After some moments, he arrived at Golden Ridge High School, he checked his smartwatch, and the time was 8:45 am. He entered, the classes were already bustling with first-period lectures.
I think it's biology that we have in the first period.
He stopped at the corridor of the classrooms, he tucked in his shirt and tied his shoelaces, but his hair remained tousled.
Luca scanned the classroom, he noticed two new faces:
One was a very frail boy sitting at the left side of the diligent class rep, he had curly black hair that almost fell on his face, there was a walking staff with golden handle resting in a slant position beside his desk, a girl in her late teens stood beside him like bodyguard, she had a short black hair tied back and wore a form-fitting black pantsuit revealing her curves with matching tie, she also wore white gloves perhaps she was the boy's butler, she was tall like about Luca's height and had a serious permanent expression, she was scanning around the frail boy as if there was an impending danger, she even noticed Luca.
Luca glanced away when their eye met.
Hmphm! Another transfer student, that would be yesterday, elite rich kid!
He spat with sour face.
The second was the biology teacher, he had his back facing the class as he scribbled on the board, the man named Eric, in his mid-twenties, was well-built and about six feet tall, with neatly styled black hair. Luca could remember well, the man was brought to Golden Ridge by Mr. Bibulus, his biology teacher in ninth grade, he could remember the day he introduced Mr. Eric to the class, he was kinda like his childhood friend at least that was what Mr. Bibulus said.
Luca made his way into the class, perhaps thinking he could sneak in unnoticed by Mr. Eric, he could actually avoid getting punished for arriving late. But Mr. Eric wasn't someone Luca could get past, stepping at the entrance, a voice bellowed from the front, the angry voice of the teacher, Luca knew suddenly that luck couldn't play any role in this kind of situation, he froze.
"Mr Luca Moonfire, what gives you the idea that you can enter my class without my permission, and to top it all, five minutes before the end? Overlooking the fact that you didn't come yesterday"
Mr. Eric turned, looking at the already frozen Luca at the class entrance, he strained his eyes further, something piqued his curiosity.
The class eyes seemed to gaze at Luca and they burst into laughter, Luca felt he could dig a hole on the entrance and escaped into it away from the embarrassment.
"Damn misanthrope! weirdest...
Mason's henchmen chimed in, adding spice to Luca embarrassment.
"Hey!! Hey!! No crude language in my class!!" He turned and shouted at the students, silencing them at once.
Each period was a duration of one hour, Luca had arrived at the entrance at exactly 8: 45 am, and the biology class, which was the first lecture of the day supposedly started at 8:00 am, making Luca a whole forty forty-five minutes late for the first period.
"Luca, go and wait outside my office, I need to have a word with you," Eric said, directing Luca outside with his hand.
"Yes Sir" he replied, releasing his body from the frozen state, head hung low, as he made his way to the front of the teacher's office.
Along the far end of the classroom corridor, he turned left and made his way to the biology teacher's office section, among the array of offices, he spotted the one that had MR ERIC plastered at the front of it.
So that is his office
he thought as he took his seat on the waiting chair in front of the biology office section, wondering what type of punishment he would receive, it was his first time being called by a teacher.
Mr. Eric had just begun teaching in Golden Ridge High School as the biology teacher of the tenth-grade students a month before summer vacation, the handsome young man was a daily discussion among the female teachers in the school. After getting his contact exchanged with almost all the female teachers on the first day of his work there, he would receive numerous calls every weekend as though he was some online customer support agent.
After about several minutes, he saw Mr Eric approaching him and stood. Eric stopped at the entrance, unlocked the door, he beckoned Luca to enter and take a seat in the office.
Luca entered and sat at a chair in front of the desk in the office, Eric closed and locked the door, taking his seat, hands resting on the desk for support, he stretched over the desk and looked Luca closely in the eye.
What is this feeling, I don't know Mr. Eric's eyes are as piercing as this. It is like he's looking deep into my soul.
Luca felt something as his mind raced, he knew it was related to something, something he had experience, suddenly he remembered, it was during the ninth grade when Tessa had threatened Mason, the type of fear and Tessa's words carried, that was the type of fear Mr. Eric's eyes were radiating as if stirring something deep in his soul. Luca stomach churned.
Beads of cold sweat broke and were already forming on his forehead.
Luca eyes widened.
W-why am I frightened, Mr Eric isn't a terrifying person, right? W-wy do I feel terrified!!
Luca tried to avert his frightened gaze, his heart was now pounding heavily.
Mr. Eric then moved back into his seating position.
A heavy sigh escaped Luca's mouth as he started composing himself.
"Mr Luca, what is with these sideburns, I don't remember you having them, If I can recall when Mr. Bibulus introduced me as his friend to your class last academic year," he said with a curious and interrogating voice although his voice where refined like a movie star's.
Eh!... How could he remember me? And how I looked like?
Luca thought chimed up
.
"Ah- S-sir, y-you may not notice but I have been a fan of muttonchops since I was a kid, I love the style" Luca stuttered.
A fan my ass!
Luca brain screamed.
"Really" he asked curiously.
"Y-yeah, ever since I entered puberty, I have been searching for a good cream to boost sideburns, so I got this cream I saw on a TV advertisement for sideburns during the vacation, and started applying it, it seems it works after all"
He said scratching his head embarrassingly.
Eric stood and approached Luca, he stopped, then with a swift moment of his arm, he buttoned down Luca's shirt, before Luca noticed, he had revealed his bare chest.
So fast!!
His brain screamed
"S-sir?" Luca stammered
"Bared" he muttered, hands on chin.
What is he doing, is he gay? I know he is handsome but I refuse to be gay, my first kiss will be a girl, that is if any girl falls for me.
He mused inwardly.
"H-humn, M-mr Eric, can I know w-what you are doing?" He stuttered, the sweat on his face becoming profuse.
"Nothing," he said helping him button up his shirt back,
This is awkward
"But won't you be laughed at by your peers, it is rare to see a highschooler having muttonchop though," he asked concerned about Luca's social life.
Quitely he was right, especially in Luca's case, an ordinary sixteen-year-old highschooler leading an ordinary life, muttonchop is a bad idea!!
"It isn't a problem, I will manage like I always do, at least I should do what makes me happy" he replied trying to sound convincing.
"You are free then," Eric said permitting Luca to go.