Eternal Light

Chapter 12: White

"No Sakura that's wrong!" Hao said with a heavy sigh as he tried not to place a hand to his face, it had only been two days since the incident and Hao was still unsettled which had been picked up by those who had seen him act out. Sadly Aline had been his main target much to her shock and annoyance, at first she had tried to speak to him the day they had their break but he had turned her away and told her not to bother him which in turn worried her a lot but knew he would want his space. On the other hand it had not been just him but everyone had tried to regain a sense of normality, mostly the teachers and Aline despite even though Yuudai had not confessed who he had been working with to cause the murders. At first Aline had been tempted to get involved but refrained as Li Ran instructed her to forget about it for now since the emperor would try to figure it out. However after receiving a letter from her dove shikigami she had frowned when he told her he was unable to find out for now even after trying to interrogate Yuudai. In the end according to Li Ran there had been a murder and the killer had been caught which meant they had to move on, even if they were still unsettled by the whole thing. Aline meanwhile was still in a rut after the ordeal since she wanted to find out why and who would do this, who would pin the blame on Hao? Who would want to hurt him? Did he have enemies that she was not aware of? Hao on the other hand was still shaken up but tried to not let his temper flare at times, mostly due to being stressed thanks to the haunting nightmare of waking up to seeing a room of dead bodies. Matamune in order to help Hao locked the doors properly and created wards to keep Hao in until morning which would relieve Hao but the damage had been done. Now the male was taking it out on Aline, she wanted nothing more at that point to leave until he stopped.

"Well I'm sorry Hao-sama, I'm no good with orals!" Aline snapped as her hair started to move slightly from her powers, at this rate she wanted to shake him for treating her like this. Why was she being picked on?! She hadn't done anything wrong except try to get him out of that murder blame, instead of being thankful he was acting like she had done something wrong leaving her more angry than ever. The students in the room were looking at each other with worry as they knew that it was dangerous to get involved when her hair started to move in a certain manner.

"Then how did you pass your oral for the red robes?" Hao asked looking stressed, now placing a hand to his face. Matamune meanwhile bit his lip knowing that Hao was now taking things too far.

"Hao-sama, if I may-"

"They were basic questions duh!" Aline snapped back not caring that they were in class, she wanted him to back off and soon or else she would not be in control of her actions. The boys stared at Hao with worry then at Aline as she looked exhausted compared to the when they saw her yesterday after she had not turned up for class, however she did not tell them why as she was instructed not to do so. Instead of complaining they trusted her while supporting the unsettled girl by helping her learn what she had missed. "So stop picking on me and ask someone else in the group!" Aline snapped now on the verge of losing it with him.

"Sakura you need to polish-" Aline got up in anger at the fact he would say such a thing, cutting Hao off of his speech now realising he had crossed the line.

"That's it!" Aline snapped before going to the door in a huff followed by a fuming Purrlia who wanted no more of this farce.

"Where are you going?!" Hao yelled while standing up. The moment she opened the door not seeing Akio at the door as he stared at her in shock and then looked at Hao with a frown signalling he wanted to know why she looked angry.

"Screw this class I'm going out if you're going to pick on me!" she spat angrily before bumping past a stunned Akio. Akio stared at Hao who was at a loss for words.