The Nerd Gamer

Selecting Your Hero

She searched for the owner of that voice and saw Hubert, the school's heartthrob and captain of the basketball team.

Hubert approaches her and hands over her alcohol bottle.

Seeing Hubert approach her, Thea's heart beats faster. It feels like everything is in slow motion as Hubert walks towards him. His tantalizing eyes and soft smile while he offers the alcohol bottle to Thea seems like a fantasy. She thinks it's strange for her to feel that way. But it was a feeling that soothed every inch of her body.

Hubert, on the other hand, saw Thea just doing nothing to get back her alcohol bottle from him and realized that her shyness may have taken over her. She grabs Thea's hand and hands over the bottle before tapping her on the shoulder and walks away.

Thea suddenly felt the rush of electricity throughout her body when Hubert's hand touched hers. It was a feeling that she had never felt before.

Standing there for a good minute, Thea finally recovers from the burst of feelings she experienced for the first time. She looked at the alcohol bottle that Hubert returned to her and realized her sudden fondness for the school's heartthrob.

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Arriving at her favorite Mango Tree, Thea immediately checked Mobile Legends and hoped that NightSky92's status would be online, but was disappointed when she saw NightSky92's offline status. Now, she has nothing to do to get rid of the thoughts about Hubert and her encounter with him recently.

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After an unusual day at school, Thea looks at herself in the mirror inside her bathroom and remembers how the world seems to slow down when Hubert approaches her that noontime. The electrifying feeling that rushed over her entire body when Hubert's' skin touched hers. And that he never leaves her mind all afternoon.

She brushed it off, thinking that she might just be overthinking it considering that this is the first time that someone other than her parents had been shown her kindness.

While playing Mobile Legends after finishing her homework, Thea randomly checks NightSky92's status. But NightSky92 hasn't been online since this morning, which makes her sad.

Thea is about to exit from the mobile gaming application when, surprisingly, she gets an invite from NightSky92.

She feels excited and immediately rushes to accept NightSky92's invite.

They fought battle after battle without losing any games. It seems that everything is perfect with NightSky92's company.

After a deadly but satisfying game, Thea asked NightSky92 why he hadn't been online since that morning. NightSky92 responded, "Did you miss me?"

Reading NightSky92's response, Thea's eyes widened and her checks blushed. She just realized how stupid her question was and replied, "In your dreams :D Just asking, that's all."

She can see NightSky92's typing on the chat dialog box. Afraid that NightSky92 might think that she's creepy for asking silly questions. Thea crosses her fingers while waiting for NightSky92's response.

"Thought you miss me :D LMAO"

Thea skips a breath reading NighteSky92's response. Thinking what does NightSkyf92 mean about it? While Thea was about to respond, NightSky92 said, "Good night." Although, in Thea's heart, she wanted to know NightSky92 more, but she just replied, "Good night :)" as well.

Thea puts her phone on her desk, smashing it on her bed and gathering her pillow after quietly screaming in embarrassment about an unusual day in her life.

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While eating her packed lunch at her favorite place, a.k.a. the mango tree, an unknown number calls her.

Baffled to whom the number belongs to, Thea answers the call saying, "Hello?"

"Hi, my weird cousin! How'd you been?" - The caller cheerfully greeted her.

Hearing the caller's voice and the way it greeted her, Thea already knew who it was.

"Sandra? Is this you?" - Thea happily confirmed.

"Of course! You do understand that I am your only cousin, right?" - Sandra reminded Thea.

Sandra's mother and Thea's mother are twins and the heiresses to the Ocampo Estates. While Sandra's mother is a widow named Annie who is now the current president of the Ocampo Corporation. Anna, Thea's mother and Annie's twin sister, lived a life of adventure as the CEO of her own IT company HideX.

Thea laughed and excitedly talked to Sandra about different things. That's where she knew that Sandra would be staying at her house for a couple of months.

"That's great! I am so excited about you visiting my house, Sandra. I'll prepare your room after school. It will be fun!" - Thea exclaimed.

"Oh, that's better! The mansion is so lonely without anyone around. Our Lolo and Lola are still on their vacation and my mother always goes to work every day. She doesn't even want me to go to a physical school to be normal. I think I might go insane here. Thankfully, Aunt Anna invited me to stay at your house. Really a relief!" - Sandra shared.

"You are always welcome at my house, Sandra. And I have something to tell you anyway." - Thea reviled.

"Aha! I think our Miss Nerdy Witch here finally came back to Earth from her online years to experience puberty. Hahaha :D" - Sandra teased.

"Oh, no. Stop! Hahaha :D" - Thea blushed.

"I want to hear all about it when I arrive at your house this weekend, okay?" - said Sandra.

"Okay." Thea answered with a smile.

"I'll call you later. I just need to do something. Bye cousin!" - told Sandra.

"Okay. Bye." - and Thea hung up the phone call.

Thea was excited about Sandra's arrival. She is the only person aside from her parents that she can trust. Having her would be a big relief, especially now that she has finally experienced love for the first time.

As Thea was about to go back to her classroom, a man suddenly jumped from the mango tree and said, "You are so noisy! I can't sleep."

Startled, Thea grabs her bag and shouted, "Ahhhhh!!!".

The man seeing this, rushed over to cover Thea's mouth.

"Shhh! Now, your being paranoid!" - said the man.