93 Birthday 2

I ignored Luke as I got up from my bed.

I was determined to spend my birthday happily today and not by sobbing in my bed for the entire day after seeing my horrible memories.

Let's get a bunch of candles first!

I opened the door to run to Shelly and Ellen.

However, Luke pulled me back as he suddenly grabbed my wrist which made me fall into his chest.

"What," I complained.

"You didn't change your clothes," Luke pointed out I was still in my pyjamas.

"Today's my birthday. Which means I can do anything I want today," I sticked out tongue out to Luke.

I was going to show Luke how birthdays were really supposed to be celebrated.

I shook off Luke's grip on my wrist as I ran to Shelly's room.

"Shelly, it's Rika!" I knocked on the door.

Unfortunately, Alex was the one to open the door.

Alex's hair was messy and rumpled which didn't match his usual neat appearance.

Alex was still in his wrinkled pyjamas as Shelly pushed him out of the way to greet me.

"You usually don't wake up this early," Shelly stifled a yawn.

Shelly was in her lacy nightgown that was decorated with tiny mana crystals that shimmered in the dim moonlight.

Shelly's hair long silken hair was woven into one big braid as a silk blue ribbon tied it together.

"We need to find Ellen next to buy candles!" I explained why I came to get her.

"Candles?" Shelly tilted her hand in confusion.

"What do you plan to do with candles Rika?" Alex listened into our conversation as he sat on his grand bed.

"You don't need to know," I replied to Alex as Shelly gestured for me to enter their room.

I shook my head as I refused Shelly's invitation.

"How about I come join you at Ellen's room?" Shelly suggested as she started to get her clothes out to decide what outfit to wear today.

"It's fine. We're going to have a slumber party!" I announced with excitement.

"What's a slumber party?" Shelly seemed intrigued of the foreign words.

Even Alex didn't seem to know as he listened to our conversation with more focus.

"You walk around with your pyjamas on," I gestured to my nightgown.

"Let's go!" I grabbed Shelly's hand before she could refute.

I dragged Shelly to in front of Ellen's room as I slammed the door in front of Alex's face before he could react.

I immediately knocked on Ellen's door as Shelly coughed for more air after the sudden run.

"It's Rika, Ellen!" I declared my presence.

"Why so early?" Ellen complained in her pyjamas as she opened the door.

Ellen rubbed her eyes as she blinked frequently to keep herself awake.

"We're here to buy candles!" I announced.

"Candles?" Ellen looked just as confused as Shelly when she initially heard about it.

I ordered ten strawberry shortcakes and three chocolate milkshakes on the tablet with my points.

"What's this?" Shelly asked as the desserts immediately appeared on our table.

Both Ellen and Shelly stared at the desserts in front of them.

"Our breakfast, we need energy to go the candle shop," I took a bite of the strawberry shortcake.

Ellen reluctantly took a bite of the strawberry shortcake in front of us as Shelly took a small sip of her favourite chocolate milkshake.

"Do you know which shop to go to?" Ellen asked me as we ate our desserts.

"I have no idea," I admitted.

I had no chance to properly explore the first district as I was restricted to staying in either in school or one of Luke's mansions.

I only went shopping with Luke in the first district and I knew I wouldn't want to go in the stores that Luke took me to as I had to act like a proper lady each time I went.

I took out my marble to project a map of the first district.

"How about this area?" I asked both Ellen and Shelly.

The area I pointed to was a relatively safe middle class shopping area.

I searched through the pictures yesterday to find a futuristic shopping area where robots served the customers rather than human beings.

It was better than having high-spec employees pressuring you to buy something as you could look around the store slowly at your own pace.

"Sure, but I've never been to this area before," Ellen agreed to go right away.

Shelly nodded her head as she indicated that she never visited the place as she enjoyed her milkshake.

We walked to the teleportation gate near the entrance of the school to find Luke and Alex standing there waiting for us.

Both Luke and Alex were properly dressed as they got rid of their previous messy appearance.

"Let's go" I said to Shelly and Ellen to catch the hover bus instead.

I knew that Luke might try to follow me so I checked the hover bus schedule yesterday. However, I didn't expect Alex to join Luke in following us.

I guessed it was my fault to wake up Luke today to ask him for a present.

There was thirty seconds before the hover bus I wanted to get on would leave.

I ran into the hover bus with Ellen as I pulled Shelly up onto the bus before the bus left the platform.