With that, Bruno set his pillow in a comfortable position. "Lie down if you're tired, and I've turned the fan on."
"Thank you, Bruno."
Mashauva decided to end the topic there, but she did not lie down either. Firstly because she thought she had sweated profusely and was afraid of stinking the sheets. After all, she wanted to leave him a good impression.
The second reason was that it was the boys' dormitory. There was not only Bruno and Freddy but also two strangers in the same space, so it wasn't a good idea to make herself that comfortable.
Hence, Mashauva sat on Bruno's bed uneasily while he went to fetch the water.
On the other hand, Freddy rummaged through his drawer for quite some time before he finally filled a bag of snacks and gave it to Mashauva.
"Here, I've saved these snacks up just for you."
It was a bagful of snacks; if it were the past, Mashauva's eyes would have lit up at the sight of them. Sadly, she was on a diet right then. Although she wanted nothing more than to eat them, she knew she shouldn't.
Therefore, she smiled and shook her head, rejecting the offer, "Thanks but no thanks, Freddy. You should save them for yourself."
Hearing that, a look of disappointment appeared in Freddy's eyes.
"Mashauva, I saved these up especially for you. You don't want them?"
"No, thank you." Mashauva shook her head, "I can't eat too many snacks."
With that, she lowered her gaze, not having the heart to refuse him again.
Freddy discovered Mashauva had lost even more weight since they last met; she looked much thinner now. He had a feeling the lovely chubby girl would disappear in no time.
At the thought that all this was his doing, Freddy grew upset.
"Mashauva, although eating too many snacks is detrimental to your health, it's fine to enjoy a bag of chips every now and then. If you don't believe me, I can eat it with you."
Mashauva loved nothing more than to eat. His heart wrenched, seeing she had to completely give up her favorite thing to do.
She raised her head back up and stared into
Freddy's eyes for some time before she said, "Freddy, why don't I bring them back then."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Great, they're all yours." Freddy was overjoyed to hear that she was willing to accept his snacks.
Meanwhile, Bruno had returned with a pitcher of water. Placing it on the table, waiting for the water to be filtered, he didn't say a thing even when he saw the bag of snacks Freddy had packed.
"Oh, Mashauva, why did you suddenly come over? Is it because you miss us?"
At the mention of that, Mashauva remembered she had come to hand Lena and Hailey's gifts over to Bruno.
She shook her head and turned to look at Bruno, saying, "Bruno, my two roommates asked me to give you their presents."
"Roommates?"
Bruno paused before he went on to ask, "What gift?"
"I... I don't know."
"Are you talking about the two boxes I carried in?"
"Yeah."
Freddy carried the gift boxes over while he teased, "I was wondering what they were when you asked me to carry them over. I was sure this isn't the kind of thing you'd choose. They're from your roommates, huh? Frida's not one of them, is it?"
"Frida? No, she's been preoccupied with her studies lately. I barely see her nowadays."
Freddy revealed an unfathomable smile hearing that, and he diverted the topic. "Then it's from your two other roommates then?"
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