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Chapter 12 - 12. A statue, not

Vivian stood outside of Gavin's office and tried opening the door but it didn't seem to budge one bit. ๐‘ฐ๐’” ๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’? ๐‘น๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•, ๐’Š๐’•'๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’ ๐’๐’๐’˜...

She stared at the door as the silence in the whole hallway took over, ๐‘ฐ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’˜๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’. She prepared herself and teleported into his office, ๐’๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’๐’˜,๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’†๐’….

Vivian never expected that to work since she thought Gavin would have some sort of security barrier around his office to keep out unnecessary people from going in there, whenever they want.

"Oh well, this could work better for me...but this isn't considered trespassing is it?" She whispered to herself as the room was in complete darkness, the window in his room isn't helping at all, ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’”๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’•.

She started fumbling around the place, unable to see a single thing that was in her way and whatnot. Her hands traced around the room walls, hoping to find a light switch but to her disappointment, it was nowhere to be found.

"Is his office usually this big?" Vivian mumbled out as she continued tracing around the room like a complete idiot until her hands touched something which had a weird shape.

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ? She fumbled around the thing she was touching, it felt soft and silky and it also seemed like it had a human face. ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’…, ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†? ๐‘ซ๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‰๐’‚๐’Š๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’‡๐’•?

Vivian knocked on the so-called statue and was half-convinced that it was a statue yet it also doesn't feel like one. She kept her focus on the soft and silky feeling and pulled it.

"What are you doing?!" She got taken aback when the thing moved and spoke out to her. The lights suddenly turned on and in front of her was a sleepy-looking Gavin, ๐’๐’‰...๐’”๐’ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’”๐’'๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’‰๐’–๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ.

"Umm...good morning?" Gavin stared at Vivian as like he was going to devour her soul. She nervously smiled and soon noticed the ears on his head that was flopped down.

๐‘จ๐’˜๐’˜๐’˜~ ๐’๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’„๐’–๐’•๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’”~! She couldn't help but touch and caress the ears of Gavin's. ๐‘ฐ๐’•'๐’” ๐’”๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’Œ๐’š!

"Hey hands off my ears!" Gavin hit Vivian's hands away from him, making her pout. It was her first time seeing Gavin in his werewolf form and now she can't even touch his ears.

Whenever she sees Gavin, he would be in his human form and stay in his office so not many people have seen it before.

"You know, you should be in your werewolf form often, it's cute~" Vivian smiled as she reached out her hand to touch Gavin's ears again and this time he didn't reject the touch.

He closed his eyes and rested on his table, ๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’Ž๐’” ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’•๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’…...๐’…๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฐ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’“๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ? She patted Gavin's head and it somehow was calming to him.

He felt the warm and smooth touches of hers that made him fall back into dreamland slowly. Vivian stopped when Gavin was not moving, ๐‘ฐ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘. ๐‘ถ๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’†๐’๐’, ๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’†, ๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’†'๐’” ๐’•๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’….

She smiled at the sight of him sleeping soundly, this is the first time she has ever seen him up close... Vivian squatted down beside Gavin, who was sleeping peacefully.

She stared at the sleeping face, his face was relaxed making him look like a gentle angel. ๐‘ป๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’‰๐’†'๐’” ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’”๐’'๐’• ๐’Š๐’• ๐’–๐’๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’Œ ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’”?

Vivian stood back up and used her magic to lift Gavin up from the desk and placed him on the couch in his office. She even gave him a blanket for him to get warm with, ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‰๐’†'๐’” ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’“, ๐‘ฐ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’Š'๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’„๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’...

She went over to his desk and took out a pen and a paper from his desk and started writing the lines for him, though she can't finish the lines today since she has other matters to attend to like lessons and that, after school.

๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’Š๐’•...๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’…๐’Š๐’… ๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’”- Vivian scrunched her nose and took a look around Gavin's desk and finally found where the light switch was.

"My goodness dear electricity...out of all places, it's by the side of the desk the whole time...Won't he be electrocuted one day like this?" She muttered out, seeing that the light switch was by the side of the table, hopelessly.

๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’'๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’•๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’“๐’๐’• ๐’–๐’‘ ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’‚๐’š, ๐’Š๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’“๐’๐’„๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’…...Vivian sighed as she continued with her things.

๐‘บ๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘บ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘น โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”

๐‘ผ๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’‰...๐’˜๐’‰๐’š ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’? Gavin thought as he opened his eyes and tried to adjust them to the brightness. He sat up on the couch and got hold of the blanket that was on him. He shook his head, looking around and knowing that he was in his office.

๐‘ฐ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’˜๐’‰๐’š ๐’‚๐’Ž ๐‘ฐ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’„๐’‰...๐’˜๐’‚๐’”๐’'๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’Œ? He looked over to his desk and there was Vivian fast asleep on the desk.

๐‘น๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•...๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’ƒ๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’•. ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’‘๐’–๐’๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’Š๐’“...Gavin touched his hair and sighed before walking over to Vivian and placed the blanket over her. ๐‘พ๐’†๐’๐’, ๐‘ฐ'๐’Ž ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’… ๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’Š๐’…๐’'๐’• ๐’‘๐’–๐’๐’ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’Š๐’“...

When he placed the blanket over her, he noticed papers of words written on them, ๐’๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’๐’˜ ๐’”๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’…๐’๐’๐’† ๐’‰๐’–๐’‰? He unknowingly smiled and ruffled his hair, not knowing what he should do with the bunny in his office.

Gavin bent down to the level of the table and took a closer look at Vivian, her facial features were defined, her sharp nose and her long eyelashes which were natural. Her shiny silver hair tops off with her pretty light pink lips.

๐‘ฐ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’๐’๐’š... His eyes slowly drifted down to her lips and he could feel the tension rise in him. He quickly looked away and stood up, ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’Ž ๐‘ฐ ๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ... ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’•, ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’Š๐’‘ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡.

Gavin sighed, taking a look at the wall clock that shows 7.50am. ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’๐’๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’Š๐’ 10 ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’”...he knew that Vivian had lessons but he decided to let her sleep in a little since he knew she woke up early just to come here.

I guess I'll go and freshen myself up a little then. He took a small glance over at Vivian before teleporting out of his office, back to his dorm. Surprisingly he saw his brother there, sitting on the couch.

"What brings you here brother?"

"Oh hey Gavin, I came here to take a look around and check how's Star Rise High doing. So how is it?" Gavin's brother, Victor asked. He sighed and took a seat beside his brother.

"It's okay..."

"Hmm? Okay? Your expression tells me something else more than just okay." Victor could tell that Gavin very well when something bad has happened and can tell what's on his mind.

Both the brothers had golden blonde hair, making them seem like real-life kens. Gavin had eyes that were yellow, bright like the sun while Victor had lapis blue eyes that were as dark as the ocean.

They both had a different set of personalities that made people who have seen them before wonder if they were really siblings. Victor was kind and nice but when trouble stirs, he wouldn't be nice unless it's something trivial. Gavin was just like a block of ice, his cold, scary, and most importantly the way he talks is just cold out flat.

The brothers make it seem like there's fire and ice in their household and their mother wasn't around anymore. Due to an incident that happened when the two were still young, their mother got killed by an unknown vampire that appeared and pierced a knife through her and there was a strong poison that was on the knife.

They had to see their mother collapse in front of them as the poison spread in her body quickly. The two were so young and had to see something tragic happen before their eyes, their father tried finding the murderer, who in the end got caught and had their head chopped off along with their limbs.

Their father did everything on his wife's behalf to take care of the kids well and promised to kill any vampires that still existed, that's what the father told young Gavin and Victor to do as they grew up.

"Show no mercy, don't give in, don't be kind cause they are a dangerous species." That was what their father told them and they had to listen to him even if they didn't know much about vampires at that young age.

Their dad was the only one left, that supported the two all the way till now, alone. Their dad was a rich werewolf that owns multiple companies in the world and is still on the top rankings. Star Rise High is also under their father's name and he made Victor a caretaker here for the school.

Since now there aren't any vampires, they don't have to worry too much but can't be too relaxed either as who knows, some may be under hiding.

"Fine...it's not a big deal though, just that there's a bunny that seems to be a little too carefree and I don't know whether to say if she's pestering me or not."