They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 495: Moving On

Chapter 495: Moving On

Chapter 495: Moving On

Nnenna, who was already academically ahead by at least a year and a half, spoke clearly, with confident ease.

"So, if you want to identify parasites quickly during practicals or diagrams," Nnenna began, "you need to remember their signature patterns."

"Like what?" Ava asked, scribbling in her jotter.

"Okay," Nnenna counted off on her fingers, "tapeworms are flat and ribbon like. They almost always have segments, like tiny boxes strung together. If you see something that looks like a flattened centipede in a diagram? That is a tapeworm."

Ava nodded quickly.

"And flukes," Nnenna continued, "they are leaf shaped. Most of them are hermaphroditic and have suckers near the mouth area. Their shape is key, once you spot the oval or leaf form, flukes should come to mind."

"Ugh. Gross, but okay," Ava said, making a face but jotting it down anyway.

"Oh! And nematodes, roundworms, are unsegmented and smooth, usually with tapered ends. They look like thin spaghetti noodles, if that helps."

Ava burst into a giggle. "Spaghetti. Great. Now I’ll never look at pasta the same."

Somto smirked but did not say anything, his heart warmed by the energy in the car. The morning sun filtered through the windows, casting a soft glow on Nnenna’s profile as she explained one concept after another with such ease, such light.

This was a side of her many didn’t see, soft, brilliant, willing to share what she knew without ego.

"And amoeba?" Ava asked.

"Ah, those little guys!" Nnenna grinned. "They’re shapeless, like blobs. Always changing form. If you see something with no fixed shape, just one nucleus, and moving with those arm like extensions? That’s pseudopodia, it’s an amoeba."

"What about plasmodium?"

blood cells? Think malaria. That’s Plasmodium falciparum.

surprise. "You’re like a

Nnenna teased with a

her in the rearview mirror. The morning hadn’t even started properly, but already, he knew this was going to be

explanation, the two girls

the world blur past the window. Her lips moved silently as she mentally rehearsed

her eyes drifted toward

had unknowingly broken her heart just a few weeks

looked so calm. So steady. One hand on the wheel, gaze fixed ahead, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly whenever Nnenna said something funny. He didn’t even

that’s what hurt

a silly crush for her. Somto had been her first real love. The kind that

up in small pieces, his laugh, the way he explained things patiently, the way he cared for Nnenna with that

at Ava that

And he never would.

cruel at all. In fact, that was what made it worse, he was kind. Kind without even trying. He treated her like a little sister, a

realization had shattered something

how well she studied, how much she

Not yet.

Not even close.

Because how do you mourn something that was never yours? How do you heal from a heartbreak that nobody

could still remember the ache in her chest when she watched

Really look at her.

way his whole world seemed to

want to. Because Nnenna was her best friend. One of the last people she would ever want to

just once, what it would feel like to be the girl