Nova couldn't say a word while Arthur patched up Ryuu's wound. They were both screaming at each other, trying to get info from one another to no avail. The more they fought, the more pain the panda struggled to contain.
"Stop moving!" The husky yelled, trying to still the wolf on a chair.
"I can do that myself if I need to!" He replied, attempting once again to sneak away from an alcohol dampened cotton ball meant to remove the dried blood from Ryuu's face and disinfect it.
"No you won't! I know you." He pushed him back, "There's something you don't wanna show us, that's why you're acting like this!"
"That's none of your business. I don't have to tell you anything."
Ryuu roared louder when the alcohol touched his wound, slowly calming himself down and allowing the dog to fix him up.
"Oh shit..." He stepped back, trying to get a better look at him and his face, "Look at that..."
"You happy now?" He grunted, "That's what you wanted to see. How do you feel now?!"
Three bright, red, vertical cuts across his left eye were what remained as a small amount of blood trickled down from where Arthur treated the wound. It was clear that someone had attacked him, digging their fangs into the left side of his face. The cuts were deep enough that they would scar around his eye after healing, but he was lucky that the eye itself was left untouched, probably thanks to a last moment reaction where he stepped away during the attack.
"You still didn't answer me!" Arthur pried, "Who is responsible for this?!"
Ryuu turned away as his friend moved closer.
"Do you know that these signs won't go away?! Unlike you, I've taking first aid classes! I'm sure you'll get permanent scars out of it!"
"Who cares," he scoffed, "It's not like people interact with me anyway."
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?!"
"It means that I don't care!"
Arthur, full of hate and regret, raised his paw. He couldn't stand him and his bland reaction to such critical situation.
"Please...don't." Nova begged, holding his paw back, "He is already hurt! What are you trying to do?"
Arthur shrugged him off, let Ryuu go and turned his back to them. "He isn't talking to me! What the hell am I supposed to do?!"
"I-I don't know!" The mediator stuttered in fear, "But more violence isn't the answer!"
A laugh broke the tense atmosphere, followed by a flapping sound of wings and a few snaps of a camera.
An orange bat in a grey suit smiled viciously at him, landing on top of the closest chair inside the classroom. "That's a weird sentence coming from you Nova."
"You are the one who writes the journal, right?"
Nova kinda knew already, having met the other when Ryuu was wounded; however, he gave first priority to his friend since he truly didn't know how to handle both.
"I'd like to exclude the possibility that you haven't heard of meyet," the reporter remarked arrogantly. "Not after the latest news I spread around."
Nova didn't know how to react. It felt like he was trying to make him do something, to reply back, but nothing came out. He was hurt.
"I'm William, the school's journalist and Gossip King; the one who decides what's true and what's false. Nice to meet you, panda," he bragged, swirling his wings open, showing off his body.
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Jungle Madness
Teen FictionThis is a story about Nova, a 15 years old panda, son of a panda and a polar bear. He's a mixed species that inherited both his parents traits, mostly from his father, leaving only his paws and feet white. He lived his entire childhood in a small ci...
