The Kings Mentality.

Chapter Three: The joker's fading smile.

"What the hell happened?" Darren asked as he helped put John's unconscious body on the infirmary bed.

"John had a panic attack." Mrs. Rin answered. "I don't know what caused it, Mr. Kindle doesn't know either." Mrs Rin looked down at the ravenette. Tear marks stained his cheeks, and his face looked slightly uncomfortable.

Darren sighed and sat down in his chair, taking a sip of his coffee. "Well, there's nothing we can do right now. Just have to wait until he wakes up."

"Is it okay if I stay here until then?" Mrs. Rin asked.

"Don't you have to teach?"

"My last class already ended. So it shouldn't be a problem."

Darren sighed again, and gave a dismissive wave. "Fine, I don't care."

Mrs. Rin thanked the nurse before sitting down in a chair next to the infirmary bed.

"I have to go." Mr. Kindle said, walking out of the door.

"Alright. Be safe!" Mrs. Rin said. After Mr. Kindle left, she looked out the window and enjoyed the view.

Darren drank the rest of his coffee and turned to face Mrs. Rin. "What do you think caused it?"

Mrs. Rin turned her head to face Darren, surprised by the sudden conversation. But she responded anyway.

"I'm not sure.. but I think his trip to Vaughn's office has something to do with it."

"Why would that be the cause?"

"Again, I'm not sure what caused it. But it is a logical assumption." Mrs. Rin looked at John to see if there was any sign of him waking up, but she couldn't tell.

"Yeah, I guess." Darren muttered. "Hey. Can you listen real quick?" Darren asked, looking a little nervous.

"Sure, what's up?"

Darren took a deep breath. "John isn't okay.. I'm sure you already know that."

"Yes, I'm aware of that. The dark circles under his eyes could rival YOU of all people."

"I'm not just talking about his lack of sleep. His weight has gone down quite a bit, and he's not at the ideal weight. He used to weigh 168 lbs, and now he weighs 112 lbs if it hasn't changed the last time I weighed him." Darren explained. "The ideal weight for a 5'11 male is 155-189 lbs. But it's not just his weight, I think the other students are hurting him again. A few hours ago, Blyke brought John over here. Which was already weird enough, but John was injured."

"He was injured?" Mrs. Rin muttered, her eyes widening slightly.

"Yes, Blyke said that some students threw a rock at his head. I couldn't even patch him up 'cause he left before I even came back with bandages. And now he's here."

Mrs. Rin once again looked down at the ravenette with worry in her eyes. "What do you think we should do?"

"I'm-" Before Darren could say anything else, John began to stir. John slowly sat up as he rubbed his eyes.

John opened his eyes and looked around before his eyes landed on the teacher. "Mrs. Rin?"

"How are you feeling?" Darren said, walking towards the infirmary bed.

"Like shit. But that's nothing new.." John turned his head to his left side.

"Hmm.." Darren hummed, his expression softened.

"Do you wanna tell us what happened?" Mrs. Rin spoke quietly, as if John would start panicking again from her loud voice.

John was silent for a while, and he bit his lip as he thought about it, but then he spoke up. "I don't wanna talk about it.. I don't really remember, anyway."