Ryan, for the first time, was walking with a smile on his face. No one has seen him so happy for no reason before. He just had this good feeling about Naomi and Devon's matter.

"Ryan? You heading somewhere?" his thoughts were interrupted by Gwen. He was on the second floor and saw Gwen going inside her room.

"Oh yeah," she answered with a smile.

"Where? Can I come too?" she didn't even know where I am going! How can she just ask to come with me? He thought.

Gwen was not aware of where he will go but still proposed to hang out with him.

"I am going to my house though, will you come?" he pretended as if he ignored her last words and asked her out instead.

"I will. Of course, I will,"

'What's 'of course' in this?' he thought.

"I will need some help packing my stuff, will you help me?"

"Oh sure. I have submitted my consent anyway so I have nothing to do the whole day long."

"Yeh, teachers don't plan on taking classes till we settle in Japan. Well, let's go."

"Wait. I will change first. I am in these gym tights since morning." Ryan took a look at her thick thighs and gulped.

'How did I hit such a jackpot?'

"I- I will be back,"

"Come to the infirmary then,"

"Sure~" she closed the door. She was embarrassed cause he caught Ryan staring at her without breaking a glance.

'Infirmary? But why the infirmary?' she thought. She agreed with him out of embarrassment without asking any question.

Ryan stood in from of her room for few seconds before moving to the infirmary.

****

"Refused."

"Are you sure?"

"Sigh For the nth time, yes, I am sure. I refuse to take this mission."

"Don't think of this as a mission, think of it as an offer to show your loyalty to the family."

"I am loyal to the family. I don't need to prove it or show it to anyone."

"We are asking you not ordering you because you are the head's younger son. If it was someone else, it would have been an order,"

"Well, thanks for being so considerate." He answered sarcastically.

"You have been assigned this mission cause you are in that Academy already. We can't afford to send a spy when we have the head's younger son already present there."

"But why him? Just why him? I can't betray him. He's my friend,"

"Why him? Because he is special. He is hiding something. He uses the same blood skills as our family. We want to make sure if he's a spy sent by our family to assassinate you or if he's with the Underworld. We are not sure if his blood abilities are granted, learned, or stolen."

He gulped after hearing the possibilities. But the man on the voice transmitter didn't stop.

"Your mission is to just observe him. Note his powers, report us. Does he manipulates the blood, or does he uses someone else's blood, or-"

"I know very well about my mission. Don't repeat it for me."

"Get to work then. Or I will have to go myself," that seemed to scare him.

"No. don't. Brandon, please don't do it,"

"Fine, fine. You have rejected the offer right, Devon?"

"Yes,"

"And are telling me not to investigate myself? What's wrong with you?" Devon stayed silent, "I will respect your opinion. If you ever changed your mind, the offer still stands."

With that, they hung up the call. Devon sighed as he threw himself on the bed. 'Just what are you, Ryan? And why did you had to use your powers in front of him? Why can't you keep it hidden like us?' Devon complained.

*****

The infirmary's door was knocked on. Doc gave an order for the door to open. With a swift sound, the door opened.

"Okay, Ryan. let's go~" there stood Gwen with a beautiful red dress revealing her legs below the knees.

She didn't had applied a lot of makeup as she knew Ryan hates makeup. Still, she decided to apply some compact powder and a little of her eyeliner.

"She's coming too?" Doc asked Ryan who was sitting beside her. He nodded.

Both, Doc's and Gwen's expressions fell, "Ms. Mary is coming with you?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah, she is,"

"Ugh. I thought this was going to be you and me only," they both said at once.

"What?" Ryan was confused, "No, no, no. we three are going together."

"But- but! I proposed that because I thought we could be able to spend some time alone!" Doc raised her voice.

"Me too! Do you even know how happy I was when you asked me out to come with you to your house?"

Doc's gaze moved from Gwen to Ryan with rage in them.

"Seriously, Ryan?"

They started shouting. Arguing with each. Arguments with no points to argue on. This was useless. Ryan sat there trying to endure this hell. But soon reached his limit.

"Shut up," he said but under the commotion, no one was able to hear him. He doubted if he heard himself or not.

He grunted, then groaned, "SHUT THE HELL UP!!" his voice was louder than the two of them. He didn't realize he had put too much energy.

"Just what is this shit? Why are you fighting like kids?!" Ryan continued shouting, "What the hell is wrong with you? This is not a date, we are not dating, I am not cheating! Understand this shit! If you want to be with me then gotta deal with this! I can't choose you or you." he shrieked pointing at Gwen and then at Doc, "or else fuck off from my life if this is what you two are going to do!!!"

He opened his eyes after realizing they both were quiet. His eyes met with Doc, she blushed away.

'Oh fuck.' he realized what he had said. Doc had not confessed her feelings to him but he still said it out loud.

"So..? you knew?" Doc muttered.

"Everyone knows except you. Typical." Gwen sighed, "I am sorry, Ryan. it was childish," she was the first one to apologize.

"There's no point in me getting jealous of a teenager," Doc muttered.

"Exactly, Doc! You are an adult. That's one of the main reasons why I like you but if you keep acting like.. a teenager.. what..?" Ryan slowly brought his words to pause.

Once again, he has made Doc blush, "You like.. me?" she asked with a red face.

"Y- yeah. I do."

"As a person, as a female, as a teacher, as a friend yes, yes he does. But romantically? No, he doesn't.." Gwen's reply blew the awkward feeling out of the room.