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As promised, chapter 11. Big thanks to MrShurukan for the quick correction!
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Beastars – Into the spotlight
Chapter 11 – The only topic on campus
POV Legoshi
I was bored as hell. I wasn´t interested in today´s math lesson and with biology it was even worse. We´ve had mating- and sex-education for a few different kinds of animals already, and since todays topic was mostly about canines, I rather looked into the part of the script I still had to learn. We made a lot of little changes to it yesterday.
"Better listen to this Romeo" my bank-neighbor suddenly chuckled in amusement.
"Huh?" I asked, looking up from my script. I took a quick look at the blackboard and then at the hen besides me.
"The topic of today…" she asked, "…should be quite interesting to you, right?"
"I know about all that" I sighed, shaking my head with a little smirk, "You know, wolves are canines as well…"
"I can imagine you know about that" she laughed out happily now.
I just nodded with an unsure expression. I didn't really know what she was up to again, but it kinda felt like she brought it up because she wanted to talk about something else right now. That feeling didn´t lie to me as I found out soon afterwards.
"You know…" she chuckled, "…there are rumors once again…"
"What?!"
That really got my attention now.
"That you were…doing…well…that" she said, pointing at the blackboard with an excited giggle, "…on the roof by the swimming pool…"
"What?" I asked in surprise, not being able to hide the shock which that gave me.
"Where the hell did she know that from? Did somebody from my dorm prattle it away? Or was it Samantha?"
"I…uhm… …what?"
She just giggled a little more. I couldn't deny that the rumor she told me about was true this time.
"Come on" she chuckled, "It´s not that big of a deal…is it?"
"Where do you know that from?"
"A roommate told me…" she said while shrugging her shoulders, "Girls talk a lot at this school, you should be aware of that…"
"Yeah…" I sighed, "I guess so…"
"Want to know more details about those rumors?" she asked with a mischievous smirk.
This was just so uncomfortable.
"Why would she share any of those details?"
"No, thank you" I declined, shaking my head with a little sigh, "I know what happened."
She just kept chuckling in amusement about this for a little while.
"How is your new piece working out so far by the way?" she wanted to know, just when I returned my attention back to my script. It was not like I could really focus on that right now after hearing that, but I had hoped it would at least give me a quiet moment to process what I just heard. But it didn´t seem like she would let me off the hook with her questions that easily.
"It´s a lot of work…" I said, "…but I think it will be worth it."
"Does Juliet have a part in it as well?"
POV Juno
"…yeah, I have a little part once again" I told my classmate. She wasn´t that talkative, usually, but she always was excited about news from the drama-club.
"More romance with Romeo?" the sloth-girl asked with a happy giggle.
"Not so much this time" I chuckled in amusement to that question.
I liked seeing her happy. It didn´t happen too often that she was in a happy mood, but right now I really enjoyed her enthusiasm about it. "…but it´s going to be cool. He´s a great actor and I´m sure you´ll like the story as well."
"Yeah…" she said, still being in good spirit, "…and I´ve heard he got nominated as a Beastar as well. I like it so much how calm he is and how well he solved that situation with that aggressive fox."
"If it only was that easy…"
But I knew just too well why she mentioned that.
"He is a good guy" I agreed with a little sigh, "…he is…he´s just a little confused with his feelings."
"I hope you two get back together one day…" she said, honestly as ever, "…you were such a cute couple and it broke my heart when I heard it…"
"Yeah…" I said lowly, "…it´s not been that uncomplicated between us, sadly."
This left her thinking for a moment.
"Does he not like you?"
I understood that it wasn´t that easy to figure out for somebody who didn´t know about all the details, but I wasn´t quite sure if I wanted to explain it in full detail.
"Well…he never really hated me exactly…" I sighed, looking back down onto my notebook on which I kept on scribbling nonsense on, "…but I wasn´t the only one for him at the time...there was this other girl, who I…who…"
POV Louis
I just didn´t understand anymore.
She was happy when I visited her, hugged me and talked to me for hours, but she blocked me off every time I wanted to get more intimate with her. There never was an issue with that between us. I respected when she wasn't in the mood for it, I always had, but ever since I came back it seemed that she wasn´t in the mood for it anymore at all.
It was not just that I really missed the sex with her, I really needed it. It stressed me out that she kept on blocking me like that. I could probably get a lot of other girls at this school to do this with me, but Haru was the only one who wouldn´t talk about it afterwards.
But that stress also had other sources. The drama-club was a totally different business now. Legoshi and Aoba weren't just the main-actors, they were really driven to make this performance a great success. The two of them were accepted as the new leaders of the group and they all looked up to them. Especially to Legoshi. But they didn´t just care about themselves, they did extra rehearsals with the others too. Not even Sanu fully understood what was going on all over sudden. They barely needed any advice in the regular rehearsals, they organized most of it for themselves and it seemed to work out for them quite well so far. It made sense they did extra rehearsals, we really had a lot to do with this piece, but it went so far that I felt kinda left out in the meanwhile, although they still listened to my suggestions and talked to me when they had questions. But it felt like they didn´t respect me like they used to nevertheless. They didn´t really look up to me anymore, I was just one of many.
When I went through the same hallway as Legoshi once just by chance, they all rather stared at him than at me. It almost seemed like they had totally forgotten about their former great idol, it almost felt a little depressing. I never knew what I´ve had until I lost it.
I hadn´t really been paying attention to the school-lessons in the last few days. I had been missing out on quite a lot of stuff in between and nothing one the blackboards really made sense to me right now. I never had struggles with learning, but right now I had way different things on my mind.
"That wolf is everyone´s hero now, and I can´t even say he doesn't deserve it. He was a hero, I´ve seen it with my own eyes."
But just the way most students kept talking about him made it so much harder for me to believe all that. They saw him as this gentle, loving and innocent creature, and nobody but me seemed to know what he really was capable of.
I had witnessed him take apart the old leader of the Shishigumi, I saw him doing what I never would have even considered. He risked his life to save Haru´s, and he still walks around this humble and down to earth about it. He didn´t even seem to be still in love with her, although there was no doubt he really would deserve it as well. It seemed like he still didn´t even realize the greatness of all the things he had accomplished.
In the rehearsals, he just seemed to be focused on the performance, about everybody being on top of their game, not realizing how much they all really looked up to him.
I had never looked at it that way back then. I was the star and the others were just in the background. I saw myself as the highest being of the entire school. Legoshi wasn´t thinking like that.
He was stronger than that. Stronger than I have ever been and without the need to act up about it. I was really ashamed about myself in the meanwhile.
His physique had gotten stronger as well since I last saw him, his voice even a little deeper and growlier. The wounds on his back had healed, most of them anyway, but the scars haven't faded completely. He was just an interesting creature from every angle, I couldn´t deny it. I understood the reason for the rumors.
He was not trying to hide the wolf anymore, finally, and I really admired him for that as well. I would probably never admit it to anyone, but I sort of looked up to him as well now.
I could even understand that he didn't say no to Samantha asking him to have sex with her as a revenge. Bill getting it on with Haru just because Legoshi got the lead role was just a great sign of weakness on the tiger´s behalf. He knew just too well what Legoshi had risked saving her.
She wouldn´t even be alive without him, but it seemed like she still broke his heart. Although I could imagine it quite well I believed, I wanted to know how Legoshi really felt about this.
POV Haru
"Oh…" Legoshi said, as I randomly met him in the hallway in the afternoon, "Hey, Haru…"
"Long time no see, Romeo" I chuckled with a little smile. I was actually glad I finally met him once again.
"Yeah…" he sighed, "…it´s been a while."
"…I uh…I wanted to ask you if you still have that key I gave you" I told him.
Just after I said that I realized how cold and emotionless that probably came across, me getting straight to the point like that, but now it was too late anyway.
"Uh…yeah, sure" he affirmed with a little nod, not actually that mad about it, "I just don't have it on me right now…"
It seemed like he just came back from his last regular school lesson today, wearing his uniform and having his backpack with him, being on his way back to his dorm, probably. He also looked a little tired, but on him that mustn't really mean anything.
"…can I bring it to your dorm later?" he asked, as I hadn´t really reacted and just remained looking at him.
"I´m…I…I´ll be in the garden now…" I said, somehow becoming a little flustered, "Why don't you visit me there?"
He nodded after thinking about it shortly and taking a quick look at the clock on the wall. "Okay…" he said, getting on his way again already, "…I´ll be there as soon as I can."
POV Jack
"Legoshi!" Anita greeted him happily, "How are you?"
He answered that with a warm little smile as he went towards his drawer and started searching it for something. "How are you guys doing?"
"How do you think I´m doing?" I asked rhetorically, "School´s out, the weather is beautiful, nobody needs any extra lessons today…and Anita is here. I´m doing fantastic!"
The wolf nodded with a contented little smirk, as he quickly undid his school-uniform and got into his red and white drama-club outfit which he already had prepared on his matrass this morning.
"What about you? What´s going on?"
"Lots of workout and practice today…" he sighed, "…gonna get late."
"Rehearsals going well, Mr. Casa Nova?" Anita asked with an amused chuckle.
That left Legoshi just sighing deeply. I wasn´t sure where she knew that from either, but it wasn´t me, that was for sure.
Anita giggled even more because of his expression right now though.
"I should have known she couldn´t keep her mouth shut about it" Legoshi sighed lowly but with an ironic little smirk.
Just like I expected, he wasn´t even thinking that I could have prattled anything. He knew he could trust me on things like that.
"Who is…´she´?" the red vixen asked curiously, taking a close look at the wounds and scars on his back.
Legoshi just continued shaking his head with a little sigh.
"…interesting…" he chuckled after a little pause, in which he pulled his white shirt over his head, "…the rumors spread, …but just about me."
"You´re still the topic of the whole school" I explained that, "Never before had a student been nominated by the principal…"
He just nodded with another little sigh. Annoying him with this just never got old, sadly. Anita really enjoyed talking about that as well.
Legoshi was done with changing himself into his drama-club outfit by now, grabbed his keys and his script and went on his way towards the door once again.
"Not going to spare any details?" Anita wanted to know with a little grin.
The wolf sighed once more, but then his expression suddenly changed a little. He almost looked a little mischievous now.
"Jack knows about it" he chuckled with a little wink towards me, "Let´s see what´s his price to make him talk."
With that and another little smirk he closed the door behind him and went on his way.
"You little…" I thought to myself, just now fully realizing the genius of this, "…Legoshi, you sneaky little…"
"Yeah, yeah…" she grinned in amusement, obviously understanding what Legoshi was trying to reach with that, "…that´s what best friends are for, aren't they?"
He knew I didn´t do "it" with Anita yet, and he also knew that I didn´t want to force it, but I guess this was his payback for me bringing him into awkward situations around girls all the time.
But luckily, she was clever enough to figure out that I was rather embarrassed than happy about that.
"Yeah…" I sighed, nevertheless with a little smile, "…I guess I deserved that…"
"Aww…" she grinned, massaging my left ear with her hand carefully.
I couldn´t help but stare right into her beautiful eyes. It made her giggle even a little more, and I was so glad that she wasn't mad about that at all. Everything about her just made me so happy.
"You are so cute like that" she laughed, and I still couldn´t help but smile at her.
"…soo…what does it cost me for you to tell me?" she asked curiously.
I still didn´t find a good answer to that, but then it turned out that I didn´t even have to.
She just leaned forward and kissed me right on the lips passionately. She even put her arms around me. It took me a moment to fully realize what was going on, but then I lost every bit of hesitation and went all in on it. I gently pulled her head a little closer to mine with one of my hands and just enjoyed it. It had never been this intense before. We even had a little fight with our tongues this time. This was just the best thing ever. I was so happy, I wasn´t even trying to stop my tail from wagging.
"Is that enough?" she asked with a happy giggle, as we pulled away from the kiss for a short moment gently.
I just took a short breath, smiled at her in pure joy, and then I went for it again. It went on for quite a while once again.
Then, as he suddenly opened his curtain a little bit, I got remembered that the ill Hyena still was in our dorm. Anita probably didn´t notice because she was standing with her back towards him, but we couldn´t blame him for being in his bed either.
I was pretty sure he saw what was going on when he peeked through the curtain shortly and then immediately closed it again, but I wasn´t ashamed to admit that I was in love anyway. I just wondered how he was able to hide a chuckle at Legoshi´s move earlier.
"Maybe he was asleep and just had woken up? Maybe he was listening to music over his headphones?"
No matter what it was, it was fine to me that he knew about it.
"…is it…" I asked with a little chuckle, "…is it really that important who Legoshi was letting off steam with?"
I assumed Legoshi didn´t really care if I really told her or not, she would probably find out about is sooner or later anyway, but I still found it funny to ask why she wanted to know it so badly.
"Still not enough to share some details?" she asked back with a big grin, as she suddenly grabbed my shirt and began pulling it over my head with a lot of giggling.
"Hey!" I laughed out, fighting back a little.
Soon later she had won the fight over my shirt though and I was standing there half naked, and she didn't stop there but went all over me now.
"…do I…do I really look that bribable to you?" I asked with a big grin, as our gazes met in between our playful pushing and fighting.
"No" she laughed, before she pushed me towards my bed and then tackled me onto my matrass, "…and I won´t force you to tell me anything either" she added with an honest little smirk, before she laid herself on top of me and pinned me down by my shoulders.
Once again, I just looked into her beautiful blue eyes with great excitement. There was this almost magical sparkle in them, and it made me forget about anything else that was happening around me.
"I´m glad you are this honest, I love this so much about you" she whispered, before she kissed me again, "…but I really think you´ve been a gentleman long enough now."
God how much I loved this girl. She was just as clever, nice and wild as she was beautiful. Her soft orange and black tail brushed against my legs gently while she kneeled down on top of me and pinned me onto the matrass with her arms.
"I love you" I told her, now for the first time while looking her right in the eyes.
She gave me a happy smile when she heard it, then she kissed me once again.
I think this was about the happiest I´ve ever been in my life. It was not just what would follow now, it mostly was that feeling of getting worshipped from a girl like that. I was not just a "best friend" or a good listener. I was getting loved and appreciated.
"I love you too" she whispered with her beautiful smile, "Very much."
"Man, Legoshi… although it might not ever be possible to pay you back for that wonderful turn my life has taken right now, I really owe you one for that. This is the best thing that ever happened to me! Thank you, Legoshi, thank you so much!"
POV Haru
"You look stressed…" I chuckled, when he suddenly heard him coming towards the beet behind me.
I noticed that he wore his red and white drama-club outfit already and he had his script with him as well. This wouldn't be too long of a talk then.
"…yeah…" he sighed, reaching the key I wanted back over to me, "…quite a lot going on right now."
"Still practicing hard for the show I hear?"
He nodded.
"Anything else?" he wanted to know, I assumed because I kept looking at him with a rather unsure expression. I decided to go for that topic I wanted to talk to him about, although I really had my doubts earlier.
"There are better places to have sex than the roof you know…" I told him with a little chuckle.
I didn´t want to waste his time too long, so I got to the point right away. I really wanted to talk to him about this, no matter how awkward it would be.
"Oh…so you know about that too?" he sighed.
"Rumors about you spread really quickly these days" I told him, "My dorm-mates were talking about it yesterday…"
He nodded understandingly. That didn´t bother him too much, apparently.
"And Louis told me about that tiger from your club…" I confessed, looking at the ground in shame, "…getting kicked out because the idiot cheated on his girlfriend…with me."
He still just nodded. It seemed like he had his feelings under control pretty well in the meanwhile.
"…I didn´t know he had a girlfriend…" I continued, and now I almost felt a tear forming in my eyes, "…and I didn´t know about you stealing his lead-role either…"
Although he was a year younger than me, I felt really immature right now in his presence. I always felt like I was the one on top of our conversations earlier, but now it was just the other way around.
"Listen, Haru…" he sighed, getting down onto his knees to talk to me face to face. "I don't blame you for it. I don't have the right to blame you for anything. You do whatever you want with your life" he told me. Then he got back up again as if this was everything he wanted to say.
"He can´t be serious right now!"
"Oh come on, Legoshi! We´ve had this already" I told him, "Don't act like you know how I feel!"
"I didn´t. I just told you the truth" he said dryly, "…I don't judge you. That´s all that should be important to you."
I wanted to reply something to that at first, but then I realized that he actually he was just telling the truth. There was nothing wrong about what he said.
"I…I…"
"You´ve made yourself clear already" he told me, "And I respect it."
There was nothing wrong about that either. And he really meant it like that.
"…have a good day, Haru" he said for the farewell, before he turned around slowly and then just left me sitting there.
I couldn´t think of anything to stop him from leaving right now. I just remained staring at the key in my hand he came here to return.
So he has moved on. No hard feelings, no grief. He just returned the key and left again, not even trying to connect with me. He still treated me with respect, but it was just respect and nothing more than that.
This was nothing I wasn´t used to already, but that coming from him was totally different. This hit me on a completely different level. I owed my life to this wolf, he was the only one who I ever should have given all my love and attention to. He was the only one thinking about me when I almost got devoured and eaten by that lion. He was the only one who was almost honest to me. He was the only one who hasn´t seen me as just a slut of this school, but now it seemed that I lost that as well. I think I´ve never felt this worthless before in my entire life.
POV Legoshi
After I left Haru´s garden, I went right on my way towards the drama-club for rehearsals. I was a bit late already, but then I knew it was about to get even worse on that point. I suddenly got stopped in the hallway pretty loud and abruptly, and that by somebody who I wasn´t expecting at all. It was the dorm-keeper, and she looked really furious already.
I was a little confused about the sudden scene she made at first, but then it made more sense.
"Legoshi!" she addressed me by my first name, and everybody around us immediately turned their attention towards us with great interest, "I just got informed about this by the principal! There is evidence from the security cameras on our pool deck, and you are in big trouble because of this young man!"
"Oh no…"
She really looked serious right now, and there could be only one reason for this. I never had any business by the pool, normally, even less something forbidden, but this could only be that stupid thing with Samantha.
"As it should be obvious" she continued, sadly not lowering her voice, "…it is not allowed for students or indeed anyone to have sex on the bench by the swimming-pool! You´re no exception for that rule!"
I nodded shamefully, "I know. It will not happen again, I´m very sorry."
The students around us began chuckling and chit-chatting lowly already.
"You will attend a meeting with the principal later in relation to the consequences you two have to face."
"Okay…" I sighed with an understanding nod, "…I´ll be there."
She looked a little surprised that I was just fine with that, but I was sure that whatever that consequence might be, it wouldn´t be too bad coming from the principal.
I was secretly hoping he would take back my nomination for the Beastars because of that, but whatever it really was in the end, I wouldn't die or get kicked off the school because of it, and that was the only thing that mattered really.
The other students around us looked at me like I was the coolest kid on the campus right now. I chuckled a little about their staring and talking, but then my thoughts already drifted away once again. In my head I was on the stage already, preparing myself for that really difficult and exhausting scene I had to practice with Aoba today.
I wanted to get back on my way again at this point, but then I quickly stopped myself for one last detail I needed to know: "…when…when do I have to do that?" I asked her, as she was about to get on her way again as well, "I´m a bit late for rehearsals already…"
"I´m sure he´ll get to you when he finds the time for it…" she said, before she added with a much warmer little smile suddenly, "…and I´m pretty sure he doesn't want you to miss out on your rehearsals."
The others around me just stared in pure awe. I just nodded with a little smirk about that compliment. To me, all that wasn´t that big of a deal really, but I understood why everybody kept looking and talking about it.
She turned around again now and went on her way, and I intended to do the same thing but in the opposite direction.
But when I thought I finally was done with all this nonsense and could get to do what I´ve been waiting for this whole day already, I got stopped in the hallway yet once again. This time by somebody who I actually have expected to make a scene sooner or later.
"Only you, Romeo" he said with a big grin, "…only you can be daft enough to get caught having sex on the roof."
So he had heard my talk with the housekeeper as well just now.
"Great."
I just ignored it with a little sigh for now and just turned towards him slowly.
"You really have no idea, you wouldn´t be that upbeat if you had. Be glad you don't know! Don't get into a fight with me again."
The students around us stopped and stared at us nevertheless. Everything that involved me seemed to be a big deal these days, especially after what the housemother just revealed everybody.
"Only you can be dumb enough to not check for cameras" he added, feeling very clever.
He kinda had a point with the cameras, but if he knew that I was doing it with Samantha he really couldn´t care less about that I assumed.
The students around us didn´t really know if they should laugh or not though. Maybe the fact that I wasn´t bothered about the rumors in the slightest still made me look like I was on top of this conversation. I guessed they didn´t even know why Bill was fighting with me. Just a few people knew he had quit the drama-club, apparently.
Whatever it was, his attitude and the stupid, superior grin on his face really made me think about it for a moment:
"Could I really do that to him? Should I really destroy him once and for all so he would leave me alone for good?"
I wasn´t quite sure yet, but I gave him a warning nevertheless.
"Do you really think this is a good idea, Bill?" I asked him lowly, looking him right in the eyes coldly.
Now it got really quiet in the hallway suddenly. They respected when I had something to say.
That didn´t seem to slow him down though.
"What?" he chuckled, "You embarrassed about it or something? Come on, it´s not like sex is a bad thing, is it?"
I just shook my head slowly, but I couldn´t hide a tiny little smirk anymore.
"Let me guess…" he continued, still with that superior tone in his voice, "…you´re afraid that security footage eventually gets leaked?"
I kept on shaking my head. This was just getting worse and worse for him.
"You should be afraid of that footage getting leaked."
"They´re not allowed to show that to anybody" I told him calmly, still not getting out of my cool.
"Did you at least satisfy her?" he asked with a big grin.
Now I really couldn't hide a smirk anymore. That was just funny, I couldn´t deny it.
"Look who´s talking."
"You´re really getting on thin ice here, Bill" I told him while still shaking my head slowly, and I could tell from his expression that he didn´t expect me to drop a pattern like that.
But I didn´t stop there, this was just the beginning. "…I still wonder why you would ever have the need to steal Viagra from your parents…I guess it was not just to put it into other student´s drinks, was it?"
Although that hit him quite hard already, and the people around him laughed about it as well, he still hadn´t had enough of this yet. He suddenly looked really pissed though.
"Why don't you ask that bunny girl you used to hang out with?" he asked in return, now getting a little salty already, "Ask her if I needed any Viagra?"
I liked how he still thought he could hit me with this. I just came back from a talk with her, and it seemed like the distance between us was even greater now. Not even her smell mattered to me anymore, in my head it was just linked to trouble and painful memories.
Nevertheless, this fight was moving towards a point of no return in really fast steps in the meanwhile, and that really started worrying me a little, because I enjoyed this just far too much to stop myself.
"You mean the girl you betrayed your girlfriend with?" I asked, and now it suddenly got really quiet around us once again, "No, not really."
"Ha" he laughed out way too loud to come across superior, "You think you´re a good actor, but you still can´t hide that it bothers you!"
I just sighed deeply and shook my head at this nonsense. The others in the hallway looked really confused in the meanwhile. Nobody really knew what to believe right now.
But I was a little mad, actually. I wasn´t mad about him sleeping with Haru, I was mad about him being stupid.
"Why would you not learn from your mistakes?"
I didn´t want to fight with him anymore. This was so pointless. I never wanted him to get like this in the first place. He was part of the drama-club ever since I joined it.
"And why the hell did I even push it this far once again? Why couldn´t I just push my ego aside for now?"
I decided to give him one more chance and try to solve this in a more mature manner.
"Bill…" I told him calmly, "…please let it be. I don't want to fight with you anymore. It´s just pointless. You know what happened the last time."
Even that didn´t make him think again.
"Pah… you´re still the scared little bitch who wants to make peace with everybody."
I looked him right in the eyes and just shook my head with another long sigh.
"He just wouldn´t learn. It was just getting worse."
"Bill…" I called him once again, "I want you to listen now. You will not win this if you go on like that. I could mess up your reputation way harder than you ever thought was possible. I really don't want to do that, I know you´re more than just an asshole, but I will do it if you don't stop it right now. You won´t learn it otherwise."
"Ha!" he just laughed it off after a short moment of silence, "The only thing you could mess up is Shakespeare´s Legacy!"
He still wasn´t taking my warnings seriously, but that would be his problem now anyway.
"Alright…if that is what you want."
I just kept on shaking my head for now, but I didn´t have to wait long for the next bullshit anyway.
"Just what are you still so annoyed about, Wolfie?" he chuckled, "Still mad I slept with her?"
"Why do you keep on trying to mess with me?" I asked, shaking my head in disbelief, "I don't get it. There never was any profit for you in that, was there? I still don't see why you keep doing it. Nobody does."
"Yeah, yeah…just keep on bragging about your lead role. I don't care."
"I´m not bragging. When have I been bragging? It´s just you hating on me for no defined reason. We kicked you out of the club because you were annoying. And you know that. You annoyed everybody on purpose."
That shut him up, finally.
"…I´m really sick of your bullshit, Bill!" I told him distinctively, "…but I give you one last chance to say sorry and walk away."
"Oh how kind of you!" he laughed ironically, building himself up before me, "You let me walk away?"
"I´m serious!" I now growled lowly, "I know how to destroy your massive ego, and you´re not going to recover from this that easily, trust me."
I just noticed that people were filming us once again, and this now really made me a little unsure if I could really do this, but now it was almost to late anyway.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, "What do you think you can do to me? I don't care about the drama-club anymore."
"Then why do you keep bothering me with it?"
"Because it´s fun" he said, "And because you keep on getting tangled in stupid shit like falling in love with a slut or getting caught having sex by the school swimming pool…"
"Oh yeah?" I asked, now being all out of fucks to give, "You like that story of me having sex on the roof?"
He nodded with a big grin.
"Have a guess who asked me to do that with her, genius. Have a guess who asked me for a ´little talk´ after she just found out that her boyfriend cheated on her…"
We could literally see how his expression changed when he heard that. God how much I enjoyed this moment.
"What?!"
"…that's right" I continued, "You cheated on her just because you wanted to take revenge on the wolf from the drama-club who never did anything to you."
The short silence that followed was quite uncomfortable, but it didn´t startle me though.
"Y-you…you?" he stuttered in disbelief.
"…yeah…not feeling so clever now, are you?" I asked him, as he slowly realized that I was not joking about this.
He just looked at me dumbfoundedly and in total disbelief, not being able to reply anything.
"…It was her who asked me for it by the way, and as far as I can tell she really enjoyed it. And yeah, I think she was satisfied, if that answers your earlier question."
"Damn, why does this feel so satisfying right now? Why couldn´t I stop already?"
He already looked slightly aggressive in the meanwhile, and I would be lying if I said I didn´t enjoy that as well. It seemed like he wasn´t really able to believe it yet, but he didn´t hear me stuttering or pulling an ironic smirk for a single second. It slowly but surely got through to him.
"…does that hurt enough or should I continue?" I asked while raising an eyebrow, "…there are a few more really interesting details about this which I could tell you if you don't stop annoying me…" I told him, before I finished him off, "…but I think that´s enough for now, isn´t it?"
He just kept on shaking his head in pure disbelief. He was absolutely shocked. I believed he was still hoping I made that up.
"…Now please, Bill…" I said, still not even hinting a smile or anything, "…listen to me when I say it out loud right now, once and for all: Fuck! off!"
I kept on looking him right in the eyes for another moment, then I walked past him and got back on my way down the hallway.
"Thank you" I added while leaving, "Now stop wasting my time, I gotta get to rehearsals."
I assumed they all kept watching me with big eyes as I didn´t look back and just left him standing there, and the silence I left behind me almost felt a little scary right now. I was pretty sure I would hear when Bill would start chasing after and trying to attack me, but it didn´t happen. He didn´t follow or yell after me either. Nobody said anything really, they all just stared in pure disbelief. But I was fine with that. At least I wasn´t stopped on my way to the drama-club anymore.
POV Miguno
"Miguno! …what are you doing here in the hallway?" Collot asked when he came back from his last lesson, "I thought you were ill…"
"I am…" I chuckled tiredly, still resting myself hurting head against the wall behind me, "…but I´m doing it like Legoshi, being a bro to Jack, so I told them I went for a little walk outside to get some fresh air…"
That noticeably seemed to have confused him a bit.
"You´re being…what?" he asked with a chuckle, "Them? You mean Legoshi and Jack…? Are they really…doing…that?" he asked in disbelief.
He even confused me for a second now, until I finally understood what he was thinking.
"No!" I laughed out, "What? No! Not with Legoshi! What are you thinking right now?"
"I don't know, it sounded like…"
"No!" I chuckled, "Anita is in there. You know…the pretty red vixen? Jack´s Girlfriend?"
I winked him quickly, and now he finally seemed to understand.
"Oh…OH!" he grinned happily, "…they are…?"
I nodded with a little smirk.
"Damn! …How did that happen?"
"Legoshi just did about the most awesome move you could ever do for a friend…" I told him excitedly, trying to ignore the headache and the pain in my stomach.
"Damn, that makes me so happy to hear right now!" Collot chuckled, taking a seat beside on the floor now, "What did he do to help him? Tell me! How could somebody help you for that matter?"
I still couldn´t help but smile and also ironically shake my head because of this. I still couldn´t believe how genius this was.
"So…" I began telling, "…Anita asked Legoshi about that rumor about the swimming pool, and…"
POV Legoshi
"…Fifteen… and sixteen…and seventeen…" he counted for me, "Eighteen…nineteen…come on Legoshi! …twenty…"
My arms felt really heavy now, but I already did two more than last time, and I even believed one more was still possible today.
"…twenty-one…good job, Legoshi!" he said with a motivating smirk, "We´re getting there!"
"You know…" I panted, "I think I just had an idea."
"Yeah?"
"…this is a cool highlight and all…showing off how fit we are…" I explained, still panting heavily.
"Yeah?" he said again, and couldn´t hide a little grin this time.
"…but I think it´s a little boring that we just walk off the stage after that scene…we need something crazy here, something nobody expects…"
"What do you propose?" he asked, nodding to my point in agreement.
"I could change the last line a little…" I explained.
"Huh?"
"Moska!" I acted out, "Spread the word! Volpone is dead! Go! …No! Fly! …fly out there and tell everyone: Volpone has passed away and his legacy goes to their rightful owner!"
"And then?" Aoba asked, not really understanding or believing what I was getting at with this.
"And then you set off and fly!" I told him plainly.
"What?" he chuckled as if I was just joking around here, "Are you crazy?"
"Probably" I chuckled, still standing by my idea though.
"I can´t do that, Legoshi!"
"Why not?" I chuckled.
"I´m not allowed to fly yet. I don't have a license, I´ve barely done it even. Sanu is never going to allow me doing that…"
"Just don't tell him" I said, "Don't tell anybody. What can he do about it while you´re on stage?"
"I could get into big trouble afterwards?" he asked dogmatically, still confused that I was so serious about this.
"They´ll love it!" I tried to encourage him, "This is what makes it even more special!"
"Nah…I don't know. Seems kinda risky."
"Come on" I grinned, "You´ve said yourself you don't just want to be the silent and restrained one all the time…"
"I…l…" he sighed, and I really caught him a little flustered there, "…I didn´t believe you were listening when I said that."
"Oh yes, I did listen, Aoba. Now listen to me, please."
"I know you want to fly" I told him, looking him right in the eyes, "I would want it too if I could…"
He just shrugged his shoulders, still really unsure about it.
"…but I don't have wings" I added.
It took him quite a while to reply something to that now, so I believed he finally, at least, considered it now.
POV Aoba
"…It would be kinda cool, wouldn´t it?"
He nodded heavily, still with that serious but encouraging expression.
"Just sail above the audience once or twice and then disappear behind the black curtain" he suggested, "There should be enough space to land, you´ve seen the stage set yesterday…"
I couldn´t deny that he was right about that. It surely would be possible.
"Yeah…" I said, still not knowing what to think, "…probably..."
I still had a lot of doubts about this idea, but on the other hand this really could be something special. And something like that coming from Legoshi just meant so much more than from anybody else. I respected when that wolf had something to say.
"Come on" he chuckled, "If I can do twice as many pull-ups, you could at least spread your wings for once…"
"But I don't have any clothing on stage in which I could properly fly" I explained the next problem I had with this, "…birds need specially made clothing so they can use their wings properly…"
It didn´t take him long to come up with a solution for that as well. "Come on" he chuckled once again, "…if I can perform shirtless for half a show, so can you for three minutes."
He was not letting me get away from that idea that easily. But he was right about that too, sadly, without a shirt, flying would be no problem at all.
"Well…yeah…" I said, sadly not really having an argument against that either.
There was just one more point I had that explained my insecurity about this.
"…but…I…" I sighed, before I told him the truth as plainly as it was, "…I don't look like you, Legoshi…"
That surely left him confused for a moment though. "Wh…why would you look like me?" he chuckled, "You´re a completely different species-"
"Oh stop pretending you don't know about it" I sighed with a little smirk, "You´re a ripped beast. The most girls of our school still keep talking about it, at least the canines and felines. They fawn over you all day long! About the color of your fur, about the scars on your back, about the rumors…"
POV Legoshi
I couldn´t believe it at first, but he looked really serious when he talked about all that.
"Rumors?" I asked with a chuckle.
His smile just widened a little now, but then he waved it off quickly.
"Anyway…what I wanted to say is that I´m not really attractive enough so there would be a reason for me to get out of my shirt."
"Come on" I grinned at him, "That´s nonsense and you know that. You´re in great shape! You´re awesome in that role already, and honestly, I think it would be even more awesome to see you fly."
He still didn´t seem too sure about it, but I just didn´t want to give up on this. He deserved this, if he wanted it right now or not. I still thought this was one of the best ideas I´ve ever had, so I desperately tried to convince him.
"I mean…" I said after a short moment of silence, "…I could go shirtless for that scene as well if it makes you feel more comfortable…"
He just kept looking at me with an amused chuckle and tilted his head a little.
"You really want me to do this, don't you?" he asked with a little smirk, while I was still hanging from the bar, letting my body swing back and forwards lazily.
"Come on, Aoba" I said, "Don't tell me you wouldn't want to try it as well. This really is your chance to shine!"
He kept on thinking about it a little longer, then, finally, he nodded carefully.
"I´ll think about it…" he sighed, not able to hide a positive little smirk, "…maybe we could try out and practice this on the stage some night…?"
"So he knew about that as well. I don´t even have convince him to sneak into the theatre. This was just perfect! Now we just need somebody being the lookout. Good thing I know a Mongoose who still owes me a favor for bringing him back into the actor´s team.
"I think it will be great" I said, nodding with a chummy smirk, "And, I promise, I´ll take the blame on me if somebody complains afterwards. This was my idea after all…"
"Are you trying to get kicked off the school or something?" the bald eagle asked with an amused chuckle now. But it seemed like he trusted me nevertheless.
"Not off the school" I said, shaking my head, "But the principal thinks way too highly of me in my eyes…"
Aoba just shrugged his shoulders about that.
"But this is not about me" I added, "Everything is about me, and I´m sick of it."
He nodded understandingly. I believed he was one of the very few who really understood what it actually meant to be me right now.
"So…" he chuckled, "…you would fly yourself if you could?"
"I would" I said, not hesitating for a single moment, "I dream about it sometimes…how awesome it would be to just take off and see everything from above…"
He still looked at me like I was more than just a 17 year-old high-school student. Like I was his great mentor or something, and this still felt a little ridiculous, but I didn´t want to kill the spirit either.
"…and you´re actually able to do that one day…" I said, "…is there anything more awesome you could think of?"
That made him think for another moment.
"Well, at least you´ve had sex on the roof…"
"Yeah…" I chuckled, shaking my aching arms a little, "But I would trade it immediately for being able to take off and fly."
He nodded with an understanding little smirk. I believed I had sort of convinced him at this point.
Aoba now took a seat on one of the benches and went through his script once again.
"How is Kai doing by the way?" he then changed the topic, getting back to our show.
"Pretty good I think" I said, grabbing the cross-bar above me and letting myself hang from it again, "Did a few scenes with him yesterday. He´s trying hard, that's for sure."
"He better…" Aoba chuckled, "Premiere is in a little over two weeks."
"Don't worry" I waved it off, "He´s motivated. And he knows all his lines already. He just has to practice his delivery a little more."
He nodded contentedly.
"You done for today too?" he wanted to know, and he had a point with asking that, as we had trained for quite a while already.
"No, not quite…" I sighed, "…promised Juno to practice the bed-scene with her once again…"
"Yeah, yeah…" he grinned, picking up his towel from the floor, "The ´Bed-scene´..."
"You know what I mean…" I chuckled with a little sigh.
"Yeah, I think I do" he said, still with that ironic tone in his voice, "…just watch out for security cameras, okay?"
I just smiled at him with an ironic little sigh. He was already on his way to leave the little gym-room besides the sports-hall, but he turned around and winked me once again before he left.
"Have a good evening" I told him in amusement.
"You too. See ya tomorrow, Legoshi."
I still had a few minutes left until I was supposed to meet up with Juno in the rehearsal room, and somehow I still felt the need to try yet another set of pull-ups. I had to be able to deliver ten slow ones while also delivering my lines clear and loudly, and my body felt not quite strong enough for that yet.
The text itself was not a problem for us anymore, Aoba and I have been practicing that as well between the sets, but combining the two was not that easy, sadly.
There was a lot more to do in the next two weeks. And I wasn´t done for today either, there still was that private rehearsal Juno asked me for.
Although I really was exhausted from the day I´ve had already, this actually was something I was looking forward to as well. Maybe we finally get the chance to talk a few things over.
I was pretty sure I was not alone thinking like that.
POV Juno
I was glad he agreed to this extra rehearsal I wanted to do. It has been a while since I was all alone with him, and I certainly had a lot of questions I wanted to talk about. It took quite a while until we got to that point though, because I didn´t want to be the one starting it. I´ve been desperately trying to think of a way to start that conversation, but then it happened all by itself, luckily.
"You…you seem a bit distracted" he suddenly told me, as I had messed up a line in our scene for the third time in a row.
"It´s just…" I sighed, really struggling with myself if I really should talk to him about this or not, "…It´s just those rumors that spread around the school…"
He already knew what I was talking about and nodded understandingly. It probably was quite obvious that I would come back to that topic sooner or later.
But he wasn´t afraid of talking about it, apparently. He took a seat beside me on the platform we used as a bed for our scene and looked at me with an honest and open little smile.
"…I never thought you were the one to do something like that…" I began lowly, "…you seemed so…innocent all this time…"
He shook his head about that with a little smile.
"It was a big mistake" he confessed with a deep sigh, "…we both needed it and the opportunity was convenient. But there is no excuse for it…"
"It was her who wanted it, wasn´t it?" I asked, "She wanted to take revenge on Bill?"
He nodded. "Yeah…she was pretty desperate" he sighed, "…but I still shouldn´t have done it. I´m no better than Bill really..."
I didn´t really know what to answer to that right now, he was sort of right with what he said, he pretty much did the same as Bill there. I found it pretty mature that he confessed it though.
"…well…" I said lowly, "I guess she broke up with him when she found out he was cheating on her, so technically she wasn´t cheating on him with you."
"I guess she regrets it as well by now…" he said with a little sigh, shaking his head.
I shrugged my shoulders in amusement.
"Why does he still look so innocent?"
"Did she at least enjoy herself?" I asked with a dirty grin.
That made him smile a little, finally. I was pretty sure he knew why I asked that.
"…she said she loved me afterwards" he chuckled.
That made me grin even a little more now.
"I really thought this was just for the sex" he sighed.
"But it was, wasn´t it?"
He nodded, now with a mischievous smirk. "But I made that clear as well."
"Really?" I asked, being even more amused about it now, "How did you do that? You just left her when she confessed it?"
He shook his head with a mischievous little grin. "I pushed her into the pool" he confessed with a little smirk, "…and then I left her."
Hearing that, I couldn't help myself from giggling anymore.
"…what, really?" I asked with a big grin, "You pushed her into the cold pool?"
He nodded with a mischievous little grin.
He wasn´t as innocent as he looked all the time, he just wasn´t. But somehow, seeing him like this was the best thing ever.
"You know what…I think you really are a fox sometimes."
He smiled a little but then shook his head with a little sigh, looking me right in the eyes now. "No…" he said lowly, "…I´m a giant idiot."
He looked pretty serious while saying that, but I wasn´t quite sure what he meant.
"…I should have been more mature about this" he explained, "I should not have done that with Samantha. I shouldn't ever have talked to her about this. She would have figured it out herself eventually."
"Probably…" I chuckled, now really curious where he wanted to go with that confession.
"…and I should have been more patient with Bill. He probably would have noticed that his stupid patterns wouldn´t make him more popular eventually…"
"Maybe…" I said, still looking him right in the eyes with a rather amused chuckle. Seeing him so far out of his comfort really was somewhat enjoyable to me right now.
"…and telling him about it in the hallway today didn´t fix anything either…" he continued, "…he just hates me even more now."
"He told Bill about this?! This could get interesting sooner or later…"
"Don't you hate him as well?" I asked.
He shook his head about that without any hesitation.
"No" he said, "I never really hated him. I looked up to him once…but it was probably my fault as well that he changed so much…"
I could tell that he really was a little tense right now, talking to me about all this. I noticed how his tail was twitching nervously and how his breathing became a little heavier.
I decided to let him off the hook now finally, and to relax him a little, I grabbed his tail with my hands and carefully pulled it a little closer towards me.
I still couldn´t help myself. I still felt drawn to him, I wanted to touch him whenever I could. It felt nice and relaxing, and I couldn´t say I was doing all this just for him.
He just looked at me with a little smile, but he didn´t get all over me right away. He was a little more careful now, and I respected that.
"All that was pretty silly, wasn't it?" I asked with a little smirk, coming really close to his face myself.
He nodded a little, still staring me right in the eyes with a little smile. There it was: That moment we both needed so desperately.
"Come on, Romeo" I chuckled, before I kissed his lips carefully, "Stop acting for once, will you?"
He nodded with a mischievous smirk, then he gently grabbed me by my head and pulled me towards him and into an even deeper kiss with that.
This was just what I always wanted. I loved this so much, I never really stopped loving him. This time he was at full consciousness and knew what he was doing. He pinned me down onto the platform with his arms and climbed on top of me carefully, never breaking the kiss though.
I put my legs around him when he lay flat on top of me and hugged him tightly. Just this alone felt so nice and relieving already.
His handsome body was tense and ready, and although he smelt a little musky right now, I didn´t want anything else right now. I wanted more than just hugging and kissing. I was desperate, this had been plaguing me for days already.
"Are you sure you´re okay with this?" he whispered lowly, as I kissed him once again and started touching him more and more vigorously.
"You know" I said, hugging him even a little tighter now, "I´m sure it would help us both to focus a little better…"
He nodded with a little smile.
"…and also: there is no pool here you could kick me into."
"Yeah…" he chuckled.
This must have been about the second time I´ve seen him genuinely smile about something.
"What about security cameras?" he asked.
He was right about that. I was pretty sure there were some of those things here in the rehearsal room.
"I don't know?" I grinned at him, "Didn´t you get into enough trouble because of that already?"
He just shrugged his shoulders with an unbothered expression.
"…you could endanger your Beastars nomination you know?" I chuckled, also because I was a little curious how he was thinking about this in the meanwhile.
His answer didn´t really surprise me though: He just continued with what we were doing, kissed me again and also began massaging my shoulders with his hands now. His breath was hot and his body felt just as sexy as it looked.
He still didn´t care about the Beastars. I knew it.
I surely did care about the cameras though, but I had a good idea about that already.
"You dork" I smiled at him in amusement, but that didn´t stop him either. His eyes just sparkled with lust, and I just couldn't deny that he really knew what he was doing in the meanwhile.
"Come with me, Mr. Casa Nova" I told him with a little chuckle, starting a little tickling assault on him so he would get off of me, "I know a better place for this…"
POV Bill
"I know that Legoshi is going to drink ´red vine´ on stage in one scene, we could put a piece of chocolate into it or something so he throws up and pukes onto the stage."
"Red vine?" the fox wanted to know with a skeptical look.
"It´s grape juice" I waved it off.
"Chocolate?!" he asked, "Are you freaking serious? You don't want to kill him, do you?"
"Come on, just a little piece won´t get him killed. The prick slept with my girlfriend for fucks sake!" I replied angrily.
"Your ex" he corrected, still rather unimpressed.
"Whatever."
"Trust me, you wouldn´t want this to come out, even less than you would want him to fuck your ex" he said while shaking his head.
"Why?! What do I care?"
"If anything happens and they found out it was you, which they will, because you´re the only one with a reason to, you´ll get kicked off the school, maybe even worse. This counts as attempted murder!"
God this pissed me off so badly. He was right about that, sadly. Chocolate was really dangerous to canines, they made this pretty clear when the stage crew had to find a substitute for the Romeo and Juliet performance.
There seemed to be nothing I could really do to take revenge on him.
"Anything else we could put into it?" I asked, already a little unsure if it was a good idea to talk to him about this.
"Baking soda should turn his stomach upside down quite well I guess…" he suggested with a shrug of his shoulders, "…but I still don't think this is a good idea."
"Then what´s your deal in all this?" I wanted to know, getting a little annoyed by his demotivation, "I thought you hated him too? I mean…didn´t he ruin your reputation as well?"
That left him thinking for a moment.
"I don't have any personal grief with him" he then explained in all honesty, "He never really did anything to me personally. It just annoys me how he pretends to be only a smooth and gentle dog who could never hurt anybody…"
"Nothing personal?" I asked in disbelief, "He got nominated for the Beastars by the freaking principal! Isn´t that what you always wanted?"
"He doesn't care about that" he waved it off, "…everybody keeps saying that. He´s not interested in becoming the Beastar."
"But you are, aren't you?" I yelled, "Why don't you do something so he won´t mock us even more?"
"Us?"
"Well…he turned your girlfriend against you as well, didn´t he?"
"No" he said, still shaking his head but now getting a little more aggressive too, "…but that puppy from his dorm thinks he´s good enough for her now."
"Don't tell me that´s not because of the ´superstar-wolf´ too" I told him harshly, "And don't tell me he hasn´t fucked her as well!"
"You take that back!" he yelled at me angrily, trying to push me with one of his fists.
The rumors about him were true though, he was easily brought out of his calm.
"Don't fight me you little punk!" I yelled, grabbing his arm in mid-air and pushing him back vigorously, "Unlike Legoshi, I am a real carnivore, and I would rip you in half if you mess with me, little fox!"
That seemed to be pretty clear.
"Focus!" I told him, "That wolf made clowns out of us! The whole freaking school loves him, he´ll be voted the next Beastar if we don't do something! And then all real carnivores will be fucked for life!"
Now he calmed down a little and finally thought about what I said.
"…but we can´t poison him! We´re the only two students at this school who could have a reason to! Why would anyone else to this to him?"
"Oh no, we aren´t the only ones…" I told him, "Trust me. I know some other students who are really pissed off by this as well."
He still didn´t look too sure about it though, sadly. He had mixed feelings about this, apparently.
"Come on" I said, still convinced he would fully understand it eventually, "We need to do something! Don´t tell me he doesn´t deserve it!"
POV Legoshi
When I came back into the dorm, they all looked at me like I had discovered fire or something. At first, I thought it was because I came back so late once again, but then I noticed Jack´s expression and immediately knew what was going on. Or what had been going on rather.
I just remained smiling at him proudly for a moment, then I threw my script onto my bed and winked him shortly. Jack couldn't help but grin widely, and that was just what the others had been waiting for.
"Unbelievable" Durham grinned, "The smooth gentleman Legoshi turns the whole school upside down."
"Had a good afternoon?" I asked Jack with a little chuckle towards the others.
He nodded happily, as he got off his matrass, went towards me and hugged me stormily.
"Honestly" Collot chuckled, "I think he´d deserve a little more than just a hug for that."
"Don't tell me Jack didn´t deserve it as well" I chuckled in amusement.
"Yeah…"
"I think I deserve it too" Miguno chuckled, still sounding a little sick in his voice.
"Yeah, same here!" Durham agreed.
"What about me, Romeo?" Collot asked with a big grin.
"I…uh…" I chuckled, as Jack slowly released me from that very wholesome hug again, "…yeah…for sure you do…you all do…"
"So yeah, Legoshi" Voss said ironically, "When do we get hot girlfriends?"
"I…I didn´t really do anything…Jack is just a nice guy is all…"
"Yeah, for sure…" Durham grinned, "…because the good guys always get the nicest girls…"
"These two did" Miguno chuckled, pointing at Jack and I.
This got me thinking for a moment.
"Not quite sure if kicking a girl into the pool qualifies me as a good guy" I then chuckled in amusement, as I went towards my bed and rested my tired body on my matrass for a moment.
"Well…" Collot grinned, "…judging by the rumors about you…"
POV Juno
"Oh, hey Juno" Vera greeted me, as I just came back to my dorm, "Have you heard? Legoshi was caught having sex on the roof by the pool. He was ordered to the principal because of it…"
"He has?" I acted clueless, being quite amusement about her stupid superior smile though.
She loved to annoy me with this ever since Legoshi found out about the rabbit blood, but now I finally could shut her up once and for all. Right here and right now.
"You´re always quick to catch the rumors, aren´t you?" I asked her coldly then.
That already made her a little confused.
"Yeah…he slept with a girl from my class…" she explained, "…her name is Samantha and she had a boyfriend until recently…"
"Too bad he hadn´t found you when he needed somebody to let off some steam with?" I chuckled dryly, "Isn´t it."
I knew how badly she wanted that, so she couldn´t really disagree, but since I was the one who asked, she rather kept quiet now. The others listened with great interest as well in the meanwhile.
"…and yeah, I´m aware of her recent boyfriend" I continued, wanting to settle this once and for all, "Bill was part of the drama-club."
"Bill?"
"The tiger who played Tybalt" our roommate Kin the Doberman explained.
I nodded affirmingly.
"Oh, so this was a revenge thing?" Vera asked, using that to change the topic.
"It was" I affirmed with a little nod.
"So…Romeo is not that romantic anymore, is he?"
"You don't know anything about the circumstances" I sighed, "He regrets it already."
"What? He regrets hunting for pussy?" she asked in disbelief.
I couldn´t believe how bluntly she talked about that yet once again. Coming after Haru, she must be the second biggest slut of this school.
"…he could probably have any girl of the school if he wanted!" she added.
"Probably" I sighed, "But he doesn´t do that. And he´s not in love with Samantha."
"How do you know?"
"He didn´t kiss her or made love to her, they just had sex. And he pushed her into the pool afterwards."
That made all my roommates laugh and giggle, including Vera, surprisingly.
"What?" she asked in shock, but still with a little chuckle.
"Yeah" I affirmed, now more serious again though, "…and he technically wasn´t cheating on me, because I had told him that I needed some time alone. And also, since you won´t shut up about this, he would never have done it with you. This really was just a stupid revenge thing with Bill."
Now this really triggered her, apparently.
"Ha!" she now yelled in a bitchy way, "You´ll see! He´s grown into it now, he´ll need something like this again sooner or later!"
"Oh, you mean like in the locker-rooms of the drama-club today?" I asked, now with a superior smirk myself, throwing my script and my pen onto my bed to remind her where I was just coming from.
"W-what?"
"Yes" I said, looking her right in the eyes, "And he really knows what he´s doing."
She came a little closer to me and sniffed the scent on my body, and that didn´t make her any happier either.
"Just stay away from him, okay?" I told her distinctively now, "He´s a good guy and he´s mine."
She now took a step back once again, now with a noticeably mad expression, and watched me closely as I turned around and headed for my bed once again. She was all out of clever words now, and that was just what I wanted.
"Finally."
That was such a satisfying feeling. That should have stopped her stupid comments for quite a while.
Now there was nothing left that could stop me from delivering the best possible performance on stage. Now everything was in order once again.
It´s been a while since I was this relaxed and indeed happy, and still having his smell on my body made this even better right now.
POV Legoshi
"Legoshi…you smell like…", Jack told me suddenly, as I was on my way to the bathroom, "…I know that smell…"
"I´ve just rehearsed with Juno" I said with a little nod, "And we have to come really close to each other in the performance once again."
"Ah yes…" Durham grinned, "In the performance..."
"Yeah…" I affirmed with a little smirk, "…in the performance…but I also had sex with her just now, if that was the next thing you wanted to ask."
I was tired of pretending in the meanwhile, so I got it over with as quickly as possible.
But since Jack brought it up, and I was remembered that I still smelled like Juno a little, it suddenly pushed my mood even higher once again. Her smell made me feel really happy right now.
"Goddamn you little show-off…" Durham sighed with a little smile.
"Don't tell me you wouldn´t have asked" I chuckled in amusement.
"You don't have to rub it in my face like that…"
"I´m sorry."
"So…are things with Juno better now?" Jack asked innocently.
"We talked a few things over" I said while nodding, "Seems like she really just needed a little break from all this..."
"And then she immediately comes back to you so you can turn her world upside down again?" Voss wanted to know with a little smirk.
I nodded with a shrug off my shoulders and a little smile.
"Man…" Miguno sighed, "You really have to teach me how you do that…"
"What?"
"Like…being awesome at everything?"
Now I shook my head with a little sigh. They all still thought way too highly of me.
"I really am not. People just keep making a bigger thing out of me than I really am" I explained, staying rather serious about this now.
Now they actually didn´t say something ironic for once.
"…and you´re all great and awesome at something…"
"Like…what?" the hyena asked in all honestly.
"Like…I´ve seen you playing that guitar like a maniac! Isn´t that awesome enough? And you´re kind and a good guy as far as I can tell. What more do you need?"
That made them all speechless for a short moment.
"That´s right" Jack agreed, "It´s not like you guys have nothing to give…I mean…look at me…"
I agreed with a little smile, as I opened the door to the bathroom.
"Come on, guys" I said, before I went for my shower, "If even I made it out of the shadows, how hard can it be?"
Here we are. Hope you enjoyed this one a little too. I´d be glad to listen to your feedback ;)
The next chapter is already taking shape, but I still need a lot more time to finish it this time. I hope I get it done by next week´s weekend though.
Until then, stay healthy and have a great time!
~furr