Do I need to supervise you closer?

[the_all_goddess]

WHO: A mother and her son
WHEN: Thursday October 21, before dinner
WHERE: Nafretiri’s office
WHAT: A normal meeting turned interrogation

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[bornofisis]

Levitating a steaming hot cup of his mother's favorite tea in front of him and carrying two textbooks with his free arm, Gupta slid into his mother's office with undeniable ease. He had intended to study with her (having his mother --a professor-- nearby was always the best incentive for studying) until bedtime, then try to nudge her to go to sleep herself. Anubis tagged along at his heels, trotted into the office behind his master with his tail held high and the shin bone of some creature (possibly avian in nature, but it was hard to tell) in his jaws.

Setting the tea on his mother's table, Gupta leaned in to kiss her on the cheek. "Mama, the week is almost over. You shouldn't be so stressed," he said in Arabic as he fixed his scarf and turned to settle into the extra seat beside her.

[the_all_goddess]

"Ah, thank you, my son." Nafretiri returned the kiss to the cheek before leaning over the side of her chair to give Anubis a pat on the head. It was nearly routine after all. She took the cup of tea in hand with a smile, sipping as another point was marked off someone's test.

"Not stressed my dear, just... frustrated with my students." She tapped the paper in front of her, knowing her son knew just as much about Runes as he Advanced students. "They pay no attention-" She cut herself off, eyes narrowing at the patch of skin her son had just covered when he fixed his scarf.

Her chair was pushed out, scrapping against the stone floor as she reached forward to push his scarf aside.

"What. Are. These?"

[bornofisis]

Gupta froze. For a split second, he didn't know what his mother was talking about; then he glanced down when she grabbed at his scarf and inhaled sharply. He could feel his stomach drop to the balls of his feet.

Oh Ra. He had forgotten. He didn't know HOW he had forgotten, especially since he had become so cautious and paranoid about meeting Sadiq after almost being caught by a PAINTING (of all things) last week, but now... Now he was in some seriously trouble. Sadiq had taken a great liking to his neck and Gupta never complained, but he was always left to deal with the consequences of having an enthusiastic and very possessive lover.

His mouth now painfully dry, Gupta licked at his lips nervously as his mother inspected his neck. He kept his eyes straight on the ground and fought the urge to fidget. He could never, ever lie to his mother and they both knew that, but he was old enough to know when telling her the truth would be a Very Bad Idea --especially when there was so much as stake.

[the_all_goddess]

Nafretiri frowned as she inspected the marks. Marks she's seen many times herself in the mirror when she was younger, younger and in love with a certain handsome and very relentless man. A man she currently hated with every fiber of her being who'd favorite thing had been to nibble and leave such marks, always covered up quickly with makeup and charms before she left his dorm.

"Gupta Muhammad Hassan" she hissed, sounding far more dangerous than the snakes her son had a fondness for. These marks were too large for a delicate female mouth, that means they had been made by a man, and while she would not condemn her son for having a male lover it hurt and angered her he knew this person well enough and long enough to let him mark him as such.

"Who has made these marks? How long have you been with them?" Her tone suggested it would be wise for her son to speak fast and speak true.