Before, it was at least confined to specific people and rumours, now it's the whole of Kivotos. Aru is probably feeling delight and absolute fear, considering she wanted to be a true villain, but at what cost.
The only way I can see this getting worse, is if people now change the rumour slightly from being 'on a date' to 'engaged'.
"This is the Kronos News Club!
Reporting live from the location of Kivotos' recent hot and trending topic!""It appears that the Sensei of Schale is having a date with a student from the Gehenna Academy!""According to our reports..."