Alice woke up to find herself in Alfred's bed. Her fever was gone, and she was feeling much better than yesterday. There was just one thing that bugged her a bit; Alfred wasn't in the bed.
If fact, Alice even panicked a bit when she thought he had left for classes. She quickly glanced at the clock on the nightstand and she felt an instant wave of relief. Still a few hours before the classes started. But where is Alfred?
Alice slowly slipped out if bed to look around the room. Nope. Alfred was gone. She thought about calling him, but the click-noise from the door meant she didn't have to.
Alfred stepped inside the room with a grocery bag in his arms.
"Oh, you're awake," Alfred placed the plastic bag down. "You feeling better?" he said and rather emotionlessly smiled as he took off his jacket.
"Yeah. Where have you been?" Alice asked as she sat down on her bed. Why was Alfred acting so sulky? "Did you buy something?" she asked, trying to get rid of the tension in the air.
Alfred grabbed the bag and gave it to Alice. "Some fruits. I think it's supposed to make you better," he shrugged as he sat down on his bed.
"Woah. Thanks," Alice smiled and took a bite from a red apple that had been in the bag just seconds ago. Maybe she was just imagining things. There's no way Alfred would be mad at her.
The first lesson went smoothly. The second lesson - not quite.
It all started boringly, as usual. The teacher would talk about what they were working with, and what homework was due next day.
But, this time, she was going to talk about a new person in class.
Everyone went quiet, wondering who this new classmate might be. The classroom had an electric athmostphere. Choking, almost.
"Hello, dear students," the teacher began with a cheerful smile.
"I am happily going to inform you that there will be a new student arriving in our class tomorrow. He will present himself, so please be nice to him."
Alice felt a jolt of excitement. It was Gil! Alice wondered who was going to be his roommate. That poor person will have to be a very patient person. And he'll have a lot of things to clean up after Gil, too.
She found herself giggling quietly as she noticed Alfred was observing her with questioning eyes from the other side of the room.
Alfred had been acting really weird since yesterday. Really - whenever she talked to some other guys in class, he looked at them as if they were uninvited dirt and made an excuse for dragging her away from them. He would usually keep Alice company and be really friendly, because, well - he was Alfred.
"Arthur Kirkland!"
The girl snapped from her thinking and her green eyes went straight to the whiteboard, where the (rather angry) teacher was standing.
"Arthur, this is not very like you," the teacher pointed out in disapproval. "I know you have been absent due a fever, but at least try to listen when I'm talking," the middle-aged woman sighed and forced out a new smile.
"Alright, class," she said with another smile plastered on her face, as if she was pretending the scolding never happened. "As I was saying, there will be a new student arriving in our class. But, since it was so sudden, the school have not had the time to prepare a room for him," she continued. A snicker went through the class. It was as if they hadn't expected less of the school.
"He will be sharing rooms with two other male students for a few weeks until we find a proper room for him. Is that alright with the class?" the teacher smiled as she clapped her hands together.
The whole classroom went silent. One could only hear the air-conditioner's silent humming. All the eyes were staring at the teacher, until one of them asked,
"Who will he share rooms with?"
The teacher smiled. "Hm, we haven't really decided yet," she looked at Alice and then Alfred. "But, since Arthur and Alfred are the only two students from our class who shares the same room, I guess it'll be a lot easier for the new student to feel at home if he shared room with them," she locked eyes with Alice. "Is that alright with you?"
Alice simply nodded a bit stiffly and said, "Yes, but you should also ask Alfred," she looked over at him. Alice was actually bursting with joy. Gilbert was one of her best friends - having him sharing the same room as her would be like having a long-lasting sleepover.
Smiling joyfully at Alfred, Alice looked expectantly at him and frequently nodded her head.
Alfred didn't really feel like sharing rooms with another guy. And the fact that Alice still was disgiused as a guy made him even more uncertain. But the way Alice smiled at him was a bit hard to object to.
Alfred just raised an eyebrow and smiled back. He then sighed with another smile and looked over at the teacher.
"It's just for a few weeks, right? I guess it wouldn't hurt too much," he chuckled and nodded his head in agreement.
The teacher smiled brightly at the class as she announced, "So, it's decided! The new student will be sharing rooms with Alfred and Arthur," she started to pack her books. "I will make sure his luggage will find their ways to your room. Please make some space for him. Class, please stand up behind your chairs."
The classroom was filled with the noises of chairs screeching against the floor as students went to stand behind them.
"Alright. Class ends now."
"Hey, who exactly is the new guy?" Alfred asked as he and Alice were walking towards the lunch.
"Secret," Alice teased with a giggle. "You'll know soon enough."
Alfred just shrugged, until a thought hit him. "How do you know the new guy?" he asked suspiciously.
The two of them had reached the cafeteria and was ordering their food when Alice just realised she had almost blowed the secret.
"Well," she paused, "The teacher told me about it 'cause I asked when the class, including you, had gone outside the classroom," she quickly lied.
Not entirely convinced, Alfred started to walk towards thir usual table. Even though Alfred and Alice were quite popular, they still felt more comfortable eating by themselves. Liz usually joins in too, but since the poor girl is sick, Alfred and Alice couldn't really do anything about it.
Some guys wistled as they passed some tables. One of them even shouted "Hey boy! Gettin' laid?"
Alfred stared questionly at the older guys. Alice, too. Both of them were shocked by the sudden comment.
"Aw, come on! Don't act innocent! The whole school knows about you and Arthur's sis!"
Alice froze. 'Arthur's sister'? She hasn't even got a sister. And Alfred had certinaly not been sleeping around with other girls.
"What's going on?" Alice asked as they sat down. Alfred's face was bright red, and he kept staring down at the table.
"The-they're just kidding around. I don't know what they're talking about. I hardly even know them," Alfred babbled on. "H-hey, let's talk about the new student. Where are we gonna put his things?" he quickly changed the subject.
Alice noticed something was off and decided to not talk about it.
"Hm... I guess we'll just put the luggage on the floor and let them lay there until the new student packs them up," Alice said and took a sip from her milk.
"Okay," Alfred simply replied and the rest of the lunch was history.
They unlocked the door to their room and entered. What they had not been expecting was an albino boy laying on Alice's bed, looking through her things.
"Gilbert!" Alice shouted with a weird mix of anger and laughter. She was a bit angry that Gilbert had been through her things, but since this was the first time seeing him in weeks, she guessed she could let it pass.
"'sup," Gilbert merely nodded his head with a grin, as if he had been expecting them and practicing on his reaction.
Gilbert's family is Prussian. In fact, his whole family tree has Prussian blood in their veins. Cool, right?
Gilbert has got white hair, and dark red irises. He was actually kind of cute, if only you could rip that way too confidence grin off his face...
Alfred suddenly opened the door and started to throw Gilbert's things out of the room.
"Hey! What are you doing!" Gilbert questioned and flew out of the bed to put his things back.
Alfred looked at Gilbert and then at Alice.
"He's not staying with us," Alfred demanded as he pointed at the door. "Get out."
"What? Why?" Alice asked, confused. Why didn't he want Gilbert to stay with them? Alfred's usual friendliness had been thrown out of the window since yesterday.
"Yeah, why? Have I even met you before? 'cause you seem sorta really pissed at me for some reason." Gilbert walked up to the taller boy and glared at him. "This is my room, too, y'know."
Alice felt like she had to do something, and therefore stepped in between the two angry bulls and pushed them away from each other with both if her arms.
"That's enough! What the hell's wrong with both of you?" she shouted angrily and looked at the boys. Both of them looked away from each other with a sheepish look on their face.
There was an awkward silence in the room, until Alfred sighed and scratched his head.
"Alright, I suppose I was acting like an asshole. Sorry," He muttered with a defeated tone and held out his hand.
Alice smiled and then looked at Gilbert. "Shake hands," she demanded.
Gilbert sighed and shaked hands with Alfred. "We're cool."
"Okay, now let's move Gil's things back to the room," Alice smiled and went outside the hallway.
When they had moved all the things back (which wasn't a lot), they decided to give Gilbert a tour around campus. Alice and Alfred wanted to introduce Liz as well. They were not sure if she was awake or not, so they knocked very lightly on the door to her room. To their surprises, a tired-looking girl with her brown hair tied up in a bun opened the door.
Liz was wearing a simple grey t-shirt and black pajamas-pants. Her eyes were a bit lifeless, but there was a hint of the usual bright green in them.
"Huh? Who's that?" She eyed the unknown white-haired person who was standing next to Alice with curious eyes. "And if you haven't noticed already, I'm down with a cold right now." Liz covered her mouth with her hand and coughed.
"Yeah, it's pretty obvious you're sick," Alice sighed and stepped inside the room, ignoring Elizabeta's protests. The other two did the same and soon, some were sitting on the floor, and some were sitting on the bed.
"So Liz, how's life in the bed of snot?" Alfred joked as the sick girl went under the covers of her own bed. Liz chuckle-sighed and grabbed a tissue. "Oh, not that bad actually. Just some snot-filled tissues about here and there. Paradise," she replied sarcastically with a chuckle. She then blew into the tissue and tossed it onto the floor.
"Anyways, who's that guy with the white hair?"
Gilbert waved with a smile. "Hi there sexy-"
"Oh, this is just the biggest pervert in the world," Alice interupted as she hit Gilbert on his arm. "His name is Gilbert Beilschmidt."
Gilbert laughed and punched back. "My name's Gilbert. People call me Gil, though. And no, I'm not the most perverted one in here," he looked at Alice, who blushed with fury.
"I am not perverted!" she huffed and crossed her arms.
"Hello, Gil. My name is Elizaveta Hedervary. Call me Liz," Elizaveta smiled. "So, why are you here?" she then asked as she sunk back to bed.
"Oh, he's the new student in our class. The school haven't prepared a room for him yet, so he's sharing rooms with me and Al," Alice explained. "That reminds me! Alfred," she turned around and faced Alfred, who wasn't sitting on the floor anymore. Instead, he was sitting on the the chair in front of the desk.
Alfred's eyebrows shot up. "Hm?" he simply answered.
"There's only two beds in our room. Where's Gil going to sleep?" she asked and tilted her head on the side. "I mean, I can share my bed with him since you guys don't know each other that well but-"
"He can sleep on the floor," Alfred suggested, with one hundred percent seriousness. Nope, he wasn't joking. Gilbert looked at Alfred as if he had gone mad.
"Thanks, but I'd rather not," he chuckled nervously.
The room was quiet as everyone was thinking for an idea.
"Hey, since Chelles is staying at her parents house, Alice can sleep in her bed! Is that alright with you, Alice?" Elizaveta sat up in her bed and looked at Alice with a smile.
"Well, it's okay with me, but why is Chelles at her parents house?" Alice asked suspiciously.
Elizaveta scratched the back of her head and chuckled. "Ahaha.. Fun story actually, I kinda passed the cold onto her..." she gave a nervous chuckle. "I don't think she'll be back for a few days..."
Alfred suddenly started to talk, "So I'm going to share room with that guy?" he pointed at Gilbert.
Well, it's better than Alice and Gilbert sharing beds, he thought for himself.
A/N:
Okay this chapter was a bitch. The fanfiction website is a bitch. Arrgh.
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