Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd In The Apocalypse!

Chapter 1278 Nia - Ruben

In all fairness, not to be sexist or racist, I completely denied her kiss like Neo dodged the fucking bullets because one, I wasn't expecting it at all and two, I didn't know her that well to reciprocate her advances, and three, we were in the middle of a fucking fight, unless she was already in our fucking circle, I'd assume that everything was an attack or a setup to hit me clean on the face.

But yeah, the look of regret, hate, and disappointment across her face looked so fucking genuine, it turned to complete rage once more when she realized I declined her advances.

And this time, her release bumped up as I felt more pressure coming from her, and even though it was only a fraction of an increase, I always knew that it was almost always the negative emotions that would add fuel to the fire.

"I JUST WANTED TO KISS YOU!"

"You did!"

"AND YOU DENIED ME!"

"I did!"

"W-WHY?!"

"I have a choice in the matter too, don't I?"

"STILL! DON'T YOU FIND ME ATTRACTIVE?!"

"Sure!"

"THEN WHY?!"

"There's a time and a place Williams! There's a time and a—"

"NIA!"

"Huh?"

"THE NAME'S NIA!"

"Sure, there's a time and a place, Nia! Read the fucking room!"

"I-I CAN'T HELP IT ALRIGHT?! I THOUGHT I'M HAVING HORMONE IMBALANCES BUT IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU?! I HAD TO DO IT!"

"Again! There's a time and a place!"

At that point, Nia opted for a hug that definitely lasted more than it should—and even if she was being real honest about what she wanted to do right now, I couldn't just reciprocate at the moment because again, there's a time and a place for that and I had more students to get through.

So yeah, after a few more minutes, Ruben's head peeked in my gym door and he quickly came in with his whole body once I waved him over. He was almost in the same getup as Nia though he had a plaid shirt on instead of the full set.

"G-Good morning, sir."

"'Sup?"

"I'm good, sir. You?"

"Same, same..."

"That's good..."

"You're really okay from what I did to you all yesterday?"

"I mean— It's training, sir. Isn't it? The last one's hella scary but it's all for a purpose, right?"

"Heh, you can say that."

"I-It is, right?"

"Sure. It's more of a test than anything but it could also be considered training. You don't just run 100 kilometers for training, right?"

"I guess that's true, sir. Umm... I-Is this what we're doing today?"

"Talking? A bit of it, yeah."

"I see..."

"Tell me, is there anything else you'd like to improve on? You see everyone's different, the last bit of Hell Week might not be for all of you but if we don't do what I did, we'll never know so... I already have a plan for each of you but what do YOU think you should work on more?"

Ruben started to scratch the back of his head, "Hmm... if you put it that way, sir... I think I have a lot to work on everything but... I think I'm not as agile as everyone else? I don't wanna assume but I think I'm a tad stronger than my group but speed's been something that I think is holding me back.

I could maybe lose a bit of weight but with the delicious and almost unlimited food served every day I... I think I might have put on a few more pounds... Ahaha..."

I chuckled, "That's kind of spot-on, I'm gonna be honest, but you know what I think?"