Vollax glared at the girl sitting in front of him.
He stared at her every move, trying to discern her intentions.
'What is she a doll??' Vollax thought frustrated.
Although trying to look for the smallest movement, Vollax couldn't find see anything that would give her away.
Luna was sitting stock still with her trademark emotionless face in front of him.
Vollax narrowed his eyes.
'You won't answer my questions huh?'
"Arrgh, fuck it," Vollax rubbed his face after cursing suddenly.
"?" Luna didn't say anything in confusion.
"You have a good poker face," Vollax complimented in a snide voice.
"But just cause I can't read it, doesn't mean I have my ways," Vollax continued.
"..what?" he heard her say.
Vollax ignored her confusion and made up his mind.
If he were caught, it would spell trouble. But he didn't particularly care.
'No way they can catch me in the cafeteria,' Vollax thought and slipped off his bandana.
The universal energy inside him stirred and rose up to his head.
Suddenly he started to hear things.
""So bland.""
""He needs to learn to talk with his mouth closed.""
""That dress is stupidly funny.""
""Just leave already.""
""When will lunch break end.""
""That person looks ugly.""
Vollax ignored the crowded and overbearing voices that he heard in his mind.
Focussing, Vollax scrunched up his head and glared at Luna, his eyes glowing.
Slowly but surely, one by one the voices started to fade into the background like a low murmur in a crowded place.
'Alright, what are you thinking?' Vollax thought as he held Luna's gaze.
Staring into the obsidian black eyes, Vollax was met with...silence.
'Huh?' Vollax thought in confusion. He focussed once more and tried to read her thoughts, to determine what kind of person this statue really was.
Vollax needed to know, even if it meant using his gift event when he was forbidden to do so.
'Fine...I guess I'll have to use my gift after all' Vollax decided after finding silence once more.
Channeling the universal energy inside him, Vollax moved it up to his head.
Vollax's eyes started to glow brighter as he focused his power on the person in front of him.
Fluorescent pink petals started to appear out of nowhere and fluttered in an invisible wind.
Directing the petals towards Luna, Vollax watched with disinterest as they covered Luna's body all while Luna herself didn't move at all.
To be more exact, she couldn't see or feel the petals that were starting to encase her entire body.
What she could see was a Vollax who had taken his bandana off. Like a spring being released after being compressed for so long, Vollax's pink hair sprung forwards falling across his forehead and forming messy bangs.
Almost covering his eyes, Vollax looked like a crazy person who had just come out of the shower.
'What is he doing?' Luna thought suddenly noticing his glowing eyes underneath his pink hair.
She almost didn't notice it, but after having him stare at her for so long, she was looking for something to distract her.
'Is..is he channeling universal energy?' Luna was alarmed.
She tensed up, not knowing what to do.
Trying to use her gift in self-defense was useless right now. After all, no one could manifest their gifts externally unless in specially designated areas.
That was one of the absolute rules set in Nova Academy and basically the entire city set by the Supreme himself.
'How is he using his gift?' Luna thought breaking out into a cold sweat while trying to remember what his gift was in the first place.
'What was his gift?' Luna thought furiously while scooting away from him.
'Can't remember, I should leave and complain to a-'
Luna was interrupted from her thoughts as Vollax groaned out and slammed his head on the table.
Flinching slighting at the act, Luna paused, unsure of how to act.
"What are you?" a muffled voice came out from underneath the pile of pink hair.
"...what?" Luna answered reflexively entirely out of surprise.
"I asked, what are you?" Vollax reiterated a little louder while moving his head so that he was placing his chin on the table.
Luna stared at him looking at his slightly glazed-over eyes.
"I'm Luna?" Luna answered to the best of her ability.
Vollax watched with a blank expression. A dull thud in his head resounded with each second, but Vollax was almost used to it at this point.
"Why can't I read your thoughts?" Vollax blurted out.
"You can read thoughts?" Luna looked at him with a guarded expression. Or at least she thought, it was her usual blank face. It was just that her black eyes got a little sharper as she locked eyes with Vollax.
"Yea, yea. I can. It's my gift. I thought that you had already heard about it," Vollax answered in a flippant voice.
Luna raised her eyebrow, showing a rare sign of emotion on her face.
"...aren't you too shameless?" Luna asked out of curiosity. Reading someone's thoughts without their permission and then asking them why it wasn't possible?
"Yea sure, take it how you will. Answer my question now," Vollax brushed Luna's remark off with ease and reiterated his question. Another sting of pain resonated in his skull as a wave of nausea washed over him.
Holding it in, Vollax glared at Luna waiting for an answer. Luna collected herself for a moment.
"I don't know..... it's probably to do something with my gift....." Luna answered in a cold voice.
Ignoring Luna's displeased voice, Vollax muttered "Your gift huh? That could be it....'Enchain'....." He shut his mouth right after trying to control his convulsing stomach.
"...why did you try to read my thoughts," Luna asked in the same cold voice.
Her obsidian eyes glittered dangerously as she had a mini staring contest with Vollax.
Breaking away first, Vollax gulped heavily and answered, "I just found it unnatural that I couldn't read you at all."
"Read me?" Luna tilted her head confused not for the first time in the conversation.
She had started to think that Vollax was someone who was working for 'them' but it turned out that Vollax was...insecure?
"Why were you so desperate to know what I was thinking?" Luna finally asked without pausing even once.
Vollax opened his mouth to answer and then proceed to vomit right into his plate.