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Chapter: 8
The truth
The Party which were held by Faust for the students, on his birthday was… how can you describe it?
Lame. Lifeless. Sluggish.
All students, obviously only males, were in the hall, where the opening ceremony took place. They even got a band, consisted of students who could play different instruments. But nobody dared to dance, since it would be awkward with only males nearby. Since nobody danced, the band did not play either. They only stand around or leaned on a wall or pillar and talked to one another. Occasionally, they brought something to eat and drink. Boredom written all over their faces.
In fact, it was just like Marco imagined it would be since girls were not allowed. That's why he allowed it in the first place. He knew it would be boring and the fun would end swiftly without troubles.
It was already eleven pm and the students just thought it would be best to just abandoned the Party and leave. Till, they heard a sound. A violin?
They knew the melody and also who it belongs to. Their eyes landed on the doorway, where the melody was coming from. Just then a blond haired man in a white suit enters the hall. Followed by a green haired women in a chinese dress. The faces of the male students lit up as they saw a bunch of girls walking through the halls door. The males stood up and fixed their black suits.
Faust was now standing on the stage, he wanted to announce something. He tried not to laugh out loud as he saw the boys on one side of the hall, facing the girls on the other side of the hall. His eyes landed on Yoh who was standing opposite to a blond girl wearing a little black dress. He was grinning broadly and his eyes full of joy at the sign of her. Faust also noticed a faint blush on both cheeks, on his and the blonds face. She didn´t smile back, but her eyes betray everything. The teacher smiled knowingly.
He closed his eyes, before he starts to speak.
"I once knew a girl, which was madly in love. But she did not dare tell him. With her eyes downcase, bashfully, she used to cross the streets. Shall I... Shall I ask him? How shall I tell him? She quietly composed the lines, that only one person was allowed to see. Secretively and silently, she used to write wanted to say something 't know who she was afraid she used to meet me, she used to ask me:What is love? How does it happen? As if I knew the I, I could only say this to her."
He opened his eyes and looked through the crowd of students.
„Even if the eyes are open or shut, they always observe the one whom they love. How can I tell You this, O friend?How does this love happen?
Friends, today, let us fall for someone and see for ourselves, how does this love happen, let us try and see for ourselves.
Whom´s ever's name is written on Your heart, you fall in love with that very person."
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„Hey Anna!", a brown haired boy approached a girl at the catering table. She was pouring herself something to drink. He grinned brightly at her.
"You again.", she spoke after turning around. Yoh noticed that her eyes were looking up and down. She studied him.
He just smiled and asked "Would you like to dance?"
"You are not the first one who asked.", she said looking him in the eyes. "Why should I dance with you out off all people?"
"Have you asked those people the same question?", Yoh questioned.
"No."
He smirked "There is your answer." He held a hand out.
She looked at the offered hand and then back up in his eyes.
"No."
"Aww, come on. Then why are you here, when you don´t want to dance?", he asked disappointed, while his offered hand dropped to his side.
"I wanted to see the school building from the inside.", she stated and took a sip from the cup in her hand.
"And what do you think?", he asked but don´t really care.
"It has an old charm. It look quite familiar to the girls college.", Anna answered quite bored.
"Ok. Now, come on. I promise I will not step on your feet.", the boy asked again and held his hand out.
She sighed, sipped her cup in one gulp and put it on the counter. "You better not!", she snapped and accepted his hand.
Yoh´s smile turned into a grin as she accepted. They walked to the dance floor and he placed one hand on her waist, while the other was holding her hand. And Anna placed her free hand his shoulder.
"Is this blond haired guy in the white suit a teacher of you?", Anna asked and looked up to meet his eyes and pointed with her chin in the direction of the person.
"Yes, he is our music teacher, actually.", Yoh said and twirled her around only to pull her closer afterward.
Anna noticed that he was trying to close the distance and backed away slightly. ´I can play along, mister Asakura´, She thought.
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„He is really going for it, right Ren?", a blue haired boy asked his roommate, who was standing next to him. Both eyed the brown haired boy and blond haired girl dancing and getting closer each minute pass.
Damn, he is lucky!, Ren thought and said: „Yes, he does!"
„I whish Tamao was here…", Horo confesses in a soft voice.
It is like they say, if you talk about the devil then he will arrive. It was about the same, except for a girl and not the devil. Horo saw the love of his life standing in the doorway, wearing a light pink well fitted dress. His eyes lid up at the sign of her but that didn´t last long since she wasnt alone in the doorway oft he hall. Next to her was her so called boyfriend. His arm around her waist. Horo needs all his strength to not go over and push him away from her. Ren tried to calm him down. Faust approached Tamao and Nichrome and welcomed them.
"I bet it was Faust´s idea.", Ren spoke and eyed Faust.
"Yea, you are probably right.", Horo muttered and his shoulders sagged down as he saw how Nichrom dragged her to the dance floor.
"Just my luck! Now they are playing a slow song!", Horo whined as he saw how Tamao placed her head on Nichrome´s shoulder, while his arms were around her waist.
"Just relax already! It´s not like they are getting married tomorrow.", Ren said annoyed and close his eyes to not just murder Horo this instant.
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The students danced the night away. Horo even got a chance to dance with Tamao, because of the phone calls her boyfriend received and distracted him. Ren just wasn´t in the mood to dance and talked to Tao Run, his sister and the director of the girls College. Yoh and Anna have their little dance competition about closing the gap to expand it the next minute. She tried to look annoyed but secretly she enjoyed it.
Suddenly Run decited that it was time to go, since the next day was a regular school day. „Would you give me the last dance?", Faust asked Run, while kneeling in front of her and holding out his right arm for her. Run was sure surprised but find Faust really charming. She freed her hair from the clasps and took his hand. Everyone cheered as the last song of the night ended.
No one has noticed his presence, in the doorway of the hall. He stood there and can´t believe his eyes that somebody would dare to break the rules and let girls pass the doorways of this institution. Only as Faust noticed the director of the X-Laws University standing in the doorway with eyes full of rage. He tried to calm the students and they stopped at the sign of the man in the entrance. The air was so thick and charged with voltage, you could tear them apart. Marco just stood there several minutes. He said nothing, but his eyes said everything. Then he left without looking back. Leaving everyone even more anxious than before.
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"You will leave us, mister Faust", the tall blonde man, who was standing by the window, stated. His back faced Faust as he watched the rain falling outside.
"I am sorry that I have to take such a measure, mister Faust.", he said and turned around to face the man in front of his desk. "I just started liking you. And I thought that, despite your methods, you were someone who was willing to respect the spirit of this university.", he paused and glanced hart. "I was wrong."
The director walked over to Faust. "My first impression of you was right.", now he was standing direct before Faust. "You are a very arrogant and undisciplined person. There is no room for people like you here. I would like to have your Termination of the contract before sunset on my desk.", Marco stated and made his way to his chair only to be stopped by a snort.
Marco turned around to see Faust in the same position as before, arm crossed over his chest only laughing softly this time.
"You are laughing?", Marco said in disbelieve and made his way back to face Faust once more with a frown. "What is the meaning of that?"
Faust looked up to meet the eyes of the director and smiled. "I am sorry, sir.", his smile faded and his expression became seriously. "To this day, I had great respect for you. I thought you were a very intelligent and perceptive person. A person, who had a clear view of the people, but a pity... I was wrong."
"What do you want to say? Mister Faust.", Marco asked with an emotionless expression.
"Do you remember... when I introduced myself? I told you my name. Johann. George. Faust VIII.", for emphasize he whispered his name again. "Johann George Faust VIII."
Something in Marcos eyes flickered as he heard the full name of the music teacher again. His eyes became glassy.
Faust nodded and spoke softly. "The Johann Faust, who dared to feel love for your daughter." Marcos eyes widened.
"The Johann Faust, who loved your daughter above anything else.", Faust voice was shaking with anger. His Eyes reflected fury.
"The Johann Faust, who you suddenly hated so much that you let him out of here without even looking at him.", anger seethed him. "Without speaking to him, without at least listening to what he has to say.", Faust turned around and walked through the room, slowly.
"The Johann Faust, who wasn´t accepted in any other University, because of you. For which every chance in the future for a successful career seemed locked away. But then he made it. He managed to have him accepted by the most prestigious school in the country.", he glanced over his shoulder at Marco.
"Yes. The one who swore at the same time to destroy him, has now welcomed him with open arms.", he turned around fully and glanced with an emotionless face at the director. His anger has cold down, but his voice remained hard.
"And sir, about my termination. I am sorry, but I cannot quit.", Faust took a piece of paper out of his pocket and unfold it while he approached Marco.
"I have a contract. And there is written black on white, that I cannot leave the university before the semester ended, but also cannot be terminated. Signed by...", the teacher glanced from the paper to the director.
"...Mister Marco Lasso.", with that he fold the piece of paper again. "And Mister Lasso, till the end of the semester. I will shake this University in its Foundation."
Faust took a step closer to Marco and looked him deep in the eye. "My heart has belonged to only one woman all my life, and I will never stop loving this woman. She gave her life, because she thought her death might melt the ice of your heart and could change something. You have taken my only love... it can not be helped... I have to live with it.", Faust his eyes became glassy and red.
"But there is something else, something I could never live with... with the fact that nothing has changed here. With the fact, that the women who loved me died in vain. And I will never be able to accept that.", with that Faust took a few steps backward.
"I will promise you one thing, Mister Lasso. Before I leave this place, I have spread so much love that you can not banish them in ten life's. I will bring so many rays of sunshine, that the man who has been staring in the sun for fifty years will have to finally lower his eyes. Something happened to me here which will not happen again. What you have done to me here, you will never be able to do to any other students again. I'll give you my word."
With these words, Faust turned around and left.
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