scandalous
Tuesday 05 January 2021. While walking through the halls of the Academy you overhear an interesting little rumor. It’s obvious the pair of giggling female Diamonds said it just loud enough to be overheard by you. Apparently, you’ve been sleeping with Professor Parker @lukef.
asra often thought of the academy as some kind of fortress, strong enough to endure even the worst of attacks and more importantly strong enough to hold the secrets created within those walls. unyielding like so many students and teachers, almost unbreakable, which could be seen as a good thing if that institution was as solid on the outside as it was on the inside.
the fire elementalist was no stranger to being the center of attention, even if most of the time it was for the wrong reasons, asra had learned how to take the prejudice in order to move forward, especially because most of his colleagues were smart enough not to say anything to his face. however, that was not the rule and unfortunately a lot of the students seemed to have a particular taste for gossip, clinging onto every word shared between groups, some of the rumors lasted only a few hours, other weeks or even months, only disappearing to make space for another far more juicier rumor.
asra was good at avoiding getting involved in any of those rumors, simply ignoring them whenever someone tried to feed him the next piece of gossip that had gotten the students all excited. nearly all rumors were not even worth his time, like that time when apparently two students had been caught by a teacher making out in one of the classrooms or how someone was not able to afford the most fashionable item opting for an obviously fake version of it.
annoying. was the only word asra had for it, other than time consuming. still none of that had affected him, until now.
he could hear some students giggling as he made his way through the halls, choosing once again to ignore it as he saw his friend at the end of the corridor waiting for him to cross that distance.
but, his posture changed once the reason behind those laughs was revealed, making asra pause on his tracks and look at the two girls who were far too deep into their gossip session to notice that he had stopped to listen.
“asra with who?”
“professor parker”
asra stayed put for a bit, trying to understand what was really going on, a neutral expression was offered to his friend who was looking at him from across the corridor with a confused expression.
“are you sure?”
“yeah, you don’t sneak into someone’s house at night just for a friendly chat, I’m like 99% sure they’re fucking, why else would he be missing so many classes, uh? someone probably found out and send him home for a bit, I don’t blame him though, ryu really needs that extra credit”
“but professor parker is smart, or at least I think he would have chosen someone better”
“like you, sweetheart? I don’t know, maybe ryu is really good at…”
the rest of that sentence never came, asra being faster to intervene, contained anger present on his face as he looked down at the two girls, startling them when he asked “are you trying to start some shit with me or what?”
the shock did not last for very long, one of them almost losing the strength on her legs as she looked at the expression on asra’s face, bowing her head before she started to apologize, but unfortunately for her, asra was not in a good mood and her friend unlike her, seemed to like the chaos of the situation.
“ah, no, no need for that frown, we won’t tell anyone about your little secret” the little smirk she was giving asra told him that she meant to do the exact opposite and without even thinking one of his hands reached out to grab her jaw, a small yelp leaving the other girl’s lips.
“listen now, I’m not fucking anyone, so if I hear my name coming out of your mouth one more time, I’m sure I will have a good time seeing you try to speak with a burnt tongue”
the warning had been given and with that he released the girl, hoping that this would be the last of it. it was unbelievable the rumors those minds could create, asra better warn luke about this, it was only fair since he was the only one who had decided to help him with his studies.