Lento's POV

I felt my eye twitch as Noldawg teased me, acting like he didn't know I was there.

"Hey, hey Meef," he said. "Where's Lenton?" I felt my blood boil again.

"He's standing right behind me, and I can tell, not even by looking at him, that he's getting pissed at you for teasing him like you are."

"NONSENSE!" Noldawg screeched out. "Lenton and I are bestest friends, right Lenton?" my eye twitched as I felt a burning urge to just set him on fire right there, but I'd probably get kicked off the property for it. I felt Shadow grip onto my hand.

"Lento, calm down a bit…" I heard him whisper in my ear, and I sighed. "You know he's only doing that to get you mad…"

"I know, but I could just… just…" I wanted to finish, but Shadow suddenly squeaked and let go oh my hand. I blinked and looked at my hand, realizing that I'd formed a fireball in my hand absentmindedly and minorly burnt Shadow's hand. I instantly regretted burning him as his eyes watered up.

"I-I'm sorry!" I apologized and held onto his hand to see how bad the damage I caused was, but he just coiled away from me. I felt a pang. Great, now my own failure half-hates me for burning him. Noldawg stared at me and Shadow.

"HE HATES MEEE!" he wailed and fake-cried into his hands. I growled and was tempted again to burn him on the spot, but I again decided against it for the same reasons as I thought of last time.

"M-my hand…" Shadow whimpered as he caressed his burnt hand, his eyes welling up with tears. I tapped Meef on the shoulder and she turned to look at me.

"Wuzzup?" she asked, and I asked her if I could go outside with Shadow for a bit, and she said yes, but only if I asked the teacher. After getting permission from the teacher, Shadow and I went outside to look at the burn mark.

"I-it really hurts…" he whined as I held his hand, studying the mark. It wasn't that big, maybe the size of a couple of quarters, but it looked painful. It wasn't like a sunburn where the skin just turns red and shiny, this was a black burn, which told me I really went too far this time.

"I know…" I whispered back, trying to comfort him. "Let's go get some water or something to cool it down." I stood up, helping Shadow up in the process, and we started walking towards the school. I cautiously looked around, and was glad to see no classes outside today.

I was getting more and more cautious about the girls in this school. With every chance they got, they'd tackle us to the ground and shower us with confessions or requests to go on dates with them… what are we, supermodels or something?

"Wait… where are we going exactly?" Shadow asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Huh? Oh… I guess the change room. They have a sink there." I continued walking with him into the school.

"But what about that thing that Meef was talking earlier about?" he asked. "About which change room we should go into?" I blinked, remembering the awkward conversation.

"I guess we should just go into the boy's change room." I said. "I don't think there are any classes doing gym right now, so it doesn't matter, I guess…" we walked down the hallways, turned a few corners, and finally made it to the change rooms. I gently tugged Shadow's un-burnt hand and led him into the boy's change room.

As usual, it smelt really bad in there, like sweat. I wondered why boy and girl change rooms had different smells… I heard that the girl's room smells like perfume all the time or something.

"O-ow!" Shadow stuttered out as I put his burnt hand under the tap water. "Stop, it hurts…!"

"I know it hurts, but if you don't want it to hurt, then you have to do this, okay?" I said reassuringly, and he nodded, his eyes ready to spill tears. I felt a pang of sympathy for him. I was the one who caused him that pain…

"L-Lento?" he asked, and I looked at him.

"Eh?" I replied, too lazy to give a regular response.

"I hear a class outside…" he said with caution, and I stayed completely still, as did Shadow, as we heard the door open and some loud boy chatter going on as they flooded into the change rooms.

"Just act like they aren't there…" I whispered in Shadow's ear, and he nodded. A few boys stared at us as I continued washing Shadow's burn mark, and a few even started conversations about us.

"Aren't those guys, like, the Justin Beibers of the school?"

"Yeah, I bet they are. They look so emo together like that!"

"No, they can't be emo. Look, one of them's washing out the other's burns…"

"Fine, they aren't emo, but they ARE gay!"

I blushed madly.

"We're not gay, for your information!" I turned my head to glare at them, and they almost all instantly sped up trying to get dressed in their gym clothes. I mentally smirked. It was fun when people listened to me like that…

"So much for ignoring them…" Shadow looked at me and I blushed again.

"S-sorry, they got on my nerves…" I replied.

"You seem to get angry so easily recently…" he muttered and looked down at the burn mark, which looked like it wasn't hurting as much anymore.

"I'm not that easily angered, Shadow," I replied. "I'm just… impatient today." A rush of boys flooded past us, and I felt a hand on the back of my head push me almost into the sink, and then I heard laughter. I heard Shadow gasp and try to help me as I coughed, having just had the wind knocked out of me.

"They… are going to pay…" I muttered darkly, and I felt my fangs begin growing into my mouth.

"N-no, you really shouldn't, Lento…" Shadow tried to calm me down as he turned off the tap. "They're doing that on purpose to annoy you, and I'm certain that revenge won't-"

"Shut up!" I yelled and shoved him away. He stumbled into a corner and looked at me, fear evident in his eyes. I took a step towards him, my fangs finishing growing in my mouth.

"D-don't, Lento…!" Shadow squeaked as I grabbed his wrists and pinned them at his sides so that he wouldn't be able to move away from me. I leaned forward and bit into his neck, piercing through the skin and tasting his blood in my mouth.

I heard him scream in protest, but I just ignored him as I continued to lap up his blood. I let go of one of his wrists when he was weak enough to not push me away, and I cupped the back of his head so that I could get an easier access to his neck.

I felt his hand gently touch my shoulder and struggle to push, and I finally realized what I was doing, pushing myself away from him in terror. He looked at me weakly, his neck still bleeding from where I bit him, and he was crying. I hated seeing anyone cry.

"S-Shadow…" I choked out, feeling myself start to cry silently as well. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't…" he slid to the ground and just sat there for a moment before slumping over, his head down. Was I too late? Did I kill him?

I needed to know the answers as I rushed back up to him, holding his shoulders and trying to get him to wake up. I felt his blood on my hand and started to sob, strongly regretting losing my temper on him. I picked up his body bridal-style after I stopped crying enough to focus, and I walked towards the change room door. I shifted his body position in my arms and opened the door, stepping outside carefully so that I didn't bang Shadow's head on the frame.

I wondered if I should go home or not to treat his wound. I checked my pocket quickly for a key, and when I found it, I chose to start going home. I sprouted my chimera wings, stretching them out comfortably for a moment, before shooting into the sky. No one ever looked up here anyway, what with all of the ugly clouds. What was there to look at in the first place? They'd only be staring at their own pollution. For these reasons, I usually travel in the air rather than on foot.

I flew over the neighbourhood and spotted Meef's house. I gently floated down in front of her patio and walked up the few stairs at the door before unlocking it and stepping inside. I'd be sure to go back to school after Shadow was taken care of.

OoOoO

Shadow's POV

I moaned and squirmed a little bit as pressure was gently applied to my neck, where there was a tear in my skin, causing me to bleed. My eyes shot open as I felt a soft pair of lips on my forehead, and I saw the face of a sad angel. I blinked a few times as the angel turned away from me.

"S-sorry!" it stuttered, and I tilted my head, which was cushioned on top of a pillow.

"Why are you sorry?" I asked, and the angel slowly turned its' head and looked at me.

"I-I bit you, and…" the angel spoke softly, and I sat up, wincing slightly at the pain in my neck. I smiled at the angel as it looked at me in a confused way.

"You didn't bite me," I said. "You healed me."

"Y-yeah, but before I healed you… I…" the angel shed tears, and I felt a bit frantic.

"D-don't cry!" I stuttered nervously, trying to calm down this angel, but it only cried more. I sighed, thinking of what to do quickly. I finally settled for something and grabbed one of the angel's hands, leaning in closer to it. The angel looked at me again, gasping for breath.

"W-what-" I cut it off as I kissed it softly, silencing its' cries. I felt myself blush as the angel kissed back after a few moments, and it wrapped its' arms around me. The kiss became deeper as we shared more than just our lips. The angel moaned softly and gently held the back of my head, deepening the kiss even more.

By the time we finally pulled apart, the angel and I were both panting for air. I blinked my eyes a few times and looked at the angel. It looked familiar in a way… I instantly blushed when I realized who the angel was.

"L-Lento!" I almost screamed. He looked at me, still blushing and panting lightly. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to kiss you, I thought-" he cut me off, placing a finger on my lips.

"It's okay, Shadow…" he smiled, still blushing slightly. "I kind of like it when you kiss me…" he whispered and I felt my face go red as I looked down at my hands in my lap. He grabbed my chin gently and tilted my head back up, kissing me gently on the lips. I blinked and checked his eyes. They were still blue…

"W-wait, your eyes aren't green…!" I whispered to him in shock and he tilted his head.

"What? No…" he replied. "I'm being honest here…" he kissed my cheek, whispering against it. "I think I'm in love with you, Shadow…" my entire face heated up more, if that was even possible.

"I-I don't exactly know what to say to that…" I looked away again and I heard Lento laugh.

"You're so cute~" he teased. I looked at him, pouting.

"I'm not cu-" he cut me off with another kiss, which is when I realized that he tricked me into looking at me so that he could kiss me. I moaned as he wrapped his arms around me again. This would be a long day…

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