{{ All credits go to Kazuki Takahashi for the characters. I meerly created my OC. Special thanks to Clare Melvin to agreeing to post this as she is my roleplay partner as Jaden and various others. Reviews are appreciated, thanks!}}
Calypso walked into the music room and set her stuff down, wondering if Crowler was there or not. She shrugged, in case he was late and picked up a guitar and started to tune it.
She wanted to talk about what happened yesterday with Jaden. She was positive that he felt the same thing as her. He felt so protective of her and she'd never felt anything like it. She hoped it wasn't a fling, she really did. She really did like him but she barely had anytime to herself now.
Crowler saw her arrive, and he smirked. She fell for his plan. Of course he wanted her to actually practice, but it felt so nice to know that he was splitting up Calypso and Jaden. He walked in and sat down beside Calypso with a grin on his face.
"Well you sure are enthusiastic!" The professor smiled, pulling out his own guitar to help with the lesson. "No plans after school?"
"Well you did say that I had to be here to make sure that I got the best of marks~" she stated but sighed lightly. "I did get invited to eat with Jaden, Alexis and a couple of people but I'm here instead~"She strummed the guitar and she nodded, the guitar being completely in tune. "So what are we practising?"
Crowler raised an eyebrow. "Oh so that's why Jaden was looking so... Oh never mind that boy." The teacher just shook his head. "He's just a Slifer anyway. I'm sure he has lots of work to catch up on." He shrugged and gently strummed his own guitar. "Well with your performance, I remember hearing just a few muffled notes. So we're just going to work on posture today for those notes." He explained.
She nodded lightly as he spoke about posture and her muffled notes but her mind was on other things. Why didn't he finish his sentence? Her mind was eating away at it and after getting the posture and notes packed down, she couldn't help but ask.
"Professor, if it's okay to ask, why do you have such a problem with me hanging out with Jaden?"
Crowler just shook his head. "He's not worth it. He sleeps in all his lessons, and barely passes. Really I'm not supposed to tell you this, but you should probably know anyway, if he doesn't pick up his grades by his next test, he has to leave the academy. We don't allow slackers at this school." He explained, putting his guitar away.
"A boy like that only leads to trouble. He will just bring you down. Now you don't want that now do you? You have to thrive and soar! Jaden Yuki can't help you with that." Crowler stood up, cleaning one of the instruments as he talked.
She frowned slightly as she put the guitar away and gazed out the tinted window. There was no way that she was going to stay away from Jaden, if anything; she'd help him stay at the school. If he's not her reason to stay then what is?
"Well sir, What about other Obelisk blue people hanging out with Slifer Red's?" she asked him gently. She could see Jaden, Syrus, Alexis and Chumley having fun and she sighed. She noted that Alexis was really close to Jaden and she winced slightly. No, she wasn't jealous at all.. "Like Jaden and Alexis?"
Crowler took a look over at the window as well, seeing her friends outside. "Mm yes Jaden seems to be a bit of a player. She's wasting her potential too. I'm surprised she didn't sign up for the ECC as well." Crowler scowled at the site. He couldn't stand his Obelisks hanging out with other Slifers. "Such a waste." He shook his head.
Outside the four were laughing at Jaden retelling the duel of him and Crowler. "And I thought well, for a teacher he's not very educated if he doesn't know a simple effect. Heck even I know it!" This earned a laugh out of everyone, but even if Jaden was laughing, his eyes showed that he was putting on a show. Jaden had never been burned before like today, so he wasn't taking it very well. If anything, he was annoyed that he was being so sad about it.
Calypso cringed slightly at Crowlers words of him being a player. Well he did say that he was a chick magnet, and he found Alexis too. She frowned slightly, she need to talk to him. She yawned gently. Boy she was tired for a change and it was really hitting her. A few moments later and the bell went saying that everyone had to be in their dorms. Calypso sighed; these thoughts weren't good on her opening heart. She thanked Crowler for the lesson and walked out, slowly heading for her dorm.
Alexis smiled at everyone and ate into her sandwich lightly before gazing over at Jaden and whispering. "Are you okay? You seem a bit off?" The bell went and Alexis didn't want to get in trouble. She pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down her number. "Here, it's there if you want to talk~" she smiled and grabbed her bag before saying good bye to everyone and heading to her dorm.
Jaden tucked the number into his pocket before smiling. "Thanks, Lex. I'll talk to ya later." As soon as he stood up, he saw Calypso. He knew they had to go to their dorms, but a few minutes wouldn't hurt.
He ran over to her, gently placing his hand on her shoulder, unaware that he scared her from the sudden touch. "Hey, Calypso? Can I talk to you for a second?"
Calypso was lost, deep in thought, wondering on what to do. She barely had any time at all. And suddenly she jumped with a squeak, scared out of her wits as Jaden touched her shoulder and gasped for air. "Jesus Jaden, you gave me a heart attack!"
She looked at his expression and knew something was up. Well, she guessed she could spend a few minutes with him. Hopefully no one would interrupt her. "What's up?"
"Whoops. Sorry!" He cringed, feeling bad for scaring her. Jaden then pulled her into the deep parts of the forest so they wouldn't be interrupted. When finally alone, Jaden gently leaned up against a tree.
"Do you like me?" He whispered, looking away with a slight blush. He had never been so forward with someone. Jaden didn't want to admit it, but although he said he was a chick-magnet, it was really just to boost his self-esteem. This was his first real relationship, if that's what they were in.
She raised an eyebrow as he dragged her into the forest, slightly baffled before he stopped and she stood there with her hands held in front of her. When he asked the question, she blushed a bit and smiled a tad. He could be a bit thick now could he?
"I thought I made that obvious last night?" she asked gently, looking up at him with a gentle smile.
Jaden looked back at her. "So it wasn't a fling where you happily kissed me but then barely said a word to me the next day?" He sighed and shook his head. He didn't mean to sound hurt. "Sorry I just... I wasn't expecting it. That's all." He shrugged.
"So... You do wanna go out with me then? Was I just overreacting, cause I mean I didn't expect to be blown off so quickly. Did I kiss badly? Was I over protective? Was I-" He then stopped, realising he was rambling. "I'll just stop... talking now."
She tried not to look hurt when he talked but she couldn't help it. With everything on her mind with jealousy and Crowler talking to her and now this; it was just adding salt to the wound.
"Jaden.." she murmured softly. "I didn't mean to make you feel that way today; it's just been stressful is all. I mean, Crowler is also my teacher for ECC so he wants me to work after school as well and I'm just tired." She grabbed his hand rubbed her thumb against his hand. "I'm sorry I hurt you~"
Jaden sighed softly, knowing he had just hurt her too. "I'm sorry too... But damn of course Crowler wants you to spend so much time away. He despises Slifers." He shook his head before suddenly wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him.
"S-So you do want to be my girlfriend?" He whispered softly in her ear, making sure that was what she wanted for sure. He still had that nagging feeling that he wasn't good enough, and he knew it was true. He just hoped she still wanted to be with him even with all that.
Before she knew what she was doing, she'd wrapped him in a tight hug, her hand in his soft hair as she rested her head on her chest. All day she really wanted this, just to be close and protected and safe..loved.
"Yes.. Yes I do Jaden~" she smiled softly looking into his eyes to make sure that this wasn't some cruel joke or prank. She'd probably die if it was. "As long as you want to be my boyfriend of course~"
Jaden let out a sigh of relief at her answer. It was as if the weight off his shoulders had been lifted. "Of course, Calypso. I want to be your boyfriend." He whispered in a husky tone, allowing his instincts to kick in. He slowly cupped her face in his hands, bringing his lips down to meet hers in a passionate kiss.
A blush instantly streaked across her face when she heard his husky tone, bright and pink. When he pulled her in, she didn't resist as she kissed him back with an amount of passion she never thought she had. Suddenly the entire academy disappeared before her eyes as she closed them and was lost in her own world. She was happy and she knew it and in the end, that's all that matters~
Jaden wrapped his arms around Calypso's waist, gently switching positions so that she was up against the tree and his body was gently pressed against hers, his lips never leaving hers. He didn't care if students walked by. Jaden was just so happy to have his girlfriend beside him.
Calypso felt the bark of the tree against her legs as she was turned around but she didn't mind too much. He was being gentle, his touch was soft and gentle so she didn't mind. His body was warm against hers which she was slightly thankful for as the night started to set in. soon though, the two would need air and Calypso pulled away, looking slightly dazed about everything but giggled softly.
Jaden panted softly from the kiss, smiling as he held her in his arms for a while. After catching his breath, the boy gently nuzzled her neck as he did the night before.
"I suppose I gotta let you get back to the dorm..." He whispered softly, a little disappointed. "But I guess I'll talk to you when you're next free, yeah?"
Calypso smiled gently as she softly panted, blushing again when he rested his chin on her neck but giggled lightly. She honestly had no care in the world~
She sighed gently when she realised it was dark, this wasn't fair, her days were now practically full to the brim. She rolled her eyes before gazing at Jaden with a bit of a smirk. "Don't mind breaking the rules for a while, aye?"
Jaden's eyes widened before smirking back at her. "Oh my~ I was not expecting this. You're my kinda girl." He winked before pulling her close once more. "I'm happy to screw the rules~" The boy grinned, happy to know that his girlfriend would break the rules to be with him. It made him feel pretty damn special.
She giggled gently and wrapped her arms around his neck and went to lean back on the tree.. only to land with a thud on the ground which was luckily covered in leaves. She laughed loudly as she did. "Wew!" She called out and laughed.
As her arms were wrapped around his neck, she ended up pulling Jaden down with her. The boy laughed as well as he rolled over so he was beside her. "Well that was pretty fun!" He chuckled, wrapping an arm around her. He then noticed that there were a few leaves in her hair. He shook his head with a laugh as he gently pulled them out. "So messy~"
She chuckled lightly as she watched him pull out the leaves in her hair. She couldn't help but gaze into his eyes, noting every flick in his eyes, the way his hair seemed to stay in place. "You're adorable~" she blurted out with a bright blush as she ran a hand through his hair and leaned up to kiss his cheek softly.
Jaden blushed as well at the compliment and he couldn't help but duck his head slightly in shyness. "Y-Ya think so?" He smiled, rubbing Calypso's sides gently before returning the kiss on the cheek. "I find you super adorable~" She giggled lightly when she felt his lips on her cheek and his compliment. "Please, I'm nowhere near adorable~" she stuck her tongue out at him cheekily with a girlish smile.
Jaden shook his head with a smile. "Fine - you're beautiful. You really are beautiful." He gazed into her eyes, frozen in time as he stroked his cheek. He just admired her beauty. He thought she was the best thing in the world, and he wasn't afraid to show it.
Calypso blushed brightly at that. No one had ever called her beautiful before so she definitely wasn't used to it. He could probably feel the heat radiating from her cheeks. Calypso smiled lightly at him. "I dunno about that~" Yeah, she had some real self-esteem issues~
Jaden just caressed her cheeks. "You may not think so, but I know so, okay? You are beautiful." He smiled and gently kissed her lips before moving her closer so she could lay her head on his chest as he held her. She chuckled lightly before her lips were claimed by the Slifer Red boy. She ended up grinning as she shifted herself to lying on his chest, listening to his heartbeat and being generally relaxed by his presence. She snuggled into him gently. She gazed up between the trees at the night sky and saw all the stars gleaming down on them.
Jaden looked up at the stars before closing his eyes gently, just enjoying the nice breeze as well as the serenity of the situation. He felt so at peace. Jaden had thought about mentioning Alexis to Calypso, and how she was helping him study, but he didn't want Calypso to feel jealous. So he decided, maybe it would be better if he didn't say anything. He just wanted to enjoy this moment with her.
Calypso smiled gently, curling up closer to him because she was starting to get a tad cold but it didn't really bother her too much. Besides, she got the excuse to be closer to him. "Jaden~ I think we should do this more often~" she smiled, kinda liking the idea of breaking the rules. Besides, it wouldn't be every day because after every couple of days, the teachers and students got a day off to study or prepare or just chill around in general.
Jaden nodded his head in approval, gently rubbing his hands up and down to keep the shivering girl warm. "I agree. Is the ECC every school day after school?" He asked, not knowing that was the case. "I'm gonna be so bored after school." He whined playfully before nuzzling her. She sighed heavily and nodded sadly. "Yeah, Crowler seems to see a lot of potential for me so he's not letting me waste it. He keeps saying you're bad for me and everything." She shook her head lightly. "It's all a load of bull to me but yeah.." she trailed off a bit. Should she mention the test thing? She decided to wait it off, maybe he could improve somehow.
Jaden frowned. "I didn't realise he hated my guts THAT much." He sighed and stroked her shoulder gently. "I'm glad you think it's complete bull. I agree." Well... He kind of agreed with her. However Jaden still thought his had study habits and low grades would bring her down. He still felt too stupid.
"He's really protective of us Obelisks, it's kinda creepy actually~" she chuckled gently before resting her chin on his chest and gazing at him. "If there's anything on your mind, please tell me~"
Jaden just looked down at her and smiled. "I-I know..." He stuttered out, a bit scared of how he really felt. He didn't want to say how stupid he felt and that he wasn't smart enough for someone like her. He understood how had his grades were, but he struggled so much to keep them up.
She gazed into his eyes, gazing in as if deciphering what was going on in his mind before she felt what ge was. "Jaden, I know what's wrong. You think you're bad because you're not smart enough for me, right?" She asked, sighing a tad. "It doesn't matter to me what's up here.." she poked his forehead. ".. It matters what's here.." and she placed her hand on his heart.
Jaden avoided her gaze with a sad smile. "Yeah... I feel that way, but that logic doesn't help my grades." He sighed. "Chancellor Shepherd called me into his office earlier, and said that if my grades don't improve to a certain mark, I have to leave." He shook his head with a sigh. "The only way to increase my grades that much is if I can an A or A+, which is very unlikely, even with Lex tutoring me." He looked back at her with a frown.
"I think I'm going to get kicked out of the academy..." He whispered softly, fear trembling down his body. "S-So...!"
Calypso frowned and found herself sitting up. This was unacceptable. he had barely been here and now they're kicking him out? "That's wrong~" she shook her head. "They can't do that without taking in your duelling ability. Your academic levels should only go as far as forty per cent where as your actual duelling techniques go to sixty per cent." She frowned heavily.
"Jaden, I won't let you be kicked out of the academy, I swear on my life." she looked at him seriously and bit her lip.
Jaden pulled them into a tight hug on the ground, his chest pressed against hers. He was worried he wouldn't pass, and he feared what would happen to them if he failed.
"If I get kicked out..." He whispered, although he knew that this wasn't a bad topic to talk about. "Promise me we'll still stay in touch, okay?" His serious eyes looked into hers. "Promise me."
Calypso held him tightly and protectively. She'd find a way for him to stay, she knew she would. She'd stand up for him in the academy with everything she had.
"Jaden," she gazed back into his serious eyes with her own. "I will make sure you do not leave this academy, trust me. And even by some chance you do leave, I'll leave with you~"
Jaden's eyes widened. "W-What? Calypso you can't leave because of me." He held her tight, nuzzling her neck. "You do so well here. Why would you want to leave here for me? I'm not worth that..."
Jaden's self-esteem wasn't very high either. He didn't believe he was worth it for someone like Calypso. He had been alone for such a long time, and now he met this girl, but he was so scared of losing her.
Calypso just shook her head and smiled. "Jaden, I'm not letting you go that easy. Besides, this isn't the best school in the world and I can go to plenty others. Besides, there's a very minimal chance that you're leaving."
Calypso moved herself up and kissed his nose delicately with a gentle hum. "I'm sure that Crowler is just trying to get you expelled somehow in the most legitimate way possible, which frankly, isn't that legit."
Jaden nodded, blushing lightly as she kissed his nose. "I-I suppose you're right. I guess I'll have to keep studying hard though." He groaned softly. "Studying is EVIL." He sighed but he gave her a gentle smile. "But I'll do it - for you." And he would. That's why he tried so hard in his hour of free time, and also why he let Alexis tutor him. He wanted to fight to be here for Calypso. He didn't want to leave - he didn't want to leave her.
Calypso giggled lightly and blushed at his blush, hugging him gently as they lay on the ground on which she had fell upon. "You think that's evil, imagine having Crowler for three lessons~" she giggled lightly. She yawned a tad but laid there, happy to be in his presence. Her first real friend was now her boyfriend, who would of thought?
Jaden chuckled softly. "Ugh I couldn't imagine that torture." He grinned before leaning to kiss her. However before he could do that, he heard a twig snap, as if someone had stepped on it. Not wanting to be caught, he quickly got up and pulled Calypso beside him, both hiding behind a tree. Before Calypso could say anything, Jaden placed his index finger on her lips, telling her to stay quiet in case someone was there, but Jaden then saw a blonde ponytail in the corner of his eyes and it could only belong to one person - Crowler.
Calypso had heard it too and was as silent as can be. Was it bad to say that she was used to moments like these? She moved his finger away from her mouth and saw the blondness and wanted to groan. Crowler, of course. If he saw her with Jaden, he'd flip a skit, plus it would give him an excuse to maybe get rid of Jaden. There was nothing they could do but hope that he would pass.
Jaden leaned back against the tree, holding Calypso tightly against his chest so they didn't take up too much space. Crowler looked over at their direction, but didn't see anything. He stared at the tree for a few minutes before shrugging and walking away.
After a few minutes had passed, Jaden then let out a sigh of relief. "Whew. That was pretty close huh?"
After being particularly sure that he was gone, Calypso remembered that she needed to breathe and heaved in and out a big chunk of air. "Agreed~" she placed a hand on her chest before giggling. "I think if we're gonna break the rules like this, we need an easier, more safe spot to get to that teachers can't find us at~"
She looked up at the sky and then had a look at her watch to see what the time was.. 10:30. "Wow, that's the time already!"
Jaden's eyes widened. "Ooh crap Syrus is gonna be pissed. I was supposed to help wash dishes after dinner." The boy pulled his girlfriend into a hug. "I better head off. The blue hair is very threatening." He joked before cupping her head in his hands with a smile. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
She chuckled lightly, giving a look of 'oh god~' to him before smiling and graciously giving him a hug. "I should go too and maybe the same time as it was today? Unless you get up and ready really early before everyone else is up?" she chuckled a bit before stretching. "I can't wait until two days' time, everyone gets that day off to relax~" she chuckled before bringing him into another hug.
Jaden laughed quietly. "Calypso I sleep in all the time. Getting up early is a bit of a struggle." He winked as he hugged her once more. "I can't wait till the day off either. We could go get lunch or something if you wanted to."
After their hug, he pulled Calypso into a soft kiss, enjoying the taste of her lips on his. He hesitantly pulled away, but he just wanted to kiss her over and over again. "I'll see you tomorrow, Calypso." He smiled with a whisper.
Calypso smiled and nodded. "That sounds nice. I'm going to look forward to the end of every school week." she grinned before her lips were taken into a soft embrace. She smiled a tad before they left and she couldn't help but grin. "See you tomorrow Jaden~" she replied back before quickly running off into the forest, but in the opposite direction Crowler went. It was a good thing that they were fairly close to the girls dorm this time so she made it without even a hint of trouble, thank Ra!
Jaden waved her off before running back to the Slifer dorm. Luckily no one caught him, so he was off the hook. At least until Syrus bonked him over the head.
"Ow ow ow Sy I'm sorry!" Jaden yelped, putting his hand on his head.
"Yeah and next time you can do the dishes by yourself." Syrus smirked, poking his tongue out at Jaden. "Where the heck were you anyway?" Jaden couldn't stop the blush forming in his cheeks.
"U-Uhm.. I was with Calypso..." Jaden smiled nervously, the topic of his girlfriend always made his heart flutter.
"Oh of course." Syrus rolled his eyes with a grin before climbing into his bunk bed which was in-between Jaden's and Chumley's. Chumley was already asleep. "Now hurry up and sleep before Chumley wakes up and get's mad at us like yesterday." Jaden nodded and quickly got into bed. No one wanted to see Chumley mad.
Calypso sighed silently before entering her dorm and putting all her stuff into her room before grabbing a towel and some clothes and going to the baths. She silently hopped into the bath and sighed happily. The water was warm and soothing on her back. she always went at this time because there was never anyone up and they don't turn the water off until midnight.
After she had washed herself down and changed into her clothes, she went to her room and opened one of her suitcases that had many different types of books. She rummaged through it until she found the one she was looking for and grinned. The rules, regulation, terms and conditions for Duel Academy. She knew that she had this for a reason.
Placing the book on her bed, she began to flick through the book, trying to find things that would Jaden stay in the school, some sort of flaw that the Chancellor had made. Besides, her older brother was kinda like his boss so she did have some hidden power. It took her an hour but she had found three different reasons in the textbook as to why Jaden had all the right to stay and smiled at her work. She'd bring it up tomorrow morning before the school day started. With that, she placed the book by her bed side table, took out a medicine bottle and a pill from inside that she had every night and closed her eyes to sleep.