He was stressed out. He was looking to another failing year at Bloor's. He was starting to get the impression he wouldn't ever leave. Asa really never could imagine life outside of Bloor's. When he would wake in a completely different environment from the academy everyday. The thought made him shutter a bit. So, as he pranced down the halls, he wasn't in the best mood.
He saw Gabriel running recklessly through the halls. He stopped, opened his mouth to say something, like 'slow down' or 'stop running', but he didn't consider his timing and Gabriel speed. Gabriel ended up knocking into Asa; Silk's eyes were covered with his hands, so he had not noticed Asa.
When the endowed did look up, his eyes seem to scream with pain and bullets of tears exploded from them. Asa blinked, confused at what had upset Gabriel, and he couldn't deny that he cared. Honestly cared.
"Are you alright?" He asked, his concern sneaking into his voice. Gabriel's responses made no sense once so ever. They were worthless words of gibberish.
Asa leaned closer to see if he could hear Gabriel better. He didn't feel completely comfortable with Gabriel sobbing helplessly in front of him. "Hey… what's wrong?" And once again, his emotions crept into his voice.
The beast was able to notice how Gabriel was slowly trying to regain himself. But his tears still disturbed Asa. It made his start to feel terrible, start to feel as if he should do something. Like he could do something. "Com'on, stop crying!" He lashed out, pulling away from Gabriel.
He was able to stuff out a "sorry" but it was hardly audible. He moved his hand to cover his face, as to hide the tears.
Asa watched in silence for a moment. Every time Gabriel's shoulders shuttered ever-so-slightly, every time he made that disgusting noise of snorting snot, thorns stabbed Asa's chest. He finally could take any of it at all. "Okay! What's with the waterworks, Silk?" He uttered.
He watched Gabriel remove his hand from his face; he looked like he was straining for calmness. "Who… who do you love?"
Eyes wide, Asa was forced to take a step backwards. Why was that important? Asa couldn't just come out and bluntly announce that kind of secret.
"What?" Was all he was able to come up with.
Gabriel's eyes swirled with some strange emotion Asa couldn't quite understand. "You love someone! I felt it! WHO?"
Asa thought for a second of telling him, "You—" He thought better of it. "You wouldn't want to know."
His mind in a panic, all he was able to do was move to walk passed Gabriel and hurry to the coat room, feeling terrible as he heard a whimper escape from behind him.
a/n: You probably should read "Sleeping Dogs Won't Lay" if you read this. It's the same story from a different POV. Soon after I'm finished with this, I plan on making a spin-off story (: So, Read and Review and I'll be destined to bring you more. Comments keep me writing!