"I know I was sick a few hours ago, but I feel that if I keep on staying in bed, I'd be wasting my precious time for studying for the exams." I replied.

Every second was precious especially when the time was closer to exams. Well, I did technically have a week left because I was using the s.p.a.ce-time room, but I wasn't going to take any chances.

"Why are you so desperate to get a good mark? It's just very confusing Rika because ever since you came here you have changed." Luke asked while tilting his head.

It's more like why haven't you caught on yet. It's because I want to sleep in a decent bed and buy more cute clothes and daily necessities.

"It's because I want to sleep in a decent room with at least the daily necessities without worrying about the amount of points we have." There! I framed it nicely.

"Rika, if you were worried about these things you should've told me. There are a lot of events to gather more points at this school, but once you get sick, you can't even partic.i.p.ate in these events." Luke answered in a worried tone.

Yes Luke. Of course there are more events, like midterms and finals coming up in the future. However, you know if you get sick you can just defer them with a doctor's note. Plus, you're probably not as stressed about it as I am because you're good at everything!

"Well what events excluding exams? I'm not a genius like you Luke that can do everything in a short period of time! Didn't you want me to study more anyways? In our last school, you kept on dragging me to your 'extra study sessions'!" I yelled in anger.

I didn't know why, but I started to feel a little angry and annoyed from Luke even though I knew he was just trying to help.

Luke looked like he had a face where he wanted to cry. Maybe I overdid it? He is a four year old in the end. However, my body had a reflex where whenever it was embarra.s.sed, it would hide behind things or run away. Yes. I was trying to run away right now after looking at Luke's expression. And at this really bad timing, I have tripped over nothing.

My body was about to slam against the floor, but I was leaning towards the other way when Luke grabbed my wrist and pulled it towards him. How did he get here so fast?

"Let go!" I yelled when I realized Luke was still holding onto my wrist.

Luke let go of my wrist in exchange for a tight hug. He gently patted my back while I started to burst into tears. I wondered at this point how my old family was doing in my past life and maybe my current family in my current life. If I didn't go to this school, I would be sleeping in a fluffy big bed with meals made by my mom in my warm house.

Maybe it was because my body regressed to this young child that my mind was starting to regress as well.

When I finally started to calm down, Luke asked gently, "Are you alright now?"

I nodded my head while thinking that Luke must be feeling homesick as well, but he never showed it. I guess it was me that was unreliable with throwing tantrums everywhere and suddenly crying that made Luke have n.o.body to depend on.

Luke led me back to the infirmary without me knowing, and said, "You should really take a rest"

I nodded while climbing into a bed and thought that I should give in for today.