SOMETHING IMPORTANT:
So I'm going to talk about the anime Attack on Titan, don't own it and whatever, anyway so if you haven't watched it and you don't want spoilers, then read at your own risk. Or skip the part where they're watching AoT. :P
ON WITH THE STORY:
SNOW POV: (time skip to the passing time before lunchtime)
"Iggles!" I yelled loudly, alerting the attention of my best friend. And quite a few other people.
"Do you have to be so loud?" He sighed as I walked up next to him, and proceeded to open my locker.
"The voice comes with the girl," I replied, putting away my books and grabbing ten dollars, as well as a sweatshirt that read 'I meant to behave but there were too many other options.'Iggy noticed me grabbing the money, and shook his head.
"I have money today, so..." he began awkwardly, taking out a five dollar bill.
"You look so impressive. Put it back," I replied and he sighed.
"Snow, I'm not your princess in distress, okay? I can pay for my own food," he tried to argue, but I ignored him.
"Iggles, nobody tells me what to do. So... I'm paying for your lunch. End of story," I replied and slammed my locker shut.
He sighed, but he knew how stubborn I was.
"Damn you Snow," he grumbled and I laughed, grabbing his hand and pulling him along.
"You know you love me," I teased and he sighed, but allowed a tiny smile to make it's way to his face.
"Let's just go to lunch," he answered, and guided me to the cafeteria. (It's my second day, you really think I know where stuff is?)
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IGGY POV:
After we had gotten our lunch, the "usual" as Snow called it, even though we had only bought lunch twice, we were waved over by a few familiar hands.
"Hey! Snow! Iggy!" Nudge yelled, gesturing at their table. Snow smirked and I laughed as we headed over.
"How much did you miss me? Scale from 1 to 10?" Snow questioned the whole table.
"Ten!" Nudge sang.
"Zero," Gazzy replied and she stuck her tongue out at him.
"I don't know..." Ella muttered awkwardly.
"Numbers can't express feelings," Ryuu said softly. It felt like he was implying something else...
"Whatever," Max sighed.
"That's not a number," Snow huffed. "How about you, Fang?"
"I'm with Max," Fang sided with Max, and Snow glared at them.
"You forgot about me?!" Angel mock gasped, and Gazzy sighed.
"I'm obviously the superior sibling, so she would remember me over you," Gazzy said matter-of-factly, and Angel smacked him in the arm.
"Dumbass!" She screeched at him.
"Guys, keep fighting and I will tear you apart, limb by limb, feather by feather," Snow threatened and they looked at her in surprise, stunned into silence.
"A way to shut up Gazzy and Angel..." Max mused. "I didn't know it was possible..."
"Shut up, Max!" Gazzy and Angel yelled at the same time, before glaring at each other.
"Iggy..." Ella suddenly muttered, turning as pink as her hair.
"Yeah?" I asked, turning to her.
"Do you wanna...hang out at my place sometime? Max will be there, but... it'll be alright. Fang will probably be there, too," she added quickly.
"Sure, I'll bring Snow," I answered quickly, and her face noticeably fell.
"Oh, okay..." She muttered.
"You... wanna invite the whole Flock?" I asked, and she nodded slowly.
"Sure... sounds good to me," she sighed.
"So... give me your number, I'll text you," I directed and her face brightened.
"Oh, okay!" She beamed at me, and wrote her number on my palm in pen, how cliché.
"Iggy... can I talk to you?" Max suddenly spoke up, giving me the evil eye. Umm...shit?
"Okay..." I muttered hesitantly.
"Oohhhh!" Snow called out excitedly like we were five or something. I stuck my tongue out and her and she flipped me off.
Max led me away from the table, outside of the cafeteria. When we were out of earshot, she began talking.
"Iggy... obviously Ella's into you. She's making it way too obvious," Max came right out with it and I nodded in agreement. It was kind of obvious.
"So...?" I asked, kind of wondering where she was going with this.
"If you asks you out, you say "yes", because I'm not about to let your break my little sister's heart, but you better not make a move until I get to know you. Got it?" Max sounded pretty scary. Wonder where she learned it from.
"Little sister?" Was my only question.
"My motto is ten minutes older, ten years wiser," Max replied, with a small smirk.
I smiled in reply. "Clever."
"Better not be flirting with me, Iggy Griffiths," she smirked. "Fang would pound you."
"I'm not flirting!" I protested. "How is talking "flirting?"
"Just watch your back," she replied, and walked back without another word.
Well. Great conversation.
...
SNOW POV:
Once Iggy had disappeared with Max, Nudge and I burst into laughter.
"I feel bad for Iggy!" I burst out in-between laughs.
"Max can be really mean when she wants to be," Nudge agreed.
"Max is so overprotective..." Ella groaned nearby, as Ryuu winced. Hmm...
"Hey Ryuu, my best buddy Ryuu, talk to me dude," I got up and sat down next to him, leaving Nudge to talk with Ella.
"What do you mean?" He asked softly.
"I know you have cancer," I replied softly. "But I don't plan on treating you like an invalid because of it. So... why do you wince whenever Ella talks?"
"I... I don't wince whenever she talks," Ryuu argued, but he was still talking... painfully softly...
"I just saw you," I countered.
"Can you... keep a secret?" He asked suddenly and I sighed.
"Ryuu... I kinda just met you... you don't have to tell me anything," I replied with a sigh.
"You're just... easy to talk to. You make me want to pour out all my inner thoughts or something," he laughed softly, the first time I had ever heard him laugh.
"I have that effect on people," I smirked and he laughed a little harder.
"Well... Ella... she gets a crush on basically every guy she meets. She had one on Gazzy, and even Fang at one point before he and Max got together. She liked Sam, and Dylan, and John, but not Jeb, at least. And now it's Iggy... she's just going to get her heart broken because some of those guys don't even know she exists. And for what?" He asked bitterly.
"Is that why Max is stepping up on Iggy, to make sure he doesn't make that mistake?" I asked, and Ryuu nodded.
"Most likely. I just..." Ryuu's voice trailed off and he turned a little pink.
"Iggy's a good guy. Even if they do date, he's not the kind of guy who would hurt her," I interject, and Ryuu raises an eyebrow slightly.
"You've known him two days, not even," Ryuu pointed out.
"But... I feel such a special connection to him... we can read each other's minds, basically. And I have complete trust in him," I replied, realizing that it was true.
He looked at me carefully, turning his head to the side. "That's how I felt about Ella when I first met her."
I smiled. "Ella's a lucky girl."
His eyes widened. "Wait, what?"
The bell rang as I smirked.
"I totally ship Ruella by the way," I clarified and walked away.
...
"Steven, I'm going to a friend's house. So I think I'll be out till like 8?" I called out, as Steven tossed me my favorite sweatshirt.
"It's chilly outside," he said simply, with a smile.
"Thanks," I smiled and hugged him, putting on the sweatshirt. "See you later!" I ran out the door, taking my iPhone out of my pocket, and quickly texting the number Iggy had given me.
Hey Ella, its Snow, can I have your address real quick?
She replied within a few seconds.
Yeah its 104 Dwyer Lane.
Mmkay thanks, be right over.
I turned on my GPS app and biked over quickly, leaving my bike leaning against the garage when I had arrived.
I ran up to the door and rang the doorbell.
"I GOT IT!" Someone yelled, and the door was opened.
"Hey Snow," Max greeted me.
"Hey Max!" I replied with a smile, coming inside.
"You're the third person here, after Ryuu and Fang," she informed me, closing the door behind us and walking down the hall. We took a left, and ended up in the living room, about half the size of my bedroom. It had three large couches, and a decent sized TV. Ella and Ryuu occupied one couch, while Fang occurs another.
"Snow!" Ella exclaimed, as Ryuu and Fang nodded in greeting. I beamed and waved, before dropping onto the only unoccupied couch. Max flopped down next to Fang, who automatically wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"Ryuu! Tell us the story about Willow again!" Ella laughed, smacking his arm. He blushed, and cleared his throat.
"Who's Willow?" I asked, genuinely curious.
"His cat," Ella replied like it was obvious, but she was smiling.
"So I was just taking her for a walk when this guy comes out of nowhere and says "Is that your cat?" and I was like "No duh..." and he was like "Does your cat bite you?" and I said "No..." and he was like "Are you sure?" And I said I was obviously sure! So he bent down to pet Willow, and she bit him. Really hard. He started cursing like a sailor, and told me I was a liar, and I said that I never said that she didn't bite you, I said that she didn't bite me!" Ryuu finished.
Max and Fang cracked smiles, while I giggled at the thought, and Ella was full blown laughing again.
Just then, we heard the door open.
"WE'RE HERE!" A voice sang out.
"WHY DO YOU GET TO INTRODUCE US?!" Another voice yelled in protest.
"WHY DID I COME WITH YOU PEOPLE?!" A third voice argued.
"BECAUSE YOU LIKE ME!" The first two voices yelled at once.
The three people came into the room, and everyone raised a hand in greeting.
"Hey Nudge! Gazzy! Angel!" We all greeted them as they smiled. Nudge sat down next to Ella, and Gazzy sat next to her. And Angel sat down next to Max.
"I am offended," I stared, sticking out my tongue.
"Forever alone, hmm?" A new voice joined the fray.
"When did you come in, you sneaky ninja you?" I teased, as Iggy sat down next to me.
"Right now. Through the front door. I closed it, by the way, you guys forgot to do that," Iggy rolled his eyes at Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel.
"Who cares..." Angel moaned as Nudge frowned.
"Gazzy, you were supposed to close it!"
"Was I?" Gazzy asked in surprise.
"Yes!" Nudge practically yelled back.
"Calm down," Ella reprimanded and they both laughed.
"You calm down Ella, it's just a joke!" Nudge smiled, playfully pushing Ella into Ryuu. But seeing as though Ryuu was affected by cancer and not at his best, as well as taken by surprise, he fell right off the couch, and Ella fell right on top of him, squishing him a little.
"Elra..." Ryuu said, his mouth muffled by Ella's chest. "Prease ge off o meh."
Ella turned pink. "AHH! SORRY RYUU!" She flipped off of him faster than I thought possible as Max and Fang cracked up.
"Don't laugh!" She squealed, only making them laugh harder.
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IGGY POV:
Max and Fang were laughing, as Nudge looked panic stricken, Angel, Gazzy, and Snow looked surprised, and I... didn't know what to do. But Max's laugh was so contagious...
So I burst out laughing, too.
"Iggy!" Ella moaned in frustration, as I became unable to stop laughing. Snow shot me a weird look... before cracking up herself.
"It wasn't that funny!" Ella groaned, as Ryuu turned pink and Snow cracked up.
"Some things you just have to laugh at," Snow said, sounding like some wise old dude.
"Words of wisdom," I said seriously, ceasing my laughter for only a second before continuing to crack up.
Max sighed. "Ah... so Sis, what are we doing? For real?"
Ella seemed glad to turn the attention away from her. "Oh yeah! I thought we'd watch anime, like... Attack on Titan?"
"YES!" Gazzy, Nudge, Fang, Snow, and Max cheered. Ryuu nodded in approval.
"Attack on Titan?" I questioned. I had never heard of it.
Snow gasped dramatically. "Are you... not part of the anime fangirls?"
"I'm not a girl," I replied, confused, as they all gasped.
"HE'S A NON BELIEVER!" Angel yelled dramatically.
"YOU MUST BECOME A BELIEVER!" Ella declared next, taking out a CD and sticking it in the DVD player.
"You guys are such weirdos..." I sighed. Snow seemed nonplussed by it, and settled her head comfortably into my shoulder.
"Is it subbed?" She asked and Ella nodded.
"Good. Dub sucks," Snow replied, leaving me confused. Sub? Dub? What does that mean?
"So confused..." I muttered as Fang laughed.
"You'll see. Attack on Titan is an anime about these three kids whose hometown get attacked by Titans, and titans are monsters which haven't appeared for a hundred years, and when they last appeared they almost wiped out all humanity except for the ones who escaped and made walls to protect themselves. It's pretty violent, but it's also really awesome," Fang explained as Snow and I gaped at the amount of words he spoke.
"Fang talks more when he's excited about something," Max explained. Fang stuck his tongue out at her.
"I don't need you explaining me to other people," he replied, with a frown.
She raised an eyebrow. "And how are you going to shut me up, emo boy?"
He smirked. "How do you think?" He kissed her as Snow smiled, and Ella clapped her hands impatiently.
"Guys, watch AoT or get a room, you can't have both!" She complained.
"I think it's adorable!" Angel gushed.
"Wishing Holden was here?" Nudge teased as Angel turned red.
"You promised you wouldn't tell!" She exclaimed, her cheeks turning scarlet.
"JUST WATCH THE DAMN ANIME!" Gazzy yelled above the noise, and everyone shut up, and/or stopped kissing. Angel settled into Max's shoulder, and Fang wrapped his arm around her other shoulder. Nudge rested against Gazzy, and Ella leaned back against Ryuu's chest, her earlier embarrassment apparently forgotten.
The anime started, seemed kind of innocent until Eren's, the main character, mom got eaten and he swore to kill every Titan.
"So... Eren seems kind of rash. He doesn't think. If he wasn't a main character he would definitely die," I voiced my opinion just as Eren kicked a soldier in the shin for badmouthing the survivors from his home.
"I'd like to think he would die if he didn't have Armin. Armin's my favorite! Always convincing people NOT to kill Eren. Its a hard job. I don't even know if I could do it," Snow smiled in appreciation.
"Mikasa's a big help, too. She's better at fighting than everyone else," I added, and Snow nodded in agreement.
...
"EREN CAN'T DIE HE'S A MAIN CHARACTER!" I yelled as Eren was struggling to hold open the Titan's mouth. But despite my screams and Armin's outstretched hand, the Titan clamped down on Eren, cutting off his forearm and eating him. Armin started screaming.
"Calm down Iggy, it's not real!" Snow yelled at me, slapping me on the arm.
"But... Eren..." I protested as Snow laughed.
"They can't kill a main character, like you said. He'll be back. I've watched this anime before," Snow said with confidence.
"Spoilers..." I whispered as she smacked my arm in annoyance.
"Whoa! Guys it's 8:05, Mom will be back at 8:15 and she said everyone has to be gone by then!" Ella suddenly yelled in a panic.
"Calm down Ella. We have time," Ryuu replied soothingly and Ella calmed down.
Nudge quickly paused it, the tears frozen on Armin's face. "We'll have to keep watching some other time!"
"Definitely," Gazzy agreed, stretching his arms.
"Gazzy, let's go!" Angel yelled at her brother through a yawn, sounding not very intimidating at all.
"Okay, Nudge, walk with us?" Gazzy suggested and Nudge beamed.
"Of course! Bye Ells, Ryuu, Max, Fang, Snow, Iggy!" Nudge waved and ran out after Angel and Gazzy, who had already waved.
"I'll walk you home, Ru!" Ella suggested and grabbed Ryuu's hand, pulling him out the door.
"Sure, thanks," he replied softly as they walked away.
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SNOW POV:
"Iggy, you walked here?" I asked as we walked outside together, and he nodded.
"I'll walk you home," I offered and he blushed.
"My home's kind of small..." he muttered uncomfortably. I knew when to leave him alone.
"Okay, see you tomorrow?" I suggested and he raised an eyebrow.
"Tomorrow is Saturday," he replied, talking slowly.
"The come to my house, dumbass," I smirked, skillfully grabbing his phone out of his pocket and making a new context before he could react.
Name: Snow! ^_~
Description: Your kawiii best buddy!
Cell: 908-452-3342
I handed it back with a smile, and he laughed once he looked at it.
"Sure," he replied easily and I beamed.
"See you tomorrow!" I smiled, and hopped on my bike, before pedaling home.
...
Luck was on my side, because when I got home Steven greeted me, as opposed to my witch, sorry I meant BITCH, of a mom.
"Snow! How was your friend's house?" He asked and I beamed at him.
"Great! We watched Attack on Titan, and talked," I told him, and he nodded.
"So do you want dinner...?" He asked and I shook my head.
"Not really hungry. Think I'll go back to my room and retire," I answered.
"Okay, ring if you need anything," he replied with a small bow, before walking back to his own room. I walked upstairs and flopped on my bed.
"8:20 PM on a Friday... what to do, what to do..." I mused. Then it hit me.
IGGLES WHAT'S GOING ON?
MY BEST FRIENDS! MA READERS! WHASS GOING ON?
Another chapter in the books!
So hope you like the ANIME! Yay, I'm a proud anime fanatic! AoT FO LIFEEE!
Anyway...
Question of the Chapter: Anything wrong with the pairings as they are? Anything you want changed, am I implying too much or anything? Obviously I'd like Gudge, Fax, Sniggy, Ruella, and Angel x Holden. And is the anime reference too obscure?
FLY ON,
Kate