6 Making Estefan Angry

Kaluna could not argue, although she desperately wanted to do so. However, Estefan's sharp gaze seemed to lock Kaluna's lips tightly so that he could not say a word to refute him.

Even though resisting the teacher's words is Kaluna's expertise so far.

On the other hand, Estefan also knew that Kaluna was getting pushed around by him, and that was a good place to start.

As a teacher, where would Estefan want to be defeated by his own student.

"When does the tutoring start?" asked Kaluna with a lazy face.

"Next week," Estefan replied firmly. "Don't forget to be on time."

Kaluna took a deep breath, while Estefan told she to go back to class.

That teacher was annoying, Kaluna thought to herself. Any other teacher would have kicked she out of school without a second thought and he would have happily left that very second.

Kaluna spent the rest of class that day thinking of ways to get Estefan to kick her out of Oasis High School instead of having to take special guidance like this.

"Yohan, let's fight again?" Kaluna asked in a tone as if inviting him to play.

Yohan furrowed his brows in surprise.

"Fight?" repeated Yohan, not understanding. "For what, to make excuses so we can get punished again like last time?"

Kaluna nodded her head frankly.

"Thankfully, I was immediately expelled from Oasis High School," Kaluna said. "So I don't have to participate in any coaching or guidance."

Yohan turned round and put his feet up on the bench.

"If you want out of this school, you can just leave." Yohan commented. "Why should I wait to be expelled by the school?"

Kaluna also put her legs up behind Yohan.

"The problem is that if I leave by my own decision, it's like I'm giving up on school rules." Kaluna explained slowly. "It's a different story if the school expels me, it means they are the ones who gave up."

Yohan snorted.

"Is there a formula for that?" He commented without turning around. "All you have to do is make Mr Stefan angry with you, and he'll expel you from this school without a second thought."

Kaluna paused in thought. Of course she had tried her best to make a scene at school, but surprisingly Estefan was still willing to take care of her problem despite his typical cold style.

"Maybe I'm not naughty enough," Kaluna muttered while nodding her head, making Yohan squint his eyes in surprise.

"You're an old student here, right?" Kaluna asked Yohan enthusiastically. "You must know a bit about Mr Stefan."

Yohan did not reply.

"What is it that makes him so angry that he can expel students from school?" Kaluna asked curiously. "You must know."

Yohan turned his face reluctantly.

"I don't know either," said Yohan, shrugging his shoulders. "The kids say Mr Stefan doesn't like to be underestimated... but that's fair, how can any teacher want to be underestimated?"

Kaluna sighed, she had hoped that she would get a satisfactory answer from Yohan but she didn't.

"You don't know Mr Stefan very well then," Kaluna commented in a lazy tone. "I guess he must not be too familiar with his students."

"I don't know," Yohan said as he looked back to the front. "Mr Stefan only comes to my class to teach maths, he's not my homeroom teacher either."

Kaluna sighed, thinking hard about how she could provoke Estefan's anger and get him expelled from school.

***

Kaluna was eating her toast when Ola appeared.

"Aunty, let's have breakfast!" said Kaluna as she waved her bread.

"You haven't left yet?" said Ola in surprise as she glanced at her watch. "This late for breakfast?"

Kaluna nodded with her mouth full. She downed a glass of milk and wiped her lips with a tissue.

"I'm off, Aunty!" Kaluna exclaimed as she waved her hand.

Even though the hour was fast approaching, the girl relaxed in her private car and didn't bother telling the driver to speed up on the road.

"Just relax, Sir. Prioritise safe driving," Kaluna said from the back seat.

"But, Miss ...."

"It's okay, relax." Kaluna replied lightly. Speeding is useless, she thought. She would definitely be late for school.

Sure enough, the gate of Oasis High School was locked when Kaluna arrived at the school.

As soon as the private driver drove away, Kaluna climbed the school gate with difficulty.

Hop!

Kaluna's two long legs managed to land smoothly on the deserted schoolyard because the students were already in their respective classes. The girl quickly ran towards her own class without wasting any more time.

"Wait!"

A cold voice stopped Kaluna's outstretched hand from grabbing the door handle, causing her to turn her head and her eyes to widen instantly.

"Mr Estefan...?"

Kaluna's lips pressed tightly together as Estefan stepped up to her with an ice-cold expression.

"Who gave you permission to enter the class?" Estefan asked sharply. "You're late for school ...."

"The teacher was late too," Kaluna said with a grimace. "We're the same, right? If you were on time, the teacher would have entered the class earlier ...."

"Kaluna!" Estefan scolded angrily.

Some of the kids who were already in the classroom stood up and peeked through the window quietly.

"Find that dead Luna ...."

"...the homeroom teacher herself is being challenged ...."

Estefan was astonished by the attitude of one of his classmates who was already wrong but still confidently faced him.

"I'm just telling it like it is," Kaluna still dared to speak. "The teacher came with me, so who was late? Both of us."

Estefan was really furious with Kaluna's behaviour today.

"You remain standing outside the classroom until my lesson is over," Estefan ordered with a super stern tone and sharp narrowed eyes from behind the glasses he wore.

Kaluna was silent for a while, Estefan thought he would feel a little regretful for underestimating him as a teacher, but apparently ....

"It's okay if it's an order from the teacher!" Kaluna said with a cheerful face. The girl hurried away from the classroom door and signalled Estefan to go inside.

The few students who had stood up to eavesdrop instantly jumped back into their seats as soon as Estefan stepped into the classroom. The cold look of the young teacher successfully made any student's guts shrink when they saw him.

Meanwhile Kaluna stood leaning casually against the parapet while playing with her mobile phone, as if unencumbered by the punishment she had to endure so early.

"Open the material book on page thirty," Estefan ordered, which his students immediately did without a word. "Read and understand it, then do the questions at the bottom."

All the student simultaneously bowed their heads and read silently as instructed by their teacher and homeroom teacher. Meanwhile, Estefan looked outside the classroom to make sure that Kaluna was still standing as he ordered.

To Be Continued—