The Earth After Rebirth

Hiro gave him a solemn look, he started to walk forward. Hiro followed him, he had a really bad feeling about this. Even then, he didn\'t want his friend walking into a lions den alone.

Kiro couldn\'t even feel himself walking, his mind was spinning. His parents worked very hard to send him here, he didn\'t want to disappoint them. Especially when they\'ve lost their jobs, wouldn\'t these news break them completely? Wouldn\'t this cause them to die prematurely?

He tried to calm himself down as he entered the waiting room to the dean\'s office, Hiro was also allowed to wait with him.

The secretary told them to wait there, so they waited. The room was painted with a light blue colour, as if to calm the nerves of anyone who waited there.

But alas, that didn\'t work for Kiro. They left him with his thoughts for a whole 3 hours. Kiro was starting to lose his mind with the thoughts that were forming. For these hours he did nothing but think, of all the terrible things that were about to happen. He didn\'t have a good feeling about this.

Hiro saw this, but didn\'t really know what to do, or how to help.

\'Are they trying to break me before kicking me out or something.\' Kiro was too much in his mind to even notice Hiro was there with him.

"Hello Mr. Waynworth," said a lanky man, his voice sounded agitated, he looked too villainous to be the school\'s associate.

He had dark short hair, pale skin and an expression that told anyone that he didn\'t get much sleep. "I\'m the vice dean, Mr. Ridley. Please, this way." He motioned for him to enter another room. "You can\'t come in." He told Hiro.

This man had a way of speaking with etiquette, yet at the same time you could sense the hostility and disrespect in his voice, it was conflicting.

On the inside it looked like a boardroom. There were several people already inside. With different varying expressions on their faces, some angered and some disgusted and none happy. The room was dimmed, which fit the mood.

He took a sit before them and waited. His stomach was churning, he hadn\'t had breakfast that morning, but he wanted to empty out the contents of his stomach.

At the same time, he wanted to go to the toilet, his stomach was acting up. He also wanted to pee. He was sweating a little. Everything was happening all at once.

He looked at each of the board members, there were 12 of them, including the dean and his vice. All from high society no doubt, they were very intimidating.

"Do you know why we\'ve called you here, Mr. Waynworth?" The dean asked.

It was the same old man that startled them at the beginning of the semester. When they hadn\'t even registered for the academy. Up close he looked intimidating, old and wise.

Kiro tried to calm his nerves, if he didn\'t speak with confidence here, it would be all over. He knew the game will announce the currency exchange soon, but he didn\'t want to stress his parents further, lest they collapse or worse die.

"I can only assume dean. Is it because of yesterday\'s party, the fact that I was drugged, and almost sexually assaulted?" He enquired boldly, he sat back on the chair and crossed his legs.

This declaration was met with scoffs, whispers and an air of anger. The atmosphere seemed to get thicker. The people were angrier than when he got in.

\'Huh, was I too bold?\'

"Well, the problem Mr. Waynworth—"

"Please call me Kiro, my father is Mr. Waynworth."

"No."

"...."

"As I was saying Mr. Waynworth," It was the vice speaking, the stress he put on \'Mr. Waynworth\' made Kiro flinch. He was clearly hostile. "The problem is, not only did you consume alcohol yesterday, you even had the gull to attempt to assault a young lady."

Kiro\'s heart was beating at abnormally fast speeds. He knew Isaac was cruel, but to this extent? If he was found guilty, he could spend the rest of his life in prison or worse, disappear without a trace.

"Those are all lies—"

"Is it a lie that you have alcohol in your system?" The vice couldn\'t hide his hostility anymore.

"No, but—"

"So you admit you did drink?"

"Yes, but—"

"Well that\'s all."

"What was the point of this, if you won\'t let me explain?" Kiro was shaking with anger.

"We just wanted to confirm."

"Confirm what, when I have yet to tell the side of my story?" Kiro involuntarily smirked, "it\'s funny, now that I\'m not saying anything in my defense I\'m not being interrupted."

"Behave yourself kid, you\'re the one under investigation," said a burly man, sitting across at his far left.

Kiro couldn\'t see his expression, his whole face was shrouded in darkness.

"Would this even qualify as an investigation, if I\'m not allowed to recount events as someone who was there?

"Why not watch the camera at the hall, you\'ll see that I drank that drink unknowingly. I\'m not an idiot." He was saying anything now, he had to.

Of course Kiro hasn\'t the slightest clue whether or not there were cameras on campus. But he deduced that a school where billionaires send their children must have tight security and that included cameras

.

Even though his guess was spot on, whether or not they\'d allow for him a fair trial and get the video was another matter entirely.