Author's Note: okay, hopefully I can get the ball rolling this chapter. I'm sorry that the other two have been so boring. ^^;
The next morning, Valentin sat at the kitchen table eating breakfast when his brother stumbled through the door, popping his head into the kitchen. "Hey, sunbeam."
"Sunshine." Valentin replied, acknowledging his brother. "How was work?" Aleks stumbled into the kitchen with a loud yawn. "Do you really need to ask?" Whenever his brother was extremely tired, he could easily be mistaken for a drunk. "Guess not."
"Do you need a ride to school?" his brother asked, scratching the top of his head with another yawn. "Nu, I'd like to still be alive by the time I get there, not a mangled mess because you fell asleep at the wheel." the blonde replied, standing up and putting his bowl in the sink. "It was only once!" Aleks defended. Valentin only nodded at his brother with a knowing expression. "Well, whatever. I need a shower anyways. I smell like alcohol and glitter."
"What were you at strip club?" Valentin asked with an incredulous look. "No, because if I was, then I would smell like shame and glitter. And maybe alcohol." Valentin just looked at his older sibling with a weird worried look. "Just be careful okay?" he warned before slipping on his book bag and heading towards the door. "I'll see you later. Don't drown in the shower please." and he closed the door, locking it because he knew his brother would forget and just go to sleep. He took one last look through the front window, seeing his brother curl up in the couch and instantly fall asleep. "Well, at least it's not in the shower." Valentin muttered before turning around and going down the porch steps, opening and closing the gate, then heading around the corner towards school.
Someone else was also heading towards school: Gilbert. Hands in his blue plaid pants pockets, he noticed Valentin walking some feet ahead of him. Deciding to finally talk to the new kid, Gilbert jogged ahead, stopping next to the Romanian. "Hey." Valentin looked up and instantly realized that it was that weird albino kid that kept staring at him in Homeroom. "Hi." He didn't really want to talk to him. He found him weird, obnoxious, and perverted. "Mind if I walk with ya?" Gil asked hopefully. "Um…sure." Valentin replied, not really wanting to walk with any company. "Were you shoved into your locker yesterday?" The German asked, remembering what he had seen yesterday. The Blonde's head snapped up, "Y-yeah. How did you know?" Gilbert shrugged, "I seen you walk out of it after school. I had detention with Mr. Michaelis again, so I had to stay after. I think I heard you banging, but Mr. Michaelis said it was nothing. Glad to know you're out though." He offered a smile that Valentin blushed slightly at. "Thanks." he whispered. "So, are you German?" The Romanian asked, trying to make conversation. God did he hate awkward silences. Gilbert looked at the shorter student "Ja." Awkward silence. "Hey, can I ask you something?" The German asked, breaking the silence. "Da, sure." They stopped at a cross walk then moved ahead. "What did those three tell you, yesterday morning in Homeroom?" he asked, tone dead serious. Valentin looked down, he knew if he told then they would most likely beat him up. "It-it was nothing really." Gilbert stopped walking causing Valentin to stop as well a few steps ahead and turn around to face him. "What is it?" Gil looked him dead in the eye with all the understanding that Valentin needed. "You're afraid they're gonna do something to you if you say anything, aren't you?" The Blonde froze. How did he know? Well, maybe it wasn't that hard to think of, but still. There was silence between the two as they just stood there on the sidewalk, looking at each other, other passers-by paying them no mind. Suddenly Valentin turned around and rushed off saying, "We're going to be late." Gil tried to make a grab at the other's arm, but he was too slow and he rushed away in the direction of the school. Gilbert just stood there like the angry idiot he mostly was.
Valentin was at his locker, getting his English textbook. He had forgotten it yesterday, too focused on trying to get out of his own locker, and had some left to work on before his next class. He figured he could work on it in Homeroom. Finally getting it open a burst of glitter was shot at him. Dropping his other text books, Valentin threw up his hands, shut his eyes tightly, and screamed. Laughter could be heard behind him, so he turned around to see Alfred, Eliza and Sadiq pointing and laughing. Soon other students joined in the laughter. Gilbert just happened to walk in, spotting his friends, he moved towards them. "Hey, guys, what's so funny? Hey! Hello~! Why are you laughing?" Antonio and Francis slowly halted their laughter, pointing towards the embarrassed Romanian some ways down the hall. His eyes widened, seeing the scene before him. "Vampire! I told you, he's a vampire!" came Alfred's voice. "Sparkle, sparkle!" came Sadiq's. "Ha-ha! Only vampire-fags sparkle like that!" That was Eliza's voice, mocking him with hate. Valentin began to tear up, hearing these comments, and tried to shake off as much of the glitter as he could before running out of the building, forgetting his open locker and text book and book bag on the floor. Gilbert furrowed his brows before dropping his own bag and chasing after Valentin. "Where are you going?" Antonio shouted after his friend, looking at his other friend, both shrugging simultaneously.
Valentin runs from his school stopping in and alleyway and leaning against the wall before sliding down it, bringing his knees to his chest and crying. Luckily, Gilbert caught a glimpse of the quickly departing Romanian turning into an alley. Gilbert followed him, stopping at the entrance to the backstreet, hand on the outer wall. He breathed heavily, peering through the shadows, trying to find Valentin when he heard soft crying. Walking towards the sound, he found Valentin, curled up against the wall, hidden by a dumpster, covered in glitter, and sobbing quietly with his head on his knees, arms wrapped around his legs. He crouched down in front of the glitter cover boy, one hand on the dumpster's edge to steady himself. "Hey." he whispered, trying to get the other's attention. Valentin lifted his head and tried to wipe his tears, only to get glitter in them. "Valentin?," Gilbert began slowly, not really remembering his name. "Please, just go away, you all laughed at me enough. You can torture me some other day, just please leave me alone." The Romanian whined, not wanting anything else to happen. He didn't even get to class before his day turned to shit. Gilbert shook his head, "Nein, I'm not gonna make fun of you or anything, I promise." Valentin tried to get some glitter out of his eyes with little success. "How can I trust you?" he mumbled still rubbing at his eyes. "Because, I wasn't even there when anything happened. What did happen anyways?" Valentin shook his head, glitter flying as he rubbed his hands under his thighs to try to remove the sparkly nuisances from them. "I bet it was Eliza's idea. Her, Alfred, and Sadiq rigged my locker so that when I opened it, glitter would shoot out at me." Gilbert was going to pull an angry expression before a more confused one took over. "Why glitter?" Valentin looked up at him, glitter coated face and all, "Like the Twilight vampires. They sparkle in the sunlight, so they put sparkles on me because they think I'm a vampire. At least, that's what I think. I mean, it makes sense. Ugh, fuck Twilight." he mumbled the last part, still trying to wipe glitter off his pants. "Arschlöcher. (assholes)" Gil hissed under his breath, looking away towards the end of the alleyway. "It's Gilbert, right?" The German boy looked at the blonde, "J-ja. Did I tell you my name?" he asked not sure f he did or not. Valentin shook his head, again with glitter flying, "No, Mr. Väinämöinen said it yesterday when he told me to sit next to you."
"And you remembered?" Gil asked with a questioning look, cocking his head to the side slightly. Vali nodded, "Da. Um, why-why are you being so nice to me?" Gilbert blushed slightly at this. He was being nice because he had the slightest crush on the new boy. That, and he felt a little sorry for him, but he knew he didn't want his pity. "I know how it is to be bullied. Come on, let me take you home." he offered, standing up and holding out his hand for the other to take. Valentin just sat there quietly, staring at the pale hand in front of him before finally taking it. Gilbert smiled and pulled Valentin to his feet. They both brushed off as much glitter as possible from the blonde. They walked out of the alley way, Valentin leading the way to his house.
"Whoa." was the first thing to come out of Gilbert's mouth since the alley the moment he seen Valentin's house. "I know, I know. It only adds to my 'Vampireness.' You don't need to say it." the blonde moped, opening the gate and walking through. "Was? Nein, I think your house is awesome! Not as awesome as me of course, but still." Vali turned around to look at the odd albino standing outside his gate. He scoffed lightly, "You're a strange one," he said with a light smile, "Thank you, for walking me home and for being so nice to me." Gilbert smiled, red eyes shining, "Ja, no problem. I guess this means you wont be coming back to school today?" Valentin shook his head, "I hope not." Gil nodded, "Ja, I understand why you wouldn't. Well, I'd better get going, mein Vati's going to bite my head off for this one I just know it." he said with a sigh. "What do you mean?" Vali asked, gripping the bars on the gate. Gil shook his head. "Nothing. I'll see you later then. See ya." he said with a wave and turned back towards the school. Valentin stood there a moment before going to his front door, unlocking it, and stepping inside. The first thing he saw was his brother still passed out on the couch. With a smirk Valentin walked past him, behind the couch and to the door way at the end of the hall. Opening it a crack, he could see his Carpathian Sheppard dog, Zanzibar, and his fluffy white cat, Petranella , curled up together, asleep. They were supposed to stay in the Garden Room (Valentin named it: Eden's Room) until he got home from school. Aleks was kind enough to let his little brother bring his pets with him from Romania, but he was not responsible for them, so Valentin kept them in there so as they wouldn't tear up the house while his brother slept. Closing the door, Vali turned and walked into the bath room to take a shower.
Author's Note: ugh this one took me a while to write because I kept getting distracted by the internet. I'm sorry that it's so short. So yeah, Sheesh you three, why you gotta be so mean to Vali? Huh? HUH? Eh, but at least he and Gil are getting close now. (Finally!) Hey, you shut up, voice in my head! I know what I'm doing! Sort of. Any~ways~ hope you guys even remotely liked this chapter. See ya next time!