Chapter 122: You’re pathetic
"And that, everyone, is what the Wind-Puffing Rabbit will do when it’s annoyed," Lea Gilligan said, catching up to the Rabbit quickly enough and scooping it up to stroke its head as she addressed the downed Kaya and Aylin,
"As much as I liked watching this spat of yours and I’m so interested to know the history of it, this exercise is for you to learn to tend to a Wind-Puffing Rabbit.
Put your issues aside at least until the end of class. If you still want to go at each other after that, I’ll gladly referee."
Glaring at each other with an intensity that made it oh so clear this was far from over, Aylin and Kaya let out sighs as they said in almost perfect unison.
"Fine."
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Those who had been able to pacify their Rabbits and had the good sense to always keep their mouths away from them so they didn’t get blown away, were able to spare their attention and watch the brief spar.
Among them was Doran who didn’t just watch because he found the war of words and a bit of spell play fun, but also because he was mesmerized by the sight of his budding crush.
When the exchange was over and Kaya and Aylin made an uneasy peace to try again at the Rabbit-tending exercise, Doran finally looked away from Aylin’s impossibly beautiful face and caught Caius’s eyes.
"Sorry," he said.
"For what?" Caius asked, like he had no idea what Doran meant.
Doran’s ears turned red.