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"Hey! Are you okay?" Alta asked.

"Huh? Of course I'm fine Alta," I said.

I continued to mix in the pineapple juice then poured it into a small glass.

"You don't seem to be okay, brother, that was a while ago, and then you just drank juice!" She said laughing.

I frowned at her then turned my gaze to the direction she was sniffing.

Fuck shit.

Alta is right. It looks like I've been stunned for a few minutes because the man is already looking at me badly. It looks like he's very thirsty, so that's what he looks like.

I smile awkwardly and give him the drink. I apologized to him but he didn't bother accepting it. I can't blame Kuya either. He delayed drinking juice because of me.

How come I can't get out of my mind what Asmo said to me last night.

I was amazed.

I was too stunned to speak but not too stunned to kiss him.

Of course I kissed him. He deserves it for finally letting his feelings out. I felt like I'm the luckiest girl in this town, rather the world because of what he said.

I'm protected by him.

He cannot lose me from the world, to the point where he will let me be happy in the company of others.

To me it doesn't sound sweet because all I wanted was to be with him.

Isn't that the way it really is. If you love, you will choose to stay with them, whether they are good or not.

That's what I stand for.

Besides, I'm sure he'll appreciate my staying in his life. Because I am the only woman he will love.

He even mentioned that he might do something about the vampire thing. That is also stuck in my head.

What did he mean by that?

"Hey! There you are again, are you going to kill our customers of thirst?"

"Fucky shit. I'm sorry!" I said and put juice in the cup again and gave it to the next customer.

There is a sports fest at the university this whole week, so students are required to form a group and let's set up booths. Half of the profit goes to the school and the other half is ours.

Alta and I's group chose drinks. Because it's easier to do and we'll make a lot of profit. The rest of our group had a shift this morning and we had a shift this afternoon. We thought it would be better to switch so that everyone wouldn't get tired and it wouldn't be a mess.

So far our booth is doing well.

If only I wasn't dumbfounded!

"What's that, it's been so long since you've been serving there, I'm just Kila Brenda!" said one of them when I reached for the juice.

"What? I just reached you, I gave it to you right away."

"Yes, but I've been in line for a long time! It's so slow! The juice is not good!" said the woman.

Who the heck is this girl?

Who does she think she is?

Is someone going crazy and can complain! I was stupid earlier but now I'm wide awake!

And I'm not lying when I told her that I freaking gave her the drink right away.

It's already hot around us and he's still complaining and wants to fight with this one!

"Then go there!" I said to her.

All the booths are on the ground floor of the university which is an open grounds.

The tent of every booth is not that thick so the sun rays are really hitting us with this thin tent that we have. The humid and air is not helping at all because it emits hot air instead of a cold breeze. I'm sweating like crazy and I'm sure that my swear is visible on the back of my shirt.

I looked over Alta who came on my side.

"True! It's better, Kila Brenda, here you are! You haven't even tasted it yet, you don't want to! Leave! Shoo! Just don't let me see you here! I don't want to see you here at first, but I'll come back to taste it! You're like silv---" she covered his mouth.

My eyes narrowed at what Alta said.

Why did she stop?

"Like who?" I asked her.

Alta seemed confused when I asked her. I'm sure it wasn't because of the heat that the sweat was dripping down his forehead.

Hmm...

Something is not right.

I can feel it.

Is she hiding something from me?

But why would she hide something from me?

We are the best of friends!

We never kept secret--- Oh!

I did.

I kept a secret from her but it was for her own good. Besides I don't want her to be in danger just like me, it is enough to put myself at risk, not her.

"Huh? Nothing! Your sister's girl is going to be shocked! Just don't let her come back here!"

My eyebrows raised.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Yes!" she stammered.

I'm such a hypocrite to feel betrayed about keeping a secret when I can't even tell her mine.

So no, I won't ask her to tell it to me or force her too. After all we are allowed to have a personal and private space on our own even if we are best friends or even close to being sisters.

I shrugged. "Alright, then."

She wiped the sweat from her forehead, using a tissue and threw it in the trash.

"Let's finish this before we can watch basketball," she said.

Oh right. I remember that the basketball game is the most awaited part of the sports fest because of the varsity that every girl has a crush on.

Just like me before, how foolish of me to have a crush on one of them.

I rolled my eyes as I remember how I made banners for him, he doesn't even treat me right in any way. I was just attracted to him because of his vampire name. I know it's unfair to think about it that way, it's petty. But at least I learned my lesson and found my right path, my destiny, which is to be with my one and only love, Asmodeus.

"Oh what's that? Why are your eyes staring? You might have vibrator panties there, Adra!" Alta said with a laugh.

"What? Hell no! I don't even have the money to buy that!" I said in my defense.

"Gosh! You fooled me! Oh! You can't stop it! You just heard that we're going to watch basketball, your eyes are staring!"

"No way! I was rolling my eyes about something!"

"On the basket player?" She teased.

I rolled my eyes once again. "No! Then I'll only keep my eyes on the vampire! Keep on keeping my eyes on me!"

I was startled when he hit my arm.

"Hey! What are you talking about! You're a vampire over there! They can't be real!" she stammered at the very end of her statement that made me raise my eyebrows.

She's doing it again! She never stammered in her life! She's Alta for freaks sake!

Something is really off with her but I won't mind I don't want to bother her.

"Fine! If you say so, even though we are both addicts don. How can you say now that they are not real? Did you meet someone or what?" I asked.

Her eyes widened.

"Huh? H-no no! Then we're addicted to that but h-they're not real so that's it. We're just addicted to them not crazy for them or whatever. Oh! I don't know! Come on, has basketball already started? !" She said and turned her back on me.

She quickly fixed the cashier table and put away the things.

I stared at her but she kept on avoiding my eyes.

It's very weird.

So unlike her.

Whatever she's hiding from me better a normal thing that is safe for her or I would literally blame myself for not saying anything even if I'm noticing how odd she is acting out.

"I can't go to the basketball game later Alta."

"Oh why?"

I pursed my lips.

"I have something to do."

Her lips protruded. "It's a shame! They're going to play Jameson! They need supporters because almost all the spectators are supporters of Vlad."

I sighed.

He is still playing huh?

I thought Vlad was kicked out of the varsity because he played dirty? He was even mean to other players, he always got fouled but he was still in varsity.

"I will try to chase Alta," I said.

"Alright, we'll wait for you, right? Or text me or chat so I can tell you which part of the gym we're in," She said while arranging his things.

I helped her and we parted ways after that.

I will try my best to go to the game and support our team but I doubt that I will make it in time because Asmo and I will go to the underground waterfalls. He will teach me how to dive and breathe longer underwater.

I don't even know how he knew how to swim and breathe for a long time in the water, maybe because he can't die and he's immortal he learned to practice swimming in waterfalls.

Shouldn't he teach me to bite?

Fuck shit.

What bite? Why does Adra bite?

Probably because he's a vampire! He should be teaching like that!

He doesn't need to be taught because he's already biting!

It's a deadly bit!

Absolutely killer!

Damn it!

What am I thinking?

I shook my head to get rid of the thought.

I was able to go to the hallway when I saw Asmo!

I can't wait to see him.