First-Class Lounge, Redwell Airport, Elffire City.
8:50 AM.
Theo and the others were seated inside a fancy cafe at the lounge. They had just ordered some breakfast to satiate their hungry minds.
"Wow! Everything looks so fancy." Shoko exclaimed after the waitress left after taking their order.
"Yeah, it looks around 50% as fancy as Theo's restaurant." Sam commented.
The others agreed when they heard that.
For them, Theo's restaurant was the epitome of fanciness and decoration. So, for the place to be half as good as the restaurant told how fancy the place was.
"What time the boarding starts?" Aurora asked.
"40 minutes before the takeoff." June replied.
"But we have boarding priority because we are first-class, so as long we board around 20 minutes before the takeoff, we will be okay." Sam commented.
"I heard we enter the airplane through a different access than the rest of the passengers." Max said curiously.
"Yeah, the first-class passengers have an exclusive entrance, so we won't have much contact with the rest of the passengers." Ryoko replied.
"Wow! It sounds fancy and exclusive." Sayuri giggled.
"Aurora-chan, what about your friends?" June asked.
"They texted saying that they are already coming here to the airport. I think they will arrive in around 10 minutes." Aurora replied with a smile.
"It seems like everything is going well so far." Lauren commented.
"Yeah, I expected more unforeseen events to delay our arrival at the airport." Sam added.
"But we did have some setbacks. Some people got too drunk and had to be forcefully put to sleep and woken." Theo commented with a teasing smile.
Everyone blushed when they heard that. Even though they were too drunk at that time, they could still remember Theo forcing them to sleep.
"Thank god Theo was there to take care of us. If we continued the way the party was going, we would definitely miss our flight." Kumiko commented.
"Yeah, we would probably pass out around 6 AM, and not be able to wake up before 10 AM." Sayuri added.
"The couple hours' nap was essential. Even though I'm sleepy and tired right now, I feel I can hold on until we board the plane. If we hadn't slept, we would have no conditions to be awake right now." Max commented.
"Yeah, the nap also worked to wash off some of the alcohol off our bodies." June added.
"Thank you, Theo, for taking care of us." Sam smiled at him.
"Yeah, I feel like you're my parent when you take care of us like that." Gwen giggled.
"Mother Theo!" They exclaimed between laughs.
Theo could only shake his head and laugh at their silliness.
They continued talking and laughing until their breakfast arrived. And without any hesitation, they attacked the food as the hungry minds demanded.
While they were eating their breakfast, three beautiful teenagers wandered next to the cafe.
"Oh, it seems that the girls arrived." Sam commented as she took a bite of her steamed bum.
"Girls! Here!" Aurora called as she waved at them.
It was only then that they saw Aurora seated inside the cafe. They smiled and immediately entered the cafe carrying their handbags.
"Aurora-chan!" The three of them smiled at her.
Aurora stood up and hugged the three of them excitedly.
"Happy New Year, Aurora-chan!" They greeted her as they hugged her back.
"Happy New Year, girls!" Aurora replied with a sweet smile.
"Happy New Year, everyone!" The three girls said with nervous smiles as they greeted Theo and the others.
It was their first time traveling with an older group of friends, and the three of them were worried about what they would think of them. They were just teenagers, so it was common to have this type of thought.
"Umaru-chan!"
"Vivian-chan!"
"Carolla-chan!"
"Happy New Year, girls!"
"How are you three doing on this New Year's Day?"
Everyone greeted them warmly with smiles on their faces. They had met them before, and they thought that the three of them were sweet girls.
"Thank you, everyone!" Carolla replied with a blushed face.
"We're doing fine, thank you!" Umaru added with a blushed face as well.
Everyone laughed when they saw their cute blushed cheeks.
"Awww, they are so cute! Can I squeeze them?"
"So cute!"
"If Ayia was here, she would have already attacked and squeezed their cute cheeks."
Everyone laughed.
Theo shook his head and smiled before saying, "Where are your parents?"
"They didn't come." Vivian replied.
"I'll call them later to let them know that you guys are with me safe and sound." Theo said with a smile.
"Thank you, Theo!" The girls thanked him with shining eyes.
Theo just nodded and smiled at them.
The girls' parents had trusted their safety with him, so he would take care of them as if they were his sisters. Which meant that Sylph would monitor and follow all their tracks during the trip.
"Did you girls have breakfast already?" Theo asked as he sipped his green tea.
"No, we woke up too late because of last night's celebrations. We only had time to get ready and come to the airport." Vivian replied.
"Then, you should order something to eat here." Theo suggested.
"Yeah, the food here is delicious, girls." Aurora commented as she took a bite of her pancakes.
"We might as well do that." Carolla nodded.
"Yeah, I'm hungry." Umaru added.
Just like that, the three girls joined the group for their late breakfast.
When they were almost finished with their breakfast, Theo felt his phone vibrating inside his jeans pocket.
He picked up and saw that Ayia was calling him, so he immediately answered the call.
"Hello?" Theo said.
"Happy New Year!" Ayia screamed from the other side of the line.
"Happy New Year to you too." Theo laughed, "You already wished me that last night."
"Nowhere says that there's a limit to how much we can say." Ayia replied with a giggle.
"Clever." Theo laughed.
"Where are you guys now?" Ayia asked curiously.
"We are having breakfast at the airport now while waiting to board the plane." Theo replied.
"Oh, that's great! Everyone's there?" Ayia asked.
"Yeah, everyone is here without exception." Theo replied.
"No unforeseen events happened?" She asked.
"Well, we did party a little too hard last night, so we had some difficulties, but nothing too serious. We were able to arrive at the airport without further complications." Theo replied with a smile.
"Let me guess... You guys got too drunk last night?" Ayia asked with a laugh.
"You know us well." Theo laughed, "What about yourself? How're things over there?"
"Oh, we had a big New Year's Party as always." Ayia replied.
"What happened?" Theo asked curiously.
"Oh, how can I start?" Ayia giggled as she remembered last night's party.
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