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He could see them, plain as day. Her ravishing smile had caught him as he passed the large window, his demons taunting him that he did not deserve such radiance and he turned to look away when his eyes were caught again. Dimitri's spear whined in stress as his grip became strangling, his eye never leaving Felix, as he marked her hand in a gentlemanly fashion foreign to the antisocial noble. The steel whined and twisted beneath his inhumane grasp and was finally silence with a snap when he saw her smile back at the other man, her cheeks colored a shy pink that was devastatingly attractive. He would steal that smile back.
"Felix." Felix turned as someone called his name, hearing heavy footsteps approaching him at a frenzied pace. He had moved just in time to catch Dimitri's lance as he descended upon the smaller man with that expressionless face
"What's wrong boar? Finally snap?" He grunted angrily as he pushed himself away from their locked weapons
"I don't know what you're up to Felix, but I'm here to end it." Dimitri charged again as Felix expertly parried his blows
"Oh you know exactly what I'm up to, I'm taking Byleth away from you." It was his turn to charge, swiping his sword at Dimitri's feet, forcing him to draw back
"Don't call her that." Dimitri's lance groaned again under the stress of his grip as he readied his strike
"She asked me to." His lance sank for a moment at Felix's words. They stood silent for a moment, each one ready to strike at the next remark
"Are you sparring?" They both tensed as they heard her voice drawing closer, Felix nearly dropped his blade. They both turned to face her angelic smile as she crossed the rest of the distance between them
"We're finished here." Felix spat the words, sheathing his blade as he turned from Dimitri to face Byleth
"Oh please, don't stop on my account. It's nice to see you participating again Dimitri, I've missed having you around." Dimitri's free hand flexed, stressing each muscle until they were clasped in a tight fist. But he had to say something. He had acted on impulse in trying to intimidate Felix but had only dug his hole deeper, watching painfully at their lingering glances toward one another
"Thank you, professor." He mumbled, his heart ringing painful at her bright, encouraging smile. He turned to leave, and paused turning back to her to wave his goodbye
"Byleth…" Dimitri braced himself against the stone as he heard Felix speak but pulled himself out of the room
Byleth looked up at Felix shyly as he took her hand, giving it a tight squeeze
"I'm not giving up."
Color bloomed through her cheeks as he gave her a small, cocky smile. He squeezed her hand again before letting it go, leaving in the opposite direction Dimitri had gone