The next morning, Ruby woke up pretty early despite sleeping late. With the excitement of going to university and no longer a high schooler, she was filled with so much excitement.
With the school being pretty close, Ruby didn’t have to leave home early. It was around twenty minutes by car.
So, after waking up, she busied herself with preparations. It was her first day at school and she wanted to look the best.
While she prepared breakfast, she received a call from Diamond, who told her that she was almost there.
When Ruby heard that, she teared up. Honestly, she wasn’t expecting Diamond to send her to school. It reminded her of the days when she started kindergarten, primary, and high school. Back then, it was her parents who sent her to school, but now it had changed to her big sister.
How could she not be emotional?
Knowing that Diamond was coming, she increased the portions, since she was certain that Diamond would eat as long as the food was given to her.
After preparing the food, she washed up and wore the outfit she had prepared for the first day.
Leaving a good first impression was always the best, and she wasn’t going to mess it up and miss a chance to become an extraordinary and sensational figure at school.
When she was done wearing it, suddenly someone started knocking on her door.
Wondering if her sister had arrived despite not calling, she hurried to the door only to find a familiar face smiling brightly at her standing by the door with another unfamiliar face.
"Good morning, Ruby!" greeting Ruby was Eugene, the chatterbox, the girl who always makes it impossible for people to hate her.
Seeing Eugene, Ruby flashed a smile at her before responding, "Good morning to you too, Eugene!"
Eugene egged her friend who was standing next to her before saying to Ruby with a smile, "This is my best friend and roommate, Portia. She arrived pretty late last night," introducing the friend to her.
Ruby looked at Portia with a smile on her face and said, "I have heard about you from Eugene. It’s a pleasure to see you, finally," greeting Portia, who seemed to have a completely different persona from Eugene.
While Eugene could be seen from a distance that she was the extra extrovert who loved talking, Portia, on the other hand, was the opposite. She was the quiet and calm one. And the expression on her face witnessing Eugen in her talkative state was everything to Ruby.
She could imagine how Portia had been holding up and keeping up with Eugene all these years.
"It’s nice meeting you, too. I have a lot from Eugene," Portia responded with a smile on her face as a twinkle appeared in her eyes.
She had indeed heard a lot that the two of them slept pretty ate and yet had to wake up pretty early again.
However, despite her dissatisfaction with Eugene talking about other people when they could have been talking about themselves, she was grateful that she listened.
Otherwise, who would have known that she was living opposite the younger sister of an e-celeb she was following on Ioniq?
Unlike Eugene, who was busy with her part times and studies without lingering much on social media platforms, Portia reveled in following stars.
Seeing people who have nothing to do with hers and seeing how well or bad they are living provides her with comfort.
She gets to satisfy her mind and soul while creating a goal for herself in the future. For example, by following DIAMOND, every time a photo of her eating, dressed in any brand or shopping, she just gets to fantasize what it would be like to have so much money.
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