My System & My Academy of Superpowers

[ I am your captain again. I have an announcement. It's been three hours since our take-off, we will land to take a break. I repeat… ]         

After a few minutes, the flight landed softly. It was the first break and they had exactly one hour before the take-off. 

Students and teachers started getting off the airplane. Ryan wanted to hang out with Gwen and doc but after what happened this afternoon, none of them was talking to each other.

Ryan was on his own in the large airport. All he wanted to do was take some snacks, use the washroom, and check his savings account. 

He saw Naomi and Devon sitting in a cafe facing each other and laughing at god knows what. A smile spread over Ryan's face when he saw them get together with each other, going on short airport cafe dates. 

'At this rate, they might even become an item.' he thought as he walked to the shop for making his purchases. 

After purchasing some food, Ryan continued wandering around the airport when his eyes fell on a big display screen. 

[ On a portal tour to hunt advanced-tier beasts, three students lose their lives. ] 

Was the headline on the display screen. 

[ Should the Academy let students go on a portal tour when students are losing their lives? ]

The female reporter was on the screen [ A group of students was taken on a portal tour to a half-explored portal, unfortunately, three of them were not able to come back ]

Ryan stopped looking at the news. He continued walking, 'I really am curious what these planets with beasts are like.' Ryan wondered.

With nothing to do, Ryan decided to go inside the flight and take a nap before it gets noisy with students again. 

* Ring, ring, ring *

Naomi took out her mobile, interrupting Devon's words. She took a look at the screen: 'Otou-san' which means 'Dad' in Japanese.

'Tch. what the fuck does he have to say now?' 

"Ah, you got a call..." Devon leaned back against his chair and took a sip of his drink. 

"Y- yeah," she lifted her head, "Sorry, Devon but can I fucking take this call?"

He gulped down his juice, "Sure, go ahead," he lifted his arm making a gesture of go ahead. 

"Thanks," she got up from he seat and went out of the cafe, Devon saw her sticking the phone against her ear and talking with someone, from the cafe. 

"I gotta take this call too," Devon said with a sad expression. 

"Devon? Why were not you answering me?"

"I was busy. What do you have to say?"

"It's about the offer we made."

"I have rejected it many times,"

"I am asking again, you will be out of the family's reach once you reach Japan. If some trouble comes up, the family won't be able to help you,"

"That time won't come. I will not take that offer no matter what you do. I still consider Ryan my friend," 

"Friend? Well. As promised, I will not take the mission myself. But. I will warn you, something is special about Ryan. day by day, he seems to… I dunno, just improve himself, his status, I dunno. There's this strange feeling, a presence I feel whenever I am near him. This just makes me curious about him and very hard to hold myself back from taking the mission."

"I will not take the mission. I am hanging up," 

Devon touched his head, a hairband-like object started appearing on the top of his head. 

"She's still talking," Devon gave Naomi a glance. He pulled a thin hairband from his head and placed it on the table and let out a huge sigh.

"I can't do this to him… after all, he trusted me with his girlfriend story." Devon muttered to himself, "You are right, I feel his presence too much intimidating whenever I am near him…. To my surprise, every next time I meet him, that presence seems to increase every time.

"This made me fear Ryan. His presence is more and more intimidating every time I see him. I am afraid… I might not be able to stand by him in the future."

Devon turned to see Naomi outside the cafe.

"I know! I know! Please don't-"

"It's not in my hands! I am telling you," her father replied. Like the last time, they were talking in the Japanese language. 

"Can you at least try something? Is not this way too early to decide? That too without asking me first?! What does she thinks she is?!"

"Your mother. She's the boss. She does whatever she wants to. You have no choice."

"I will live in the Academy dorms."

"Fine. but remember, you are coming back to Japan… and Japan is your mother's territory. You can't escape her once you arrive in Japan,"

Naomi stood there with a worried expression on her face, 'I already know that!' she bit her lip.

"I know… but I still want to stay away from her as much as possible,"

"You can't run, can't escape either. You will have to face her, she's your mother." Naomi hummed, "About the marriage thing, I will try my best to do something. Take care, Naomi-chan."

"Hm. sure, dad."

She hung up. Her hand followed to her forehead, Naomi took a deep breath and entered the cafe. 

Brandon was standing in the hallway of the second-floor VIP rooms. He brushed his hair with his hand. The hairband appeared out of nowhere on his head. 

He was able to see Devon sitting in the cafe right in front of his eyes, on the ground floor. He stared at Devon with a strange smile on his face. 

He saw Naomi entering the cafe and sitting in front of Devon. Brandon leaned on the glass railing, he threw his arms over the railing. 

"Because he's your friend? No." He grinned, "Is it because you fear the girl sitting in front of you will be sitting next to Ryan? Or are you busy trying to win her, eh?"