Chapter 12
Another afternoon of Ethics and Yagari was free today. His preoccupation with his missing knowledge about Naora's connection to Zero's father had grown stronger ever since his confrontation with her. Yagari had respected him greatly.
He wanted to talk to her again about these burning questions. Naora hadn't passed by at all today, either too busy or ignoring him altogether.
Yagari figured she would show up for her Night Class lessons later, so he busied himself with marking and creating new lectures for his own classes.
Hours zipped by and he was barely aware of it. Those plans and pen-scratching took him longer than expected.
Idly glancing at his clock, he saw early evening approached. The gauzy pink sky shone its dwindling sun's rays through his window.
Stretching his legs was a welcome change so Yagari strolled out of his office.
Day Class students congregated near the Moon Dorm gate, eager to catch sight of the Night Class crowd who would swap classrooms soon.
"Torisawa-sensei is super lucky to have him as a boyfriend."
"I didn't get to see anything good!"
Yagari paused, overhearing a snippet of conversation between two of Naora's students. Naora must have just finished a lesson. His relationship with her wasn't public so how did these ladies know?
The complimenting girl continued, "Oh, it was so sweet. He met her at the front gate. He held her hand and everything. He was too far from me to see his face, but he had the most stunning red hair!"
A clutch seized Yagari's stomach. Red hair? The vampire who attacked Naora? In the middle of the day? Rare, but not unheard of.
"You two, I heard you speaking about Naora. I'm looking for her. Do you know where she went?"
The ladies paid attention to Yagari when they heard his question. The little miss who saw this mystery man replied, "Oh, Yagari-sensei. Um, she left the school about half an hour ago."
"With a really handsome guy!" her friend whined needlessly.
"Uh huh. Thanks."
Yagari's heartbeat kicked up a notch as he turned in the direction of the main gate. Abduction seemed at work here, but nobody paid it any mind since Naora didn't raise a ruckus. Perhaps she couldn't.
He closed his eye, daring to feel the stifling weight of his fear for the briefest of seconds. A human and a vampire. Tragedy was the result of this pairing.
They already had a head start. He needed to find them.