Class had ended. I went straight home after since my dad would come home tonight and teach me the new recipe his restaurant has. Dad's restaurant was one of the best 5-star fine dining restaurants that exists, with many outstanding chefs and staff working under him. It was named after the Portuguese saying for good food, Comida Boa—a restaurant that he built with his own hands since he was a teen.
I got out of the car and handed my bag to the maid waiting for me at the door.
"Is Dad here yet..?" I asked, tugging my tie and walking towards my room upstairs.
"Not yet, sir." the maid replied, following me within five steps away.
I opened the door to my room and spoke before entering. "Call me when he arrives." Then I closed my room.
I walked towards my PC and started it and I head towards my bathroom to change my clothes. I sat down at my gaming chair and opened my account in a game called Terranox.
I've been playing this game for over five months now after Seb bugged me to download it and play with him in his free time. Eventually, 5 month has passed my account has leveled up since the first time I played it, so much that we even created a guild called Woooomf with my as it's vice-guild master. Seb had already told me beforehand yesterday about the new event coming up in the game, and he was really looking forward to it so that we could finally stream the whole competition on Twitch.
It was hard to believe at first that not only he was a big nerd but also a huge game addict that has countless of games in his PC. He streams every game he plays every night and has rose up into one of the biggest virtual streamer online, except when there are upcoming exams or schoolworks that needs to be taken care of.
Ring. Seb called me on my account. I accepted his call, and his face appeared on the third screen on my PC to my right.
"You ready now..?" he asked. You could already see some chips and soda right next to him on his table.
"Yup," I replied, clinking on my mouse while glued in the screen.
Our guild has a lot of members on its own, but since today's competition only allowed two representatives in the guild to compete, and Seb—the guild master—was already looking forward to competing and participating in the event, hence our members had no choice but to let us participate in the event.
He officially started his virtual stream and was now doing his opening talks before entering the event. I didn't like appearing much in his streams, which is why my voice and account would be the only ones heard and seen in his stream, and not my virtual character like his.
"Sper will be our opponent, huh." Seb muttered.
"It's that guild that has only four members including the master and vice, and is famous for being strong and foul-mouthed..?" I said to him, and he responded,
"Yeah lol."
"To think we'll be competing against them, ain't this gonna end in an utter defeat." I laughed jokingly.
"Probably." Seb laughed back.
Ting.
rielxtra_ has defeated mon_leo.
noobyz_ has defeated summ_dimz.
And unfortunately, I was right. A player with only five months of experience could not possibly defeat a player with more than a year. But still, it ain't that bad having a taste of defeat once in a while.
[Woooomf] mon_leo : you're good lol.
Seb burst into laughter after seeing I messaged rielxtra_.
"What's up with that..?" he said, still laughing.
"What..? I'm just stating some facts, nothing else." I said, sounding a bit embarrassed.
Ting.
[Sper] rielxtra_ : thx ig?.
He replied to my message.
"Ain't that a bit cold." Seb said after ending his stream.
"Lol what else did you expect..?" I replied.
"Maybe he'd be at least a bit friendly..?" he said, munching on his chips.
"Brother..?" His sister's voice was heard online, looking for him.
"Uh crap, I gotta go now, Sam is awake. Bye, Lucas." he added.
"Lol okay." I replied before he ended the call.
I sighed and checked my phone.
[3 Unread Messages from Dad.]
Dad: I'm sorry, Lucas. Something came up at the company, so I won't be coming home tonight.
Dad: I'll make it up to you tomorrow, I swear.
Dad: Don't stay up too late today.
"He always does this." I muttered, leaning on my chair while staring at the sky through my window.
And then morning came. I headed downstairs after getting ready and sat at the dining table as the maids placed down my breakfast.
"Sir, the madam will be home tomorrow afternoon from Barcelona and will be staying until this Sunday." the butler said to me while he poured me some milk.
The scent of the milk wafted in under my nose. It reminded me of what happened yesterday. Am I that pissed off about yesterday that I get reminded of him just by drinking milk..? What kind of perfume does he use anyway to have the scent of milk wafting from him?
"Davi, no need to bring me some milk tomorrow." I said, slicing the egg on my plate.
"Understood, sir."
I now arrived at the academy. It was a bit earlier than usual, but it was also okay since I could have a little time to walk around the academy. As I was about to walk out of the classroom, Eli arrived, looking at me with a surprised expression.
"What's with that look." I said, a bit bothered.
"Ah no, it's just that it's the first time I've ever seen you arrive at school this early ever since middle school." Eli said, placing her bag in her seat.
"Stop it." I frowned.
"You planning on going somewhere..?" she asked, staring at me.
"Yeah, just gonna walk around the academy."
"I'll go with you." she replied, taking her phone out of her bag. I hesitated for a while but eventually said yes.
"Now that I think about it, you and Seb usually arrive at school together. Where is he..?" I asked while walking.
"Uncle said he overslept." she replied. I paused and turned my head towards her.
"Is that the same Seb we're talking about right now..?" I said, confused and surprised.
"Yeah, I was surprised at first too. But he said he was gaming all night last night and I thought he was gaming with you."
"No, we stopped around 12 a.m. since Sam woke up and came to find him in his room."
"Then it must've been someone else.." she said.
As I was about to open the door to go out of the building, someone bumped into my chest. A familiar scent of milk.
"What the—" Gabriel groaned and bouncing back. Our eyes met and his were filled with hostility. He glared at me while I felt somewhat awkward. Eli peeked behind me with her curious eyes, and somehow Gabriel wasn't a huge fan of that and walked away with a frown.
"I'm sorry for that." one of his friends apologized. From what I remember, his name was Caleb.
"No, it's fine. I should be the one saying sorry." I replied, and they rushed toward Gabriel.
"What a strange fellow." Eli said, glancing at them over her shoulder.
"Who..?" I asked, turning my head.
"Gabriel." she said before she continued walking.
Well, I can't argue with her about that. He really is a strange one and sensitive at that. He gets provoked easily, much more his appearance and personality don't match, and he's always on edge every time. Is it just because of me? He doesn't seem to be like that on his friends so it looks like it's really because of me. I smirked. Discovering so many things about him makes me really interested in finding more. He's like a new book I'm reading the more I read it's chapters the more I become interested.
"Wait up." I shouted, running after Eli.