Chapter 109: We got a fourth!
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Caius left Aylin behind in that corner. He greeted the wall of gal pals with a smile and they all stammered to respond even after he was already many steps away.
"You can’t escape it, Caius!" Aylin suddenly yelled after him when she stepped out of the corner,
"It’s going to be us in the end. It HAS to be."
Caius’s lips twitched in a smile wondering if she knew how much like a threat her words sounded. It was also dawning on him that he had just encouraged her to continue her campaign to have him all to herself and he let out a sigh before trying to put that off his mind for now as he approached the Cafeteria.
The moment he was at the doorway, all eyes were on him. This was normal enough, except there was a look of concern in most of those eyes. And disappointment to see him return from certain others... Mostly Baler Khione.
"Caius!"
Two voices chorused just as he took more steps forward. One voice sounded singsong and the other, earnest and sweet. Both were very recognizable and they called Caius’s attention to their table where he was surprised to see it wasn’t just Kaya and Eloise sitting there. They had a third.
He approached and both Kaya and Eloise were looking up at him with wide grins that lit up their beautiful faces, with relief so clear in their Green and Amber eyes respectively. The third person seated at their table, however, looked unbothered as she took up a morsel of food into her mouth.
"Ladies," Caius greeted Kaya and Eloise with warm smiles.
"You’re alright," Kaya said and it sounded more like a question than it sounded like a confirmation of what she could see right in front of her.
"I am," Caius said with a nod as he sat down opposite them at the table.