<strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Desiree and Aki</span></strong><br/><br/>She also tried to peer at Aki's work. It was quite lovely, she would be certain to commission a work from Aki to put in her room. But she could see the flush of Aki's cheeks as she looked down and saw where Richard's hand was. She too was about to say something, and also try to respond to Roman's offer that they work on languages together but before she knew what was happening they were at each other's throats.<br/><br/>"Hey...HEY KNOCK IT OFF!!!" she shrieked, trying to stop things before fists flew but it was too late. She almost got sick when she saw the fork being driven into Roman's leg. "STOP IT!!" she said, but again, no one heard her as Roman socked Richard thoroughly. Both of them would leave this fight with marks.<br/><br/>She felt relief when the fighting stopped, with Chanel, Claudia and Jarod coming up as well as a few of the teachers. But poor Aki lit out of there with tears brimming in her eyes. "Hey...I'll be back in a second Chanel, and thanks Jarod." she nodded to him, going out to check on Aki.<br/><br/>She asked one of the butlers to go get first aid. "You two!" she said with a frown at Richard and Roman. "You stay there and you'll both be getting first aid. And then I think it might be best if you both went separately to your dorm rooms for the night." With that, she left to go find Aki.<br/><br/>She found her in a corner. "Aki...I'm so sorry about all that. Are you ok?"<br/><br/>* * * * *<br/><br/>Aki sniffled, feeling a hand on her shoulder. She turned a bit startled but was glad to see Desiree. She'd seemed so nice even though the two hadn't been able to talk that much.<br/><br/>"I...I do not understand....why did they...why did Richard....a...and then Roman..." Aki tried to speak, her accent a bit thicker as she was upsetted.<br/><br/>* * * * *<br/><br/>Desiree smiled a little and gave the shaking girl a hug. "I think they both fancy you that's why.." she said with a bit of a grin but she could certainly understand how Aki felt. She'd seen men fight, and knew that even if was romanticized in movies it wasn't fun to see men fighting over her. But in her case, her brother had saved her from rape.<br/><br/>"But they shouldn't have come to blows like that. If you like, I can try and talk to Warwick and see what he can do about it." Desiree led Aki to a nearby bench and let her sit down, soothingly stroking her back.<br/><br/>* * * * *<br/><br/>Aki looked stunned. So...they had been fighting over her. No one had ever done that before. She flushed. "I...I do not...I hardly know them." But even so, she couldn't ignore that she definitely had felt something for Roman, and also towards Richard. She had common ground with both of them on some level.<br/><br/>Still, seeing them fight had frightened her. She wasn't certain she'd liked Richard's hand on her so casually, but it did make her feel a little warm. And how vigorously Roman defended her made her blush more. She shook her head a little. "N...no it is...it is fine. You don't have to." Aki smiled a little as she sat with Desiree.<br/><br/>* * * * * *<br/><br/>Desiree nodded, brushing some hair off of Aki's face. "Well, if that's what you want. But allow me to walk you back to your room and I'll be certain to stop by later to check on you ok?" When Aki nodded a little, Desiree smiled and wrapped an arm around the girl's shoulder and let her to her room<br/><br/>**Moved to Girl's Dorms**