Just ignore him and he'll go away. Roderiech felt the crimson eyes boring into him from the seat behind. Just ignore him. He struggled to maintain that thought and focus on what he was doing.
"Hey psssst, Roddy." The albino in the seat next to him whispered quietly. "Do you have a pen?"
Idiot should have brought his own pen. Just keep ignoring him. He was finding it increasingly more difficult just to do that. He wondered if he should move. No, it'd just draw to much attention to himself.
"I know you can hear me!" The annoyed German leaned in his chair toward the dark-haired male and poked the side of his head. "I said, do you have a pen?!"
He found it hard not to turn and snap at him. This persistent questioning would be more trouble than it was worth, so finally he turned and glared at him. "No, I do not have a pen." What was this kid's deal? Roderiech had never spoken to the outspoken German, but he couldn't help being irritated by him. "And my name is Roderiech, not Roddy."
The German, Gilbert, snorted. "You're lying." He bluntly stated, a spark of anger in his startling crimson eyes.
"No, I'm not!" Roderiech was finding it hard to keep his voice in a low whisper. This boy was so... so... What was he? Thought Roderiech for a moment. Obnoxious? Yes. Annoying? Yes. Had stunning crimson eyes? Wait, where had that thought come from? He was snapped out of it when he heard the angry albino's response. He seemed unaware of his listeners sudden zone out.
"There's one literally sitting on your desk. What, do you think I'm blind or something?!" The hidden anger that had only been hinted at was now blazing.
Roderiech was about to respond and share a piece of his mind when a calm female voice stopped him. "Would you boys mind not talking during class?" Their high school teacher paused momentarily. "Or would you rather come over here and share what you were talking about?" Roderiech scowled as a few kids started chanting that they fight. He hung his head in embarrassment. This was all his fault. Fury flared momentarily at Gilbert. He glared over expecting to see the same sort of reaction on his face, but his eyes widened in shock.
Gilbert was levelly meeting her gaze without flinching. "Do you have a pen?"
The teacher seemed a bit startled. She was probably expecting a smart remark or possibly a fight to break out. She nodded after a minute before retrieving an extra one from her desk. She hurried over and handed it to him. "You should have your own pen you know."
He shrugged off the teacher's discipline attempt. "I do, I just forgot it." Then he turned back to his work as though nothing had happened. How could he do that? Roderiech was sure he hadn't been the only one to notice the spark of challenge in his seemingly innocent words. He struggled to force it to the back of his mind as he continued working.
The bell rang not long after the pen incident, alerting the students that class was over. Roderiech hurried out of the classroom. He was only a few steps from the door when he felt an unfamiliar hand land on his shoulder. Warm breath flooded over his ear as an unfortunately familiar voice whispered softly into it. "I don't like liars Roddy." The voice said for only his ears. "It turns prince charmings into stuck up snobs. Don't let that happen."
Roderiech turned to face him, but to his surprise he was gone. He hurried the rest of the way out of the classroom and saw him walking with a taller blonde. The blonde was someone he recognized as a freshman. He huffed and muttered quietly to himself. "Good riddance."
That class with Gilbert had been his last class before lunch. He strolled out to his dark blue car and sat on its hood. He mind started wandering as he took out the food he made this morning. He let his mind wander. At one point his mind wandered to his best friend. As if on cue Elizaveta appeared and joined him on the hood of the car.
"How was today? Anything interesting happen?" As always, she didn't hesitate to start the conversation.
His mind wandered to the infuriating albino who had bugged him for a pen. "One kid annoyed the hell out of me today. German kid, I think his name was Gilbert.
Elizaveta snorted, she obviously recognized the name. "Well that kid is nothing but trouble. You should really just stay away from him." Curiosity overtook her warning, "What did he do to make you mad?"
"He uh..." Suddenly realizing how stupid his reasoning, he hesitated. "He uh... He asked me for a pen..."
Elizaveta started howling with laughter. This left Roderiech very annoyed. When she finally started to breathe again she patted him on the back. Amusement sparkled in her eyes. He glared at her indignantly. "That's all it takes to break your perfect composure then? An annoying kid asking you for a pen?" She went into another round of laughter.
"It's not that funny..." He muttered, glancing at the ground.
He felt her lean on his shoulder as she caught her breath again. "Oh, you have no idea how funny it actually is Roderiech." They finished eating in silence. Elizaveta would occasionally smirk thinking about what he had told her about the pen.
After what felt like an eternity to Roderiech, the faint sound of a bell made them look up. He cleaned up quickly and jumped off the hood of the car. He dusted off his shirt then offered his hand to her. "Come on, we don't want to be late." Together they walked toward the school building.