Chapter 37: The Universe Provides
"Ack! I thought we were going to ride a jet?!"
It took the group an entire hour to decide where to spend their nights and sleep while their dormitories were still being prepared. Unfortunately, they’d all forgotten a very crucial detail: they were still minors. As soon as their parents found out, they were immediately summoned home.
Still, as newly bonded friends, none of them wanted to part too soon. So they decided to prolong the inevitable and walk together to the farthest subway station near Mega Academy.
But now... it was time to say goodbye.
"N-no..." Gary pressed his face against the train door the moment it slid shut, watching Riley and Hannah on the platform as though they were drifting into another dimension. Hannah raised her hand to wave, but immediately retracted it when she noticed both Gary and Benjamin looked like they were about to cry.
"Is this all our friendship amounts to?!" Gary wailed, gaining the attention of everyone both inside and outside the train. "We were supposed to build a sect together! The Dragon Monarch Sect!"
"Fret not, big man..." Benjamin placed a solemn hand on Gary’s shoulder. "We gon’ see them again... in the twilight."
Meanwhile, Bella had wisely moved to another train car—far, far away from both of them.
Riley, unfazed by the drama, gave them a polite wave. This only made Gary and Benjamin louder.
"Oh god..." Hannah turned away and lowered Riley’s arm. "Stop. Pretend we don’t know them."
"I thought you liked them, Sister?" Riley blinked, looking up at her. "You smiled a lot around them."