Zenjinkaze Fighting School, South Bird Dormitory
Zoia was sure Nenna was already sleeping. The lights to her room were out, and nothing was happening. So, she slowly slid the window open. Looking around the room quickly, nothing seeming out of place, she crawled in, clsoing the window quietly behind her.
"Evening, Zoia," Nenna said, dropping the volumetrics that had kept the Neko out of the Vekimen's sight, wearing her shaggy bedrobe. "Have fun tonight?" she asked, eyebrow raised.
Zoia turned once she finished closing the window. "I didn't think you would still be awake. Seems a little odd for you to ask me if I was having fun. Study is rather boring at this school" She said, no real inflection in her tone to incate emotion. She wasn't lying. "Why do you ask anyway?"
"Mostly because people don't sneak out for a late night study session," the teacher said with a smile.
"I... Usually come through the window?" She asked, tilting her head. "At least when I think you are asleep" The alien responded. "Given you hid... That was what you were hoping for me to believe I take it" She added.
Nenna shrugged. "I was wondering where my teddy bear went, that's all." Standing up, she continued, "If you don't want to talk about it, I get that. However, I would like to think that I've earned some respect from you."
Zoia maintained eye contact for a few long moments, before starting to walk to the bed. "I don't exactly know what you are wanting to talk about. My day was fairly regular. School, food, study, here I am now" She said simply.
"I see," the Neko replied, walking to the door. Before opening it, she stopped and looked over her shoulder and asked, "So, how's Kunio doing?"
"He is doing fine I suppose" Zoia responded before flinching and making a sharp clicking sound.
"Is that all?" The teacher asked, smile returning. "I would think you would know a few more details than that, what with you two hanging out fairly regularly."
"Yes, we have been spending time together. He is doing fine?" She asked arching a brow. "Why do you ask? Is there something I should know?"
Nenna tilted her head in thought. "Mostly depends if any Yamataian germs are infectous to Vekimen, which is very much an open question," she said.
Zoia seemed to freeze. "What would Yamatai germs have anything to do with me for..." She asked, seeming nervous about something.
"Oh," the Neko said, smile turning into a grin, "We've done a pretty good job of getting rid of the more serious diseases, but there are a few diseases that are spread during, hmm, intimacy that haven't been completely wiped out. They have a few symptoms that are pretty obvious though," she continued, walking towards Zoia.
The vekimen looked at Nenna. "Your kind has diseases that are spread through... Mating?" She asked, taking another deep breath. "I didn't read that in my studies. It will be something for me to look up later I suppose" She muttered. "Excuse me..." She added, slipping past Nenna and walking to her washroom, closing the door behind her.
The teacher sighed, walked over to the chair she had brought in, and moved it so she could sit next to the closed door. "Zoia," she said, after a moment of silence, "I'm not going to moralize about this. You can do whatever you want, with whoever you want, so long as you don't break any laws. But, if something comes up, please, know that you can talk to me about it. Despite how much I like to tease you," she continued, shaking her head, "I do want the best for you, however much that impulse is strange to you."
"I am fine!" The lizard snapped, obviously doing something in the washroom. "I just need to fi-" She started before being abruptly cut off but her own screech.
"Zoia?" Nenna asked, getting up from her chair. After trying the locked door, she went through her robe's pockets, and pulled out a nail file. Putting the file into the simple lock, she turned it to open the door.
Zoia snapped her head to look at the door and snarled at the teacher. "Even I know a locked door means don't come in!" She snapped. Her anger could be understood though, as Nenna could see she was bleeding from a rather uncomfortable place.
"Yelling and screaming means invasion of privacy is okay," the teacher replied, taking stock and stepping over the Vekimen to where the first aid kit was, pulling it off of the wall.
"I cut myself! So sorry! I'm not a child!" She added, looking at Nenna walk over her, standing up with a flinch.
"Yes, you aren't a child," the Neko said, rooting through the kit before pulling out a roll of gauze and a tub of petroleum jelly. "Though, I'm wondering why you would cut yourself down there," she asked, looking at the wound.
"Cause it hurts alright!" She snapped, almost leaping away from the teacher. She stormed out of the bathroom, her tail whipping back in forth with a combnation of anger and discomfort. "I'm going to kill him..." She growled. "He should have warned me!"
Probably shouldn't have gone on about the possiblities of STDs, Nenna thought, shaking her head. "Zoia-chan," she said, looking at the student, "Can you please hold still so I can help you? I've got an idea of what it is, but I need to get a closer look at it."
"Good luck. I can't get the muscles to part. Otherwise I would have been able to see what was wrong for myself" She growled. "Thats why I just cut myself. My claw slipped."
"Kind of hard to get a muscle to move if you're agitated," the teacher replied, putting the supplies back and lifting the entire kit. "Please, get on the bed, Zoia."
"You are going to need some hardcore muscle relaxant, or convince me I am about to mate to get them to part" She grumbled, but moved over to the bed regardless. "Which I don't think you are able to do any of that"
Nenna smiled. "You're acting like I didn't spend the last nine years in the Star Army," she said, putting the kit on the bed and walking back to the bathroom, running the water as she gathered the towels and put a couple in the sink once it had cooled down.
"Oh boy, just what I need. Military first aid on my reproductive organs. Can we just go to the infrimary?" She asked, crossing her legs.
Looking over her shoulder, the Neko saw the Vekimen's discomfort, shrugged, and said, "We can do that, yeah." Turning off the sink, she walked towards the door, said, "Wait here for a second," and was back a few moments later, another robe in hand. "Need something to cover the wound," she continued, putting the robe around Zoia's shoulders. "Ready to go?" she asked.
Zoia stood up, keeping her eyes on the floor. "Ready as ever" She muttered, heading for the door. "My kind doesn't have these diseases... I'm going to kill him..." She muttered again, holding the robe tight around her.
"Let's just focus on making you feel better," the teacher said, moving to her student's side, and tentatively putting an arm around her shoulders.
The two continued to walk, leaving out the main door when Zoia seemed to lock onto something in the dark. Walking off the path and out of Nenna's reach, she walked directly to the figure of someone walking towards them, and punched them in the face with all the force her paltry upper body could muster. "You asshole!" She shouted. "Why didn't you tell me your kind had diseases!" She added.
The only words he got out before being sucker punched were, "Hey Zoia, did I leave my..." before being sent off the path onto a bush. He staggered up, wiping blood from his mouth and jaw, "What are you talking about, Zoia? What diseases?" He locked eyes with Zoia before locking eyes with Nenna, speaking telepathically, "What is going on here?"
"Mostly depends on if Zoia's your first," she sent back. "Something happened between you two and we're on our way to the infirmary to figure out exactly what," she said aloud, walking to the students and stepping between them. "Blame can be made there, but let's move. It's almost closing time," she continued, pushing the pair towards the North building.
Zoia was sure Nenna was already sleeping. The lights to her room were out, and nothing was happening. So, she slowly slid the window open. Looking around the room quickly, nothing seeming out of place, she crawled in, clsoing the window quietly behind her.
"Evening, Zoia," Nenna said, dropping the volumetrics that had kept the Neko out of the Vekimen's sight, wearing her shaggy bedrobe. "Have fun tonight?" she asked, eyebrow raised.
Zoia turned once she finished closing the window. "I didn't think you would still be awake. Seems a little odd for you to ask me if I was having fun. Study is rather boring at this school" She said, no real inflection in her tone to incate emotion. She wasn't lying. "Why do you ask anyway?"
"Mostly because people don't sneak out for a late night study session," the teacher said with a smile.
"I... Usually come through the window?" She asked, tilting her head. "At least when I think you are asleep" The alien responded. "Given you hid... That was what you were hoping for me to believe I take it" She added.
Nenna shrugged. "I was wondering where my teddy bear went, that's all." Standing up, she continued, "If you don't want to talk about it, I get that. However, I would like to think that I've earned some respect from you."
Zoia maintained eye contact for a few long moments, before starting to walk to the bed. "I don't exactly know what you are wanting to talk about. My day was fairly regular. School, food, study, here I am now" She said simply.
"I see," the Neko replied, walking to the door. Before opening it, she stopped and looked over her shoulder and asked, "So, how's Kunio doing?"
"He is doing fine I suppose" Zoia responded before flinching and making a sharp clicking sound.
"Is that all?" The teacher asked, smile returning. "I would think you would know a few more details than that, what with you two hanging out fairly regularly."
"Yes, we have been spending time together. He is doing fine?" She asked arching a brow. "Why do you ask? Is there something I should know?"
Nenna tilted her head in thought. "Mostly depends if any Yamataian germs are infectous to Vekimen, which is very much an open question," she said.
Zoia seemed to freeze. "What would Yamatai germs have anything to do with me for..." She asked, seeming nervous about something.
"Oh," the Neko said, smile turning into a grin, "We've done a pretty good job of getting rid of the more serious diseases, but there are a few diseases that are spread during, hmm, intimacy that haven't been completely wiped out. They have a few symptoms that are pretty obvious though," she continued, walking towards Zoia.
The vekimen looked at Nenna. "Your kind has diseases that are spread through... Mating?" She asked, taking another deep breath. "I didn't read that in my studies. It will be something for me to look up later I suppose" She muttered. "Excuse me..." She added, slipping past Nenna and walking to her washroom, closing the door behind her.
The teacher sighed, walked over to the chair she had brought in, and moved it so she could sit next to the closed door. "Zoia," she said, after a moment of silence, "I'm not going to moralize about this. You can do whatever you want, with whoever you want, so long as you don't break any laws. But, if something comes up, please, know that you can talk to me about it. Despite how much I like to tease you," she continued, shaking her head, "I do want the best for you, however much that impulse is strange to you."
"I am fine!" The lizard snapped, obviously doing something in the washroom. "I just need to fi-" She started before being abruptly cut off but her own screech.
"Zoia?" Nenna asked, getting up from her chair. After trying the locked door, she went through her robe's pockets, and pulled out a nail file. Putting the file into the simple lock, she turned it to open the door.
Zoia snapped her head to look at the door and snarled at the teacher. "Even I know a locked door means don't come in!" She snapped. Her anger could be understood though, as Nenna could see she was bleeding from a rather uncomfortable place.
"Yelling and screaming means invasion of privacy is okay," the teacher replied, taking stock and stepping over the Vekimen to where the first aid kit was, pulling it off of the wall.
"I cut myself! So sorry! I'm not a child!" She added, looking at Nenna walk over her, standing up with a flinch.
"Yes, you aren't a child," the Neko said, rooting through the kit before pulling out a roll of gauze and a tub of petroleum jelly. "Though, I'm wondering why you would cut yourself down there," she asked, looking at the wound.
"Cause it hurts alright!" She snapped, almost leaping away from the teacher. She stormed out of the bathroom, her tail whipping back in forth with a combnation of anger and discomfort. "I'm going to kill him..." She growled. "He should have warned me!"
Probably shouldn't have gone on about the possiblities of STDs, Nenna thought, shaking her head. "Zoia-chan," she said, looking at the student, "Can you please hold still so I can help you? I've got an idea of what it is, but I need to get a closer look at it."
"Good luck. I can't get the muscles to part. Otherwise I would have been able to see what was wrong for myself" She growled. "Thats why I just cut myself. My claw slipped."
"Kind of hard to get a muscle to move if you're agitated," the teacher replied, putting the supplies back and lifting the entire kit. "Please, get on the bed, Zoia."
"You are going to need some hardcore muscle relaxant, or convince me I am about to mate to get them to part" She grumbled, but moved over to the bed regardless. "Which I don't think you are able to do any of that"
Nenna smiled. "You're acting like I didn't spend the last nine years in the Star Army," she said, putting the kit on the bed and walking back to the bathroom, running the water as she gathered the towels and put a couple in the sink once it had cooled down.
"Oh boy, just what I need. Military first aid on my reproductive organs. Can we just go to the infrimary?" She asked, crossing her legs.
Looking over her shoulder, the Neko saw the Vekimen's discomfort, shrugged, and said, "We can do that, yeah." Turning off the sink, she walked towards the door, said, "Wait here for a second," and was back a few moments later, another robe in hand. "Need something to cover the wound," she continued, putting the robe around Zoia's shoulders. "Ready to go?" she asked.
Zoia stood up, keeping her eyes on the floor. "Ready as ever" She muttered, heading for the door. "My kind doesn't have these diseases... I'm going to kill him..." She muttered again, holding the robe tight around her.
"Let's just focus on making you feel better," the teacher said, moving to her student's side, and tentatively putting an arm around her shoulders.
The two continued to walk, leaving out the main door when Zoia seemed to lock onto something in the dark. Walking off the path and out of Nenna's reach, she walked directly to the figure of someone walking towards them, and punched them in the face with all the force her paltry upper body could muster. "You asshole!" She shouted. "Why didn't you tell me your kind had diseases!" She added.
The only words he got out before being sucker punched were, "Hey Zoia, did I leave my..." before being sent off the path onto a bush. He staggered up, wiping blood from his mouth and jaw, "What are you talking about, Zoia? What diseases?" He locked eyes with Zoia before locking eyes with Nenna, speaking telepathically, "What is going on here?"
"Mostly depends on if Zoia's your first," she sent back. "Something happened between you two and we're on our way to the infirmary to figure out exactly what," she said aloud, walking to the students and stepping between them. "Blame can be made there, but let's move. It's almost closing time," she continued, pushing the pair towards the North building.