" Uum ,who are you?" Laura asked the girl who was blocking her. Alaric choked. He turned to the side and looked at the floor, he didn't want to laugh.

The girl's face turned red, she had clearly come for a fight, but Laura, being Laura, shut her down before she could even start.

"I'm Doreen, don't you remember? " She said her voice frustrated," we went to high school together."

The girl was the same height as Laura but not as beautiful from Alaric's tinted glasses. She had the perfect figure, long brunette hair, and full glam makeup.

Alaric pulled Laura closer to her, clearly sensing the girl's ill will towards her.

" Ooh, the famous one," Laura said remembering her. " Do you need something from me?"

Alaric looked at Laura in disbelief. Was she just ignoring the malice directed at her, or was she truly oblivious to it?

The girl was almost hyperventilating now.

" I've sent you messages for our class reunion every single time, but you're ignoring me," she said, the frustration in her voice leaking.

" She rarely uses her phone," Alaric chimed in trying to shift her focus from Laura.

" Right, this can be so frustrating..," she paused, finally looking at Alaric, her eyes widening," .... Who are you?"

" He's my lover," Laura said before Alaric could cook a lie. Alaric nodded wrapping his hand around her waist.

" Oh, that's surprising, but anyway, I'm going to the class reunion, and since we met, we can go together," she said, taking Laura's hand and pulling her forward.

Alaric held the girl's hand and separated her from Laura. The girl looked at him in disbelief.

" Do you want to go?" He asked her softly.

" Sure, why not? They will keep bugging me until I go, so it's better to just get it over with," she said, shrugging her shoulders.

Alaric nodded. Even an S class can't escape from this, especially when Laura was so painfully awkward. He could guarantee she won't remember even most of her classmates.

He was also curious about her school life and what better way than going to the reunion.

He held her hand and they followed the girl into the mall. She took them directly to the top floor where the hotel was. The hotel occupied the whole top floor.

The place looked and smelled expensive with a few people scattered around eating.

People seem to recognize Laura, but most of them didn't approach; they would just shoot glances and whisper to each other.

Doreen led them to the end of the restaurant and came to a door which had number one written on it and pushed it open.

Alaric was hit with the noise coming from the inside. The occupants were talking a bit too loudly. He had to appreciate the soundproofing of the hotel.

Looking at the chaos that settled down the moment they saw Laura Alaric just hoped it would stay that way.

" Look who I met today guys," Doreen said, pointing at Laura," our new and only Laura, she decided to grace us with her majestic presence."

Now that was sarcasm, Alaric thought to himself.

" Where can we sit?" he asked out loud, waiting for someone to answer.

" Uh, he wasn't in our class," someone suddenly broke the silence.

" Don't worry about him, he's with Laura," Doreen answered and pointed to an empty two-seater at the corner of the room. Alaric nodded and led Laura to the seat.

He settled down with Laura beside him and looked around, observing them. He noticed that all of them had mana in them that was all clearly awakened. There were twenty people in the room, including them, and everyone was an awakener.

"Laura, you really don't like us, do you?" Short blonde guy suddenly said, causing everyone to go quiet, clearly waiting for her response. Alaric stiffened. This guy was really looking for a fight.

" Of course, who would like spoiled rich kids who think the world belongs to them because daddy and mommy are rich, " she answered unfiltered.

Alaric felt a sting just from that answer , this was clearly a stab in the heart for the whole group.

" You bitch.."

Alaric accidentally threw a fock at the guy ,he unfortunately dodged and it embedded into the wall.

" Oops, I'm so clumsy," he turned and said that to Laura, who giggled.

" I know you from somewhere," a girl said pointing at Alaric.

" Ooh, I didn't know I was that famous, " Alaric said, picking a grape from the bunch on the table and feeding it to Laura, and eating another one.

" You're the guy who cleared the B-class dungeon Solo."

" I don't mean to brag, but..." he shrugged his shoulders. At least the attention was off Laura. He fed her another grape and did the same for himself.

" Seriously, why don't I know this?" A bulky guy said. He looked so large on the chair he was sitting on.

" Look online. "

" Laura, have really dropped this far," he said, looking at his phone, clearly referring to Alaric's profession.

Alaric knew it was only a matter of time before they knew what he did for a living.

" If I have?" she questioned him. He was acting like he knew her personally.

" What, that's not for someone of your status. "

" I don't see what my life choices have to do with you. Just because I refused to marry into your family it doesn't mean you can dictate my choices. Stop being bitter and grow up. "

Alaric was stunned. He rarely heard Laura talk for so long. The man must have really irritated her.

" You don't have to care about us, " Alaric pitched in, putting a grape into Laura's mouth.

A knock came to the door before anyone could add anything.

" The drinks are here, " someone said excitedly.

This early, Alaric thought to himself. It was still morning, and these guys were already drinking.

He came to an understanding of why Laura didn't want to see these clowns, they were just unappealing to be with, and add the alcohol as well. This had gone and gotten more ridiculous

" Let's go," he whispered to Laura who nodded. She was also wondering why she agreed to come in the first place.

Alaric stood up pulling Laura behind him.

" Where are you guys going?" Doreen asked.

" Where we were going at the beginning, " Alaric said, pulling the door and walking out, closing it hard behind him.

Laura, who had walked out first, was looking at him in amusement.

"How did you even survive with those egomaniacs?"

" You just ignore them or shut them up, I have seen them for ten years," she said and wrapped her hand on his forearm.

" Then why did you come here?"

" Well, you seemed curious about the reunion so I decided to take you, " she said with a smile.

" Please don't do that again, you really have classmates of the year. "

She laughed out loud her voice melodic in the quiet elevator. Alaric smiled.

" I wonder what you looked like during high school?" He said out loud. He could already imagine her gloominess giving I don't want to be next to you vibes.

" You sure you want to see it?" She asked him in a mysterious voice.

Alaric narrowed his eyes suspiciously but could refuse the temptation offered to him.

" Of course I want to, I can already imagine it."

" Okay. '

Alaric waited for her to continue, but she just stopped at okay. Maybe her photos were at home, he comforted himself.

" So what do you want to buy first?" Alaric asked her when the elevator opened.

" Let's just start with any shop, I'll pick what I like."Alaric nodded and they entered a clothing store.

Alaric would happily pick clothes for her, mainly dark-themed, according to her preference, and give them to her to try.

Alaric never imagined he would be doing something like this one day but it was fun. She looked beautiful in every piece of clothing he picked.

" I want to buy clothes for you," she said suddenly.

" Do you want to pick them out yourself,?" He teased her, leaning in for a kiss in the middle of the clothes aisle.

" Go to the changing room, it's going to be a surprise," she said pushing him to the changing room. He put her clothes on the chair before entering.

Alaric had never felt so tired in his life. He was sure he has changed his clothes almost a hundred times. It was fun at first, but she quickly spiraled out of control, picking almost every item of clothing in the boutique.

Alaric sat in the changing room waiting for his next fate when the door was slowly opened and a familiar figure slipped in.

" What are you doing here?" he whispered, looking at the proud Mercy. She seems to always appear in the most odd places. Can't she just visit his property?

She walked towards him clearly not caring about the environment they were in. He was pretty sure she knew he was with Laura and was doing this deliberately.

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