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"Finger!" Luminous shouted as soon as he entered their shared room. Peeking out from the bathroom with his toothbrush, Finger nodded at Luminous, clearly confused at his roommate's outburst. Sighing, Luminous tried to think of a plan to get Finger out of the bathroom quickly. He always took too long anyway. "Hurry up, I got some potential gossip," Luminous said. Might as well use his weakness to my advantage. Luminous chuckled while sitting down on his bed.
"What is it?" Finger stepped out of the bathroom excitedly, his hands on his phone, ready to note down whatever gossip Luminous had. Geez he was fast. "First of all," Luminous started before stuffing the rest of his sandwich into his mouth, which Finger faked a grossed look at. "You do know about the relationship between our seniors, right?" Luminous said as he ducked his head low while looking left and right rapidly, like he was saying some kind of top secret. "Who do you think I am? Of course I do," Finger deadpanned.
Blinking confusingly, Luminous stared at Finger for a few seconds.
"Wait," Luminous started. Awkward, Finger scratched his head, unsure of what Luminous wanted. "Yes..?" "Wait, you knew!?" Luminous exclaimed. For such big news, you would think that Finger would've posted it onto the school forums in less than a millisecond. "Yes.. What about it?" Finger asked, genuinely confused. "If you knew then wouldn't the entire school know it too?" Luminous sighed. "Why would they?" "Because it would make big news?"
"Oh,"
"Oh,"
"I guess you have a point,"
Luminous sighed again. "Why didn't you post about it in the first place?" Luminous asked. Smiling awkwardly, Finger broke eye contact with Luminous, "Well,". Opening the drawer by his bed, Finger grabbed a piece of paper. "Let's just say, we negotiated,".
Heaving out a larger sigh, Luminous plopped down onto his pillow. "What's the big deal? It's 10 million dollars! We could buy so much stuff with this!" Finger said with excitement. "Money is always nice but… I have a mission with them in a few days, do you know how awkward it is for them to change faces every time they aren't alone?" Luminous grunted.
Honestly, one second they look like they would do anything to kill each other and the next they look like they would kill anything for each other.
"OK, OK. So you want me to expose them is what you're trying to say?" Finger waved his hands in the air. "Well, I wouldn't put it that way..." Luminous looked away. "And what were the exact details of your 'negotiation'? Money wasn't the only thing, right?" While smiling (and sweating), Finger uttered, "Unfortunately for you, it was," "..." "..."
"OK, fine!" Luminous sighed loudly. "At least you haven't spent all the money right?" Finger only stared at Luminous with a blank smile. "Wait, why are you staring at me" Luminous thought as he stared back at Finger. Wait a minute, this is Finger we're talking about, did he seriously- "Did you already use-" "I'm kidding! I haven't even touched the money yet!" Breathing out the biggest sigh in human history, Luminous finally relaxed for the first time today.
"OK, OK, you want the school to know about them and also be supportive, right?" Finger questioned. Only answering with an approving humm, Luminous plopped onto his pillow and pulled the blankets up to cover him. Sleep has never been more sought after by Luminous in his entire life.
"You're going to sleep already?" Finger asked as he returned the paper to its original place. "Why not, it's 6am and a Sunday, a good day requires good rest to make the most out of it," Why the hell are you talking like a poet now? "What about the 'gossip', huh?" Finger deadpanned as he poked at Luminous through the blanket. At least give me what I came out for! "One," Luminous said tiredly. "One?" "One hour. Let me nap for one hour,"
Dissatisfied and disappointed, Finger grabbed his phone while walking towards his own bed, planning to kill time on his forums and the school's website while waiting. If you were sleepy why did you even wake up so early? Groaning, Finger threw himself onto the bed, scrolling through the school website for any gossip he could get his hands on.
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Picking the fluffy feline off the ground and up the bed with him, Johann readjusted his pillow before plopping down on it. With a happy meow, Hime nuzzled against Johann's chest, the feline's whiskers tickling Johann.
Hearing someone knock at his door, Johann gently pushed his cat off of his chest, giving him some head pats before standing. Upon touching the cold floor, Johann was suddenly reminded that it was, in fact, 6 in the morning. That means there could only be one person at the door, after all, who goes out of their way at such an early time to visit someone? Quickly slipping on his indoor slippers, Johann dashed towards the door.
Opening the door, Johann shivered as the cold air hit him. Not that it would affect him much. Before he could blink twice, Johann felt a pair of arms wrapped around him, close the door, and snuggle against him. Johann smiled at the familiar warmth and buried his head onto the equally warm sweater. Brushing his blond hair aside, Johann leaned up to kiss his boyfriend's forehead, a small but happy smile visible on the blond's face. Content, Caesar loosened his hands from Johann's waist and instead cupped his face, but instead of immediately giving a kiss, he ruffled Johann's hair, only giving him a kiss at the end.
Jumping on Johann's shoulders, Hime nuzzled against his hair. Seeing the fluffy feline, Caesar let go of his right hand from Johann to pick it up, cuddling it to his chest instead. Chuckling at his antics, Johann held Caesar's free hand, dragging the three of them towards his bed. Gently falling onto the bed, Johann wrapped his arms around both Caesar and Hime, muttering a tired "Go to sleep," before closing his eyes. Seeing the sleeping(/sleepy) brunet, Caesar felt a sudden urge to protect him, to hide him from all the bad in the world, to just hold him close and never lose grip for even a second. Why did he choose to take on such a dangerous responsibility anyway? He could be safe, why risk his life out here? Suppressing whatever it is causing the urge, Caesar gently placed his hand on Johann's cheek, stroking it lightly. Seeing him now, Caesar thinks he understands why everyone says they want to sleep next to him and count his eyelashes. Hell, being next to such a docile Johann was already great.
Ah, I see.
Caesar suddenly felt really happy.
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Grabbing the hot cup of coffee, Finger made his way out of the cafeteria. Making sure to listen around for any new gossip too, of course. Quickly fishing his phone out of his pocket, Finger checked the current time.
7:12AM
7AM? Then Luminous should be awake. Key word: should. Sighing, Finger tapped his shoes as he leaned against a pillar. Should his memory serve him right, there should be some nice gossip around here anytime soon. Finger subconsciously daydreamed about what kind of gossip it would be. Maybe a scammer was exposed? A love triangle? A love affair? Stealing? A bully that went too far?
Speaking of love triangles, Finger supposes he should check up on Nono after this. Luminous would probably be mad at him but it's whatever, it's not like Finger hasn't seen him blow up before. Hearing some footsteps on the other side of the pillar, Finger snapped out of his trance and focused on the voices. From what he can hear, there was a female voice, young yet sounding slightly fierce. She sounded stubborn, if that makes sense. The other voice was much more mature, firmer and silkier. She had a "the mom of the group" energy to her.
They seemed to have just been talking about what to eat with each other until they sat down by the table, the younger one sulking into her chair while the more mature one rested her head on her palms, which were on the table. They were mostly silent, only occasionally sharing eye contact.
This isn't gossip at all! Finger mentally groaned to himself. This was more like a date than anything. Was he supposed to publish this as some kind of gossip? "2 Beauties of Cassell Went On a Date"? Finger was practically (and mentally) sobbing right about now. Might as well peek over, he could act as a student walking by, worse case scenario. Besides, it wasn't like he was in the wrong, it was a public area, he could walk past no problem. Getting in a quick breath, Finger peeked over the corner, getting a quick look at the girls. Oh, he could make news out of this alright. The blonde had shoulder length hair, with a blue hoodie which looked rather loose. She wore black and white sneakers which looked new (or took care of far too well). Either she didn't do any make-up or it was light, and even if she did, she might as well not have used any, it didn't make a visible difference anyway. Meanwhile, the brunette wore a black knee-length dress with gold accents. She had high heels on that were either a deep navy blue or also black (the lighting was too terrible to be sure). Likewise, she didn't appear to wear any make-up.
What news would Finger even be able to create of this you ask? Well, it's simple, for someone that knows all the gossip in school better than his own studies, Finger knows that these 2 are by no means popular (yet). Any girls that were attractive and/or had great personalities would become popular easily. Either from any kind of gossip involving them (the good kind of course) or from someone that had an encounter with them. So naturally, since they seemed to be both attractive and had (seemingly) good personalities, they would definitely be popular in no time.
Clicking on the notepad app on his phone, Finger quickly set up a new note, naming it "2 New Beauties in Cassell?!". Already having decided what he needed to write in this article, Finger quickly made a few notes, planning to rewrite it at his dorm. Of course, he had to take extra notes from their conversation. Mainly their likes and dislikes, favourite places to go, hobbies and all those "introduction stuff".
From the looks of it, Finger might even get 2 new gossip materials today!
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Yawning, Luminous woke up to pull the curtains open slightly. There were only a few streaks of sunlight that reached in, with the sun barely peeking through the mountains while the clouds were a light orange. How pretty. Grabbing his phone by the nightstand, Luminous unlocked it, the first thing he saw being a bunch of unreplied messages (all of which were from Finger). Briefly looking through the contents of the messages, Luminous determined it wasn't anything important. Above the messages, Luminous saw that it was already 7:19AM. Oops, seems he overslept a bit. Deciding that he should probably get ready for whatever Finger might want to pull (from how excited he was today, there was no doubt there would be something happening, mostly something that requires a lot of energy too. Yikes), Luminous got up from the bed and slipped into some indoor slippers. Making sure that he was used to the light, Luminous opened up the rest of the curtains, letting the morning light pour in.
Looking towards the counter, there some coffee packets and a few breakfast bars. Being too lazy to boil more water, Luminous shrugged as he grabbed one of the bars. He doesn't know why, but Luminous feels like Finger is in trouble again. Then again, when isn't he in trouble?
After throwing the rest of the wrapper away, Luminous grabbed his towel. According to the weather forecast, it looked as if it would be a relatively chilly day, so a warm shower would probably be the best idea.
Today felt like a nice day, free of troubles.