Havi stood next to his sleeping student, waiting for him to wake up. He didn't tolerate sleepers and was trying to come up with the best way to wake him. The entire class was silent, waiting anxiously for the boy to wake up. Some glanced nervously at the professor, curious as to how he would wake him.
"Havi…"
Havi started when he heard the student say his name. He smirked and was about to ask if the boy was awake but stupid, before stopping himself from interrupting the student again.
"How about a kiss on my hand?"
Havi had been holding the textbook for the class and now dropped it directly onto the student's desk. The young man jumped up, shocked awake and out of his dream. He stared at Havi in shock and embarrassment, avoiding his eyes after a second.
"Would you like to go back to sleep?" Havi asked coldly.
"Um… no sir," the student replied shyly.
"You certainly look it," the professor told him. "You can stay or leave, but I would like to talk to you after class."
The student nodded hurriedly and sat back down, eyes wide open to visualize how awake he was. Havi went back to the front of the class and continued his lecture. He kept an eye on the students as usual but focused on that student now especially. How had he known Havi's nickname?
After class Clarissa smiled at Havi as the students left. He gave her a questioning look and she answered, "I'm so proud at how you dealt with that sleeping student. Normally you're much worse."
Havi smirked slightly. "He will learn not to sleep in my class again."
Clarissa sighed but was still smiling. "I'll be ready to mop up the blood afterwards."
Havi rolled his eyes as she left but then turned his attention to the sleeping student, who had stayed in his seat nervously. The student was clearly just out of high school and inexperienced. Havi also recognized him as the student who had run into him when the previous semester was still in session. It seemed like forever ago but this was definitely the same man. He also looked remarkably similar to the man in his dreams.
The student stood up and moved to the front of the class. Looking up determinedly he said, "I apologize for earlier, Professor. I have no excuse. It will not happen again."
"I certainly hope not," Havi replied, "but what intrigues me is what you were saying while you were asleep."
The student looked away slightly and his face reddened. That was when Havi noticed that the man was sweating and looked barely conscious. "I'm sorry if I disrupted class," he said when he met Havi's eyes again.
"Are you alright?" Havi asked, uncharacteristically concerned.
The student looked taken aback. "Um… yes. Don't worry about it. I'm fine."
"I'll take you to the nurse on campus," Havi said, ignoring him. He grabbed the student's arm and moved to take him to the nurse's office, by force if he had to.
The student struggled. "No! It's nothing! I swear!" The student struggled free of Havi's grip and jumped away from the professor.
Havi sighed and turned to glare at the annoying student. "Look! You clearly need some form of medical attention and if you won't get it yourself then someone needs to force you. If that has to be me, then so be it."
The student was looking at his arm, his eyes down and his face hidden from Havi. "Don't touch me…" he growled.
Havi scowled and tried to think of a way to get this annoying kid help. He normally didn't care what people did to themselves, but not even he could ignore someone so clearly out of it right in front of him. He thought about getting Clarissa to help him drag the man but knew she wouldn't help. Maybe just calling someone would be best?
Havi glanced at the student and his eyes narrowed. His skin had darkened and black marks had appeared. He glanced up at the professor and he was glaring fiercer than Havi had ever seen anyone look. His eyes had turned yellow and his ears now rose to a point. He no longer looked human.
"Well this is interesting," Havi muttered to himself.
The creature lunged towards Havi with his arms outstretched to claw at the professor. The air suddenly felt thick and full of something, the strange aura also ripping the student's shirt at the sleeves. Havi hastily tried moving out of the way of the attack, but still managed to get his arm gouged.
Havi didn't try and talk to the student but his mind was buzzing with curiosity. This clearly wasn't dissociative identity disorder because of the obvious physical changes accompanying the mental switch. But this being clearly had some great animosity towards someone, Havi assumed it wasn't directed at him specifically, and Havi needed to find some way to calm the being without being torn to shreds in the process.
Havi endured many more cuts from the monster before he realized that he's need some kind of weapon to restrain it. The problem was that on campus weapons were prohibited and so Havi was completely screwed. He decided to run for it after luring the beast away from the door, but the monster seemed to be more intelligent than he gave it credit for and started guarding the door.
"Well at least if it's over there it can't attack me," Havi sighed.
He was formulating another plan when he saw the beast's eyes flash and the air around it seemed to be buzzing with electricity. Havi's eyes widened in shock as it roared and sent a blast of energy towards him, not giving him any time to avoid the attack.
