Uhh hope evryone is in character and its kinda all over the place but I hope you enjoy reading! :D
Navigating through the crowded halls is easy, slipping into the bathroom unnoticed by an administrator is even easier. There are a few people inside already. They look younger than him, around Wendy's age. They're probably first years. None of them are familiar so he glares, ruby colored eyes and piercings intimidating the few who'd looked towards the door curiously. Gajeel slips into a stall and pulls out his cell phone.
Class was about an hour and a half long but the halls cleared around 30 minutes in. After that, it would be free game for him to wander the halls (normally he'd just head back home but his damn father took a day off from work.) His headphones are tangled and one of the earbuds are missing. With a scowl he rummages in his pocket for the other bud, listening to the sound of the door shutting and footsteps leaving out.
He eventually gets his shit together and finally begins watching the metal welding video he had been saving for when he had free time. He has a slow descent to watching meme videos. He's not sure how because after the welding video he ended up watching clips of Forged in Fire. Luckily he's pulled out of the sound of screaming and oddly intense music by a text message popping up over the video.
Juvia: Have you gone home early? Are you okay?
Ah, he forgot he had that class with Juvia. Gajeel clicks his tongue and shoots her a quick text back,
im fine ill see u in last period
Juvia: Skipping is bad :(
texting in class is bad :(
send me a pic of the notes later on
Juvia: :( :( :( :( :(
juvia no
Juvia: :( :( :(
Juvia: Lol ofc I will Gajeel
thanks
His gaze flicks to the time up in the corner and he smirks a bit, just in time. Double thanks to Juvia.
After moving his headphones from his ears he stuffs them back in his pocket. No doubt they were going to be tangled up the next time he tried to use them. With a little grunt, he gets to his feet and leaves out of the bathroom and to the quiet halls.
Sometimes skipping is crazily boring but it's better than going to class and being forced to do work. He peeks into classrooms every now and then. His pierced brows raise a bit when he sees Bixlow and Evergreen in a class. He's managed to get on the senior hall without even noticing. Gajeel ignores the way his heartbeat speeds up and how he starts looking for a specific face when he continues passing classrooms. He feels a tinge of annoyance when he doesn't see the dumb bastard anywhere.
Then suddenly there's a tug on his hair, it's light and makes his head jerk back slightly. Gajeel quickly whirls around, ready to curse the idiot that touched him to hell and back. "What the fuck-" His vicious words get caught in his throat when his gaze meets a broad chest( a familiar broad chest at that.) His gaze trails upwards to the squared jaw and pink lips. Gajeel feels warm and hurriedly meets those dark blue eyes. Of course, it's him. Only he'd dare to pull his hair like that. Gajeel instinctively scowls at him.
"Why aren't you in class?"
Gajeel takes a step back from him so that he's not craning his neck as much." Why aren't you?" He fires back.
The blonde lazily lifts a hall pass that Gajeel swiftly snatches. He looks at it curiously and scrunches his nose, "what were you doing in the art room." The fact that his name isn't on it catches his attention. "I'm taking this by the way." Just as a safety precaution. Didn't need to get caught and then he's suck with even more detention.
"Nothin' that concerns you, gimme the pass back," Laxus demands, gaze flickering down to Gajeel's shirt before he reaches towards him.
The small paper is quickly shoved into his pocket and Gajeel smirks, "hell no, I need it more than you do. Just go to class I'm sure they'll just let you in." He's quick to wave the taller boy off, turning around about to walk off. He doesn't get far because he's yanked back by his fucking hair again. The fact that he kinda likes that shit is quickly overlooked when he sees Laxus' face hovering over his.
"Gimme the pass back." His face is as bored looking as ever, but the little twinkle of amusement in his eyes annoys Gajeel like no other.
"Fuck you."
He changes tune fast enough when Laxus lowers his hand, forcing his head to crane backward even more.
"Goddamn it, Sparky."Gajeel complains, "you don't even need it!"
"I do." He doesn't, not really. There's a substitute teacher after all. They're usually more lenient than the regular teachers.
Gajeel growls, much like a wild animal and Laxus shouldn't find that as attractive as he does.
"I'm not giving it back." He states tenaciously, staring directly into Laxus' eyes, just daring him to do something about it.
He does.
Laxus steps forward, just maneuvering Gajeel like he's a puppet or something before he sticks his hand into his pocket. The wrong pocket at that. In fact, he doesn't even seem to be searching for the pass if the way he's just pawing at his thigh means anything.
Gajeel feels his cheeks warm and he slaps a hand over the blonde's wrist, gripping it tightly. " The hell are you doin'? It's clearly not in there."
"How was I supposed to know that?"
"You fuckin' saw where I put it!"
"Did I?"
Neither of them says anything for a moment before Laxus squeezes his thigh. Gajeel grits his teeth, not allowing whatever the hell sound crawl out of his throat.
Ping!
The sound is loud and clear in the empty halls. Gajeel hears subtle shifting-was this bastard just gonna answer a text while holding him here?!
During all this Gajeel learns that the blonde doesn't keep his phone on vibrate, he types slow as shit and he's a huge dickhead.
Ah, he actually knew that last one already.
Suddenly he's being released and pushed forward. Gajeel scowl and looks over his shoulder at him. There's a little smirk on Laxus' face, the corner of his mouth quirked upwards. It simultaneously pisses him off and makes his heartbeat speed up. Those ruby eyes narrow and Gajeel snarls, "Fuck you." He doesn't hesitate to stalk off this time (He absolutely does not run away, thank you very much). Why was he let go? No idea, but he's getting as far away from him as he can right now.
"Go to class, Gajeel," Laxus calls as he begins walking back to his own class, wondering if Gajeel even recognized what he was wearing.
The darker haired boy doesn't say anything, his shoulders hunching as he angrily shoves his hands in his pocket. With his cheeks warm and heart beating out of his chest, he scowls even more.
Like hell was he going to do anything that bastard said.
-MYOB-
"Have you noticed that Gajeel smells funny?"
Lucy blinks, thrown off from the sudden comment." What do you mean? Like, he stinks?" She asks giving what happens to be a very disapproving frown.
"No! I'm not saying he stinks, just that he smells…" Natsu pauses and crosses his arms, thinking of a word." Weird." He finishes lamely.
The blonde shakes her head, locks shifting with her movements. "Nope."
"Agh! This has been botherin' me all day!" He groans, running a hand through his pink hair," he doesn't smell like he usually does! It's like a tangy scent? Kinda like rust or something and fabric softener."
It's the last class of the day and the different smell has been irritating him. Normally he wouldn't give a crap but he knew the new smell, but he just couldn't figure it out!
"...Why do you know what he usually smells like?" Her thin brows are furrowed and one of her eyes are squinted. She shifts away from him a bit, "You are so strange."
Natsu sputters and scowls at her, distracted for the time being. "Me? You're the real weirdo here."
"Says the one memorizing the way his friends smell."
"Natsu does what now?"
The two look up at Cana who's got a brow quirked and a wry smile on her face. The class is slowly filling up with the other students.
Lucy grins and leans forward on her desk," He's going crazy because Gajeel 'smells different' today."
The tall girl laughs as she takes her seat in front of the two, straddling the chair backwards so that she's facing them. After propping up her arm she leans against her own palm, ready to talk."Oh man, I forgot that he does that from time to time."
Lucy's jaw drops," He's done this before?" She doesn't know why she's so surprised, Natsu is one of the most peculiar people she's ever met. One of the best too.
"Uh huh, that one there has the nose of a dog."
Natsu grins and looks at Lucy smugly, hooking an arm around her shoulder and pulling her in."I told ya' it wasn't weird."
"That's not what she said." She laughs, nudging him with an elbow. "Just because you apparently sniff your friends often doesn't mean it's not weird."
"Yeah, but it's not." Natsu protests insistently and takes a huge whiff of her hair.
"Totally normal."
"Get off of me you weirdo!" Lucy laughs, the two of them beginning to grapple playfully.
Cana shakes her head in amusement before she turns around in her seat, they're both weirdoes. It's probably why they get along so well. "Maybe it's just a new soap or cologne?" She suggests flippantly as she pulls out the homework from last night, getting ready to speed through the answers.
"Yeah, maybe…" Natsu mumbles and strokes his hairless chin, his arm still draped over Lucy. Next time he sees Gajeel he's definitely asking him about it.
-MYOB-
The rest of the day flies by and soon the end of the day announcements are blaring over the intercoms. Lucy is already sitting in the library where the detention was being held. The blonde seemed pretty content as her pencil glided across the paper of her notebook. This was just like being in study hall! She alternates between reading her textbook and formulating her ideas down on her paper.
"Hi, Lucy!"
Brown eyes flicker up to meet bright blue and she smiles, looking almost surprised. She had nearly forgotten about the fight (that she started) and almost asked what the gentle girl was doing here. "Hey, Mira." She keeps her voice quiet, glancing around. Students had begun filing into the library, some looking much like troublemakers. Among them, she spots Gajeel. It makes her laugh softly. Of course, he would blend right in with them.
"Whatcha working on?" Mira asks, taking the seat next to the blonde. She leans close to her, their shoulders bumping as she peeks down at the papers sprawled out on the table.
Lucy grins and looks at her, cheeks going a bit pink at how close the other girl was."I have an English paper due on Monday. Just getting my rough draft together."
Mira nods and smiles back," Oh, Good luck on your paper then!"
"Thanks, Mira!"
Lucy soon goes back to her paper, getting back into her zone. She doesn't even notice Mr. Conbolt enter the library, ending all of the chatter in the library.
Fifteen minutes in Mira finds that Detention is as boring as it always is. She pouts, hands cupping her own cheeks as she leans against the table. She didn't want to bother Lucy when she was working so hard and was so focused, but it was so boring. Her gaze trails around the room and she blinks a few times when she sees Evergreen of all people discreetly texting underneath the table. Mira's lips quirk up into a little smile wondering what she did to get in here.
She continues her looking around until she spots familiar wild hair. He was seated a few tables away from them, his head buried in her arms. Mira stares at him for a moment and ends up covering her mouth to muffle her giggles. Earlier at lunch, she'd noticed that he was wearing quite a familiar piece of clothing. The shirt was large even on his muscled frame, and while she knew the band from a certain blonde, what really gave it away was the faded words written on the chest of the shirt.
luve u laxxy
It had been written by Cana a while ago. Mira's shoulders begin to shake, barely containing her excited giggles. That was so cute! She needed to talk to Laxus soon, she hadn't even known they were close enough to share clothes.
Her laughter slowly eases down and she realizes the teacher is giving her a look.
She smiles apologetically and ducks her head slightly. Ah, she just couldn't wait! The girl slips her phone out, taking a hint from Ever and hiding it under the table.
Woman: laxus why didnt you tell me about you and gajeel? My feelings are hurt!
Woman: I thought we were better than this
In the middle of the sidewalk, Bixlow rambling about one thing or another, Laxus' eyebrows furrow as he stares down at his phone. What the hell was she talking about? What about him and Gajeel?
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