The kids all nodded with nervous expressions at my stern telling-off, and I could hear a collective sigh of relief after we moved on out of their sight.
"My apologies, Ms Larson. Let us go."
Swiftly turning around, I apologised for the holdup and went to exit the school building.
At the end of my sight, a certain student suddenly came into my view, caught watching me from a distance.
"..."
Her unique golden hair reminded me that it was the same girl I had locked eyes with for a brief moment earlier.
As there was no window between us this time as well as a lesser distance, it was made clear that we were probably about the same age, as I had guessed.
The enigmatic look carried in her subtly glowing, plum-like amethyst eyes conveyed a sense of something unknowable and mystifying.
I was hit by an abrupt feeling of discontinuity as I stared deeper and deeper into those eyes; as if something wasn't entirely as it seemed.
"..."
