“Sorry…” Inoyva was first to speak, expressing an expected response. However, even after the blunder of their late arrival, rather than speaking with the utmost respect in the tone of his voice, he uttered casually.
It was then that he was interrupted by a soft hand placed to his lips.
Cai quickly put her palm over Inoyva’s mouth.
She realized it was a large blunder to let him speak first since both of them were already tardy and now he displayed disrespectful conduct to the instructor. If continued, there would probably be penalties to the overall behavior.
“Our humblest apologies, Ma’am. We apologize for our tardiness.” Cai said.
“Well, whatever. Go to your seats but firstly, announce your name to the class, newcomer..”