Inside the car,
Henry : "...."
Derek : "..."
Luca : "...."
Three of them just kept glancing at Viviana.
Viviana : "Speak if you have something to speak. Don't just keep glancing at me, brothers."
Viviana spoke politely and extremely calmly while looking at her phone.
'Usually, Viviana have always polite and respectful to everyone around. Only if they cross the line , she don't show mercy to retaliate. That's what I observed about her during this past 10 yrs by being with her' Alex thought to himself.
Luca, Henry and Derek just looked at each other.
Derek : "Did someone upset you?" Derek asked cautiously.
Viviana : "No one, why? what happened?" Viviana replied calmly.
Henry : "Then did something didn't go your way?" Henry continued signaling Derek with eyes.
Derek : "Yeah, something ? anything? You can tell your brothers. We can solve it for you." Derek said extremely arrogantly.
Luca : "Yes, Vivi tell us everything." Luca said in serious tone.
All three just looked constantly at her face.
Viviana : "Is something on my face? You keep staring at me."
Luca replied : "You cried didn't you?"
Viviana was surprised for a moment.
[ "Vivi, there are tear stains on your face." ]
"Oh!"
Viviana : "It's just I touched my eyes with chilli hand and therefore my face looks like this." Viviana explained embarrassingly.
Luca : "You should be more careful Viviana." Everyone sighed in relief.
Derek said mockingly : "yeah, As I said in the morning, you are a fool." Derek said with a smirk.
Henry : "Not only fool but crying fool like someone who cried in the morning in front of father. hahah"
' They started again' Luca thought while watching them tease Viviana.
"I guess someone doesn't need their 3 months pocket money." Viviana said while smiling at them innocently.
Two of them got stunned by her words and then shut up after understanding what she meant and ignored her.
"..Pf.. hahahha..pf." Luca couldn't control his laugh.
"Our Vivi is quite smart, isn't she ?" Luca added.
"Hmph. She is our sister at last." Derek and Henry said arrogantly.
"pf...hahha" this time both Luca and Viviana couldn't control their laughs after hearing their excuse.
At Manchester Villa, after having dinner and chatting with other family members Viviana returned to her room.
"Alex, did you arranged what I asked you for ?"
Alex appeared in front of her immediately with his cute little face and wearing his usual cute little black formal suit like a gentleman.
[ "Yes, I have sent it to you. Just say receive in your mind." ] Alex said with his usual indifference face.
Viviana closed her eyes and did as what Alex instructed her. Information was automatically transferred to her brain.
"So, Jack Falton's parent died in accident a year ago living him alone and with loan which his father took before dying, both legally and illegally. He don't have any other sibling nor any relative that came to help him since he have lot of loan. His relationship with his parents was good. They were good people. He was left with small 2bhk apartment which he sold and paid about 40% of loan." Viviana talked it out for Alex to hear.
[ "And He works 2 -3 part time job and is renting a small apartment with extremely low rent in unsafe area. Maximum amount of his earning goes to loan sharks, rent, and other bills. He eats 1 time meal only." ] Alex continued.
"He also studied past one year while doing part time jobs and took admission in elite school because of amount of scholarship school provides." Viviana frowned while for a while.
[ "I don't think scholarship amount will make any large difference. And illegal loan sharks keep harassing him every now and then." ] Alex added calmly.
"Hmm...he is quite miserable... huh."
Viviana pondered for a minute while Alex quietly waited for her response while comfortably sitting on her bed.
"Alex, keep watch on him. If he is in any major problem or ill inform me and also if those loan shark meet with him inform me."
[ "Alright." ]
"What is he doing right now?" Viviana asked while arranging her desk.
[ "He is working." ]
"Even now?"
[ "Hm. He have it hard doing all manual labour without eating at that." ]
Viviana just kept arranging her desk.
[ "What are your plans for him?" ] Alex asked after seeing no response from Viviana.
"Umm...right now, nothing." Viviana replied while focusing on her books.
[ "..." ]
Viviana : "..."
Alex kept glaring at her for long time.
Viviana : "...sigh...I'll just observe him for this week. Now stop glaring at me."
Viviana said frowningly and threw pillow on her chair towards Alex.
Alex was caught off guard by her sudden attack and got extremely furious.
[ "You insolent thing!" ] Alex shouted furiously while throwing that pillow back at her which Viviana dodged successfully.
"You insolent thing! Pff haha." Viviana mimicked his words while snickering.
Alex got furious and thus another rounds of pillow fight started.
After one hour,
And the winner is Viviana.
Both of them could be seen laying on the bed, panting due to exhaustion.
"I won! " Viviana said while panting and looking at ceiling.
[ "You won because I couldn't aim at you." ] Alex explained seriously.
"....it's the same" Viviana said.
Alex : [ "..." ]
Vivi : "...pfff "
[ "humph." ] Alex disappeared angrily leaving behind vivi alone and silence.
"Idiot" Viviana muttered in a low voice while smiling.
[ "I am listening." ] Angry voice came out of nowhere.
Viviana stopped smiling and didn't speak afterwards.
Next day,
Viviana as usual started her day with family breakfast and then going to school escorted by her three loving brothers.
Then while sitting beside Jack for whole day and during lunch break she didn't speak to him nor greeted him. Viviana just observed him through Alex without needing to look at him.
Jack was also extremely calm like what happened yesterday was just a dream or illusion. Or that's how it seemed from outside while he occasionally gave slight glance at Viviana's face or hairs or at what she was doing.
There were times when their eyes met but they directed their eyes to other things effortlessly.
This situation continued for the whole day and for next 2 weeks.
[ "What are you doing Vivi?" ] Alex said with calm face but his tone carried a deep frustration.
"What am I doing ?" Viviana asked lazily while doing her homework.
[ "..." ] Alex kept glaring without speaking anything with his calm face.
After sometime,
"I have martial arts classes afterwards so speak quickly." Viviana said while looking at Alex who was still glaring at her without speaking.
[ "You know he is having hard time, he have multiple and huge amount of loan, can't eat two times of proper meals and have to work many part time jobs. Why not help him and be Saintess in his eyes and then he will give you his favorability and then we can move on to main mission." ] Alex added seeing no response from her.
[ "It's been 2 weeks and you have just increased 2 favorability points that also when one time you 'mistakenly' smiled at him while helping him pick up his fallen books in the corridor and other time when you performed piano during piano lecture, again smiling at him by 'mistakenly'." ]
Alex explained with serious tone.
'yeah , it just 2 more favorability points' Viviana said to herself while observing favorability score,
[ Ding! Jack's Favorability increased by 1 Current Favorability : 12 ]
"I gave him time to adjust to my presence, Alex. I didn't wanted to startle the snake before I even catch him. And about the suggestions you made earlier, about being 'saintess' in his eyes." Viviana said while smiling.
"Just because he is in miserable state you think he is dumb and unable to understand anything?"
[ "..." ]
"He is not dumb nor is he unable to understand anything, he is just indifferent and unreactive to everything around him." Viviana further explained.
[ "hmph..Isn't it the same?" ] Alex said arrogantly.
"Nope, it isn't same. He is indifferent and unreactive not because he is dumb but because he has deep understanding about everything around him. He is like the predator hiding and waiting calmly for a perfect opportunity to pounce on but before that he won't make any deliberate move. And, what's more scaring than that?" Viviana said in her serious tone.
"If I do as you say, he would always have his guards up against me knowing I have some agenda being this good to him. He knows he hold no value nor is he that good looking more than anyone else and therefore even if I say that I like him and bla bla over time favorability will become stagnant and stop increasing. What will you do at that time? This kind of creatures are decisive while cutting off any uncertain people around him. So, first thing he will cut off after gaining power will be me the most uncertain factor around him even if he is at that position with my help."
[ ''Then how are you going to handle him?" ]
"By slow poisoning him with my kindness" Viviana said winking at Alex.
[ "Then when are you going to act?" ] Alex asked while nodding in understanding.
"Tomorrow." Viviana said while switching off the lights.
Alex just stood there silently as if pondering something.
"By the way Alex, you were learning how to control electronic devices. How's the progress." Viviana asked while covering herself with blanket and sleeping.
Suddenly, lights of the bedroom turned on automatically startling Viviana.
[ "How is it?" ] Alex asked smugly.
"Great" Viviana gave thumbs up and actually was quite amazed.
"Now turn off the lights I want to sleep." Viviana said while rubbing her eyes.
But even after few seconds lights remained on.
"Alex, turn off the lights." Viviana glared at smug looking kid who was standing beside her.
Alex just gave her innocent smile and disappeared.
Viviana's eyes widened with instant realization,
"ALEX, you Bastard !" Viviana was extremely furious even then had to get up and turn off the lights on her own.
Next morning,
Viviana arrived school little early when there were few students.
Before entering her school, Viviana brought a soya milk and a sandwich from the shop nearby her school.
When she entered classroom, no one was there even Jack.
Viviana seated on her desk after thoroughly cleaning it with tissue as usual.
"Today, I'll start with my plan." Viviana spoke to herself.
[ "I'll be glad, if you did that." ] the voice sounded in her head
Viviana just rolled her eyes and ignored Alex.
[ "..." ] 'She is still angry I guess about yesterday night, hmph she deserved it for laughing at me.' Alex thought to himself.
She removed her math book from her bag and started circling and writing most difficult question on a blank page in her neat and beautiful handwriting, she thought were extremely difficult, even if she knew their answers.
"Jack is extremely intelligent and good at especially math. After observing him this days I have come to this conclusion." Viviana talked while focusing on her writing.
[ "..." ]
"..."
[ "Are you talking to me." ] Alex asked hesitantly, as Alex saw no one was there in classroom.
"if not you then who?" Viviana said, still focused on writing.
[ "....hm" ] Alex blushed slightly.
While Viviana's face has slight smile as if knowing what Alex face looked like right now.
When, Jack entered classroom as usual the first thing he noticed was that in usually empty classroom Viviana sat there focusing on writing something, which made surprised for a moment.
He walked towards desk steadily, pulled out chair and sat on it, he was taking out his books he was momentarily enamored by Viviana's perfume smell flowing through wind.
After he broke out of his state, took out his books and was about keep them on desk, he saw soya milk bottle and a sandwich on his desk which were slightly hot.
He was surprised, knowing who kept them on his desk since except for him and her no one was present in the classroom. And was slightly confused as to why did that?.
'Both the items are hot and look tasty. I haven't eaten from yesterday afternoon. I am even more hungry now. But why did she....' Jack thought to himself.
He looked at Viviana who was still very focused as if she wasn't the one who kept those things on his desk.
Her long and beautiful hairs tied in a pony with cute dark blue ribbon with hearts on it, slightly swaying in the wind. Her handwriting neat and beautiful as she is. She who was focused on her work was even more charming.
That was how Viviana seemed in Jack's eyes.
"Why did you...." As Jack spoke,
"Help me with this and you can have it in return." Viviana interrupted Jack before he could complete his sentence while passing him the piece of paper she just wrote on.
Jack face stiffened for a moment and then he came to his usual calmness.
Jack observed the paper, they were all advanced level questions which he solved recently.
"I wanted to ask you to solve this, but I didn't want to trouble you for free. So, I thought of bribing you with these." Viviana kept chattering while looking at Jack sometimes and sometimes at paper in his hands or at sandwich on desk.
"So, are you or are you not helping me with it ?" Viviana asked calmly looking in his eyes.
'Today, she is speaking usually more. Is it because she want something from me? Or she is usually like this but just with me she stays silent' Jack thought to himself.
Not receiving any response, Viviana waved her hand in front of him bringing him back to reality from his thoughts.
"I would, even if you don't give me a 'bribe'." He said with a small smirk and smile in his eyes.
Viviana was surprised by his reaction.
'Did you look at that? This sly fox is quite impressive.' While she thought this, Viviana's gave extremely beautiful smile to Jack.
[ Ding! Jack's Favorability increased by 1 Current Favorability : 13 ]
Jack was stunned for a moment as he was caught off guard by her sudden beautiful smile.
'No matter how many times I look, she looks more and more beautiful to me each time I see her. ' He thought.
"Then first you eat your breakfast. I'll do something else until you finish it." Viviana said being considerate for him while Jack nodded in response.
Seeing Jack take food items given by her, Viviana focused on collecting more questions from other subjects.
Jack took soya milk bottle in one hand and drank one sip while took one bite of warm sandwich. As soon as first sip and bite entered his stomach, his stomach which was aching due to hunger relaxed and pain vanished instantly. His body was filled with instant sense of satisfaction and wave of relaxation spread through out his body.
[ Ding! Jack's Favorability increased by 3 Current Favorability : 16 ]
Viviana heard notification sound but ignored it and kept her focus.
Jack felt like it was the tastiest meal he has ever had since his parents left him. Thinking of the hard days he has suffered after his parents passing, his eyes became moist but he soon recovered from trance to his usual aloofness and finished his meal cleanly.
After finishing his meal, he explained math problems that Viviana wrote on paper in detail.
In an empty classroom's silence, sound of wind blowing away window curtains in beautiful waves, trees outside the classroom window making rustling sound, birds singing and calm voice of young teenager sounded. The image of both teenagers studying together was quite picturesque.
The atmosphere lasted until other students began to enter one by one and class was full. And then they both separated and started their own work like usual aloofness like they were not the one studying together.
"Vivi, why do you came early today?" Luca who came at usual time asked to Viviana as soon as he entered classroom.
"I wanted to study" Vivian replied after giving slight glance to Jack who was writing something beside her.
Luca noticed her little moment and raised his eyebrow in surprise and also glanced at newcomer and then just giving nod to Viviana returned to his seat without further asking any questions.
Soon, teacher entered the classroom and morning lecture began.
After today's morning section between Viviana and Jack, Viviana would occasionally come early bringing breakfast for Jack, while making him explain her doubts which she can solve easily but is difficult normally. Except for doubt solving, Viviana would ask Jack about some study tips and tricks and would share some of hers thus successfully spending more time with him instead of just constant studying.
Favorability increased every time until it reached certain point and stopped increasing.
[ Ding! Jack's Favorability increased by 1 Current Favorability : 22 ]
"It's been month. It's time to change strategy now." Viviana spoke while looking at system notification which was stuck and was not increasing.
[ "What is your plan?" ] 'She is going to give me more work....sigh' Alex said.
"I would need for you to do something"
'I knew it!' Alex thought.
"But before that tomorrow I have to do something." Vivian said.
'Jack still wears the torn uniform on his shoulder. I want to give him uniform but his self respect would be hurt and increasing favorability will be more difficult. Therefore, I need to find solution ASAP because I can't bear to see such a good kid suffering like this.' Viviana contemplated.
After 2 days in the morning, Viviana again came early in the classroom with breakfast as usual and waited for Jack to come while reading chemistry book on Phd level.
When Jack entered classroom, he was greeted with Viviana's usual lovely smile and warm breakfast and list of questions for math. Now after so many days, Jack has gotten used to her and no longer gets surprised by her randomness.
As usual he ate breakfast she brought, and solved problems for her.
'She is quite intelligent herself therefore she understands everything in one go. She is an excellent student, she doesn't disturbs me nor she gets distracted whole time.' Jack thought with admiration while glancing at Viviana who was focusing on his explanation and there was slight smile in his eyes that he didn't notice.
[ Ding! Jack's Favorability increased by 1 Current Favorability : 23 ]
Viviana was shocked by sudden notification sound since she didn't expected it, but recovered and regained her focus immediately.
After one month of problem solving, both have become slightly familiar with each other. At least they could talk to each other like normal classmates.
Viviana didn't gave today much questions to solve so this session was over earlier than usual and there was some time to have some communication with each other.
Viviana took out something from her bag and kept in front of Jack.
Jack looked at it and then at Viviana in confusion.
Looking at his confused expression, Viviana smiled at him.
"I told my father about how you helped me and he seemed quite impressed with you. Thus, he urged me to gift you something with what I deemed fit."
Jack looked surprised but soon his surprise was replaced by his usual calmness and determination flashed through his eyes and as his lips moved for speaking,
Vivian who was observing him closely hurriedly added,
"Ahh! He also said to tell you that ' please don't reject this old man's thankyou gift it's not much and told you to pay attention to my studies in future also'." Viviana lied without batting a eye and while innocently smiling.
'She is talking usually talking fast, I can say from what I have observed about her this days, and she is maintaining little too much deliberate eye contact with me, more than she usually do. And there are too many loop holes in her statement. Let's test her.' Luca thought slyly with smile in his eyes.
"OH! This thing really happened ?" Luca asked with his calm voice and showing deliberate slight surprise through his eyes.
Viviana got fluster and felt little guilty seeing his surprising eyes which was unexpected.
She looked in his slightly surprised eyes for about 2 seconds more seriously then closed her eyes and swallowed saliva as if swallowing her guilt, opened her eyes again with determination in them.
"Y..Yes. I never lie." Viviana said with straight face and clenched her fists.
'He won't know truth would he?' Viviana became slightly tensed
Jack who was observing her each and every small action closely from start raised corner of his lips slightly in amusement.
[ Ding! Jack's Favorability increased by 1 Current Favorability : 24 ]
'She have never lied before, did she ?' Jack thought while looking at her with his softened expression which he didn't know.
"That's....."
"I'll take it then. Thank you!" Jack said while taking bag Viviana kept on desk.
Seeing Jack was staring at her without any response she tried to smooth things out but was interrupted by him.
'Well, if she is going to such length to gift me I shouldn't reject it.' Jack thought while smiling.
"I mean not 'you', say thank you to 'Uncle'." Jack deliberately further added teasing her.
"Y..Yes." Viviana said while frowning slightly in disagreement but smoothened her frown in blink of an eye thinking,
'I was the one who brought it, though' she thought.
[ Ding! Jack's Favorability increased by 1 Current Favorability : 25 ]
'How cute' Jack thought while seeing her reaction which he had already expected and was satisfied.
"Alex, why is favorability increasing? Is he that happy about gift then I should gift him more in future." Viviana contacted Alex through mind connection.
Alex who observed everything that transpired from start to end :
[ "..." ] Silent.
'Viviana is dumb in seduction matter, I guess.' Alex thought boringly and again seriously watched Jack as he opened bag.