After Castiel had finally told Deborah off and she ran away crying, he decided to go and immediately find Luna to apologize. He looked all around school without any luck before he started asking around, and Rosalya finally told him that she'd left a while ago. He went to her apartment and tried to talk to her, but as soon as she saw who it was, she slammed the door in his face and threatened to call the cops if he didn't leave, so he had no choice but to go.
The next day at school, Luna was in the courtyard eating lunch when Castiel came up behind her and said her name. "Go away!" She growled. "I don't want to talk to you!"
"And I admit that you have every right to feel that way. I was behaving like a jackass and I didn't believe you when I should have. I just want to tell that… I'm sorry… I'm really sorry! You were right all along! Deborah was a manipulative, deceiving bitch and I feel stupid that I ever thought she liked me! I swear, I will never doubt you again, and if I ever do, you have the right to kick my ass!" He said, and she just looked over her shoulder at him before looking away again. He sighed and kneeled down next to her. "Please, just say something! Anything!"
"…I hate you!" She growled before grabbing her lunch and stomping off.
Castiel sat there, dumbfounded, before looking down sadly.
After classes were over for the day, Castiel once again found Luna by her locker and tried to talk to her, "Luna, please just listen to me."
She growled, "When will you just leave me alone?!"
"Not until you listen to me!"
"I have listened to you!" She yelled, "I have listened and heard all of your lame excuses and stupid fucking reasons! I tried to help you and all you've ever done is blow me off and call me a liar, and I'm fed up with it! I am finally doing what I should've done a long time ago and never talking to you again; you're not worth my time! Now, go fuck off somewhere! I don't give a damn about you anymore!" She started walking away, but before she could get far, Castiel grabbed her wrist and threw her against the lockers, and put both hands on either side of her head, pinning her there. "How dare you! Let me go!" She yelled and tried to push him back, but he was stronger.
"No! Now, you listen to me! I know what I did to you was horrible, and yes, you have every right to yell, scream, shout, and call me every bad name under the sun, but I know that you still have feelings for me! You have ever since you came to this school, and you and I both know it! What I've been trying to say to you is… I'm sorry I hurt you, because I…I care about you! I know I don't show it very often… or sometimes, at all, but I do! I thought that love is what Deborah and I had, but you've shown me that that's not true; she never really even liked me! But when I'm with you, I… dammit, I just-" He banged his head against the lockers, next to where her head was, so he was pinning her even further into them. "I just care about you so much that it kills me to know that I hurt you so badly…"
Luna looked shocked at his words and almost melted into him, until she remembered why she was angry in the first place. She growled and pushed him back as hard as she could, almost causing him to lose his balance from the force. "Pretty speech, Castiel, but words mean nothing! If you can't prove that you care about me, then you don't!" She turned and stomped off for the second time that day, but then suddenly stopped and looked back at him, "Besides, I'm seeing someone else now!"
Castiel just stood there by the lockers for a few more minutes, looking upset, when Lysander walked by and asked him what was wrong. "What's wrong? The woman who once actually loved me now hates me, and she's already found someone else!" He said, and Lysander just looked at him with an expressionless face. "I should've known this would happen! I mean, even you admitted to me that you think she's beautiful!"
"I did."
"Yeah, you said that if I didn't take her, someone else would!"
"I did." He repeated.
"I just wish I knew who she's with!"
"Me."
Castiel paused and looked back at Lysander, unbelievably. "…What?"
"I asked Luna out, and she said yes."
Castiel's look turned into a hateful glare and he yelled, "How could you do that to me?!"
"Hey, I didn't do anything to you." Lysander said, calmly. "You were the one who pushed her aside and told her that you didn't want to see her anymore. I was simply the one she came to and got comforted by; I was there for her when you were not."
"But you knew how I feel about her! Why did you steal her from me?! Friends don't do that sort of thing!"
"Okay, first of all, will you please stop shouting, I am only two feet away from you." He said as he covered his ears, and then put his hands down. "Secondly, I did not "steal" her from you, because she was never yours, and you can't "steal" something that never belonged to the other person."
"But you knew I liked her!"
"And then, you pushed her away when your ex suddenly showed up. I mean, what do you think she is? Just some kind of toy you can play with and then discard when you find something new? Because she's not. She deserves someone who can treat her right."
"I'm warning you, Lysander…" Castiel growled, glaring daggers at the other man, and he didn't even notice Luna walking back their way, because she'd forgotten that she was going to meet Lysander at her locker. "I will do whatever it takes to get Luna back, and if that means fighting you for her, then fine!"
Luna scowled and said, "Excuse me?!" They both looked at her with shocked expressions. "What the fuck is your problem, Castiel?! I am not some prize to be won!" She opened the door to the right of her which led to the staircase and slammed it behind her.
"Luna! Wait!" Lysander said and ran after her, leaving Castiel by himself again.
Castiel growled to himself and slammed his head against the lockers, "Stupid! Why the fuck did I say that?!" He then punched the locker next to him so hard that it dented the metal and cut his knuckle open, but he didn't care.
Lysander caught up with Luna in the stairwell and stopped her between two flights of stairs. "Hey. Look, I'm sorry."
"Why are you sorry? It's not you I'm mad at."
"I know, but I…I just wish I knew what to say to make everything better."
"It's alright. I just can't believe him! I mean, seriously?! Who does he think he is?! Does he really think that threatening to hurt you is going to make me like him again?"
"No, but I know Castiel, and he would never really do it; he was just upset."
"I hope you're right, because I wouldn't be able to live with myself if he hurt you because of me."
Lysander smiled and tilted her head up, "Well, don't worry, because it's not going to happen."
She smiled back and nodded. "Do you still want to go to the café?" She asked, and he nodded, so they walked out together and headed there.
When Luna and Lysander made it to the café, they sat down at one of the tables and started talking and shared a drink as they did. Since it was Friday and there was no school the next day, Luna ended up inviting Lysander over to her apartment for the night, which he accepted. The two of them ended up spending the entire weekend together, even hanging out with Alexy and Armin when they came over to visit.
The next Monday at school, almost all the students were in their first period classes when the morning announcements came up on TV. At Sweet Amoris, the morning announcements were more like watching the news, and Peggy was the one who was usually the reporter reading the news. This morning's announcements were unexpected as Peggy joked that there was a "guest in the studio", which was revealed – to everyone's surprise – to be none other than Castiel. Castiel looked right at the camera when it turned to him and told the whole school that he was there to play a song. He took out a black acoustic guitar and sat in front of a microphone before he started playing the song Stupid Boy by Keith Urban. Everyone in school was glued to the TV as he played and sang, and Luna started tearing up as she watched. When he was done, the camera slowly moved back to Peggy and she just said, "Wow…" Apparently, in as much shock as everyone else.
"I had no idea Castiel had that in him." Iris said and looked at Luna who was sitting behind her. "Luna… are you okay?"
She looked down at her desk and a tear fell from her face, "No… no, I'm not."
After the first period was over, Luna left and didn't even bother heading to her second period class, and instead, went to go find Castiel. She walked into the courtyard, and sure enough, he was sitting down on the bench. "Castiel…" She said softly after walking over to him, one of her hands grasping the strap of her backpack nervously.
"Hi…"
Luna looked away for a moment, but then glanced back at him. "Listen, what you did this morning… it was really sweet."
"I meant it, you know."
"I know." There was silence between them before Luna said, "I'm sorry…"
"You're sorry?"
"Yes. You've been in just as much pain as I have, yet I've still been taking it all out on you."
"No," He said as he stood up. "You have nothing to be sorry for. I deserved everything you said to me, so don't apologize."
"No, I do. I mean, yes, what you did really hurt me…"
"I know, that's exactly why-"
"No, don't. Let me finish. I don't put all the blame on you. I was consumed by jealousy and I let it control my actions. I didn't mean it when I said I hated you."
Castiel looked a little shocked before smiling for the first time in days. "Good, I'm glad you didn't." He sighed and added, "So, can we just… forget this whole thing ever happened and go back to the way things were before?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because we shouldn't forget our mistakes, we should learn from them."
He chuckled, "Well then, can we learn from this one and move on?"
"Yes." Luna laughed, but when Castiel started leaning in towards her, she pulled back, "What are you doing?"
"What am I doing? I'm trying to kiss you."
Luna took a step back and shook her head. "I can't."
"What's stopping you?"
"I'm with Lysander, remember?"
"Oh… right, I forgot…" He sighed and gritted his teeth in anger.
"I'm sorry, Castiel, but I can't break up with him just because you and I have made up, and, in all honesty… I don't want to."
"But what about me, Luna?"
"Please don't make this any harder than it has to be. You know I still care about you, but I care about Lysander, too."
"Well, you can't have both of us."
"I know. I never said I could. That wouldn't be fair to either of you, but like I said, I can't just break up with Lysander."
"I understand…" Castiel said, "It's true, I like you, but Lysander is my friend, so I'll… try and be happy for the two of you."
"Thank you." Luna said with a genuinely sweet smile.
After skipping the rest of second period, it was lunch time. Luna met up with Alexy in the cafeteria and sat down next to him at one of the tables. "Hey, where were you? You missed drama class, your favorite!"
"I know, but I had to go find Castiel."
"Oh! Did you talk to him about what he did this morning? That was touching!" Alexy said with his hands over his heart and a dreamy look on his face; Luna could practically see the little hearts floating around him.
"It really was, and yes, I did." Luna said, and explained, "He then tried to kiss me after we made up."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, but I told him that I couldn't since I'm going out with Lysander now."
"Good, I'm glad, because I don't like cheaters."
"Me neither."
"So, what did you do then?"
"We talked some more and he told me that he'd try to be happy for us, even though he likes me, because Lysander is his friend."
"Cool! It sounds like everything is back to the way it should be."
"Yeah…"
He looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Yeah… you don't sound so sure."
"No, everything is great, it's just… I still have feelings for Castiel, but I care about Lysander, too." Luna growled and gripped her hair in frustration. "I just don't know how I get myself into these situations!"
"Hm…" Alexy hummed in thought before getting an idea, "I got it!"
"What?"
"Why don't I ask you some questions about yourself-?"
"How would that solve anything?"
"If you let me finish, I'll explain." He pulled out a notebook and pen from his backpack and looked back at her, "I'll write down your answers and then give Castiel and Lysander a pop quiz, you know, to see which one knows you better."
"Okay, but again… how would that solve anything?"
"Well, whoever knows more about you, cares more about you."
Luna looked at him quizzically, "I don't see how that logic works…"
"It just does. Now, come on, Luna! Let's at least try it!"
"I fail to see the point to this, but… okay." She agreed, and Alexy started asking her random questions, which she answered truthfully, and he wrote down her answers.
The rest of the day passed by without incident, and after school was over, Alexy went to go find Castiel and Lysander, and ended up finding both of them in the courtyard. "Ah, you're both here, good!" Alexy said as he walked over. "I've been looking for you two!"
"Looking for us? Why?" Castiel asked.
"Because I have a pop quiz for you!"
"A quiz?" Lysander asked.
"Yes! During lunch, I asked Luna a bunch of random questions about herself, and now, I want to ask you two to test and see how well you two know her! Whoever answers the most questions correctly knows her better, and therefore, cares more about her!"
Castiel and Lysander just looked at each other with confused expressions, but then back at Alexy and Lysander said, "Alright. I'll do it."
"Me too."
"Good! Now," Alexy cleared his throat and started, "Question 1: What is Luna's favorite color?"
"Purple." Castiel and Lysander said at the same time.
"You're both correct." He said and put two checks on the paper in front of him. "Question 2: What is Luna's favorite food?"
"Um… pizza?" Lysander guessed.
Alexy gave him a face that said he was clearly wrong and put an "X" on the paper. "Castiel?"
He shrugged and guessed, "…Sandwiches?"
Alexy face palmed and shook his head, putting another "X" on the paper. "You're both wrong."
"What is it, then?"
"Lasagna!"
Castiel scoffed and said, "Dammit! I should've known that!"
"If you ask me, you both should've known that." Alexy said before continuing, "Now, question 3: What is Luna's favorite band?"
"Godsmack." Lysander said without missing a heartbeat, and Alexy looked at Castiel, waiting for his answer.
"I say it's AC/DC."
Alexy shook his head and put one check and one "X" on the paper. "Lysander was right." He said, and Castiel let out a low growl. "Don't be sour, Castiel. Question 4: What is Luna's favorite kind of ice cream?"
"Sherbet." Castiel answered.
"Vanilla?"
Again, Alexy put one check and one "X" on the paper. "Castiel got that one." After asking a few more random questions, Alexy tallied up the results and said, "Okay, after adding up all the answers… you're tied!"
"What? We can't be tied!" Castiel said.
"Well… you are. You both answered two questions wrong, two questions right, and six questions either both right or wrong."
"So… basically, this was all a waste of time." Castiel said.
"Yeah… it certainly looks that way, doesn't it…?"
Castiel just groaned and walked away, and Lysander followed him. When they were far enough away, Castiel broke the silence by asking, "So, how did you know what Luna's favorite band was anyway?"
"When I was over her house this weekend, Armin and Alexy came over, and Armin convinced us to play Rock Band 2 with him. Luna insisted that we played a couple Godsmack songs, saying that it was her favorite band."
"…Over her house? You spent the entire weekend with her?"
"Yes."
"You two didn't…? You know?"
"No! Of course not! I mean, sure we kissed and… maybe even made out a little, but we didn't sleep together."
"You two… made out a little?"
"Yes. I mean, she is my girlfriend, after all."
Castiel gritted his teeth and growled, "I know."
Lysander sighed, "Look, I'm sorry if you're upset about this, but I'm not going to break up with her just because you're jealous."
"No, I'm fine. I told her that I'd try to be happy for you two, so… I'm trying."
"Well… thank you. I appreciate it." Lysander said, and the rest of the walk was silent.
A little while later, Lysander was at home with his brother, Leigh, and his girlfriend, Rosalya. Leigh and Rosalya were cuddled up together while Lysander was leaning against the opposite armrest, just looking at the TV. Leigh and Lysander's parents had insisted that their girlfriends come over for dinner so they could get to know them both better, although, they already knew Rosalya pretty well.
"Hey Lys, where's Luna?" Rosalya asked, "I thought she was coming over."
"She'll be here soon. She texted me and told me that she had to finish her homework before coming." He said, and right after saying that, the doorbell rang. "Ah, that should be her now." He got up and answered the door; sure enough, there she was. She was wearing a black Victorian style, short sleeved dress with ruffles at the bottom, complete a black ribbon tied around her neck. "Hi." He silently invited her in, which she accepted. "You look beautiful." He complimented as he closed the door after she walked in.
"Oh! Thank you!" She said with a smile, and now, clearly blushing. "You look very handsome yourself!"
He smiled back. "Thank you."
"Dinner is ready." Leigh's and Lysander's mom said as she poked her head into the room and then went back.
"Looks like I got here just in time, then." She turned to Leigh and Rosalya as they were standing up and greeted them, and they greeted her back. The four of them then walked into the kitchen and started eating, and Lysander laced his fingers through Luna's hand underneath the table and squeezed it gently, and she smiled before squeezing his back.
After dinner, Lysander and Leigh's parents decided to call it a night and went to bed, and not long after, Leigh and Rosalya retired to Leigh's room, leaving Luna and Lysander alone in the living room. "So," Lysander said, breaking the silence, "Do you want to do something similar to what we did when I slept over at your place? Like, me sleeping on the couch and you can take my bed?"
"Actually… why don't we just… share your bed?"
"Share it?"
"Yeah. I mean, all we're going to be doing is sleeping, right?"
"Yes."
"So, why not?"
"No reason." He smiled. "If you want to share my bed, then I have no objections."
"Then let's go." Luna said as she took his hand, and he nodded before leading her upstairs and into his room, which was across the hallway from his brother's. He switched the overhead light on and closed the door behind them as Luna looked around. "I like your room." She commented.
"Oh, thanks. It's simple, but I like it, too." He watched as she walked over to his bed and sunk down onto it.
"Your bed is so comfortable! I bet you sleep like a baby on this thing!"
"I don't sleep like a baby, I sleep like an almost fully grown man." He joked, and she laughed, which he smiled at. He walked over to the bed and sat down next to her, looking her over, "I think you should wear this dress more often; it suits you perfectly."
"I'd hoped you would like it… that's why I wore it." She confessed.
"I do like it. You look beautiful, but I know I've said that already."
"Oh, so I don't normally look beautiful?" She teased.
"No, you are always beautiful, no matter what you wear."
Luna's face turned a bright red, "Well, thank you. I'm… glad you think so."
He smiled, but then pointed out, "As beautiful as you look, though, I don't think the dress will be very comfortable to sleep in."
"True, but I didn't bring any pajamas with me. I mean, I know I should have since I knew I'd be staying over, but it just completely slipped my mind until I had already left."
"You can borrow some of my clothes if you want."
"I think your clothes would be too big for me; I mean, you're taller than me and more muscular."
"So?" He asked and stood up, walking over to his dresser. He pulled out a plain long grey shirt and walked back over, handing it to her, "Here."
"Just a shirt?"
"I can get you a pair of pants also if that would make you more comfortable."
Luna took the shirt and placed it against herself. "No, it's fine. The shirt is long enough. Um… where's the bathroom?"
"Down at the end of the hallway, on the right."
"Okay, thanks. I'll be back." Luna got up off the bed, left the room, and came back about a minute later to find him sitting on the bed, shirtless. The shirt she was wearing went down almost to her knees and she showed him. "What do you think?"
"You look nice." He complimented.
"Thanks." She went over to his desk and draped her dress over the chair before going back to the bed and sitting down next to him. There was a bit of an awkward silence between them, as neither of them knew what to say. "So, um…" Luna finally said, "Have you talked to Castiel since Friday?"
"Yes. In fact, we talked today, and he apologized for what happened."
"That's good to hear."
"He also told me what happened between you two earlier."
"You mean, when we made up?"
Lysander nodded, "And he admitted that he tried to kiss you, but you didn't let him because of me."
'I'm surprised that he actually admitted that.' Luna thought. "Yeah, that's true. I mean, I don't like cheaters, and I certainly don't want to become one myself."
"I'm glad." Lysander said with a soft smile before lifting her head up a bit to look her right in the eyes. "I would never cheat on you, either." He whispered before leaning in closer and kissed her gently.
Luna smiled against his lips and wrapped her arm around his neck, kissing him back. When they pulled back for air, she sighed and placed her forehead against his and ran her hands across his chest. "I really like you, Lysander." She confessed. She didn't want to say she loved him for two reasons: one, it was too soon for that, and two, she wasn't even sure if what she felt towards him was love; she had never experienced it before. Her words seemed to please him, nonetheless, and he replied that he really liked her, too, and gave her another kiss. Luna then pulled away a bit and said, "We should get some sleep. Tomorrow is a school day, after all."
"Agreed." He moved further back on the bed before lying down, and she followed suit, lying next to him with her back to him. "…Luna?"
"Hm?"
He turned on his side towards her and asked, "Can I put my arm around you?"
"Yes." She replied with a smile, and he moved closer, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulled her against him. She hummed happily, "Good night, Lysander."
He kissed the top of her head. "Good night, Luna." With that, they both fell into a comfortable sleep.
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Hey everybody! In my game, I'm always conflicted between Castiel and Lysander, because I love them both, so that's where I came up with the idea of this story! This is only the first chapter, so please stay tuned for more!
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