Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 98: 98-Don’t Be Late

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Hakyun couldn’t concentrate. Two classes had gone by in the blink of an eye, and he had barely written anything down. In fact, if anyone asked him what the classes were about, he wouldn’t be able to answer. His mind was somewhere else, and he hated it. His eyes strayed from his note towards Nikolai where he was seated. He watched the boy intently, trying to find out if anything was different about him physically, but he couldn’t glean any information. Nikolai sat and listened to Instructor Park Minjee’s lessons without any worry in the world. He didn’t look troubled, or like he bore a weight on his shoulders that would drive anyone to rely on drugs. Were they overthinking it? Maybe Nikolai hadn’t been to Club Spiral but somewhere else in that vicinity. It was possible. In that case, going to a professor and divulging that information would only bring about trouble. But… What could have taken Nikolai to Itaewon if not what could be gotten from its bustling nightlife? Hakyun sighed deeply. He had tried to think of various explanations as to what was going on with Nikolai, but the only plausible one he could realize was exactly the same thing Merlin had said. Nikolai had been in Itaewon to buy steroids. Hakyun couldn’t shake that away from his head. “There won’t be any practical classes today, considering what you all went through yesterday,” said Instructor Park Minjee as soon as the bell rang while she packed up her things. “You all better use that time to rest.” “Yes, ma’am!!” the class responded in a chorus. Instructor Park Minjee frowned, flipping one of her hair’s twin ponytails over her shoulder. “I’ve told you… It’s ‘Instructor’, not ma’am. Geez.” She sighed deeply as the class burst into laughter. “Anyway, I’ll be sending your homeworks to you all later. You have until tomorrow morning to submit.” “But, Instructor, you said we should rest up,” a student said. Instructor Park Minjee nodded. “Yes. Rest up while doing your homework.” The class grumbled, but Instructor Park Minjee added nothing to her spoken words and left the class with a smile. Hakyun sighed again. “You’ve been sighing ever since we came to class; are you still bothered about that stuff?” Chima asked as he packed up his things. They were done with classes for the day, after all. Hakyun glanced at Chima before placing his head on the desk. “Why wouldn’t I be bothered? We’re about to ruin his life.” “I don’t know where you got that from, but we aren’t about to ruin his life,” Chima replied with a click of his tongue. “Anyway, get up, we have to meet up with Mel.” “You go,” said Hakyun. “I would like to take a quick nap.” “There’s no time for that, remember? We’re to head to Professor Dmitri’s office now.” “Yeah, I get it, all right. Just give me a brief moment,” Hakyun replied. “I’ll meet you back at the dorm, then we can go from there.” Chima took a deep breath and exhaled. “Stubborn as ever. Fine. Don’t be late or I’ll snap your wrist.” Chima left the class then, and Hakyun pulled his head free from the table. He glanced in Nikolai’s direction and found the boy still seated, shuffling through his notes. He was thankful that he had not left the class as soon as they had been dismissed. Hakyun packed up his things, stood up, and approached Nikolai. “Oh, hey, Hakyun. What’s up?” Nikolai asked as soon as Hakyun bobbed up beside him. “You look shitty. Didn’t you sleep at night?” Hakyun pressed his lips together. “Don’t mind me. How are you? Are you okay?” Nikolai blinked. “I don’t understand. Of course I’m okay. Never been better.” Hakyun bit the inside of his cheek. He thought to go straight to the point and ask Nikolai where he had gone to the day after their Grimoire sparring class, and if he had truly purchased steroids to enhance himself, but couldn’t bring himself to do it. Partly because he didn’t want it to turn out to be true, and partly because that would be too abrasive of him. However, he wanted to help the boy. It had always been hard for him to ma