VALOR
Despair.

Valor felt nothing but despair as Azure turned him down, again, and the bright smile that he once had slipped right off his face. Hearing the one person he cherished the most decline his offer to spend time together hurt him, but he quickly recovered. There was no use in listening to a band that he didn't even like, right? They could just find some other activity to do together! He was eager to hear whatever Azure had to say next, but Mr.Madore came in and cut them off. " Okay!" He piped up, his smile coming back, " We'll talk after class!" Listening to Azure, Valor went to his seat, which was in the same row as Azure's horizontally, but two desks away, and slammed the two tickets down on the desk of Arik Mizuki, who had the misfortune of being seated between Valor and Azure. " Here, you can have these." Valor said. There was no use for him to have tickets to a band that Azure didn't like. Any band like that was not worth Valor's time, free tickets or not.

Mizuki brightened up and accepted the tickets, " Aw thanks man, my chick loves this band! This'll totally make up for the fight we had this morning!"

"Uh huh," Valor commented, only half listening to his basketball teammate as he went into detail about his fight with his girlfriend, already in his 'Azure-stalking-zone' and was staring at him intently from over Mizuki's shoulder.

RODRIGO
There was a tiny sliver of hope in his heart that it was only these few students that they had encountered that were crazy instead of the entire school, but as they walked into their math class, Rodrigo knew that he had been shooting his hopes too high. The whole classroom was in disarray, people were sitting on desks, singing showtunes, playing musical instruments, there was even a kid full on painting at his desk, easel and all. Rodrigo was violently reminded of the show that was on T.V back home, Jlee or something, where all the students went around singing and expressing themselves through the power of song. He had thought that that stuff only happened in television shows, and yet, here it was. Angel really wasn't lying when he said this place was...different.

" Ethan I want to leave." Rodrigo said, watching the two strange students from before take their seats. Suddenly they didn't seem so strange anymore, in comparison to their other classmates.

An older man approached them, a prettyboy with brown flawless hair, and he greeted them. " Hello! I'm your teacher, Protettore Rousseau! You two are the transfer students, correct? Your files say that you come from far away, you both speak English I hope?" Rodrigo nodded and Protettore clapped his hands, " Great! Ven texted me and said that he gave you guys the tour! This will be your math class, but I guarantee that it won't be like any that you've had before, ahaha. Please take your seats, any seats you want! Class will begin soon, so please get yourselves situated." He left them to return to the front of his class, only to pull out his phone and begin texting someone.

Rodrigo felt really confused. Were all highschools like this? This laid back? He looked back to the class to try to find an empty seat, and the only two available were one by a meek blonde kid with his nose in his notebook, drawing some kind of cartoons -- sudden flashbacks to his anime filled room, Rodrigo shook them off -- and one by the kid from earlier, with the horns. " Wow, we're spoiled for choice...." He said sarcastically.

♥ ♥ ♥ RODRIGO " I can't BELIEVE you made me do that." Rodrigo groaned, facepalming at the mere memory of the dance off earlier that day. To keep the peace, he let the crazed fake horn guy show him the "devil's dance", which really just seemed like a shitty dance someone would do alone in their room where no one could see them. It was only by the good graces of a higher deity that the teacher actually got off his ass and taught the class. But after all the commotion, it turned out to only be a fifteen minute lesson. Not like he was complaining, but wasn't there more to this whole "highschool" deal? The rest of their classes were like their first period, full of weird teachers and even weirder students. Rodrigo was just glad that it was lunchtime and they had the chance to be by themselves for once. The rooftop seemed like the best location to eat. Most of the students ate in the cafeteria, or went off campus to some local restaurants. The roof wasn't closed off, like it was supposed to be, but it was empty when they got up there so it looked like their best choice. " Also, what the hell is this??" Rodrigo looked down at their lunch boxes. Unlike the kind he was used to, it was an actual box. When opened, it was divided into sections. One for rice, one for meat, and one for vegetables. The lunch lady had called it a "bento box" and Rodrigo wondered if it was an invention used only in this world. Whatever the case, it was NOT enough to be called a lunch. You could hardly fit a snadwhich in there, never mind an entire lunch! " I swear, the things we do for that guy..." He muttered under his breath, referring to their white haired landlord. Seconds after he started eating, the door to the rooftop suddenly opened. He and Ethan were sitting [[ I literally do not know how to explain this they're gonna be sitting by the silver thing with the fans on top {x} ]], facing away from the sun, so he had to look over the corner to see who it was. If it was a teacher, he and Ethan would probably get in trouble for being up here, but then again, in this crazy school, kids probably ate up here all the time. When he peeked around the wall, he almost groaned when he saw the flashy french kid from first period. " Look who it is," He whispered to Ethan, not wanting to be seen by Frenchie to avoid another confrontation. Luckily, it seemed like they had gone unnoticed by Trixxtal, who was walking to the railing and peering off into the sky. Rodrigo turned to Ethan and rolled his eyes, getting ready to gather his bento box, " C'mon we should go before he sees u--" He suddenly stopped when another student entered the rooftop and walked towards Trixxtal. " What's happening??" Rodrigo asked as if Ethan knew, setting his things back down to watch the scene. From what he could see, Trixxtal heard the new guy approach and turned around to face him, his hair sparkling in the sunlight. " Ah, mon ami, so glad that you could make it," He heard the blonde say, " I take it you got my note to meet me up here, oui?"

TRIXXTAL
For every step Bellerophon took back, Trixxtal stepped forward, closing the gap between them. Honestly it was getting annoying, how Bellerophon was dodging his passes and playing oblivious. If Trixxtal was a better person, he would probably question his true intentions, if getting involved with Bellerophon, who had nothing in common with him and was, quite frankly, dense as hell, was worth endangering his relationship with Jecht, but sadly, Trixxtal was superficial. Bellerophon's beautiful face was enough to lead him astray from Jecht's side and Trixxtal wanted nothing more but to add the beautiful blonde before him to his personal harem.

" It might seem like you have everything right now, mon amour," He grinned, reaching out to lightly stroke his fingers across his cheek, " but you don't know what you're missing un-"

RODRIGO
" Can we get out of here now?!" Rodrigo whispered furiously to Ethan, turning away from the scene happening before them. There was only so much sappyness he could handle, and watching two guys get it on ontop of a roof was more than enough for him. But unfortunately for them, neither he or Ethan could make their escape without running into Bellerophon and Trixxtal and being seen. " I knew this guy was going to get on my nerves but this is more than I ever expected." Rodrigo grumbled under his breath, debating whether or not it was worth it was worth getting into an awkward situation than just waiting for them to leave. But before Ethan could answer, both of their heads snapped to the rooftop door that had suddenly swung open. Finally! A chance to escape!

BELLEROPHON
He may have a point, he did not have everything he needed yet...after all there were still several figures Bellerophon had yet to buy. "Yeah, I guess so..." he agreed, although they were apparently not having the same conversation. But he became slightly startled and then flustered by Trixxtal's romantic words, he even blushed when he realized just how close they were to each other.

Perhaps, Trixxtal could have succeeded in his quest if it wasn't for the fact that Bellerophon loved anime as much as he did. When Trixxtal's fingers suddenly stroked his cheek, Bellerophon's first thought was Wow...Isn't this the kind of thing that would happen to a character in a romance anime? The sakura petals are even still fluttering around him. Am I...am I experiencing a real life anime moment?! Unfortunately for Trixxtal, Bellerophon forgot he was there as soon as he compared them to anime characters.

He tuned out the rest of Trixxtal's flirting because he was distracted by his thoughts about different rooftop anime scenes. What other scenarios happened during a rooftop moment? Bellerophon immediately thought of friends eating lunch together. Well, Bellerophon had no real world friends, and unless Trixxtal handed him a bento they could not re-enact a scene like that. The bento directed his memories to girls pouring their heart out to make the hand made meals for their cherished senpai, handing the lunch to them with a blush on their face. Bellerophon then remembered that he had been reminded of a romance anime in the first place by Trixxtal, whom he had completely forgotten about and stopped listening to. He snapped out of his daydream and finally paid attention to Trixxtal, who was in the middle of saying something he didn't quite hear except for the random french word tacked at the end of the sentence.

"Sorry, I stopped listening, what were you saying?" he asked, but then became distracted again when a sakura petal carried by the wind had stuck itself onto Trixxtal's face. He was curious if those were actually real, because Bellerophon could still barely believe how they kept swirling around them like in anime, so he leaned forward to take a closer look. "Wow, these petals aren't fake...? It's happening naturally..." he mumbled to himself in awe.

But then, Bellerophon heard the door open so he turned his head to see who had come to the rooftop. That happened to be a mistake because they were already close together so when Bellerophon moved, his lips somehow accidently crashed into Trixxtal's. His mind went blank. All he could think about was that ridiculous accidental kisses like this only happened in bad fanfiction. Now all that needed to happen now was for the worst person to catch them like this, and just on cue, Bellerophon heard a voice.

"Hey, Trixxtal! Are you here-"

And at that moment Bellerophon pulled away startled and, wanting to look anywhere but at Trixxtal he turned towards who had spoken, revealing Jecht Rutella staring at them in disbelief.

JECHT
He opened the door and stepped onto the rooftop, smiling as he looked around. "Hey, Trixxtal! Are you here-" he called out, only to stop midsentence when he spotted Trixxtal. Only, Trixxtal was in the middle of kissing another person.

"What...are you doing? What is going on, Trixxtal?" he asked in disbelief, his hands shaking as he pressed his bento against his chest. He looked at Trixxtal, to the random boy (who was probably one of the most beautiful people he had ever seen, which only added to Jecht's dismay), and back to Trixxtal. "You were...kissing...Why?"

He felt tears already beginning to sting his eyes. His friends had warned him that Trixxtal was unfaithful, but he didn't believe them because he trusted Trixxtal wholeheartedly. But...he could not ignore what he saw with his own eyes. He wanted to yell and scream, demanding answers, but Jecht wasn't that kind of person. He wasn't violent or confrontational and he didn't know how to deal with catching his boyfriend in a compromising position like this.

"How...how dare you, Trixxtal, how could you?! I thought you loved me!" he cried, tears streaming down his face.

ETHAN
"It feel like we're watching a shitty live action soap opera." Ethan said, bewildered by what he just saw. He felt sorry for whoever the dark haired guy was, but he had zero pity for the fake French accent douchebag from math class. More importantly, the two of them could finally get out of here without becoming involved in an awkward situation if they were sneaky enough to not get noticed. He had already been involved in an embarrassing situation today and he did not want to experience any more. "Anyways, they're distracted now, let's sneak out the door!" he whispered, eyeing the stairs with determination.

TRIXXTAL
Admittedly, Bellerophon leaning over and kissing him out of the blue had not been apart of Trixxtal's plan when he invited the blonde up to the roof with him, but he certainly wouldn't that he hated it. If he had known that Bellerophon would be so forward, Trixxtal would have skipped the conversation and gone straight to the foreplay. He would have even escalated the kiss if he had been given the chance but then they were interrupted with the door to the rooftop opening with a loud bang.

Trixxtal was just as surprised as everyone else on the roof top when Jecht came barging in. Which he really shouldn't be, because it wasn't unusual for Jecht to be looking for him at this time to give him his daily bento. But Trixxtal had hoped that either Cepheus or one of the other Glamour members would keep him occupied, since they knew he would be meeting Bellerophon on the roof. Seeing how that plan fell through, he guessed there was nothing he could do about it now. This wouldn't be the first time a lover caught him in the arms of another, but this was the first time he was caught in school....'s rooftop....with a man. Okay, there had been (some) situations that were similar to this one, but none of them had made him feel as bad as he did now.

" Oh...Jecht... I didn't expect you here." He said calmly, trying to pass off that nothing had happened. But then Jecht began to question him, making it clear as hell that he had seen them kissing. Quickly, Trixxtal backpedaled. " No, no, no my love, what you saw was nothing. Nothing happened, right mon amie?" He turned to Bellerophon for confirmation. " It was an accident," He shrugged. If he didn't make a big thing out of it, it would make Jecht out to the one being overdramatic.

RODRIGO
" I totally agree," Rodrigo deadpanned, watching the same shitty soap opera happening before them. He thought that dramatic shit like this only happened in television but apparently anything in this world was possible. But he was lowkey getting interested in the drama too. " He's such a douchebag," he grumbled, looking over at the poor darkhaired new arrival, who he could only guess was the douchebag's boyfriend. But Ethan pointed out that the door was now open and they would be able to escape and Rodrigo nodded, " Yeah lets get out of here, I don't like where this is going," He motioned for Ethan to go but now a fourth party appeared, a bespectacled boy with a terrible expression on his face, " Jecht, what the fuck happened here? Why are you crying?" Rodrigo watched as the newest addition to the rooftop drama turned to the french d-bag with an even darker look, " What the fuck did you do to Jecht now, asshole?!"

" Great, " Rodrigo sighed, accepting that they might never leave the rooftop at this rate, and be forced to watch this terrible drama unfold. He could only hope that lunch would be over soon and force on the rooftop to go to class.

PETRIOS
Like everyone else at the table, Petrios watched as Jecht ran off towards the rooftop. " Welp, he's dead." Petrios sighed, shaking his head. He appreciated Cepheus' efforts to keep Jecht at the table, since he did more than anyone else, but whatever happened next was all Trixxtal's fault and Petrios refused to feel guilty about it. He just hoped that everything would be PG-13 when Jecht got up there.

" It was bound to happen at one point," he rationalized, " Better now than later." He nodded his head, agreeing with himself. He didn't know why Trixxtal bothered with relationships when they would all end like this. Why say that you would commit to someone only to go back on your word? But it wasn't just Trixxtal that suffered from this mindset. With the exception of him and Touda, everyone at the table were all cheaters and deserved each other. How did he ever get dragged into their sleazy group?? As he questioned his choice in friends, a moment of silence passed.

"RIP in peace." Mizuki said, closing his eyes as he began to pray.

JECHT
He was not deaf to rumors about Trixxtal’s infidelity, not everything could be filtered from his ears, but Jecht ignored the painful words. Gossip often blossomed into ridiculous exaggerated stories so without proof right in front of him, Jecht avoided confronting Trixxtal about it. He had faith in his beloved, but the sight of his love kissing a beautiful man right in front of him made Jecht wonder if his friends were right to question his relationship with Trixxtal.

However, a ray of hope suddenly dawned on Jecht as Trixxtal’s words began to reach him. He still felt hurt and could not help his tears, but his boyfriend claimed it was all a misunderstanding. Jecht desperately hope it was the truth. “R-really, it was an accident?” he whimpered, sniffling as he looked to Trixxtal. “So you still love me?” he sobbed, wiping his tears on his sleeve. “You’re not leaving me for him?” he accused, glancing at the other boy.

As if completely oblivious to the lover’s quarrel between him and Trixxtal, the boy unhelpfully didn’t even respond to confirm or deny Trixxtal’s earlier statement and instead uttered the completely random question:

“Is that a homemade bento?”

BELLEROPHON
Content to simply stay to the side and hope both boys forgot he was there; Bellerophon avoided the awkward situation by losing himself to his thoughts and wished he was in his room watching anime instead. He didn’t understand why their accidental kiss seemed to upset the random boy so much. In fact, Bellerophon felt he should be the one crying over the kiss, Trixxtal being the last person he would ever want to give his first kiss to. Or any person, really, because there was no point since the only interest he would ever have are anime characters that were not real.

But then, Bellerophon eyed the object the newcomer carried and his one track mind once again struck.

“Is that a homemade bento?” he asked the dark haired boy, amazed that he had met somebody who actually made one. Bellerophon’s first conclusion was maybe he was interested in anime too! The container looked clearly different that the school brand, from this distance Bellerophon could see the hand drawn hearts decorated on it.

“Er...Y-yes?” the boy answered him confused and Bellerophon looked at him in awe.

“Amazing!” he beamed, smiling at him. But then Bellerophon remembered that the bento boy was crying, and wondered if he had been rejected by his senpai. Maybe that was why he couldn’t stop crying. “Did you make it for someone?” he spoke gently, because if it was true, in Bellerophon’s opinion a crush rejecting a bento made with the protagonist’s heart and soul was one of the most heartbreaking things ever in high school anime.

JECHT
Maybe Jecht would have believed Trixxtal if he and the boy explained things. But instead, the explanation was dodged. He had no idea why the boy avoided the question, but the only thing that made sense to Jecht was he was maybe trying to hide the truth by distracting him. He felt anxious at the thought of Trixxtal lying to him about kissing, or maybe he had done even more. “Yes, for my boyfriend…” he wept, his finger shakily pointed at Trixxtal as he resisted the temptation to toss away the food he made for him. The thought of him not being able to give the bento to Trixxtal earlier, because his boyfriend was too busy kissing the blond guy made the tears return with full force.

“Huh? I thought you had been rejected…You’re his boyfriend?” asked the befuddled blond, who looked back and forth between Jecht and Trixxtal.

“A-apparently not!” he cried, misunderstanding Bellerophon’s tactless words. Jecht did not want to deal with this anymore; he could not handle situations like this. He wished Fenrir was here to support him. And like an angel answering his prayer, Jecht heard the voice of his best friend and felt relieved that Fenrir had suddenly arrived.

“Fenrir, I saw…I saw those two k-kissing!” he sobbed, quickly latching onto Fenrir as he arrived, “Trixxtal said it was an accident, but I…I don’t know what to believe anymore!”

ETHAN
At the arrival of a fourth person Ethan too resigned to his fate alongside Rodrigo. Unless they could jump off the roof, they would be forced to continue watching these over dramatic teenagers for the rest of the lunch period. “Hopefully a fight doesn’t start…” he sighed, the memory of the prefect barging into the classroom with the giant rule book suddenly returning to him, “Er, or would it be another dance off?” Ethan wondered not for the first time today if this was how high school worked in their home world and if so, underestimated how weird school could be.

“So was it really an accident or is the douchebag just lying to that poor guy? I couldn’t tell.” he asked Rodrigo, figuring they might as well talk about the ridiculous situation they were watching. Ethan himself couldn’t tell what really happened with that kiss but he did think it was incredible coincidentally timed for it to happen right as the douchebag’s boyfriend appeared. “And I don’t even know what that other blond guy is talking about.”

TOUDA & CEPHEUS & LUCIFEL

Cepheus contemplated his failure to successfully distract Jecht. He didn’t expect those two to last long anyways, but Cepheus prided himself in winning games, and this was a gamble he lost. He sighed; he really disliked losing any challenge. “Maybe there’s some way to salvage things? I can go after him and if he’s caught just tell Jecht that Trixxtal wanted to do something romantic for him, and he was just practicing on…whoever is there on the roof with him.” He suggested half-heartedly, giving up on the idea quickly. “Or not, haha, that will never work! Yup, looks like he is screwed.”

“What’s wrong with Trixxtal and Jecht?” Touda curiously asked, and it was Lucifel who responded.

“Vampire Trixxtal is enchanted by the beauty of one of hell’s denizens, and if he is found drinking his blood, his relationship will be in turmoil as the heart of his beloved breaks!” he boomed, petting Tapioco on the head as he spoke.

Touda simply nodded at the explanation, getting from the words that Jecht might not like someone Trixxtal was hanging out with. “Oh, ok! I’ll set aside an extra pizza slice for Trixxtal then. Jecht too.” He concluded, pizza being his solution to most problems.

The three joined the moment of silence, and Touda joined in with Mizuki’s prayer.