Chapter 2 Meet A Wolf

Fiona laments her fate after being treated arbitrarily by her campus friends. Now not only is her hair dirty, but her clothes are also dirty with trash. Not only dirty, the smell is also unpleasant. There are stains on her clothes now.

''What should I do now?" Fiona muttered, starting to come to her senses, coming out of her sadness and not wanting to continue being trapped in this situation. She wiped away the remaining tears that were still pooling in her eyes with her index finger.

Sadness still enveloped Fiona's heart. What did she do wrong that her friend bullied her like this? Even though she never bothered anyone on campus. Was it because she was an orphan or because of her face? She herself didn't want to have that status. She also didn't want to have a face full of acne like this. But could she refuse all that? No! She had to accept all that even though she herself often protested her condition.

Fiona stood in front of the large mirror in the toilet. She took a tissue to clean the dirt on her clothes. She looked so pathetic in the reflection of the mirror that she saw. Her appearance now was so heartbreaking. Her hair was still sticky even though she had cleaned it. The stains on her clothes were still clearly visible even though she had cleaned it repeatedly with soap. Really, she looked so messy.

Not long after, Fiona came out of the toilet after finishing cleaning herself, although not fully. On her way back to class, she passed and met other students on campus.

"Fiona, what's wrong with your hair? It's wet and sticky. Did you get glue on it?" a female student asked with a condescending laugh.

Fiona just stared wordlessly at her friend's insult, then lowered her head and turned a deaf ear. The insult was too painful to listen to, so it was better for her not to listen to such things. Besides, she was used to getting such taunts.

Another student who was looking back spoke up. "Your clothes are dirty, Fiona. Don't you have any clothes? Change and wear it over and over again until it's dirty like that?"

"No." Fiona answered because she really couldn't stand being embarrassed like this in front of the others. She looked at the female student who made fun of her.

The student was still looking at Fiona with a condescending gaze. Because Fiona dared to answer, the student suddenly stopped in front of Fiona.

Fiona's steps stopped abruptly. If she continued walking, she would crash into the female student.

Her heart was beating fast when one of the student's hands held the tip of her chin and squeezed it.

Fiona was shaking. She was just afraid of her friend, what would she do to her? From what happened before, she was bullied by everyone. Not only hurtful words that she got but also physical violence that she received.

'You dare to reply to my words? If you dare to say it again, I will tape your lips," She said while pressing Fiona's lips roughly.

Fiona didn't dare to make a sound anymore and just shook her head with a trembling body. But apparently the female student pushed Fiona's body until it hit the wall. She hissed in pain in her back because of the hard push. Luckily, her friend immediately left her.

Enduring the pain in her back, Fiona continued walking. However, another student who passed by approached her again.

"There's something smelly around here, where's the smell coming from? Is it from you, Fiona?" She said, then pulled Fiona's sleeve and sniffed, then roughly slammed Fiona's body. "You stink. It's like the smell of rotten garbage in a garbage can."

"No. That's not true. I don't smell like garbage."

Other students who passed by saw that and then locked their gazes on Fiona. Not a few of them criticized her appearance.

"Look at that Fiona, poor her. Why does she smell like garbage today?"

'Maybe she had just been collecting rubbish, so her body smelled of rubbish.'

'Why is a woman like her studying here? She should just be a scavenger. At least she's earning money instead of spending it here to pay for her studies."

Their words stung in the ears and broke Fiona's heart again. But once again she could only stare at the many pairs of eyes that humiliated her one by one. Although her chest was tight, she tried to be tough and did not take their words to heart.

From a distance in front of a canteen, a pair of eyes watched what had just happened, a man stared intensely. "She ... isn't she the woman who greeted me on the street? What was her name? I forgot. She was bullied again," the man with a nearly perfect face muttered, beside the man was another man who then commented.

"Garth, are you paying attention to the female students on this campus? Are you interested in her? But why her? There are many other beautiful women."

"You could be kidding me. How could I be interested in her? I just feel sorry for her." Garth felt sorry for Fiona being bullied. He intended to help her.

Just as Garth came out of the canteen, Fiona accidentally glanced at him. Their gazes met. Of course Fiona felt embarrassed to be seen by the man she liked in such a humiliated state. She quickly took a thousand steps so that Garth would no longer see her in a bad state. She only wanted Garth to see her in good condition.

Just as Fiona was leaving, Garth came in. "Too bad, she's gone."

Garth looked around to find Fiona, but he couldn't find her with the many students walking around on the streets.

Garth decided to go back to the cafeteria where his friend was waiting. No one knew that Fiona was still there not far from where Garth had come. Fiona hid behind a door. She peeked outside. After making sure Garth was not there, she started walking again.

***

The sound of the bedroom door closing was heard.

Fiona put her bag on the study table in her room. After that she sat down by slamming her body roughly on the bed. Tiredness and sadness were seen together. She was tired because every day she had to face ridicule from her friends on campus. Sad because she felt that no one helped her out of her suffering. It could be said that she also had no friends on campus. In class, she usually always sat alone. If she had a father and mother, she would definitely complain and share all her sadness with them, unfortunately there was none. But the status as an orphan did not make the orphanage children silent, they would comfort Fiona when she was sad like this.

There was a knock on the door from outside.

Fiona who lowered her head lamenting her fate then looked straight at the door. "Just come in, I didn't lock the room."

The sound of the door opening was heard. A girl with shoulder-length hair, younger than Fiona, came in.

"Cecyl, what's wrong?" Fiona asked.

Cecyl is a girl who is in high school. Her bedroom is next to Fiona's bedroom. They are both close. Often they both share problems when they are having a problem.

"Fiona, what's wrong with you? You look sad?" asked Cecyl after seeing Fiona's sad face.

"No, I'm just tired, nothing wrong. What are you looking for me for?"

"The orphanage mother asked us to buy Christmas supplies, decorative lights and other knick-knacks," Cecyl explained briefly.

"Let's go now then." Fiona straightened up. She then left the room with Cecyl.

The two women then headed to the knickknack shop on foot. The place was a bit far from the orphanage but they enjoyed the trip. In the middle of the road, suddenly there was a wolf running towards them from across the street, precisely a forest at the crossroads.

Argh! Fiona and Cecyl screamed at the same time seeing the gray furred animal showing its sharp fangs.