Move-in Day

Zed - age: 20 | likes: friends | year: second | concentration: dark arts

Vladimir - age: ? | likes: women | year: second | concentration: dark arts

Ekko - age: 19 | likes: parties | year: second | concentration: time & space

Syndra - age: 19 | likes: dark chocolate | year: first | concentration: dark arts

Ahri - age: 18 | likes: herself | year: first | concentration: manipulative arts

"Get your foot out of my fucking face." Ekko looked over his shoulder in disgust at the sight of his friend's barefoot that was close enough to make out with.

"Come on, Ekko. There's no leg room back here." Zed protested, curling and uncurling his toes on purpose out of the enjoyment of disgusting his friend even more. Both of his legs were resting on both sides of the passenger's seat in front of him and since Ekko didn't want to move his seat up, this is what he deserved.

"Vlad, will you explain to Zed that this is why he doesn't have a girlfriend?" With his index finger, Ekko quickly pushed Zed's foot off the shoulder of his chair, only for the black haired male to place his foot in the same spot again. "Fuck, your feet are disgusting."

"Yeah, like your greasy hair." Zed folded his arms and smirked, knowing he hit a weak spot.

"You bitch!" Ekko yelled, throwing himself over his own chair in attempt to strangle his friend who was now in a state of laughter.

"I will turn this fucking car around. Get back in your fucking seat and put your seat belt on Ekko." Vladimir shouted in annoyance. He was hunched over as he drove, almost as if he was trying to hide from the two oafs who were with him in the car. The three had been in the car for almost three hours and tension was already running high. They were on their way to the University of Ionia, and coming from the southernmost part of the island meant it would take quite the trip to reach the northern area where the school was located. To make matters worse, the vehicle was packed with all of their belongings, leaving no room to breathe comfortably.

"Pussy ass shadow user!" Reaching out violently, Ekko grabbed handfuls of Zed's hair and pulled roughly, attempting to bring his face closer to punch.

Meanwhile, Zed had his arms out, pushing Ekko away from him to avoid any real violence. "Grabbing my hair? What are you? A girl? No wonder your name is Ekko, because your power is only an echo of mine!" And with that, the two young adults who could pass off as bickering brothers went off again with their quarreling.

Overtime, Vladimir's annoyed face continued to scrunch up, any second longer and the wrinkles on his forehead might have been permanent. It was difficult to concentrate on driving when the two morons next to him were fighting it out. "Will you two shut the fuck up already? Both of you are weak as fuck compared to me, now sit down."

For a moment, there was bliss silence within the car but it was soon interrupted with a unison response from Ekko and Zed. "Stay out of this you blood using pervert!"

Peering through the doorway, Ahri smirked as she watched the way her childhood friend, Syndra, unpacked her belongings in her room. The white haired female was laying on her bed with her eyes closed as several purple orbs moved around the room, transporting clothes and other personal items in the appropriate places.

"Someone is lazy." Ahri giggled as she entered the room, being careful to not run into any of the busy spheres. The kitsune sat gracefully at the edge of the bed, and awaited a response from her friend.

"Says the one who had charmed men to unpack for her." Syndra opened one eye and flashed her friend a grin.

"Hey, if you have the power, then why not use it?" Ahri put her hands up in defense.

"Well, I have the power, and I'm using it." The white haired female pointed out before sitting up. "How are Sona and Lux doing?" The four of them agreed to go out for lunch after all of them had finished unpacking, and Syndra had already worked up an appetite after using her magic.

"Well, it turns out that actually putting physical work into unpacking is faster than both of our methods. They were finished way before us." Ahri explained, smoothing out her skirt out of embarrassment that both her and Syndra's methods were lazy.

"Oh? Then let's get going. I'm so hungry!" Syndra quickly got to her feet before dragging Ahri out of her room. "Lux, Sona, are you rea-" She stopped mid sentence as she found the other two girls waiting on the living room couch for them.

"We've been ready!" Lux hopped to her feet, followed by Sona who simply nodded in agreement to Lux's statement.

"Ooo, can we walk by the entrance?" Ahri asked excitedly as she hugged Syndra's arm.

"Huh? Why?"

"Because there might be more cute guys moving in!"

"But...food..." Syndra sighed as Ahri grabbed her by the hand and lead the way for the other three out the dorm.

"Get out of the car and fight like a real man!" Ekko shouted as he threw open his car door and waited for Zed to confront him outside of the vehicle.

Vladimir sighed as he watched the two exit the car at the front of the school entrance. He couldn't decide if his sigh was out of relief that they were already here or out of annoyance because the two would create a scene and embarrass him. At least their constant bickering would soon come to an end once Zed knocks Ekko out, well that was his bet, but sometimes Ekko is full of surprises.

"Ekko, I don't think fighting is prohibited on campus...do you want us to get kicked out on move in day?" Zed sighed as he gave his limbs a much needed stretch because of the cramped car ride.

"If it means you'll wash your dirty ass feet, then I'll be happy to get kicked out!" Ekko shouted before discarding his own shirt in preparation for this battle.

"Whoo! Take it off!" A voice came from the back of the crowd that had already formed around the two. There were several side conversations happening, bets being placed on who would actually win and how long this would carry out. "My bet's on the shirtless one." murmured one bystander. "Mine is on the boy with the scars. It looks like he has real experience with fighting."

"See? The people want a fight." Ekko outstretched his arms, gesturing for an uproar from the crowd, which they happily complied.

Shaking his head, Zed let out a long sigh. His friend always took things to dramatic measures, so he wasn't surprised Ekko was trying to fight him, again. "Rules?"

"Don't touch the hair, powers allowed."

"Can't believe I'm doing this." Zed shook his head once more, positioning himself in his fighting stance.

"Shirt has to go too."

"Wait hold on, what?"

"Come on man, that's what the ladies want."

Zed looked over to Vladimir for help, but he was being the only productive one and gathering his belongings to bring to their dorm. With a final sigh, the black haired male discarded his shirt, and looked away with a bashful look on his face after loud squeals could be heard among the crowd.

Before starting the fight, Ekko scanned the crowd before reaching for his target. "Excuse me, beautiful. Will you start the fight for us?" He smiled flirtatiously as he guided the chosen girl to the center of the crowd.

"O-oh. Sure!" The fox ears on the girl perked in excitement as she looked back to her group of friends who had been watching and winked at them. "Ready...fight!" After announcing the start of the fight, she quickly rejoined her group of friends to avoid any collateral damage.

Zed's best interest was to quickly finish Ekko off with one punch so that he wouldn't have to spend as much time shirtless in front of this huge crowd, so at the start of the fight he was the first to reveal his power to everyone. His body vanished for a moment before reappearing behind Ekko, pulling his good arm back, he threw a single punch at his friend.

"You really need to come up with new moves, man." Ekko smirked as he predicted Zed's attack and effectively blocked it by catching his fist. There were several "Oo's" and "ahh's" from the crowd which only boosted Ekko's self esteem. With one smooth movement, he twisted Zed's arm and swooped his legs from underneath him. However, before Ekko could deliver the final blow, Zed's body once again vanished and reappeared at a distance.

"Too scared to come close now?" Ekko teased as he waited for Zed to make his next move.

"I've been behind you the whole time." In a blink of an eye, Zed was no longer in front of Ekko but behind him. It was obvious that Zed's fighting style centered around attacking his opponent from behind so it was no surprise he got in position so easily. Instead, of trying again for another punch, he hooked Ekko's shoulders from underneath and threw him over his head. Zed hovered over Ekko, watching his friend staggering to return to his feet. Quickly, the black haired male threw out another punch - only to punch nothing. "Huh?"

"Checkmate." Ekko had barely dodged his friend's attack as he used the power to displace him back in the position where he was three seconds ago which was now behind Zed. Not allowing him to react, Ekko threw a high kick at the side of his head and down went the black haired male.

There was a mix of cheers and boos coming from the crowd, but more cheers followed as Ekko begun to flex his muscles to show off his victory.

"Wow, good job! You're so strong." The previous girl who was chosen to start the fight threw herself onto Ekko, subtly feeling for the male's bare chest.

"I know, I know. He was no match."

Not long after, the crowd slowly vanished and the only people left were Ekko, a few others, and a knocked out Zed.

"So, what's your name, beautiful?" Ekko smirked as he tilted the chin of the girl who was latched onto him still.

"Ahri. And these are my friends." She gestured over to the three other girls who were waiting for their friend to finish flirting with the victor.

"Why don't you and your friends join me for lunch?"

"That'd be perfect! We were just heading over to the courtyard for food!"

"Well, shall we?" Ekko draped his arm around Ahri's shoulder before gesturing for her friends to follow. Two of them looked at each other, a little unsure, but decided to follow anyways.

"Uhm, are you just going to leave him here?" The white haired female asked, being the only one to not make a sudden movement yet.

"Oh him? Our roommate will pick him up...probably." Ekko shrugged before leading the three other girls in the direction of the courtyard.

Syndra watched as they just abandoned the poor man. "Leaving him like that..." she shook her head and knelt down beside Zed, lifting his arm and wrapping it around herself to make it easier to carry him.

"Hmm, didn't expect him to lose, honestly." A deep voice came from behind, belonging to another white haired man. "I'm Vladimir, his other roommate. I'll take him from here."

"Oh, uh... no it's okay. I can carry him... I mean, I just wanna make sure he's okay." Syndra said, glancing at the man she was currently carrying.

With a shrug, Vladimir proceeded to unload the car. "Suit yourself. I got more stuff to carry back to our dorm so you can just follow. Plus, I'm sure he'd like to know someone other than me had to carry him back."

"His room is that one, so you can just lay him down or something." Vladimir shrugged, not really caring what the girl did to Zed. It was about time his friend had contact with a woman, even if he was knocked out and wasn't able to actually experience it.

"Okay, thanks." Syndra entered the room that Vladimir pointed out and carefully laid the male on the bed. "That was a workout." She let out a sigh, realizing how far she had to carry almost twice her weight up several flights of stairs. Looking around the room, she noticed the man hadn't unpacked yet. There were several boxes laying around but none had been opened. If they had been close, Syndra probably would have taken it upon herself to unpack for him, but currently, she didn't even know his name.

"I hope he's not dead." She whispered to herself as she carefully looked the male over. Sitting next to him, she placed her fingers at his neck, feeling for a pulse. "Well, there's a pulse." Hesitantly, she rested her head right next to his, checking for the rising of his chest to ensure he was still breathing. Syndra sighed in relief that the man was at least somewhat okay but she couldn't help but continue to stare at him once returning to her normal position of sitting next to him.

'He's cute...' She thought as she carefully reached out to trace a large scar with her index finger. One after another, she continued to trace the other scars gently with her finger, almost mesmerized by it. One scar had started above his lip and ended at the bottom, however as she begun to glide her finger over that particular one, she stopped as her finger brushed his bottom lip.

"If you wanna kiss just say so." Zed blinked at the girl who had been touching his face for quite sometime.

"H-how long have you been awake?" Syndra quickly removed her hand from his face, and turned her head to hide her embarrassed expression.

"Ever since you started touching my scars."

"I-I'm sorry. It was rude of me. I uh...should go." Syndra quickly rose to her feet and turned to make for the door but was stopped as the male grabbed her wrist to prevent her from leaving.

"No, it's okay. It was...nice. Most people can't even stand to stare. What's your name?"

"Syndra."

"I'm Zed. Not to be rude, but why are you here?"

"Oh, well...I carried you back after you lost the fight." Syndra said hesitantly, not knowing how Zed would react to hearing he lost.

"Ah, and that asshole left me for dead, huh?"

"Yeah, and I couldn't just leave you there."

Rising up to his feet, Zed looked down at Syndra with a smile. "Well, thank you for bringing me back, Syndra. You are very kind." He gently brought her hand up to his face and planted a kiss.

"I, uh. I should go now! My roommates are probably waiting for me." Syndra replied, her face clearly red from Zed's thankful gesture.

"The least I can do is walk you back?" Zed offered, a little hopeful to at least spend some more time with Syndra.

Biting her lip, Syndra thought about his offer. She didn't dislike Zed but the man was knocked out for a good twenty minutes, was he really okay to be walking around again? "Uhm, sure. But don't overexert yourself."

"I won't. Lead the way."

"Uhm..." The white haired female looked from Zed's eyes and then down to his bare chest. "I, uh... left your shirt on the dresser." She quickly looked away, cursing herself for looking.

"Oh, thanks!" Zed grinned as he retrieved his shirt. His cheeks clearly flushed with red, realizing a girl had been watching him shirtless while he was knocked out cold.

Syndra nodded before leading the way out of his room but as she was about to open the main door, the same male who had knocked Zed out entered with Ahri still latching onto him.

"A-Ahri?"

"Syndra!" Ahri greeted happily at her friend.

"What are you doing here?"

Releasing her grip on Ekko, she drew close to Syndra. "I should be asking you the same thing!" Looking over the white haired female's shoulder, the fox grinned slyly as she watched the other male from the fight before putting a shirt on. "Syndra! Oh my! I didn't think you were that type of girl, geez classes haven't even started yet and you're already hopping on a guy?"

Flushed with red, Syndra stammered in defense. "A-Ahri! You know I brought him back to make sure he was okay!"

Giggling, the fox waved her hand, "I know, I know. I just wanted to see your reaction. Though you missed free lunch, Ekko here was kind enough to buy for all of us."

With a smirk, Ekko looked to Zed. "Way to go, Zed. Making a girl miss out on a lunch date."

"Are you trying to start another fight, Ekko?" Vladimir strolled into the common area where the group was making a commotion.

"Perhaps." Ekko shrugged before frowning after he noticed Ahri had made her way to Vladimir.

"I don't believe we've met...I'm Ahri, nice to meet you."

"Vladimir, pleasure is mine." The male looked the fox up and down before smiling.

"Gross, Vlad." Ekko rolled his eyes before making his way to his own room.

Syndra waited patiently as Ahri moved onto the next guy and begun her flirting routine.

"So you haven't had lunch yet?" Zed asked, making her way to his side. "Allow me to treat you."

"Oh...uhm." Syndra looked from Ahri to Zed then back to Ahri. Usually Ahri took awhile when it came to men, so she didn't see any harm in leaving her with Vladimir for an hour or so. "Yeah, I'd like that."

"Favorite band?"

"Pentakill."

Zed nearly spat out his food as he heard Syndra's response. "Really? I didn't take you as the girl who liked that kind of music."

"And I didn't take you as the guy who'd get beat up." Syndra teased as she dipped a fry in ketchup.

"H-Hey. It still hasn't been a day, the wound is still fresh!" Zed laughed before he continued to dig into his hamburger. He was glad that Syndra accepted his lunch offer, and even better was that she opened up to him about herself.

"Yeah, yeah. So, Zed, how did you become friends what that asshole?"

Zed pretended to be taken aback at Syndra's choice of words. "And she swears? Who would have seen this coming?" In response to his playful response, Syndra threw a fry at him, which he impressively caught in his mouth. "Me, Vlad and Ekko have been friends since we were kids."

"You guys still act like kids."

"Very funny. But we have been friends for that long, so you shouldn't be surprised by the way they treat me. It's just normal for friends, you know?"

Syndra ate her fries quietly as she dwelled on what Zed told her. "I've been friends with Ahri since we were kids too, but we don't fight each other."

"Ah, well guys sort things out differently."

"I guess...so hey, that was a pretty cool ability you displayed. Manipulating your shadow to relocate you."

"Oh? You actually noticed that? Most people can't keep up with the speed of it and just assume I just got the power of speed or something. I'm quite impressed Miss Syndra."

Syndra giggled, "don't call me that, it's sounds weird. And to me it was pretty slow in comparison to my ability."

"Oh yeah? Alright, let's hear your ability then." Zed folded his arms, waiting to be impressed at her revealed abilities. But to be honest, he was already impressed with Syndra herself. She was kind and funny, and incredibly beautiful.

"I can manipulate dark magic."

Zed stared blankly at her, waiting for the follow up "just kidding" but apparently she wasn't lying. "Really?"

"Yeah, certain objects act as a medium for it. So that it doesn't go...you know... haywire. But the speed at which I can manipulate objects is faster than the speed you can with shadows, that's how I was able to see it."

"Ah, well you'll have to show me your ability some other time then."

"Yeah, I can do that."

"So it's a date then." Zed grinned as Syndra fell right for his trap.

"I-I don't think I'd consider that as a date." Syndra spoke before stuffing her face with the rest of her fries to avoid eye contact with him.

After a couple hours of venturing the campus and talking, the sun set, leaving the night sky visible. Although she had been friends with Ahri for more than ten years, she felt she had gotten closer to Zed in one day than to Ahri in ten years. No, she wasn't in love with him but she did find his presence enjoyable and found him attractive. She wasn't sure how to describe her feelings towards Zed, considering how they just met a couple hours before. However, she felt extremely happy walking back to her dorm with him alone. Before opening the door, Syndra turned to Zed.

"Thanks for walking me back, and also for lunch."

"Of course. I enjoyed spending my day with you."

"And you'll have fun spending the rest of the night unpacking." Syndra smirked as Zed let out an agitated sigh after she reminded him that he wouldn't be able to rest. "Well whenever you wanna hang out again, you know where I live now." She gestured to the plaque that showed the room number in case he'd ever forget the exact location for it before reaching for the handle of the door to let herself in.

"Syndra." Zed reached out to grab her wrist in order to stop her from entering her dorm. After Syndra turned to face Zed to see what else he wanted to say, he was already fairly close to her. "I like you."

Syndra could feel her cheeks burn as she heard those words escape from Zed's lips, prompting her to squeak out, "I like you too."

Cupping her right cheek with his palm, Zed looked into her eyes. "Can I kiss you?"

After she nodded in response, she closed her eyes and leaned in to brush her lips against his own. The scar that she traced across his lips earlier felt rough against her own but nonetheless felt bliss.

Zed pulled back slowly after he kissed her to look at her reaction and to his hopes she didn't seem disgusted or uncomfortable by him. This prompted him to lean in again to steal a few more kisses but he was stopped by her finger pressing against his lips.

"T-Take me on another date...if you want more." Syndra stammered in embarrassment as she was trying to make negotiations so that she can both get free food and time with Zed all in one deal.

With a smile, Zed took Syndra by the hand and planted a kiss on top. "Very well."

After saying their goodnight's, Syndra returned to her room and sprawled out in her bed, too happy to fall asleep.

Rewriting this story and hopefully continuing it.

For those of you who read the original chapters let me know if this approach was better? worse? or about the same.

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