I Was Supposed to Attack the Hockey Captain, Then He Cried in My Arms Chapter 07

I Was Supposed to Attack the Hockey Captain, Then He Cried in My Arms Chapter 07

Caelan blinked, as if stunned.

“You hit me over a cookie?”

He sounded incredulous and shot to his feet.

Caelan was already tall enough to be frightening on a normal day.

Now, his shadow covered me completely.

Oh no, oh no, oh no.

I hurriedly lifted my hand, my voice trembling.

“Fly… I was swatting a fly for you.”

Caelan looked at the dead fly in my palm.

Then he turned his head aside.

For a second, I almost thought I had seen wrong.

Was he smiling?

I stretched my neck to look.

Now I was sure.

He really was smiling.

The system was close to breaking down.

[That doesn’t make sense. His cheek has such a huge slap mark. Why didn’t the Humiliation Points rise at all?]

Looking at the smile Caelan was desperately hiding, I asked the system, “Isn’t something wrong?”

The system clearly had not caught up.

[Huh?]

I repeated it.

“I feel like… why does Caelan seem happy after getting hit? This is the first time I’ve seen him smile.”

The system and I both went silent.

After a while, it spoke in frustration.

[I need to report this to my supervisor. What do we do if the target is an M – you know, masochist? He likes pain. I need to apply to switch targets.]

I sighed.

“Can you unbind me? I really don’t want to bully people anymore.”

The system’s voice turned cold as it threatened me.

[Unless I hit this year’s KPI, I will keep following you.]

I sighed helplessly.

Caelan turned back.

He was no longer smiling.

His expression had been adjusted, and he was once again a perfect cool guy.

“So you’re saying you didn’t hit me because of Ju… cough, the cookie? It was the fly?”

I nodded.

Now I did not even dare look directly at Caelan.

The moment I realized I had discovered the hockey captain’s secret of being a masochist, I only wanted to bury myself underground.

The system said it was submitting feedback and needed two days.

[Anyway, his Humiliation Points aren’t rising anymore. Stay away from him.] It was rarely humane as it advised me. [This time, I’m applying for Julian. He seems to have a good temper, so he should be less dangerous than Caelan.]

For the next two days, in order to avoid touching Caelan, I deliberately moved my chair far away from him.

But Caelan’s sleeping posture became more and more exaggerated.

Sometimes nearly half of his body sprawled across my desk.

I could only squeeze into the corner of the desk to do homework.

When the system’s approval came through, I was carefully pulling half my notebook out from under Caelan’s body.

The system was speechless.

[He’s almost using both your desks as a bed. Poke him. I told you to be restrained, not this timid. Are you kidding me?]

I was helpless too.

Caelan seemed to be in a terrible mood these days, his face dark as the bottom of a pot.

Now I did not dare touch him at all.

I was afraid I would become the spark that lit the fuse.

[The higher-ups approved adding another attack target.] The system sounded smug. [Elara, unleash your triple spinning kick.]

My gaze landed on Julian.

He was sitting at his desk, seriously writing something, surrounded by a chattering crowd.

Julian had always had a good temper.

We lived in the same dorm building.

From the elderly couple who managed the building to the stray cats downstairs, everyone liked him.

But I did not like him.

I always felt Julian’s smile was a little… fake.

The kind of fake where he clearly did not want to smile but still kept a standard gentle expression on his face.

It was not annoying, but it made him feel distant.

After staring for an entire morning, I still could not find an opening.

Whenever class ended, Julian was surrounded by a huge group of people, like layers of bodyguards wrapped around him.

I turned to look at Caelan.

Caelan was better.

If only he were not a masochist.

No one ever dared gather around him.

One look from him could slice people ten thousand times.

Our eyes met.

We both froze.

Caelan’s dark eyes looked straight into mine.

I had no idea how long he had been watching me.

My heartbeat suddenly sped up, and I quickly lowered my head to look away.

“Good-looking?”

He suddenly said something without context.

I froze, not understanding.

By the time I looked back up, Caelan had already sprawled over the desk and gone to sleep.

I scratched the back of my head.

Then I looked up and realized Julian had disappeared from sight.

[Quick, quick, quick. Go guard the classroom door. Julian went to the bathroom.] The system was happy like an idiot. [When he comes back, secretly trip him. Perfect plan.]

This again.

I was extremely speechless.

But I obediently stood up anyway.

The back of Caelan’s head shifted slightly as he adjusted into a comfortable position and kept sleeping.

Julian really did not have anyone with him.

I swallowed nervously as I watched him walk closer.

[Now!] the system suddenly shouted when he passed me.

I quietly stuck out my leg.

A loud scattering of books followed, and Julian sucked in a sharp breath as he landed on the floor.

It looked like he had not fallen too badly.

I let out a breath of relief and quickly went to help him.

“Are you okay? I’m sorry, Julian.”

I was genuinely apologizing.

Although I had attacked Caelan so many times, I still felt guilty every time I did it.

Julian reached out and held my arm.

The system suddenly spoke.

[Julian Humiliation Points plus three. Wait. Why did Caelan gain fifteen?]

I froze too and looked up.

But Caelan had not moved at all.

He was lying on the desk as if sleeping deeply.

Julian dusted himself off.

I looked awkwardly at his hand.

“Did you scrape it?”

Julian froze, then laughed softly.

“I’m not that delicate. I won’t scrape my skin from a light fall.”

Hearing that, I suddenly thought of the first time I tripped Caelan.

He was very delicate.

His hand had scraped, and he applied Neosporin for ages.

Seeing me dazed, Julian waved his hand in front of my face.

“I’m really okay. If you feel bad…”

He smiled gently.

“The cupcake last time was really good.”

I nodded rapidly.

“Okay. I’ll bring you one later.”

Julian nodded.

“Okay.”

During the long break, I ran to the campus market to buy a cupcake.

The strawberry ones were sold out.

Only mango was left.