Love Letters Through Corpses

Chapter 5: Attention and Bombs

Deviox Academy,  a complete educational stage school ranging from the first grade until college. A well known academy around the city and country for being one of the best academic institutions. And is also the current school sage is enrolled in her last year of high school.

Endless sounds of chattering and laughers from roaming students packed the halls of the campus, on a Saturday nevertheless. And one of those Students was Sage herself, who just arrived at the school grounds. She silently made her way through the crowded hallway, eager to reach the teacher's office to submit her finished papers before heading down to the police station in the afternoon.

For the past years she has been studying in the academy she never had any problems roaming the crowded corridors. However, today was quite an unusual experience. The moment she entered the campus she felt eyes glued to her every move and several whispers directing to her. It was unbearable honestly. She wasn't too use to the attention. She was merely a normal student that no one paid any attention of, but now it suddenly felt as if she was one of those sparkling celebrities that you'll only get to see in the TV screens. It was insufferable and quiet annoying to be honest.

"What the hell is their problem?" She thought as more and more people gazed upon her.

Finally arriving at the office, she slowly enters greeting the teachers inside, "Uh, excuse me. I'm looking for Ms. Jennica" She said.

A teacher looked around for a moment, "She's over there," she then replied, pointing to a teacher seated just in the middle of the room and was crowded by two more students.

She gave a soft nod, "Thank you" she said as she walked right up to her desired teacher.

She wasn't the only student in the room, other than the two other girls talking to her teacher there were also other students there as well. Weirdly enough, like the students in the hall moments ago, they were also staring at her, not just them but some teachers as well.

"Ms. Jennica.'' She called for her attention, and the teacher immediately turned her gaze away from the previous students she was talking to towards Sage. 

She gave her a soft smile, "Oh! Ms. Enigmeria, How can I help you?" she happily asked.

Before Sage could reply she immediately noticed the other two students looking at her and started to whisper amongst each other. 

Sage raised her eyebrow for a moment, "What is seriously going on?!" She thought.

She focused her attention back to her teacher, "I'm here to pass my papers" she said as she handed in her folder. 

The teacher gave a surprised expression, "Uh, this is not due until next week. Are you sure you'll pass this already?" The teacher asked. 

She nodded, "Yes, I have finished my work and I think it is already worth passing. I don't want to wait until next week to pass." she answered, "Oh I'm also here to get the permit for the upcoming trip" she added.

"Oh, right. I'll just get it, wait for me here." She said, attempting to stand from her chair. "Girls I'll just finish Ms. Enigmeria first before I settle yours, alright?" The two girls nodded and watched as the teacher left her desk. 

There was an awkward atmosphere surrounding the three. The two students looked as if they were contemplating on whether to talk to her or not. They were both mumbling towards each other, giving one another a slight nudge.

"If you have something to ask, say it" Sage said as she noticed the two.

one of the girls built up the courage to ask her, "You're the one in the video right?" 

She looked at her confused, "Huh? What video?" Sage was taken back at the information she just heard.

The other student hurriedly took out her phone, "This one" she answered, handing her the phone with a video being played. 

Sage was definitely caught off guard with the video. It was the scene that happened yesterday. The video started off from when the Agent accused her until the part where she left the cafe. The video showed all the scenes of their little 'deduction' yesterday. The video was on full HD and the audio was crystal clear.  Now, that explains the sudden odd behavior of the students.

Sage didn't like this one bit. She was beyond frustrated after seeing the impact of the video reached a lot of people. This was going to be a pain.

"So this is why everyone has been acting weird lately. If I find out who posted this I will sue them. Don't they know that it is against the law videotaping someone without their legal consent?" she mumbled softly.

She looked at the two girls, "Where is this posted? And do you know who posted it?" she asked them.

"It was posted on the school page last night. The uploader was Anonymous. This was you right? You were amazing!!" One of them spoke out.

The other one nodded enthusiastically, "That boy was also amazing! Do you know him?" the other one added.

Sage didn't know what to do or say hearing the compliments from the two. She's not used to the compliments and attention. She was cursing the uploader in her head for posting that video and causing her a lot of trouble. This wasn't how she planned things to go through.

It was like the heavens kissed her bliss when their teacher suddenly showed up with her permit, taking their attention away.

"Here is your permit, give it back this Monday with the signature and requirements of your guardian" she said handing her the piece of paper.

Sage nodded, "Alright thank you, I should go." She hurriedly took the permit and left, trying to avoid the current awkward situation with the other two students. 

Looking at her watch, it was only 11, she had about less than 2 hours before heading to the police station. A light snack before going there wasn't a bad idea at first. However, she instantly regretted it after entering the campus' main cafeteria. It wasn't totally packed with students but there were still a lot of people.

Although she was dreaded by the attention, she still walked straight up to the counter. She ignores everyone as she walks towards the vacant table at the far corner of the room. Even though she was settled on her chair there were still a few people directing their attention towards her.

She sighed, " This is going to be a long day." She mumbled to herself.

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Just like Sage, Daexoen was also having an unusual welcome when he arrived at the campus. He was required to submit the last requirements and documents he needed to start his first day on Monday. Classes started on 5th of September, however, he had a few problems with his travelling documents which made him late for about a whole month of the academic period. Luckily, his grades from his previous year were more than enough for the school to still accept him.

He was actually surprised to know that there were grade levels and courses that require students to come in despite it being a weekend, resulting in a crowded and packed campus. But what really surprised him was the sudden attention he got from the students. Yes, he was indeed handsome, and sure some might be curious to see a new student but that couldn't have been the reason why he was gaining so much attention from everyone. Everyone had this somewhat amazed and sparkling expression as they look at him.

"He really is handsome in person, and with what he did on the video!"

"Do you think he has a girlfriend?" 

"Video? What video? Why are they looking at me? What's going on?" He thought after hearing some of the whispering students.

Still a bit confused, Daexoen decided to continue his way towards the college teacher's office.

As he entered the room the teacher greeted him, "Good day, I'm looking for Sir Tereno." He said.

"Over there" the teacher answered, pointing to another teacher sitting at the far right table in the room.

he slightly bowed, "Thank you." he muttered.

After finally finishing his required documents Daexoen decided to get a quick meal in the campus' main cafeteria before heading off to the station. As he made his way towards the cafeteria he felt the sudden vibration from his phone due, it must have been a notification. He looked at the notification he got, it was a mention from his friend. He froze on the spot as he clicked on the notification. It was a post on their school page, it was the exact same video that Sage saw.

"Uhuh, well. This is going to be a very annoying day" he sighed.

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"I am getting really pissed at this." Sage to herself.

She was indeed beyond irritated with everyone. She was already sitting in the far part of the cafeteria, yet everyone still managed to drive their attention towards her. The worst part was there were also some who started to take her picture. Her supposedly peaceful day was all ruined because of that bloody video. You can imagine the amount of times she killed the uploader in her head.

But it seemed like the heavens answered her prayers when she saw that everyone's attention immediately focused on the newly arrived Daexoen.

After ordering his food, Daexoen just decided to have it on his way to the station. However, he noticed that there were several students surrounding the cafeteria door. She noticed that they were having a little problem trying to open the door.

he quietly approached them, "What's wrong?" he asked one of the students.

"We can't open the door," one of them answered.

he raised an eyebrow, "Let me try" he tried his best to open it but it just wouldn't budge. 

A confused and puzzled look drew on his face. He was sure that the door was working just fine when he entered just moments ago, why was it having problems now?

"Excuse me, do you have a key for this door?" He asked one of the cooks, who just shook their heads as a response.

one student spoke out, "The school has an electronic security system. The doors lock automatically with the other doors on the floor. It's weird that they would close it when there are still students and staff in the school." 

he nodded with the given information before looking back at the staff, "Can you contact the head? Or any teacher?" He suggested. 

The staff tried to call with their phone, they noticed that there wasn't any signal nor internet connection available. They couldn't contact anyone outside the room.

"There's no internet connection. What is happening?!" one student from the crowd suddenly asked. 

Daexoen looked around as the students' expressions were a mixture of frustration and confusion as they tried to use their mobile devices. They were trapped inside the cafeteria with no contact to the outside.

sage wasn't one to dwell in gossip however, she noticed the state of panic and confusion painted on everyone's faces. She slowly made her way towards Daexoen, seeing as he was the only one who looked calmer than everyone in the room.

"Hey" She called out to him. Daexoen was taken back with the sudden approach but easily lowered his guard after seeing who it was.

"Hey, it's you... Uh" He looked flustered for a moment realizing he didn't know the name of the girl he just so happened to admire.

"Sage," She told him. "Right, I'm Daexoen." He introduced himself, earning an approval nod from the younger.

"What's going on?" Sage decided to aske. "The security locks malfunctioned and our means of communication died down" he answered.

she raised an eyebrow, "That seems a bit deliberate, don't you think?" she said

he nodded, "Exactly, I'll try to calm the students down. Their noise is giving me a headache" The young man said as he approached the frantic students.

Sage examined the door as well as the locks. There was no way to break it open or to burn the circuit but she could try to open it if she could just get into the school's system. The walls of the cafeteria were made of thick security glass as for the doors they could be easily seen by people outside.

She noticed that there couldn't have been a problem with the school's system since she could clearly see that the other doors were opened even though there were already a group of students flocking the other side of the cafeteria. 

So why would they be locked up in a glass room? They can't be held hostages or threatened, so why were they there?

And it hit her. She froze for a second but then hurriedly climbed up a chair and looked around the cafeteria hall.

She then thought to herself, "Now... Where is the best place to put an explosive device?"

She couldn't help but shake her head, "Great, Attention and Bombs. Could this day get any more annoying?" she mumbled.