"𝙷𝚒𝚖?! 𝙾𝚑 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍! 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝚓𝚎𝚛𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚜𝚜! 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚕! 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔! 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖." -𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚊

(𝙰 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚞𝚜 𝚡 𝙼/𝚗)

"There. Since none of you can seem to get this..THING under control-"

"Hey, I'm not a thing! I am Grim the great!"

"I don't care what you are!" Lilia pat M/n's back to get his attention. It worked and his his eyes started to scan the others body for any injuries. He nodded once he saw nothing and let his sword disappear.

"That- Really wasn't needed M/n-"

"Shut it Crowley. I didn't see YOU doing anything. Now get rid of this thing NOW!"

"Oh uh, yes. Expel it from campus immediately!" Two students grabbed Grim and dragged him out. The cat was screaming, which annoyed M/n greatly. Azul came up to him while he was looking back at the crowd.

"Great performance M/n. If your ever interest-"

"I'm not going to be part of your shady deals Ashengrotto."

"Suit yourself." M/n scoffed and walked away from him pulling Lilia along. However, the man in question, (somehow) managed to get out of his hold and go to the front where all the Housewardens were. They were talking about Malleus which made both him and M/n slightly mad.

"...Hm, come to think of it. I haven't seen Mr. Draconia anyway today." Leona put a hand on his hip and stared at Crowley.

"And that surprises you why? The guy's a total recluse."

"Wait a sec...did anyone even invite him?!"

"If you're SO worried about him not being invited, then maybe you should've invited him yourself." Vil narrowed his eyes at Kalim.

"Maybe...! But, I don't know him too well eitherrr!" Many of the first year students started chattering about the "scary" Malleus Draconia. M/n could feel himself getting more and more annoyed about the situation. Lilia sighed and pat his shoulder to reassure him.

"Ah, as I expected. I figured I'd come down here with M/n to see if Malleus had made an appearance. But, as it seems, he was evidently not informed to show up today."

"My sincerest apologies, I can assure you that this was no way intended as a snub for him."

"I mean..you have to admit he's not the easiest person to strike up a conversation with.." This was M/n's breaking point. He ignored Lilia's protests and went up to the 6 of them.

"None of you have even TRIED to strike up a conversation with him! All you see is a "oh so scary dragon" and not a person who wants to actually be friends with people like you! It's honestly baffling how you guys can call yourselves noble and strong Housewardens, when you're not even HALF of what Malleus is."

Everyone who was currently in the mirror chamber went silent after M/n yelled at their leaders. They couldn't believe that someone was brave enough to speak to them like that. M/n sighed deeply and rubbed him temples. He glared one last time before turning to the line of new Diasomnia students.

"All who are in Diasomnia please follow us back to the dorm. We're taking our leave."

"I just hope he doesn't sulk about this."

"I'll talk to him later if we find him."

"You got it."

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M/n knocked on Malleus' door. He heard a deep voice say "Come in." M/n nodded and opened the door. The Housewarden smiled softly at him.

"I heard what you did at the ceremony today. Lilia told me."

"Truer words couldn't have been more spoken Mal. They were talking bad about you. Like always. I guess today I just had enough."

"I appreciate it M/n, but it really isn't necessary."

"If you keep this impression of yourself going then that's all your going to be known as Mal. And this is our final year."

"Yes...our final year. Then you'll be going back. You'll leave me."

"I- Let's not talk about that. It's not for a good long while."

"We need to talk about it. Just..not today. It pains my heart to think about it."

"I know it does, but it's inevitable." M/n flopped on the bed with a sigh.

"Archons I hate these robes."

"Heh- I find them quite fashionable. I think Pomefiore's Housewarden would agree with me as well."

"I haven't been able to wear normal clothing for such a long time! What's with the PURPLE color scheme here?!"

"At least you'll be going back to the dorm uniforms for a little while." Malleus got up from his desk and sat on next to M/n. "I've been thinking for a while, would you like to sleep in my room for tonight?"

"Tonight? Yeah that's fine. I don't care. Just as long as I don't sleep on the floor again."

"I'm not as cruel as people make me out to be. You get to sleep on here."

"But where will you sleep?"

"Wherever you go I won't be far to follow M/n."

"NOT IN THAT SENSE MAL! I was just joking! I'll sleep on the floor!"

"How could I do that to my beloved friend? It's been decided." M/n groaned into a pillow. He sighed and moved over for the man beside him. Malleus smiled and laid down next to him. M/n gave him a short goodnight before closing his eyes and falling asleep. When he was deeply asleep however, Malleus pressed a small kiss to his forehead and pulled his body closer for him to hug. M/n stirred a bit before hugging the other's waist softly. Malleus laughed silently and closed his eyes.