Chapter 6: “W-Who’s there?”
The classroom buzzed with the usual chaos of Class D, the air thick with the scent of chalk and the swish of too-short skirts.
Lor slouched at his desk, his black hair falling over his hazel eyes, ignoring the familiar sneers from his female classmates.
Miss Silvia burst in, her auburn hair slipping from its bun, glasses askew, her white jacket and pencil skirt hugging her curves.
"Another math test!" she announced loudly, clapping her hands and nearly dropping her stack of papers. "Surprise! Let's see if you've improved from yesterday."
Lor caught Eva's eye across the room. Her dark blue hair with pink streaks was tied with her blue bow, her tight uniform accentuating her full chest and curvy hips.
She gave him a quick, confident nod, her green eyes bright with anticipation.
Their "study sessions" were paying off, and Lor's grin widened as he took his paper, deliberately scribbling wrong answers. 24 + 18? He wrote 241, ensuring another low score to keep his cover.
Eva, meanwhile, gripped her pencil, her posture steady, her bow barely quivering as she worked through the problems, picturing Lor's coin-counting lessons.
Her lips curved into a small smile as she solved a sum, her confidence a stark contrast to her past despair.
By the end of the day, Miss Silvia returned with the graded papers, her glasses slipping as she handed them out.
"Eva, excellent work!" she said, pausing at her desk.