Ren slammed his locker shut as the warning bell rang to notify students to hurry to their respective classes. The young man trudged slowly to his next class, not feeling too rushed to be trapped in another room for an hour. As he walked a few students pushed past him, roughly shoving him aside as they hurried to class. He didn't let their raucous laughter faze him from continuing on his sluggish path.
Ren was a boy gifted with fair features. However, he disguised his appearance with dark and gothic clothing. His attire consisted of a black hoodie that was one size too big, dark jeans that were ripped up at the knees, and black combat boots that were durable under any condition. His dark hair was only stained with a single strip of pink along his bangs, a vibrant color that rebelled against his onyx locks. Nonetheless due to his appearance he was often teased by the other boys in school for being too dark or emo.
"Reeeeen!" The sound of his name was the only indication for him to prepare for the sudden pounce on his back. If it hadn't been for regularity of this occurrence he would've fallen over, but he was used to this treatment.
A bubbly young girl wearing a bright pink dress and cream colored blouse draped herself over him, arms wrapped languidly across his chest. Ren continued walking to class undeterred since it was one he shared with the girl.
"If you keep this up we'll be late to class Nora." He said in a bored tone with no real force behind his words.
Nora giggled while unlatching herself to walk alongside him."Awww Ren, don't be like that." He gave her a sidelong glance, her ever-present smile beaming at him. Sighing he faced forward entering their class with a minute to spare.
Taking his seat near the back of the class Nora skipped to her own that was beside him, setting down her belongings before leaning against Ren's desk. Propping up his cheek in one hand he was ready to listen to another one of Nora's spiels when one of the resident jocks hollered at them.
"Hey look, a fairy and a vampire!" He said jeeringly, his friends snickering along with him.
Ren ignored them as he was used to the constant name calling.
If only they knew.
Ren waited for Nora to start talking, but was surprised when she stood up from the desk and faced the jocks gaining their attention.
Ren watched as she gave them a toothy grin, much unlike her more energetic smiles that she always gave to Ren, as this one was unnervingly intimidating. The jocks stopped laughing and were looking at Nora with a mixture of anxiousness.
"He's human actually." Her canines appeared longer and sharper as they gleamed in the fluorescent light, but before the boys could make a scene the bell rang and the teacher called for the class to settle.
Nora twirled around and plopped herself in her seat, smiling all the while. When she looked at Ren he couldn't help but crack a small smile himself.
If only she knew.