New Life: A Second Chance

Joseph sat in the classroom, hardly listening to the teacher who's voice droned on and on like some broken record. The lesson was boring, the teacher hardly made any sense and was just reading from the textbook instead of teaching.

Despite looking like he was hardly paying attention to his surroundings, he was well aware of all those gazes upon him. Girls tended to hang around him and he didn't really mind because they were nice girls.

But …

He was doodling on his textbook while the voice droned on. When the bell rang indicating lunch break, he snapped out of it. He looked down and realised with horror that the page was full of the name 'Kay' written in various ways, with all types of hearts all around it. 

As if that wasn't bad enough, he had drawn on the right-hand side of the page, a spider on a spiderweb, wrapping someone in its web. 

He may not be as skilled as his sister in drawing, but it was certainly above average as well. If one was to look closely at the figure that had been trapped within the cocoon of spider web, one would have recognised the face.

Joseph gulped.

This was bad.

This was very, very bad.

He slammed the textbook shut.

What the heck was he thinking?!

What if anyone saw it? What would they think?!

Cold sweat poured down Joseph's back. He had to get rid of these thoughts. They were dangerous.

If a psychologist was to analyze Joseph's doodle, he would have caught more to it than the average person. It was obvious from the doodles that Joseph has strong, romantic feelings for a girl named 'Kay'. 

A clear indication of the hearts and doodles of the name.

A lesser-known fact is the placement of the doodle. Using the right-hand side of the page is not common (although it is seen more in left-handers) and can indicate an urge to express oneself, or communicate hidden thoughts.

The spiderweb indicates either a feeling of being trapped or the desire to entice someone into a particular relationship or situation. Obviously, in Joseph's case, it was the latter.

He had strong feelings for Kay and wanted to start a relationship with her, but it was obvious that she was not willing. Thoughts of trapping her to him in some way, or to grab her attention to it were apparent.

Joseph was immediately surrounded by the girls in the class, wanting to ask him to join them for lunch. The guys were also there, all of them joking about. Joseph put all thoughts of Kay out of his mind and joined them while laughing.

He had to get such thoughts out of his mind.

Kay was way, way out of his reach.

The fact that she was older than him never bothered him. 

Rather, it was that he was too young for her. He was just a high-school boy while she was a beautiful, successful and popular young woman that was the Goddess of the Nation.

Yes. Kay was an ethereal creature, that was too good for him. 

He took a deep breath and focused on the people around him. The best thing he felt that he ought to do right now was to hang out with his classmates, or schoolmates. He didn't really have any preference. As long as they were nice to him, he was nice to them back.

Joseph was a sociable person, who was pure and straight-forward about his actions and words. He was friendly and a gentleman, and this caused him to be extremely popular within a day of him moving to the school.

Of course, the fact that he was easy on the eyes was an added bonus.

He easily became the idol of the school, though this was something that he was completely unaware of. He just immersed himself in school life.

It was the only way to help him not think about a certain Angel.

Unknown to him, a certain Angel was having problems of her own.

Kay sat in her room, staring intensely at her laptop before she closed it with a bang. She quickly opened it again and started it up, looking at the happy scene in front of her of a young boy having lunch with a bunch of friends.

How those people gravitated around him, all laughing. It was obvious that he was the center.  The sun of the whole group, so to speak. His brilliance and brightness could not be contained. He was like the flame and everyone around him, like moths. Be it girls, or guys. 

With a deep sigh, Kay closed it again. This time, slowly and with sadness.

That was how it should be.

He should be with people of his own age.

Having fun, laughing. 

She flung herself on her bed and started punching her pillow in frustration. 

She kept repeating to herself, 'This is a good thing. A good thing' even though her heart was not feeling it at all. 

She couldn't deny it anymore.

Her feelings for Joseph was not going away. She went as far as being a stalker! Hacking the school cameras in order to watch him. Sending bots to scour the internet for any mention of him. She almost sent her spy flies as well.

Kay groaned. 

She needed help and she couldn't go to her brother. He would flip! There was only one other person she could turn to now. Kay got up and headed out immediately.

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"Oh come on, Cookie!" Xing Han was complaining to his beloved in the office, "Why did you send Ice on a three-day mission?!"

"He wanted it," Nitocris answered, hardly perturbed by his puppy's outburst.

Just then, a call from the security at the front desk came through, "Mr. Bianci, a Ms. Kayla Smith is here to see you."

"Kay?!" gasped Xing Han, "What is she doing here?!"