Sincerity that Couldn’t be Delivered

Monday came as fast as Truck-kun can transmigrate a person into another world. Aiden didn't even enjoyed his weekends because he is too busy finishing his project that his sassy professor, Mrs. Lin, gave him last week.

"Why can't she just prolong the submission date of this damn project?!"

Aiden complains while walking in the early morning of Monday. He has been stressing out when he realizes that he has a project to pass today after procrastinating half of the day yesterday.

"If you didn't procrastinate, you will not be complaining right now."

Cassie who is walking beside him said, with sarcastic tone. It made Aiden frowns at her before walking much faster than him.

She looks upfront to see where he has been when she noticed that her stupid friend is not looking in the direction he is taking and was about to bump into someone.

"Hey, watch where you're-!"

OOMPH!

She tries to warn him but it was already too late, and Aiden bumps into the person with a loud thud. The impact is too much for Aiden's frail body and it made him bounces back, landing on his butt, earning a groan from the latter while the man leans down to help him.

"Are you okay?"

His eyes widen when he realizes who he bumps in to. His eyes suddenly swell up with no apparent reason. He tries to stop them but it just made his tears fall more.

He is just about to scream at him for not looking in his direction but then he realized, he was the one who is not looking in his direction.

He would be scarce for the rest of his life if he didn't stop himself in time. With a shaky breath, Aiden stands up and bows at the man in front of him as he drags Cassie away from the man.

He hears the guy calls his name but he did not look his way and continues to walk towards the boy's bathroom.

"Aiden!"

Cassie stops him before dragging her inside the bathroom.

"Hey! Slow down!"

Cassie tugs her hand away from Aiden's grasp, making the latter looks at him with a sad expression. 

"Are you okay?"

Aiden doesn't need to answer since she already knows why Aiden is crying. She sighs and hugs her friend.

"I will just be waiting for you here."

Aiden smiles and nods before entering the bathroom. He goes straight inside a cubicle and cries his heart out.

He doesn't even know why he is crying. He just lets the tears fall as he tries to calm his fragile heart.

He never thought that he would cry in front of the man. He felt very embarrassed that he just wants to jump over a top building and dies with glory.

When he feels like there are no more tears to cry, he wipes his tears away and stands up from the toilet bowl. Fixing himself before going out of the bathroom.

He is about to go out to check his reflection when he heard a familiar voice entering the bathroom. He paused and listened to their conversation.

"Stop this, Daime."

Aiden freezes when he hears that familiar deep baritone voice, making him flinch away from the cubicle door and cover his mouth from whimpering.

He hears a sigh that echoes throughout the bathroom as the other man speaks. His voice is not as deep as the other ones but his voice still sends shivers up to Aiden's spine.

"You asked for this. And here, I am delivering."

A growl is released by one of them, making Aiden steps backward from his place. Stumbling as his knee hits the rim of the toilet bowl, Aiden yelps at the sudden impact.

  Both voices stop from talking, looking at the last cubicle where they hear the voice. They look at each other until the eldest decides to go and check who the person inside the cubicle is.

Aiden accidentally opens the door, revealing a shocked expression from the man he bumped into earlier. Who is also the same man who made him cry after telling him to get out of their class after Cassie smacked his head.

Who also happens to be the same man who apologizes in their discord group chat, making their classmate teased Aiden for catching a certain Santoro's heart. 

Daime peeks beside the man as curiosity hits him. His eyes widen in surprise when they see Aiden with a red face that almost made him looked like a beef tomato.

"U-Uh… S-sorry-"

Aiden stops from his blabbering when he notices Primo looking at him straight to his soul, grasping it and sucking it into his own.

Aiden doesn't know what to think of feel now that the two guys that he met are here in front of him. The precautionary plan that he throws to the window is now long forgotten.

Aiden stares at the door opening and reveals the man that he did not want to see after what happened earlier. He gulps and feels that his sweat drops to his face.

He felt trembling in fear as he prays to the heavenly Father to send help. Fortunately, before his professor even speaks; Cassie yells his name from the outside of the bathroom.

"Aiden! Mrs. Lopez is coming towards the room! Let's go!"

Aiden feels something just pushes him out of the cubicle and towards the door. But before he can even exited, his professor grabs his arm and whispers to his ear, making him shivers and then he nods away and completely goes out of the bathroom.

Cassie wonders what had happened inside of the male's bathroom after seeing Aiden's pale and stunned face. She never knew Aiden could make out such a face before.

He looks really scared of something. 

Both of them sit far behind the rest of the class and start to unpack the notebooks that they need for the discussion. Mrs. Lopez enters the room being tailed by one tall student but Aiden did not mind whoever he is as he stares into the vast space in front of him.

He is too distracted to notice who the person that enters with their professor are. 

Cassie looks at him with worry but she just shrugs it off and looks at the men who enter with Mrs. Lopez and her eyes widen.

She nudges at Aiden who is daydreaming and points at the student in front of them.

Aiden scoffs at Cassie for ruining his daydream and looks in front of the people she is pointing at. Silver eyes land into his and Aiden is shell-shocked. The man smiles at him and begins to introduce himself.

"Good afternoon, I'm Daime Santoro. Nice to meet you all!"

He greets with a smile on his face, making Aiden's female classmates squeal in excitement while the others blush as they smile shyly at their new classmate.

Mrs. Lopez only rolls her eyes and told Daime to take his seat anywhere. Daime chooses to sit two meters away from where Aiden and Cassie are. 

The class starts when Mrs. Lopez is done setting her presentation down. The class lasted for about two hours and thirty minutes and Aiden is more than happy to go home and end his class.

Before he can even go out of the room, Cassie grabs him and whispers, "The new student is looking at you throughout the lecture. Those silver eyes of him are either glaring or just gazing at you."

Her voice is filled with seriousness and the moment Aiden looks at Daime, his breath hitches and he feels like dying with those piercing sparkling silver eyes.

This is it. This is his demise.