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I was walking through the college hall to find the door to the room I should have my first lecture at this university. I was almost twenty minutes late and it made me nervous because I hated to be seen by so many people at once, especially by the ones I don't know. I was sure that every pair of eyes will focus on me. However, when I found the class and reached the door handle I pushed it down and I entered the room. My heart beat a bit faster but not to think too much about it, I nodded to the clearly annoyed, pretty short, black haired professor pretending to say "good morning" by just moving my lips. His stare could definitely kill, I had to admit. Then I went up the stairs fast to take a free aisle seat not to disturb anyone. A person next to me didn't even notice me since a smartphone was apparently more interesting. It made me feel less embarrassed.
I kept listening to the lecture and making notes but at one point I lost my focus and I leant my head on my hand. My eyes wandered around the room until I saw a guy with ear lenght blonde undercut hair sitting two rows below mine. He was looking at me interested but when I met his blue eyes, he moved his head as soon as possible to pretend he was not staring at me. I mean, I guess he was starring because he looked as if he was a bit shy and his cheeks went a bit pink. Not thinking much about it since I am shy myself and such behaviour was kind of normal to me, I went back to listen to the professor.
After the lecture I grabbed my belongings and put them into my backpack and then I decided to look around the campus since I had little idea how it looks like. I couldn't be present during my first week of studies due to my illness, so I missed the opportunity to get to know the place well, as well as other students from my group or shared lectures. However, since I was having a free period before my next class, I had time to catch up with it.
At one point I left the building with a coffee in my hands to stroll around the campus. The weather was great and the sun made surrounding me greenery so pretty that I am sure I will miss it in a month or two when days become colder.
I sat on one of the wooden benches along the path to enjoy my coffee, when I noticed a few people from the lecture I have just attended. Among them I saw the blonde guy wearing a white long sleeved shirt who was sitting under the tree with two other people. There was a woman with black shoulder-lenght hair who was wearing black airy clothes and a man who was changing his longish brown hair into a man bun. In contrast to the girl, he was wearing a black warm hoodie. I immediately had a thought that if I was going to guess today's temperature just by looking at them, it would be impossible.
Noticing that all of them were probably in their early twenties, I started to wonder if they had known each other before joining the university and having a few gap years like me.
I lost my train of thought, which was going nowhere anyway, when I saw the girl noticed me. She cast a smile at me so I did the same, however a bit ashamed because she could remember me being late. Yes, such moments were pretty destructive to me because I tend to be scared of what people can think about me. I believe it is difficult to change the first impression, but I keep telling myself that people actually do not care much about others in a way they analise other people's behaviours like it was the most important thing in their lives.
The girl waved to me as a greeting and then she wanted me to approach her by using a hand gesture what caught me by surprise. Both of the guys turned their heads in my direction to check what is going on and then I decided to come up to them.
"Hi, I saw you in our class, I haven't seen you before," she said with a smile. "Sit with us, we still have some time. I'm Mikasa by the way".
I introduced myself feeling quite comfortable since she seemed to be very kind.
"Eren", said the brown haired guy with confidence and then we shook hands.
"I'm Armin, nice to meet you", the blond one smiled to me, however not in the same extrovert way Mikasa and Eren did. I thought that maybe I was right he is a shy person, but I am aware that reality can be sometimes different so the time will probably tell. Not wanting to guess anything about them myself anymore, I asked them a question after about five minutes of talking.
"Do you know each other outside of the uni?"
"Yeah, we were basically growing up together", Eren answered with a grin. "I do believe we are inseparable," he glanced at Armin and then at Mikasa in a specific way. "I am hers, by the way", he pointed at her with a thumb "Mikasa would kill me if I didn't say that", he added quieter.
"Eren!", she exclaimed embarrassed but then she laughed.
He talks a lot, I must admit. Or maybe I had such impression because he spoke quickly out of excitement.
"Oh, that's nice!", I answered with a smile. However, Armin's sigh called my attention to him. He stood up before I looked at him properly.
"I think we should go," he said, "I don't want to be late."
"Oh, come on, ten minutes is a lot of time", Eren sighed but stood up as well.
"Five".
"Whatever man, cheer up. You are a bit weird today. Too little sleep, too much gaming at night?"
Eren wanted to mock him, but Armin just rolled his eyes.
"I understand you, I hate being late", I said to Armin, but he didn't answer except for sending me a faint smile.
"Are you sure?", Mikasa chuckled apparently recalling me being late. "Are we going together to class 201"?
I told them that I was having a lecture in a different place and in such a case I hope to see them around a bit later. They seemed to be nice so I think it is worth to stick to them a bit to have some company and to get to know them better. Especially Armin, because he did not say a word about himself what made me quite curious. Bad day I guess, things happen. Don't they?