1.26 Young master Charles can't live without his Doll.

Mia very much enjoyed the particular day. She had a dance duel with Stephen, in which she mercilessly defeated him. She had an eating competition with Sian, in which she willingly lost. Then she had a long drive with Charles on her favourite sport bike.

When Charles dropped Mia to her apartment, it was 7:23 in the evening. While returning the helmet to him, Mia licked the corner of her lips and hesitantly asked, "are you coming tomorrow to pick me up?." Though she sounded calm and composed, her pair of twinkling eyes betrayed her 'uncaring' attitude.

Charles chuckled and placed the helmets on the handle. He held Mia's soft hands and gently fondled them. He asked "have you decided, for what I said the other day?." Mia pursed her lips and said, "that- aren't we taking our relationship too far? I know we're a couple and all, but don't you think we're progressing faster than 'normal' couples? I mean, we are still highschoolers, and we're eighteen. Can't we take this slowly?."

She had planned what to say while bringing the particular topic of 'living together'. They were still eighteen, the age to learn and grow...in a good way. Though she accepted Charles as her boyfriend, she wasn't so eager to live with him. Is she gonna die if she didn't stay beside him? Of course not!

Charles looked into Mia's anxious eyes and smiled, saying nothing. He put on his helmet and nonchalantly started the bike, surprising Mia. Before driving away, he looked at Mia and said, "I'll come tomorrow to pick you up. Be ready before 7am, if you wanna take a ride to the highway."

Mia looked at Charles's handsome face, which was hidden inside the black helmet. She lowered her head and nodded with a guilty consciousness. Charles looked at the depressed girl and sighed in defeat.

He turned off the engine of the bike and got down from it. Placing his helmet on the bike, he went and stood in front of Mia. Giving her a warm hug, he said with a tone of gentleness, "don't worry, I'm not angry." Mia looked at Charles and said, "I'm sorry. But- I need a little more time." Charles chuckled and placed his chin on Mia's head, "Ok. Take your time, I'll wait." Placing a light kiss on her head, he bid good night to Mia.

Mia looked at the departing person on the bike and licked the corner of her lips, in a deep thought. Leaving the matter aside, she ordered food delivery to her apartment.

After bathing and eating her dinner, she spent the next three hours, completing the new music piece. When she was done, it was almost 11pm. She cleaned her desk and scrambled to her bed. After sending a sweet goodnight text to her grandmother, she dozed off to sleep.

***

The next day, Charles came to pick up Mia as promised. They spent the next two hours, speeding around the Lon City highways. Mia was so happy and excited about the whole ride, she kept on blabbing about it to her boyfriend. Charles simply looked at Mia's excited mood and mischievously smiled, saying nothing. If he could keep his doll happy, then he'll even ride her to the moon (which is impossible).

Mia wanted to share her experience to her friends, so she hurriedly came into the classroom. But she was confused when she saw Stephen, Sian, Yuvi and Robin surrounding her desk. Thinking it as a group discussion, she went over to them, "what are you guys doi-." Her sentence stopped when she saw the words and the state of her new desk.

The new brown wooden desk was covered in black and red paint of words like, 'Sl*t', 'wh*re', 'get out', 'b*tch' and 'die.' Mia immediately covered her eyes and groaned, "seriously? Don't the girls have any other 'decent' pranks? My eyes hurt. Ahh, my holy eyes are stained by sinful words! What should I do?!."

Stephen, Sian and Robin were worried that Mia would balled her tears out, so they were prepared for handing out tissues and reassuring her. But they didn't expect her to react this way, so they were flabbergasted. Instantly, they burst out into fit laughter.

Yuvi looked at this harmonious scene and narrowed her eyes. Mia rolled her eyes and shoo them, "go mind your business guys, there's nothing to see here." Stephen and Sian chuckled, hearing her words. Charles, who was leaning against the wall, looked at Mia and smirked. No one can understand Mia, better than him.

Looking at her inner desire to punch someone, a short and alluring laugh escaped from out of his lips. He walked over to Mia and placed his big hand on the top of her head, "I'll take care of it." Saying so, he moved the desk out to the hallway.

Mia wasn't sure of what Charles was planning to do, but Stephen and his other friends were grinning in amusement. Afraid of alerting the headmistress, Mia followed after her boyfriend, "Charles, what are you doing?."

Just at this moment, what she saw, almost caused her to jump upto the moon. Charles picked the desk and tossed it down, from the ninth floor!

"BAM!-"

Mia was horrified. 'Did he just....?' she couldn't believe her eyes. She scrambled to see whether the desk vanished or not, but to her horror, the desk was broken into three pieces. She gulped her saliva and turned to Charles. Pointing at the broken desk, she stuttered, "di-did you just...." Charles merely smiled and tenderly patted her head, "there, now no one would dare to do it again."

Should she be grateful? Mia wanted to choke her boyfriend to death! She didn't think the previous situation was that serious, but now she had to think it the other way around. Stephen and Sian clutched their stomachs and stifled their laughter. Robin wryly shook his head. Mia wanted to disappear, like-poof! But she couldn't!

The noise made by the falling desk was not low, but it was loud enough to frighten all the students on the first floor and second floor. They scrambled out of their classrooms to see what was going on. When they saw the broken desk, most of them were confused and shocked, while few of the female students turned pale. They weren't dumb or stupid to not realize what was it about, the moment they saw the desk, they knew that they're done for.

It was the first period of the day, every floor was initially quiet, but they were rather excited and noisy now. As if the teachers caught the wind of it, they hurried over. When they saw the broken desk, they were enraged by the audacious behaviour. They immediately questioned the students, when they heard the name of the culprit, they all instantly went silent.

They waved their hands and ordered the students to get back to their respective classes. They didn't want to know about the broken desk anymore. Whenever they walked across the broken desk, they pretended to be blind. Seeing the teachers behaviour, the students reluctantly left the matter aside.

Mia stood out of her classroom, waiting for someone to call her to the headmistress office. She was ready to face the harsh treatments from all the teachers but unlike her expectations, no one came to take her away. Confused and curious, she glanced at her boyfriend, who was standing beside her. Though she had a tiny doubt, she shut her mouth and stood there silently. Charles glanced at his girlfriend and smiled lightly.

***

At the end of the fourth period, the broken desk on the downstairs vanished, as if it wasn't there in the first place. Most of the students discussed about the early incident, but they didn't dare to take it further. They eventually erased the 'unimportant' information.

When the bell rang for two hours of lunch, Mia let out a sigh in relief. She looked at her boyfriend and asked, "are you that bad? Neither our teacher and the headmistress called for us. I wonder whether you're that famous for these kind of stuff?." Charles grinned and asked, "are you scared? Do you want me to stop this behaviour?."

Mia wryly smiled and shook her head, "no need." Charles narrowed his eyes and asked, "why? Wouldn't you like a perfect boyfriend? or are you trying to dumb me later on?." Mia was surprised for a moment. She would eventually leave the world, so she needn't think of 'dumping' him.

Laughing, she said, "why would I do that? You're the only person I like in this messy world. So how can I let you go?."

What she said was true. In this unknown and new world, she had only Charles and Dyna, her lovely grandmother. Though she had friends, they weren't important as much as her boyfriend and grandmother. If her grandmother gave her love, then her boyfriend would give her peace and comfort. If her grandmother cared for her, then her boyfriend would do anything for her. So, she had only Charles and Dyna, whom she can depend on to.

Charles turned silent to Mia's oblivious confession. Looking at her innocent look, he smiled and said, "Go to the music room, I'll bring our lunch." Mia opened her mouth and asked, "we're eating alone? not with Stephen, Sian and Robin?." Charles flicked Mia's forehead and said, "yes. Get going now." Mia held her forehead and thought about the previous events. Music room, first time meeting place, s*x tap-

'The f*ck!', she suddenly remembered the s*x tape. She totally forgot about it. How could she!? It would be hell, if someone saw it! She needed to find and delete it as soon as possible.

She informed her friends that she was going to the music, and would probably join them later. The trio nodded and told Mia to join them for lunch as quick as she could. Mia merely smiled and nodded like a hen, pecking it's grain.

When she arrived in the music room, she didn't find a single soul in it. She walked around and soon became bored. She randomly picked up an instrument and took a seat beside the window. Adjusting the strings on the guitar, she played a short melody to check the tune. When she correctly adjusted everything, she closed her eyes and played a melody.

When she was a kid, she wished to learn everything. Piano, guitar, violin, drum, dance, singing, painting, karate, cooking and many more, but she couldn't, except the piano, guitar, painting and egg noodles. Singing and dancing naturally came to her, so she needn't learn it.

When she learnt to play the guitar, she torn her skin and nails on the first try. Eventually, she got used to it, and slowly slowly, she began to play the guitar without needing any bandages. Though many told her to give up, she didn't.

The smooth strings, the feather light melody, the texture of the wood and the sweet memories of her growing days brought a nostalgic feeling to Mia.

"~You say there's so much you don't know, you need to go and find yourself.

You said you rather be alone, cause you said you've find it tied to someone else.

Oooo, who said it's true, that the growing only happens on your own? They don't know me and you. ~

you don't ever have to leave, if to change is what you need, you can change right next to me. When you're high, I'll take the lows, you can ebb and I can flow~

And take it slow, as grow as we go-"

[Tit-ring.

SM: Help Nick and his team to achieve the top position in the upcoming Summer Rock Music Contest.

Rewards: 50 pts]

Mia opened her eyes and stopped singing, as well as strumming the guitar. She turned her head to the door and found a male student, wearing the dress code of BG department, innocently smiling at her.

Mia was surprised to find a BG department student in the SMD block. She asked, "are you lost?." Why would a BG student arrive in the SMD block? unless he wants to get beaten by the boys.

Amusement flashed across Nick's eyes. He nodded, "yes. Can you tell me the direction to Miss Divine's classroom? I would really appreciate your guidance." Mia wasn't a fool to fall for his 'fake' reason.

Miss Divine's classroom was on the eighth floor, and he was here, at the ninth floor. Nevertheless, Mia smiled and 'politely' guided him, "If you walk straight, you'll see the stairs to the eighth floor. Walk downstairs, and the second classroom at the right is miss Divine's classroom."

Nick smiled and said a sincere thanks. Before leaving, he disappointedly asked Mia, "don't you remember me?." Mia was confused. Though she visited the BG department on her first day to school, she never saw a good looking guy as Nick. With blue hair and green eyes, he was really worth looking, but how could she remember? If she hadn't met him. She shook her head, "Sorry, have we met before?."

Nick thoughtfully held his chin, "have we?....." He suddenly snapped his fingers and said playfully, "Oh right. I've met you only in my dreams!." He chuckled and continued, "...cause if I've met you, I'll never let you go. Gotta go, catch ya later." Giving a quick wink, he left the place, leaving Mia baffled.

Mia suddenly realized that she had been fooled! no, he literally flirted with her! She wanted to laugh. Unconsciously, her lips were raised in an arc, forming a pretty smile. Immersed in her silly smile, she didn't see her boyfriend, standing beside the door and staring at her.

Charles turned to the BG department male student, who was leisurely walking ahead. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Mia, who was sitting there in daze. Pursing his lips, he went and took a seat across her. Mia jolted awake from her daze expression. She put the guitar away and took the lunch box from Charles. She asked, "have you heard of the Summer Rock Music Contest?."

Charles pinched the spoon and mumbled a yeah. Mia nodded and asked, "are the BG department students from our school participating in the contest?." Charles glanced at her and nodded, "mmm..." Mia said an oooo. After feeding herself few spoons of rice, she asked, "Can we also join the contest?." Charles scowled, "No." Mia shrugged her shoulders. She took a sip of water and asked, "Can we at least go and see their performances?." Charles knitted his brows and said, "No." Mia turned disappointed.

After feeding few more spoons of rice, she opened her mouth to ask something. Just as she did, Charles stood up, surprising her.

He took a step and bent down. Placing his hands on Mia's shoulders, he planted a feather light kiss on her non-stop speaking lips. Mia was stunned. Her body turned stiff as an Ice statue.

Charles pulled away and continued eating, as if he didn't do anything weird. Mia continuously blinked, confused and surprised. She bit her spoon and stopped asking questions. She probably was speaking too much, or else why he would do that? Sighing, she took a peek at Charles. He was really worthy for the top handsome student. Raven hair, black eyes, white skin, Mia was drooling. Not for food, but for her handsome boyfriend.

Replaying his previous behaviour, she wryly smiled. Her boyfriend was the most strangest boyfriend she had ever seen.