章 5: Attacking A Classmate

Raphael went into the library and walked to a particular bookshelf. After finding the book he was looking for, he decided to go to a more secluded place and go through it but just as he raised his leg to make his first step, he suddenly halted.

He sensed someone's presence behind him but gripped by fear, he dared not to turn around to know who it was. Standing for a while, he soon mustered courage and turned around. He saw Alex standing behind him with his eyes, red and gazing at him menacingly.

Raphael could not talk because of the graveness of his ability but he didn't just want to stand there and do nothing, especially when the person standing before him was brimming with hostility. Therefore, he took a fighting stance immediately.

"What you all know best is fighting," Alex grunted in displease as he stared at Raphael. "Let's fight it out then but don't blame me if you die on me," he finally agreed and also took a fighting stance.

"Sto—" Raphael was about to say something when Alex moved and grabbed him by the neck.

His movement was swift and unnoticeable, making it difficult for Raphael to react and when he finally did, it was late as he was flung away into the shelves. Just before he could get up to his feet, Alex was right next to him with his nails stretched out into claws.

"You are going to be a concern in the future and for that, I'll end you right now!" He said to Raphael and raised his claws to attack him but just then Kelvin came behind him.

"Alex!" The young man called out and Alex snapped out immediately. His claws went back, his eyes returned to normal and he turned and looked at him. "Come here!" Kelvin ordered him and he lowered his head and went to stand behind him. "Stay here," he told him and went to where Raphael had fallen.

He helped the boy up and dusted his clothes. "Are you okay?" He asked him and he nodded. "Sorry about that," he quickly apologized for what Alex did to him. The boy didn't talk and only nodded his head before leaving but before he walked past Alex, he stopped and patted him on the shoulder and then left.

After he left, Kelvin faced Alex. "What was the meaning of that?" He asked him. "Did you follow him to the library to cause him some trouble? You almost killed him!"

Alex looked at Kelvin's face, he was truly disappointed with him. "I—I didn't mean to hurt him," he replied with his head now lowered, and his shoulders dropped. "At first, I just wanted to talk to him but —"

"Don't lie to me, Alex," Kelvin said abruptly to Alex, interrupting him. "You never had the intention of talking with him from the start," he said and remembered what he saw earlier. Just while Alex was heading to the library, he saw his nails stretched out into claws and it made him halt his speech. "I don't care what that was all about but I want you to learn to control yourself. Raphael isn't someone who easily pays back evil for evil and he had no intention of hurting you that is why he didn't use his ability during the fight. You must learn to control your feelings or you'll keep getting into trouble."

"I—" Alex wanted to say something but Kelvin stopped him.

"Don't bother saying anything to me, go back to your hostel until I send for you again," Kelvin said to him.

"I will," Alex replied and left.

After he was gone, Kelvin sighed and gazed at the destroyed bookshelves. "This is trouble," he mumbled and stretched out his open palm. A light beamed out and everything that was destroyed began to go back to normal, soon he was done and so he left the library as well.

Alex, after he left the library went back to the hostel and when he got there, he went to his dorm room as shown to him by Kelvin. Inside the room were two beds on different sides and one has already been occupied which leaves him to go over to the empty one.

He climbed into the bed and sat down, he thought of what he did to Raphael and then sighed.

"Arthur, why did you attack him?" He asked the demon inside of him.

The demon sneered before replying. "That kid is trouble, I don't like his ability," he said with no remorse in his voice.

"Don't ever do that!" Alex said as an order and the demon simply chuckled and didn't talk again. "And why did you try to attack the boy in the class?" Alex asked him again.

"Huh? That was your doing and not mine," the demon denied Immediately.

"I did it?" Alex asked him. He was surprised that he was the one who wanted to attack the boy from the class and not the demon. "But why?" He asked, seeming already confused.

"I think because you were called weak," the demon replied.

Hearing what the demon said, Alex frowned a bit and covered himself with the blanket. He could not still believe that he tried to attack the boy because he had called him weak. It was not something he would do but from the look of things, it may actually be his doing.

"You see, I don't have any hand in your feelings. You are the only one in control of that, don't get me wrong," the demon stated.

While Alex was occupied with his thoughts, the door to the room opened, revealing a familiar person who stopped the moment he came into the room. The two gazed at each other for a while and Raphael who was the first person to break the eye contact closed the door and went over to his bed.

Seeing him, Alex felt bad for what he allowed the demon to do to him and therefore, he felt the need to apologize.

"Hey, I'm sorry—" He tried to apologize but the boy turned and waved for him. Because he did not understand what the boy was saying or doing, the latter took out a piece of paper and pen and wrote it down. "You have forgiven me?" He asked the boy as he read what was on the paper, the boy nodded and gave him a thumbs. "Thank you," he said to him and after that, he felt relieved.