Well, I didn't want to start a new day so I came up with the idea of a route. This is only the beginning of Julius' route and things that happen in Julius' route will not necessarily happen in other routes because that would get kinda boring. I mean Gray and Nightmare are always together so the only thing different between the two would be the end so... Please enjoy~
The thought of being a bully made Julius smile as he played his Gameboy. Elliot could sometimes be idiotic but this was ridiculous. And the fact that Alice was his wife could only make him smile wider. If he wasn't picked on for playing his Gameboy, it was his hair. It was pulled back into a ponytail and was longer than all the other boys'. They called him a sissy boy. Julius pursed his lips at the memory… But now he wouldn't be a sissy boy. No. He has a wife. But then he remembered it was only play and pretend. It's not like it really mattered to him though. He was an only child and was used to being alone. Which is why he holed himself away in the tower of the slide. It was probably better that she left anyway. His game is more important than any girl, right?
"Hey ya, Julius!" shouted the loud and obnoxious Ace. His sudden appearance made the black haired boy jump and nearly drop his game.
"Ace, you stupid dummy head. What do you want?" the boy growled.
"I just wanted to know if you have met the new girl." The boy shrugged before pulling himself fully into the slide's tower.
"Alice?" Julius asked, pushing his glasses farther up the bridge of his nose.
"Her name is Alice? Well, I guess not everything about her can be perfect." The brunet laughed.
"What do you mean?! Alice is a perfect name!" the older boy retorted.
"Maybe if you like good girls. Alice seems like a goody-two-shoes name." Ace said, scratching the back of his head.
"To you, Alice is probably a goody-two-shoes."
"I can change that." The young boy said, smiling wickedly. Julius only grimaced. Ace laughed at the face the other boy made. Julius sighed heavily.
"Where is Alice anyway?"
"Oh, having tea with Vivaldi." The boy uttered, throwing his thumb in the general direction of the jungle gym." I was able to practice my knots~"
"YOU TIED HER TO THE JUNGLE GYM?!" Julius roared in distaste. Ace shrank back.
"What's wrong with you? You never get this mad about anything." Ace asked as Julius looked out to find Alice free from the ropes. He sighed in relief to find her unharmed. He nearly snickered when he saw Nightmare fall to the ground and curl up into a ball. "Do you like her?"
"N-no!" Julius said quickly and spinning around to look at Ace. Ace did not believe him, though, because of how quick he was to deny it. A smile graced the boy's lips.
"You like Alice~" he chimed.
"No I don't!" Julius growled. "Stop it!"
"You're blushing~" Ace laughed, pointing out that Julius did indeed have red cheeks.
"I-… Go away Ace! I don't like you!"
"Oh, Julius, your secret is safe with me~" the brunet sang. "But I want to be your best man at your wedding."
"Whoever said we are getting married?!" the black haired boy asked.
"Me. Now…" The boy mumbled, looking out at the playground. "How will we get her to say yes?"
"S-say yes to what?" Julius questioned hesitantly.
"To marry you, silly!" Ace called out, quickly sliding down the slide.
"You are a complete stupid head." The other boy mumbled down the slide. Soon, Ace's head popped back up the ladder.
"Aren't you coming?"
"What for?"
"To figure out what Alice likes of course!" the boy laughed.
"I-… No. That's stupid. Why would I do that?" Julius asked, crossing his arms over his chest. "It's stupid."
"Fine. If you don't want to then I guess I will just-" the boy shrugged and started down the ladder.
"Wait!" the black haired boy called out, pushing the glasses up the bridge of his nose and jumping after the boy. As Julius climbed down, a large smile was plastered on Ace's face.
Julius pursed his lips as the sand found its way into his shoes. Another reason to stay up in the somewhat clean slide that towered over the annoying sand. The boy shielded his eyes from the bright sun, yet another reason.
"Now what?" He griped, glaring at Ace.
"Well…" Ace started, looking around the playground. He was able to find Alice attempting to help Gowland get Pierce onto his back. "Let's start by talking to Vivaldi. She was able to talk to her."
"I don't want to talk to Vivaldi. She is so troublesome," Julius moaned. Ace, however, would have none of it and began to drag Julius to the jungle gym.
"Where have you been, Ace? Miss Cookie got away!" the small girl pouted.
"Her name is ALICE." the dark haired boy growled, his eye twitching in irritation. Miss Cookie is a stupid name.
"What is HE doing here? Make him go away, Ace. I'm afraid to catch his weird."
"Well I don't want to catch your stupid." Julius shot back.
"Hey, hey! Let's not fight, okay?" Ace asked, glancing at the two. "We just want you to tell us about Alice, my queen."
"Nothing to tell. She was stupid and mean." The girl said plainly. Julius clenched one of his fists.
"She is not stupid. She is very smart and very nice." He mumbled through his teeth.
"Get him away from me!" Vivaldi hissed. "He is stupid and wrong!"
"Okay, okay! Come on, Julius. Maybe Blood knows Alice." Ace suggested, leading Julius away from the angry girl.
"Blood is even worse! Can I just go back to the slide? Please?" the dark haired boy begged. Pierce started to run past the two.
"How about we talk to the ginger!" Ace yelled before tackling the young boy who started freaking out.
"L-let me go! I d-didn't do anything wrong! Let me go!" Pierce cried.
"Hey! Calm down! We just want to know what you know about Alice." As soon as Ace said her name, the boy instantly calmed down.
"Alice?" He asked as soon as Ace let him go. He sat up in the sand. Julius nodded. "Alice is an angel."
"An… Angel?" the two other boys questioned simultaneously.
"Yes! She is my guardian angel! Sh-she saved me from Boris and Gowland and she made sure I wasn't sick! She is so kind and nice and beautiful. She must be an angel." he squeaked.
"An angel you say?" Ace asked. "Gosh, she really must be a goody-two-shoes." He folded his arms over his chest and huffed out a sigh.
"I… I doubt she is an angel." Julius said. "She has flaws."
"That's not nice, Julius!" Pierce gasped.
"Yeah, Julius. Even that seems a little harsh from you."
"Nobody is flawless except angels." He explained. "Even you, Ace."
"I am a flawless, sexy beast." The brunet said, his nose shooting up into the air. "Well… whatever sexy means it must be good, right?"
"Shut up, Ace." Julius sighed. "You shouldn't say words that you don't know the meaning of."
"Oh, hey! Wait a minute!" Ace yelled, suddenly having an idea. "Alice wouldn't come here alone, right?"
"Right," Julius muttered, warily. What was Ace getting at?
"Well, why don't we talk to the one she came here with? They will obviously know more about Alice! More than anybody on this playground!"
"B-b-but that would be talking to strangers!" Pierce butted in.
"Yeah, but at one point everybody is a stranger. How are you supposed to make friends if you can't talk to strangers when everybody is one?"
"That is…" Julius started, staring blankly at Ace. "That is a good point. When did you ever learn to think like that?"
"D-don't do it, Julius! Stranger danger!" Pierce cried. "Stranger danger!"
"Pierce, you're a big baby. Go play someplace else." Ace ordered, glaring at the small boy. The red head shrank down.
"O-okay…" Pierce muttered. "J-just don't hurt me!"
"I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL!" Ace grumbled loudly. Pierce nearly wet his pants.
"NO! I need my soul! I don't want to die!" the boy whimpered. "Wah!"
"Ace, stop picking on Pierce and lets go." Julius sighed, grabbing his colleagues collar.
"Aw, why can't I have some fun with the little ginger?" Ace asked after they were some feet away from the small, panicking boy.
"Because if he wets his pants he would die of embarrassment and you would have to go to his funeral."
"Eug, I hate funerals. So boring and sad."
"Exactly. Now shut up." The dark haired boy muttered. Ace began to hum while Julius looked around the park.
"Well," Julius mumbled, spotting a blond teen reading under a tree. "I think-"
"Hey Julius!" Gray interrupted.
"What?" Julius moaned.
"Play me in chess."
"Oh, oh! I play chess!" Ace called out. "I-"
"Ace, you don't even know how a knight moves." Julius pointed out.
"Yeah I do! They move in an 'L' shape cause they always get lost!" the excited boy answered. "I wanna play! I wanna play!"
"Okay, I can beat Ace and then Julius." Gray smiled.
"You think you can beat me?" The long haired boy asked, raising an eyebrow and pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Of course," Gray said proudly. "I have been playing since I was very little. Alice thinks you would be good at chess too."
"What?" he croaked.
"Yeah. I guess she thinks you are that smart." The other boy laughed. "Guess she hasn't known you long enough." Julius clenched his fists.
"Take that back!" the brunet boy yelled. "Julius is very smart! He will show you! He will wipe the board with you!"
"You're going down first." The chess 'master' said smugly, pointing at Ace.
"You're on!"
Thank you for reading. Please review your thoughts~