Chapter 53 - A million love confessions

As Lina pulled up to the entrance of Capital City University, she was left staring in wonder.

It was surely a grand place. Mana had explained it was the top university in the country J and there were also a lot of international students who travelled from all over the world to study here.

The gates were huge, and behind them was a massive courtyard. Around the courtyard was a huge collegiate structure. The buildings looked old, but still very well kept.

"Can we go inside right now? It looks closed." Lina wondered out loud, hoping for an affirmative reply from Mana.

Being in this place made her happy. She fancied herself as a simple young student, enjoying being young and without worries with her best friend.

"No, it's closed right now."

Lina's face dropped. But Mana giggled.

"But, Li, we can sneak in!"

Lina's head snapped up as she grinned at Mana. Suddenly, she figured out why they used to be such good friends.

Sneaking in sounded fantastic. It was right up her alley.

"Ok, let's park around the corner and then go over to the back side of the college. We're going to relive our memories!"

As Lina drove around to park, she wondered if they used to sneak in a lot. Maybe they got into trouble a few times too!

"Did we do this kind of stuff often?"

Mana laughed.

"Yes! All because of you. You always had a chip on your shoulder."

She thought back to how she met Lina.

Mana had always been a straight edge, serious girl. She now even had a very serious job. But Lina had brought this careless, open and fearless attitude into her life.

Lina never tried too hard, she just did what she wanted. Mana loved how freely she lived her life. Her confidence and her courage were just a few of the qualities she admired.

Mana lead Lina to the back of the college where the high wall was slightly broken. There were a few stones in the wall that were displaced.

"Ok Li, we just have to climb up here using the displaced stones as support and jump over!"

Since the wall was a little broken, it was also a couple of feet shorter. This would make their landing safer, without causing them to break any bones.

Lina nodded confidently and decided to go up first.

Instinctively, she stepped only on two stones and within a second hoisted herself gracefully up, pivoted using the support of her hands, and landed softly like a cat on the other side.

Mana stood behind her, stunned.

"Li...are you okay?"

Since she didn't hear Lina land, she was worried that her friend hurt herself. But at the same time was shocked at her smooth, quick, professional moves.

Last she checked, Lina wasn't a master gymnast. Where did she acquire these moves? Did she get bitten by a radioactive spider when she was in a coma?!

"I'm fine I'm fine! You climb down here now!"

Hearing Lina's confident voice call back to her, Mana almost teared up. She was still the same Lina!

It took her longer to climb the stones since she was slightly out of practice, but as she pulled herself up on top of the wall, her legs trembled a bit.

One of the stones came loose, and within a second, Mana found herself falling over the other side.

Even though the broken part of the wall wasn't too high, the position in which she was falling was bound to injure her.

Mana closed her eyes and shrieked, bracing herself for the fall, but instead she found herself bang into a body.

When she opened her eyes, she realised Lina had thrown herself under her own body.

Mana quickly stood up and checked on Lina.

"Li!!!! Are you okay?!"

Lina coughed a little, holding her stomach.

"God, were you always this heavy even before?!"

Mana laughed drily. At least this annoying woman was joking.

But Lina dusted herself and got up within a minute.

Seriously, when did she develop these superhuman powers?!

Mana cleared her throat.

"So, are you going to tell me when you began scaling walls like a ninja?"

Lina chastised herself mentally. Seriously, how much was she hiding from everyone who knew her? Clearly, Mana knew nothing about her skills.

Who knew?

She could only think about Tachi. And immediately, she felt a wave of nausea come over her.

She laughed sheepishly.

"Actually, since I woke up, I've been training at the gym to recuperate my body. My trainer makes me work really hard!"

She decided it was better to keep Mana out of the complexities she hadn't unraveled herself. Shen could protect himself, and she was always with him. They could work together to remain safe from unforeseen dangers.

But Mana, she was better left in the dark, away from things she knew nothing about.

She wanted one part of her life to remain untouched by the craziness.

Lina felt an urge to just have one uncomplicated day with her friend.

Thankfully Mana didn't press the issue.

"Whatever, Li. As long as you're still alive, I don't care if you do cartwheels mid-air."

Lina giggled.

"So where to?"

Mana looked at her with a mischievous look in her eye.

"To the place where you saved me from a bully!"

Lina's eyes lit up with excitement.

"Have I always been saving your butt?"

Mana punched her lightly on the arm.

"So what if you've always had to save me! I've saved you many times too!"

"From what?!"

"A million love confessions, of course!"

From behind the wall, Ayu sent a text message to Shen.

*"Black car tailing madam"*