“What’s going on?”
Mana looks at the nearest student from us.
“Umm.. excuse me. What’s happening over there?”
“There’s a fight over there! That new student really made a huge mess into this school!”
We look at each other with the same worried face.
“Sneg? But with who?” Mari asks.
Only two people come to my mind as an answer.
It’s Jefferson or Colombain.
Then more two students, from sound sources, approach us.
“Queen Valter. Please come with us! We need you to stop them!”
“Lead the way.” I respond quickly to them.
The twins and I are following the two students.
The sound is really loud.
Sound of furniture crashed.
People shouting to one another.
I can hear the teacher's and someone's voice from this far.
When we get closer, I can hear clearly whose voice is this.
“Stop it, you too!”
“I won’t stop until he admits that it’s his fault!”
“I SAID IT’S NOT MY FAULT, YOU IDIOT!”
At the cafeteria, one of the chairs almost hit us.
This place is a mess more like disaster.
They are still fighting even though the teachers and students are already holding them.
This meaningless fight needs to stop.
I look at them, their faces full of anger against each other.
If I shout it’s not solve anything.
This place is so noisy and there are so many people here.
It only hurt my throat because I was shouting at them to stop.
I look around the cafeteria to find something to stop them.
It’s just tables and chairs nearby.
Throwing this at them only makes them get hurt.
There’s nothing I can do with that kind of stuff.
But the reason they fight each other is because of me.
Then maybe I know how to solve this.
Although it sounds ridiculous, this is the best for now.
Pulling the twins closer to me so they can hear my voice clearly.
“Please help me tell everyone not to step in the cafeteria. If they want to watch it, watch from outside of it.” My request to them.
They answer me with a nod, then separate ways to make it easier.
While I wait for them to do my request, I walk to the nearest vending machine.
Walking back to the cafeteria, I can see clearly that the place is less crowded than before.
The only people in there are the students and teachers who held them.
Seriously… why do they keep fighting though? There are two teachers already in there.
The twins show up from the crowd then approach me.
“What’s next, Vil?” Mana asks.
“They only get more hurt if we don’t stop them.” Mari follows her twin.
“Thank you for your help guys. The queen needs to show up now.”
Step into the cafeteria, I take one of the nearest chairs.
I’m dragging the chair closer to the fight.
The sound of a dragged chair and my shoes towards them, already caught their attention.
The only thing I need to do is to make their eyes look at me.
“What? Why stop fighting? Keep it up. I already bought my drink.” I say to them.
“Did you know why I got this bruise?! And here you just showed up like that?!” Sneg answers me with such an angry voice.
“Mrs. Valter?! What are you doing here?!” Colombain answers me without any anger.
The two of them have a lot of bruises on their face.
When Colombain look at me, he stop himself immediately and step back from Sneg.
The way he looks at me is very opposite of how Sneg is to me.
It’s pure concern and I can feel its warmth.
Maybe because he is orange? But I still don’t know what orange means.
“Of course it’s because you are fighting with Mr. Colombain, Mr. Sneg.” Answering Mr. Sneg question.
“I mean THE REASON why we are fighting right now, you dumbass!”
“Hold your tongue, Sneg! Don’t you ever say something like that to her!” Says the teacher who is holding him.
“What if I say so huh?! You wanna fight some more with me?!” Mr. Sneg says to the teacher.
Colombain look at me and he got my signal.
Shooking my head lightly as a signal for him to stop fighting.
He takes a deep breath and tries his best to hold his anger.
It’s Sneg turn now to look at me.
“And for you. The reason we’re fighting here is because you provoke my father. You did something to him last night, right?! That’s why he splashed his glass of wine to your face!”
“None of you guys even heard our conversation, yet you already judge me?” I respond to him coldly.
“Of course you are the wrong one here! If you’re not too arrogant you won’t do such a thing to my father!”
“Fine. Let me tell you something, Mr. Sneg. Our conversation is about something we did on the dance floor. You know where is it going right? Because you’ve done such a thing.” It’s my turn to fight him back.
Mr. Sneg face looks rather pale and he starts averting his eyes.
“Then we are done here. Teachers and everyone in here, I’m truly sorry for what happens in this cafeteria and disturb everyone from lunch time. Please forgive me to let such a thing happen.” An announcement as the fight is over.
“No, Mrs. Valter. It is my fault to start the fight. I’m sorry I can’t hold my anger towards him after last night's rumour.” Mr. Colombain tries to take the responsibility.
“Yes, Mrs. Valter. None of this is your fault. Please don’t apologize. We know that you come here immediately to stop this fight. We must be grateful to have such a great queen like you.” One of the teachers says.
“Now you two, come with us to the principal office. We have a lot of things to say. Well then Mrs. Valter, we’ll take our leave now.” He continues.
Giving my soft smile to the teachers while they leave the cafeteria.
Right after they left, the twins show up again.
“Vil, the lunch time is almost over. We need to go to the infirmary quickly.”
They pull my hand carefully because they don’t want to touch my wounds.
Thankfully the infirmary is empty.
Only the nurse is here.
She gets up immediately and comes to us.
“What can I help you students?” She asks.
“We need something to treat a wound, Mrs. Park.” Mana answers her.
“May I look at the wound please?”
I furrowed my brows when she said that.
Still not used to show anything like this to strangers.
Meanwhile the nurse is busy looking for a medicine for me.
The twins notice how I look at them.
“Um.. We’ll treat the wounds by ourselves.” Mari says.
“Okay. Please let me know if there is something else you need.” The nurse answers Mari
“Thank you, Mrs. Park.” I respond to her and bow.
My back facing the door in order if someone shows up.
Rolling my sleeves feels like my lower arms burn once again.
Besides, I also haven't bandaged the wound.
The twins show up with a box of medicine on Mana hands.
“Vil, it will only hurt a little.” Mana says.
“Please hold it for a sec, okay. You can hold on in my hands.” Mari continues.
Mari takes my hands for me if I can’t hold the injury.
As a response, I give them a nod.
Mana starts to treat my wounds.
I hold on tightly to Mari's hands while Mana is treating my wounds.
It hurts a lot more than I expected.
After a moment, Mana finishes treating my wound.
The last thing is to bandage my wound so it doesn't get worse.
“Alright. It’s done, Vil.” Mana says.
“How does it feel now? Better?’ Mari continues.
“A lot better. Thank you so much guys.” I answer.
“No problem, Queen!” The two of them respond synchronously.
It’s not as hurt as before.
Mana really does such a great job for treating my wounds.
It has been such a long time since I've gotten a bad wound like this.
As long as I can remember, this is the first time someone treated my wound though.
Usually, I only got a tiny scratched
So it’s rare for me to use many bandages like this.
“Let’s get back to class guys. I think it's almost the time for afternoon class.” Mana says to us.
When we opened up the infirmary door, Colombain stand in front of the door.
He looks at me with a surprise.
“Mrs. Valter, did you get any hurt? Are you feeling unwell?” He asks me.
“I’m fine, Mr. Colombain. Thank you for your con…”
“Then why are you in infirmary? There’s something happening to you?” He doesn’t let me finish my sentence.
“I only came here because the teacher needs my help to deliver something to the nurse.” I try to answer him without hesitation so he won’t recognize that I lied to him.
“Ohh… I see.”
“You’re not going to ask about us?”
The twins interrupt our conversation from my behind.
“Oh I didn’t see you there Einhard twins. I’m sorry for not noticing.” He says politely.
“It’s fine. Well, I think we’ll take our leave now, Colombain.”
“Please take care of your injury, Colombain.” Mari says.
I didn’t say anything to him.
The only thing on my mind right now is I don’t want him to know about my wounds.
I hope the nurse doesn't know which one from us who gets injured.
Then we go straight to our class.
****
“See you tomorrow, Vil.”
“Please take care on your way home.”
“See you tomorrow guys and don’t forget we have homework for tomorrow.”
Then the twins left me alone above the tree near our school entrance.
“It’s rare to see our queen alone in school.”
It’s a woman's voice.
I didn’t recognize whose voice this was.
I turn my face to the voice source.
Hm? I think I’ve seen this girl before. Isn’t it Mrs. Célia Brugière?
It’s green.
“Mrs. Brugière?” I ask her.
“Yes. That is correct, Mrs. Valter. May I take a seat next to you?” She asks me politely.
Her tone voice almost the same with how Colombain talks.
“Sure.”
“You know, Gofar is actually a very patient person. It’s rare for me to see him lose control because of his anger.” She starts the conversation.
“I think he is that kind of person too. I mean when I looked at him, I can clearly see that this person is so kind-hearted. It won’t be easy for him to get over his emotion.”
“True. Actually I've been one of his best friends since we were kids. He is like a brother to me. Do you want to know more about him?”
“Umm… sure. But please don’t share anything bad from him.”
“That’s so kind of you, Mrs. Valter. You are always nice towards others. When Gofar is a kid, he is so cold to everyone and he had trouble communicating to others.”
“Really? It doesn’t sound like him for me.”
“Yes that’s right hahaha… Well, he practices with me how to communicate to others. But in fact, he is still kinda cold though. It’s surprising when he stood up for you right in front of everyone that night.”
Hmm… so it’s rare for him something like this huh?
“Is he like the twins if I were you?”
“That’s right. For me, the twins feel like my sisters too. They always stay with me. That’s why everyone called them my bodyguards.”
“Hahahaha… right that rumour spread in our class too since we are first grade in this school. They also helped you a lot with people around you. For me, it’s usually the three of us hanging out together. The other one is Henry Léger. Do you know him?”
“Yes, I knew his name and what he looks like.”
“He likes calming places like coffee shops or cafes. He enjoyed the sound of the coffee maker and the smell of fresh coffee that we offered. But he doesn’t like to travel to mountains or beaches although mountains may be more quiet and calm than the coffee shops.”
“Same goes for me. I like calming places but I never travel around or visit any coffee shops and cafes.”
“WHAT?! REALLY?!”
I jolt from her response that she suddenly raises her voice.
“Umm… Yes. My parents don’t let me go to places like that.”
Wait, why am I telling this to her?
“Aaaa… I see I see. Hmm… What about you come with us? Trust me, you would love these places.”
“I don’t think I can do that, Mrs. Brugière.”
Furrowing my brows.
“Oof pleaseee just call me without the formalities, Valter. Hmm… how about if the twins come with you? Like after school Friday, what do you think?”
“Maybe that will do. My parents always trust the twins anyway. So if they come with me I guess there’s no problem with it.”
“Alright then! Friday after school we are going to our favorite coffee shop! Oh yeah wait. Which one do you prefer? Coffee shops or cafes?”
“I’ve never been any of those. You guys can choose it. I would love to try one of them.”
“Maybe we can start with the coffee shop then.”
“Umm.. To be honest, I can’t drink coffee. I tried it when I was a kid and I have had a headache for almost three days.”
“Aaww.. we all love to drink coffee. Like when we have a project before, the hot coffee always puts our mood back to work! I guess we are going to a cafe this Friday then.”
“What are you doing here, Célia?”
“Sorry for the wait.”
The sound of two men coming from behind us.
I know one of these voices.
It must be Mr. Colombain and his friend that she mentioned before.
“Oh! Hey guys! I’m waiting for Henry to pick me up. So I took a little chit chat with the queen.”
I turn around to face the voice source.
Mr. Colombain look at me with surprise then he come over to me immediately.
“Mrs. Valter! What are you doing here? Why is your butler not picking you up already? It’s almost past 6!” He says with such a worried tone of voice.
“It’s okay, Mr. Colombain. Maybe two more minutes he will come. Besides I’m having fun chatting with your friend.”
“Annndd we planning to go to our favorite cafe. You guys wanna come?”
“Yea sure. Not a problem for me.” Mr. Léger answers.
“What about you, Gofar?” She asks him.
“I would love to if it’s okay with Mrs. Valter.” He answers nervously.
“We have discussed it before Gofar. She would love to be with all of us. And please don’t use mrs or mr to each other! We are all friends here!”
“Is it okay, Mrs. Valter?” Colombain asks me to get a confirmation from me.
“You may call me without the formalities, Colombain and Léger.”
When I called colombain name, he turn around not facing me.
He looks like he’s hiding his face.
Strange, I don’t know why.
“I hope we can get along, Valter.” Léger reaches out his hand to me.
“The same goes for me too, Léger.” Smile softly to him then shake his hand.
Beep beep
The horn of my car.
“Oh! that’s my car. I should leave now. See you guys.”
“Bye byee Valter!” Brugière and Léger say to me.
They wave goodbye to me.
I respond to them with a small wave.
Two green and a plan for a cafe huh? I’m looking forward to it.
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