Drabble:81
POV:Third Person
Rose was with Lissa and Christian in the cafeteria for lunch, when Adrian appeared there. He wasn't allowed inside the place during school hours, so it was obvious that he'd either sweet-talked or compelled his way into the place.
He strolled in with a swagger, smiling broadly and took the empty seat beside Rose and started up a conversation with the trio. Only when a guardian who'd been on duty started to approach him (and Adrian wasn't really surprised it was Belikov), he got to his feet and made his hasty exit, but not before placing a swift but sound kiss on Rose's cheek.
Rose stared at him in outrage, while Lissa and Christian laughed at her expression. She would have given Adrian chase, demanding to know what the hell he was thinking, but she caught sight of Dimitri, who was frozen halfway between their table and the cafeteria door, wearing an expression that couldn't be misconstrued as anything but for what it was- a possessive I-will-kill-you-with-my-bare-hands-and-enjoy-it-im mensely glare which was focused on the spirit-user moroi who was sauntering out of the cafeteria, cackling merrily.
When Dimitri looked back at their table, he found Rose looking down, picking at her food, with a becoming blush gracing her cheeks. Christian was waggling his eyebrows, undoubtedly teasing her and Lissa was clapping with glee. After looking at Rose for another moment, he returned to his post against the north wall of the room. By the time, Rose scolded her heart back into its regular rhythm from the cha-cha it had begun dancing at Dimitri's possessive look, Dimitri had already composed his face into a mask.
That afternoon, when Rose walked into the room where Lissa and Adrian were practicing spirit and Christian was napping across the teacher's desk, her face was flushed and she had a dazed look on her face. After saying her hellos, Rose sat down and stared out the window, lost in her mind. When Lissa asked her if everything was alright, she snapped back to reality and shrugged nonchalantly, but her movement exposed a bruise on her collarbone that her T-shirt had been hiding before. Lissa was alarmed and started panicking, demanding to know how she had been hurt. Rose appeased her by saying that it was a training injury and that Dimitri had been playing strigoi. When Lissa offered to heal it, Rose brushed it off saying that she was okay and it would heal pretty soon. Relieved that Rose was fine, Lissa happily returned to her quest of making a plant regenerate, completely missing the renewal of Rose's blush, which both Adrian and Christian (who'd woken up when Lissa slipped into panic-mode) caught. They both inferred how Rose had been 'injured', sure that it hadn't been a 'training accident', but a deliberate move by Belikov, marking what was his. They smirked, which transformed into a shocked look once they caught each other's eyes. Neither had known that the other knew.
The duo held each other's gaze for a long moment, then nodded once, returning to their previous activities, because now was neither the time nor the place to discuss their shared knowledge. But both knew as soon as this session was over, they'd be sequestering themselves in a quiet corner to talk. Both Lissa and Rose remained oblivious to their little exchange, lost in their own little worlds.
Okay, so you guys have a choice here, which drabble would you prefer next- an account of Rose's 'training accident' or the boys' discussion?
And thank you for reading. Your thoughts are always appreciated! Cheers!
PS-the song hinted at in the last drabble is the iconic and wonderful 'Enjoy The Silence' by Depeche Mode.