-Chapter 3-
Taking a few nights to get settled in, Catherine is content about the fact that she has turned her room into a home away from home, especially as she is a long away from home. She has her posters hanging on her wall, a wind chime on the balcony, her porcelain figures sit atop her dressing table and Lily's cage is where it should be. And to make it seem a little more like home, they put a piano in, as she had a music room back at home and she plays piano besides violin, so they decided to put one in. Being a music enthusiast, she cannot help herself but play. She got sheet music for some of her favourite songs off the internet, besides having a book already at her resource.
Upon Catherine's third night at Cross Academy, Kaname is doing some light reading when he hears a faint noise. This time, it is not the boys of the Moon Dorm playing Call of Duty or any of those games again, but when he opens the door, he hears piano music. He heads down the hall and upon peeking into the room, he finds Catherine playing piano and Cecilia doing some embroidering in and listening while she works. Even Lily, the pet Barn Owl of Lady Catherine, perched on her mistress' shoulder, seems interested.
"She's good." Takuma comments, also checking this out, while taking a break from homework
"Indeed." Kaname agrees
Catherine continues for about an hour and the music fills the halls of the Moon Dorm, which seems to be helpful to the students as they find it easier to think while doing their homework. Kaname continues his light reading while the girl he had chosen to someday be his wife gives a very impressive performance. No flaws whatsoever… Just like her.
It is the first night of school for Catherine. Four-thirty in the afternoon and Cecilia gets up, pretty much an hour before her mistress, and definitely before her mistress' nocturnal pet. She dresses into a white long sleeved shirt underneath a dark blue knee-length dress that has short sleeves. She brushes her slightly under chin-length reddish brown hair and places in bobby pins to hold her hair behind her ears and her fringe to one side.
She then heads to the kitchen, where she gets a class of water to give to her mistress. On her way back, she gets a little lost, as she is the type who always forgets where she is going and she hasn't gotten quite used to where everything is. Cecilia finds herself wandering aimlessly around, trying to find her way. Takuma is heading down the hall; a fair bit tired himself, before seeing Cecilia walking around aimlessly lost.
"Good evening, Cecilia." Takuma says, getting her attention "Are you alright?"
"Oh, good evening. Well, I am a little lost. I don't know how I do it, but I cannot find my way back to Lady Catherine's room." Cecilia shamefacedly admits
"You're actually going in the wrong direction. Just turn around and head that way." He informs her
"Oh…" She says in realisation "Thank you for telling me that."
"No worries. Believe me, there's always a way to get lost around the around really. It's like an intricate maze." He smiles
Cecilia giggles as she walks off down the hall. Takuma smiles himself before continuing to where he was originally going. Already, within the few days of knowing her, Takuma has already taken a fondness to Cecilia Danielle, the lady-in-waiting to the otherwise Pureblood Princess, Catherine D'Amico. In addition, by the looks of it, Cecilia sorta likes him too.
In Catherine's room, she is still asleep. Lying on her right side, with her arm over the blanket and her hand by her head. It is fairly darkened in the room, with the drapes restricting the now receding sunlight from coming in. It is dead silence, besides slight noises caused by Lily in her cage before the iPhone suddenly turns on and plays the beginning of a One Direction song…
"Oh I just wanna take you anywhere that you like
We can go out any day any night
Baby I'll take you there take you there
Baby I'll take you there, there…"
Catherine rolls over and turns it off, just as Cecilia opens the door and enters, finally arriving after her little expedition, ending up getting herself lost somewhere.
"Good evening, Lady Catherine." Cecilia says before placing down the water "I got you some water."
"Thanks." Catherine says before placing a blood tablet into it
Cecilia walks over to the curtains and opens them to show the setting sun. Catherine then rubs her eyes, noticing the change in the lighting as it was dark only a few moments ago. She then drinks the faux blood while Cecilia is tending to the Barn Owl, by putting food in her cage.
"Do you want anything particular for breakfast?" Cecilia asks her mistress after closing the cage door
"Just give me anything, I don't care." Catherine replies while getting out of bed "Where's my uniform?"
"In your closet, milady." Cecilia answers promptly
Catherine opens her closet and finds the uniform of the Night Class. Comprised of a white jacket with black detail, black shirt, a red ribbon, a white mini skirt and then black knee high socks and brown boots. She has been told that she needs to look neat in appearance… that means grooming herself is a must for the evening.
When she is ready, after dressing and breakfast, Catherine descends down the stairs, her uniform on and her hair neatly brushed, curled and straightened. Cradled in her arm are her iPad as well as schoolbooks. Everyone waits in the foyer as well as outside to have the gates open at changeover. She is descending down the stairs, before losing her footing and starts stumbling.
"Oh fuck. Shit, shit, shit!" Catherine says before a slight yell
She then feels something stop her from falling and even dropping the items she carries.
"Are you alright?" Kaname asks, as he holds her arm
Catherine then gets stable footing once more and composes herself, especially moving her fringe out of her face "I'm alright, a little shaken and totally made an idiot out of myself, but alright, thank you. And… I apologise for my obscene language, it just came out I guess."
"It's quite alright." Kaname says, taking her hand and leading her down the rest of the stairs, "Tripping over comes naturally and as for your language, well… As they say, swearing is good for the soul or whatever it was."
In the background, watching on with a stern and jealous glare, Ruka Souren had witnessed the scene like a few others in the room. Standing beside her is her cousin and close friend, Akatsuki Kain. Ruka has been outraged that Lord Kaname would choose a mere… immature girl to be his future bride and not consider her, and she has dropped hints a fair few times as to that she adores him… Nevertheless, he seems to ignore.
"Look at her. For a Pureblood she isn't very perfect." Ruka bluntly says while eyeing the girl "Lord Kaname doesn't even reprimand her for using foul language."
"She is his betrothed, Ruka." Akastski reminds her
"It still doesn't mean she can get away with saying such vulgar words." She retorts
"Since when have you been concerned on such a matter as behaviour?" He asks facing Ruka who just stares at the couple, which have been affectionately called "Kanerine" (using the first part of Kaname's name and the last part of Catherine's name).
"Recently…" She utters
Catherine is showing the timetable she had downloaded onto her iPad. Kaname then looks to see what class they have first; as he wants to see how accurate the timetable is that she has on this system.
"According to this, we have history first." Kaname says as Catherine turns off her iPad and places the protective cover on it "Do you like history?"
"I like reading history books." Catherine answers
"My lady, I heard yelling and swearing, is everything alright?" Cecilia asks, running down the stairs in a rush
"I am fine. No need to raise alarm, Cecilia." Catherine calmly says to her attendant
"Lord Kaname, they're about to open the gate." Sieren, his bodyguard, mentions
Following this, Kaname starts to leave the foyer to go out into the courtyard, before looking back giving the cue for Catherine (and Cecilia) to follow. Catherine comes beside him and exits into the courtyard and the squeals and yelling of the Day Class girls is heard from over the wall. They really do idolise the Night Class, as they admire their smarts as well as how they look… and they really do like Hanabusa Aido, whom they call "Idol".
"What in god's name is that?" Catherine asks, noticing the squealing
"That's the Day Class girls; they seem to gather around the gate every changeover." Kaname answers before a slight smile "Expect to get hearing damage from none other than these girls."
Catherine laughs and smiles to the notion. Kaname finds that she is unique as she expresses some emotions, and she has a smile and a laugh, which is nice since whenever he does try to make a joke or at least a funny witticism, no one seems to laugh. And from what he heard from Lysander, Catherine's cousin, it is that she has a very charming laugh and giggle. –In Kaname's mind, it is true.
Kaname then takes Catherine's hand, in which she returns a slight blush. Ruka then notices and is shocked. Like it is some sign of the apocalypse, she takes it seriously.
"No… He took her hand!" Ruka says
Akatsuki face palms, "They are betrothed, Ruka. And with her being still in her minority, they've got one and a half years before they could get married… and you know the rest."
The gates of the Moon Dorm open, the crowd of girls' cheers gets louder when it isn't barricaded by the very high concrete wall and the large wooden gate. The cheering continues as the Night Class leave the dorm… Well… That is until Kaname comes out holding Catherine's hand. The cheering of some turns into very confused muttering amongst themselves. Yuki notices and she is quite shocked herself, as she and most know that Kaname is a very reserved person. All the while, the only one not shocked about this holding hands thing, which really isn't a big deal in some points, is Zero, who holds suspicions towards something going on with the vampires.
Class then starts and Catherine sits within the front row with Cecilia, who hasn't any chores to do so she is being her translator for now. Catherine only knows two languages, Italian and English, but she has a habit of writing only in Italian. She then opens pages on her iPad and starts trying something before the teacher enters the class.
"Good evening, students." The teacher says while placing her books on the desk "And as I have heard, we have a new student in the academy. All the way from Italy too. Lady Catherine, if it is no trouble, I would want for the students to know a little more about you."
"It is no trouble… Truly." Catherine answers
"So please come to the head of the class and tell us a little about yourself." The teacher continues
"Yes, miss." Catherine answers
She stands up and walks to the head of the room and she stands in front of the blackboard as the teacher starts to write notes on the board. Catherine immediately feels nervous, though they are her peers, she doesn't do so well in social occasions, especially as she worries about being judged. She doesn't care if she is judged; however, it is still a little daunting when you are being stared at.
"Lady Catherine, talk about your hobbies." Cecilia whispers
"Well, you already know my name so… Yeah. I am Catherine D'Amico from Italy. I was born in Rome, but my family moved out near Tuscany when I was still a baby. I'm bilingual, speaking English and Italian and I have a fair few hobbies. Ballet, fencing, music, equestrian… That sort of stuff." Catherine says simply
"Okay then. You may take your seat now, Catherine." The teacher then says
School here is way different in Catherine's opinion. She was always home schooled by her governess, Cecilia's mother and now, this is very different from what she is used to. That and language barriers that seem to exist. She then is taking notes that Cecilia translates, writing them with a click-click of the keyboard on her iPad on the word processer program.
"Alright, for the assignment, I have paired all of you up and for the last 20 minutes of class, each of you will start on the assignment." The teacher announces
She then reads out the pairs and Catherine has been paired with Rima and have been given the assignment and its topic, something Catherine knows very well. Kaname inventively watches Catherine as she is sharing some of the things she already knows. When she said that she likes reading about history, she wasn't lying since she has such amazing fact recall. He has a slight amused look, as it seems she is getting along well with the fellow student and otherwise aristocrat.
"I apologise for the language barrier… It seems I usually only write in Italian, so… yeah." Catherine bashfully apologises
"It's alright, Lady Catherine. Besides, this is a whole different country to you." Rima says
Catherine nods, "It totally is, indeed."
At change of class, Catherine packs up her gear and then is checking her phone when Rima taps her on the shoulder.
"Lady Catherine, if you ever want to hang out or whatever let me know." Rima says before taking off with fellow student, Senri
Catherine's phone goes off, and the caller ID is her cousin, Lysander, who is going to be leaving to go back to Italy soon, as the deal (with her parents no less) was to stay until she was settled in and attending the academy.
"Ciao." Catherine says
"Hey, little cousin. I'm leaving, so… I don't want to be the one who has to come and get you or whatever. Behave alright. You're a Pureblood, Cath." Lysander lectures while he stands at the airport terminal
"When did you start sounding like my father?" She asks before rolling her eyes, "I'm going to be fine, and I even told my mother that when she rung before I went to bed. And I am capable of getting myself back to Italy, if needed, thank you, Lysander D'Amico."
He disgruntledly sighs, "I mean you can't do all the shit you would do at home. There is a thing called etiquette, Cath."
"Flight 43 to Rome is now boarding for departure."
"Go and catch your flight, ok." Catherine says, noticing the background noise "Ciao."
"Cath…" Lysander says
She then hangs up abruptly and turns off her phone and heads off to class. She hates it when her parents, her uncle and aunt or even Lysander start with the matter about "etiquette". Catherine was raised in a very free household, as she pretty much does what she wants, and the only time she cops it from her father is when she does something wrong or is up in the tree in the backyard. When she was thirteen, they started trying to make her more ladylike, it did happen, but she does go against protocol most of the time. They do allow her to be independent, creative and to know her place as a Pureblood, but she often is opinionated, unwilling to follow rules and when it comes to social events, she is more likely trying to hide away than mingle. And they did disapprove of her dying her hair…
After school, Kaname decided to invite the girl who is pretty much going to be his future wife to his room. It is informal, as she is wearing only a dress with a pair of thongs, which are among the items she had packed in her bag without her parents know. –Too late to do anything about it now, Amarelle D'Amico. It is pretty much as a gesture to say that she survived her first night of school here at Cross Academy. And they are playing chess, Catherine as white and Kaname as black.
"…Besides the blunder this morning, this has been a good night." Catherine says before moving one of her pieces
"I had never seen a decent down a flight of stairs to include such harsh words." Kaname adds before taking one of her pieces
"Well, Lord Kaname, some of those words might have just come out…" She replies, while thinking of her next move "…As I can fall out of a tree sometimes."
"Yes, I had heard of your tree sitting." He then mentions while Catherine moves another of her pieces, "Of course, I often look out my window sometimes whenever I am thinking."
"I thought for a moment that you would find it weird…" She says feeling a little nervous while he moves a piece
"We all have quirks, Catherine, as perfection can never really be achieved." He smiles
Inavirtidly, as Catherine moves her queen, they have made their king and queen meet. Catherine has a slight smile upon her face upon noticing this. Either she has won or this seems to be ironic in some way. Kaname returns a slight smile himself, as he would find it the latter (ironic), as he is a king and she is soon to be his queen.
Cecilia is heading up the hallway with a cart and on it is some tea and snacks for Kaname and Catherine's little informal get together. May be informal, but the tea thing seems like it would be too formal in Cecilia's eyes, but they are Purebloods nevertheless. While carelessly distracted with something on her phone, she gets the kart wheel somehow stuck between the vertical wooden slats of the railing.
"Shit." Cecilia exclaims
She tries to dislodge it, especially without doing any damage to anything and has no results. As it is stuck and if it is dumb luck in his favour, Takuma, already having a little crush on Miss Cecilia Danielle, is passing by when he notices the problem.
"Oh, Cecilia, hello. What happened here?" Takuma asks
"The wheel got caught. I do not know how that happened really." Cecilia answers as she gets up off the ground
"Here, I'll help." He replies while kneeling down and investigating the problem
After a few moments, while thinking it though, they manage to get the wheel dislodged and without causing any damage whatsoever and a relief for Cecilia.
"Thank you very much, Takuma." She smiles
"It's no problem." He answers, while returning the smile
She then gets one of the cupcakes from the rack, gives it to him with a bit of a flirtatious wink, and moves the others so they would not notice. Not that it matters if one is missing, but to fix the gap as it is a visual thing.
"Our little secret." She says before continuing down the hallway
It is a reasonably sized cupcake that has purple coloured icing on the top and little star sprinkles on one side. Visually cute and the taste would be as good as it looks…
"Strawberry." Takuma mutters to himself
After the fourth day of school, used to this routine that has been going, Catherine has a bit of downtime after school. One in which she is playing a game of hide and seek… with her pet Barn Owl, Lily. She chooses a hiding place, Catherine has to find her, and she is in a most obvious place, on her drawers hiding herself behind her wing.
"Found you!" Catherine announces before a laugh
The Barn Owl goes to hide again as Catherine counts and the teenager is trying to look for the Barn owl again. Kaname enters as she is trying to find the Barn Owl, Lily, and she doesn't notice as she is looking under her bed and crawling around the floor. Lily lands on the chest of drawers in front of her bed and taps her mistress on the butt.
"There you are." Catherine smiles before it perches on her arm and she sits on the bed, for long noticing Kaname "Oh, Kaname, I didn't know you were here."
Lily then flies over to Kaname's shoulder and he pets her. He finds that Lily is quite the interesting pet to have, especially as he sees that she is very smart indeed and was trained to do things far beyond the normal standard training skills. She answers phones, fetches things and… even plays hide and seek as he saw.
"It is nice to see such a creature around the Moon Dorm." Kaname says, while petting the Barn Owl
"Consider her a mascot. As we are all night owls come to think about it." Catherine says
Kaname thinks about it for a moment "That is true, Lady Catherine. Definitely."
"I am afraid to ask, as you may find it immature, but would you want to play hide and seek with Lily? It is her favourite game." She nervously asks as her pet perches on her arm
"I do not find it immature. It is good for a master to bond with their pet, games help with this bonding." He replies, understanding the bond between pets and their owners and sparing Catherine's worries "And I would think that Lily indeed respects you as her master."
"She does." Catherine replies with a nod "But, you are not answering my question."
Kaname looks to his left "Lily has done it for me."
Lily is sitting on the chest of drawers with her wing over her face. Kaname then pretends to be looking for her before "finding her" and he gives her a treat, in which he says that it proves that she loves her pats. She then takes off to hide again, in which she does sneak up on Kaname and lands on his head and starts to play with his hair. Catherine has a slight smile on her face.
"Yes… I guess you found me this time, little owl. You are truly a smart little animal." Kaname says
Moments in time later, as the start of school seems to have been a bit of a distant memory, it comes to a day in which Day Class girls are especially gaga about… Valentine's Day. The Night Class doesn't seem to be that interested in the holiday, all but Hanabusa Aido who likes the fact that his obsessive fangirls are giving him chocolates, it just shows how obsessive they are.
Kaname seems somewhat interested in this holiday, as he is betrothed nowadays, much to the dismay of Ruka Souren, who has a perpetual infatuation for him and is acting cold towards the girl he chose, out of full-blown envy. She would want Catherine out of the picture somehow, if she could, so Kaname would want her, which may never happen.
Kaname is in his room reading before hearing a knock to the door, which he replies with an enter. He summoned Cecilia to his room for a reason. She is dressed in a slightly more formal outfit, wearing an apron that brings the look together, compared to his very informal choice of clothing; it is well… more formal.
"You wanted to see me, Lord Kaname?" Cecilia says as she enters
"Yes, Miss Danielle. If you may, fetch the Barn Owl, Lily. I have a slight job for her." Kaname replies
She nods her head and complies, leaving the room quietly and then entering her mistress' room. Catherine is still asleep, all the while; Lily is having breakfast, quietly in her cage without disturbing her mistress. Cecilia places on her glove, and then has the owl climb on her hand as she takes her out of the room quietly to take to Kaname, but she hasn't to go far, as he is coming down the hall anyway. Lily, recognising Kaname, flies to him and she lands on his forearm and he gives her some pats, as usual. He then gives her a rose, in which she places in her mouth and he walks over to the door and opens it slightly.
"Give it to Catherine." Kaname orders to this little messenger in a hushed tone
Complying, she flies into the room and lands on the bed. Lily moves hair out of her mistress' face and gently taps on her head before dropping the rose on her. She does make an effective messenger, indeed. Catherine wakes up and notices the rose as she rubs her eyes and moves the hair out of her face. She then notices the note tied to it…
"One and a half years we can be wed. I will be counting the nights. For now we stay as companions, but not yet can we call ourselves lovers, it would sound very impatient and very wrong."
Catherine smiles, as he considers her as his companion, which means at least he considers her better than what he considers others, especially the others in the Night Class, most of them are just the nobles and they're merely followers in a sense and there is this like Inner Circle. –And obviously Catherine is within it, doi.
She checks the time, it is even before her alarm, and she opens the curtains to let in the orangey-pink light of the setting sun. Cecilia opens the door and enters, acting casual as she then opens the closet doors.
"My lady, Lord Kaname wishes to have breakfast with you." Cecilia informs her while looking through her closet getting out her uniform "I'll find you a suitable outfit to wear."
"Please no la-de-da shit, please." Catherine demands, with a turn of her head
"Sticking to something at least what a normal person would wear… Kaname isn't dressed as formal as you would consider either, so, it's a no-no to be looking overdressed." Cecilia replies to her mistress while finding something to wear "Besides, it is a school day, so, really, you would need to change into your uniform."
"Yes, a costume change day…" Catherine dryly quips
Kaname is out on the shaded terrace, wearing a loose and mostly unbuttoned shirt with just a pair of pants, just a simple outfit for the occasion, as who could be bothered to be dressed up all fancy when it's barely even nightfall? `Catherine enters, wearing a red dress in which the fabric hugs her curves perfectly and complements her nicely, especially her red streaks. Cecilia thought it fitting to wear red on valentine's day, along with a little white as well.
It is during when they are having breakfast, which does include an assortment of things, while small talk about the school and the classes, Catherine decides to bring it up.
"Kaname, it may be Valentine's day, but… I don't want you to fuss over it too much." Catherine then mentions, while looking at him for a moment
"I was trying to show good gesture, Catherine, as we are betrothed after all…" Kaname explains
She interrupts suddenly, "It was nice, but it seems wrong…"
"I understand, truly. After all, I am already waiting for your come of age. I guess I will wait for more than just that." He replies with a nod of understanding
"I heard that the Day Class girls hand out chocolates." She says while flipping her fringe out of her face as well as trying to change topic, while keeping on the theme "Why don't you accept some, as a good gesture towards those Day Class girls."
"You always seem to impress me, Catherine. As your forward thinking about the relations between the classes, Night and Day, humans and vampires, and how they should be better." He says with a slight smirk
"First impressions are everything, Kaname Kuran." Catherine says before sipping some tea "Besides, get enough chocolates and I might make something with them."
"We'll see." Kaname replies
Ruka is sitting in her room drawing Catherine, as she is the one who is stealing Kaname away and she places the picture on a dartboard. Until either school photos or when she could get a camera and get a decent picture of her enemy, she might use it then. For now, a crudely drawn picture will do as she sends darts into the board. Her roommate, Rima is lying on the bed in her uniform reading a book.
"I do not get how you hate Lady D'Amico. She is very kind and well, really cool for a Pureblood." Rima says, noticing what Ruka is doing without the need to look up from her book
"There are some things that someone should never take from me..." Ruka answers, before sending a dart into the drawing of Catherine's face "And she took something that shall be mine."
"Last I checked, he doesn't even know you exist." Rima bluntly says
"I know someone who could be of some use to me. That girl who holds those pests called the Day Class at bay." Ruka says while handling
Rima rolls her eyes while turning a page in her book and Ruka then sends the last dart into where the heart is located on a picture of Kaname.
Catherine descends down the stairs in her uniform and she has a quite large handbag on her shoulder, in which she explains that if he is going to accept chocolates, she will carry them and she says that she'll make a desert with it. He then repeats his sentence he said at breakfast, about how she never fails to impress him, and then adds that she is actually more exceptional than he expected. Ruka is starting to get a little peeved. Cecilia then says, from the top of the stairs that she will stay behind to clean up, which Catherine nods to.
Outside the gates, Yuki is keeping the girls under control as usual, but it always seems more rowdy this day of the year, as they all want to give the Night Class students the chocolates. Some of them even tried to do that this morning, one girl trying to scale the wall and fell, to be caught by Zero. Of course, she ended up sending all of them to class, at risk of detention.
If anything, since the "Kanerine" thing started by the Day Class, they are like the Royal Couple of Cross Academy. It took a few days for them to understand that their "king" has a girlfriend, but they really like her, as she is the only girl between the classes that Kaname likes, because everyone knows he is really reserved and somewhat picky. The only of the girls who slightly detests her in the Day Class is Yuki for some reason even she doesn't know possibly because of the fact that Kaname saved her 10 years ago and… he has been a special person in her life.
The Gates open and Yuki blows a whistle and is explaining the rules of the chocolate giveaway, which they line up at their gates and blah blah blah. Hanabusa Aido once again, as we have mentioned, loves the fact that his fangirls are giving him chocolates. Of course, he does get in trouble after asking a girl her blood type, as they're supposed to behave and they're supposed to keep their Vampire status a secret, doi.
Standing beside her future spouse, Catherine observes as the Day Class girls formally bow and whatever else before Kaname receives the chocolates. Catherine, analyses the Day Class girls who are around and they are really all a twitter that the persons they have a crush on in the Night Class accepted their chocolates. Some especially who had worked up the courage to give them to Lord Kaname. Kaname then says for Catherine to turn around and there is the Day Class president, Kaseumi Kageyama, has a bouquet of red and white flowers, with what appears to be mint leaves and a little Italian flag on the sides.
"Oh, are those for me?" Catherine asks
"It's just a welcome present from the Day Class. We would have gotten it to you sooner, Lady Catherine, but unfortunately we had some issues." Kaseumi explains
Catherine has a slight smile on her face "Well, thank you."
Kaseumi then sees Ruka and then bows quickly and runs off shouting her name, as you can tell, he is in love with Ruka deeply, though she doesn't acknowledge his existence at all. In a sense, she is doing what Kaname is doing to her, without even knowing it. Catherine isn't watching as he is handed a box of chocolates from out of nowhere. He then pockets it, unlike the others, as this one is from Yuki.
When they are in class, Cecilia is sweeping the balcony outside of her mistress' room. She is working with the music playing from the iPod dock inside before hearing a knock at the door, she turns it off with the wireless remote she has in her pocket.
"Come in." Cecilia says while putting the broom down
Takuma enters, with his hand behind his back hiding something. She is taken by surprise as he is supposed to be in class with the others and tardiness really is something that is not really acceptable in the academy, and the no-show may raise suspicion and… you may get in trouble if they know you did the one thing they're not allowed to.
"You should be in school, what are you doing here?" Cecilia asks, surprised of his visit, but at the same time worried for if he has broken a rule
"it's break now, and I came to see you." Takuma answers
Cecilia blushes, "You came to see me?"
"Yeah, I did." He says before reviling the roses in which are behind his back "These are for you."
"Thank you." She replies
"Cecilia… I wanted… Wanted to tell you that you are really beautiful and kind and… I like you." He nervously admits before the sudden silence, as Cecilia's cheeks turn a shade of dark red "Please say something before I panic, if you may."
"I like you too, Takuma. You are really kind." She says, breaking the silence between them
"Well… Suppose you could come by my dorm sometime, I and Akastski play COD every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights. I could teach you." He offers
"Sure." She says immediately after he finishes
"It isn't much of a date, but… It's something." Takuma says
"It's quite alright." Cecilia says
He then hears the school bell in the distance and then hurries back to class. Cecilia sits there with the bouquet of flowers on the balcony and she holds them close to her chest and laughs in merriment… as she has a date with a cute guy.