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Fredrich's stance wasn't much better. He remained standing straight with his arms crossed and his intimidating face on, the only change being the flames of hate burning behind dark blue irises. He had the eyes of a feral beast eyeing the first prey it had seen in days.
"As much as I'd love to abide by such flimsy words, someone turned Ethan's keys in to me. I was only returning them to him." he said and gave the nervous brunette a soft smile before returning to the piercing glare directed at Lock. "Someone has to look after him."

Ethan shrank, feeling a bead of sweat roll down the side of his head. This was both intense and humiliating. He was in the middle of a love triangle, for crying out loud! He was the girl the two guys always fought over, he didn't need that! And to make matters worse, he was pretty sure Lock and Fredrich would try to rip each other's throats out as soon as possible.

While Fredrich glared and Ethan frowned, Lori's eyes grew with amusement. She and a few other of Lock's fans inched towards the tension-filled space caused by the two men glaring at each other, and with Ethan in the middle. Fanfic authors all shared a glint in their eyes at the tall, mysterious figure that looked and sounded the part of any villain, and even Lori was curious as to the relationship between all three men. Why was Lock so cold towards the detective that was equally cold. Ethan was supposed to be Lock's best friend here, right? Then why did it look so... off?

Fredrich didn't flinch, he didn't even blink. "How sweet of you to think of me, Han." he said with venom leaking into his tone. "Are you going to flirt in front of me too and further distress Ethan? Boy, that sure is the best way to look after him, isn't it?" he hissed and leaned down until they were near eye level, him still a little taller. "Or disappearing for two months. Who's to say you weren't finding anymore girls to gawk at." he sneered.
"That's enough!" Ethan yelled and got between the two men, pushing them both away from each other. Fredrich blinked in surprise from the sudden outburst and opened his mouth to protest, but stopped when he saw Ethan. He stood between them with his black hair covering his eyes and a deep frown etched on his face. The detective closed his mouth. Wasn't this ironic, he was scolding Lock about being insensitive and look at what he's done.
After standing there for a moment, Fredrich averted his ashamed eyes and glared at a tile over to the bottom right. "...I'm sorry."
Ethan reanimated. "It's fine." he replied to the detective and pushed his way past him and the wall of fan girls. "I'll see you at the dorm, Lock."

The more Lock called after him, the faster Ethan walked. Who did Fredrich think he was to say something so-so outrageous?! Lock would never do something so awful... would he? He... He's not like that, right? ...Or was he. Let's face it, he flirts with anything that has a pulse, and he's always looking up something that has to do with sex. Is that why Lock was like this around him? Was he just a sex toy? Would he really fake a death to get away from him for months and leave him in a depressed state?
...No... No, he couldn't do that. H-He just couldn't-!
"Ethan?"
The brunette hesitated and looked up to see a blurry figure in front of him. He hesitated and blinked away the tears he didn't even realize he had to see one of his classmates, a friendly jock name Chester Miles. "Hey, what's wrong?" the Letterman-wearing man asked with a concerned look on his face.
Ethan replied with a shake of his head and tried to keep going, but the jock blocked all his attempts. "You're crying. Hey, are those guys picking on you again?" he asked and put a hand on the other's shoulder. Ethan should have been grateful for Chester. When all the students were against his new found sexuality, he was one of the few that supported him, explaining that he had two dads.
Ethan opened his mouth to try and talk things out with Chester, but stiffened when he heard Lock call out to him again, and closer. Panicked with the doubtful thoughts, Ethan put his hands on Chester's chest and roughly shoved him away. "Just leave me alone!" he cried out to both the jock and the Korean and ran off.

Once freed from the school's suffocating grip, Ethan began striding in a random direction opposite of the dorms. He didn't want to go to the dorms and face Lock, he couldn't. Digging his phone out of his bag, he dialed his brother's number then pressed the phone to his ear. After a few rings he heard his brother answer.
"What do you want?"
"Have you finished moving here?" he asked with a hoarse voice, working hard to hold back the sobs.
Hearing how shaky his little brother's voice was, Marcus's own grew gentler. "Uh... Yeah, but I still won't get to teach at your school for a whi-"
"I'm sleeping there tonight." Ethan interrupted with a sniff. Before Marcus could question him, he added, "Something happened." and hung up.

Blushing brilliantly, Lori gazed at the back of her head as if it were touched by God himself. To have her skin kissed by such a famous star, and to have him offer to give her a tour! This was it, wasn't it? The dreamy celebrity offering to take the dorky girl like her on a 'tour' that involved eating out. A date with Sang Min Han. He would finally be hers!

Leon Court



"They got rid of my computer, though," he grumbled, poking the new one with his left index finger. The old one hadn't been affect by the fire, so why did it have to go? He paused a moment to mourn poor Juanita, gone too soon, then leaned on the desk and looked out to the very slowly filling class. "Speaking of my office, I hope my teaching assistant isn't insane like the other one. If another one tries to kill me, I swear, I'm moving to Iceland." Leon glanced back to Nikolai, smirking. "But at least I know that I won't have to worry about him trying to hurt you. You could charm a mother into sending her baby to prison."

Leon Court



He raised an eyebrow. "Korea, huh? I'm going to need to talk to this one." Although he was teasing, his eyes contained a spark of seriousness. Hearing himself addressed, Leon turned to the voice and blinked at his new teaching assistant. Suddenly, he smiled and took the teen's hand. "Hey there! It's nice to meet you, Arthur. This is Nikolai Byko, the Sex-Ed teacher." He slipped his hand from the boy's, shoving it in his pocket as he leaned back on the desk. "You look pretty young to be a TA. How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?"

Leon Court



"See you then," chuckled the man as he waved goodbye, turning back to Arthur once the Russian was gone. Expecting the question, he nodded and smiled, hand rubbing the back of his neck. "Yeah, for about a year now. Now, just because I'm dating a man doesn't mean that I'll be a cushy homo, so be prepared to work hard!" Leon stood up straight and walked around his desk, opening the top drawer and pulling out a few papers. "The bell's about to ring. Would you like to take roll for me while I prepare the classwork?"

Leon Court



"Good morning, class!" boomed the man as he strode into the room, grinning at the applause he was granted, Raising his hands, he laughed and quieted them down. "Oh, I missed you all too! Terry, you look more beautiful than ever!" he complimented, reaching out to take a plain female student's hand and pt it with his other. He let go, reaching out to grab the shoulder of an overweight male student and shake slightly. "Jacob, have you been working out? You look great!" He walked over to a small Asian girl, setting his large hand on her head. "Bella, adorable as always! I look forward to grading your remarkable essays again."
After he'd happily greeted all of his students, he walked back to the front and clapped his hands once. "Alright, everybody, now that I'm back, I'm going to try and get things back on track. That means the workload will be harsh, but worth it." They groaned, although Bella brightened considerably, but were happy to see their cheerful teacher. He gestured to the senior beside him. "Also, in recent news, this is Arthur. He's my new TA. Now, I hope you all treat him with respect, alright? Arthur, introduce yourself."

Leon Court



"Yeah, but I don't know anything about you," he said, sitting on a stool, crossing his arms, and keeping his eyes on the TA. "Come on, don't be shy. Tell us about yourself."