Leroy Fletcher was having a bad day. Make it a bad week. To be even more precise, he was having bad days for past 11 days. It will turn into 12 days after 17 hours.

His dorm-mate had left him hanging, holding the bag. Now all he could do was to clean up the mess. As he was taking nature's call, he wondered where did he go wrong? At what point?

Was it choose hyper competitive university to graduate? Was it taking challenge of double degree?

Nah! He had no choice in both cases. Norton Institute for Comprehensive Excellence, NICE, was truly nice place because it gave highest scholarship and maximum student autonomy. You have to accept the bad with good. So, he just had to accept the burden of his fellow college mates being highly competitive. And the double degree could be easily explained too. Gaming and Finance. The two most lucrative fields. If he can earn degree in them in smallest amount of time, he definitely should choose it. Why waste more time in university? The college would not had out stipend or scholarships beyond certain time frame.

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As he finished the call, he came to the conclusion that the start of all his sufferings was mainly from his dorm-mate, Asher Beaumont. He just had to chuck out the project to be done by both of them to him and rush off heavens knows where and the professor just had to need the projects to be handed over a month in advance.

After spending hours and hours on it, a barely worth project was ready.  After checking it for various parameters, he sent the copies to Asher and professor.

There. Done. Now, he could relax, without that sword hanging over his head. He can finally sleep. But the growl from his tummy reminded him to do one more thing before embracing the sweet sleep. A quick glance into common kitchen. The fridge was bare. The instant noodles completely used up. Not even a single slice of bread or a drop of milk was left.