『 I Won't Run Anymore』

- Mephisto Ending

"-be sure to make sure all the seeds are out before you cut them, and make sure they are sliced diag- Rin!"

I threw the small piece of chalk in my fingers at the raven haired male, the white nub hitting his head gently, almost insignificantly in contrast to his performance of lunging from his seat and screaming 'what?!' around the room several times before laying his eyes lazily on me with the class laughing at him. A showcase that he was asleep... I sighed inwardly, thinking over the boys... personality... he was a good exorcist... a good cook... he probably had a lot going on, especially if he wasn't paying attention in cooking class... I smiled at the young male before picking up another small nub of chalk resting against the board and holding it up against the board behind me.

"Paying attention now?"

The half demon grumbled to himself before spouting his usual nonsense...

"I was listening teach! I just had to close my eyes for focus! I do-"

"Good, because tomorrow is an assessment of today's dish and you need to tweak it with your own seasoning and style. So please pay attention."

I watched the male from my peripheral vision as I opened my notes, noticing in relief that he caught my hint as he sat in his seat with a pen in hand. I smiled to myself as I continued the lesson...

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"-So I thought it would be important."

I nodded as I jotted down notes of my students statement, making sure I would remember her concerns for future lessons as she left. I smiled at her back... what a hard worker... I turned back to the papers in front of me, picking up the first sheet for grading.

'A freezer should be kept at what temperature?'

'-18' ♥

'What jewellery is acceptable for a food handler to wear?'

'Necklace' X

I grumbled to myself; second question wrong already... had this child leant nothing from me? I had drilled this one in several times...

"My, my... it seems your students aren't taking anything in Belle~"

I ignored the males dig at my teaching methods, lowering my pen as an 'ooh' reached my ears.

"Rather than a tick you grade with a heart!~ How adorable Belle!~"

I continued to mark the paper, focusing on my students writing and working out to the paper; ignoring the childish males grumbles behind me.

"I'm going to feel left out my Belle~"

"Then stop taunting me."

"Taunting you?"

I held up the paper I had been grading, showcasing a 77% in red marker at the demons face with a smirk.

"Rin is a practical student and sucks in theory, so the fact that he graded over 60% is a miracle alone; right?"

Evergreen eyes blinked lightly before he burst out into laughter, his gloved hands holding his sides as I pouted lightly; did he really think Rin would do so badly in a subject he was good at?

"Had it been another student I would have been impressed."

"Excuse me?"

I seethed at the tone he was using, it was almost condescending and I didn't like what he said in the first place. He held gloved hands up in defence with an almost angelic face.