"Eh? Archery Club, why would I join that?" Asked a confused Brady.
"Um, w-well, yuh see, I was looking to join the Archery Club, b-but I didn't want to join it alone, and most of my friends all had their own after school clubs and sports and such, so I was wondering if you might want to join it with me," My question somehow managed to become a confession of some sort, I never meant this question to be so difficult to ask.
"So if I don't go wit yuh to join the club you won't join at all?" Brady managed to figure that out pretty quickly.
"…yes," I reply simply nodding my head, not something I am proud to admit, but I don't think I'd be able to survive having to be there without anyone I know.
"Sure."
"Come again?"
"Why not, I'd be helpin' you out, I ain't busy after school, and plus learning how to wield a bow may be useful, something new I can add to my arsenal," I couldn't believe me ears; Brady just seemed full of surprises.
"T-Thank you Brady, I owe you big time," I reply, grinning ear to ear.
"When are the days?" He asks.
"Fridays and Mondays, so we need to meet after school today,"
"Sounds like a plan,"
"Okay Brady, sit up here and we'll check out that shoulder of yours," Nurse Aversa says, practically teleporting into the room in her traditional fashion.
"Okay okay," Brady utters while sitting on the nurse bed, "Alright I'll catch yuh after school Noire."
"See you later Brady," I say before heading towards class, I could barely contain my excitement. The end of the day couldn't come soon enough; I quickly made my way toward the class room to talk to Nah and Morgan before class started.
"Brady huh? I didn't know you two were friends," Nah says after I give the good news.
"W-Well we aren't close friends, but we've known each other for a long time, and we were talking yesterday while I was in the nurse's office. Since we ran back into each other this morning it seemed like a good idea," I explain.
"Well either way I'm happy that you are finally willing to join the Club Noire, and since Brady is going to join it with you, don't forget that talk we had in gym yesterday," Morgan said with a wink.
"N-No, Morgan c'mon don't think those things," I grow a slight red. It was hardly a talk, it was practically two sentences, Morgan's memories could use a few holes every now and then.
"Wait don't leave me out, what were you two discussing?" Nah asks, desperate to learn the details.
"Who's ready for some economics!?" The Professor suddenly arrived signaling the beginning of class, the students all scattered to their seats.
"Hello Professor Anna!" The entire class says in unison, as we must every morning.
"Remember the motto class: Econ is life!" Says the money savvy Professor.
The day continued like any other one, once gym came around I was able to participate this time around, but my ankle still didn't feel the greatest. Morgan and I both sat on the bleachers while Nah did her training with Kjelle, their final track meet was today so all of their hard work would come to fruition on this day. Morgan continued giving unnecessary suggestive questions about how I am bringing Brady with me to join the Archery Club, but simply bringing up Owain quickly derailed the conversation onto her love life.
Amidst the normal classes and dealing with Morgan's over active imagination all day, the day finally came to an end, and Morgan and I were spending our final minutes with one another before she leaves for her book club and I start to look for Brady.
"…then I turn around a poof, it's around the same time after school every day, Owain just suddenly disappears without a trace," Morgan explains.
"Well have you tried asking around? See if anyone else knows where he goes?" I suggest.
"And let the whole world know I like him? Never!" Morgan exclaims.
"At this point it feels like everyone but Owain knows," I mutter under my breath.
"You say something Noire?"
"O-Oh nothing sister hehe!"
"But alas, you continually manage to escape my grasp, despite all my efforts," The two of us overhear a set of voices coming in our direction.
"Blasts cut it out already, you're starting to get on my last nerve!" Another voice says.
"Can you two can it?! I swear its everyday with this crap," A more familiar sounding voice says.
Both of us turn around to spot Brady, Severa, and the third member of their group Inigo, walking towards our direction.
"Ah, I'll leave you to your spoils," Morgan whispers to me before rushing to her book club.
"Ah! Wait-…what does that even mean?" Before the words can escape my lips she was gone. I knew I couldn't keep her by me for much longer, but I didn't expect to run into Severa, especially without any support.
"Oh well if it isn't Noire," Severa says, smug as ever.
"H-Hi Severa," I reluctantly reply.
"Ah, so this is the beauty who is going to show our Brady the art of the bow," Inigo says, I had absolutely no idea how to respond to that.
"Beauty, as if, and why is it that you want Brady to be apart of some Archery Club, what's your agenda?" Severa asks.
"A-Agenda?! I-I don't-" I mutter.
"Take it easy Severa, no need to get all testy," Brady finally speaks, easing my punishment.
"But Brady? Since when have you ever wanted to do Archery?" She questions.
"Since probably about this mornin', look I want to join cause it's somethin' I wanna try out, no more no less," Brady explains.
"Well…Fine, Inigo let's go home!" Severa says, always asking with the upmost kindness.
"Ah, well Noire take good care of our Brady as he is quite fragile," Inigo says.
"Keep talking and I'll show you who's fragile!" Brady exclaims.
"Precisely what I'm afraid of friend," Inigo says before he and Severa walk off.
"Certainly a lively bunch ain't we?" Brady says.
"If that's what you wanna call it," I reply, finally able to get a word in.
"Well we going?" He asks.
"Y-Yes," I utter has we head towards the Archery Club.
