
That morning, Zayyand drove his motorbike across the road that began to be crowded with vehicles. This time he was not alone, because Alice was currently behind him.
There was almost no talk between them, inexplicably, Zayyand felt very awkward at the time with the girl, even though he was not as awkward when he caught Alice for the first time.
Likewise Alice who was so nervous when she was this close to the man she had long admired, her heart was pounding like a drum that was endless inside her chest.
Until finally they arrived at the campus still in a state of silence. Alice slowly got down on the bike and not Zayyand, she really did not dare to touch the man.
"Thank you" said Alice, stammering, and leaving Zayyand.
"Wait!" zayyand exclaimed at Alice, "can you go to your own class?" continued.
"I-yes I can," Alice answered and went to the campus corridor.
But only a few meters from Zayyand, Alice immediately turned around and returned to the place where Zayyand was with a body that was back shaking and cold sweat.
"What's wrong?" zayyand's brows furrowed as he looked at the pale countenance of Alice now hiding behind Zayyand without answering his question.
Zayyand turned his gaze to the place where Alice had gone, and he immediately nodded in understanding as he saw some men walking in that place.
"It's okay, they won't eat you" Zayyand joked without looking back.
"But they can do something scarier than eat me" Alice's great-grandson, made Zayyand turn to face her.
"What do you mean?" zayyand asked confusedly.
"If the bad guy ate me then, I would have been out of this world and felt a deep trauma tormenting my inner self" Alice said, looking down.
"What did the bad man do to you until you were so scared?" ask Zayyand back.
"Forget it, I don't want to bring up old wounds" Alice murmured.
"I'm sorry if my question has made you feel uncomfortable" said Zayyand, "now, come with me, I'll take you to the classroom that fits your schedule this morning," he continued, starting to move his feet first down the campus corridor followed by Alice.
Zayyand continued to step towards the class he was referring to, until he stopped right in front of the class. However, because Alice was walking while looking down because she was uncomfortable with many men, making her hit the back of Zayyand who had a high posture to make him retreat backwards.
Zayyand who felt like he had a bump on his back immediately turned around, and found Alice now wiping her forehead and nose reddened like a tomato.
A faint smile returned to his face, he felt funny and anxious to see Alice's expression. "Come in, this is your class, if there's anything, just press the button on this device, it'll be directly connected to me and also show you where you're located," said Zayyand while giving a tool that was once made by Rachel.
"Well, thank you," Alice said after picking up the device.
Alice then entered her class, although her body no longer shook as much as it did when she had just been traumatized, she was still worried excessively. While walking, he linked his hands together to minimize his slightly shaking hands.
An uncomfortable feeling spread in him, especially when the gaze of his classmates now leads to him who looks geeky.
Alice takes one of the seats in the front, but a girl grabs it first.
"Hey, this is my chair" said the girl.
"Oh sorry," said Alice and looked for an empty spot in the back. Feeling something strange from her classmate, Alice tried to be indifferent and kept going.
Slowly he sat in the chair in the back corner. Shortly after, some female friends came to swarm her.
"Hey, what's your name?" ask one of the girls.
"I'm Alice" Alice replied with a smile.
"Thank you" Alice replied with a faint smile, but the smile disappeared as she felt her hair now being pulled strong.
"Hey, stop it, it hurts me" Alice said, taking her friend's hand off her hair.
"Oops, I thought you liked her, you idiot girl, geeky," the girl's circus with a cynical look, made her other friends laugh.
"Look, the glasses are so cute" said one of the girls in front of him, pulling Alice's glasses loose.
As soon as they all fell silent, they really did not believe the real face figure of the girl they called geeky.
"Why are you quiet? Do you only dare to disturb a geeky-looking girl? I hope you stop that" Alice said, taking her glasses and putting them back on.
Shortly after, the lecturer entered their class and made the crowd disperse. The day's lessons began, so Alice didn't notice that the day's lecture was over. Alice walks out of class alone with little concern, before sending a message to Zayyand that his college schedule is over, but Zayyand does not respond.
"Hallo Alice" said the girl who had pulled her hair.
Alice did not respond and continued on her way. However, again Alice's glasses were seized by the girl, making Alice quickly intercept her hand, "i told you not to bother me, already," hiss Alice clasped firmly on the girl's hand until she grimaced in pain.
"Hey, don't hurt my girlfriend" said a man who came with 2 male friends to approach Alice who is not currently wearing glasses.
Alice's body immediately shook back, her grip weakened and released the hand of the girl who had taken her glasses.
"Brian, this girl is so beautiful" said one of the men as he approached Alice.
"Ja-don't come any closer," Alice screeched backwards with a pale face, her hand then went into her pocket to press the tool button that Zayyand had given her earlier this morning.
"Why are you so afraid of being beautiful" said one of the men, who was about to touch Alice's face but a hand held her hand.
"Hey what the fuck are you? Release my hand!" snapped the man.
"Don't touch the woman bro," said Zayyand who was suddenly beside Alice without seeing Alice, he just saw her hair from behind and immediately recognized her when he got an emergency call from Alice, while Alice quickly hid behind Zayyand.
"What's your business? she will be my woman" said the man loudly.
"Who said she was my woman, only I could be around her" Zayyand said.
"What?" the man was about to deliver a blow to Zayyand, but one of his friends held him back.
"Hey, calm down, remember we are still in the campus environment" his friend recalled.
"Go away, don't bother my women or any other women anymore" Zayyand said, upsetting the three men and leaving them.
"You don't what..-" Zayyand's words were interrupted as he turned around and saw Alice who was now in front of him without glasses.
"I'm sorry, I think I was wrong" Zayyand said in a misguided manner and about to leave, leaving Alice flustered.
"Eh, where are you going?" alice said as she pulled on Zayyand's shirt.
"I want to find my friend, Alice," replied Zayyand.
Alice immediately restrained her smile, "I'm Alice," he explained.
Zayyand was silent, he turned to Alice and stared fixedly at the blue-eyed girl before him, "right, your eyes are the same" he said with a foolish grin.
"Eh wait a minute, have we ever met when you weren't wearing glasses? I feel like your face is familiar" Zayyand said.