"CLARMAN!" I called out as she came out of the hospital, "I'M SORRY! I'M SO SORRY!" I cried as I just didn't know what to do. Nin was accountable for his own actions, but, she did not come to me to be attacked! Let alone in such a malicious manner!
"Y-You don't need to apologize Einervaene. And, I know this basically ignores what happened. But, see? I'm fine!"
"Clarry! You were nearly killed!" their drummer nearly shouted as he suddenly got up in her face.
"Anzhub, I know, and I am rightfully terrified. But-"
"But nothing! You can't just let it slide like that!"
"Clarman, it is okay to say that you have an issue with it. What he did was completely unacceptable!" I tell her, arguing on the side of Anzhub.
"Einervaene, you more than anyone should be able to tell a lot is going through his head at the moment. Frankly, in hindsight, I can see why he thought we were to blame! A simple mistake on my part has opened up the idea that we were involved."
"NO! Do not even for a minute try to contemplate that drop-bound boulder of lies!" Anzhub sternly warns as his finger spears the air before her.
"Contemplate it? I just want to make it clear to him that we were not involved with the attempted murder of our friend!" she bites back with.
"For the gods sake, Clarman!"
"I'm the lead of our band, Anzhub! It is my responsibility to protect all of you! From lies, misinterpretation on top of the actual...!" Clarman reminds them before she starts to jab at the air with a frustrated groan.
"She has a point... This isn't the first time she's made a point of resolving bad press." one I did not know the name of said. But, I believe I recalled her using a string instrument. Which, did not help me recall her name if I did know it.
"Bad press!? She was attacked by that damn osibindah the staff stupidly let in!"
"I was attacked by a friend grieving for his friend!" Clarman snaps.
"No! Fine! If you want to die so much, go speak to that damn bug yourself!"
"I already have for a matter of fact." Clarman comments with a sharp snort. Yet, she then turned a downtrodden gaze to me.
"Is something going to happen to Nin?" I ask her. While I wanted to punish him, I was more so worried for him. That anger I saw... It meant nothing good.
"The Head of House has made it clear that if Nin does not rein it in, he will be expelled from..."
"I see..." I acknowledge quietly as she places a comforting hand on my shoulder.
"I am confident you can get through to him. You've been there for him before. Through every kind of situation. Blood, sweat and tears built your relationship, it won't break that easily."
I smile a little at those words, graphic as it might've been, "Thank you for letting me know... But..."
"Don't worry about it! Just focus on making sure your friend is safe." she says to me as she starts to pat me away from them.
"O-Okay!" I say before I start to head back to the dorm. I wasn't sure where Nin would be right now. However, I could predict where he was going to end up. Eventually, he would come back there.
Yet, I would prefer to find him before he got back. Just so I could talk with him alone. So I could try and make it clear what we were going to do... It was going to be hard, but him suddenly being separated from us all would be worse.
I might've wanted to forget that period of my time here. But, it was the city we were so close to that wanted Nin dead first and foremost. It was their prisoner overalls he wore, their guards that tormented him for weeks upon weeks... Hostile as it may be at times, it was the safest place he could be.
"Ah, Student Einervaene. I was hoping to find you." our Head of House greeted as I was walking along.
"Is it about Nin?" I quickly asked as he was there when they took him in.
"It is, so, if you would kindly?" he asks of me as he starts to physically guide me towards a quieter part of the school. I could only really see teachers and staff around here, so it must've been one of their areas.
"Do we have a chance of stopping him from being expelled?"
He sighs, "You have no idea how difficult it has been for me to keep him here... If this happens again, or even the slightest incident happens, he will be expelled. Pragmatic want for research only allows me to stretch it so far. And it quickly reaches the end when others are needlessly endangered."
"I understand, I will make sure he and everyone at my dorm understand this."
"I can only pray you are successful. Student Nin is excessively dependent on Student Larishazza for emotional support." he sighs, but, those words were hurtful even if it was not intended to be so. Why couldn't Nin trust me as much as he did her...? I know we've had our ups and downs... But, where even she was too scared to go, I went and saved his life!
"So he is in here?" I soon ask him when we reach a secured building. One that pulsated with the magic stuffed into its walls.
"He will be coming out with an armed guard, so make sure you can do what you can to ease him out of here and back to your dormitory."
"Understood."