My spirit animal is a F–Rank gecko-Chapter 15: The first special bond exam (1)

It’s morning now.

Jaster’s whole room was being shined upon by the sun.

He let out a huge yawn and looked at the blinking Purple.

"You’re so cute!" He pinched Purple’s cheeks.

"Chaa!"

He got up and was planning to use the washroom, but when he opened the door,

Jaster got flashed by the naked Joshua, who was currently taking a shower.

The both of them screamed, looking at each other.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? GET OUT!"

He grabbed a toothpaste and threw it at Jaster.

"Omg, Omg, I’m so sorry!"

Jaster immediately closed the door and plopped himself onto the bed.

"PURPLE.... That was so embarrassing." He hid his red face with a pillow while screaming into the poor fabric.

"Now he must think I’m a freak who likes to walk in on people naked!"

Many people perceived Jaster differently: his mom and sister, who looked like they didn’t trust their own son;

Annie and Anastasia, who admired Jaster and who he helped with their problems.

But now it was his own roommate, who he was gonna be with for the first of the school year.

"Why do you always mess up, Adam!" He punched the bed repeatedly.

After what felt like an hour of waiting, he finally heard the bathroom door click.

And Joshua came out from the bathroom with a towel around his lower body.

Jaster stared at his muscles and was shocked a first year had that kind of body.

Joshua noticed Jaster’s stares and immediately went to put on clothes.

Jaster shook his own head.

"What’s wrong with me! No, you’re not that type of person!"

He got up and used the bathroom.

He stared at the bathroom wall while the shower was on.

He covered his head with his hands; Jaster was so embarrassed, he didn’t know why he kept on staring at his roommate’s body.

"Can I please switch rooms...."

After finishing contemplating in the shower, he got out of the bathroom.

He saw his roommate eating cereal in bed.

"Maybe I’ll ask the residence hall director to put a chair and table here.."

After brushing his hair and putting on his uniform, he felt his stomach rumbling.

"Well, I’ll just go to the cafeteria." He picked up Purple and put it on his shoulder.

Before leaving, Joshua gave a nervous "Uhm."

Jaster stopped in front of the door; he closed his eyes, preparing for the worst that would come out of Joshua’s mouth.

Then he said—

"I’m not gay, sorry if that disappoints you..."

At this point, Jaster wanted to just dig a hole and bury himself there.

He was gonna explode out of embarrassment.

"NO, it’s not like that, I swear!" He quickly shook his hands and his head.

"Really?" Joshua raised his eyebrows.

"Oh well." He continued eating his cereal, dismissing what he just said.

Jaster just stood there, eyes and mouth wide open.

"You know what, I’m too hungry for this shit."

He got out of the room, and the first thing he saw was two students coming out of their dorm while chatting and laughing.

"They must be headed towards the cafeteria...."

For a second, Jaster felt a little sad.

He wanted to at least get along well with his roommate, but after what just happened, he doubted he’d be able to do that.

"Why is it so hard to make friends..." Jaster looked at Purple, whose eyes still looked half asleep.

"Heh, you wouldn’t understand anyway..."

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In the cafeteria,

Jaster lazily grabbed a tray and lined up for the food.

He tried to scan for a table, but there were so many people he couldn’t find any free table,

until he heard a familiar girl’s voice.

"YO, JAS, over here!" It was Anastasia, with her derpy fox on the table.

Anastasia seemed to be sitting alone, probably because of what many people saw at the ceremony.

"This is why first impression is important..."

The worker dropped a bunch of food on Jaster’s tray.

While he walked towards Anastasia.

"Oh well. I’m planning to stay lowkey in the academy anyway—"

THUD

"OUCH!"

Jaster accidentally bumped into a pink-haired girl; he made her fall and spilled the food all over her uniform.

"OMG, CHERRIE, ARE YOU OKAY?" One of her red-haired friends got down to check on her.

Oh shit...

Jaster looked around and saw many people whispering in the cafeteria; some even looked scared.

"Isn’t that Cherrie?"

"She’s one of Adrien’s friend group, right?"

"Oh shit, he messed with the wrong person.."

Jaster’s eyes widened after realizing who he just bumped into.

Cherrie rubbed her uniform while her friend got rid of all the food on her hair.

"Oh no.... My outfit."

Cherrie rubbed her eyes as she started sobbing.

Oh shit, what should I do...

Jaster started backing away slowly, and Cherrie’s red-haired friend saw this.

"HEY!"

Her chest began to glow red as she stared directly at Jaster.

[ Skill activated ]

Electrical Surge — Lv. 1

ZAPPP

All of a sudden, Jaster felt his whole body being electrocuted from the inside.

He gasped for air as he fell to his knees.

The red-haired girl stood up and went towards Jaster.

She gripped his hair as her eyes glowed more red.

"How dare you try to run away! Apologize to Cherrie first!"

Jaster tried to speak, but he couldn’t.

He felt as if his lungs were being zapped by tiny lightning bolts.

"I..... I..."

He was sweating, as he couldn’t form a word.

Many students backed away; some recorded this fight.

Anastasia watched in the background.

"Oh no, Jaster... What should I do?" She and her fox animal looked at each other.

"Jaster helped the both of us, Ginger. We need to do something!"

Anastasia’s eyes were full of determination, but the fox’s eyes remained unstable and derpy.

She grabbed the banana on her tray.

And decided to walk closer to the fight scene.

"Ok... here we go..."

Anastasia closed her eyes, but before she could throw the banana at the girl, someone stopped her arm.

"Don’t do that; you’ll start an unnecessary food fight."

A deep man’s voice whispered in her ear.

Anastasia turned around to see Adrien holding her hand back from throwing the banana.

Ana was awestruck seeing the handsome man.

His hair was black and slightly messy, with soft strands falling over his eyes. It looked like he hadn’t bothered to style it, yet somehow it suited him perfectly.

His eyes had bags under them, as if he hadn’t slept.

"Wow! So my type." Ana stopped her aim and continued to stare at Adrien.

He just pinched the bridge of his nose, seeing the fight.

"I really couldn’t get away from this guy, huh? It’s literally only been five days since we last talked."

Adrien looked at Jaster, which Ana noticed.

"Wait, you know Jaster?" Ana’s eyebrows raised.

Adrien looked back at Ana, surprised. But he just chuckled while covering his mouth.

"Of course. Anywho, I need to stop this fight before he gets into any more trouble."

Adrien walked towards the fight scene, leaving Ana behind as she continued to stare at his back.

"Woah.... handsome.."

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"SAY IT!" The red-haired girl pulled on Jaster’s hair even more.

Tears started forming in his eyes as the pain was getting more and more intense.

Just when Jaster thought he was gonna pass out, he heard a man’s voice.

"What seems to be the problem here, Ruby?"

Adrien crossed his arms; he glared intensely at the girl.

"Oh, Adrien! Good thing you’re here. Let’s teach this boy a lesson for bumping into Cherrie!"

Adrien saw Cherrie on the ground; her uniform was a mess and her hair had many loose strands and was dripping with food.

Instead of helping her, he couldn’t help but chuckle at the poor girl’s sight.

"Ruby..." He walked slowly towards the red-haired girl.

"Why are you using your skills in a public space? You know that’s not allowed, right?"

Jaster had no idea what was happening; first, there was a girl he knew from the game, and now his favorite character was defending him.

"Oh.. uhm, but Adrien, he assaulted Cherrie! And besides, this Jaster guy SEEMS TO NOT KNOW HOW TO STOP!"

Ruby’s eyes became more red as Jaster felt his throat getting electrocuted.

Adrien, seeing the unpleasant sight, made his eyebrows furrow.

"Ruby, I’ll ask you one more time."

His chest began to glow red too, but it was more vibrant than Ruby’s glow.

And the glow traveled to his palm where he created a burning fire.

He continued to glare at Ruby, threatening her with his fire.

Ruby’s eyes widened, seeing Adrien’s skill.

"Ok.. Ok, ok, I’ll back off." The glow in her eyes disappeared as she let go of her grip on Jaster,

making him fall to the ground.

While all of this was happening, Purple finally woke up from its sleep.

It got out of Jaster’s pocket and saw its owner’s eyes looking lifeless, and him laying on the ground.

Purpleberry’s eyes shot up, and it continued to lick Jaster multiple times.

"Cha?"

After it didn’t work, it scanned the whole fight scene and spotted Ruby and Adrien. But it saw Adrien’s fire burning in his palm.

Its eyes burned with rage, suspecting Adrien to be the culprit.

"CHAAAA!!!"

With a sense of revenge, Purple jumped multiple times on the ground and leaped towards Adrien.

His eyes went wide, seeing the gecko in front of him.

Before he could react, Purple attached itself onto his face and continued with the farting technique.

"Ah, fuck! Get this thing off me!"

Adrien’s fire extinguished as Purple kept on farting on his face.

Everyone in the cafeteria watched the funny scene and began laughing.

Meanwhile, Jaster on the ground; his body started feeling better and he could move now.

He raised his body, holding his beating chest.

"I felt like I was gonna die!"

Jaster heard the loud crowd laughing; he looked at what they were laughing at and his heart dropped.

He saw Purple sticking itself on Adrien’s face as he kept trying to get it off.

"OMG, PURPLE, NO!"

"Hey, you! I rescued your owner; why are you attacking me!" Adrien tried to get a grip on Purple.

"CHAA CHAA CHAA!!!"

Jaster soon joined in on helping Adrien get Purple off.

"PURPLE, GET OFF HIM! PLEASEE!!!"

Jaster pulled hard on Purple, but the gecko had already stuck itself onto Adrien’s face.

"Uhh.. what’s happening?" Ruby watched the two boys trying to get an animal off their face.

"AHEMM.." Cherrie purposely coughed at Ruby, and she ran to help her get up.

"JASTER, GET YOUR STUPID ANIMAL OFF ME!!"

"I SWEAR I’M TRYING!"

Anastasia watched carefully; she saw this as an opportunity to look useful in front of the two boys.

She ran towards them and ’held’ Adrien’s body so Jaster could pull on Purple.

She wrapped her arms around him and screamed.

"JAS, NOW!"

Jaster seized the opportunity, and after a rough pull, Purple’s hands started getting loose and—

THUD

Jaster fell to the ground while Purple landed on his body.

Purpleberry saw its owner looking alive and hugged his body.

"Purple... Don’t do that ever again..."

After patting Purple, he glanced at Adrien, who gave him a death stare.

Anastasia, however, did not let go of her arm around Adrien. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"I appreciate the help, fox girl, but you can let go of me now!"

"Oh yeah, hehe, sorry..."

She was, in fact, not sorry.

Adrien ran out of the cafeteria to go to the bathroom.

For some reason, Jaster felt a terrible feeling in his heart, like something was weighing on him.

He felt bad for Adrien; he must have been embarrassed being humiliated by a low-rank gecko in front of everyone.

Jaster decided he was gonna do something he’d never do.

He got up and ran towards where Adrien ran off to,

leaving the whole cafeteria mess for the janitor to clean.