The bell rung, signalling it was time for class. It was the end of the semester, and everyone was eager for the day to be over and winter break to begin. Before long, all the students were in their seats, talking to one another excitedly and waiting for the teacher to begin class.
That is, all but one student.
The teacher walked in, a tall, graceful woman with long brown hair and light green eyes. "Alright class!" she shouted. "The bell has rung. Everyone be quiet. I'll be taking attendance now. Feliks?"
"Like, totally here!" A cheerful boy called out.
"Toris?"
"Here, Mrs. Hedervary!"
The teacher went down her list. Everyone had answered to their names up until now.
"Leon?"
No reply.
"Leon?" The teacher sighed. Leon was known to be a bit of a delinquent. Sometimes he skipped class. He ate during lessons. He never paid attention. But the most annoying thing was that he somehow managed to maintain straight A's.
"I'll just mark him down as absent," the teacher muttered while grabbing her pen.
"No, he's here," Xiao Mei, a bright Asian girl piped. She had long, black-ish brown hair that went down to her waist. "I saw him in the hallway earlier."
"Well, we all know him. That doesn't mean he's going to come. He's probably up on the roof eating," the teacher pointed out.
"Yeah, he does that every once in a while, but he said he was definitely going to be here today. So I think he's just going to be a little late, that's all." Xiao Mei said. As if on cue, the classroom door opened and Leon entered the classroom.
"Yo," he greeted as he walked to his seat. "I'm here."
Leon was a young Asian boy, with chin-length hair, and emotionless eyes. He had a lazy air about him, as though he couldn't be bothered to do anything that wasn't beneficial to himself.
The teacher finished taking attendance and put down her pen. Although they were supposed to be taking finals, they had already done so a week earlier. So today, they resumed with their normal lessons.
Leon quickly zoned out of what his teacher was saying. He had learned it all last week, when he had read ahead in his math textbook. Currently, he was already five chapters ahead of the class. So he saw no point in paying attention. If the teacher called on him, he could just skim through whatever problem they were doing and provide an answer in less than a minute. Unworried, he soon dozed off.
Although he didn't know it, Leon had quite a fanbase. The girls loved his nonchalant attitude and good grades. The guys admired him for breaking almost all the rules without ever getting in trouble. However, he also made quite a few enemies. People who tried hard and did poorly found it unfair how he could pass everything without even trying. These people agreed to gang up and beat Leon up after school. Leon was only slightly aware of their malicious intent.