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because today is the very last day.
We'll allow you to be in Class VII under the guise of someone being brought in to be an example for the other students. I'll trust that you'll watch over those children and, at the same time, look for signs of Rean Schwarzer being one of the key members of the Imperial Liberation Front.
"Man, they're always giving me the hard jobs. Slave drivers, all of 'em!"
But, that didn't matter now. Rean was here at the academy, sleeping among the members of Class VII, keeping to himself and looking for Crow at every opportunity. It wasn't like Crow hadn't seen him around once or twice, having caught a glimpse of him when Rean was running around delivering student notebooks with all the enthusiasm as a workaholic, but...
(The rot has already begun to settle. He can feel it somewhere deep inside of him, scalding hot and dark as it coils around his heart. His inner beast sings for its kin, for Rean, and it's slightly frustrating how empty he realizes that he was without him.)
He was treading some very fine ground. Both Sara and the Principal believed him when he said he had nothing to do with them anymore other than the occasional check-in to make sure everyone was alive, but with Rean here it was like everything was either going to get really intense or really catastrophic. Or maybe it'll be both? I really hope I'm worrying for nothing.
The door to the classroom swung open with a simple push and he breathed in real deep, mustering up a fearless smile as he walked inside and settled in front of the class between the students and Instructor Sara, all the mirth in the world in his eyes even as they scanned the starstruck faces of his new classmates searching for the one he was looking for.
"So, a little birdie told me you all needed a good role model for the next two years and I was gracious enough to accept. Starting today, I'll be a member of Class VII with all you fine folks-- hope you guys don't mind. It's gonna be pretty sweet! ♪"
"Man, they're always giving me the hard jobs. Slave drivers, all of 'em!"
But, that didn't matter now. Rean was here at the academy, sleeping among the members of Class VII, keeping to himself and looking for Crow at every opportunity. It wasn't like Crow hadn't seen him around once or twice, having caught a glimpse of him when Rean was running around delivering student notebooks with all the enthusiasm as a workaholic, but...
(The rot has already begun to settle. He can feel it somewhere deep inside of him, scalding hot and dark as it coils around his heart. His inner beast sings for its kin, for Rean, and it's slightly frustrating how empty he realizes that he was without him.)
He was treading some very fine ground. Both Sara and the Principal believed him when he said he had nothing to do with them anymore other than the occasional check-in to make sure everyone was alive, but with Rean here it was like everything was either going to get really intense or really catastrophic. Or maybe it'll be both? I really hope I'm worrying for nothing.
The door to the classroom swung open with a simple push and he breathed in real deep, mustering up a fearless smile as he walked inside and settled in front of the class between the students and Instructor Sara, all the mirth in the world in his eyes even as they scanned the starstruck faces of his new classmates searching for the one he was looking for.
"So, a little birdie told me you all needed a good role model for the next two years and I was gracious enough to accept. Starting today, I'll be a member of Class VII with all you fine folks-- hope you guys don't mind. It's gonna be pretty sweet! ♪"
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As Rean watched Crow walk away, he thought of reaching out to grab Crow by his hand and to keep him there. He didn't act on that thought. They had time. This wouldn't be the last time they spoke to each other. In fact, in the next several months, they'll be seeing each other a lot...
Rean planned on never letting Crow out of his sight again.
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"Haha. Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm not giving them enough credit. ...Right now though, I've got too much to do and very little time left to do it.
"I'll see you around, Rean. It was nice talking to you again-- I'm glad you're doing well."
With that said, Crow turned away again and walked right out the classroom without waiting for Rean's reply. He was right: they would be seeing each other a lot these next few months and Crow planned on drilling how good this experience would be into Rean's head. Even if Rean ends up going back to the Front and Crow ends up falling into Giliath Osbourne's hands, Crow wouldn't regret anything.
He couldn't. He had to fix himself and then set everything up for them to be fixed, too. He had to get Rean out of that place before he sunk too far in to get out anymore.