Chapter 11: Sig, Marvett and Lagnus: "No Good Deed…" by warelander

It was a comfortably breezy Thursday afternoon at Primp High. Most students had already left for home, leaving the halls of the school mostly empty. The few that stuck around were currently occupying various classrooms as a means to get their projects done. One exception to this though, was a certain trio of friends.

F3 - Shower Rooms/Changing Rooms

In front of the girls' changing room were three students, waiting for the school's star track runner Arle Nadja, to get herself ready to go, after a lengthy practice run.

Near the door stood her boyfriend Lagnus Bishasi, leaning towards the wall behind him and crossing his arms. His eyes darted back and forth between the hallway in front of him, the door by his side and his two childhood friends, who were sitting to the other side of the door.

Sig was absent-mindedly occupied with his phone, as he often is when bored. Whether or not he was texting Jaan or browsing something was something Lagnus couldn't guess.

Marvett meanwhile, just as typical, was trying to write something, with her little spirit companion Rabbie, assisting her. Her face gave away an expression of slight frustration, didn't seem like this would be her first breakthrough novel either.

Neither of the three said anything, all of them just silently waiting for Arle to come out and leave with them. Usually when waiting, Lagnus would pull out his Game Gear to pass the time by clearing some floors in a Saga of Sorcery title, but he knew that it could give Arle the idea he may be disinterested or dismissive. It's what may have played part in a previous break-up.

Or two.

He wasn't sure exactly.

Either way, the silence was starting to nag on him, with nothing to distract himself with, he needed something to talk about.

''So...uhm..you guy's got plans for the weekend?''

Both Sig and Marvett looked up to face their friend, giving him their undivided attention.

''Actually.'' Marvett started. ''Me and Sig were talking about that. How about we go camping this weekend?''

Sig nodded to the proposal, which didn't surprise Lagnus at all, if anything he probably gave her that idea.

''Sorry to say, but me and Arle already got plans.'' The RPG lover responded apologetically. He did feel a bit bad about, rubbing his arm with one hand. Camping was something the three loved doing together for as long as they could think, even as they had developed their individual interests, it was something they always shared. As much as he knew it still wasn't a big deal, Lagnus couldn't help but feel like he was trampling on something sacred.

''You and Arle can catch up later.'' Sig threw into the round, trying to compromise. ''She never minds the bugs I catch.''

''I know that. It's just...we do need a bit of alone time together, y'know?.'' A small blush colored Lagnus' face, one that still crept up when the subject of romance came up.

Marvett couldn't deny that it was endearing, even if it was difficult to not think of Sig right after, who merely nodded in an understanding fashion. If he was bummed out, then his stoic exterior at least did a good job hiding it.

It was then that Lagnus formed a sly grin, looking at Sig, which neither of his friends could make the true meaning out of, even as he moved closer to while keeping that expression.

''You know Sig, you could invite Jaan. The two of you are plenty close as well.'' He said, waggling his eyebrows.

''We don't like each other that way.'' The spacey lad flatly retorted. Not that it seemed to have any effect on Lagnus, who clearly had his mind made up about what he thought of the two.

''Well anyways…'' Marvett tried to interrupt, to keep things from becoming overly awkward. ''This steelcase you guys got for me has worked wonders. My notebook has no scratch on it, not even from when the theystuffed me into that locker.''

''Excellent! Glad the thing is as tough as it seemed when we got it.'' Lagnus proclaimed, successfully steered away from their previous conversation.

'I'm sure you knock someone out with it.'' Sig said, as he glanced at the case. Marvett could only grin at the mere thought.

''We should get one for Lagnus too then. Exercising justice over the bullies with the feared notebook case.'' Marvett joked, earning herself some chuckles from her friends. In all honesty she could see Lagnus try something like that on his more reckless days.

It was at that point that Arle finally came out of the changing room with a bag swung around her back, shooting some short greetings to the group, before giving her boyfriend a brief peck on the cheek.

''You are still doing great Arle, even after the summer break!'' Lagnus complimented his girlfriend, as the group made their first steps away from their waiting spot.

''Aww thanks! I do hope I'll get to go for a new record soon though!'' The young track runner excitedly clenched her fists, still as full of adrenaline as ever.

''I'm sure you can beat the Suzuran High runner.'' Sig tried his hardest to not be overtly flustered as the appreciative smile from Arle, that his compliment earned him.

''I'd better! I wanna make the whole school proud with a nice victory for us!''

F1 - West Hallway

Arle kept excitedly talking about her ambitions, which Marvett only partially overheard, while she was occupied with searching her handbag for her own phone, to send a quick message to her mom that she'd be on her way home now.

These things were like black holes, seemingly swallowing everything one could put into them, just to make it as difficult as possible to find anything. If handbags weren't so handy otherwise Marvett would have ditched her's a while ago.

Mildly frustrated, the girl stopped in her tracks to dig even deeper into her bag, go figure it probably got buried outright underneath her other stuff.

As Marvett kept digging, Rabbie merely looked around the area, waiting for her to get the job done and move on, when all of the sudden, its ears began to twitch. Beneath the sounds of Marvett looking through her bag, another sound came up. Something far more muffled.

''Huh?'' Marvett heard those other sounds too, being bound to Rabbie's spirit the two shared each other's vision and hearing. She stopped entirely to try and make out the source of these sounds. They appeared to come from a locker, standing close to her. The novel buff put an ear to the locker in question and indeed, her suspicions were confirmed.

''What's wrong?'' Marvett jumped a bit at the sudden sound of Sig's voice having not at all noticed that her friends had turned to see where she was at.

''Listen to this, it sounds like someone is stuck in there.''

''It really does!'' Arle exclaimed utterly shocked, how long was this person stuck there? Lagnus had little time to wonder though, being far more angry instead, figuring who was behind this.

''Schezo and his mooks! Can't they leave everyone alone for at least a day?''

A look between Lagnus and Sig was all that was needed to affirm to each other what they would do, it's not like they hadn't done it before. The locker doors at Primp High weren't that hard to get open by force. So the two boys took a couple steps back, running towards the locker at the same time, tackling it shoulder first with a very audible crash upon impact.

As the locker door opened the four friends were greeted with the sight of a winged girl, in a white dress and with pink hair, tied up by her ankles and arms and gagged.

''It's Harpy!'' Sig called out before making his way forward to untie the girl. Lagnus meanwhile took a few steps back to face Marvett and Arle. Harpy was a frequent victim of the bullies. All of them knew why and could already imagine what may unfold once Sig freed her.

Not that Sig noticed any of it, as he ungagged the visibly touched girl and went on to untie her. It didn't take long until the deed was done and the boy found himself in one heck of a tight hug from the girl, stumbling backwards a few steps, from the sheer force of it.

''It's all good now.'' Sig tried to assure her, rather confused by why none of his friends tried to do the same. One look behind quickly revealed that all of them had already quietly left the scene, it was then that a sudden realization was slowly beginning to hit the boy.

''Let me sing a song of gratitude for my hero~'' Harpy swooned, thankful and excited for the captive audience still in her arms.

Yep. Sig knew what made them leave.

''No-no..you really don't..I mean..'' He couldn't help but stammer, trying to find a way out without hurting her feelings.

Of course, Harpy instead mistook it as him being shy, giggling as she tightened her embrace even further, clearly not about to leave his side. For someone so soft looking, the girl sure had one heck of a bearhug.

Unable to wiggle himself out or let her down gently all Sig could do was to resign himself and count the last remaining seconds.

Before the disaster struck him.

Authors' Notes:

WARE: Just wanted to write some Sig/Lagnus/Marvett stuff, these three are very much a trio I always had in mind for the AU and am very happy to work with.