"Hurry up, Arturia, Gil's waiting," Jeanne stood by the other's side of the desk and tapped her foot impatiently as the other leisurely packed her binder and text book.
They had planned to go out to eat with Gilgamesh and Gawain because Jeanne had told her to get her mind off of a certain teacher. Arturia had obviously denied her interest in the teacher but since the offer of food was very tempting, she agreed. In fact, she could say she had been bribed into going on a date with Gilgamesh—even though Jeanne did not call it a date.
"Arturia hurry up, it's our first official date!" Gilgamesh called from the door. He did seem a little impatient and upset because they were going to watch a movie first and it was about to start in twenty minutes.
Arturia turned her head towards the doorway, where Gilgamesh had called her from and frowned, "I thought I told you that it wasn't a date."
"It is, now come on!" He signalled her to approach but she shook her head as she swung the bag over her shoulder.
Arturia grumbled as she continued her way out of the class behind Jeanne. That was until she was stopped short by hand on her shoulder, "Pendragon." She heard the deep voice as she slowly turned her head to meet the soft amber eyes.
The young female blinked up at the man and furrowed her brows at him, "What is it?" She shook his hand off and signalled Jeanne to go ahead.
The man lifted his hand to reveal a paper and then she replied with another blink of her eyes, "Your assignment. I would just like to go over some things with you."
Arturia groaned and shook her head, "No can do, sir, you heard Gil; I have to hurry."
"Your boyfriend seems eager, but I must discuss things with you." Diarmuid had seemed a little possessive, the way he spoke to her.
"First," Arturia stuck out a finger, "Gil's not my boyfriend. Second," another finger stood, "we can talk about this tomorrow. And third, Gil is not my boyfriend. Now that things are clear," she smiled as she was still irritated, "I got to get going." She waved her hand and ran out of the classroom before he could stop her.
Diarmuid bit his lower lip as he set the papers on the teacher's desk and he plopped down on the spinning chair, what was wrong with him? He would sneak glances at her during the lessons and he would try to over hear the conversations of Jeanne and her. Her vibrant green eyes were something else, like newly polished emeralds and her hair was the colour that of wheat blowing in the wind when the sun sets in the countryside.
Diarmuid sighed as he shook his head and tried to get her out of his mind as much as humanly possible. "Student." He reminded himself under his breath as he gathered the papers from the table and prepared to go home.
He heard the door open and he had to peak over the indent of the room, he stood from his chair as he saw a brunette female enter the room silently and close the door behind herself. She put the lockdown cover over the window on the door and then turned to the teacher.
"Gráinne, um, what are you doing here?" He tilted his head and watched as she approached him with an excited smile.
"Oh! I wanted to ask you for your help on a question." Gráinne smiled brightly, blinking so that her eyelashes fluttered.
"How about we discuss it tomorrow in class? We have a Q and A and you could be helping others who have the same question," Diarmuid smiled and then stepped aside so that he would have a free passage to the door.
"But sir," the female pouted as she blinked up at him, a frown on her pink lips.
He looked at her and saw the disappointment in her eyes, he sighed as he gave up and put his bag back on the teacher's desk and nodded, "Okay, show me the question."
Gráinne's lips widened with delight and she set her bag down as well before taking the textbook out of it. She asked a few questions about the homework and when he deemed it too late, he dismissed her and she waved him a goodbye before leaving out the door.
Aside from goggly-eyes and twirling her hair, Gráinne didn't do anything that he was uncomfortable with and so he was thankful for that. He did notice that she had unbuttoned the top button on the uniform shirt but it was not done in a provocative way—of which was very relieving.
Although she was a bit flirty with him, she was much better than the other girls in many aspects but he wasn't going to get into the details of it. Instead, he packed his things and left the classroom, not forgetting to turn the lights off and lock the door behind himself.
Arturia was seated next to Jeanne and unfortunately, Gilgamesh was also seated to her left. Arturia had practically begged Jeanne if they could have switched seats since no one was to her right but Jeanne had turned her down because she didn't want to sit next to the "king of rudeness".
"It's not that I'm judging him, it's just that he's really mean to me." She had said before popping a kernel into her mouth and turning her head back to the screen.
Arturia had her arms crossed and she knew that she was not going to be enjoying the movie because her company was not the best. Instead, she sunk in her chair and waited for the movie to end. Arturia had to share the popcorn with Jeanne, but about half way into the movie, when Arturia reached for the popcorn, she noticed that the bag was empty and then her head shot towards Jeanne and the girl gave her an apologetic smile.
Arturia looked to her left and saw that Gilgamesh had a well filled popcorn bag, so she thought it was a good idea to reach for the popcorn while the male was distracted with the movie.
She waited until a climactic part of the movie and discretely began to snake her hand to the popcorn bag where she was hoping to grab some popcorn—that was until her hand had been stopped midway into the popcorn bag by a grip on her wrist. Arturia sighed in defeat and turned her head towards the man that was holding her.
Gilgamesh smirked at her and gave her a wink before moving his bag to the side closest to Gawain.
Arturia huffed and almost groaned in annoyance before realizing she was in a cinema. She crossed her arms over her chest and rolled her eyes, last time Diarmuid shared the popcorn with her, he was much more of a gentleman than Gilgamesh. Wait, wait, wait, what? No, what was she doing? She stopped herself from thinking of the dark haired man and shook her head rapidly. She really didn't need this.
"So how'd you like the movie?" Gilgamesh smirked down at her after he had finished teasing her about the popcorn.
Arturia had lost interest and was actually quite annoyed with the tall male next to her. She simply rolled her eyes in response and dragged Jeanne to the washroom with her.
"Gil is such a pain," Arturia leaned on the counter in front of the large mirror.
"Right and you aren't?" Jeanne laughed as she looked at herself in the mirror, "because it's very annoying when you pretend not to care. Like what did Diarmuid want today?"
"Can we not?" Arturia huffed, "Point is, Gil doesn't like sharing and he always makes fun of me."
"Dia wouldn't do that," Jeanne smirked knowing much too well what her friend was thinking.
"Exactly." The female nodded and then thought about it, "Wait, no—"
"Dia and Artie sitting in a tree K-I-S-S—"
"What are we in, elementary?" Arturia glared at her friend and watched as she shrugged.
"So what? Admit that you don't hate him, that's all I'm asking for. Plus, if you think Gil could replace him; think again cause they're totally different guys. Diarmuid is shy and a gentleman but Gil goes about things differently. He's straightforward, if you may." Jeanne looked into her purse and pulled out a lip balm, "What'd you think about the movie?"
"Merp, could have been better. I simply did not find it very fun." The female shrugged.
"But," Jeanne grinned, "the food will probably be on point."
Arturia slowly nodded in agreement and then pushed herself off the counter and began to walk with Jeanne trailing behind.
Gilgamesh stood next to Gawain and they were crowded by a group of girls that seemed to be trying to get with the young men. Arturia rolled her eyes as she watched Gilgamesh flirting with the girls and Gawain also involved. Gawain was a ladies' man and usually, Arturia did not care but since Gilgamesh was also there it pissed her off slightly.
The green-eyes female sighed and looked at the boys before walking over to them, "Gawain, collect your act." She grumbled and took her cousin by the wrist to drag him out of the group of girls.
"I thought that you'd never come out," she heard Gilgamesh retort.
Arturia rolled her meadow green gaze and simply dragged the other boy out of the cinema.
"Artie?" Jeanne knew that the other was quite cheesed but acted as if it was nothing. On the other hand, Gawain remained silent because he knew how his cousin got when she was angry, and that was never a good thing.
"Aren't we going for food, or what happened to the plan?" Arturia frowned and Gawain nodded quickly.
"We were waiting for you but some girls were asking us some questions, so we had to answer them." Gawain tried to twist it to make it sound as if they were helping them out.
The green-eyed female huffed and crossed her arms over her chest, "Alright, well, I'm hungry and I would prefer it if we go get something to eat."
"And what about Gilgamesh?" Jeanne chirped as she had noticed that he had not followed them outside.
"He can do whatever he wants. Come on then, let's go eat! What were we going to eat again?"
Gawain shrugged and both the teenagers turned to Jeanne, hoping she would have an answer to their question.
Jeanne sighed and slid her hand into her pocket to take out her car keys, "Burritos." She answered and then led them to her car.
Arturia opened the passenger door and already had a foot inside the car when she felt a grip on her wrist. Her head whipped towards the person and she frowned upon seeing Gilgamesh, "Let go." She grit between teeth.
Gilgamesh smirked, "Sorry Jeanne, Gawain, but I'll be taking her with me because we have other plans." He then forcefully dragged Arturia down the parking lot and towards his own car.
"Where are you taking me? Weren't you talking to some girls like two seconds ago?"
"We're continuing our date, and you're the only girl that matters—those were just needing my help and I declined." Gilgamesh grinned and opened the door for her.
Arturia did not make a move to enter the fancy car, she simply stood still and in silence.
"I'll be feeding you, whatever you wish for."
"I'm pretty sure this is called bribing." The female pursed her lips into a straight line.
"So you accept, let's go then." Gilgamesh rounded the car and they both got it. Free food was always Arturia's weakness.
She buckled up and sat back on the seat, "I want sushi, caviar, ice cream, and a burger." She smirked, "No wait! I want a full course meal with the juiciest steak you can ever think of!" If he was offering food, she was going to take advantage of his 'generosity'.
"Do you honestly eat that much?" Gilgamesh turned his head and eyed her body over.
Arturia cleared her throat as she felt uncomfortable with his gaze skimming her over, "Eyes are up here, Gilgamesh." She pointed at her face, " And yes, I do, is that a problem?"
They sat at a table for two and Arturia had felt queasy because Gilgamesh had decided to take her to the exact same place that Diarmuid and she had gone for their unofficial date. In fact, she was embarrassed to have sat near the place where they had sat before. She gulped in anxiety and shook her head as she thought that she shouldn't be feeling guilty since Diarmuid and she had broken up more than a month ago.
Arturia wanted to order the most expensive dish she could find, but she did not want to be so rude, so she settled for the second most expensive—which gave her a big steak that she was very much looking forward to. She patiently sat waiting for the dish and was super ecstatic to eat a free steak.
Gilgamesh sat opposite of her and they both waited for the waitress as the male was hoping to start a conversation with the teenage girl in front of him. He had not thought of anything good to say and the waitress had arrived to end the awkward silence.
"Hello! My name is Irisviel, but you can call me Iris and I will be your waitress for tonight, have you already decided on what you will be having?" It was the same exact waitress that had attended her that other time and man was this embarrassing.
Instead of the waitress' red eyes widening in surprise, they seemed to smile down at her—almost mockingly.
"I will have the Caesar salad for the starter, the steak option number five and an iced tea." Arturia forced a smile at the waitress as she truly wanted to call her out on the small gestures of sass she held.
Gilgamesh ordered his own food and the waitress disappeared with the orders, "Well, how do you like this place?" The blonde male smirked.
Arturia rolled her eyes and shrugged as she leaned back on her seat, "It's alright." She mumbled and looked about, she wasn't sure what to speak about and so she got distracted once she saw their waitress with food in her hands. Yes, here comes our food, the young lady smiled unconsciously but her smile faded when she noted that Iris was taking the food to another table, Aww, I'm hungry; this isn't fai—wait! What?
Green eyes widened as she saw the dark haired man that had brought her to the steakhouse before, I cannot believe it! Her mind was going crazy once she saw a burgundy-haired female sitting in front of him. This really wasn't happening to her, was it now? What were the odds that she would be going to the same steakhouse as the one she had gone with Diarmuid only to find him there and them sharing the same waitress? They're basically zero, but here they were. It's been less than two months and he's already going out with someone else? That—"…Beach?"
"Hm? What?" Arturia finally was snapped out of her thoughts and she realized that Gilgamesh had been talking to her, "Pardon?"
"I asked if you liked the beach." Gilgamesh was visibly upset as he wore a frown on his lips, "Who are you paying attention to anyways?"
"No one!" Arturia panicked and took his hand so that he would not turn back to see the Chemistry teacher and probably come up with his own suspicions, "And beaches are great!"
Gilgamesh furrowed his brows and grunted, "No need to be so hostile, seesh, Arturia."
Arturia laughed a little at her stupidity and tried to push the uncomfortable feeling in her heart away. If Diarmuid moved on so quickly, then Arturia could move on too. She tried to pay attention to the blond man before her. If she put her mind to it, he was much more interesting than Diarmuid, right? He was… well, Gilgamesh was… Point was that Gilgamesh was different, Of course he is! He isn't Diarmuid!
It seemed as if Arturia was really not focused of Gilgamesh halfway into the dinner for two reasons; one was that the food was so great she could not make conversation and the other because she was also having an argument with herself over the man that sat a few tables away. She looked down at her plate so as to not draw attention to herself and simply continued to eat.
She lifted her face again upon hearing Gilgamesh speak and she watched as he held a frown on his lips, "Why won't you talk to me?"
She swallowed her food and sipped her iced tea, "Because I'm eating." She shrugged and then drove her fork into another slice of meat.
Gilgamesh sighed in exasperation and blew his hair from his forehead, "We are on a date here and this is the most boring date I've ever been on."
Arturia blinked and shrugged, "Because it isn't a date, Gil."
"I'll be back, I'm going to the washroom." Gilgamesh stood from his seat and left her at the table alone.
The green-eyed girl blinked and dropped her fork because she did not like to eat alone, so she waited for the blond male to return. The waitress stopped by her table with a smile on her face, "Would you like to order your dessert?"
"Hey, um, Iris, was it?" Arturia looked up at her and then continued when the female nodded, "I think I know why you were a little sassy, but, um, I don't want to pry and all. But… Okay, I'm pretty sure you noticed that the guy in that table over there was the one I came with a couple of months ago now, yeah?"
The white haired waitress nodded as she looked back at Diarmuid and the girl he was seated next to, "How could I forget, it seemed as if it was your first date… Haha."
Arturia frowned and crossed her arms over her chest, "Yeah, well, I just need to know if that's his girlfriend, the girl he's with."
Iris widened her smile, "I see that you are a bit jealous, aren't you?"
"What? No! I'm not jealous! I just want to know, it's fine if you don't tell me, I don't care." Arturia tried to suppress the blush that crept unto her face. It was getting her a little aggravated that this was the second person that had suggested that she was jealous due to Diarmuid.
"Well, I also do not want to be rude, but I feel that you need to focus on your current boyfriend more."
Her green eyes widened and she shook her head, "Gil's not my boyfriend."
"Well either way, that handsome man looks much older than you. You are in high school after all," red eyes skimmed her uniform, "I can get you ice cream or a parfait, what would you prefer?"
"Both." Arturia huffed and turned her attention back to the dark haired male, did he really move on that quickly?
"Isn't that the new teacher?" Arturia's head whipped towards the voice of Gilgamesh as he too looked over at the Irishman, "What's his name? Uh, it's stupid that's all I know."
"Oh, uh, yeah. His name is Diarmuid." She unconsciously blurted his first name and she did not even catch herself until Gil had pointed it out.
"I meant his last name. Didn't know you were so familiar with him…" Gilgamesh looked over at her and slowly sat down at the table again.
Her eyes followed him and she had hesitated in shaking her head a little, "No, it's not like that. The girl's in the class obsess over him and they keep referring to him by his name so I caught onto it."
The man slowly nodded as if he believed her and the finished his meal, "Are our desserts on their way?" He asked.
"Yup! As well as the bill."
It was as if on cue that the waitress returned with the bill and the desserts in hands. She set the plates down and Gilgamesh fished money from his wallet. They ate in silence and then both stood from the table. It was already a little bit late in the evening but Gilgamesh had said that he wanted to go to one last place.
Arturia simply agreed because she thought that it could take her mind off of Diarmuid. They walked towards the exit of the steakhouse and Arturia was picking up her speed so that they would fly by and the teacher would not see them but Gilgamesh just had to be a jerk.
"Teach! Hey." The blond male stood by the table of the older man and had Arturia's wrist in his hand because he had dragged her along with him.
Rust orange eyes flickered from his meal to the young man, "Hello?" He hadn't seen him in his classes, but his face was familiar…that was until he noticed the short lady behind him and the he realized it was Arturia's boyfriend.
"Are you enjoying your dinner out with your girlfriend?" Gilgamesh winked down at both of them.
Arturia was finally able to see the woman, and man was she beautiful. There was absolutely no way that she could go up against her in beauty. Long burgundy hair to her mid thighs flowed nicely when she stood to offer a slender hand. Her body was even nice as well and she had good curves to her body, not to mention that Arturia lacked quite a lot in the chest compartment but the lady before her was well developed. Arturia took the woman's hand and shook it as she looked at beautiful red eyes that looked like recently polished rubies.
"My name is Scáthach, nice to meet you." She chuckled—man even her voice was beautiful! What were ugly green meadows and hair that of dry and stale hay going to compare to that beauty. "I am Diarmuid's older sister actually," the mature female spoke and Arturia tilted her head.
"Sister? Ooh! You're his sister!" Arturia tightened her grip on the woman's hand as a wave of relief washed over her, "My name is—"
"That's Pendragon. She's in my last period class and this is her boyfriend." Diarmuid was quick to cut her off from introducing herself.
"I'm Gilgamesh." The young man smiled and extended his hand to shake hers.
Arturia grit her teeth and glared at Diarmuid, "For the last time, Gilgamesh and I are not dating. He is not my boyfriend."
Scáthach grinned and nodded, "Of course,"
After that, they bid each other a farewell and then Gilgamesh had taken her to the park. It was just the nice park at the center of the town. There was a fountain in the middle and a few benches around it. It was already dark even though it was only nine in the evening but now that winter was starting to slither into fall, it was only natural. The hour hadn't changed yet, and that caused it to get dark by six in the afternoon on a cold late October evening.
"So, why'd we come out here?" Arturia was feeling much more relieved and giddy so now she was starting to be a little more talkative.
"You like him, don't you?" Gilgamesh turned to her as the leaves fell from the trees due to a strong cool breeze.
Arturia chuckled and furrowed her brows, "Like who?"
"That teacher, right? The Diarmuid one."
Arturia's smiled faded a little too fast and she refrained from looking too surprised, "A teacher? As if." She scoffed.
"I saw you that time at the theater with him. During the summer, am I right? I went with a friend and I saw you with a guy, so I decided to see who my girlfriend was going out with. It was him, wasn't it? Sure looked like it; tall, dark-haired, Irish. You know that's illegal, and I tend to not keep secrets when it involves other handsome men and my girl."