School

S C H O O L

January 25, 1922

Toulouse, France

"Lucian!" A teenage girl shouted while she prepares 2 sandwiches for both her and her lazy roommate. She

as she picks up the guy's dirty yet discarded shoes placed on the once neat table in their living room. She places the abandoned shoes on the vacant part of the crowded rack. When she saw how messy it is, she immediately fixes it and makes sure that it is arranged neatly.

"Oh! I bet he's out again," she said, frustrated. She just sighs for the ninth time and decided to clean the room of her roommate.

She swept the floor until it's brightly shining, opened the closed windows for fresh air to come inside, fixed Lucian's clothes that are placed in his another miserable closet, and arranged the bed. However, something caught her attention. It was a brown leather bag placed unto the farthest corner of the closet. It was somewhat familiar to her. It seems that this bag is connected to her in a way she can't decipher. It's feminine yet a cute bag of a child.

"Why would Lucian have this?" She asked herself curiously, but a familiar noise of the front door opening brought her back to her senses.

"What are you doing in my room?" His deep voice echoed inside the room and Celestia promptly turn her head towards where Lucian is. He's comfortably leaning on the door frame with a curious look directed to her.

"I'm cleaning it, obviously," She said, sarcastically while she rolled her eyes in annoyance. He chuckled as he walks towards her direction. He stopped right in front of Celestia in a very dangerous distance before he decided to grasp her face with his tousled hands.

"Don't worry too much, amour," He joked after winking at her.

"Stop playing around, Lucian," She said while softly nudging his side. He let her move away and be freed from his strong, firm yet surprisingly gentle hands Lucian held his hands up in surrender, smiling while taking a step back.

"Such a responsible roommate," Celestia sarcastically muttered.

"Yes, I'm a very, very responsible roommate," She faced him, looking at Lucian with those beautiful and alluring eyes.

"I brought you your favorite fruit," After what Lucian said, Celestia looked at him with pure adoration.

"Is it on the table?" When she heard the answered yes, she dashed towards the door.

As she walks away, Lucian whispered some words that Celestia didn't hear, "I've been living for too long to even care,"

"What are you whispering about?" Celestia says as she peeks through Lucian's nearly closed door in curiosity.

"I thought you're getting your apples?"

"I already got one. I just came back to call you for a snack. I made a sandwich for you," With that, she smiled and that almost make him want to hold her for so long and don't waste the time that's quickly passing by.

"Don't worry, I'll come even if it'll taste like poison," She just ignored what he said.

"Don't let the food go to waste!" She left again.

Lucian suddenly lost his composure and sat on his neatly fixed bed, "How could I still bare to do this?"

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