The Second Time Cupid Fell - C.A Cupid × Alistair Wonderland

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The four of them sat in Grimm's office.

Headmaster Grimm sat in front of them, a hand on his temple.

He lifted his head up, eyes going to Sparrow Hood. 

"Mr. Hood," he started, "What happened to your nose?"

Sparrow had tissues in his nostrils, and a nurse was cleaning his broken nose. He looked at Alistair, his eyes hateful. "Alistair punched me." Grimm's eyes went to Alistair, his face confused as to why a kid such as Alistair would do something like this.

"Mr. Wonderland, did you punch Mr. Hood?"

Alistair leaned back on his chair, glancing at Cupid for a short second. He nodded. 

"I did, Headmaster."

Grimm let out a frustrated sound, "And just why-" he inhaled, "-why would you do that Mr. Wonderland?"

Alistair looked at the Headmaster. "Because Duchess Swan and Sparrow Hood," he gave them a glance, "Showed an ill-suited video with bad intentions of my friend, to the whole school. Committing an act of defamation towards my best friend, C.A Cupid."

Cupid looked at Alistair, her fingers on her lap. She picked on her nails, and looked down at her knees. Grimm gave a slow nod, his eyes narrowed. "And what is said video that was displayed for the whole school to watch, Ms. Swan?" 

Duchess Swan's head snapped up to Grimm. She tried to put on an innocent face. "I-I don't-"

Cupid closed her eyes, her head was pounding. She bit on her cheek, and opened her mouth, "Show the video, Swan," she said. Her voice was rough. The room felt too hot. Duchess looked at Cupid. Cupid opened her eyes, looking back at her. "Show.him.the.video," she said through gritted teeth. Duchess looked away and bit her lip, handing Grimm her phone.

Headmaster Grimm took her phone and opened it. He played the video.

And Cupid had to sit there as she listened to her father berating and abusing her one more time.

The video ended finally. 

Alistair stared at Cupid with concern in his eyes. Cupid gave him a small smile, trying to assure him that she's fine. Grimm sighed and put down Duchess' phone. He had a look of surprise on his face. He looked at Alistair. "Mr. Wonderland, although Mr. Hood and Ms. Swan's action was completely unacceptable, you have no right to assault your fellow students."

Alistair let out a scoff. "Headmaster, if I didn't punch Sparrow, the harassment wouldn't have stopped, I can assure you that." Grimm let out a tired breath. 

"Ms. Cupid," he caught her attention, "What are your thoughts?" 

Cupid lifted her head to face Grimm, playing with the hem of her dress. "My thoughts on what Headmaster?" Grimm put his hands on the table, "On what Mr. Hood and Ms. Swan had done."

Cupid balled her hands into fists on her lap.

"What Sparrow Hood and Duchess Swan did to me was," her jaw tensed, 

"... humiliating." 

She sat straighter on the chair. "I am a loving and patient person, Headmaster. My name is Cupid, and all I do around the school is help people and spread love, because that's what I genuinely want to do. But I find it really hard to be patient with people who delight in putting down other people."

Cupid gulped. "What was shown in the video was real, it is the truth," she admitted, "But I wish Duchess and Sparrow hadn't shown it for the whole school to see in order to torment me. They put down other people, it's all a game to them. The suffering of other people is peak comedy in their eyes. Maybe to them, showing that video will only make me be talked about, make me lose friends, or make me lose my confidence."