So... Yeah. Hi. I'll continue. There is still hope...

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'sting.'

His face...  It was like he was in his element... Bearing his soul...

'Sting?'

I wish he would play again...

'Sting!'

'huh?'
He heard muffled laughter around the class as he tried to remember what the teacher was saying.

'uhh...'
'Sting Dragneel. I have asked you three times already. ANSWER ME NOW.'

'ahem... Uh well you see...'

I look around desperately for the answer to an unknown question,  and an unusual looking brown haired guy with green eyes and blue rimmed glasses points to his notepad, where it says-

'dual core crystallised magic.' I say out loud with as much conviction as I can muster, and the teacher raises an eyebrow at me before going back to the front of the class, and I let out a sigh of relief as she continues her lesson.

~

RRIINNGG

Finally the bell rings and I pack up my things as fast as I can before going up to the guy from earlier, tapping on his shoulder before he turns round to face me. His eyes are a lot nicer up close, a little enlarged by his glasses, and he holds his books very tightly-

he's probably quite nervous...

'Hi! My name is Sting. I just wanted to say thank you for helping me out back there-'

'oh, don't worry about it. I know what it's like being put on the spot like that so I just thought I should do something...'
He gives a nervous laugh and straightens his glasses looking down at the floor.

'a-ah I f-forgot.. My name is-'

'Marcus yes we know your name is Marcus.' Rogue is at my side smiling (glaring) at 'Marcus' and he tugs at my arm.

'I think we need to leave now goodbye.' and he practically drags me away by the arm as I glance back at Marcus in an apologetic manner, but he just kind of stares at us with an amused look on his face.

Why is everyone being so fucking confusing today?!

'Rogue? Hey Rogue! Where are we going?!'
He ignores me as drags me into a vaguely secluded corridor, and glares at me as if I was the one to blame.

'What was that back there?'
'What?'
'Why were you flirting with that guy?'

I stare at him dumbfounded for a second.
'I wasn't - we weren't. I was just thanking him for helping me?'

'hmph. Fine. Don't talk to him again.'

'Ok seriously what is going on. Why are you acting like this?'
I take a step forward angrily and he moves back a bit.

'I- I didn't mean to.. I just... I enjoy spending time with you Sting.'

He looks at me with those Ruby-red eyes of his, and I feel my heart melt away.

'Ah!~ So you were jealous then~'
I tease, and he turns red before punching me in the gut. Ow.

'Shut up! We need to go to class anyways.' he replies before dragging me off again,  and I try not to be too hopeful at the blush that slowly creeps over his cheeks. We stop suddenly, our hands still intertwined and he stares out a window at everyone walking in the distance.

I realise that we have different classes and I break the silence by stuttering like an idiot before taking a deep breath.

'Rogue.'

'Mhmm.' his eyes are distant - he seems to be thinking deeply.
I decide to go for squeezing his hand,  which seems to do the trick (and by that I mean he jumps six feet before spinning wildly, almost as if he had forgotten I was there ;-;)

'I- um.. Would you like to go see a film with me?'
I blink and stare at him.

'If you don't... I mean you don't have t-'

'YES. I mean yeah. Sure that would be nice.'

I mentally slap myself for sounding like an idiot.

He nods before walking off, waving goodbye, and I wait until he is well out of earshot before punching the wall and jumping about like a maniac.

OH MY FUCKING GOD JESUS THANK YOU

I pray to the heavens and prance off to class, only realising that I was going in the wrong direction and I was ten minutes late for class when I accidentally bump into someone - probably a teacher, and I bolt down the corridor bursting into class panting heavily.

I hear muffled laughter coming from the back of the class and I turn to look at the teacher, Miss Mavis, who just stares at me then points at the back of the class. I lower my eyes, and go to the back of the classroom feeling shame as I sit down.

Ah screw it. I don't care, I just got asked out by a certain raven-haired ruby-eyed beauty. Well... Basically asked out... Sort of...

I hear a snicker as a piece of paper hits the back of my head and I whirl round to face the culprit of the throw.

Natsu...

I glare at him as I open the note-

YOU GUYS BETTER HAVE BEEN MAKING OUT OR SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU WERE GONE FOR LIKE AGES - N

I add my own writing next to his and chuck the note back at him-

NO AND FUCK OFF. - S

Almost instantly I feel the knock of the paper on my head, like an irritating itch that won't go away.

BUT IF YOU WEREN'T THEN WHY ARE YOU SO HAPPY - N

I look at my reflection on a little mirror in my bag and see that my face is twisted into a weird angry grin, I realise despite my anger and embarrassment I have been grinning like a madman this entire time. I throw the note back again-

I'LL TELL YOU AFTER CLASS - S

and turn to face the front, trying to focus on the remainder of the lesson.

~

What. The. Hell. What the hell. What the hell was I THINKING.

I choke on air, coughing a bit as Levy gives me a concerned look. I brush her off, turning back to face the front of the classroom whilst my brain explodes.

And the best fucking part - he SAID YES. WHAT.

I scream internally like some crazy fan and resist bashing my head repeatedly on the table.

What lesson am I even in?

I glare down at my empty notepad, realising that I haven't taken any notes, and instead make one in my head reminding me to ask Levy or Erza for theirs later.

We haven't even decided what to watch...

I think of the awkward conversation that would ensue where I would probably mess everything up and he would change his mind, and I try to swallow the lump in my throat and kill the butterflies for the rest of the lesson.

Well either way I'm fucked so what is there to lose!?

I groan as the bell rings and pack up my stuff as slowly as possible.

Here we go...

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MWAHAHAHAHAHAAA c l i f f h a n g e r
You probs all know what will happen anyways but stiilll :p
DON'T LOSE HOPE MY FRIENDS - YOU MAY SEE THE LIGHT OF A NEW CHAPTER IN THE VERY NEAR* FUTURE

*distant