The following morning I found myself rubbing my eyes, getting dressed and heading off to music class early. I sat at the ancient looking piano and began playing a new song that I had composed. I began to get lost in the music and wasn't aware of my surroundings. I finally finished my piece when I heard something. I turned around and seen Jean, clapping and smiling. He made his way over to the piano and sat beside me. I felt his hand brush against my thigh lightly I resisted the urge to blush. "Play that again please, Marco?" Jean almost whispered. My eyes met his for a moment or so before I continued to look down at the keys below me. "Why?" I asked in a curious yet timid tone. He smiled softly at me and said "I really liked it, it made me feel really calm and content." I blushed slightly and began playing the mellow tune again, glancing up at Jean every few notes. He looked so peaceful. I kind of wanted to kis- Marco stop it. I finished the song and looked at Jean with a comforting smile. "What's that song called?" He asked. "Oh I haven't named it yet." "Y-you wrote this?" Jean said, raising one eyebrow. I nodded and felt pretty proud of myself. I then felt a gentle pat on my back as Jean got up. He said "Some talent you got there Marco." with a big grin on his face.
Our petite teacher walked in with her light brown hair falling just above her shoulders, she didn't look very old. She smiled at me and introduced herself. "My name is Miss Ral, but you can call me Petra." Following behind her was a small smart looking man, he didn't introduce himself. He sat at the back of the room, with a blank expression on his face. Petra introduced him to us "That's Levi, my boyfriend and he will be observing the lesson." She then asked what instrument we all play. "Bass!" Jean shouted out confidently. I smiled at him. Miss Ral then asked Jean if he would demonstrate his talents to the class. Jean played a rock song, and it was amazing. I was so shocked at the talent he had hidden. A brown haired boy with bright green eyes, challenged Jean and began playing guitar. Petra shouted at the boy. "Eren, why are you always so competitive? Why do you always have to be better than Jean?" Levi looked at Eren and giggled. Those of us who noticed were surprised in the sudden change of expression. We completed a few compositions and left for lunch.
Jean had plans with Sasha and Connie for lunch, so I went to the cafeteria and got a meatball sub. I heard a familiar voice calling my name. "Marco! Over here, come eat with us." It was Jean, he had saved a seat for me between him and Sasha. I sat comfortably between the two. Sasha looked at my sandwich and her eyes appeared to be glowing. "Wow, that looks good." She said as she was trying to keep her drool in her mouth. "Would you like it, I'm not all that hungry anyway.." Sasha nodded as I handed her the sub. "Thank you Marco!" She said sounding very pleased. Connie was rather quiet and nudged Sasha and they both said their goodbyes and left to go buy more food. There was only me and Jean left, and he had finished eating. I checked my timetable and I had no other lessons that day, and neither did Jean. I decided to be courageous and ask Jean to come to my dorm and stay the night. To my surprise, he was overjoyed. "I'd love to, we could play games and have guy talks and get to know each other better!" I laughed as I began walking to my dorm. "You sound like a girl going to her first sleepover, Jean!" I said, still laughing. Jean blushed. " I just think it'll be fun" he said, with a smile on his face. We both began walking to my dorm, when we laid our eyes upon an unusual and puzzling sight…