32 Somethings don'st change

"Ah! I can't do this every day Leo, my knees hurt. Riana is making us sit on our knees when we are meditating in the morning." Sai complained as he sighed looking at Leo.

The seven were returning to their rooms after meditating with Riana for the first time and they found it harder than they expected it to be. Riana made the seven sit on their knees for no less than an hour while meditating.

"Don't complain Sai, you know Leo can't do anything about it anyway." Aiko patted Sai on the shoulder after seeing Leo's helplessness with Sai's complaints.

"Aiko chan, I can't walk anymore." This time it was Erina who complained to which Aiko sighed helplessly.

Ian, Reeva and Clint kept silent as they dragged their body towards the dorm just as Leo.

"I am so sleepy right now. I wish I was like Ian, he is waking up early in the morning without any problem." Sai said with slight envy. Little did Sai know that Ian was actually a very sleepy and lazy guy and the only reason he was up early was that something was bugging him in the night.

The seven went back to their rooms, laid down and freshened up in an hour before meeting back at the canteen for breakfast.

"I never believed when people said that the food tastes better after a good exercise. But I am taking it back now, its an absolute bliss." Sai munched down on the food as he talked.

"Don't talk while you are eatin-" Just as Reeva wanted to complete her sentence, a loud sound of something breaking alerted the group.

"What's that sound?" Clint stopped eating and turned his head to look at the source of the sound.

There was a small crowd surrounding the area already and more students started to surround the area. The group turned back to look at Leo

"Let's have a look." Leo couldn't deny the enthusiasm the other six were showing. Leo got up and started heading towards the crowd and the six immediately followed him. As the group neared the crowd, Clint took the lead and pushed the crowd aside giving way for the group to look.

There was a group of seven in the middle surrounding a trio. The group of seven contained six boys and one girl with the trio having two guys and one girl, all of them wearing the first year uniforms. The canteen was exclusive for the first years because of which there were no seniors to stop the fight.

"Leo, I will go inquire." The one who volunteered to gather information was Ian to which Leo replied with a nod.

The trio that was surrounded had a grim face while the seven were grinning. The other seven were taunting and trying to provoke the trio in ways. But the trio kept calm and suppressed their emotions.

"Leo, according to what the other students know, the seven are descendants of some noble families and the other three are actually cousins. There seems to be some bad blood between their families." Ian informed slowly with his never changing nonchalant face.

"Some things never change, do they? People with power like to squash the people beneath them." Leo said in a slow tone as he continued to watch.

"Leo, let's go help them." Sai was about to step forward but was immediately stopped by Clint who was looking at Leo.

"Like I said, Sai. We can't lose sight of our goal. We can't get mixed up with any troubles. We can't even fight back if they decide to use Qi. Besides, the teachers will clear the mess up in a bit." Leo analyzed and informed as he kept on following the banter of the ten in the middle. Sai retreated and waited impatiently as he stared at the ten.

Just as Leo said, it wasn't long before some teachers rushed to the spot and cleared the crowd. But surprisingly, the teachers didn't say much to the ten in the middle. The teachers didn't seem to be afraid of the influential background of the seven but there was definitely something else the seven didn't know.

"Let's go to class." Leo turned back without much care and the rest turned around one after another with Sai being the last to head back. Even after the crowd dispersed the trio didn't move from their spot and stood their spot.

"Let's go, brother Aaron." The girl said slowly as she looked at the tallest of the two boys.

"Aaron, we can't do anything about it. Let's go." The other boy in the group walked towards the exit and soon the other two followed.

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"We got an early start unlike others, you girls should go to bed as soon as you reach your room too." Leo said as he put down the spoon.

"History and Properties of Qi are fine, but Maths...I didn't expect to see my enemy here." Clint said in a serious tone which made the rest of the gang except Ian, let out a little smile while Erina hopped towards Clint and patted his shoulders.

"What happened Ian?" Leo asked immediately seeing the seriousness in Ian's face.

"What do you mean? I am always like this." Ian was quick to deny Leo's suspicion that something was wrong.

'I hope I can sleep without having that dream again.' Ian looked down as he walked back to the dorm along with the other three boys.