Sirius followed him and closed the door to his classroom behind them, then placed his "Testing - Do Not Disturb" sign in the window of the door. He only had it because when certain miscreants went to the restroom, they had to stand in front of the window and make faces at their friends for five minutes.<br/><br/>Sirius turned around when Valenties spoke. "Hopefully it will be execution, but it might just be banishment," he joked back with a small smile as he pulled his chair from behind the desk and placed it in front of Valenties, avoiding his stretched out legs.<br/><br/>But before he sat down, he went back to his desk and grabbed his first aid kit and sat it on the corner of his desk then he sat and relaxed in his chair while studying Valenties.<br/><br/>"What was your inspiration for the story you wrote, last class?" He asked softly, his voice lilting slightly with his Japanese accent that rarely came out. He didn't want to immediately talk about the bullying, most never did. And despite his joking tone about the situation, Sirius was pretty sure he didn't really want to talk about it. Otherwise, why would it have escalated to this point if he had said something? But the pessimist in him knew, some only listen to those of certain<span style="font-style: italic">stature</span>.<br/><br/>((Sorry for the lateness.))