Chapter 2

YANNY

I’m standing in front of them while they are staring at me intently.

“ So, what I am saying is, our teams should start training already since the Sports Festival will be held within two months from now but the basketball team which is lead by James still needs other members since our seniors already graduated” I stated seriously while explaining it to them.

The Sports Festival which is annually celebrated here in Roliem University with the participation of selected universities is one of the biggest events that the elite families are looking forward.

Our university is the founder of this celebration wherein different prestigious schools will compete with each other through different kind of sports. Our university also hosts other competitions such as the Talent Festival where the universities will compete for dancing, singing , acting and art making .

“ The basketball team’s manager already scheduled the date for the try out, we’ve been busy lately since the coach was injured but we’re certain that we’ll be able to compete for this years games “ James, the captain of the basketball team stated making me nod .

“ So it’s settled then, our next agenda is to make sure that all of the participants will have their temporary rooms for the three day competition “ I said as I look at my notes.

I’m the Secretary of the Student Council and this is one of my jobs. After I sent Abcdef back to the dorm , the president called a sudden meeting about the preparation of the upcoming Sports Festival .

“ That’s already okay Yanny, I already told the utility workers to ready the building that’s allotted solely for this purpose ,one day before the participants will arrive “ Lance, the President stated .

“ Okay then President “ I stated and put a check on my note.

“ Next is about the entertainment of the guest participants, are we going to build booths this year President?” I asked him.

“ What do you think Leni?” Lance asked Leni , the Vice President and at the same time his younger sister.

“ Of course , so that while the participants wait for their games , they’ll be able to have fun before “ she stated .

“ Are you okay with that Yanny? Is everyone okay with that?” Lance asked everyone in the room.

We all nodded in agreement.

“ So who will handle the booths? “ I asked once again.

“ I’ll do it, I’ll order the materials needed and will bring some help from the house for the building of the stalls” Leni said making me smile.

“ Okay then “ I stated.

“ So we’re done for today-“

“ oh! I’ll be the one in charge for the basketball team right? And the rest of the student council will be handling different teams too, did we forget anything?” I stated cutting off Lance ,

I smiled apologetically at him when I realized what I did.

“ Everything’s settled Yanny, “ Lance chuckled while looking at me.

I smiled awkwardly and then nod my head.

“ Meeting adjourned , I’ll call for a meeting one day before the opening of the Sports Festival, everyone now can leave and tomorrow you can start preparing for your tasks “ Lance announced and then we all bowed our head towards him and one by one , they left the room.

I let out a sigh when I’m already alone, being a secretary is tiring. I took a glance at my wristwatch and clicked my tongue when I realized that it’s already 8:13 pm. I need to go back to the dorm, we have a curfew at 10 pm.

Everyone who’s studying in this university are born from rich families, I only managed to enter this school because of my scholarship. Well I can’t say that I’m so poor though, actually our family owns a small company but that’s not enough for me to pay the full tuition fee here in Roliem University, so I took a scholarship examination and fortunately I got a 60 percent off from the actual fee.

“ I’m so tired today, I thought I’ll be able to rest for some time today since the Head Master excused me from the classes to tour around Abcdef but Lance suddenly called a meeting, this is more exhausting than being on class all day “ I murmured to myself as I look at my purse to get my dorm keys.

I wonder if Paris is already here?

Paris is my roommate , the manager of the basketball team , she’s rich actually but she’s scared to sleep alone if it’s not her house so she chose to get a room where she’ll be living with someone.

I was about to open our room when I heard something from across the corridor, it’s a faints sound but I’m pretty sure that I heard something.

Is someone trying to sneak in again? Argh, how many times do I have to told them that it is forbidden to let a guy sneak inside the girl’s dormitory?

I shakes my head because of stress and decided to walk calmly towards the direction of the sound.

“ Hmp , hmp “ the sound got louder as I go towards the way of empty rooms.

Are they planning to make out here? Of all places? Unbelievable!

I made my best not to create footstep noises as I got nearer. Huh? Why it suddenly became silent? Did they notice me?

“ Boo! Caught you-“

My eyes widened in shock and a small gasped escaped my lips as I stare at a masked person dragging an unconscious man .

It’s so dark, there’s no security cameras around here because this part of the dormitory doesn’t have borders.

My breath hitched when I saw a thick liquid dripping off from the unconscious man’s head.

Without thinking properly, I stepped backward and run towards the direction of our room. Panicking and shivering as I try to open it with my keys.

“ Come on, come on open up “ I whispered.

Tears streamed down my face as I notice a red dot on my neck as I accidentally took a glance at my reflection in the metal sign in front of our door.

I desperately banged the door , calling out to Paris. Please hear me out , please.

“ Paris! Let me in ! Please let me in! Paris!” I yelled my heart out.

No one front the other rooms will hear me, except the fact that not many are using shared rooms , all of the rooms in this dormitory are soundproof .

“ Paris! “ I shouted and kicked the door as hard as I can .

“ Shh, I won’t kill you, you just need to stay quiet “ a female voice whispered in my ear making me froze on the spot.

I’m shivering so much, I’m sweating bullets .I think I’m going to pass out because of fear. I gulped hard as I try to think properly what to do at this moment. I c-can’t die yet!

My eyes widened in relief when I notice the doorknob moving from the inside, as soon as Paris opened the door I immediately force myself in and closed the door and desperately moved one of our table to cover it up.

“ Y-Yanny what’s happening? Why are you crying? W-why are you kicking the door earlier- what the fuck is happening! Yanny! Calm down!” Paris shouted worriedly while shaking my shoulders.

I can’t stop shivering , there’s blood. Blood!

Memories of a knife stabbing me, blood dripping down from my waist. The pain I felt when he forcefully put a burning metal in my chest. The fire, dead children , blood in my hands-

“ P-please let me go, please I just want to go home. M-mommy, mommy please help me , daddy-“

Paris slapped me so hard making me go back to my senses.

She’s crying while looking at me, she hugged me tightly while shivering too and as soon as I realized that I’m already safe, my body totally collapse because of the strong shock.

ABCDEF

“ Have you found any clue?” I asked Mina, my cousin and at the same time my butler.

“ Sorry Prince , I wasn’t able to find anything that will be useful for you “ she stated and bowed.

“ That’s ok, I already know who has our family’s crest “ I stated as I look at my reflection on my knife.

“ You mean that girl? “ she asked emphasizing the word that,

I smirked and nodded.

Yanny is the main reason why I fled here in Italy, it took me a lot of years to be able to find her current location and now I finally got to see her in person after 8 years.

Things got chaotic since I lost our crest back then, my sister died because of that and my family suffered a lot . I need to get the gem back , by hook or by crook.

“ Then I should’ve forced her to talk earlier and tell me where the crest is! “ Mina bursted out looking so annoyed.

“ What do you mean?” I asked her seriously.

“ You told me to get rid of an assassin who’s trying to sneak in the Girl’s dormitory right Prince? She saw me, well not the real me. I didn’t kill her since you told me not to hurt any innocent people , I just threatened her to keep her fucking mouth shut and now that you mentioned that she’s the one we need, I feel really ashamed for letting her go. If you’ll let me my Prince, I’ll go and torture her to force her to speak up-“

“ Don’t you fucking dare “ I stated as I gritted my teeth.

Mina stopped from talking and kneeled in front of me begging for forgiveness.

“ did you hurt her!” I asked her as I feel my hand shivering because of anger.

“ N-No my Prince, I didn’t “ she stated making me feel relieved.

“ Leave and don’t show yourself to me unless I called you “ I stated seriously and walk pass through her while she remains kneeling on the floor.

Yanny is our only key to find the gem but I don’t have the slightest intention to hurt her or drag her to my problem. It’s a good thing the she don’t remember me because for sure if she do she’ll end up cowering with fear.

I plan to find the gem without her getting involve, that’s the main reason I came here my self rather than ordering my men to take her and force her . Yanny don’t need to be dragged into the mess.

At Mina’s case, if she’s not my cousin, she’s probably dead by now.

YANNY

I slowly opened my eyes and I ended up staring blankly at the ceiling.

“ Yanny? You’re awake, are you alright? Do you need water? “ Paris’ worried voice echoed throughout the room.

I slowly sat down in my bed and gave her a faint smile.

“ I’m fine, no need to worry “ I stated deciding not to tell her what I saw.

“ are you sure? What happened last night? Why are you so scared? I’m worried Yanny, please answer me “ she stated and hold my hand as she sat down at the corner of my bed .

I shake my head and smiled gently at her. Knowing that Paris is worried for me is enough, what I saw back then is probably just a hallucination , it always happen to me whenever I overwork myself. I always end up remembering bloody situations wherein I can’t even tell if it’s just my imagination or real.

I wasn’t hurt, so therefore I’m just seeing things last night. If that was true then probably I was dead already . That can’t be true, it’s just a hallucination , there’s nothing I should be afraid of.

“ You know that my biological parents died because of an accident right? I kinda developed an anxiety and trauma because of that and when I overwork myself or feel real tired I ended up seeing situations that scares me and makes me panic” I explained to her so that she won’t be worried about me anymore.

Besides , I also want deep in my heart that what happened is just my hallucination just like before.

“ Are you taking meds? “ Paris asked .

“ Don’t worry about me, we should hurry and go to our own classes “ I stated changing the topic and left her behind as I go towards the bathroom.

I stared at my reflection as I slowly undress myself. I smiled bitterly as I trace my tattoo on the neck down to my chest.

I have a scar at the very center part of my upper chest. It looks like it was burned, it is circular , as big as a mug’s mouth.

I don’t know how I got this scar but I’m pretty sure it brought me so much pain. I decided to get myself a tattoo from my neck down to the circular scar , making it look like a tattooed necklace.

My hands travelled down towards my waist and a small sad smile escaped my lips as I trace another scar. It was quite long but not that deep , I can tell .

I may not remember why I got this scars but I don’t regret forgetting about it, I’m pretty sure that knowing how I got this scars will just bring me pain and I’m already tired of it.

I came back to reality when I felt that I’m crying once again.

“ There’s no need to be scared, it’s a hallucination , it’s just your imagination playing with you “ I whispered ,convincing myself that what I witnessed last night isn’t real.

I badly hope that it isn’t real.

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Throughout the day , I was left wondering about last night . I wasn’t to listen to my professors because I can’t seem to wash it off my mind.

Before I go straight to my class this morning, I even checked the place , there’s nothing suspicious nor any evidence that may be use to conclude that a murder happened in this corridor.

Besides there’s no one missing, I’ve checked if there’s a report about a missing student but there’s none, maybe I really am hallucinating.

I shake my head because of annoyance. I shouldn’t waste my time thinking about something that’s not real!

“ Mrs Fuego , the Prince wanted you to monitor a certain student who resides at the 2nd floor of this dormitory “ a faint statement from a familiar voice .

I frowned and look around. This is the basketball court of the university and it is still not open for other students or utility workers. I’m just here because I’m doing a monitoring of this court should be use for the upcoming event, so why there’s other person rather than me? I’m sure that this is locked from the outside and only the Student Council and the Head Master has the key.

“ Who’s this girl Mistress?” Another female voice spoke.

“ Who’s there?” I shouted .

I smiled when I saw Mrs Fuego , the one in charge for the Girl’s Dormitory.

“ Oh Ms Montemayor, what are you doing here?” She asked looking shock. She knows me because I’m one of the student council.

“ I was tasked to monitor this court, I’m just checking if we can use this for the upcoming event, how about you Ma’am?” I answered politely.

I almost got nervous because I heard faint voices, thank God it’s just Mrs Fuego.

“ W-well I think I j-just saw someone trying to sneak in here so I took a look” She stuttered while explaining.

I smiled at her

“ ah is that so Ma’am? Then I’ll continue checking the court Ma’am if you please “ I stated gently and she nodded at me .

I continued looking at the court and I nod my head as I realize that it’s still okay, we don’t need to repair something and this just needs to be cleaned.

I look down at my notes and wrote down every detail.

I turned around to go back towards the exit when I almost bump with someone.

“ Oh! Shorty “ I stated surprised as I stare at his green eyes.

He remained staring at me intently from head to toe, he even hold my arm and raised it looking at every part of my body seriously.

“ H-hey , what are you doing?” I stated as I feel my cheeks reddening because of his sudden actions.

He shakes his shoulders and then look at me from head to toe one more time .

I chuckled at him awkwardly but he remained silent.

I raised one of my eyebrows when he suddenly turned around and took a step towards the exit. Seriously? Did he just go here to conduct an inspection for my body?

How mean.

“ H-hey shorty! Want to grab some food?” I yelled and run after him.

He stared at me seriously,

“ You look fine “ he stated making me smile gently at him.

I pat his head and then pinched his cheeks . He slapped my hand away from his cheek lightly making me giggle.

“ I’m fine, don’t worry. Wanna go and eat? Your treat of course!” I said excitedly at him.

He raised his eyebrow at me, looks like he don’t want to treat me yeah? Well that’s just supposed to be a joke.

“ I’m kidding “ I stated grinning and slap his arm lightly,

“ Tss, I’m not worried about you “ he stated making me dumbfounded.

Ohh, that is what he’s pissed about!

“ So are you buying me pizza?” I asked and look at him with pleading eyes,

This always works whenever I use it towards my friends.

“ Tsk, fine “ he stated and touch his head as if he’s very stressed out about me.

He’s really cute though and without further ado I patted his head once more .