wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure

[alittlemirror]

To say Jade is displeased would be an understatement. It's not that he cares about this detention tarnishing his record, no. He doesn't really care about his record. What he does care about is how it cuts into his studying time. He had just come across a particularly fascinating snippet on the nature of death and the soul...

(And besides, those Hufflepuffs had started it with their incessant chattering. They're like a less annoying version of Saphir, and nobody had ever really objected when he hexed Saphir. And it's not like he used a serious hex; he just sealed and removed their mouths. Easily reversible, if they knew what they were doing - and knew how to use nonverbal spells.

After all, what kind of first-year doesn't know how to use nonverbal spells?)

But someone had taken offense to his hex, and now he finds himself trudging to Professor Rammsteiner's office, growing increasingly irritated at the loss of his study time. From what he's heard of detentions, they usually entail doing useless, mundane tasks easily accomplished with a little creative wandwork. He's thought about ignoring Professor Rammsteiner's orders more than once, but he's also been told that it would just lead to more detentions and thus a bigger waste of time.

Oh well. He's here now. With one last irritated sigh, he raises his hand to the door and knocks.

"Professor Rammsteiner? This is Jade Curtiss."

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[aseptic]

"Have sex?" He can't think of what else Professor Rammsteiner could be trying to get at. He wonders why Professor Rammsteiner is skirting around the topic, though; after what they had done...

No. There's no need to wonder. He knows why, and it makes him annoyed all over again.

"Yes." The word comes out sharper than usual. "It was part of our bargain."

As far as he's concerned, he's getting the better end of the bargain. Jade smiles, humourless. "I hope that doesn't bother you."

[canicide]

Heine shakes his head in response before Jade can pick at a lack of reply. Eichel... Heine remembers him, like he'd said, and more than that he remembers how on the edge Eichel had seemed, even all those years ago. He decides to keep an eye on him before remembering that he's not supposed to care. Not after they've already fucked—moreover, right in this very room. Though he wants to tell Jade that he shouldn't, that it's not a good idea... Heine had been the one to encourage him in the first place. He'd—fuck, he'd taken Jade's first time. He has no right to act like he has Jade's best interests in mind.

A sigh slips out of him before he realizes it.

"Is that all?"

[aseptic]

His smile doesn't budge.

"Yes."

And that's it, he supposes. Professor Rammsteiner got the message. He's accomplished his purpose here.

So why does he feel so dissatisfied?

Frowning, he turns to leave.