Clank—!
Coming out of Donna's office, the first thing I saw was Kevin standing by the side with his phone in his hand.
He had a lonesome look on his face.
'You had it coming.' I thought before heading out.
Right as I had taken a couple of steps, Kevin called out for me.
"Ren, wait."
"..."
Without saying anything, my footsteps came to a halt.
"Ren, enough of the jokes, I need to talk to you."
Sensing that Kevin's tone was serious, I turned around.
"What is it?"
Putting the phone away, Kevin looked around. His gaze locked on the cameras of the place.
"Hmm, I don't think this is the right place for me to say. Actually, let's meet up on the weekend, outside of the Lock."
Seeing how mysterious he was being, my brows couldn't help but crease.
However, in the end, I nodded my head.
"Alright."
"Thanks."
Lowering his head, Kevin finally took notice of my hand.
"What happened to your hand?"
"Nothing."
Turning around, I raised my hand and bid Kevin goodbye. Even if I told him, he'd eventually find out.
"I'll see you around, I got things to do right now."
"...Okay."
Taking out the card that Donna had given me, I casually flipped it around my hand.
'This is probably going to be a long night.'
***
Lock, Informatory.
Clank—!
With the sound of the door opening, the nurse raised her head and looked at who had just come into the room.
"Oh, it's you, professor."
Upon setting her sight on the person that had entered the room, a smile appeared on her face. With his usual bowl-cut hair which was now in a bit of a mess and lanky body, Professor Thomas entered the room.
Glancing in the direction of the youth laying down on the bed, the nurse asked.
"You here to check up on him?"
"Yes."
Professor Thomas answered with a smile.
Turning his head, his eyes paused on the youth on the bed.
"How is his situation?" He asked.
"He is doing pretty well."
The nurse replied as she stood up. Walking beside Ricardo, the youth that was currently resting, she casually tapped him on the arm.
A subtle and faint blue hue enshrouded the tip of her finger as she tapped his arm.
"Ugh."
At the exact moment her hand pressed to his arms, with a small sound, Ricardo's eyes which were closed shut slowly started to open.
Blinking a couple of times and glancing toward his left and right, he groggily muttered.
"Where am I?"
"You're at the infirmary."
with a kind smile
"...The infirmary?"
couple of seconds for Ricardo to recall the events prior to his appearance in the infirmary, and
"Ah...no..ah.."
to himself, sweat started to drip by the side of his face as he sat up and started
"T..the...the lesson! I...I...I"
eyes finally paused
"Professor," He weakly muttered.
"It's alright."
the bed,
worry about what
right as his hand
"Ah."
away from his shoulder. Raising both hands in the air, he
not trying
had done,
"I'm sorry professor."
"It's okay."
mental state of the student, Thomas scooched his body away from
Thomas started to explain to Ricardo
happened today, you don't have to.
"...I...Is that so?"
Ricardo stuttered a little.
out, it indeed seemed to be that way. He
apologize to him after
his head in a
"...Yes."
he was not exactly hurt a lot, he did get
he worriedly asked. His face became
"Injured!? He got injured?!"
you don't have to
Thomas slowly moved
are only on a surface level.
bit relieved. In fact,
won't kill me because of what I have done? What if he targets my family? They
in the videos he saw of him, Ricardo couldn't stop trembling. His teeth started to
are
it when he felt something touch his right hand. Lowering his head, he found professor Thomas looking at him
Are you worrying
silently nodded his head.
to worry about that. All you have to
a little. His voice deepened
you have to do
"...Yes."
slowly nodded
apologize properly, he might
head, his eyes met with Thomas's. As their eyes met, Thomas's
you
"Yes."
Ricardo replied.
look, Thomas
"That's great."
that he no longer flinched at his touch,
sort. You can come to me at any time. As your professor, I
"...Okay," Ricardo slowly replied.
"Good."
pushed Ricardo's
rest for now. I will be seeing
the nurse, Thomas waved his hand
is sorted. It should
was nice seeing you,
left the room. Staring at Thomas's back from the bed,
apologize," He
***
Gulp—!
down a potion the size of a
"Ahhhhh."
which was
in my hand,
"Thank god for this."
had currently consumed was something that Melissa had developed and was what I used in order
was also the potion that I used in order to
negative thoughts
helped me cope with my
be a long-term solution, however, this was something I couldn't live without at
dark place. A place even I feared
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