Note: For reference - a "healslut" is a person who combines anatomical knowledge with sexual magic to heal the wounds and afflictions of others. Usually through sexual submission, although not always...
It wasn't Margot's intention to announce her entrance to the lecture hall. But the tall oak door was heavier than she remembered --
and
she had to open it with her left hand --
and
when it started closing faster than she expected, she instinctively reached out with her right and yelped as a fresh wave of pain shot through her injured wrist. She lost control of the door and...
BOOM.
Seeing as how this was the final lecture of a second-year elective seminar, there weren't a lot of students in the auditorium. But each and every one of them turned around when they heard the creaking crash of the great oaken door slamming shut.
"Oh...daffodils," Margot said under her breath, cradling her injured wrist. She grinned shakily, pushed her thick glasses back up onto her nose, then waved to the group.
"H..hi, every-
ow!
" she hissed, bringing her busted limb close to her body. "Ow, ow, ow."
Her shoulders slumped and she let out a long and shaky breath. Fortunately, it seemed like the guest lecturer hadn't yet arrived. So even though she was late, she-
"Nice of you to join us," said a sharp voice to Margot's left. The tardy student jumped, yelping even louder than she had before.
"P...Professor Kogo," she said, trying to ignore the sweat beading on her forehead. "I'm sorry I'm late. I..."
She thought about explaining...but then thought of the reaction she'd get if she described what had happened. How she had seen a sad-looking squirrel on her way to class. How she had knelt down to offer it a peanut. How it had jumped at her, landing on her ample chest and causing her to fall backwards, squeaking in fear (Margot, not the squirrel). How she had landed on her palms, the right one twisted at just the perfect angle to sprain it or even...
Margot lowered her head even further. "I'm sorry."
Professor Kogo didn't seem to hear her. The older woman's fingers slowly traced down the page of the slender volume in her perfectly manicured hand. She touched the end of each printed stanza with the lightness of a raindrop dimpling the surface of a pond. Reaching the last line, she flipped to the next page, raised an eyebrow, and then closed the book.
That's when the professor turned the full attention of her gaze on Margot. The nineteen-year-old quailed beneath the intensity of the woman's stare.
"Up to the front," Kogo ordered, gesturing with the book.
"Y-yes, Professor. Sorry, Professor," Margot said, nodding and making her way down the sloping lane of carpet between the rows of seats. She kept her eyes glued to the ground in front of her, her cheeks burning as she approached the giggles and whispers of her classmates.
She half-stepped into the row of students furthest from the stage, preparing to squeeze past Sami's long, tanned legs and take a secluded seat into which she could disappear for the remainder of the class. But before she could even say "excuse me" to the quiet, wide-eyed girl in the back row, a sharp voice behind her made her jump once more.
"I said, 'to the front', Ms. Elthorpe."
"Of course, Professor. Sorry, Professor."
Margot wilted. There would be no disappearing today. As she approached the very front row, she tried to make a quick decision as to what side to sit on. To the left, Gothikka glared straight ahead as if trying to set the ceiling-high blackboard on fire with the intensity of her gaze. A small, brown bat clung to the girl's thumb, suckling at a dripping cut it found there. Margot shuddered and turned away.
To the right, Eliza triple-checked her audio-recording crystal before rearranging the colored pencils next to her notebook. Margot knew to expect a snarky comment or five from the try-hard, whose annoyance at the late start to the lecture would quickly transform into acid in Margot's direction. Meanwhile, a few seats down, Brak sat as he always did -
squarely
. The arms sticking out from his tank top bulged with blocky muscles, made somehow even
more
rectangular by the way he crossed them over his chest. Like Gothikka, he too was staring hard at the board -- but instead of an expression seeking its spontaneous combustion, his was a squint that sat somewhere between a need for glasses and a reflexive distrust of what he saw written there.
Brak would never say anything to Margot. And yet, that could sometimes hurt even more than Eliza's cutting complaints. It was a question Margot often asked herself -- is it worse to be insulted or ignored? She had yet to come up with an answer, and as a result, she feared both.
Margot knew she was hesitating for too long. But just before she was about to back to Gothikka's row, she felt a small, strong hand squeeze the curve of her hip. Professor Kogo abandoned the sharp whipcrack tone from earlier in favor of a deep, yet still feminine voice that slid sultrily into her student's ear.
"I want you in the
very
front," Kogo said. "Where they can see
all
of you."
Margot shuddered in pleasure. The strong touch at her hips, coupled with the almost purring tones and tingling breath rushing into her ear sent electric currents tingling throughout her body.
"
Nyuh,
" she moaned quietly as the flush of embarrassment rose up and filled her chest with heat.
Kogo chuckled briefly in her ear. "Get up there." Her hand slid down the curve of Margot's hip, but it wasn't until her fingers started sliding beneath the young woman's pleated skirt that Margot started moving again.
Taking quick, short steps, and with her eyes still locked on the carpet, Margot made her way over to the stairs to the stage. She ascended quickly, wincing as her injured wrist bounced against the book bag at her side.
Margot stood still for a moment on the stage, unsure of where to go. Kogo's sharpened voice called to her from down below. "Up on the table, please. Sit and face the class."
Slowly, Margot made her way over to the table in the very middle of the stage. She turned her back to it, her eyes still downturned, and tried to figure out how to get herself up on top of it with only one hand...and without flashing her underwear to the rest of the class.
Then Professor Kogo was in front of her. Surprised, Margot looked up and right into the woman's steely-gray eyes. She felt hypnotized by that stare, barely able to move as the professor removed the messenger bag slung over her student's shoulder. Despite the older woman's tough attitude, she was still surprisingly gentle...and attractive enough to make Margot's mouth go completely dry.
Kogo put the bag on the floor, leaning it up against the leg of the table. Then, without warning, she put both hands on Margot's waist and boosted the nineteen-year-old up onto the table with such strength and ease that it took the girl's breath away.
The professor stood there for a moment, her hands squeezing Margot's soft sides. Then her gray eyes closed, and Kogo tilted her head back slightly. The stage lights glinted off of a stylish pair of half-moon glasses affixed to her almost-too-sharp nose. The woman's nostrils flared as she took in a deep breath, and for a brief moment Margot wondered if her teacher could
smell
her embarrassment...or even