"...What's up with that look on your face?"
Derek asked curiously, raising an eyebrow as he leaned against his chair while taking a glance at Aestrea's expression.
"Nothing..." Aestrea, practically with a sleepless face, replied shortly after.
Noticing the exhausted expression, James squinted his eyes and then grinned knowingly.
"Did your girlfriend leave you hanging—"
"—Shut the fuck up before I plant your ugly ass face in the table," Aestrea instantly snapped, his glowing red eyes flashing dangerously as he merely glanced at James.
"Alright, alright... geez," James quickly raised his hands in surrender, feeling a small shiver running down his spine as soon as Aestrea's eyes landed on him.
"HA! You had it coming," Derek laughed loudly.
And in that moment...
"Student Derek, could you please keep your laughter to yourself?" Miss Helena, the alchemy teacher, asked calmly, looking at Derek expressionlessly.
As soon as she finished her sentence...
"Pfft..."
