Under the Veil of Night

"Since you won, you should treat us this time," Kanae teased when Tommy walked back to their group.

Tommy scratched his head. "I don't have money. Can I just treat you to candy?"

Misae rolled her eyes. "We won't be full by just eating candy, alright? Treat us to something more than that, Tommy."

"I truly don't have money."

"We'll all eat together," Mike interrupted. "President already prepared a feast for us in the Student Council Room."

"Really? Thank you, President!"

"Wow!"

Alice looked hesitant. "Can those of us who don't belong to the Student Council join in?"

"Yes."

"Let's go," Tommy grabbed Alice's hand as they walked to the room. The others glanced towards their clasped hands, but no one tried to say anything. Let the MVP enjoy his day today.

They quickly arrived at the Student Council Room. There were several food boxes on the side. Mike quickly opened them and arranged them on the table. There was braised pork, salad, fried chicken, and many others.

Kanae was practically drooling when she saw the plentiful amount of delicious food in front of her.

"Sis, be patient," Laura laughed when she saw her sister acting like that. Ever since they were young, Kanae was already a glutton, so Laura was already used to seeing her sister like that. However, it was quite embarrassing to show it to outsiders.

"You can start eating," Kevin said kindly to Kanae.

"I'll just wait until everything is on the table and we can start together."

It only took a few minutes to finish unpacking everything. The table in the middle was simply too small, so they spread out to the other tables too. The room became cramped because of the number of people there, but no one voiced out complaints.

"Let's start."

The moment Mike said that, they started to put food on their plates. Seeing the amount that Kanae placed on her plate, Laura rolled her eyes. This sister of hers was truly a big glutton. She secretly thought that she would need to buy more food to store in the apartment to be able to prepare enough food to satisfy her sister.

"I don't like vegetables," Misae complained when Mike put broccoli on her plate.

"They're good for you, so you should eat them occasionally."

"But you gave me a lot!"

"Just eat it. You're eating too much meat. That'll make you fatter."

Misae pouted. He had just used the word that girls hated the most, so she couldn't refute anymore. "Alright."

After a while, the girls stopped eating. Most girls wouldn't eat too much in fear of getting fat. Well, of course with the exception of one girl who was refilling her plate for the third time.

"Sis, are you still hungry?" Laura looked towards her sister's plate in astonishment.

"Yes."

"Don't speak with your mouth full," Kevin reminded. He was sitting by Kanae's side and calmly eating his own food. However, those who sat in front of him clearly knew that this man was paying more attention to the foods that Kanae ate.

Kanae nodded her head as she gulped down another mouthful of food. There was still a lot of food on the table, so there was nothing wrong with her continuing to eat. Some of them already finished their food, and only several of them were still eating.

"I'm full," Tommy said after a while.

Alice looked towards Tommy's plate. "You also eat a lot."

"I'm tired after running on the field, so I ate more than usual," Tommy answered with a grin.

Alice giggled when she heard that. A single run shouldn't have affected that much. She already knew that he had a big appetite from long ago. His increase in food intake today was only due to the fact that Kevin treated them all.

"President, you're eating too much," Neo frowned when he saw that Kevin was still eating. The amount he was eating was much more compared with the usual.

Kevin pretended that he didn't hear anything as he scooped up another spoon of rice.

"You're the one who should have treated us, Tommy," Laura teased. "How about changing the date to sometime in the future."

Tommy forced out a smile. "Have mercy on me! I'm too poor to afford to treat all of you to a meal."

"Come on."

"How about if I teach you how to run?"

Misae rolled her eyes. Well, she did need to exercise since her score in PE (physical education) has plummeted greatly. Not that the girls had great scores as their average was poor, but she wanted to get better.

"Fine, teach the three of us."

"Three?" Alice pointed to herself. "I'm included?"

"Of course!"

"That's going to be fun," Laura clapped her hands excitedly.

On the other hand, Tommy didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He knew that it would be fun to be around three beautiful girls, but he couldn't afford to offend any one of them. Offending Misae, Mike would come and beat him to a pulp. Offending Laura, Kanae would make his training hell. Offending Alice… his heart couldn't take it.

"We'll leave first. Thank you very much, President," Misae glanced at the clock. It was already time for her to return home. "Don't forget our promise, Tommy."

Tommy nodded. "I won't. Just tell me when."

"Wait for me," Laura immediately stood up. She was tagging along with Misae because Kanae would go to work. It was safer for her to go home in Misae's car rather than calling a cab.

"I'm going too," Alice smiled wryly. "I don't think I can bear not laughing seeing this eating competition."

Mike rolled his eyes. This was not really an eating competition. It was just that their boss wanted to accompany Kanae during her time eating.

Before long, Kanae felt full. There was still some food left on the table, but she couldn't eat anymore. Her belly would scream if she fed it any more.

"Mike, wrap it up for her," Kevin instructed.

Hearing his order, Mike sighed internally. Kevin's advance was more obvious as time went on. There was no way the others wouldn't notice when it was already at this level.

Tommy was looking towards the two of them strangely. From Kanae's expression, it seemed that the girl was still clueless about it. Well, he guessed that she was probably thinking of Kevin more as a brother since Jason, Shiro, and him always treated her well as they saw her as their sister.

Hopefully, this dense little girl would realize it soon.

"I'm going too. I'm quite busy lately," Tommy stood up as he recalled the list of missions that Jason sent to him. There were so many that he had to complete. Although most of them were easy enough, they took time and patience.

Thanks to them, he learned how to slip into a house more easily. Sometimes this made him wonder if he was a thief rather than a group member. Their missions were sometimes so bizarre that he couldn't bear to think about them again when he had finished.

"You should be more careful, Tommy," Neo warned. He had heard about the activity of Fiore Group lately. Their name seemed to resound even louder lately.

Although it was only due to the numerous missions they accepted, no one could say that they didn't care about them. Whatever mission the Fiore Group accepted, they would surely complete it.

"I know," Tommy answered. "See you all again. Thank you for the treat, President."

Kevin nodded his head as an answer. Tommy paid no heed to his lack of response as that was the usual Kevin. In fact, he was glad to see that Kevin was not any different. If he suddenly changed too much, his heart wouldn't be able to take it. Even seeing his change in treatment to Kanae was already a challenge to his poor heart.

"Shall we go to work?" Kevin asked Kanae.

Kanae raised her eyebrows. He didn't usually ask her and would just say that they were going to the company.

"Sure."

"Let's go."