Mischiefs

"What happened to you?" Von whispered to Gem who was now whimpering from the sudden pain in her stomach.

"H-Help." a squeak escaped her voice but Von's attention was quickly shifted to Lei when he suddenly held Von's shoulder from behind.

"Von. Your mom saw you faking your sickness. What are you planning to do now?" he said and pulled Von away from Gem to close the curtains between them immediately, leaving the poor girl alone and unattended behind that thick white curtain for privacy.

"Right," Von said, seemingly speechless from the shock of not expecting the unexpected.

"Since Gem is in some sort of trouble, I'm guessing Venedette will focus on her first before confronting you-"

"Which gives me more time to run away from them in the meantime!" Von said exasperatedly, following Lei's ideas in his sentence before.

But that was not what Lei was trying to say.

"No, that's not what I-"