[IC] Malicious. Unintended. Super & Elegant (Muse) [VKAllen x Rhapsody]

[VKAllen]

Lann was mortified, feeling his heart beating painfully in his chest as he listened to the interaction between his father and Emilia. They spoke, and how their messages correspond to one another it made him shake his own head in frustration. Eyes wide, staring into the sky as his mind shouted loudly to deny the fact. "No no! No! NO!" It yelled loudly. The lines were being drawn subtly in his mind. "This can't be happening! No! Emilia is NOT my cousin!" He was practically grabbing his head. Alphonse beside him turned around to see Lann becoming horridly disturbed. Although Lann was able to get himself together as the back door opened, he remained frantic.

There was silence. Not a single word spoken when Emilia sat in the back seat of the car. Alphonse took no more time and drove the car towards the direction of the school where it continued to remain quiet as they rode into the street. "I thought you two would be chatting. What's with the awful silence?" Alphonse questioned them, finding it incredible strange that the two did not attempt to make any sort of conversation with one another. Lann didn't know what to say. He didn't know what to think. To suddenly find out that his girlfriend was actually his cousin caught him around a very strange situation. Not only had they shared their times together-- He was reminded of what they did last night together. Remembering the past evening now made it sting more than in the morning.

The silence remained as the two didn't speak. Lann feels the tension at the moment and he didn't want to say anything. He looked at Emilia, wondering what was going through her mind and figured that she would also be shocked. At the fact that they were cousins. Just as they spent a night together, this revelation occurred. It probably would make a scar rather than a sweet memory.

Then his younger memories began to fill in the missing gaps. He remembered now why he somewhat didn't remember Emilia. He remembered exactly. They were separated forcefully by their parents. They were close cousins when they were children but Lann and Emilia was so close, that their parents could see that they begin to be attracted to one another. From the way they share their food or when they play with each other. They loved one another dearly. When Alphonse saw that they were becoming intimate with one another... He discussed it with Emilia's father. After deciding upon the fate of the two cousins, Alphonse decided to completely separate him from Emilia by moving out and sending him to a different school. It all made sense now, how they felt so familiar with one another. "Alright we're here kids." His father said as he entered and stopped by the kerbside of the school's entrance. "Last stop: the school! All passengers out!" He cheerfully said, before pulling Lann's hand to give him a warm fatherly kiss to Lann. It felt weird for Lann so he just struggled his way out after he had kissed him.

They arrived at the school a little earlier than everyone, since they were dropped off. The school was just about half empty and students could still be seen walking towards the complex or around the market area wandering about. Lann and Emilia stood by each other, speechless and confused. Lann didn't know what to say. What was it that he would say that could possibly lighten the strong tense feeling that it currently held? All that he could hope was that Emilia wouldn't feel angry.

[Rhapsody]

For Emilia, the ride didn't take more than a few seconds. Her mind reeling to understand what she'd one, what they had done. Her memories rushing her head, making things even more difficult. She was silent, only heard the rush of blood in her ears and the heavy beat of her heart. She did her best to hold back the tears of dread that threatened to overwhelm her. She focused on breathing deeply, tried to calm herself, but it was barely working. The car stopped and she swallowed down the lump in her throat to force on a nice smile and thank her uncle for driving her to school. He was happy about it, and seemed alsmot oblivious to the way she was acting.

She glanced at Lann, who looked the way she felt. Unwell and full of dread. The first time she had fallen for someone, had given himher everything and he turned out to be her cousin. She suddenly felt sick. Glancing around as the two of them stood speech- and motionless in the entrance to the schoolyard, she noticed with relieve that there weren't many people around yet. She could not bear to see anyone she knew now. She most definetly wouldn't be able to act in any way resembling normal. She turned to Lann, opeining her nmouth, wanted to say something, anything, really, but all that she could get out was a choking sound as the tears started to flow from her eyes.

Emilia whirled around, heading, almost running, towards the trees and bushed next to the school. She ran straight through them, not caring for scratches or anything, as she fled out of sight and into the small woods that lay next to the school, seperating it from some kind of industrial buildings to the west. Barely anyone came here, especially so early in the morning, so after running for what felt like hours, but was really just minutes, silence was surrounding her. The forest blended out any kind of sign that there was a school nearby. Somewhere, Emilia stumbled, holding on to a tree to keep her balance as she held her belly, feeling sick.

Gasping for breath, face streaked with tears, her mind blank she sank to the ground with her side to the tree, leaning against it as she cried.

[VKAllen]

Silence. Not golden silence, but dreaded silence. The wind was dead, and flowers in the garden looked somewhat dull. The grass had a dark, icky green that didn't suit the high school at all. Everything felt terrible. Clouds were littering the sky as Lann and Emilia stood with one another side to side remaining silent and quiet. Another minute and another student would stare at them wondering what's up with the two friends. The moment he realised the glance Emilia had given him, he wanted to look back and just open his mouth to say words that would comfort her. When he turned, so did she. She opened her mouth in the exact moment Lann opened his, resulting in a halted voice and chokes as they were unable to speak. It just wouldn't come out.

But her tears. The flowing crystals that stroke her cheeks when she turned and run did something inside of him. It was a shot of pain in his chest. Something he hadn't felt in a long time. Not even back at Angelo Boys. Her teary face was vivid in his eyes and he could just feel the way she felt. Did she needed the alone time? Should Lann not follow her? It was a debate that would last for hours in his mind. His feet wanted to move, act in its own accord. His arms wants to wrap them around Emilia and his lips just wants to meet hers. But his brain, all of that made it numb. It started to slowly gross him out, the more he thought about Emilia being his cousin. He just did it with his cousin.

If somebody knew of that fact, it was possible that Lann would be locked up in jail. What a sight that'll be for him and his parents. He was unsure. Follow or not to follow? His mind wanted him to just stay away from Emilia, but his heart pounds and wants to follow her. He remained frozen on the ground, watching as Emilia slowly fade into the reserve without a decision. He wondered again. Did she hate him now that we're cousins? If so, then it's better to not follow her right?

His right foot sets a step forward. Soon, his left. If he really loved her-- Regardless whether she was his cousin or not, would he let her run into a forest on her own? The answer was a stern no. After deciding that he should run after her, he tried to follow where she was last seen. Looking around the bush and shrubs as he runs past them, he called out for Emilia. "Emilia!" Shouting and looking around the reserve as he walked, with not sight of her as he yelled. He slowly moved along the greenery, continuing to shout for several moments before continuing deeper into the reserve. He couldn't see the school anymore.

[Rhapsody]

Emilia looked up hearing Lanns voice nearby. He had followed her. A new series of sobs choked her, loud and uncontrollable. He had followed her and she was so damn happy about it. She dared to hope that he stil cared, that he was not simply disgusted with her, because the girl he had slept with had been his cousin. Emilia didn't know what to do. She couldn't tell anyone, never! Who knew what would happen to Lann if anyone knew? God, he was her cousin! She cired out at the thought, pained. She had given her virginity to her cousin! And she had loved every second of it.

The happiness she had felt just an hour ago was completly vanished. The satisfying fatigue in her body had turned her limps into lead. She could not move, could not do anything but cry her heart out, hot tears streaming down her face as she held her hands over her mouth to stiffle her wimpering. She heard branches breaking closeby and looked up. Lann was getting closer, still calling her name. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do. She wanted him with her, comforting her, but the thought of the feelings she had for her own cousin made her not call out to him.

He found her anyway, breaking through the bushes. They gazed at each other, Emilias sight a blur from the tears. She sobbed audibly again, the took a deep breath, her voice a whisper as she finally managed to say something. "How?.." she sobbed again. "How could we not know?!" She swallowed the lump in her throat, choking her words out. "How could I love my cousin?[/i] she asked, her voice full of pain, the words that followed barely understandable. "How can I still love you, knowing that you're my cousin??" She covered her face with her hands, wanting to hide from the world.

[VKAllen]

He swatted his arms around the bushes and branches that were sharper than swords. "Ack!" He yelped out as a splinter of wood dashed his arm. It began to bleed, but thankfully not profusely. It was just a scratch and it would take more than that to stop him from searching Emilia. He could still hear faint sobs in the quiet distance. He called out to her, whilst remaining to move forward, wanting to just not care about what his family or even her family think of them. He looked around after the struggle as silence followed. His eyes searched for her to every single bit of soil.

He placed forth his feet, moving carefully among the pile of leaves. The crunch that ensued left a trail of footsteps that moved forward relentlessly. Whenever he heard a sob in the distance, he would turn and follow. It seemed like the predator was following his prey. Lann wasn't like that. He searched for Emilia not to cause hurt. He wanted to love her. Despite the kind of situation they were in. They were now young adults-- Independence should be given to them! "Emilia!" He shouted again. There wasn't a response from her. Could it be that she didn't want to have anything to do with him now that they remembered who they were?

After following the sobs, he found the figure he was familiar with. He pushed through the bushes he was in and ran towards where Emilia was, sliding himself seated directly next to Emilia where he could to hold her by her eyes. Her eyes were burning in tears crying about what they were. "How...? How could we not know?!" Her voice was choking her throat as she spoke. "How could I love my cousin?" How can I still love you, know that you're my cousin??" She covered her face, with the palm of her hands trying to hide herself from the world that seems to look dull. Lann, who was just as sad couldn't shed a tear.

He held out his arm to Emilia and wrapped her around with it, despite the fact that they were cousins. He placed his own face close to Emilia, caressing her by his own skin and pulled away her hands from her face. "I don't know myself..." He said to her as he wiped her tears from her face. "I can't believe it... We're cousins..." There was a hint of disappointment in his tone of voice. Although, a bit of excitement inside of his heart as well. "But... I still love you too... I love you, even though you're my cousin-- We've given ourselves already to each other..." He felt his heart feeling something strange. Even though they were cousins, there was a vibe that prickled in their hearts. "I can't tell for sure... But for some reason... Going through with this relationship is the right choice. I don't want to just see you as my cousin." After that moment, he kissed her lips, gently to try and not force her into it before releasing. "I want you... As my girlfriend. As my one love."

[Rhapsody]

Emilia wanted to pull away from Lanns touch. But having his arms around her, his skin on hers, she couldn't move away after all. And she didn't know whether she should feel guilty about it. She didn't know at all, what to feel anymore. He pulled her hands from her face. "I don't know myself.." he said gently as his thumbs carefully wiped her tears away. Not that it mattered much, because she coudln't seem to stop crying. In that regard, she was wondering about herself. SHe had never been one to cry easily or much. But then again, she had never been in any situation comparable to this one, before. "I can't believe it.. We're cousins.." she heard Lann say with a hint of disappointment in his voice. Emilia finally managed to look him in the eyes. Was he disappointed at her? She couldn't bear the thought.

"But.. I still love you too.. I love you, even though you're my cousin--" She gasped. She had not even hoped he would return ehr feelings anymore. It made her cry again. "We've given ourselves already to each other..." Emilia looked away at those words, blushing as she remembered. She didn't regret even now. Even now, it was her best memory yet. "I can't tell for yure.. But for some reason.. Going through with this relationship is the right choice. I don't want to see you as my cousin." She stared at him, wanted to tell him that that was impossible, that they were cousins! But she couldn't bring herself to say anything. Because she felt the same way.

And then he kissed her and she froze for several seconds, stopped crying even, her brain trying to sort out what was the right thing to do. Just that she didn't want to do the right thing for once. Didn't want to do what she was supposed to. Because that would mean leaving him. Probably never seeing him again. He pulled back and she stared at him, the unsureness plain in her eyes. "I want you.. As my girlfriend. As my one love." She sobbed loudly, and reached out, wrapping her arms around Lanns shoulders as she cried again, now from happiness. She hugged him tight to her, not ever wanting to let go. They wouldn't be able to tell anyone. And they would have to hisde what they were from all the others. But she didn't care about that, as long as it meant they could stay together. Shudders and sobs kept her from speaking clearly as she managed to find some words. "Me too.. I .. I love you so much, I.." she pulled back to look into his eyes. "You're the only one for me." she whispered and leaned in, kissing him sweetly at first, but growing more and more passionate as the kiss deepened.

[VKAllen]

It was a destiny bond between the two lovers in the middle of a forest. Although forbidden by logic and customs, human's tendency to break those regulations are fueling Lann and Emilia to remain together. Fully aware that their condition for a relationship was impossible, they decided to keep their relationship secret and hidden to keep their appearances. As Emilia's tears continued to rain over her luminescent cheeks, her arms wrapped around his shoulder tight and firm sobbing loudly to Lann's words. He held her gently with his hands and caressing her back ever so gently and shared another piece of words that made his heart sooth into loving Emilia. "Me too… I… I love you so much, I…" She raisd her head to gaze into Lann as he did the same with a gentle look that was sincere. "You're the only one for me…" Her whisper was breathy and she leaned her lips came and wrestled Lann's.

From a soft, romantic kiss it deepened as they continued. Their lips would refuse to leave from one another. Lann's lips reached up to Emilia's upper lip to nip and tug before continuing to slip and tangle the tongues back, sending them deep into their own worlds. Lann's head slowly became fuzzy and numb. His hands were holding onto the back of Emilia's neck to pull her deeper into him while his thoughts played upon last night's encounter and experience. His face began to fluster in redness and heat-- feeling his own skin producing sweat and the atmosphere began to encourage him to do more-- even if they were cousins. He was reminded again of her beautiful face. One to outmatch even the prettiest of girls, including Ebony who was the Queen of the Mountain View Highschool. It made his kiss slow down in pace, yet becoming softer and sweeter.

Concept of time was lost in their world. But when their kiss was finished, the loud church bells of the school could be heard loudly and clearly from the Forest Reserve. It was strange rather. Lann's initial reaction upon hearing the bell was to look from gazing into Emilia to the Sky towards the school. The sky was brighter from the morning dusk, and the sun was warm in their faces, lighting the trees brilliantly into bright green. He let his gaze move back to Emilia. "… Do you just want to stay here for now?" He asked her curiously with the blush still painted on his face as his eyes looked away a little nervous "I don't mind if we just skip the first lesson…"

[Rhapsody]

Emilia moaned into the kiss, her mind going blank as Lann pulled her deeper into him, tighlty holding on to her neck. All she could feel was his tongue, tangling with hers, and his lips, warm and soft, pressing against hers, nipping and tugging before going back to ecploring her mouth. She was breathing hard, and when her mind finally did manage to form a thought, it was an image of the night before adn the feeling that she wanted to do more, right there and then. Which really was anything but proper. They were in the small forest, right next to the school. And they were cousins. Funny how she didn't think of their relation as the first reason not to go further.

Lanns kiss grew slower, became softer and sweeter and eventually broke off, leaving them both breathless and red-cheeked and indecently gazing at each other. Until the school bell rang, pulling them out of their world and back to reality. Emilia sat back as Lann looked at the sky. She glanced around the silent forest, lit by the morning sun, thrwoing a maze of shadows on the ground. They were sitting on the edge of a clearing, which was flooded with sunlight in the middle, illuminating the green grass beautifully. "...Do you just want to stay here now?" Lann asked and she turned her head back to him, noticing the blush still painted on his cheeks, just as it was on hers. He looked away, nervous it seemed, before continuin. "I don't mind if we just skip the first lesson..."

Emilia nodded. "I,.. I think I can't go out there yet." she mumbled. She didn't feel anywhere near ready to meet anyone. And she was sure she wouldn't for days. But right now, she could still avoid it. And stay with Lann. She actually didn't think she would be able to go to school at all that day, and she was not the type to skip school lightly. She had to figure out for herself what she was going to do now, how she was going to behave. Which was hard with Lann there, and the memories of the last night vividly in her mind constantly distracting her from forming more than one coherent thought. She looked at Lann and was aware he eyes were filled with those feelings. She reached out, holding onto his hand lightly and pulling it into her lab, looking down at it. "Let's stay here." she murmured, her cheeks growing a slight bit redder.

[VKAllen]

Emilia nods in agreement to Lann's suggestion. It made him smile. "I... I think I can't go out there yet." Her voice soft, it came out nearly incomphrehendable to one's ears. Lann caught sense to it. It was strange. How could they explain this situation ever to a another person? They'd be damn disgusted, and Lann's image would surely be destroyed. Everybody knows that somebody who just transferred from the Angelo High School is a troublemaker by nature. He can't imagine what kind of impact it would create for Emilia too. It made him worry, but as he bit his tongue he stretched his eyes back to Emilia who had her hands on his to her lap. He notices that her eyes were on it. "Let's stay here." The murmur was followed by her burning cheeks, as if suggesting that she wants to be with Lann. Or maybe that she wants him inside.

He smiled at her with the same red cheeks, nodding his head as he took his other hand and pat onto her tied-up hair. He carefully moved her hand away from his and crawled over her body like a beast on all fours. "Let's do it again... Like last night. But... We can't be too... Noisy." He suggested out of the blue, sending himself into another fluster as they gazed. "I mean... If you don't want to..." He could understand. Perhaps the fact that they were cousins would stop them from doing so. For Lann, it doesn't seem to be so.

[Rhapsody]

She saw it in his eyes as he moved her hand away and, finally, a small smile crept onto her lips as he moved closer, crawling over her. His voice and words made her shiver. "Let's do it again... Like last night. But... We can't be too.. Noisy." he suggested gazing at her in what seemed a slightly flustered, nervous way. He was afraid she would turn him away, Emilia realized. And that would probably be the right thing to do considering their newly found circumstances. But she couldn't deny her own feelings. She wanted the same. Maybe it was because she had not fully realized any of this cousin thing yet. Maybe she just loved him too much. "I mean... If you don't want to.." Emilia placed her hands behind her, leaning up to capture his mouth in a passionate kiss. When she pulled back she gazed up at him. "I don't know if I can be quiet." she just said, trying to look innocent but a wicked smile crept onto her face anyway.

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Kat hurried into and over the yard at the sight of Daniel and Sirius already heading up the stairs and for the doors. She made it just in time to throw herself between them, one arm hugging each. "Good Morning, guys!" she greeted cheerfully in her usual manner. She stopped though, before going on and looked arond with a confused look on her face. Where was Emilia? The girl had never been late. Not once ever since Kat had known her. She turned, carefully scanning the faces scattered around the card. No Emilia. "Is Emilia already inside?" she loudly asked the two guys behind her. "And for that matter,.. where is Lann?" she added, since he was pretty much a part of their little group now. They all liked him and since it seemed Emilia liked him most of them all, none of them had any objectons to him hanging out with them. She whirled back around, shrugging her shoulders. "Well, maybe they're already inside and totally forgot to wait for us because they were busy gazing at each other." she teased with a smirk on her face and went through the door Daniel still held open, to head for the classroom and hopefully surprise and annoy those two a little.

[ooc. sorry, rather short, wasn't sure how to get on with this.]

[VKAllen]

(That's alright, I've figured a little.)

The thought of the cultural festival hurdling around Sirius's head made himself spin around in his mind. There was just too much stuff going on. Especially with a president like her it would make things much more difficult for him. The roadways were filled with students just as usual, but one that was over-the-top noticeable was the infamous Daniel. His mouth already open and laughing his ass off about some funny joke he said to his dad yesterday. He was holding little Phoebe's hand who held on to her book and big brother's hands firmly. He sighed. Looks like it was going to be another day in Sirius's diary. He wonders what today awaits.

The sun was up and about, warming those who felt cold to the wind's voracious jaws. Looks like the winter was ending. Or better yet, is it starting? Sometimes mother nature never could decide its preferable mood. Phoebe and Sirius were by the entrance of Mountain View Highschool greeted by a group of Phoebe's friends picking her up right at the gates. It made Sirius happy to see his little sister becoming the popular member of her friendship group. He waved and fare her well as her friends carried her away with a gentle smile before Daniel shows up. "Heey, big brotheeeeer...~" He said in a mockingly tone. Sometimes Sirius just wants to turn around and slap his head multiple times for doing that.

"Quiet, Daniel. You're a nuisance already." He jokingly said to him. It made Daniel flinch to see the quick turn of tables that Sirius had did. It was like he was a whole different person in front of Daniel. "Yeah. I'm already having symptoms of a headache." Daniel came back to Sirius, wiping the sweat off his forehead.

"Geez. Alright, I'll try not to be too annoying. I mean, who knows what would happen when Kat gets here!" It was a response that hit Sirius square in the face. Of course, when Kat gets here it'll be far worse. Maybe a headache was inevitable today. "Seen our brother Lann? Where the hell is he?" Daniel's head looked around the yard, only to find nothing around the courtyard. Sirius turned his head towards the bicycle parking station, but his bike was not there.

"Huh. I don't think he's here yet. Maybe his alarm didn't go off! Like yesterday." The two of them threw a laugh together, lightly making doodle-doo of Lann's disappearance. "Let's just go up to class and get our bags off our backs. Today's gonna kill me like every single day of my life." He joked, before walking towards the front door of the school. Daniel caught up quickly behind him with a small jog. The school corridors were not the tidiest. Students littered the hallways and the only sounds you could hear was the rustling of shoes, the inaudible speaking and the opening and closing of lockers. The stairs were straight ahead and Sirius headed up towards the upstairs flow before he found himself being hooked to a heavier burden in his shoulder. "Aaa...!"

Sirius grunted and anticipated himself falling, but he didn't. He felt somebody's hands hanging off his neck, dangling. "Good morning guys!" Sirius's immediate reaction was to groan. The chatter boxes were here. "Is Emilia already inside?" Her loud voice banging into Sirius's ears gave him a temptation to just struggle Kat's arms off his neck and just run upstairs. Of course, that would be a rude approach.

"We--"

"And for that matter... Where is Lann?" Sirius was cut-off by Kat's interjection. He wanted to tell her that he was going to say something, but it wasn't the first time she had interjected his sentences. His precise guess was that she'll response with an empty apology.

"Kat, they might be hanging out with each other for today. Just let'em be. We'll see them in class later anyway."

"Brother Sirius is right! I mean, nobody cares when I just sit with you. Well, maybe the swimming guys..." His comment made Sirius roll his eyes towards Daniel.

"Brother? Since when we're brothers?!" Nobody seemed to have listened to what Sirius had said.

"Well, maybe they're already inside and totally forgot to wait for us because they were busy gazing at each other." Her comments about Emilia and Lann sent both of the boys giggling. Well, there seems like something's happening between them. Maybe it was best that they catch them out for it when they meet them in the classroom later.

"Haha. Perhaps. We thought that at least Emilia would be up in the classroom. So we're gonna go and check out if she really is there." They continued up the stairs and towards another hallway where there were less students in the corridor. It was just friends of friends who were chatting and talking with one another. There was less commotion and Sirius felt glad to not feel the congestion anymore. As soon as they arrived in their classroom, Kat was the first to march in head-first into the abyss. Not many people were inside-- To his surprise. As soon as Sirius and Daniel walked into the room they were introduced with a small surprise.

"Welp. Looks like they're not here yet. No annoying Emilia and Lann today." There were other classmates inside, greeting the three as they entered. It was a little disappointing to not find Emilia and Lann inside. It felt like as if part of the group's bodily limbs were missing. "Gah. I don't understand why I'm getting worked up over this--" His shoulders were pulled from behind.

"Sirius!" A lady-like voice sounded from behind. The hand turned him around and surprise surprise.

"Ah-- Ebony. C-can I help you?" He asked, trying to figure out what the hell she wants in the morning.

"Did you do what I asked of you last night? I don't want things to go south for Monday's festival." Oh. The schedule and what's going to happen. The running sheet, the amount of organising that Sirius had to do. That only sends him in a much more painful state of mind.

"Yeah... Yeah... Don't worry about it. I got it with me. I'll hand it over to you later because I still need to go over it during class. I'll pass it on for sure during first break." If at least Ebony had helped Sirius organise, it would be less of a pain.

"Oh. Alright, thanks. I know I can count on you. You're a great advisor." And then there's her appreciative side. It completely pulls him out of order and into a roller coaster of emotions. That girl was unpredictably resemblant to cinnamon. If you get too much of it, it'll drive you sick. But if you take it a little, it's sweet.

[Rhapsody]

Together, the three of them headed for the classroom, pretty much expecting at least Emilia to already be there and waiting, likely even sitting there and chatting with Lann. Kat marched in first, fully prepared to go ahead and interrupt whatever was going on inside. But she stopped once she had made a few steps into the room. Because there was nothing going on in there No Emilia, no Lann. Only a few of their classmates hagning around in small groups, talking and greeting them as they noticed the three arriving.

Kat frowned and turned around. She looked at Sirius, who seemed just as confused as she was. "Gah. I don't understand why I'm getting worked up over this--" he started and Kat was already about to interrupt him and ask what he meant, when he saw the girl coming up from behind him, seizing his shoulders. Kat frowned. She didn't know why exactly, probably couldn't actually explain it , but she had never ever liked Ebony. She wasn't sure whether it was because of her attitude or her looks or how she handled Sirius. Maybe all of them. She rolled her eyes as she heard the annoying girl call out Sirius name in he nerve-wracking voice.

Sirius turned around, stammering a little. "Ah..Ebony. C-can I help you?" It made Kat roll her eyes again, and she glanced at Daniel who was half smirking at Sirius and half appreciating the view Ebony gave with her unbuttoned blouse. Kat couldn't hold herself back and punched him on the arm. He startled. "Wh-what? Kat?!" She glared at him then turned around to watch the other two, shooting unapproving glares Ebonys way who was completly ignoring her in turn. "Did you do what I asked of you last night? I don't want things to go south for Monday's festival." she said and Kat was so damn to telling her she should do it herself than and not have Sirius do all of her work. She managed to hold back though. She knew she had the tendency to comment where it was not her place to and Sirius wasn't the type of guy who couldn't say his mind himself.

"Yeah.. yeah.. Don't worry about it. I got it with me. I'll hand it over to you later because I still need to go over it during class. I'll pass it on for sure during first break." Ebony seemed to be annoyed at having to actually wait for anything but put on one of her sickly sweet smiles. "Oh. Alright, thanks. I know I can count on you. You're a great advisor." Kat felt sick at the way jsut those few words seemed to make it all up for Sirius. Just what was it about that girl that had all the guys wrapped aroudn her little finger?! Kat was just continually disgusted with her. "He'd make an ever better president." she murmured, not quiet enough for Ebony not to hear though, she made sure of that. "He's already accustomed to the tasks anyway.." she added, giving Ebony a fake smile and no time to answer, because Kat was already turning around and heading for her desk, pulling out her phone and sending Emilia a message, completly ignoring that the other girl was glaring daggers at her.

[VKAllen]

Oblivious to what was happening behind the curtains with Daniel and Kat. As soon as he was able to see Kat, she was seated and texting her phone away. Perhaps from the current situation, she was texting Emilia-- find out where she was and all the stuff. He thought about it for a moment and found it funny how it actually doesn't make any sense. Emilia was the punctual type. She had failed to turn up early and it's very, very unusual. He wasn't quite sure with Lann since he was a little bit on off as it seems from yesterday. It was also too much of a coincident if the two were held up by something. He glared outside the window. He knew that something was up but made no comments about it.

Ebony, who was just standing by the door near Sirius as he walked towards his desk was darting her eyes at Kat-- Undoubtedly annoyed and irritated by the attitude she carried on towards her. She gave a frustrated smirk and left to the next door classroom where she resided. Sirius had missed the kind of exchange that the two girls had. Daniel who seemed clueless at what was going on had his hand held around his arm. Seems like something happened when he spoke with Ebony. "I don't see you react like that often. Geez, what's wrong with you irritable girls?" He groaned and headed back for his seat where he began to unpack. Sirius unpacked his belongins, especially the schedule and began to go over them-- but he saw Kat staring behind the paper. "Something the matter?" He asked her, perhaps she didn't like to see him being pushed around by Ebony.

[Rhapsody]

A little satisfied to see Ebony leave and Sirius at his desk and not conversing with her anymore, Kat shot Daniel a look at his comment, but didn't actually answer, just rolled her eyes. Guys. she thought to herself. They never seemed to get anything when girls were being a little subtle. Not that Kat made any kind of secret out of her dislike for the student body president. Her eyes turned to Sirious who was now looking though some paper, likely the ones he ahd talked about with Ebony back then.

"Something the matter?" he asked her and she flinched a little. She hadn't noticed he had caught her. She smiled and shook her head with a sigh. "No. It's just.." he trailed off, not sure what she wanted to say. She, of course, didn't like seeing her friend being pushed around and loaded with work when it wasn#t even his own to do, but she also not liked seeing Ebony handling people in general. "I don't get how you can actually be so civil to that girl. She's so... arrogant:" she tried to get a glimpse of the papers. "Isn't that actually her work and not yours? How did anyone ever think she'd make a good president?" Kat sighed, noticing she was getting into this a little too much. As far as she could tell, Sirius liked his work for the student council, so it was not her place to say anything against it. "If I can help you with anything, just tell me." she added, though she couldn't actually think of anything herself at the moment. But who kenw what might come up with the festival?

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Daniel sat down his desk, looking otherwise bored. The lesson was going to start in a matter of minutes and nothing was interesting enough to keep him occupied. He had his eyes fixed to the ceiling and his back resting on the chain waiting for time to pass. Even minutes could feel like an eternity without anything to do. Every one or so few moments, Daniel would glance at Kat and quickly looking away when he saw her pupils move.

Sirius who was behind Daniel only smiled at Kat's curiosity. Just like a real feline, she was curious at how he could remain calm and cool around her. It was an easy answer for him because he knew and was exploiting Ebony's weakness to kindness and gentleness. Even if she was to be 'arrogant' as Kat has mentioned, she still has a heart for people. He noticed her quick jumping from his eyes to the paper, before asking;

"Isn't that actually her work and not yours?" That was the question that he thought she would ask. It made him grin a little bit more before she continued. "How di anyone ever think she'd make a good president?" It was cute to see Kat becoming so worked up about it. Made it sound like she cares for Sirius. Daniel who was in front glared at Kat for looking and saying things like that towards Sirius. He felt that he seems to deserve the attention she placed on Sirius. He took some time to process what Kat was trying to say. Most of it was because he liked council work because it helps him grow a bit better as a person.

"Ebony isn't a girl you think she is. I've learnt that she has a soft spot for people who are nice and gentle. Who likes to take things with an open and appreciative mind."He reflected for a moment, saying that yes she was like that. "She's treated me with ice cream more than once before." He smiled again to Kat. "The work here is actually a shared effort. Ebony and I had a discussion about it and we did the schedule together. I noticed some flaws in it so I volunteered to get it fixed up by today." It was kind of her to offer her own assistance if Sirius needed it. The thought made him feel happy and most of all, included. He gave a firm nod to Kat, happily appreciating her endeavour and kindness. "Thanks Kat. You're a good friend."

Daniel who heard the thing went down could only parrot Sirius. "Thanks Kat~~~ You're a good friend! Blargh waggh" That only made Sirius look at laugh.

----- Meanwhile, Emilia and Lann -----

Lann heard her phone ring, but the two remained to continue romancing with each other in the middle of the forest, ignoring the phone as they kissed.

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"And Daniel will help as well if you need an extra pair of hands." she added, looking at Daniel, who was bein his usual childish self with a teasing glint in her eyes. She didn't know though, what to make of the desctiption she had just gotten of Ebony by Sirius. THe girl had never striked as anything but arrogant and snobby and she would've thought that the uys would see her like that as well. Turned our that most guys didn't actually see beyond her 'pretty eyes'. Though she had expected as much of Daniel she didn't think Sirius was someone to be like that as well. She couldn't tell whether he was just blinded by a bit of kindness in between Ebonys mean self, or whether the other girl was really nice to people when nobody was looking.

The classroom had filled as they had talked and now, everyone was seated, though there was still no sign of either Emilia or Lann. Getting a little worried, Kat wrote Emilia another mail. She wanted to call, but the second she was thinking of it, their homeroom teacher arrived, starting his lesson. Luckily, Kat had actually done her homework for once. It wasn't tha tshe was actually dumb, no matter what people though because of her attitude and her interest in sports and because of the fact that she rarely bothered to do anything for school. She just didn't have too much time.

She had been so happy when she had managed to fit the club in her schedule. With one older and four younger siblings and a single-parent, you didn't get much time away from your family if you are the eldest daughter. Her big brother hadn't agreed to go to college after he'd finished high school, he had been dead set on taking up a job and earning money to help out his family. Kat was sure she wouldn't be allowed to do the same though. But with her mother and brother away at work during the day, it was her task to get the youngest from kindergarten and make dinner for when the elder two would arrive from school. It was always funny to see how people never believed her her circumstances at home because of the carefree way she behaved at school. Though not many people knew.

Class was going on and there was still no reply from Emilia, no matter how many seriously annoyeing mails she sent her best friend. Once the bell rang she turned around to look at both Sirius and Daniel. "I'm still not getting any reply! I'm getting a little worried here. Emilia is not the kind to just not turn up for school without a word."

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Daniel nearly fell out of his chair when he heard what Kat said. "H-Hey! No dragging me into this!" He said aloud which caused people to look and laugh. He stood up from his seat and began tickling her just so that he can annoy her. There lies a small chuckle in Sirius. Before he began to review the schedule again, trying to touch-up everything he could.

Students began to pour over into he classroom, their bags soon strapped to the backrest of the chair and groggily welcome another day in school. It didn't hit him hard enough with the fact that Lann and Emilia still hasn't turned up. The two probably has things going on with one another and hadn't told anyone about it. Which was understandable on his part since he also have a similar relationship with Ebony. Mr. Collins entered the room, clearing his throat as he goes to the teacher's desk and undid his folder, sprawling for the class's roll.

The empty seat behind Kat certainly brought attention to everybody in the class-- while the seat in between Daniel and himself didn't get any attention. Mr. Collins began marking the roll, but paused as he arrived at Emilia's name. His eyes looked to the empty seat and then to Kat, thinking that she might have something to do with it. He continued to mark the roll.

Class went on as usual, except without Lann's continuous contribution to every single question Mr. Collins asked. The impact wasn't there yet, but Sirius could feel it.

Time went on short, and the bell rang. As soon as the bell rang all of the students sighed to a small relief and rested their heads on the table. Sirius leaned on his backrest until he pushed himself forward to the sound of Kat becoming worried sick. "I'm still not getting any reply! I'm getting a little worried here. Emilia is not the kind to just not turn up for school without a word." Her concern didn't add much to the fact that the two was missing.

"You know, unexpected things could come up. Maybe her phone's on silent and she's overslept. She may also have forgot her alarm or something." Sirius added. It was soon interrupted by Daniel's outburst as well.

"No way dude! Emilia never misses a school day without telling us about it. It's getting into my head too that something's happened." All of this rambling was sending Sirius into a worse headache.

"Look, I know she's not here now and neither is Lann, but we can't just assume things. Emilia will probably turn up soon!" He said with a smile, trying to at least lighten the mood and ease Daniel's and Kat's mind. Even though it wouldn't work, he just wants them to not get worked up. "We'll be fine on our own."

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Kat frowned at Sirius and shook her head, opening her mouth to answer when Daniel said the exact thing she'd been thinking and about to say as well. Well, mostly the same, she would've left out the 'dude'. She nodded in agreement with him. "Exactly!" she commented on it. "Look," Sirius tried to calm the both of them down again, a little annoyed probably. "I know she'd not here now and neither is Lann, but we can't just assume things. Emilia will probably turn up soon!" he said with a smile and Kat sighed. He might be right. She would give Emilia another hour and mail her some more and when that time was over she'd try to call. She just hoped everything was alright. "We'll be fine on our own." she heard Sirius add and smiled at that. Of course they would be. It was just that Emilia always managed to get Kat to relax properly. And she always had some food for her.

She gasped. "My lunch!" she exclaimed, realizing she would have to survive on what little she had brought. She wasn't too fond of fighting her way through the cafeteria. And she barely had any time to make herself something in the mornings, because she was busy making lunch boxes for her younger siblings. It was strange, becasue even when she got up earlier and made more, for some reason she nerver got to make some for herself in the end. She was cursed in that regard.

Kat realized she had actually said that out loud and must've sounded quite horrible. "I didn't mean it.. that way." she tried to right herself and cleared her throat, glancing at Sirius and Daniel, whom both of them she expected to smirk teasingly at her. "And I am not always only thinking of food!" she added, already having heard that little comment a thousand times. She was an fit and probably even still growing teenager, of course she needed plenty to eat! She didn't say tha tout loud though, because she was also a girl and while she didn't care much for appearances most of the time, she knew she tended to behave like a guy sometimes, and she had started trying to reduce that kind of thing. After all, which girl wanted to be handled like a guy?

She shook her head lightly, getting rif of those thoughts, cause really, she hated having to think of those kind of things. Instead she got out her phone, sending Emilia another message along the lines of 'where are you?', 'are you alright?' and 'we're getting worried, here!'. She sighed and looked out of the window. The weather was great, but there'd be no soccer training today, unfortunately. Which meant Kat would be doing some grocery shopping after school, and cookig and laundry and tidying up the house some. She hoped she'd just have some time to soak in the sun in between.

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"Food's always in your mind!" Daniel scowled teasingly at Kat for associating Emilia with food all of the time. It was true that Kat liked to load on Emilia almost all the time. "Sometimes I can't tell if you're watching your appearance at all Kat." There was a look of disappointment in Kat's face-- The frowned lips and the quick turn of her irises that glanced at the floor before back to Daniel as she scoffed and cleared her own throat as she replied.

"I didn't meant it... That way." Daniel and Sirius only had smirks on their faces. Typical Kat. "And I am not always only thinking of food!" There was an outburst of laughter with Daniel, and only a chuckle from Sirius as he leaned on to the desk, landing his face on the pile of paper on top of it looking towards Kat idly as he pondered about the Cultural Festival. What a pain... He just wishes that he could be off the hook from it, but he knows that Ebony would become too overwhelmed if he quits. Neither will it keep a good image.

"Yo Sirius, you okay?" He placed his hand on Sirius's head. "The hottie got stuck in your mind? Damn, she's got one hell of a rack and she's practically pushing it against you. Lucky boy." The comment made Sirius jump.

"H-Hey! That's not true!" There was a small blush on his face as his head shook to deny Daniel. The more he tried to disprove it, the wider his grin and the more it encouraged him. He continued to keep Sirius on his toes about it.

"Y'know... Maybe if you're just too tired of it, I can replace you to be with her. I'll be sure to get the job done for her..."

"Who said that I want to quit?!" There was more outbursts of laughter from Daniel. Out of Sirius's peripheral vision, he could see Kat tapping her phone away. Her concern for Emilia must be growing, and she's damn curious about where Emilia is. He calmed himself down, which completely discouraged Daniel from continuing on and focused his attention on Kat.

"Damn it Kat, you're really worried about her aren't you?" He asked her forwardly. "You know if you're worried because your lunch box isn't full, you can have mine."

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"Of course I'm really worried about her!" she exlcaimed and turned around to scowl at Daniel. "And not because of the food, damn it!" she added, her scowl turning into a glare. She huffed, irritated and turned back around, staring at her phone, waiting for it to light up any second. She was also annoyed at Daniel for all that 'rack' talk. It was disgusting, in her opinion. But she guessed that was thanks to the swimming team guys inlfuence. They were all like that and even though Kat was pretty sure Daniel wasn't one to get influenced fast by others, it seemed to be normal at that age and with those surroundings. Funny how she sometimes sounded like some old woman. Most of her friends were guys for some reason and she always felt like she needed Emilias full female charm close to balance that out.

The bell rang and their history lesson begun, with Kat rather unable to concentrate properly, constantly glancing at the display of her phone. But there was no answer from Emilia yet and Kat almost got caught thrice. Luckily the teacher wasn't one to say anything about this kind of thing if you noticed soon enough and stopped right away. Any other teacher and he or her would have taken the phone from her the very first time. Which, of course, she couldn't risk. She needed her phone, not because she had to constantly check for messages or her facebook page or that kind of thing, but simply because she always needed to be contactable by her various siblings if an emergency were to turn up. Which had already happened plenty of times. And her mother usually couldn't get away from her work, as well as he elder brother, so she was the one who would have to leave whatever she was doing an run to take over. And she didn't actually mind that, most of the time.

Sighing, Kat alternated between gazing out the window and copying whatever was being written on the blackboard. She would have to try and look over it all once more in the evening, when she had some time to herself, and probably ask someone to help her catch up. Normally she would ask Emilia, but she wasn't here. So then, she was thinking of Sirius, but he had so much to do with the Cultural Festival coming up, he most likely didn't have the time for it. So that left Daniel. Kat lightly turned around to get a look at him and see whether he was even remotely concentrating on the lesson.