Chapter 3 Damian's Penthouse

'Self-introspection! You've been called here because you've been causing trouble!' one of the other seniors exclaimed.

Minatta couldn't understand why she was suddenly being told to introspect in the midst of a group of seniors, most of whom she didn't know.

'Answer me!' snapped the senior who had been nagging him from the start.

'Hey, never mind. Pity the new kid.' The man Minatta knew as Bayu Rahardian, the leader of the senior circle, spoke up when he saw Minatta's intimidated face. 'During the ceremony, I got a report that you were late, right?' the man asked, looking at Minatta.

'I-yeah, Sis,' Minatta muttered under his breath. He was so angry when he heard that the reason he was called this was because he was late for the ceremony. He thought there was something more important than that that was why Minatta had come.

Besides, just because he was late, why were these seniors making such a fuss? After all, Minatta felt that he had made up for his tardiness this afternoon.

'You're giving our department a bad name, Dek!' Jeremy the nagging senior chimed in again. 'It's embarrassing to get a report from the faculty's BEM that one of the HI students was late. You're the only FISIP student who was late! At this rate, our department won't win the Best Department Awards!'

Minatta was silent and half bowed. She wanted to meet her senior's gaze, but because she didn't want to add to the problem, she didn't say much and put on a scared expression.

After that, a man who had been sitting at the end of the chair now stood up. When Minatta saw his face, she felt familiar.

'Oh my, this is the guy who tasered me this morning!' Minatta was shocked. 'He's my senior too?

'You can't be so intimidating in front of the freshmen,' the man said with a grin. He walked over to Minatta and tapped him on the shoulder. 'If I knew you were going to call him this, I'd rather not tell you. I already gave him his punishment this morning,' he chuckled.

That's right, it was Raivin Ryutsai who had caught Minatta being late that morning. He told the story of the annoying freshman this morning just for the context of joking and chatting, but it turned out that the seniors of this department took it seriously.

'It's okay, Bro. This freshman needs to be taught a lesson,' Jeremy chided. 'Dek, you have to join us for a drink after this!'

Bayu touched Jeremy's shoulder in disagreement with his friend. 'Are you sure, Jer?'

'Alaah! Go for it!' said the other seniors.

Bayu was forced to comply, while Raivin remained silent. The man had no intention of going out drinking with friends who weren't from his department. He wanted to go straight home tonight.

Hearing this, Minatta immediately panicked. Although he had refused many times and tried to go home, he was still forced to accompany them to drink, otherwise they would make his university life a nightmare.

That's how Minatta ended up getting dragged into one of the clubs in Jakarta.

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4 Hours before the incident.

It was a cloudy night but not yet raining. Outside, it was so windy that Minatta was now trapped in Georgia's Club, a well-known pub in the city centre.

Of course, he was trapped because he had to accompany his seniors because of a very trivial mistake this morning.

They were drunk and wrapped their arms around the women of the discotheque who had been called in to serve them and keep them drinking. Minatta, on the other hand, was sitting uncomfortably on her seniors' couch.

She did not take a single sip of her drink. Minatta simply did not want to lose consciousness in the midst of a beast that could pounce on her at any moment if she let her guard down.

The girl glanced at her watch. 'Bloody hell, it's already midnight,' she muttered to herself. 'Do you think I can go home already?

Not wanting to overstay her welcome, Minatta had the courage to say goodbye. 'Sis, I'm going home first.'

'Heh, I see you haven't had anything to drink.' Jeremy, the insolent senior, looked like he wanted to play a prank on Minatta. 'Here, have a drink first, Dek!' The man picked up an empty glass from the table, poured some amber liquid into it and then put some ice cubes in it.

'No, brother. I'm just going home,' Minatta shook his head, seeing that his other seniors were already quite drunk. This Jeremy senior must be drunk too and was taking his hangover out on Minatta.

'Drink, no!' Jeremy forced the glass into Minatta's mouth.

Minatta shook his head and looked away. Truly, this was an annoying moment that he could have predicted.

Without the girl realising it, Bayu, the leader of the group, put his arm around Minatta's waist, pulling the girl back to sit on his lap.

Without the girl realizing it, Bayu, who was the leader of the group, put his arm around Minatta's waist, pulled the girl back to sit and held her lap.

"Brother Bayu! What do you want!!" Minatta shouted in shock, she struggled to be released from Bayu's arms and wanted to get up from his lap.

"Ha ha ha!" Bayu just grinned with his cheeks red. It seemed that the man was really drunk and lost consciousness.

Jeremy, who saw that Minatta was trapped by Bayu, immediately took the opportunity. He grabbed Minatta's chin and poured the alcohol on him.

"Aarhhh!!" Minatta struggled not wanting to drink it.

"You don't have to be so pious, bro! DRINK!!" forced Jeremy in a drunken accent.

Bayu's hand which was still hugging him accidentally touched his groin, making Minatta scream so that the alcohol that Jeremy had poured was forced to drink and flow down his throat.

"Srrkhh!" Really, the taste of this alcohol is so unpleasant, it makes Minatta's throat burn, especially for people who have never tried liquor.

He was so shocked by the taste of alcohol and his body still being fondled by Bayu, Minatta was unable to control his mouth which was continuously being served alcohol.

Not knowing how many glasses Jeremy had drunk him, Minatta felt his body starting to sway and his sanity was difficult to control. This was the first time he had drunk alcohol, especially in large quantities.

His stomach turned, and he wanted to vomit.