"Please welcome your new classmate...Alastor Blues."
"Whatt?!!" I shouted with wide eyes which made the entire class turn to look at me and I quickly put my hand over my mouth.
"Anything wrong, Eva?" Miss asked.
I shook my head quickly, my heart was pounding.
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟! 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟.
"Alastor, please come in." said Miss while motioning with her hand.
Then I heard the same footsteps.
𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦, 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑠. . .
Everyone started gossiping after MASTER was in the class, standing infront of everyone.
But my eyes were still wide as I stared at Master.
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒?!
"Teacher! Why is he wearing a mask?" asked Mika, "He is also wearing black clothes unlike our school uniform."
"There must be his personal reasons, dear. You can take a seat, Alastor." said Miss while turning through the pages of her book.
Master slowly walked towards me. His footsteps were steady and intimidating.
Then he sat down beside me on the seat where Alex used to sit before.
"Okay, let's continue with our lesson." said the miss while writing something on the board.
I clenched my fists and dug my eyes on the book while pretending not to look at him.
"Stop overreacting, little one..." He let out a low growl.
I took a deep breath and looked at him. "Why are you here, master?" I whispered quietly.
"Why should I answer your question?" He looked at me with a cold gaze.
I sighed and put my hand over my face.
𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠?
"Miss, you didn't take the attendance today.." said Mika again.
"Oh, right. Let's do the attendance first." She opened the register book and started saying the names of students.
Everyone said 'present' when their names were called.
I sighed and looked down at the desk, thinking why Alex didn't come today.
"What's wrong, little one." Master whispered.
I shook my head slowly and looked at him, "Did you erase everyone's memory when I was asleep?"
He nodded with a sigh.
I sighed and looked down again, "And what about Alex..? You erased his memory too?"
He placed his hand on his chin and said, "I couldn't find him anywhere. So, no."
I looked at him with a confused and shocked look on my face.
𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥? 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒...
"Don't worry about it now. Focus on the class." he whispered in not so polite way.
I sighed and looked down at my book while listening to the teacher's lectures.
After maybe 40-45 minutes, the bell rang.
"Do the exercise of chapter 14 as a homework. I will check it tomorrow. Okay bye, students." said Miss Elizabeth while walking out of class.
I sighed and put my book in my bag.
Then I looked at master who was starting to get surrounded by some students.
"Where are you from?"
"How come you joined in the middle of the year?"
"I can't believe that the teachers allowed you to wear this!"
"You look scary to me.."
"What kind of thi-"
"I don't care to answer your goddamn useless questions.." he growled lowly and some students chuckled.
𝐷𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡?
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚...
I bit my bottom lip. Then, I noticed Claire talking to the teacher.
"Teacher, how is Brian? Did you get any information?" I heard her ask.
"His mom told me that he is in hospital... Maybe he will not be able to attend school for a few days." replied Miss Elizabeth before leaving.
I then looked at master, "Did you.."
"You! I know you must have did something to Brian!" Claire gripped the collar of my shirt, making me stand up from my seat.
I looked at her, "I already told you. I didn't do anything."
"Just tell me the truth! You and Brian were fighting the day before! So you must have hurt him!" She pushed me against the wall.
I growled and pushed her back, "I don't give a damn if you don't believe me. I haven't done anything to Brian. Believe me or not. I don't care anymore!" I stormed out of the class with a growl, not caring about anyone.
𝐴𝑚 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑦?!
I walked to my locker and slammed it open while roughly getting my books out of there. The other students took a few steps away from me.
𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚!
I held my books close to my chest and started to walk back to class.
𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒...
I walked into the class and saw everyone sitting quietly. Claire was also sitting on her seat while keeping her right hand on her right cheek but..she was shaking a little.
𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟?
I turned my gaze towards master.
The other students were staying far away from him. He was sitting alone in the last seat. The last two rows were empty...
"What happened here... And why are they staying away from mas- I mean, Alastor?" I frowned.
"Well.. Claire was talking shit about some girl and Alastor slapped her." whispered Mika and my eyes went wide.
𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦?
"And then what?" I looked at her.
"And then...."
--𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞--
"How could you let her push you like that?" Carmen; Claire's sidekick, clenched her fists.
"How could she?!" Charlie crossed her arms over her chest.
Claire growled while looking at the door, "She's just a pathetic liar. Who does she think of herself? She's not worth than a bitchy little-"
Her words stopped when Alastor slapped Claire.
Her eyes widened and she kept her hand on her cheek.
"How dare you-" Carmen stepped in the middle but Alastor gripped her throat.
There was silence in the class until he spoke, "𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 cross your limits... You don't want your head to get ripped off, do you?" He gave her a cold-angry glare and Claire backed off a bit, her hand was still on her cheek.
"Now.. be a good little bitch and sit down on your seat." He said in a stern voice while letting go of Charlie's throat.
--𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞--
"So that's what happened. And after that, everyone is staying away from him, even I." Mika whispered, "I suggest you also stay away from him. Okay, bye." Then she quickly dashed off to her seat.
I looked at master again with a small smile formed on my lips and started walking towards my seat (beside master's).
"Eva, no.. Stay away from him." Some students whispered in a scared voice but I ignored them and sat down on my seat while looking at the master.
"Well.. how did you lose your temper?" I whispered.
"It's none of your concern." He growled and I sighed
"Someone told me that you are cute, master.." I bit my bottom lip while trying not to chuckle.
Then he gave me a glare, "Say that one more time and you are dead."
I looked at him and chuckled again.
"Childish.."He leaned on his elbow while looking at me.
"So why did you come to my school, maste- I mean, Alastor?" I whispered while looking into his mesmerizing eyes.
"Because I made a promise." He said while playing with the pen's cap.
"What promise?" I asked while holding back a chuckle again because he looked so cute when he was playing with the pen's cap.
"Curiosity killed the wolf." He said in a stern voice while breaking the pen into two pieces and I bit my bottom lip before looking down, "well..master... To be honest, I am happy that you are here.."
He didn't say anything but I flinched a little when he reached his hand out but he just fixed my hat, "Emotions are a weakness, little one.."
I looked at him and looked down again.
𝐸𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠... 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤-
"Goodmorning, students. Sorry for the delay." said Mr. Kaine; our substitute teacher, as soon as he arrived in class and I sighed before opening my book.
"Why are the last two rows empty? Why are you all sitting away from them? Eva, who is he?" he asked.
"He is Alastor. A new student." I said out loudly while keeping my eyes on the book.
"And why is everyone sitting away from him? It's not like he will rip off your throat or something. He looks rather innocent." Mr. Kaine chuckled.
"And cute too." I added.
He laughed, "Yeah, you can say that, Eva."
Master gave me a glare and I bit my bottom lip.
𝑂𝑜𝑝𝑠...
"Everyone, get back to your own seats. Come on." The teacher said while leaning against his table.
"But teacher-"
"Now!"
The students quickly came back to their seats, still keeping a distance from Alastor.
"Were you wishing to be dead?" Master whispered in an angry voice.
"Emotions are a weakness, master.. Anger is an emotion.." I whispered quietly but then he used his telekinesis to bang my head against the wall. (As we were on the last seat, the wall was right behind us)
The whole class was startled at the banging sound but no one dared to turn to look at Master and me.
"Don't do any mischief, students." Mr. Kaine said while writing on the board and his back was facing us.
"I already warned you, little one.." Master whispered in a angry voice while pressing my head harder against the wall.
I whimpered in pain, my eyes were starting to get teary, "S-Sorry.."
He growled and turned to the other side while stopping his teleknesis.
I sniffled and wiped my eyes quickly. Then I felt something wet at the backside of my head, under my hat...
"Okay, now everyone turn to page numbe- Eva? Eva, are you okay?" Mr. Kaige walked to me with wide eyes.
The entire class turned back to look at me.
I looked down while sniffling, "Yes, teacher.."
"Eva... Did you bang your head earlier?" He slowly moved his hands towards my head.
"No!!" I kept a firm grip on my hat while sniffling.
"Okay, okay, Eva.. Calm down... I will not take your hat..." He sighed. "Is everything okay?"
I nodded quietly while looking down, "Everything is okay, teacher.."
"Then why were you crying earlier?" He frowned.
I shook my head while looking down, "I was not crying.. I was sniffling because I was feeling cold.."
"I see..." He looked at his wrist watch and walked out of the class after giving us some classworks.
I slowly moved my hand to the backside of my head and I found blood as I expected.
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑡. 𝑁𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒.
Then I quietly stood up and went to the washroom, ignoring the whispers and gossips of the students.
I locked the washroom door, stood in front of the mirror and slowly took off my hat. I saw my white fluffy ears on the mirror...
I slowly moved my head a bit to the side and slowly wiped the blood with my handkerchief while thinking.
𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑦... 𝐻𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑... 𝑁𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠...
After I finished wiping the blood, I washed the handkerchief and put my hat back on.
𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒.
Then I sighed and looked at myself in the mirror again.
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During the next classes, master didn't talk nor look at me. I also didn't try to talk to him.
He just ignored me and I didn't even get a glance from him...not even a glare...
𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒?
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑚 𝐼 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ...
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟...
𝑊ℎ𝑦...