16 Arrived at the Academy (2/2)
”Hold it right there! Where are you going?! Did you not hear me speaking to you? You should be honored I even walked over and invited you. Don't ignore me!” He started chasing after Greyson before reaching out and grabbing Greyson's hand. Greyson wrenched his hand away with disgust clearly showing on his face.
”I don't communicate with idiots. Go find someone else who wants your so-called 'honor.'” Greyson spat out through gritted teeth. He then continued walking away. Arwen felt humiliated with his face turning red, but this time he did not chase after Greyson again to avoid inviting more embarrassment onto himself.
”Young Master Arwen, don't worry about it. That little girl obviously is just a country bumpkin who doesn't know who you are. That's why she didn't realize the great honor you were bestowing upon her.” One of the older kids behind him spoke out. He was clearly trying to flatter Arwen and get on his good side.
”Whatever. I'll show her later what kind of amazing person I am. She'll come begging to hang out with me later once I prove my talent to the Academy. She will pay for today's embarrassment.”
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Once they were on the other side of the space, Claude finally spoke up.
”Hey, Greyson, shouldn't we try to be a bit more forgiving? You can't blame people for misunderstanding with your looks. If you're going to get angry at every single person who comes up to you thinking you are a girl, then you always be angry. You should have just told that Arwen person that you are a boy.”
”You think I'm that petty? That I would embarrass him like that because he thought I was a girl? You thought I was a girl, too, but I am friend with you. It bothers me, but not that much. I know it's only because I am young. I didn't like him and didn't speak with him because he was stuck-up. He was looking down on both of us from the start. He didn't even look at you. Didn't you notice? He wasn't inviting both of us, he wanted me to ditch you. People like that disgust me.”
Hearing his words, Claude looked down bitterly. Did he notice? Of course he noticed! But he could tell that Arwen wasn't a simple character and he didn't want to cause trouble when his talent is not high compared to the other students. He felt touched but he was also worried about Greyson creating enemies so early on.
”I'm thankful that you were also thinking of me and I'm not trying to say we should be friends with him because I don't like him either. I just felt like we could have rejected him a little better. We shouldn't go creating enemies out of everyone since we have only just arrived at the Academy.” Claude reasoned. Greyson also started to think about his actions and regretted. He was too harsh back then, he could have handled the situation better. He realized that his temper was not good and he should learn to tolerate more before he becomes unfriendly with everyone. It was okay to ignore everyone at the church because he originally enjoyed being alone, but here he had no background and a lot of the rich kids could antagonize him and Claude.
”You're right...” He reluctantly admitted. Claude smiled and ruffled his hair in response.
”It's okay, it's not that big a deal. You'll also probably have quite the following later when they see your talent.”
Greyson then smiled, feeling better. He and Claude sat down on the ground and waited for the Academy teachers to come and test them before putting them in different departments.