Chapter 4 FOUR

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"VVS my diamonds, I don't need no light to shine

Iced out both my wrists now I can barely see the time~" A sweet, milky-skinned woman seemed to enjoy singing.

"Noisy bastard." The cute little girl snapped at the girl in front of her who was shamelessly singing at a loud volume.

"You can't see I'm happy, can you Lin?" Agatha asked curtly.

"I know you have a good voice, but you don't have to sing too loud."

"So what?" challenged Agatha.

"You didn't notice the other diners staring at us." Alina glared.

Agatha also circulated her gaze to every corner of the cafe, the visitors looked at her and Alina. with a cynical look, was disturbed. Agatha grimaced and smiled apologetically.

Alina returned to focusing on her initial activities of replying to messages from her lover.

"Wen, you think handsome, don't you?" Alina showed her cellphone to Agatha, which showed a photo of a man smiling at the camera.

"Handsome, who is he?" Agatha asked while shoving.

Cheesecake into her mouth.

"Jack oppa."

"Oh." Agatha frowned as if she was thinking, "Wait, don't tell me he's your new boyfriend."

"That's my new boyfriend." Alina smirked cutely .

"You just broke up three days ago, Fang Alina and now ..." Agatha paused for a moment, "Oh, sometimes I forget that you're a player." Agatha said, annoyed.

Alina didn't seem to care, she instead threw her cellphone at Agatha. Fortunately, Agatha has good reflexes so she immediately got the cellphone.

"Reply the message for me." Alina's orders were too casual.

Agatha herself is no longer surprised, she knows Alina doesn't really love them. Therefore, if Alina gets bored with her toys, Agatha will be asked to reply to messages from her lover or when they invite them to meet and Alina is too lazy to meet her lovers, then he will make excuses not to meet them. Sometimes Agatha herself is confused about who is going out and who is bothering her.

Alina herself turned her eyes towards the cafe window facing the highway.

The cafe door opened, Alina looked in that direction, while Agatha just ignored her position with her back to the cafe door.

Alina could see three young men wearing basketball clothes and a bag slung over one shoulder. She concluded that they were coming home from basketball practice.

"What do you want?" Ask one of the three men.

"I'm americano, you?"

"Just make it the same." Said the man who had been playing with his cellphone. Feeling someone staring at him, he turned his gaze from the cell phone screen to the cafe visitor. His eyes met with Alina's, who had been watching him for a long time.

They stared at each other for a few seconds, then the man returned his focus to his phone screen. Alina also chose to see the scenery outside the cafe.

"You told Mark we were going to his apartment?"

"Already," Gavin answered, Yes. The three men were Gavin and Jake, who had asked Gavin and Bobby who to and order drinks.

"Then?" Jake asked.

"He said no problem, Bobby"

"OK." Bobby said without protest.

"Even though he just got home from the Olympics."

"You're so talkative, genie." Since then, Jake has been asking questions and talking about unimportant things.

"Alright, let's go." Bobby came with 4 cups of Americano. The three handsome men did not want to waste time and immediately left the cafe.

"Lin, your boyfriend is asking to meet you." Agatha shows her chat history with Alina's lover.

"You asked when?"

Agatha immediately typed a message to Alina's lover about when he would invite Alina to meet him.

"Tonight." Agatha waited for Alina's orders. While Alina herself seemed to be thinking while stirring her milkshake.

"Just say yes." Alina broke up after thinking for quite a while.

"Agatha." Call Alina. Agatha turned to Alina while raising an eyebrow.

"You don't want to give a gift to your beloved who has just returned from the Olympics. I'm sure our school's golden boy will definitely win." Alina babbles.

"Who are you talking about?" Agatha pretended to be stupid.

"I'm sure you know who."

"A prize? Close enough, why should I bother appreciating the win?" Agatha returned Alina's cellphone, resting her chin afterward.

"Not close but crushing each other." Alina taunts.

"You're really tired of living, huh!"

Alina just chuckled and then lazily stirred the milkshake. While Agatha seemed to think.

"Gift huh?" Agatha muttered, then smirked.

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Gavin, Jake and Bobby are now in the elevator to Mark's apartment.

'Ting'

The elevator opened and the three men rushed out.

"This is the top floor of this apartment, right?" Bobby asked. But no one answered.

Gavin rang Mark's apartment doorbell.

The door opened to reveal a man in black shorts, a plain red short-sleeved shirt and the man's hair was still wet, as if the man had taken a shower.

"Enter." Mark said. The three men immediately rushed in.

"You said apartment? It's definitely a penthouse." Jake exclaimed excitedly an hitting Gavin on the shoulder when he saw how luxurious Mark's apartment was, which was dominated by transparent glass that displayed the beauty of the city, skyscrapers, and the view of the sun that was now starting to set which made the sky orange hue.

"What business do you want to come here for?" Mark asked as he took the Americano that Bobby handed him.

"The basketball captain next door asked us to spar before the tournament," Bobby said.

"Then?" Mark frowned.

"Yes then how?" With a demanding tone, Jake asked.

"Gavin isn't the captain, you're the vice-captain yourself. Why are you asking me?"

"Yes yes." Jake scratched the back of his neck and it didn't itch. Gavin took a deep breath.

"We're here to ask your opinion, not your answer." Obviously Gavin.

"NOT THAT!" Jake exclaimed excitedly.

Plakk!

Suddenly, with no feelings, Bobby hit Jake's head.

"Shut up stupid."

Mark tried to be patient, it seemed that allowing them here was the wrong choice.

"You'd better accept their invitation. There's nothing wrong in my opinion."

"You know they have a little sentiment towards us," Bobby spoke.

"Then you want to decline, letting them bark about how cowardly we are to turn down their offer." Mark said sharply.

Gavin looked thoughtful. "What do you think, Jake?"

"I?" Jake pointed to himself. Jake cleared his throat for a moment, "I agree with Mark."

Gavin turned to look at Bobby. "You?"

"Yeah, better just accept their offer."

"Okay, that means we just have to determine the time so it doesn't clash with each other's schedules." Final Gavin. The others just nodded.

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Mark is now focusing on the questions given by Yoonna-saem. While Gavin next to him seemed relaxed. Every now and then, Gavin would poke Mark's waist.

"Shut up, you better do your thing." Mark reminded Gavin, who had been bothering him for a long time.

"It's still a long time to collect it, it's going to be a break soon so you don't have to bother working on it."

"Up to you."

Not long after that, the first recess bell rang.

"Yoo Mark, let's go to the cafeteria now." Gavin casually pulled Mark to the cafeteria.

victory at the Olympics yesterday." Gavin talks continuously while walking towards the cafeteria.

"Hmm." Mark doesn't seem to care, after all the money won't run out if he only treats Gavin.

"What do you want, let me order?" Gavin asked with a big smile.

"Burgers and cola."

"OK." Gavin rushed to Mark's order.

Actually, Mark and Gavin going to the school cafeteria can be counted on the fingers because they sometimes spend more time in the student council room to do their duties as student council.

"Here comes the order," Gavin said cheerfully.

Mark, who saw it was a little uncomfortable. "Can you stop being so disgusting?"

"And you stopped making my mood bad. You should be grateful we can eat in peace now."

"But our second break is going to the student council room to work on the proposal," Mark reminded Gavin.

"Don't remind me of the current task." Gavin looked at Mark sharply, while those who looked at him didn't care. He even unwrapped his burger. Gavin also chose to follow in Mark's footsteps.

When they want to put a burger in their mouths, suddenly, Yohan, who is a student council member, pounded their desk with a gasp after running. Mark looked at Yohan sharply.

Yohan swallowed his saliva to moisten his dry throat, then said, "Agatha and Alina are causing trouble again by breaking the lab windows."

"Bastard." Gavin cursed, slamming his burger on the table. Mark massaged his forehead tiredly.

No more quiet lunches.

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TBC