited for her so-called powers to kick-start.
"I could make him disappear for 10 seconds." She finally said. Looking at Lank with her head tilted slightly. She was teasing him. "Are you ready?" she said.
Lank shook his head, refusing to acknowledge what he heard. "You aren't doing some sort of experiment on me," he grumbled. "I'm not some piece of object to toy with."
"You were present when I did my presentation during Mr Gaviel's class. You witnessed my demonstration of my powers." Gia explained.
"If anything goes wrong, I will hunt you down and make sure the last thing you experience will be the feel of my powers" He threatened.
"Oooo scary!" She deadpanned, walking over to his side, rubbing her palms in preparation.
"So you decide, I either make you disappear," she paused, a devious smile present.
"...or you take the jacket and use it." She let him decide. There was a part of her that didn't want to waste her energy on him doing that spell.
"The jacket." He reached out for the piece of clothing.
'This could have been solved a few minutes ago.' Nix facepalmed at his answer, shaking his head.
He was starting to have second thoughts on the bond the mission had given him, was he meant to bond with a complete idiot?
Gia refused to give him the jacket, she needed to hear him say it. "So...?"
"So what?!" Lank snapped, frustrated by her actions. All he needed was the jacket, yet she was intentionally withholding it from him.
Unable to bear it anymore, Nix got up from his chair. Standing in front of Lank, he placed his hands on his shoulder, leaning forward so he could whisper what he had in mind earlier.
"What are you doing?" Lank went red at how close he was.
"Do I really make you uncomfortable?" Nix whispered into his left ear.
All his hair stood upright at the tease, he had wanted to push Nix away but the grip on his shoulder tightened the more he tried to struggle.
"Wait," Nix sighed, shaking his head on how difficult a bonding could be, even the bond with his pass was much smoother.
There was no point witnessing all the weird drama, it was about time to fully utilize his remaining 4 days of rest.
"When you are done with whatever it is you want to do, could you meet me at the library?" He requested.
"Library?" Lank repeated in a whisper, he had thought it was closed and off bound for decades. "There's a reason that place is off bounds."
"Don't worry I know a safe way in, I just wanted to show you something." He chuckled slightly. "If you're interested, meet me there in about 2 hours."
Pulling away, he shoved his hands into his pocket, looking to the side. "Do take good care of Lank while I'm gone."
Gia stood in front of his way, she couldn't hear what they had said but his current words almost sounded like they were never going to see again.
"What is going on?" She raised her chin, narrowing her eyes.
Nix looked down, shaking his head, her actions only reminded him of pretty face. He missed their interactions, their little arguments and misunderstanding. It made him realize how boring it would be to head back to the dormitory. He derived no joy anymore ever since her personality changed.
"Why do you still insist on speaking with me?" He raised his head finally, he needed answers, he wanted to know the real reason why she could deliberately avoid him for such a good number of days, yet the rest were different.
"That includes all of you, too." He spoke out a little louder for them all to hear him, "you don't need to have your backs turned anymore, I apologize for going against what I stood for."
"I– " Gia hesitated in her speech, searching her thoughts on the real reason she had jumped in to stop him from leaving, without thinking.