"Why are you hiding?" Luke didn't bother to look surprised when Wales appeared on his left, looking highly concerned.
"The lights are bothering me. Staying in the shadows, where they don't bother me as much." Luke repleid with a loose shouldered shrug.
"Oh." Wales frowned, "Can I point out some things?"
"About me?"
"Yeah."
"Ist this going to be like the interrogation after..." Luke looked down, not meeting his brother's eyes, "Well... You know."
"Maybe. Maybe not." Wales arched an eyebrow.
"Fine." Luke crossed hsi arms, "What is it?"
"One, your aversion to light. Two, you're becoming more of a night person than the day person I know you to be. And three, you're staying away from any food that has any garlic in it- which you love." Wales listed off, "Any reason why?"
"Study late at night, garlic-y food here is disguisting, and the lights just bother me. Anything else?" Luke shot right back.
Wales arched an eyebrow at his brother's defensiveness, but decided against saying a word about it.
Instead, he turned and walked back off into the throng of party- goers, not seeing his brother's pained look as he did.
As the night went on, there were many greetings and conversations, but there was an air of... tension, about the room.
Tyler kept an eye on Kuro, but he was forcing himself to bite his tongue about Headmistriss Cassandra.
Bao, who was hanging out with Christina, was also struggling to keep his mouth shut.
And Dark Heart was avoiding everyone, Jasmine included. Said girl looked ready to kill every time he found a way to run away from her.
Lucas stuck to the shadows, and Wales followed after Sophie like some lost puppy, despite the fact that they were in fact already together.
"For goodness sake, just talk to her already!" Nero hissed at his brother, who had been eyeing a girl with black hair and light purple eyes.
Julian glared at him, "You, shut up."
Nero rolled his eyes, "Please. It's not like you'll be the only one to get a date tonight." He guestured with his arm around the room, "Frieda, for one. She's been talking to that Masamune all night." Another wave of his arm, "Ninel and Da Xiang. Tyler and Kuro. Also, Bao and Christina."
"You and L-" Julian started, then yelped as Nero kicked him in the shin, "OW!"
"One, we're friends. Two, if you haven't noticed, since we arrived here, his brother hasn't exactly been paying any attention to him. Three, if you knew his past, you'd know there'd be no way I'd threaten him like that. And four- if I was in fact gay, you of all people would know it. But you know I'm not, because you know how many girlfriends I've been through. I'm a player, and I'm not afraid to admit it." Nero said, blue eyes blazing as Julian simply smirked at him.
Julian shrugged, ready to respond, but a girl's laugh caught his attention. His eyes landed on the Dungeon Academy girl he'd been eyeing all night.
Nero huffed, before saying in a exasperated voice, "Talk to her already. It's not like it'll kill you."
"A creature as lovely as you shouldn't be looking so lonely."
Lunisa Astaroth blinked in surprise, and turned to see a teenage boy with blonde hair and blue eyes standing beside her.
"Are you... speaking to me?" Lunisa asked.
"Who else? I've watched you all night, and there's not another girl here who is as lovely as you."
Lunisa laughed a little, "Is that all you got?"
"Perhaps." The blonde offered a half- smirk, "What is your name?"
"So you can know my name, but I'm not supposed to know my suitor's?" Lunisa asked, coyly.
"Touche." The boy chuckled, "My name is Julian. Julian Konzern."
"Lunisa Astaroth." Lunisa replied.
"Mmm... Perhaps, Miss Astaroth, I could entertain you with a dance?" Julian offered her a hand, an eyebrow raised.
"Depends on what type of dance you know. Waltz, or tango?" Lunisa asked.
"Both." Julian smirked.
"Well educated." Lunisa took Julian's hand as a new song came on, "It takes two to tango. Show me what you got."
"You know this song, don't you?" Sophie asked as Wales stepped up next to her.
Wales smirked, "How could I forget? Just a few weeks after we met, we both attended a charity ball. This was the first song we danced to." Wales offered his hand, bowing a little, "May I have this dance, Ms. Deveraux?"
"Of course, Monsieur McKandless." Sophie took his hand, smiling brightly.
"You okay for a dance?" Tyler asked as he noticed Kuro's eyes glitter when a song came on. Kuro looked up at him in surprise. After a few second, she smiled, and nodded.
"Of course." Kuro chuckled, "Take the lead, Tyler. Show me those two left feet of yours."
I bust your windows out your car
And no it didn't mend my broken heart
I'll probably always have these ugly scars
But right now I don't care about that part
"Takes two to tango, but only a few people here seem to know how to." Jasmine remarked.
"Do you?" Nefertiti asked.
Jasmine nodded, "It was one of the many things I learned before-" Jasmine cut off, her expression becoming dark. Then she smiled, "But yeah. Waltz, tango, cha- cha- any dance you can name, and I probably know. What about you?"
"Tango, and that's about it- woah, hey!" Nefertiti yelped as Chris appeared and grabbed her hand, spun here around, and stopped her with a sudden dip.
"Care for a dance, Miss Storm?" Chris drawled, a Southern accent entering his voice.
"Well, when you ask a girl in the way you just did..." Nefertiti drawled, her green eyes becoming half- lidded, "Who could say no?"
Chris laughed, and spun Nefertiti back on to her feet, before they literally danced out on to the floor, never once breaking eye contact.
Jasmine huffed, cocked her head back to finish off her punch, set her glass on a table, turning to leave-
And running into a teen with white and red hair and gold eyes.
"Oh!" Jasmine exclaimed, "I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention."
"Nah, that was my fault." The boy chuckled, "I didn't realize how close I'd gotten to you until you turned." His eyes locked in on her wrist, "Tell me- is that a dark amethyst, or is it an onyx bracelet?"
"Oh, this thing?" Jasmine fingered her bracelet, "Onyx. And the stones are real, yes."
The boy chuckled, "I wasn't for sure. The way it glittered and all, it looked real enough to me." He held a hand out, "Ryuto Katashi. I'm from Dungeon Academy."
"Jasmine Laize. You must be Ryuga's little brother." Jasmine shook his hand, noting that the boy quickly and expertly lifted her bracelet when he thought she wasn't looking. She decided not to comment on it for the moment- let him think he'd succeeded in lifting off of her.
"Yeah. That'd be me. I was actually surprised he came here, when he could've gone to Dungeon." Ryuto said.
"Come again?" Jasmine blinked.
"Yeah- what, he didn't tell you? I'm not surprised. He was sent a letter, asking to join Dungeon Academy with me. He declined though. I went, and when I got here, I was a bit surprised to see him, and with a girlfriend on top of that." Ryuto chuckled.
Jasmine looked across the room, where Ryuga stood leaning against the wall, and flat out ignoring Mirajaye. She chuckled, "I don't think they're dating. Though, Mirajaye is interested."
"But my brother doesn't pick up on it. Again, not surprised." Ryuto sighed, before flashing Jasmine a smile, "Well, it was nice meeting you, Jasmine. Hope to see you around."
"Same for you." As Ryuto walked off, she called, "And Ryuto? Next time you try to do a lift off of someone, make sure they're not a world class theif themselves." Jasmine slipped her bracelet back on, smug when Ryuto's jaw dropped, and left the room.
