The Playboy and the F*ckboy [BL] Season 1

20: Diana Cresco

Thirty minutes after that incident, Aeiou, Zed, and Hansel found themselves standing in front of an exquisite mahogany desk inside a well-vented room with white wallpapers enveloping the whole room with a woman in black coat in front of them.

The dean of this school looked at them with arms crossed. "Tell me what happened."

No one dared to talk. The young prince who was always brave enough to oppose anyone was mysteriously silent, staring down, with his hands inside his pockets. His eyes were blank yet his expression neither pissed nor crying.

Seeing this, the dean asked Hansel instead. "Hansel, tell me what happened."

Hansel breathed deeply. "Madam Cresco, all that we saw was them being on blows already. My knowledge on this matter is limited."

"'We'?" the dean asked.

"Heather Lorde, Angelo... I'm sorry. Angeline Villaruel, and Jake Cresco."

Madam Cresco squint her eyes for a moment. "Where are they?"

"Outside. Waiting."

The dean, her name was carved in a marble stone in front of her, Diana Cresco. She was Jake's mother. She moved her gaze back and forth at the two tall statures beside Hansel.

The unfamiliar one was very timid. His jerking of eyes from one place to another and biting his lips revealed he was anxious. He knew that he was in trouble down.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the one Diana was very familiar of was looking down. His right knuckle was bandaged with blood spots visible on the surface.

Diana moved her eyes back to the unfamiliar one. "What's your name?"

Aeiou lifted his head strenuously. He breathed deeply before answering, "Aeiou Revelderio, Miss."

Diana nodded. "My name is Diana Cresco, Dean and owner of this school. Can you tell me what happened?"

Aeiou gulped. "We got into a fight. He pinned me on the wall so I splash water to his face..." Aeiou explained what happened from the beginning to end.

"Do you have something to say Mr. Nuevas?"the dean asked after Aeiou finished.

Zed kept his head down and did not utter any word.

Diana's brows raised. "Let me remind you Mr. Nuevas that this is your second strike. Is the banning on the basketball team not enough? One more strike and I can send you out of this school for good."

A snicker echoed loudly. Finally, Zed raised his head, aggressiveness and the unwillingness to compromise was evident on his voice once he spoke, "Then send me out, this is not the only school nearby."

The Dean already expected that. "Transferring schools is not easy Mr. Nuevas if you have bad moral records. No matter where you go, I'll make sure your Good Moral certificate would be filled with my notes of displeasure."

Zed's mouth quivered when he heard it. Obviously, he wasn't aware school deans could do that.

"You're at my mercy, Mr. Nuevas. If you weren't like a brother to Jake I could have kicked you out of this school from how grave your fist offense was." Diana rolled her eyes away and moved her gaze from Aeiou then to Zed again. "The two of you are very fond of using your hands and mouth to hurt others. From now on, I want you to learn how to reconcile and be affectionate with it... hold each other's hands."

A loud gasp sounded. "How is that going to help them, madam?" It was from Hansel, somehow, one could draw fear out of his face. "Holding hands is not..."

"Silence."

Hansel kept his mouth shut. It seemed he wanted to say more things, but he couldn't.

Aeiou's jaw dropped. He looked at Zed who was staring at the Dean with squinted eyes. Even him was bewildered of the Dean's command.

Zed moved his gazed at Aeiou and their eyes met. Zed gritted and looked away. His hands inside his pockets did not emerge.

Aeiou gritted his teeth. What do you want to happen? Get us kicked out?! Unacceptable! It took me months to review and pass, there's no way I'll leave just because of you! He quickly approached Zed with bloodshot eyes. He buried his hand inside Zed's left pocket and searched for the other's hand.

Surprisingly, Zed didn't move away. He just gazed at Aeiou with blank eyes. Seeing no retaliation, Aeiou guessed Zed didn't want to get kicked out of this school too. Truly, Zed was acting strange. He was fearless, Aeiou refused to believe he'd bend over to this woman but Zed did anyways. Maybe there was a reason why Zed kept his mouth shut unusually. Maybe he has a reason to stay. But whatever the reason was, who cares? Aeiou didn't care. What mattered to him was that he didn't get kicked.

He finally found Zed's candle-like fingers, it wasn't clenched tightly so Aeiou was able to put his fingers between Zed's fingers. It was smooth and Aeiou was successful, he was about to pull it out and show it to the dean but suddenly Zed clenched tightly.

Aeiou bit his lip and looked down. He let out a whispered wail. It was as if his fingers got snapped by crabs at the base. He could barely put the pain into words.

Aeiou looked up with squinted face. What showed was a devious face of Zed staring at him with a smirk. He leaned closely to Aeiou and he whispered lowly, "You're still not answering my question, were you the one who was singing?"

Aeiou shook his head and let out his tongue. Ble!

Zed let go of Aeiou's hand and crossed his arms on his chest.

The Dean saw that, "If you don't comply it'll be your mouths I'd command you to join. And since that is impossible for you two to do, I'll just kick you both out instead."

Aeiou gulped. When he looked at Zed both of Zed's hands were already wriggling free on his side.

Upon seeing that, Aeiou immediately grabbed Zed's palm and grasp on it tightly. But since he was Aeiou, and he doesn't go down without a fight, he tried what Zed did earlier, clenched a fist tightly like a crab, but as he does so Zed's expression did not squint for a square inch. He was unaffected. Aeiou bit his gum shuddered in defeat for now.

Meanwhile, Hansel strenuously turned his head back and saw two huge hands conjoined together. He wanted to say something, but he kept it down his throat at last.

Diana pulled out a pen and a paper from her drawer. "Mr. Revelderio, I'm writing this as your first strike. I will tell Hansel to watch the two of you and have him report to me everything that the two of you do. That said, Hansel, from now on inform every teacher who'd be holding classes in their room that every time they'd do group activities, I want these two to be partners as a secluded group."

Hearing that, Hansel eyes widened. "Why, Madam? Wouldn't that add fuel to the fire?"

Diana gazed at him. "The fire is already burning high. Mr. Nuevas would not stop chasing Mr. Revelderio no matter what you do. If he couldn't harass him here at school, I'm sure he'll do it outside. Their only chance in reconciliation is to be acquainted to each other. Friends for short. Like you and him. This is the last resort, if this still fails and I heard another bad news, I will do what's needed to be done. Mark. My. Words." The dean moved her blood shot gaze to Aeiou then to Zed.

Aeiou's throat run dry

Truly, Diana wasn't scary because she was strong and muscled like Zed, nor did she have a scary face. Her built was slender and she was only a few centimeters taller than Hansel. Meanwhile, her face was soft and was eight parts similar to Jake's bright and gentle features. To be specific, she was beautiful.

But she has the power to affect the course of a student's life with one wave of her hand, and unlike Henry, she meant business when she warned them, because it was her job as the Dean and owner of this school.

"Now go and hold each other's hand until the both of you reach your classroom."