The following five minutes flew by, and sooner than he realised, the time had come. A ringing sound erupted all around him as the bells signaling the end of one class hour and the start of the short between classes break rang.
Getting up onto his feet with slight difficulty, Alan started walking towards his destination, he wobbled almost the entirety of the way there however seemingly by luck, he never once fell down onto the ground or tripped too horribly.
Even as the hallways of the highschool were filled with students heading out of classrooms to walk towards their next classes, there was no one that got on his way or accidentally shoved him, it was in a way a miracle of pure luck.
'Is this my luck stat? No… maybe it does affect a part of it but… there should be limits.' Alan thought to himself with a sigh as he continued wobbling like a penguin until he reached the classroom.
Heading inside, he wobbled all the way to the end of the class, the rest of the students who had arrived before him gave him curious looks, clearly confused at why he was acting like this. Some of them knew Alan though they weren't exactly friends, and they had clearly never seen him act like this before.
One of them walked towards him as soon as Alan sat down. Arriving to stand before his desk and sitting on the edge of it was a boy with dark brown hair and eyes, his frame slightly short and chubby and a pair of obscene glasses on his face.
"Yo, what happened to you man? You look like you can barely walk." The boy asked, his voice clearly tinged with a curious undertone.
"I fell, two pairs of stairs, and now my legs feel like shit, like… i barely survived. Thank god, i didn't break anything." Alan replied, almost on reflex as the lie formed on his tongue naturally, without him even having to think.
"Oh man, that must have sucked ass, if you need anything just ask, I know we dont talk much but we still classmates and all." The boy replied as his expression turned slightly… worried.
'The fuck? Is this guy actually worried about me?' Alan thought inwardly as he felt confusion cloud his mind, why was a random guy that he had barely said more than a hello to since he had been in this classroom, actually looking worried about his condition.
'Maybe he's just a decent human being? Yeah… okay. That has to be it.' Alan thought to himself as he slowly shook his head and then turned his gaze back towards the boy once more.
"Thanks for the offer dude, but I'm fine, just a bit sore and all and some bruises, but I'll be better in a few days. No worries." Alan replied, his tone of voice friendly and even a smile naturally forming on his face without him even realising.
"Alright! See you around then." The boy replied before giving a wave and getting up from the side of the desk where he had been sitting and walking away towards his own chair.
Meanwhile the rest of the class finally started turning around as well, it seemed like they had all been curious about what had happened and now that they learned it wasn't something worth gossiping about, they had clearly lost interest though some of them still looked… to be worried.
'Ignore, ignore everyone. Just let this day pass, I can head home and then I can try figuring out what is actually going on with me, maybe I can somehow learn more about the system aswell.' Alan thought to himself before he saw the door of the classroom open and the teacher head inside.
"Alright class, today we have an exam." The man said with a large smile as soon as he walked to the teachers desk at the front of the class.
All the chatter in the classroom came to an end instantly as every single student lifted their head or turned it towards the professor almost instantly, the shock clear on their faces.
"What? Exam? What are you talking about professor?"
"Exam? Oh no… I… I haven't studied at all."
"Yeah, we fucked boys."
Different reactions went throughout the entire classroom, some filled with worry, others confused and some other already accepting their fate as they whispered to their friends next to them.
'This… might actually be worth it, I can test and see if completing exams will give me any points into intelligence.' Alan thought as he started getting ready, in comparison to the rest of the students, he remained calm, almost too calm as the student in the seat next to him actually looked confused, seeing not a single hint of panic on his face.
"Hey, you studied? Can… you help me?" The student asked as she looked at Alex with wide hopeful eyes.
Lifting his head whilst he was putting his book and notebook that he had taken out for the class back into his backpack, Alan stared at her with an utter deadpan of an expression.
"No, I didn't study. In fact, I think the chances of me getting an F, are extremely high." Alan replied, with a no nonsense voice.
His words seemed to spear right through the female students' hope, shattering it all apart as worry and what could only be called teenage despair overtook her expression once more as she turned to face the front of the class, her hand that was holding a single pen shaking.
'It's… an exam. Okay, I likely would have freaked the fuck out aswell but considering how my day has started… I really don't feel like freaking out about this shit.' Alan thought to himself as his lips twitched in self-depreciating amusement as he put his backpack away and took out a single pen, his table finally clean as was required when taking exams and then he turned to face the front as well as he waited for the exam paper.
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