"Hello, we meet again."

The man softly smiles at Aiden as the latter just nods at him. It is true that they met again but the feeling is kind of nostalgic.

It is as if this is not the first time that they met. The man moves forward while Aiden contemplates whether to run away from the man or stay and talk to him.

The man is a stranger but Aiden can feels familiarity blaring all throughout of him. The feeling is something that is quite similar when Aiden first met Cassie after moving to the Philippines with his sister.

He stares at the man when the man suddenly chuckles and stretches his aching muscle before looking at Aiden once again.

"Why do you look so scared of me? I won't bite."

Aiden's mind goes blank the moment he heard what the man just said. He can't believe the balls that this man has.

"Wha-What are you saying?!"

The man chuckles louder before wiping any invisible tears that is in his eyes.

"Sit beside me. I promise that I won't touch you."

Aiden is reluctant to do what the guy just requested. He doesn't know him personally thus; Aiden just steps back and stares at the man with his piercing gaze.

"Why would I sit beside a stranger like you?"

The man looks into his eyes and smiles.

"My name is Daime. It is a pleasure to meet you."

Aiden gawks at his response and decides to leave the guy and just go to his and Cassie's favorite hangout place.

He moves pass the guy and immediately went for the door of the garden when he feels giant hands engulf his tiny wrist, making him look back to the direction of the man.

Aiden gasps when he realizes how tall the guy is. He made Aiden looks like a shrimp with his height.

"You didn't tell me your name."

"Why would I?"

"Because it is unfair to me since I told you my name."

Aiden looks at the guy with a funny expression before pulling his wrist from the guy's grasp.

"Well, nice to meet you too. My name is Aiden."

The guy smiles from ear to ear, making Aiden's heart flutters at his adoring smile. Aiden clears his throat before walking away from the guy, in hopes that he will not follow him to their hangout place.

When Aiden is a little bit far from the guy, he looks back. The guy is still standing in the middle of the garden as he waves his hand at Aiden.

Aiden could feel a little blush that is continuing to spread all through his cheeks. He shakes and continues walking to the secluded place.

Meanwhile, the guy named Daime, looks up to one of the open corridor of the university and smiles to the man who is standing there who is glaring at him badly.

Daime chuckles as he shakes his head before showing a devious smirk at the man before walking out of the garden and into one of the classrooms at the first level of one of the campus buildings.

In all honesty, Daime never wants to go against that man but there is something about Aiden that he is willing to go against his own cousin to get Aiden from him.

Does that make sense?

Aiden walks in the quiet back track of the university when he spots a bored-looking woman in one of the stairs of the old stage of an old building.

He stops before proceeding with precaution because she might attack Aiden for making her wait at their hangout place.

But when Cassie looks up to him, she only gives him a sad smile as she pats the empty place besides her.

"Hey, sorry about earlier. It's my fault that you got scolded."

Aiden looks at her with a sad smile. He completely forgets what happened earlier because of the guy that he met at the garden just below their class building.

"Everything is okay, now. I am not mad."

He sighs before hugging Cassie from the side and decides to tell her what had happened to him while she is waiting for him here.

"So, I met this guy. He has silver eyes, taller than me and has this adoring smile that made me squeal inside. He said his name is Daime and he looks like a gentleman than Mr. Popular that you are talking about earlier.

He has a nice voice, too."

Cassie looks at Aiden as he speaks mighty at this man that he met at the garden while she waits for him at their favorite hangout place.

When she heard the name of the guy, her eyes widen in surprise, resulting for her holding Aiden's arm to stop him from blabbering any other good things about the person he met.

"Wait! You met Daime Santoro?!"

Aiden looks at Cassie's shocked expression but when he heard the surname attached to the name of the man he met, he immediately stands up and pulls his arm away from Cassie's grasp.

"Huh?! He is a Santoro?!"

Aiden is shocked to learn that the man who he meat earlier is also a Santoro like Mr. Popular Guy. He is speaking mighty of him but he is that guy's cousin or brother?

"Wait, you don't know?!"

Aiden shakes his head as Cassie gawks at how stupid her friend is. She is about to smack him in the head again when she remembers what had happened earlier. She clears her throat and grabs him down to sit beside her again.

"Okay. Let's take a deep breath before proceeding with what plan to have for you to avoid any of the other Santoros that study in this university."

Aiden is still confused as to why Cassie needs to take such a precaution to these things when there is nothing they should do.

Plus, Aiden doesn't even know who they are so he is thinking that making a plan is just a waste of time.

"Hey, we don't need to make a plan or take any precautionary measures. Clauff-Gon is a big university. It is not as small as our previous university so there is no way that I will meet them again."

Cassie could sigh at Aiden's antics. But he has a point about the university being big so finding Aiden will be a bit difficult for them.

She stands up from her seat and with a smile on her face, she looks at Aiden with full confidence that the Santoro cousins will not be able to find Aiden since Clauff-Gon is big enough to have a lot of hiding spots.

"The bell had rung since earlier; we should get going for our next class."

Cassie draws her arm towards Aiden, offering her hand to pull Aiden up from where he is seated. Aiden nods his head and accepts Cassie's hand and gets pull up towards her direction.

"So, our next class is…"