119 Chapter 119: Delusion day?

'Shouldn't I have tried?' not more than a second later, she shook her head and a steeled expression graced her face, "No..No... if I hadn't done that, then I would never have thought things were way worse than she thought."

She nodded her head resolutely with her fists pumped up in the air. Then, her face crumbled when she thought of how she worsened it. Her hands fell to her sides as she grumbled under her breath, "Like seriously? How could she even think that we were together?"

She ruffled her hair in frustration. 

'Like hell, I am in a relation with Zeke. Who would take care of my knight then?'

Stella glared at the ground angrily. She would have been over the moon if it was a rumor with her knight but with Zeke? eew!

She relaxed and nodded her head. 

'I need to talk with Zeke and make a plan.'

Happy with her decision, Stella continued walking through the pathway leading towards the male dormitory. She passed by many couples who were enjoying their little lunch. She looked at each one of them and thought, 'When would I be able to share my lunch with my knight?'

Then, suddenly she saw a couple in front of them where the woman was hugging the man's arm and acting coyly. The man smiled gently and rubbed the woman's head lovingly.

Seeing them like this made Stella's mouth shape into an 'ah!'. 

'No wonder they misunderstood us. As long as she remembered, she was always like this in front of them because they spoiled her more than they did to their sister.'

Stella squeezed her lips as she pondered, 'Why didn't they think she was close to Zel?'

To be honest, Stella was close to everyone in their family. They spoiled her as if she was their biological daughter. She was more close to Zeke and Zel because they hovered over her constantly. Zeke was the overprotective one while Zel was her partner in crime.

Stella walked past the couple and was almost near to the dormitory when a thought crossed her mind.

'Maybe because Hazel was jealous that she failed to notice?'

Her lips curled up at that and a small, "Heh" escaped her lips. She was fighting herself from smiling when she thought how hard Hazel was denying her feelings. 

She would have to do something, fast! or at least make her realize her feelings.

Suddenly, Stella paused and rubbed her chin with her finger in a thoughtful way.

'Do we really look like a couple?'

Her eyes suddenly caught a window in her sight and she rushed over. She stood in front of the mirror and gazed at the silver-haired beauty. She tilted her head as she scrutinized her face closely. She thought of Zeke and suddenly her face frowned. 

'Eew! we don't match at all'

'Oh, God! Is this how I react when I think of him?' 

She didn't even want to think of how she behaved in front of her knight.

She tutted under her breath, 'Tch, No wonder Zeke teased me'

She looked back in the mirror and grumbled, 'Mother, would have a hard time sitting around if she hears about this.'

She would be the first to laugh at our faces and try to enhance the flame even more. Stella shivered at that thought and decided to eradicate the rumors once and for all.

'Hell..even Zeke would freeze like a statue.'

Stella giggled when she thought of how badly shaken he would be. It was worth a try!

'Crazy Stella.'

Stella was giggling with her head bowed as she walked towards the dormitory when she crashed against a hard body.

"Ow"

Stella rubbed her forehead in pain as she grumbled under her breath, "Didn't this person have eyes?"

"Sorry, are you alright?"

Stella widened her eyes before she swiftly raised her head. Instantly a smile formed on her face when she met with those familiar cold eyes.

'Ah!! My knight'

Stella smiled happily overjoyed by the coincidental meeting that she was dancing inside her heart. She shyly placed her hair behind her ear and said, "Hi Loki"

Stella facepalmed inside her mind at how she was behaving. Who the hell took over her body that she was behaving so coyly? And, people think that she loves Zeke!! Geez! they need to check their eyes so badly.

Loki looked down at the girl who was being coy towards him. For some reason, he didn't feel disgusted like how he would have felt if it was anyone else. But, when it came to her, he thought she was... Cute!

He took a deep breath and hummed softly before he walked around her and continued in his steps. Stella stared blankly at the empty space before her before she frowned. 

'Now what was that?'

She turned to look behind and called out, "Loki?"

Loki paused in his steps and pursed his lips. He stood for a moment before he inclined to face her and looked at her sideways.

"Yeah?"

Stella raised her eyebrow worriedly as she asked, "What's wrong? Did anything happen?"

Loki faced her and looked at her worried face. He scowled when he thought of how readily she agreed to go to his room.

Anger coursed through his veins as he retorted, "I don't know. Why don't you tell me what's wrong?"

He saw confusion cloud her face and gritted his teeth. 

'So she thinks that it was normal of her to accept the invitation?'

He saw her walk towards him and stop. He watched her as she raised her hand to tentatively touched his forehead. Her observation made her puzzled as she commented, "Umm.. you don't have a fever. Then what is wrong?"

Loki was stumped by her actions that he roughly grabbed her hand away from his face. 

"Alright then, if you think there's nothing wrong then you don't have to be worried."

He nodded coldly before turning away from her. She was the very first one who dared to touch him twice and to stir his heart with confused emotions.

Stella was taken aback when she saw him turn away from her. She frowned and went around him and blocked his path.

Loki looked at her who had her hands on her hip with an angry face. He sighed, "Stella –"

Stella narrowed her eyes as she interrupted him and asked, "Why are you angry?"

Seeing him remain in silence, Stella pouted, "Won't you tell me?"

Loki's eyes shifted towards her pink lips and thought, 'Why do they look so eatable?'

"Loki"

Loki snapped out of his thoughts in shock. He knitted his brows when he remembered how misleading his thoughts were! 

He looked at her golden eyes which were looking at him so sincerely that he almost forgot about the incident.

Loki exhaled but found it hard to ignore her sincere eyes. His features softened minimally as he asked, "Why would I be angry?"

Stella tilted her head and bit her pink lip distracting him again, "I don't know"

Loki almost succumbed under her cute act but her words repeated in his mind like a loop.

So he looked at her and said coldly, "Why, bother?"

Stella gazed at him with her puppy eyes and pouted her lower lip, "Now you are just being mean"

Loki scoffed, "Like you weren't before"

Stella gasped, "When was I mean?"

Loki rolled his eyes at her and grudgingly said, "I don't know. Now, please stop blocking my way."'

Stella stood there resolutely ignoring his last sentence as she put her hands together and pleaded coyly, "Please tell me"

'That's it !!!'

Loki sighed in surrender. He can't ignore her anymore and he rubbed his forehead thinking why he was different in front of her. Why is she so special? And, how is she able to stand looking at my aloof face? And how are her tiny actions enough to waver my decisions?

He exhaled when he saw her looking at him sadly. So he decided to forget about it and shoo it all away by saying it was nothing until his eyes noticed the bags on her hand.

He raised her eyebrows looking at her hands to which Stella looked down and saw the bags she prepared to give Zeke. 

So she innocently smiled, "Ah!!! I was about to go to Zeke's room to leave these."

His lips twitched at the number of bags on her hand. His mind automatically ignored the last three words she said while it focused on the four words. 

'go to Zeke's room.'

He clenched his fist tightly as he said through his gritted teeth, "Oh! so you are all ready to go to his room, huh!"

"Huh?"

Stella looked at him dumbfoundedly. She was shaken by the unexpected shift in the question pattern.

She glanced down at her hands and then back at Loki who was back to how he was before. 

'Go to his room?'

"But I always go to Zeke's room."

Instantly her eyes widened when she saw how his face darkened like the bottom of the ocean. She gulped as she thought of what she said that he became furious.

Stella drew her brows together and thought desperately until one particular scene came to her mind. She widened her eyes in surprise and looked at Loki who was glaring at her who had obviously misunderstood her words.

Stella smiled stiffly all the while cursing Zeke to the deepest pits of hell. 

'Just what was today? Delusion day?'