Chapter 101 - School Canteen

Dave was back in class after making the excuse that he was asked by a student council member, making it take him a long time just for permission to go to the toilet.

Previously, Dave had made an appointment with Aryo, a final year student at Briston Gal Private High School who claimed to be the head of the school gang as well as a fake member of the Destroyer, an agreement so that Aryo would not reveal Dave's true identity to anyone, so Dave would not reveal anything what Aryo did with the female students in the old building earlier.

That way, there is nothing to lose at all.

"Because this is your first day of school, there are no teaching and learning activities. You will only be given a schedule for next week, while for this week, you will continue to attend the orientation period for new students. Cheer up!"

Mr. Tyo ended his class with enthusiasm and walked out of the classroom. Dave chose to put a headset on both ears and rested his head on the bag he put on the table, while Rey tilted his gadget to play the FPS game that people still play today, namely Player Unknown's Battle Ground Mobile, or they are used to shorten it with PUBGM.

"Hey you ugly tilapia fish, watch of your heads!" shouted Rey, shooting at his in-game enemies. PUBGM does have a voice-chat feature that allows each player to talk to one another.

The students in the class mostly chose to fill their stomachs in the cafeteria, leaving the two seats in front of Dave and Rey empty. And one of the empty chairs is now occupied by Jean. The woman sat directly in front of Dave and faced the back. To be precise, Jean looked at Dave's face who was listening to music through his headset while closing his eyes.

To Jean, Dave looks handsome from any side.

Rey who saw that immediately put his gadget on the table and looked at Dave and then turned his gaze to Jean. "What the heck have you seen earlier? Are you looking for wax in Dave's ear?"

Jean was still staring at Dave's face. Rey waved her palm in front of Jean's face, snapping her from her reverie. "What the heck, stop bothering me, you freak!"

"You're the weird one! Why are you watching a person who is sleeping like that? Looking for earwax? Do you want me to help you find it?"

Jean ignored Rey and looked back at Dave's face. With the two of them being noisy, made Dave choose to get up and take off his headset. "Aren't you guys hungry?"

Jean paused at Dave's question.

Dave asked if she was hungry?

Is this a sign that Dave wants to take her to the cafeteria together?

After all, her first day at school would be a very happy day because I could go to the cafeteria with Dave. However, again, Rey messed up the atmosphere. "So hungry, I swear by whatever I can swear on, I'm hungry. Why didn't you ask earlier?"

Dave got up from his chair and headed out of the classroom, followed by Rey who walked behind him. But before leaving the classroom, Dave turned and looked at Jean. "Aren't you coming?"

Jean's sour face now turned cheerful again. In a hurry, Jean almost ran after Dave, who had already walked ahead with Rey.

In his heart, Dave chuckled at Jean's pretty cute behavior. Jean has a body and aura like a woman who deserves to be adored, easy to get along with and also good at talking to other people. Jean is such a complete package, that other people have no choice but to like her.

Also, she interested in Dave, and showed it openly.

But while thinking about Jean, Dita's image crossed Dave's mind. Even though that girl had a very annoying attitude, but somehow Dave didn't hate her in the least. For him, it was only Dita who treated him differently from the other women he had met.

And until now, only Dita, the first woman who slapped Dave's face in his life.

Even Angeline, his mother, never did that to Dave. Come to think of it, Dita has all the qualifications for Dave to hate. From being very stubborn because the girl did not want to listen to Dave's explanation first, slapping Dave in the face for reasons that have not been proven true, to labeling him as a pervert.

But back again, Dave, somehow he doesn't hate Dita at all.

Maybe something was wrong with Dave's head since he had the first experience of being slapped by a woman in the face in his life.

Yep, maybe it is what it is.

Along the way to the school canteen, the three of them became the center of attention for anyone who saw. Both Dave, Jean and Rey have facial charms that are hard to resist by the opposite sex. Even though Rey's behavior could be categorized as a mental hospital patient who somehow escaped from there, his face was also in the category of pleasing to the eye.

When they arrived at the cafeteria, Dave circulated his gaze and his attention was focused on the place displaying the fried rice menu. Reminded him of his mother's favorite food.

Dave concluded that Angeline likes fried rice because his mother often cooks fried rice at home. Even though now Angeline can not only cook fried rice, maybe there is a story behind the fried rice itself.

Yes, it was the menu Angeline managed to cook for David for the first time of her life.

Dave immediately walked over to the place that was classified as the loneliest among other places. Maybe other people will think that the food there is bad, that's why almost no one buys there.

"One fried rice, please." Dave said to a middle-aged woman who was there.

"Me too, please." Said Jean who wanted to have the same menu as Dave.

Rey is still looking at the menu board and decides to buy chicken noodles and iced tea as drinks.

Dave was just about to take out his wallet, but Jean first took out a hundred thousand rupiah note and handed it to the middle-aged woman. "You can take the change."

In Dave's mind, Jean was quite a generous person. Maybe Jean also realized the same thing Dave thought before, that this place was very devoid of buyers. The middle-aged woman thanked Jean and asked them to wait on the available seats in the canteen.

Dave's choice fell on the seat closest to the stall where he ordered the food. The reason was that Dave could help the middle-aged woman carry their orders, because Dave did not see any other employees helping her with the sales.

When Dave looked back at the menu on display at the shop owned by the middle-aged woman, Dave realized the reason why the shop was empty of buyers. Compared to the menus that are displayed at every other warung, only this shop provides the cheapest food there, and the menus that are provided are those that are classified as less attractive and very traditional.

Not far from the shop where Dave ordered the food, there is a place that sells beef steaks of various grades. Even foreign food menus are available in this canteen. From French-style food such as Escargot, to dishes from other countries.

School canteens that have high tuition fees seem to be different from other ordinary schools.

When Dave saw the middle-aged woman trying to bring their order, Dave immediately stood up and took the tray from the woman's hand, moved the plates and glasses that were on the tray to their table and returned the tray to the middle-aged woman. Dave accepted the thanks politely and then returned to his seat.

"Itadakimasu!" Said Jean who immediately bribed a spoonful of fried rice into her mouth, but she immediately drank her iced orange through a straw in a hurry.

"What's wrong?" Rey asked, confused by Jean's behavior.

Jean stopped drinking and wore a pitiful expression. "Spicy."

David scooped a mouthful of Jean's fried rice and thought the spicy taste of the fried rice was quite normal. Looks like Jean can't stand eating spicy food. Dave immediately took Jean's fried rice plate and brought it to where he bought it earlier. "Ma'am, I ordered one more fried rice which is not spicy at all, please pack it up. I'll take it home."

The middle-aged woman agreed to Dave's request, but when Dave wanted to take out his wallet, the middle-aged woman interrupted what Dave wanted to do. "No need, son, there is still a lot of change for the earlier order."

Dave nodded slowly and put his wallet back in his pocket then returned to his seat and turned to Jean. He saw that Jean had finished her iced-orange but her hands were still fanning his mouth.

Is that how weak Jean is to spicy foods?

Dave took the straw that was used by Jean and put it into a glass filled with iced-orange of his own, while he threw away his own straw and gave the iced-orange that belonged to him to Jean.

Without realizing it, the students who had been looking at Dave earlier, especially the female students who had locked their eyes on Dave from the start Dave entered the canteen area, now gave a cynical look and also jealous of Jean, because of what David just did to Jean according to them, is pretty sweet things.

Likewise with the men who put their attention on Jean. They think that Dave is a person who likes to get attention, even though Dave does have a much more selling appearance than them.

Although Dave and Jean don't care about insignificant things like that. Some even thought that Dave and Jean were lovers.

But what is in Dave's own head is Dita.

Yep, the girl who slapped him in the face a while ago in class.

Dave just realized that Dita was in a seat not too far from him at this time. What stole Dave's attention right now were the male students who sat around her.

Only Dita had food in front of her, while the men surrounding her didn't order any food at all. This allowed Dave to conclude that those boys had only come to bothering her. Initially, Dave would just let Dita be in trouble, counting it as his revenge for what she did to his cheek in the class just a moment ago.

However, when Dave saw that one of those who was bothering Dita was someone Dave knew, he couldn't feel calm.

Because that man is Aryo, a lecherous senior who recently told Dave to get naked and kiss his feet.