August 25, 5:30 pm

Matthew stands beside the sculpture of a stack of books in front of the library. He crosses his arms and taps a finger.

He is waiting to meet up with Lukas as planned, but after standing around for forty minutes, he has become tired of waiting.

But it would be impolite to go home without Lukas when they were planning on going back together. "It's pretty impolite for him to be late." A bitter part of his mind whispers, but Matthew pushes it away, sure that the other has just run into some sort of hindrance. (Hopefully he hasn't been forgotten again)

"For now, I'll wait a little while longer. I don't have Lukas's number so I can't text him." Matthew decides and sits on a nearby bench.

,

5:30pm

"Here you are."

A waiter places a plate in front of Lukas as Matthias cheerfully chatters in front of him.

"I can't believe we're going to the same college!" Matthias says.

Apparently the reason they hadn't met before is because of the fact that Matthias had taken two years of school off after high school. So now, despite being the same age, Matthias is a freshman, while Lukas is a junior.

"...you?"

Lukas suddenly is aware that he has been spacing out and missed a question that Matthias just asked him. "What?" Lukas asks.

"I said, I'm going to major in sports management!" Matthias proudly restates, "What about you?"

"Mathematics." Lukas simply answers as he takes a bite of his salad.

"Wow, You're so smart, Nor!"

"Hm, but I'm sure Sports Management is a difficult major as well." Lukas thinks to himself.

"Isn't this a great cafe?" Matthias suddenly (but not unexpectedly) changes the topic, flashing Lukas a bright smile as he eats his sandwich.

Lukas nods, unsure of why exactly he had agreed to come eat dinner with the other. Hopefully Matthew doesn't mind that he didn't go back to the library to walk back to the apartment. It's difficult to refuse to go with a person who has been literally dragging you around place to place.

Matthias changes the topic of conversation again, "So! what were you doing just wandering around earlier?"

"Looking for a job," is Lukas' response.

"What, really?! I know the perfect place you can work at!"

"Hm?"

"Yep, there's this clothing store that I work in, and they're looking for a person to run the cash register!"

"Really? I could probably apply for that. Good thing I've had past experience..."

"But they hired me and I've never had any jobs before-"

"But do you ever work at the register?"

"Nope!"

"Exactly. A company wouldn't trust someone without previous job experience with their money."

"Oh, I get it! I've missed your logicalness, Nor!"

"...My 'logicalness'?"

"Yeah! Anyways, I can take you to my workplace right now," Matthias quickly stands up and slaps some money down on the table before grabbing Lukas' arm to pull him up as well.

"Wait-!" Lukas starts, but the other is obviously not listening, and once again, Lukas is being dragged off.


7:07 pm

Matthew's eyes flutter open and are immediately assaulted by the light of an inconveniently placed street lamp.

"Merde! Did I fall asleep again? I've got to stop doing that in random places."

The sun has begun to set, Matthew notices. Lukas probably went home already. "I suppose I'll go home too," Matthew decides, and stands up and stretches. Only then does he notice something fall off his shoulders.

Matthew bends down and scoops up the object, only to find it to be a black jacket. "...What?" He wonders, "who's jacket is this?"

Who would leave their jacket with a stranger? It was definitely a kind act though, considering today had been a little chilly, and Matthew could've become really cold during his 'nap'.

The blonde contemplates for a moment whether he should take the jacket back with him or leave it on the bench, but decides to bring it with him; it would probably be stolen if he leaves it here.

He gives one last glance around him to see if the jacket's owner is around. Of course, there is no one. So he tosses it over his shoulder and begins to take quick steps back to his apartment.


A/N: It really took awhile to write this for many reasons tbh. Anyways I'm super stressed right now, school and all that stuff. And I'm writing instead of doing hw soooo, I really gtg. ;) Please excuse me if I do not update often, but a lot of my classes are making me feel like a shitty writer b/c I keep getting C's on all my essays.