"Hey, Lovino!" Of course. The tomato bastard. I slammed my locker shut angrily. It was only homeroom and I was already getting fed up with him. "Ciao," I said curtly, clutching my books as tightly as possible to prevent any 'accidental' smacks across his smug little face. Antonio smiled down at me, and I realized just how much taller he was than me. And how much I hated it. "Here's your goddamned shirt back." I handed it to him, sighing with as much resentment as possible. "Thanks, Lovino!" Antonio actually looked surprised that I gave the shirt back-he must not have known it upset me to have to wear it.
You don't even want to know what Feli said about it. Ugh. I shudder at this very moment about even thinking of remembering it.
"I'll go throw this in my locker, then I'll meet you in homeroom," Antonio said, looking at the shirt then back down to me. His stupid eyes were glittering, of course, and I didn't even see how that was possible, considering he was looking down to me, head tilted, away from the lights on the ceiling. It was utmost sorcery.
"All right," I nodded in return, adjusting my tie. That was one of the things I hated about this school-we had really stupid uniforms that were also very uncomfy. Made up of a tie, a dress shirt, slacks and fancy shoes, all of the boys were dressed as if going to prom or a funeral or a wedding or something(minus the blazer). It was one of the school's small ways of torturing us- including how they let the girls get away with rolling their skirts half up their asses. "Okie dokie!" Antonio waved and turned on the ball of his heel to get to his locker, and I sped-walked into my homeroom(which was Ms. Kyra's math room).
"Hello, Lovi!" Bel smiled at me from her seat next to mine as soon as I sat down. Great. Another one of these obnoxious louts to deal with. "Hello, Bel," I struggled to plaster a smile across my face and look over at her. She was so...happy. Today her hair was tied back into a ponytail with a green ribbon in it, and a small smile was on her face. "Hey, uhh, Lovino? I was wondering what you got for question 5 on the math homework.." Bel whispered it, her eyes flickering across the room to Ms. Kyra, whom was grading some papers at her desk.
Oooooh..right. The math homework. I flipped through the my math algebra II book, where I'd left my sloppily done homework(that was probably also incorrect, thank you very much), and slyly handed it to her. "Thank you!" Bel sighed, relieved, and copied down the problem quickly, as if she actually trusted what I had put down on my paper. Yeeeah right. Very doubtful.
"Si." I shrugged awkwardly, unsure of what to say next to her as she handed back my paper. Well, luckily for me(or perhaps not so luckily), I didn't need to say anything.
"Feliciano and Lovino Vargas to the guidance office, please?" A heavily accented voice came over the intercom system, nearly causing me to jump up out of my seat. Bel also looked up and then glanced over to me, a questioning look on her face as if she thought I might knew what the hell they wanted from me. I shrugged in a somewhat of an 'innocent' manner(heh, as if I could be innocent!) and got out of my seat, and trotted to the door quickly.
But what did they want? Were me and Feli in trouble? Maybe they just switched the schedule around for us. What if Mom or Dad got in a car crash or something?! I asked myself as I speed-walked down the quiet hallway. At least I got to leave homeroom before the tomato bastard came back.The only sounds were those coming from the homerooms and my own footsteps, and finally Feli's footsteps as he managed to catch up with me. Shit. I already saw enough of him at home, did he really find it needed to talk to me in school, too?
"Lovvviii!" Feli smiled at me- that was one of his most obnoxious traits. Looking back on it now, it's probably what drove me to despise Antonio's trademark grin. "Go away." I growled, glaring at him as if he could see it. Seriously, the kid keeps his eyes closed all the time. I'm actually somewhat surprised he doesn't walk into more objects and hurt himself(at least more than he usually does). "What d'you-a think they-a want?" Feli asked, ignoring my comment entirely. "I don't know." I began stomping down the hall speedily. I was not in the mood for this today.
"Hmm..maybe they have something special planned for us!" Feli laughed, and skipped to catch up with me. "Probably not." Did he not understand that I wanted to walk alone? Weeeeell, of course he wouldn't. He was Feli, completely oblivious to everything and for some reason just utterly adorable to the girls in the school. Just some stupid little insolent slug who refused to leave me alone and never stop torturing me.
"Hello, boys." The prinicipal, Ms. Karpuski, ushered Feli and I into her office. A grim line of resignation was plastered across her aged face. "Take a seat."
I narrowed my eyes. What was going on here? Ms. Karpuski was acting as if Feli and I had done something very serious(which we did not. [Well, maybe Feli did, but I knew I didn't.]). Feli tilted his head, 'staring' at the principal. It wasn't really staring though, it was more of...uh..it's kind of hard to describe exactly what he was doing, but I'm pretty sure you understand what I mean. "I'm sure you are wondering why you are here." Ms. Karpuski began, tucking a lock of stray hair behind her ear carefully. She sent me somewhat of a pitying look-which, of course, pissed me off. I didn't need to be pitied, no matter what had happened. "I'm aware of the fact that your grandfather, Aresenius Vargas, was very close to you boys..and I'm very sorry to have to tell you this..but he was found last night. He had passed away due to a drug overdose."