Academic Misconduct

Sometimes, it doesn't start with something big.
No dramatic moments. No sudden realization.
Just a classroom.
A question asked at the wrong time.
An answer given a little too sharply.
A glance that lasts a second longer than it should.
And something shifts.
It's subtle at first. Almost unnoticeable.
Until it isn't.
Because what begins as defiance...
slowly turns into attention.
What feels like irritation... starts resembling something else.
And somewhere between lectures, silence, and unspoken tension, rules stop feeling as important as they once did.
They both knew where the line was.
The problem was, Neither of them realized when they had already crossed it.