Home Gallery Wattpad Upvote monsteracademy   "To put it clearly, I'm going to a school filled with monsters?" FOURTY-TWO: A Challenge of Acceptance A golem, you remembered from your books. Monsters with body made of rocks. Chanyeol stood up at the same time that Kai did as the golem moved to attack. Your classmates gasped. “Kai, Chanyeol, no!” You said as you tried to run between them and the golem. But before the golem could land any attack, he went flying backwards as a pair of hooves hit him square in the chest. He crashed on the wall, cracking it. “I won’t let you touch Kai!” One of your female classmates said, standing defensively between him and Kai. Her upper body looked normal except for the pointy ears, while her lower body looked like that of a horse’s. C-centaur? “You !” The golem growled, standing up, but some of your female classmates had also stood between him and Kai, also transforming into semi-monster forms that you’re not familiar with. “You es wanna get some beating? Fine,” he snarled and was about to attack. “ENOUGH!” Kris’ voice thundered across the room. He was on his feet and was looking at them with those cold eyes. Though he looked as calm as ever, there was a menacing aura about him. The whole room stood still and fearfully looked at Kris, except perhaps for Kai who was still glaring at the golem. Nobody had seen Kris like this before. “Nobody moves or I’m sending all of you to the disciplinary office,” he said. If he wasn’t Kris, you would have laughed at him. Anyone who thinks he can handle all these monsters must be crazy. But then again, he is Kris. Though nobody knew what kind of monster he is, everyone looked like they believed he was capable of doing just that. “What is going on here?” Ms. Kang and another teacher appeared at the doorway. Nobody spoke and there was a dark tension in the room. “Kris-sshi?” Ms. Kang inquired. “Some students transformed. We had a little trouble,” Kris answered with a usual emotionless tone. No one opposed. Nobody said anything. “An accident? You students be careful. You got us worried for a moment about what’s happening here,” the other teacher said. “Try to be quiet. The other classes are having exams,” Ms. Kang reprimanded before leaving with the other teacher. “Back to your human forms, all of you,” Kris ordered. There was a short moment of glaring contests until one by one, your classmates finally returned to human form. “G-guys, let’s go to Special Class,” you said, literally dragging Chanyeol and Kai outside by their shirts while Sehun followed behind. You sighed thankfully once you were outside. If the teachers found out the truth, Kai and Chanyeol would be in trouble again. Aish, these idiots! It was a good thing that Kris lied. Or maybe he didn’t coz what he said wasn’t exactly a lie. It was the other teacher who assumed that what happened was an accident. And it was from the way that Kris said it that made her think that. Clever. It looks like Kris saved us again. Looking back, you can’t help but be more curious as to what kind of monster Kris is. Everyone seemed to be afraid of him. And he was so cool back there, you swooned. You reached your Special Class. There was still nobody there. You sent Kai and Chanyeol on their way after you and Sehun did some scolding on how they almost got into trouble again. Chanyeol kept on arguing defensively while Kai didn’t even seem to listen. ‘Cute’ was all he said while smiling mischievously at you. “Arrrg! Those two drive me nuts,” you moaned, slumping on your desk while watching the two of them through the classroom windows as they went their way. “Lu Han-hyung!” Sehun greeted cheerily the moment Lu Han entered the classroom. “Speaking of, I might just go insane today,” you frowned in annoyance as Lu Han approached your desk. He grabbed your bag which was still lying on his side of the desk and dropped it a little too roughly on your head. “Ya!” You yelled, grabbing your bag. “Get your things off my desk,” he said and sat down. “This is also my desk!” You retorted, leaning hostilely a little towards him. He suddenly backed away, looking a little scared. You raised an eyebrow inquiringly until you remembered what happened at the cafeteria. “Chicken,” you smirked and straightened back on your seat. “What did you say?” “Say, do you have girl-phobia or something? Are you gay?!” “Mweo?!” You laughed. Being able to annoy him like this for a change was a rare chance, and you made sure to enjoy the moment. “Gay,” you snorted and laughed some more. “He tries to act all tough but...” “Say it one more time...,” he growled. You snorted some more and laughed harder while placing both your hands over your mouth. “Gay.” He suddenly pushed you hard. You felt your body fell backwards and you were clawing desperately at the air to prevent yourself from falling off your chair. You suddenly felt Lu Han’s hands grabbing you roughly by the shoulders when your body was just nearly parallel to the floor. You unconsciously grabbed at his arms for support, and was shocked that he suddenly leaned down on you, his knee propped on your chair at the little space just between your legs. You stared up at his face which was dangerously just a few centimeters away from yours. “Hyung!” Sehun, who had seen what happened, looked at the both of you in horror. Lu Han was looking at you with a very serious expression. You gulped, your heart racing wildly. He swiftly leaned closer, the sudden action making you close your eyes. You felt a quick gush of hot breath blew on your forehead. You opened your eyes. He was smirking. “What did you think I was gonna do? Chicken.” He blew air into your face again before he stood up, letting you go. You were still so shocked that you were not able to grab at anything for support, causing you to really fall on the floor. “AAAAAAAAAH...UGH!” You groaned as your back hit the floor. “Joo Ri!” Sehun cried worriedly. You caressed your back as you tried to stand up. “Hyung! What are you doing?” You could hear Sehun’s angry wailings. You murderously stared at Lu Han who was now seated on his chair, his back to you. “YAAAAAAA!” You roared. “I’M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU DESPICABLE LITTLE-,” you didn’t finish what you had to say at the sound of your other classmates arriving. “By the way, I also don’t kiss animals,” he said, still not facing you. Though he sounded as annoying as he had always been, his ears were very red. “ARRRRRRGH! Damn you! Despicable little devil!” You hissed and sat back on your chair. Doctor Jung came in a while later to start your exam. You had no idea what you wrote in your exams as you kept on glancing at Lu han while constantly hissing profanities his way. The exam finally ended. “Alright furballs, don’t forget to submit your project drafts,” Doctor Jung announced while he finished collecting your answer sheets. “Project drafts?” You asked cluelessly. “Ne. I informed the class last meeting that you need to submit your drafts today. Your final list of names, presentation outlines, etcetera.” “Last meeting, last meeting...wait, I wasn’t here last meeting,” you mumbled to yourself. “Ya,” you called at Lu Han. “What?” He asked without even looking at you. He was doodling something on his desk. “Did you make the draft?” “Why would I?” “Today’s the deadline!” “We don’t have anything to make a draft on,” he said matter-of-factly and went back to doodling. “But...but...” “Alright. I’ll be checking your drafts along with your exams. As I’ve told you last time, it’s gonna be 20% of your exam score. You may go now. See you next week furballs,” Doctor Jung said and left. “Minseok-ah, let’s go play a bit,” Lu Han told Xiumin. “But we have to study,” Xiumin hesitated. “It’s just for a while,” Lu Han swayed. “Alright. First one to make five goals wins,” Xiumin grinned and went with Lu Han excitedly. “I wanna go too!” Sehun tagged behind. “Sehun-ah, don’t you have cleaning duties?” Lu Han told him. “Oh, right,” Sehun frowned. “Let’s go Minseok-ah,” Lu Han said, leaving with Xiumin. “Ya, jamkaman! YA!” You stood up, meaning to race after them but your feet got caught in your chair. “Aish! Ya!” “Joo Ri-ya, let’s go to our cleaning duties,” Sehun sighed while dejectedly staring after Lu Han and Xiumin. “Aish! This stupid chair!” You huffed while giving the chair a powerful kick. However, you only hurt your foot by doing so. You jumped jumped around with one foot while trying to hoist the other upwards with your hands. “Ow! Ow! Ow!” “Joo Ri-ya, are you okay?” Sehun asked, coming over. “Yeah, yeah. Just...nevermind,” you sighed and hoped that you won’t be paying condolence to your toes for a few dead toenails later. Sehun sighed. “Have you always been a klutz Joo Ri? How often you get yourself hurt amazes me.” “You have no idea how hard I try. But misfortune just seems to love me,” you shook your head hopelessly. “Let’s go. I’m sure our cleaning mates are already waiting,” he said and started walking. “Yeah, I’m...mweoya,” you muttered sourly when you passed by Lu Han’s side of the desk. There was a doodle of what looked like an ugly bear there. Below the doodle were the words ‘so noisy annoying grizzly’. “Aish! This jerk!” You hastily drew a devil face below it and wrote ‘rude, annoying, despicable, little devil’ in large hand writing. “Joo Ri-ya,” Sehun called by the door impatiently. “Yeah, yeah, I’m coming,” you told him and finished your doodle. The two of you went back to your homeroom with Sehun mumbling about wanting to finish early so he can still catch up with Lu Han at the field. Your cleaning mates tasked you to empty the garbage bins while they cornered Sehun with some other cleaning tasks that they can do together. You went to your schools garbage incinerator, but before you could carry out your chore, you felt a rough push on your back, shoving you to the ground. The garbage bins tumbled with you, spilling their contents. You turned around to see centaur girl and friends, glaring down at you. “What do you want?” You asked. “Screw you, ! Why do you always get them into trouble?!” One of them said while tightly clutching at your hair. “Let go!” You yelled as you were being pulled upwards by your hair. “We kept silent about things because they made you their manager and we didn’t want to give them any trouble but you, you can’t even do anything right!” Another one said while the other girl who was grabbing your hair shoved you back to the ground. “Stop it!” You yelled. “Stop it? Stop it, huh?!” Centaur girl tried to grab your hair again but you desperately tried to push her away. She gripped you hard by your wrists as she literally sat on top of you. You struggled, aimlessly kicking and trying to free yourself from her grasp. “You keep dragging them to trouble but you can’t even protect them! Heck you can’t even protect yourself!” She screeched, slapping you hard. You grunted in pain at the impact. You felt the tangy, iron taste of blood on your mouth. You struggled hard but her friends pinned your head and legs to the ground. “You’re a ing pest! Why are you even here?! Go back with those humans. You belong with those trash!” She screeched, continuing to give you slaps while you tried to desperately cover yourself with your arms. “Stop it! Stop it!” You screamed. “You’re so pathetic, you disgust me! Stay away from them, you hear me?!” “What in the world are you children doing?!” The girls scrambled up at the voice. “Be thankful we’re not in our monster forms. But the next time we do this, you’re dead!” She sizzled and they all ran away. “Omo! Are you okay there?!” An elderly woman, whom you recognized by her uniform as a cleaning staff, rushed to your side and helped you up. You stood up and dusted yourself as she checked your injuries. “Go to the clinic. Now! I’ll go chase those girls,” she instructed. “No need ma’am. I know them.” “Ah, guraeyo?” She asked, shocked. “How could they do this to you?! Aish. Be sure to report them. Those crazy kids! And if you need a witness, tell me, araso? Here’s my name,” she offered, showing you her staff ID. “Thank you so much for your help ma’am,” you told her as you picked up the bins. “No, no, I’ll take care of this. To which class?” “Second year, Star.” “Alright. Off you go then. Get those injuries treated,” she said shooing you away. “By the way ma’am, please don’t tell my classmates about what happened. I don’t want to worry my friends. I will settle this with the teachers myself,” you told her, knowing Sehun will definitely wonder why someone else returned the bins. “Please tell them I had to go somewhere. And if it’s okay, can you please tell the guy Oh Sehun to bring my bag with him and that I’ll just drop by their dorm later to take it” “Hmm? Araso, araso. Off with you now.” You walked towards the clinic with trembling knees. Though Lee Hee Jun had threatened you a couple of times before, you