The sun peeked through the window by your bed, gently waking you from possibly one of the best rests you've ever had in your life. Stretching out your legs and arms, you let out a long sigh of relief.
I feel so much better now! I suppose I should probably eat something.
Swinging your legs to the side of the bed, you stand up and attempt to regain the feeling in your legs after being in bed for such a long time. Pain shoots up your right leg as you're forced to thud down back onto the bed.
Bloody pins and needles.
You sat there for a while waiting out the pain until eventually you were able to stand. You noted that you were still wearing the outfit you wore when you arrived, which was gross by now after everything that's happened. You got up from the bed and wandered back to your room where you grabbed a change of clothes and headed for a shower. As the water caressed your body, you tilted your head back into the wall, letting the steam and rushing hot water wash away the events of the past few days.
"Hey! _! You in here?" You heard Lavi shouting and you almost fell due to the fright – again.
What is it with him?! He keeps scaring the hell out of me!
Grabbing a towel, you turned the shower off until the water stopped, and you wrapped the towel around your soaked body.
"I'm in here, Lavi." You called to him, letting him know you were alright.
"Oh there you ar-" Lavi stopped dead in his tracks upon seeing you standing there in a towel, with soaked hair dripping onto your body.
"Earth to Lavi, do you mind?" you said, slightly embarrassed.
Lavi didn't respond, instead his nose ran red as blood fell from his nostrils.
"Oh my God, Lavi! Are you alright?! Answer me!" you called, rushing over to his side, shaking him.
"I-I-I-I'm fine! I'll be back in a minute!" and with that his red hair rapidly disappeared behind the wall and through the door. Confused, you picked up your clothes and dried yourself off, wrapping the towel around your soaked hair.
A knock on the door was followed by Lavi quietly asking permission to re-enter the room. You agree and he slowly walks back into the room where you stand, still trying to dry off your hair.
"I'm really sorry about that, honestly I didn't mean for that to-" Lavi was interrupted by your laughter.
"It's quite alright, with a reaction like that, you're lucky I was wearing a towel when you walked in." you teased, winking at him, causing the colour in his face to drain away. Swaggering past, you heard the sound of Lavi trying and failing to string words into a sentence. Chuckling to yourself, you walked out the room and decided to go to the cafeteria. You picked up your pace and started lightly jogging through the corridors until you came to a set of stairs, which didn't seem to stop you from running. The first few steps were a breeze, but you lost your footing, and as time slowed you realized this was about to hurt. You hit the stone stairs head first and continued to tumble until you hit something nearer the bottom of the stairs, yet you continued to fall, gasping with each hit your body took. You landed finally with a loud thud on your back, cold stone piercing through your clothes and nipping at your sure-to-be bruised skin as a gasp of air escaped your body again. Your body was in pain, you couldn't move and suddenly another weight slammed into your body and lay over you. Opening your eyes, you notice white hair near your face.
Oh great, I knocked someone down on my first official day here…
The stranger groaned, pulling themselves up off of your body and looked up at you.
Your heart stopped dead.
"Are you okay, miss?" the stranger looked into your eyes, searching for an answer that you felt you couldn't give.
No, I actually think you just stopped my heart…
All you could manage was a small whimper as you continued to stare in awe at his face.
Please don't let this end.
The white haired stranger dragged himself up off of your bruised body, causing you to flinch in pain. He offered out a hand to you, and tilted his head when you didn't take it immediately.
"Miss? Are you okay, can you stand?" He questioned and all you could focus on was his beauty.
He waved his hand in front of your face and snapped his fingers, trying for a response.
"Oh, I-I'm so sorry I fell into you, I didn't mean to cause you to fall with me, if I'd have known you were there I wouldn't have been running, you see I was on my way to the cafeteria and I lost my fo-"
"It's alright miss, it was an accident after all," he smiled at you, causing your heart and all your other internal organs to melt.
"I'm Allen Walker, by the way, it's nice to meet you." Still holding his hand out for you, you hesitantly took it and he pulled you up with ease.
"There we go, are you sure you're alright miss?" he asked, looking concerned. "That was quite the fall you must have taken."
"I-I'll be alright, Allen, thank you." You managed to stutter out, still completely mesmerized by him.
"So, where did you say you were heading off to?" He asked, smiling directly at you, causing you to blush and nervously bite your lip.
"T-to the cafeteria, although I'm not too sure where it is, exactly." You reply, looking down to hide your shame from knocking him down.
"Oh, well in that case, I'll show you! As it happens, I was also making my way there."
"T-thank you, Allen."
Why am I so damn nervous? Get a hold of yourself!
You follow Allen down the corridors trying to compose yourself in case he turns to face you again.
"So, what did you say your name was, miss?" Allen broke the silence first, still smiling that breath taking smile at you.
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't tell you. My name is _. It's very nice to meet you. Lenalee mentioned you when I arrived, and my room is the one next to yours I believe."
"Oh, is that so? Well then I'm sure we'll get on just fine then," he smiled again.
God damnit, I really need to control myself. Why is this happening?
"It's nice to meet you, _," He turned to face you, causing you to force down a whimper.
"If you ever need anything, just let me know, alright?"
There it is again. That smile.
"Anyway, we should introduce you to the chef, he'll be pleased to see you." With that, you both made tracks again towards the cafeteria.
I can't believe I knocked him down the stairs, what an idiot. Even still, he seems nice enough to forgive me, maybe we will become good friends.
Who knows?