Chapter 92 - 86: Mate?

Although it has only been less than a day since he last saw Amber, Erick couldn't help but miss her once more. After the last mission that took him nearly a week away from her, he did not want to go through that again.

He looked around the classroom, trying to look for Amber as he dodged his other classmates' attempts to strike a conversation with him.

Shortly after, he saw a familiar blonde head peeking out from where the divider was placed. As he got closer, he could hear her sweet laughter and giggles.

He then walked around the divider and grinned.

Amber, who was munching on one of the pastries, turned around. When she saw Erick standing in front of her, she grinned back. She was wearing a yukata as well. It was soft blue with white and yellow flower patterns all over it. The sash that was used to tie the yukata closed was yellow with a white rope. Her blonde hair was tied up in a loose chignon with flower hairpins securing the hair up. Several hair strands got loose from the chignon, framing her face, making her eyes more round. She wore only light makeup, giving her a fresh and pure look.

"Hi!" she greeted him happily.

Erick was mesmerized at first, stunned at how pretty she looked. He then chuckled when he saw bits of crumbs at the corner of her lips. He reached out a hand and thumbed the crumbs away. He licked his thumb and grinned. "Yummy."

Amber began to blush furiously. "What's up?" she asked.

"I just missed you."

She began to blush even more. She bit her lower lip as she looked down at her feet, looking bashful. "Me too," she said softly.

The two of them became quiet, with one of them still feeling shy to look at the other in the eye and the other still staring and smiling gently.

Dana, who was watching the two of them flirt, stepped forward. "Alright. Enough flirting. Let's get to work," she said, pushing the two of them out of the cooking area.

"B-b-but…! I'm on the tasting team! I should be near the food!" Amber protested.

"We'll call you when the food is ready. For now, you can walk around and do whatever you want," Dana said, with her hands on her h.i.p.s.

Just then, Hamish walked over and grabbed Erick by the arm. "And you need to get us some customers," he said, pulling the latter to outside the classroom.

Erick looked over his shoulder at Amber and said, "I'll see you later! We'll go around when I'm free!"

Amber nodded as she waved goodbye.

After Erick and Hamish had left the classroom, Amber looked around her, with her hands on her h.i.p.s. "Now… What shall I do?" she mumbled to herself.

Outside the classroom, Erick stretched his arms up as he walked together with Hamish. In Hamish's arms were a pile of advertis.e.m.e.nt papers for their class cafe.

It was a great sight to see two incredibly handsome guys walking together. There were girls who peeked out of their classroom just to take a glimpse at them and there were those who blatantly walked out of their class to vocally express their admiration to the two guys.

Since he was used to this, Erick only gave them a smile as he walked past them, resulting in little shrieks from his many fans. Hamish just inwardly rolled his eyes.

Few minutes later, Erick yawned loudly as he slipped a hand under the lapel of his yukata, scratching his head.

Hamish, who was also wearing a yukata but a slightly darker color than Erick's, glanced at him and frowned. "Be more proactive," he scolded as they walked out of the school and into the school's front yard, where many stalls have been set-up.

Erick let out a long breath. He still feels a bit sleepy. He sneaked a glance at Hamish and wondered how he didn't look as tired as he was.

'That's because your stamina is weak,' Dane reprimanded in his mind. 'You need more training.'

Erick ignored him as he inwardly rolled his eyes.

Out on the school front yard, the atmosphere was energetic and vigorous with music blasting off in the school speakers, bringing life to everyone who was there at that moment. People wore their fun and comfortable clothes as they chatted with one another, laughing and having fun. The place itself was full of colours with bright-coloured party banners and garlands all over the stalls. The food vendors weaved through the visiting people where the aroma of their food blanketing the air, sending delicious smell everywhere.

Erick sniffed the air. The delicious smell made his stomach growl. Even Dane was barking happily in his mind. If he didn't know better, he would have thought Dane was a dog.

Noticing that Erick was getting distracted, Hamish pulled him away from the food stalls. He then led the way to the entrance of the school where the other students were also standing around, passing out their flyers.

Some of the girls who were standing there squealed in delight when they saw Erick and Hamish walking towards them.

The two of them saw a couple of their friends from the football team who were also standing there passing out the papers. They all greeted each other with a wave. Erick fistbumped with one of them.

"So, you two got thrown into this job?" their friend said jokingly.

His name was Flynn Gibbs whose position in the team was Wide Receiver. Although he has a large body, he also has a big heart; friendly to everyone. With his curly fiery red hair and sparkling green eyes, he exuded a charisma that was unlike others, charming everyone with his bright smile. And because of his friendly personality, some people had dubbed him the 'Fiery Teddy Bear'. Those who weren't close to him would call him by his name but his close friends would call him, 'Bear'. And those include Erick and Hamish.

Erick groaned as he linked his hands behind his hand. "Yup," he answered. "You too, Bear?"

Bear grinned. "Yeah." Noticing that more people had walked into their campus, he quickly handed them flyers. "Hello and welcome to Burkendall High School. Come and visit us on the first floor! We're doing a play on Macbeth."

Erick c.o.c.ked an eyebrow. So, it seems like Jeayan's class will be doing a play. Both Bear and Jeayan were in the same class.

He then saw Hamish at the front, handing out the papers. There were some girls, probably from other schools, who stopped to take a selfie with him. Not wanting to rain on his parade, Erick just stood back. After all, he was still saving his first photo with Amber.

Few minutes later, they ran out of papers and decided to get more. They went back to their classroom, waving goodbye at Bear and the others, as well as wishing them good luck.

Before they entered the entrance of the school, both Erick and Hamish noticed that they have people following them. Especially the girls. Taking advantage of this opportunity, they led them to their classroom.

Outside their classroom, there was already a line to get inside. Zoe and another girl were manning the front, smiling gently at the customers waiting in line.

Hamish proceeds to get more flyers from Zoe and turn back around. However, this time, he said to Erick, "You stay here and help them."

He turned his head around at Zoe and said, "You, come with me."

Zoe frowned. Although she did not want to go around in the heat, Hamish was one of the committee members and she had to listen to him. Hence why she unwillingly followed him without a word.

Along the hallway, Hamish handed her some of the flyers to pass around. Then the two of them became quiet again.

When they reached the exit, Hamish suggested, "Why don't you go at the stalls over there and pass the flyers around?"

"What about you?" she asked, a frown marred her beautiful face.

"I'll be at the entrance," he said. "You can find me there if there's anything you need."

Zoe gave out a small pout and said, "Okay."

'What's the point of him telling her to pass some stupid flyers around when he will be going somewhere else?' she thought grudgingly as she stomped quietly towards another direction.

She walked past the food stalls, forcing a smile on her face as she passed some flyers to people nearby.

Similarly to everyone in her class, she was also wearing a yukata. It was a red yukata with a yellow flower pattern all over. Her long black hair was tied up in a bun, slicked back, giving her a neat look. Beautiful flower hair pins that looked like a lily adorned her hair. Although she looked beautiful, she doesn't feel like it, especially when the person she wanted to notice sees her as invisible.

She inwardly sighed as she continued to walk around.

Before she realized it, she found herself inside the gym. Apparently, most of the sports clubs held their mini games here. She could see the football club was having a mini kicking game, the soccer club was having 'check your heading [1] skills' and the basketball club were having a hoop game.

She continued to walk around, ignoring the wolf whistles around her. She then stopped and watched some guys playing hoops.

"Mate?"

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[1] A header is a technique that is used in association football to control the ball using the head to pass, shoot or clear. This can be done by standing, jumping or diving position. Header is a common technique and is used by players in almost every match (Taken from Wikipedia).