When Lapis got home he was greeted by the sight of his sister waiting for him on the stairs, phone in her hand.

"Oh my god, did you get laid or what? I had to reach the furthest caverns of my ass for a lie to cover your back, you dick."

Lapis just stared at her, his eyes glistening. "Lazuli, you perfect bitch..."

"Oh, god… are you drunk?"

"No. I am just so blessed to have you as a sister."

"Well, shit. I'm guessing things went well at Romeo's?"

"By some miracle. He didn't try to strangle me once."

"Well I'm glad you're grateful because I am drunk and I'm gonna need you to pull my hair back when I throw up in thirty seconds."

"Way to drag me from my cloud there, sis."

Lazuli shot up and covered her mouth with her hand. "Fu- Ten- five seconds," she stammered and then ran off towards the bathroom."

Lapis sighed and went after her.

Trunks had that dream again. He was in a school hallway walking towards his friends. There was someone with them, with her back turned to him. They had short black hair and wore his letterman jacket. He wrapped his arms around her and she- he laughed. He turned around and kissed him.

When Trunks woke up, all he remembered was looking into shimmering blue eyes.

Monday came and Trunks felt nervous as he opened his locker. His best friend, Goten, chatted his ear off beside him but he couldn't focus on the words. His eyes kept darting into the halls without even realizing it.

Then Trunks saw Lapis and his sister walking down the hall and froze.

"Oh, great. It's the ice queen and king," said Goten with grimace. "I don't like that evil look on Lazuli's face, she looks ready to laugh at some prank."

Lazuli did look oddly amused looking at them. Though Trunks' gaze was focused on Lapis. He didn't seem to notice them as he talked to Lazuli. When Lapis started to walk past him Trunks quickly found his voice.

"H-Hey Lapis."

Lapis startled, paused and looked at him. Then Lazuli busted out a contained laugh and dragged Lapis away, who was grinning like he won the lottery.

Trunks felt embarrassed and a little pissed. He should have expected them to make a joke out of him being nice, but he didn't know what came over him.

Goten stared at him, mouth agape. "Dude, what the- okay- whatever possessed you to say hi to Lapis?!"

Trunks placed a hand over his face and groaned. "Look, I forgot to tell you but me and Lapis aren't really enemies anymore…"

"WHAT?! You forgot or did you just not want to tell me that you joined the dark side?"

"Er…"

"Great. Listen man, you gotta get that trickster out of your head! He's probably got some Carrie-level scheme in the works-"

"I don't think so this time."

"Why not!?"

Trunks thought back to watching Lapis sincerely laughing in his room.

"I just don't ok?"

Chemistry came and Lapis quickly designated himself as Trunks' lab partner. Their class murmured around them as Trunks tried to explain the lab to Lapis. Lapis only rested his head against his palm and focused on his partner's broad shoulders instead of his words.

When Trunks turned to look at him, Lapis stopped chewing his pencil and pretended to be attentive. Being this close, Trunks felt distracted by eyes blue enough to rival the sky.

The shift in Trunks and Lapis' relationship didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the school. They were expected to bicker, but now when Lapis teased him, they would share a laugh.

And when Lapis smiled, Trunks didn't hate it.

During lunch, Trunks barely picked at his food while his friends raved about some party. His eyes kept peering over at Lapis a few tables away. I wonder what he's talking about…

One of his friends nudged him and muttered, "Heads up, Sai's coming over."
Trunks looked over and saw the school's leading jock and professional asshole, Sai, stride up to his table with a smug grin.

Sai placed his hands on the table and kneeled. "Hey Briefs, what's this I hear about you and Lapis, huh?"

Trunks glared at him. "Why do you care?"

"Whoa, I'm just worried about you, buddy. You wouldn't want to tarnish your reputation by getting close to that slut, right?"

Trunks shot up from his seat. "What did you say?"

Sai grinned at him, unnerved. "What, you didn't know? He sleeps with the teachers to keep his grades up. You wouldn't want people to say that he's blowing you too, right?"

Trunks grabbed Sai's jacket and clenched his fist.

Sai laughed. "What's wrong? It's not true, right?"

Before Trunks could say anything, two teachers came over and pulled them apart. Many students looked disappointed that there wasn't a fight.

Lapis heard everything. He should have anticipated Sai would stick his nose into their business. Lazuli glared daggers at Sai. "Asshole." She turned to Lapis and touched his arm. "Hey, don't let those lies get to you."

Lapis shook his head. "I don't care about that at all. Sai's just jealous."

The twins both knew how Sai had tried to hit on both of them. When that didn't work, he bitterly spread rumors about them.

After school ended Trunks went up to Lapis at his locker.

"Hey, Lapis?'

"Hey, you didn't get detention did you?"

"I think the counselor was too shocked that I didn't get into a fight with you this time."

Lapis smiled. "Maybe you're just easy to aggravate."

Trunks stepped closer to Lapis so he could speak out of range of passerby. "Does Sai mess with you?"

Lapis pressed himself against his locker. He's so close right now. "He wishes. All that stuff he told you was a load of bull."

Trunks sighed in relief. "Ok, but… I still don't like what he said about you."

Lapis felt his cheeks heat up. "That's because you're a nice guy..."

Trunks felt strange being earnestly complimented by Lapis. His heartbeat picked up and he suddenly felt too close to him. "I guess so. Just let me know if he bothers you again, ok?"

Lapis nodded. "Yeah."

Trunks rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. He spotted Sai from afar smirking at them. Trunks put a hand around Lapis' shoulders. "Hey, let me walk you to your car."

Lapis shivered and struggled to keep his composure. "Are you my personal bodyguard now?"

"Yep."

Lazuli waited for her brother on his car, texting on her phone. When she saw Lapis walking towards her with his crush, she nearly dropped it. She furiously typed, "Ashdjgkrnbk LOOK," took a picture of her twin, and sent it to two of her closest friends.

She grinned as her subjects of entertainment arrived. "Heeeeey."

Lapis sent her his cool it look and turned to Trunks. "I'll see you later."

Lazuli was gaping. Trunks was smiling at her twin sheepishly and saying his goodbye.

Lapis watched him walked away and exhaled a breath he'd been holding in.

Lazuli poked his shoulder. "What was that, huh?"

Lapis walked past her and unlocked his car. "Nothing."

Lazuli bursted out a laugh. "Oh my God, the way he looked at you was adorable."

Lapis shook his head. "He always looks adorable. And I'm one hundred percent in love with him."

"That's so fucking cute. Ew."