Hope you guys enjoy reading this! I was testing out a new writing style so do tell me if its a bit weird or anything!
Bold lettering means Narration
(Brackets mean time or scenery change)
Italics mean thoughts
Cordelia tilted her head to get a better view outside the window as her classroom started to fill up. I'm sure everyone has a side of themselves they don't want other people to see.She twirled a pen robotically as she waited for the start of a new school day. I don't think my friends would believe it if they saw me outside of school.
"Morning Cordy!"
Cordelia smiled as her friend walked towards her desk. "Good morning Lissa."
"I had no idea we had English first period today!" Lissa wailed, "Lemme copy your nooootes!" she half demanded half pleaded. She looked like she was close to crying.
"Huh?" Cordelia exclaimed in surprise "You forgot to study the book again!?"
"I'm sorry!" She clapped her hands in front of her face "I promise this will be the last time!"
After some more pestering on Lissa's end Cordelia finally gave up.
"Fine, I guess there's no helping it… here, notes." She surrendered her notebook, "Do you need a pencil or anything else?"
"Thanks! I'll pay you back someohow!" snatching the notebook out of her hands immediately, she grabbed a pencil and started scribbling down the answers.
(A few minutes passed…)
"Ah-" Lissa started "By the way…"
"Yes?" Cordelia looked up from her phone, pausing mid text.
Lissa stopped writing "One of my friends from another school asked for your number." Looking at Cordelia expectantly "Can I tell him?"
"Tell him if he doesn't come and ask me directly, he want get it" Cordelia stated, looking back at her phone and finishing off her text. "I mean he should at least have the guts to ask me myself right?"
"Aww, again?" Lissa moaned stretching her arms "you say that every time I ask!" her arm knocked the eraser that she was using off the table. Grabbing the attention of a boy in their class, who bent over and picked it up.
"Cordelia" Said redhead looked over from her phone and took in the appearance of the bystander. He wore Ylisse High's standard boy's uniform. A blue blazer and a purple tie with black trousers. His hair was pitch black and thick, falling around and between his eyes and obscuring his ears from view. His hair easily fell past his chin. He also wore a pair of glasses. Overall he looked like the typical shady and antisocial nerd. "You dropped your eraser." He stated as he stretched out his hand.
"Oh-" Cordelia replied in surprise "Th-thanks…" he placed it in her open palm and walked away. Both Lissa and Cordelia stared slightly as he sat back down in his seat 2 rows away from them.
"Robin seems pretty dark, doesn't he?" Lissa asked, biting slightly on her mechanical pencil before shrugging "Though I guess that's nothing new…" she went back to her task of copying the notes, "He's like an Otaku or a shut in, something like that"
"Uhhh so something along the lines of Moe stuff right?" Cordelia tested the word, the word foreign to her "Like he's holding a figure of some anime girl and grinning right?"
"Yeah just like that!" Lissa nodded vigorously "Don't you think so too, Cordy?"
"I try not to judge people just on their outer appearances Lissa…" She sighed.
"Never mind that! More importantly," Lissa grinned "I was gonna go to karaoke tonight with the rest of the gang. Do you want to come?"
"Ah…" Cordelia shook her head slowly "Sorry, I can't…"
"Aw, but you never can!" Lissa wailed as she handed her the notebook back.
Cordelia Grinned sheepishly before turning back to the window. As long as you don't try to find out, you may never see someone's true self. The teacher made himself known and class began. That's typically how it is. …Of course, it's not like it's any different for me.
(After school)
"See you Cordy! Next time let's go together!" Lissa waved as she and her friends went off to goof around and sing Karaoke. Cordelia waved back and started walking home.
After arriving home Cordelia wasted no time, she quickly changed into more casual clothes, a long sleeved shirt and a denim skirt with black leggings and black flats. She also washed off her makeup before she pulled her vibrant red hair into a neat bun; she then went into the closet and pulled out a vacuum cleaner and a duster. She made quick work, cleaning the house vigorously. Ever since I was little, both my parents have been busy with work. "Crap, I need to go pick up Severa soon…" Cordelia muttered. After vacuuming the living room she grabbed her keys and started walking towards the kindergarten that Severa goes to.
(A couple minutes later)
"You're late Cordy!" Severa exclaimed pouting "all the other kids already went home!"
"Sorry-sorry" Cordelia ruffled her little sisters hair before kneeling in front of her, "how about I make hamburgers for dinner tonight?"
"Really?" Severa's pout quickly became a full blown smile, before shrinking when she caught herself, "You were still late!"
"How about I make you extra for tonight's dessert?" Cordelia hoped to briber her into forgiving her.
Not able to contain her happiness Severa threw her hands into the air "Yay!"
"Good" Cordelia smiled as she stood up "Let's go home Severa"
On the way home Cordelia made sure to hold Severa's hand. It's my job to take care of my little sister, so I never have time to do anything with friends after school. Her train of thought was derailed by a group of friends walking past them.
"You wanna check out that store that was in that magazine?" Friend A asked.
"But, like everyone is gonna be there!" Friend B replied.
"I heard Staffers there are really hot!" Friend C Supplied.
"Oh, really?" Both Friend A and B asked now looking very excited.
Cordelia stared at them in curiosity …I've gotten used to it, so it's nothing unusual. She continued walking as Severa tugged on her arm. Though still… I hope none of my friends end up seeing me like this.
This was her daily life.
(A few days later)
Cordelia had just finished drying the laundry when she heard the front door open, she was carrying a laundry basket as she walked past the front door of their home.
"Cordyyy" Severa called from the door
"Ah" Cordelia walked past and looked towards her sister, "Welcome home, Seve… -ra." Shock rippled through her face as she her brain processed the view before her. Severa had a bloody nose, it was dripping rather far down her face but it looked like it was mostly dry by this point. Cordelia failed to notice that Severa was holding onto the hand of a teenage boy.
"Severa!" Cordelia finally exclaimed dropping her basket of laundry, "What in the world happened to you!?"
"I fell down" Severa replied calmly, dismissing the fear on Cordelia's face
"Are you ok?" Cordelia asked as she quickly went into the kitchen to get a towel and wet the end of it to help remove the dried blood "Did you not have a handkerchief" She kneeled down and started wiping Severa's face.
"Um excuse me…" The boy asked, drawing the attention of Cordelia (Finally), scratching the back of his head as he watched Cordelia fret over Severa before gesturing at the kid "She seems fine, so I guess I'll head out."
Crap I completely ignored him! "Um, thank you so much for your help!" Cordelia was panicking because she was so rude to the one who actually brought Severa home when she was injured.
"Don't worry about it." He waved it off "See you." Turning around he was about to leave but Severa reached out and grabbed his shirt.
"Severa?" Cordelia asked whilst the teen turned around and looked at the kid.
"Mister, could you stay please?" Severa mumbled with her eyes downcast hoping that it would somehow encourage the teen to say longer.
"What? But…" He protested slightly looking surprised.
"No, um, it's fine!" Cordelia cut him off "Come in!" Beaming at him she continued "Anyway, I'd like to thank you." She looked almost desperate as he tried to protest some more "Please!"
He gave up, not wanting to make her feel bad. He followed her into the living room while she went into the kitchen to make some coffee. Giving him some time to look around the room, it was relatively simple, a small table big enough to fit four people, a couch in front of the TV and several plants around the house. He would have looked around longer but Cordelia came back with two cups of coffee and one cup of orange juice for Severa.
"Sorry about this..." he said staring at his cup.
"No, it's fine" Cordelia replied as she finally got to take in her guest's appearance. So many piercings, he looked quite intimidating at first glance, his long black hair was styled so that it wouldn't fall in front of his ears, effectively showcasing his piercings. He was wearing a gray t-shirt with purple lines alongside a collared button up black shirt, his eyes were chocolate brown and she caught herself staring into his eyes before looking away. He was very handsome, but somewhere in her mind she thought he looked very familiar but she couldn't quite put her finger on who she thought he was.
"Do you not like coffee mister?" Severa asked innocently, seeing as he hadn't touched his cup yet.
"Nope I actually love coffee" He replied with a smile.
"So how did you run into Severa anyways?" Cordelia asked after taking a few sips of her coffee.
"Well, I was just minding my own business when this dog started barking around a fence." He took a sip then continued "I think she got scared of the dog and tripped over." Turning and looking towards Severa "That's how I ran into her."
"Ah, so that explains the nosebleed…" Cordelia apologized again "Sorry to cause you all this trouble!"
"It wasn't much of a problem really, Severa seems to be quite a level headed kid" He looked over and ruffled her hair a bit, "She had no problem telling me her name and address"
"Oh really?" Cordelia asked surprised "She normally kind of air-headed…"
After taking another sip of his drink he casually remarked "Still, its pretty impressive that you're able to run this whole house by yourself." Looking around he added on "I'm surprised Cordelia"
"No, Really-" She started before she realized, WAIT I never told him my name, WHAT IS GOING ON. Her mouth opened and closed, trying to form a coherent sentence.
"Hm?" he wondered aloud "You are Cordelia, right? From the class A?"
"WHA-" Still in shock Cordelia slammed the table in surprise before she finally found her voice to confirm "Y-y…Yes that's me, but…" She hesitated before asking "Uh, do you go to my school?" She was very scared at this point because she didn't have any make-up on.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" He finally revealed his name "I'm in the same class as you. I'm Robin."
WAIT WAIT WAIT HOLD UP, she was still wrapping her head around the revelation. THIS CUTE PUNK LOOKING GUY IS ROBIN?! She honestly couldn't believe it almost but he didn't look like he was lying. THE ONLY SIMILARITY I SEE IS HAIR COLOR.
"Anyways I must thank you for the coffee Cordelia, but I have to go now" as if he hadn't just revealed a large secret he finished the rest of his drink.
"I'll show you out Robin!" Severa stated before grabbing his hand and leading him to the door, leaving Cordelia to stare at the seat which had been occupied by her classmate.
She blinked before groaning in frustration, she buried her face in her hands and stayed like that until Severa came back.
"I want Robin to come again!" Severa said with a smile as she fiddled with her empty glass. "You can make him come over again, right sis?"
"Sure" Cordelia mumbled, she slapped herself awake before settling to prepare dinner. I'll sort this out tomorrow!
(The next day)
It was in the middle of lunch break. Cordelia has been pretty depressed for most of the day, making a face as if she was having a major stomach ache. The cause of the problem? Robin was looking like a gloomy and shady person (He currently had his head buried in a book) and she couldn't wrap her head around his appearance at her home yesterday. Her friends were starting to worry.
"Cordy… your face is really scary…" Lissa enquired as chose her words carefully, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine" she replied nonchalantly, still staring at Robin (Others assumed that she was staring outside)
"R-really?" Lissa pressed on.
Cordelia didn't reply, she was deep in thought. Was that really him the same person? I still can't believe it… Looking back at her desk she shoved her face into her open palms. But more importantly HE SAW ME WITHOUT MY MAKEUP… She started trembling slightly in sadness not even Lissa or Sumia's seen me that way…
"Co-Cordy are you really ok?" Lissa asked again, worry laced into her words.
Another boy in their class, Stahl looked at Lissa and whispered "Did something happen to Cordelia?"
"I'm not sure" She whispered back.
While the two of them were discussing the possible implications or causes of her sadness Cordelia stared at Robin once more, in hopes of grabbing his attention. However he was too engrossed into his book and had not looked up for the entire lunch break. It's kind of hard to go and talk to him… she thought as she peered at him through her arms again. After a couple of minutes she finally summoned enough courage to walk up and talk to him. When she stood up Lissa and Stahl stopped whispering and stare at her.
"Uh-" Lissa started "Cordelia?" She asked as Cordelia walked towards Robin.
"Robin…" Cordelia asked "Can I talk to you?"
"Um, Sure Cordelia" he said as he gestured for her to lead the way, assuming she didn't want to talk in the classroom where all her friends would see.
A bit surprised Cordelia guided him to the stairs down the corridor and stared out the window. Robin awkwardly stood next to her. "So what did you want to talk about?" He asked, confused as to why she would want to talk to him at school.
(a short explanation later)
"Wait…I can come over again?" Robin asked feeling very surprised
"I'm not the one who wants it!" She quickly denied, a small blush appearing on her face unseen by Robin, "Its Severa!" She took a deep breath before continuing "Severa said she wanted to thank you properly for helping her yesterday"
"Really?" He asked still feeling surprised, he grinned sheepishly before saying "Maybe I should buy her a picture book or something."
"No, its fine, you don't have to go that far" although she muttered under her breath "Ah it's nice though… Severa would be so happy."
"I'm kind of surprised…" he stated
"By what?" Cordelia asked.
"That you actually came to talk to me." He replied with sad honesty "I figured after yesterday… that you would do your best to avoid me." His smile transformed into a sad one.
"Why would I do that?" Cordelia asked in confusion, Robins face contorted in shock. "I mean, sure, it was a little creepy, and I was a bit surprised." She blushed slightly remembering yesterday "you were completely different from how you are at school." Taking a deep breath she continued "But that's no different from me, anyway. It's not enough reason for me to avo-" She stopped when she saw Robin blushing slightly. Slightly put off she asked "What are you blushing about...?"
"Uh- I'm not used to this kind of thing…" He admitted sheepishly, "It's kind of awkward" He genuinely smiled at her "But thanks!"
Ah… Robin's actually smiling for once… It isn't bad… "You ought to put your hair up like that all the time! And take your glasses off!" she advised.
"Yeah…" Robin visibly flinched before adding on "But then the piercings would be pretty visible…"
How many of those do you even have?" Cordelia asked, she remembered not seeing all of them.
"Eight, I think" He admitted casually, Cordelia looked visibly shocked, "I have 4 on each ear"
After a good minute of silence Cordelia finally said "I think that's a few too many…"
"Yeah, that's what my mom said." Robin replied, a faint smile etched on his face.
The bell rang signaling that lunch was over, Robin decided to head over after school to entertain Severa while Cordelia started work on the house again.
(A few more visits later)
Cordelia pondered what she's learned so far about Robin. Having been over at her house a lot of times she's learned a couple of things. 1. He isn't an otaku, he just reads a lot of things (and by association he reads manga as well) 2. His family runs a cake shop. 3. He did his piercings himself, with a safety pin, in middle school. However the most recent thing she learned is…
He isn't very good at studying. She thought as she held two exam papers in her hand, both scoring at about 60 points out of 100. Severa sat on his lap whilst he looked through Cordelia's papers.
"Wow Cordelia you're amazing!" He announced in surprise "You've gotten almost all 90's!"
"I'm- not really-" Cordelia blushed slightly trying to deny the claim. Quickly she directed the topic of the conversation towards Robin. "Aren't people with glasses typically quiet and good at school stuff?" It was stereotypical but she thought it was true.
"Are they?" Robin asked nonchalantly, effectively shutting down Cordelia's argument.
"What are these?" Severa asked looking up at Robin.
"These are Finals!" He told her with energy "If you fail them, you have to take a make-up test!"
"Pfff" Cordelia sniggered "It's not something you'd understand yet" trying hard not to laugh.
"I DO TOO!" Severa yelled looking angry.
"Then how about this? Let's find the range of X" Cordelia said smugly as she pointed at a domain and range question.
"Uh- X?" Severa asked hopelessly.
"You'd better pay attention, this is the most basic of the basics!" Cordelia announced with the air of a teacher.
"Hmmf" Severa pouted before looking in another direction. This caused Robin to laugh at the scene. However his laughter was short lived, Cordelia looked at him disapprovingly. "Someone who can't do the basic of the basics shouldn't be laughing…" She said in a total deadpan.
Robin looked as if he had been punched real hard in the gut as he tried to recover, "But you can still graduate as long as you don't fail!" He spluttered "I know that much!"
Cordelia looked at him blankly before finding the diamond in the rough. "Wait a minute, how on earth did you get a perfect score on Health and Physical education…" Her face looked very grim "People don't get grades this high…"
"I guess it's because I can do the basics" he replied sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck with his arm.
"Stop doing that, it's creepy." She stated. He quickly dropped his arm and looked back at his papers.
Cordelia blanked out as Severa asked Robin about his papers, she grabbed a magazine from nearby and started flipping through. Whenever this happens, I realize that Robin isn't over here purely for entertainment. She flipped a couple of pages before landing on a supermarket ad, I'm sure there aren't many people who know this side of him.
"What's that? A Supermarket ad?" he asked leaning over her shoulder to get a closer look.
"Yeah, Eggs are on sale tomorrow-" she stopped talking when she realized how close his face was to her's. I never realized his bottom eyelashes were that long…
"Cordelia? Are you alright?" he asked "You stopped talking."
She coughed slightly, whoops I started staring without thinking… "Anyway, they're on sale" she clapped her hands together in joy, "And that's not all! Not only are they cheap, there's no limit on how many one person can buy."
Robin looked at the ad again before asking "But the sale only lasts until 4 pm tomorrow... isn't it going to be hard to get there in time after school ends?"
"I'll be fine." She grinned optimistically "As long as there's no unannounced student council meeting that requires class representatives, I'm going to grab us some eggs for tomorrow night!"
(Next day after school)
Cordelia had packed up everything, she was this close to dashing out the classroom before an school wide announcement was made. "Student council members and class representatives, as soon as homeroom is over would you please assemble in the audiovisual room…"
Robin looked over to Cordelia in sympathy. Needless to say Cordelia was devastated, WHAT IS WITH THIS TIMING. Saddened by the fact she couldn't get eggs she nearly just collapsed. But still! She opened her phone and sent a text to the one person she knew could help. I can't give up now! She rushed out the room right after, leaving Robin bewildered.
"Cordelia wai-" he stopped when he realized he had received a text, opening his phone it was a text from Cordelia. "I'll leave the egg sale to you! You are coming over today, right? ;)" …SHE'S TELLING ME TO GO GET THEM! THERE'S TOO MUCH PRESSURE! Looking at his watch her realized he had about 30 minutes left before the sale ended. Quickly running out the room he left his classmates bewildered. Not only is it hot outside, I'm going to have to run there… Taking off his blazer and glasses as he ran, he saw a shorter part of the fence. Good, there's nobody around, I can just jump over the fence! After a running start he made it over the fence quite easily however he nearly crashed into a small blonde girl.
"Ah!" Lissa stifled a scream as a boy jumped over the fence.
Oh, it's the girl that's always talking to Cordelia… Not thinking too much about it he dashed past her "Sorry! I'm in a hurry to get something!"
"What! WAIT! WHAT?" She stuttered completely confused, however he dashed out of sight. "Since when was there a boy that cute in our school…"
When Robin arrived at the supermarket it was like a war ground, housewives were bickering everywhere and there was only a handful of egg boxes left, wasting no time he grabbed as many as he could and made a dash for the counter. Sweet I managed to get about 5 boxes! However by the time he got to the counter he only had about 3 boxes left. WHAT ON EARTH. Looking back he saw the leering eyes of the other housewives and shivered slightly after he paid. HOUSEWIVES ARE SCARY. Having enough courage to look back one more time, it looked as though the warzone had developed into the apocalypse as the pissed off housewives fought for the last crate of them, despite their carts having about 10 boxes of eggs each. Having run the entire way, he decided to walk at a leisurely pace to Cordelia's home. I wonder how Cordelia does it every time there's a sale. After arriving at Cordelia's home Severa let him in and he collapsed onto the couch in front of the TV. Cordelia was already home and was doing housework.
"So did you manage to get any" a hopeful smile lingered on her face.
"Yeah I did" he muttered "But god damn housewives are scary" He buried his face into the couch pillow.
"I'll cook something special tonight!" Cordelia announced happily as she counted the three boxes of eggs. Going into the kitchen she started preparing food as Severa read a picture book with Robin's help.
(After Dinner is prepared)
They gathered at the dinner table, the meal tonight was… Fried rice! And it looked as if there was a generous amount of egg in it. The three wasted no time and started eating their food.
"I'm just saying Cordelia" Robin stated before digging in to his food "I'll… never go to a sale again…" He looked visibly shaken that you would have thought he had just ran through a haunted house.
"Yeah…sorry about that" Cordelia tried to cheer him up, "But you managed to get us three whole packs! That's a big help!"
Whilst they were eating Robin Brought something up.
"Oh by the way…" He started
"Yes?" She asked
"Um, Well, I ended up running into…" He started to fidget slightly
"Who!? What!? Run into!?" Cordelia looked pretty annoyed by the fact someone she knew may have seen him like this and perhaps recognized him. Or worse! What if it was an old crush from middle school or something?
"Uh" He finally admitted "I ran into your friend called Lissa"
Oh… Her initial thoughts of unknown irritation was gone replaced by understanding, "Lissa huh…" She started picking at her food, "By 'ran into', mean while looking like you are now?"
"Yeah" he replied as he started eating his food, "It's not like I talked to her or anything." Looking over at Severa he noticed her food was going to spill with how she was eating. "You're food is going to spill off the side there Severa"
"Ok, thanks Robin" Severa quickly adjusted her rice so that it wouldn't fall off her plate.
"Really." Cordelia ate some more "huh…" What was I thinking? "I guess…" this got Robins attention and he stopped eating. "I don't really want anyone else to know…" she admitted sadly "about this side of you…" Robin looked very surprised, I mean who wouldn't? After something like that? Cordelia quickly dismissed it, masking her sadness. "Sorry, it's nothing!" getting up she made her way to the kitchen "Forget I said anything." As she walked she thought out loud, "I'll grab some juice for everyone, I made some fresh orange juice this morning" Robin just stared as she left the room, only to be have Severa shake his arm to get his attention.
"Robin, aren't you gonna eat?" She asked, she noticed he had barely touched his food after Cordelia's small speech.
"Just give me a second" he smiled at her, "I need to think about something"
"Uh, Cordelia" He got her attention as she walked back in with three cups of juice, "I feel the same way… This side of you…" she stopped to listen to what he was saying "Like the fact you can cook, and the fact that you can yell pretty loudly, especially when you get mad," she looked pretty happy with what he was saying but then he continued with his 'compliments'. "I also like the fact that you don't actually care much about your hair when you're at home, And um the fact you've got pretty good muscles"
"Oh SHUT UP ALREADY" She couldn't help herself from saying, no girl wanted to hear that about them!
"I don't think I'd like it if anyone else found out about that." He reassured to try and calm her down.
I don't think I would either… Cordelia thought, her face contorted to one that's in pain.
"It kind of feels like" he started as she put down the drinks, drawing her attention again. "This time is just for me" He admitted smiling "You know?"
Cordelia's face was neutral, as she stared at him before grabbing a cup of juice. However her action surprised both of them (Severa just watched in interest) as she slammed his cup into his face, her face was flushed an amazing red. "Do-Don't say stupid things like that!"
"Ow! THAT'S COLD!" He screamed as he grabbed hold of the cup, tears were visible at the corners of his eyes.
Cordelia was finding it very hard to stand and nearly collapsed, she was visibly shaking. Butterflies in the stomach as she tried her best to form a coherent sentence, Augh, dammit! she thought using the tray that held the drinks to cover her face, How can you say such embarrassing things so calmly?! She gave Severa her cup of juice Are you just completely unaware of it?
What did I do? Robin asked himself completely unaware. Did I offend her somehow?
"You really are an idiot, you idiot! Such an idiot!" She started to vent out at him.
"An idiot, huh…" he mumbled "I mean, I know I'm not smart but ouch…"
"Idiot! Stupid idiot! Stupid Robin!"
Severa whispered to Robin, "Once big sis starts calling you an idiot, she never stops."
"Really?" He asked back in slight shock. He looked back at Cordelia to see she was still mumbling Idiot and stupid. He started laughing "You weren't kidding!"
"Wh-What!" She cried out, what are you laughing about?! She pouted before eating the food as an excuse to not talk to either of them.
Robin smiled at her antics before saying "I'm not saying I don't like how you are at school, but when you get angry like that... it feels like you're not trying hard to look good at home." He grinned at her cheekily "When you're like that, you're cute"
Cordelia had no comeback; in fact it just confirmed that he could say embarrassing things without any problems. "Fine, go ahead and say it." Finishing her food she mumbled under her breath "Idiot."
So…Yeah…Everyone has a side of themselves they don't want other people to see. We ended up accidentally finding out about each other's' though. Now… we both share this time that we'll show to no one else.
Hope you enjoyed reading it! It would help me a bunch if you left a review.
Also if I've made any mistakes tell me! and i'll do my best to fix them.
Kt4