I've been walking with ma'am Iris since earlier but she never did glance at me once. Nevermind talking with me.

On the way, I've noticed that all of the people we met are greeting ma'am Iris from a distance.

They seemed like they're scared to get close to her but also afraid to be disrespectful.

Especially the students.

Fuu~

I wonder what she feels about this.

Oh.

I don't think I'm seeing things but I think ma'am just slowed down when we entered the faculty building.

She seems like she's anxious about something.

What does she want to do bringing me here?

*Click!*

“Mr. Reverren. Please follow me inside.”

I nod at her but she will not see it because she already turned around before I could even react.

I close the door gently after coming inside then stand by at the side waiting for ma'am Iris' next instruction.

She sit on her chair just staring at me without blinking.

Well, this is starting to make me feel nervous.

“Ma'am.”

“!!”

“Why did you call me here?”

“.........”

It's too subtle but I noticed it. She opened her mouth way too slightly before immediately shutting it close. It looks like she wants to say something but hesitated.

“Ma'am, if this is about what happened last saturday, I really apologize. You know that I am an easygoing mischievous person.”

“No, I didn't call you because of that.”

“??”

I raise my left brow casting a questioning gaze at her.

“Well....”

What?

“Help me carry these to the classroom.”

Eh?

She's pointing at the stack of paper on the table.

What?

That can't be possibly the reason why you've been acting strangely after asking me to come here in your office.

“Alright po ma'am.”

Oh hell forget it. If she doesn't want to speak, what can I do about it?

“Will I go first ma'am?”

“Mm.”

She just nodded at me before rummaging on her stuff.

Before I can close the door of her office after coming out of the room, I heard her speak her next instruction.

“Tell your classmates to start answering those pre-test.”

“Alright po ma'am.”

I answered while looking at the close door.

“Good morning class.”

“!!”

My classmates immediately stood up looking rather panicked.

“““Goooooood morning ma'am—”””

“Fuck. It's Reverren.”

“What the fuck are you doing?”

“I almost dropped my phone.”

“Shit. I thought ma'am Iris is here.”

At first they were surprised, but eventually became annoyed. Some just laughed and some just sighed in relief.

Fufufufu. This is pretty funny.

“What? Are you guys guilty about something?”

Putting the stack of paper on top of the teacher's table, I ask my classmates a sarcastic question.

“What's that?”

A classmate sitting in the front row asked while pointing at the papers using her lips.

“Pre-Test for mathematics. Ma'am said to start answering. She will be here shortly.”

“..........”

Silence.

Then they starts running around going back to their seat and arranging the chairs properly.

“Fuck. You should have said so from the start!”

Why should I?

“Damn it! I'm just about to play another round.”

Too bad.

“Crap. Monday group! The floor is so dusty! Ma'am will scold all of us!”

Ah yes. They're all panicking. I really like this sight.

I put several papers directly proportional to the number of students sitting per column on the armrest of the person in the very front. They're the one responsible to pass it to those behind them.

There are several absentees. Martini is absent again.

Right. I saw him last time doing a fuck you sign at the close door of ma'am Iris.

He was probably scolded and got his papers rejected. I saw him throw it into the trash bin after all.

It didn't went it though. Which angered him a lot.

Fufufufu.

I am looking around the room observing when my eyes fell onto a golden haired woman.

Rose is looking at me with a really furious eyes.

She's blushing in anger. Quite cute though.

I can't hear it but with the way she moved and with the way she is, she probably went ‘humph’ on me.

I wonder how many times I already died in her head.

Mary is busily chatting with her friends. As always, they look happy. Even though knowing ma'am could be here anytime soon, they still continue gossiping among themselves.

Mae-chan is scrolling on her phone. I think she's either reading an ebook or chatting with Al.

Judging with her vibe, the date yesterday probably went all.

I'll ask her about it later.

Jeremy stands up from his seat. And roughly took the papers away from the person in front of him.

That guy looks annoyed but didn't say anything.

He just continued talking with his seatmate.

And Eli-chan. She didn't glance at me even when I went in.

Knowing her, she should have noticed my presence long time before I even went inside.

She's chatting with several girls but her expressionless face contrasts with the happy faces of the girls.

She is just nodding or saying yes or no to them. But the girls don't mind her attitude at all.

She isn't like this before we got into a fight.

But fufufu, I remember that I can touch her all I want this week. She lost the bet.

I think I'll invite her home. Mom wants to meet her as well anyway. And she had said that she wanted her to come to our house last time.

This should be the right time to invite her. I'll try to ask her why she wants to leave.

What is it the she truly desire?

I won't try to stop her without knowing why neither will I force her nor convince her like I did last week. It just made things worse after all.

I'll set that aside for now. Ma'am Iris is here.

“Good morning.”

“““Goooooood morning ma'am Iris~”””

My classmates are long prepared so they don't look panicked. But still stiff and are avoiding eye contact.

“Kindly go back to your seat Mr. Reverren.”

She didn't look at me when she say so.

Whatever.

I walk towards my seat then greet my seatmates.

“We'll start checking after 5 minutes.”

Too short. But it's just a pre-test.

“Number one B... Number two A.. then B again then A again— pfft. ‘Baba’...”

My female seatmate is enjoying herself messing around with her test sheet.

“Here Reverren. I'm done. I'm just gonna sleep.”

This is just a pre-test so it won't be recorded but...

“Ma'am Iris will evaluate us with our results you know.”

“Eh? What are you talking about Reverren?”

“Didn't you noticed it? Ma'am tend to call those students with low score in pre-test to answer in the front?”

I put her paper beneath mine holding onto it tightly.

“What...?”

She looks surprise.

“Yes. Just wait for your results and you'll see my observation is right.”

“!!”

Fufufu.

“Crap. Give it back and let me copy yours..”

She's trying to lower her voice afraid to be heard by ma'am.

“Oh hell. Don't be like that. Cheating is bad.”

“Wh— Don't be like this.. hey!”

She's trying to get her pre-test back but how can she take it from me.

But I'm sure ma'am long noticed us but for some reason, she's not even looking at me. She looks loss.

Just what's going on with her.

“You want it back?”

“Of course.”

“Fufufu. You need to pay for it.”

“Wha— Damn it Reverren!”

“Two more minutes.”

“Ugh... What do you want?”

I pass piece of paper to her.

“What's this?”

She opens it slowly with an annoyed face. She then look at me with a smug face.

“Did you two got into a fight?”

“Kind of. So what's your answer?”

“Tsk tsk. You can't capture her heart like this Reverren. She's a popular goddess in our school. Angering her will just lower your chances of winning.”

“One more minute.”

“Damn. Deal! I'll invite her to the canteen later so hurry up and let me copy your answers.”

“Alright.”

I give her our answer sheets.

You can't run away this time. I'll make sure to find out why do you want to distance yourself from me?