Trust Class

After a whole two hours of nothing but language and literature, Travis was passed out on the table, sleeping soundly. Heather noticed, but she didn't wake him up because she knew that literature was boring. So she taught the ones who were listening.

Travis woke up when the bell rang and looked around; half the class was sleeping, and the others weren't listening.

"Okay class, since everyone isn't focusing, from tomorrow, you'll be learning the hard way." As she spoke, a chilling breeze crept through the room, causing the temperature to drop noticeably. The air, once light and indifferent, now hung heavy with an eerie tension that sent shivers down the students' spines. The windows seemed to fog up as the atmosphere took on an ominous quality, making the classroom feel like a crypt of impending doom.

"I won't be controlled by you fledglings. Tomorrow, I won't be warning any of you. Now have a nice day." She then vanished.

'Oh yeah, I forgot Heather was strong. Well, I don't care.'

While he wasn't fazed, the others were frozen in fear.

'Woah, I guess I'm built different,' Travis thought.

"That was interesting; well, I'm not that surprised since she's Heather Ford," Travis said, which surprised everyone.

"What! She's Heather Ford? I thought she'd be more scary looking from the way people described her," Azusa said.

"Nah, she's an actual beauty. After retiring, she began teaching in this school," Travis said.

"Yeah, I remember my mom telling me all about her when I was young. I still don't know what she actually did to make her famous," Chris said.

This made every girl in class infuriated. "What! How the hell don't you know anything about Heather!" Valentina shouted.

"Yeah! She's basically everyone's inspiration. One of the reasons why I even started fighting with a spear," Nicolette said.

Everyone started shouting at Chris about how Heather impacted their lives. Except Travis, of course; even Kevin was shouting, which was a real rare sight.

"Okay, I get it! Stop shouting!" Chris complained.

"No, you deserve it, honestly, the thing you just said would probably start a war in my Kingdom," Scarlett said.

What they didn't know was that a timid little teacher was outside the door trying to calm herself down before she entered.

'Okay, Akari, this class will learn how to trust each other with my help. Whew, let's go.' Akari opened the door and walked in with a frown on her face.

"Alright, maggots! I'm your Trust teacher Akari Ava. If you have any questions, you better ask them right now because later on there won't be any questioning." She said in a commanding tone.

The class stared at her blankly and didn't say anything. "No questions, huh! Good, now let's move, go to the combat grounds right now!"

Chris raised his hand, and she said he could speak. "We don't know where the combat ground is."

"Well, how sad. But let me check my phone to see if I know anyone who asked. Well, it seems I don't, now get up or I won't be so kind the next time I say it." She walked out of the class after saying that.

Travis laughed and stood up. 'Well, she's interesting. I guess this might be the first time we do something fun.'

The rest of the class did as she said and walked out. Travis quickly went to the bathroom and opened up his newly achieved strength.

'Ahh fuck! Why does power hurt so much,' he thought.

He felt every cell in his body burn as if he was thrown into a bonfire. After a couple of minutes, Travis walked out of the bathroom like nothing had just happened.

'Wow, I feel great,' he thought as he sprinted towards the combat grounds. The combat grounds were in a huge building on the left side of the school. The building's shape was a cube shape with glass outer walls that reflected the sun. Travis approached the door, and it scanned his face; the door then opened, and Travis walked in.

He saw everyone waiting for him as they listened to Akari insult them more.

"Ohh, you're back! Now let's start! Firstly, you'll be split in two, I want y'all to be random; you heard me. So join up with someone you're not used to."

With that, everyone mixed up into groups of twos. Scarlett was with Valentina. Chris with Grace. Cyrene with Kevin. Vena with Azusa. Nicolette with Travis. So I guess Travis's appearance did do something good because, in the game, Kevin was left alone.

"Alright, now that's done. We'll be doing things that'll make us trust each other. Like talking and opening up. After every 10 minutes, you'll switch up. Till we've all shared our feelings with our classmates."

'Why do I have to suffer?' Travis thought.