Classes Divided

Chapter 12

These characters are so gaaaaaay.

"I still can't believe you did that."

"What part of it?" Ekko shrugged as I looked back at him.

"All of it."

"You shouldn't have been there anyway." Jinx said, still with a mouth half full of ice cream.

"I just need to beat my frustrations out on a sandbag." An hour before school, and Jinx demanded ice cream. I love my sister, but her demands are really awkward sometimes. Ekko was all for it, but I don't like ice cream. It makes my teeth hurt. Now, the three of us were sat on a bench near the school as my siblings ate.

"Vi needs ice cream!" Jinx tried to feed me some, laughing as I leaned away. I nearly pushed Ekko off of the bench as I did.

"I don't need ice cream!" I pushed her back up and huffed. "You know that I hate it."

"How can you hate ice cream?" I grinned as I looked up at Yasuo again.

"Do you always walk the same way we do?" He shrugged, and -Taliyah? Yeah, Taliyah.- peeked one eye out from behind him.

"Does she ever speak?" Ekko asked, pointing his ice cream for a second.

"Don't be a dick." I got punched by mistake as Jinx reached over me to hit Ekko's arm.

"I'm not trying to be!" I had to push them apart, and in the process, Ekko dropped his ice cream on me.

"Oh, for fucks sake." Yasuo moved around Taliyah as I got up, shaking my shirt out. The kid was quite cute, but not my type.

"That was Jinx's fault!" Ekko yelled. "You started it!"

"I did not!" As I turned back to keep them off of each other, I heard Yasuo sigh, and Taliyah try and muffle a giggle.

"I heard that you three were volatile, but I didn't really believe it." Now I have Jinx's knees on my shoulder. I used one arm to hold her in place, and the other was for both of hers. I have no fucking idea where her ice cream went.

"Master Yasuo, can you lift me like that?" Taliyah asked, tugging his sleeve.

"Master?" Ekko asked, moving to stand next to me. That's where Jinx's ice cream went. He's eating it.

"Taliyah is my student." Yasuo said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "And before I hear a quip about you all being my students, I'm also her foster father."

"Random." Jinx huffed. "Put me down, Vi." Taliyah laughed as I flipped my sister over and put her down.

"You guys work well together." She giggled.

"Sometimes. Vi still does have ice cream on her shirt." Yasuo smiled.

"Yeah, I better go change it." I huffed, shaking the cloth. "You guys should go on without me, I'll run back and change."

"Don't be late." Yasuo smiled again, turning and walking toward the school. Jinx gave me another –careful- hug before catching up with him, and Taliyah fell in step next to Ekko, with hands behind her back, and goofy smile on her face as she looked at him. Cute.

~~~~~~~~~~~~X~~~~~~~~~~~~

I raised my fist, but I wasn't sure that I wanted to knock. My… problem has become so invasive overnight; I have to seek outside advice. Sighing, I forced myself to knock twice, folding my hands behind my back.

"Who is it?" Rakan called from inside the room.

"It's Lux." I hoped that nobody else heard me. Something fell over, making me flinch.

"Oh for- Just a second!" He started to move around the room, with a couple of mumbles about his shirt. When he finally opened the door, his shirt was on backwards. "Hey! What's up?"

"Can I ask yours and Xayah's advice on something?" Rakan puffed a cheek out and looked above my head for a second.

"Xayah's not here right now, but you can talk to me if you want." He stepped aside and motioned me in, shutting the door after I walked in. Wow, the room is… empty. The only furniture in the room was two single beds pushed together. "So," Rakan sat on the floor, leaning on the bed. "What's up, princess?"

"I'm not a princess." I walked over and sat next to him, hugging my knees to my chest. "Okay, please don't tell anybody about this." I saw his expression. "Except Xayah. You can tell her."

"Oh, good." He then copied my position with one knee, folding the other under his butt.

"You two are the only people I know in successful relationships, so…" I inhaled deeply. "How do you know when you're in love?" Rakan huffed and rubbed the small tuft of hair on his chin. I know he's blonde, but the front part of his hair is dyed the same colour as Xayah's hair. It's cute.

"That's a pretty loaded question." I looked up at him, watching his face go through a few emotions. "I'm not sure that I know enough human words for this."

"Can you please try?" Rakan leaned back, his head lightly hitting the bed frame.

"Well, when you love someone, they're usually on your mind all the time." If we're doing a checklist, that's a check. "You smile when you see them," Check. "And sometimes, for me, I can't talk." Double check. He saw me groan and put my face into my hands. "I guess you got all those, huh?"

"Yes. I do." I gripped a handful of my hair and turned to look at him. "It's one of my friends, too."

"It's not me, is it?" I barked a laugh, and he said; "Oh wait, are we friends?"

"We could be. But if I touched you, Xayah would kill me." He shrugged.

"Probably." He's… he's not fazed by that? "Sorry that I can't really help much."

"No need to apologize. You've helped me understand." I now understand that I'm in love with my best friend, with no chance of it going anywhere. Why would somebody like Vi be interested in somebody like me?

"What was that?" Rakan asked, pushing himself to his feet.

"I didn't hear anything." I still got up to follow him to the door. He opened it and looked outside, making a weird kind of noise.

"What are you guys doing?" I peeked out behind Rakan, and instantly regretted it. My stomach dropped when I saw Vi against the wall, trapped there by Ahri pressing their bodies together.

"What does it look like?" Ahri grinned.

"Who the fuck cares? I've told you to get off me 3 times now." Vi pushed her off and walked inside her room, leaning back out to pick a bag up a second later. I stepped around Rakan, and Ahri looked at us with an eyebrow raised. I guess that nobody else wanted this room, since it's the one next to Vi's corner room.

"What's been happening in there?" She asked, grinning again. "And is it a party that I can join?"

"Party?" Rakan looked at me, and I shrugged. I walked further down the hallway and looked into Vi's room. Where did she go?

"Okay, what the hell." I looked back up at Xayah as she walked down the hall, giving Ahri a glare as she passed, holding a plastic bag close. "Rakan, why is your shirt on backwards?"

"Is it?" He pulled the hem away and looked around himself. "I kinda just put it on."

"Why?" Xayah put the bag down and helped him correct it.

"Lux wanted to talk, and I didn't really wanna be shirtless." Xayah looked at me with a raised eyebrow. Also, Ahri went into Vi's room and closed the door.

"Talk about what?"

"Oh, uh, I, uhm, have a… crush on somebody." I looked at my feet and played with my fingers. "I just wanted to make sure that it was."

"It's not me!" Rakan grinned.

"Of course it's not." Xayah gave me a rare smile. "I know the type of people who are only interested in women." I put my face in my hands, which make Rakan laugh.

"It's not you either, Xayah." She shrugged when I looked back up.

"That doesn't bother me. I don't need to find affection anywhere else." She picked the plastic bag back up. "Come on, Rakan. We better eat this before it goes cold."

"Awesome!" He almost bounded into their room, leaning back out for a second. "Seeya later, Lux!" I bowed to him and Xayah, the latter waving me off. Before I left, I listened against Vi's door, heard nothing, and left.

~~~~~~~~~~~~X~~~~~~~~~~~~

I checked both ways in the hallways before sneaking into the locker room. I heard one of the showers running, the heat and steam giving me goosebumps. Shuddering, I rubbed my arm and walked further in. I don't know what I expected when I looked around the tile wall, but as soon as my eyes focused, my face flushed brighter than ever before. I almost threw myself back and flattened myself against the wall, covering my nose and mouth with both hands.

"Is somebody there?" I just… Vi was still showering. "Ahri, if that's you, I'm going to throw you out of the fucking window."

"It's uh, it's not Ahri." For a few seconds, the only sound was the running shower. Then, Vi laughed.

"Good. I'm getting a bit tired of seeing her." So, she's not mad. "Could you grab me a towel?" Taking a few deep breaths, I walked past the showers, keeping the eye closest to them closed. "You didn't see Ahri at all, did you?"

"N-no, I didn't." The shower stopped as I held the towel out into the showers, my eyes still closed.

"What's up, never seen somebody naked before?" I heard her wet feet walk past me and stop, a then bag unzipping. "And no, I don't usually shower here. I just needed to earlier, and Ahri wouldn't leave me alone."

"Why?" Vi huffed.

"She probably just wants to fuck me. Add another tally mark on the board." Does she really… have sex with so many people? "You can open your eyes, y'know." I knew that my face was still red, but thankfully, she didn't say anything. Okay, she's wearing her boxing outfit. That's not too bad. "Anyway, what's up? People don't usually talk to me in here."

"Why?" She huffed and started rubbing her hair with the towel.

"They think that because I'm gay, I'll jump on 'em or something." She continued talking, but my intrusive thoughts started to control where I looked, and my eyes trailed to her chest and stomach. I really am in this quite deep. "Lux!"

"Yes? What?" I looked back at Vi's face and saw a grin.

"I asked if you had a problem with me being gay, but if you're looking at me like you're gonna eat me, I guess you don't." My face could not go any redder if it tried. "Relax, I'm messing with you."

"Oh… well, ok." I'm not entire sure if she's truthful about that…

"Is something wrong?" I shook my head. I might be coming off as cold, but honestly? I'm nervous. I'm still having….inappropriate thoughts and dreams. "You know that you can talk to me, right?"

"I know!" That response might be a bit too enthusiastic. "I'm just, uhm… not too good with words sometimes."

"Hey, neither am I!" She started walking over, and pulled me into a hug before I could say anything. It's a good thing that I'm not a boy, since the inappropriate thoughts are getting stronger. My hands moved by themselves, and pressed against her stomach, my thumbs tracing her muscles. I felt Vi's breath hitch, and her fingers dig into my shoulders. That's… really hot. I continued, moving my hands slowly around, resting them on her waist.

"Are you… okay?" I felt her laugh and lean back, her hands still on my shoulders.

"Yeah, sorry." She was grinning, which made me smile. "Been a while since somebody touched me like that." Again, my face could not go redder if it tried.

"What about Ahri?"

"Okay, it's been a while since somebody that I wanted to touch me." I can't even think straight right now. I don't think I'll be able to for a while. If ever again. Her smile turned soft, and she leaned forward, pressing her forehead against mine, with her eyes closed. I could feel my heart beating faster, but I didn't know what to do. Is she… going to kiss me? Does Vi actually like me?

"Hey!" the door slammed open, and we let go of each other at the same time, myself stepping back. "I know you're in here!"

"Oh for fucks sake…" Vi rubbed her forehead with the heel of her hand. "What do you want now, Ahri?"

"What do you think I want?" She walked over, a catlike grin across her face. "Oh… am I interrupting something?"

"What- what would you be interrupting?" She gave me a once-over.

"Well, if I wasn't interrupting," She grabbed my wrist and lifted my hand. "Your hands wouldn't be wet." I didn't stop to think. I pulled my wrist away and ran out of the locker room, ignoring Vi shouting after me.

Oooh, if that isn't tension, I don't know what is.