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[velasco]

♥ s h y l o [shy]

┍
𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊: shylo [shy]
𝖆𝖌𝖊: 17 || 127.
𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖘: angel.
𝖘𝖊𝖝𝖚𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞: heterosexual.
𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗: male.
┖

𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 softly at rei's response, shylo
opened the book. a small puff of air
left shylo's lips as he realized he was
completely and utterly uninterested
in it.

shylo shut the book quietly, opening up
the notebook he had previously gotten
out. he picked up the pencil on his desk,
sketching random doodles all over the
paper. one of a halo, another of wings,
and one of horns. he always doodled
his feelings and thoughts.

[icycycle]

not one to let go of her suspicions, rei diverted her eyes towards shylo and his notebook. a mixture of panic and intrigue seized her heart as she found him doodling angel wings in the margins. and devil horns? rei tried to calm herself down. those were common symbols that people mindlessly doodled. she had seen little kids do it. yet her gut told her that they meant something.

rei picked up her pen and scribbled a quick note.

"we speak no truth and we do no good, yet we are matched in soul to you."

it was cryptic, but if shylo was really what she suspected him to be, he just might be able to understand. rei slowly tore out the piece of paper the note was written on, careful not to make any noise. father would kill her if he knew what she was doing. by writing this, she was also revealing her own identity.

she folded the tiny square of paper in half, and slid it over to shylo.

[velasco]

♥ s h y l o [shy]

┍
𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊: shylo [shy]
𝖆𝖌𝖊: 17 || 127.
𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖘: angel.
𝖘𝖊𝖝𝖚𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞: heterosexual.
𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗: male.
┖

𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 the tiny folded piece of paper,
he looked at her, curious. he
unfolded it carefully, reading the words
rei had written.


he looked at her, locking eyes with
her. "how do you know this?" he
asked, his voice shaking.

[icycycle]

rei opened her mouth to answer, but a shadow suddenly appeared above their heads. the teacher was towering over them, and she snatched the note from shylo’s hands.

“let’s read this aloud, shall we? class, it seems that shylo and rei are exchanging notes in class!” she announced loudly.

some students snickered, eagerly awaiting the reading of the note.

“we speak no truth and we do no good, yet we are matched in soul to you.” the teachers face fell slightly as she was expecting a juicy love note.

rei looked up at the teacher. “ma’am, I was simply trying to explain the role of old hamlet in comparison to his son,” she said, trying to remember the details of the play.

“yes, yes, good,” the teacher muttered, dropping the slip of paper back onto the desk. she turned to check on another pair of students.

rei looked seriously at shylo. “meet me after school,” she said.

[velasco]

♥ s h y l o [shy]

┍
𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊: shylo [shy]
𝖆𝖌𝖊: 17 || 127.
𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖘: angel.
𝖘𝖊𝖝𝖚𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞: heterosexual.
𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗: male.
┖

𝖕𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖈 struck through shylo as the teacher
read the note aloud. he knew she wouldn't
understand it, and he knew his classmates
wouldn't understand it, but he was terrified
someone who would understand it would
hear it. such as those he lived with.

shylo's panic decreased as rei lied smoothly.
he looked at her, giving her a half-pity,
half-thankful smile.

his smile dropped slowly as rei spoke, and he
nodded. "of course," he mumbled softly,
adverting his attention back to his notebook
where he continued his mindless doodles.

[icycycle]

perhaps it was in her blood that she was a decent liar. was she not what the most popular physical representation of evil is, after all? rei could not focus for the rest of the class.

today had been going just fine. she had glided through history, math, and chemistry. yet in her last class of the day, she had met this boy who might change everything. he was a risk factor in her life right now: he might reveal her identity, either on purpose or by accident.

"well, if worst comes to worst, i'll just have to kill him," rei thought nervously. mother and father had never briefed her on what to do if she encountered an angel.

the bell rang. class was dismissed for the day.

[velasco]

♥ s h y l o [shy]

┍
𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊: shylo [shy]
𝖆𝖌𝖊: 17 || 127.
𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖘: angel.
𝖘𝖊𝖝𝖚𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞: heterosexual.
𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗: male.
┖

𝖆𝖘 the bell rung, shylo jumped abruptly.
he had been spaced out, thinking of all
of the possibilities of why rei would've
written that or knew what it meant. of
course, he'd thought of the most obvious
one, but he pushed it the furthest back
into his mind, deeming it impossible.

he stood, gathering his things slowly, eyes
glued to rei. he wasn't sure when or where,
exactly, he was supposed to meet rei, so
he decided that his best bet would be to
be the last out of the room, hopefully
behind rei, and ask her then. if not, he'd
track her down. he knew he needed to,
he knew he needed to know what was
going on.

[icycycle]

rei noticed shylo dragging his feet, slowly packing away his things. she followed suit, agonizingly slowly rearranging her pencil case and tucking it carefully into her bag. the teacher exasperatedly threw her hands up. rei got the message, grabbed shylo's arm, and dragged him out of the classroom.

"shut up, no talking." rei hissed to him. she did not want to begin this talk at school, where a hundred prying ears would be listening. she needed to bring him to her apartment, where they could speak in privacy. and where she had immediate access to her communication devices, if necessary.

[velasco]

♥ s h y l o [shy]

┍
𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊: shylo [shy]
𝖆𝖌𝖊: 17 || 127.
𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖘: angel.
𝖘𝖊𝖝𝖚𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞: heterosexual.
𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗: male.
┖

𝖘𝖍𝖞𝖑𝖔 nodded slowly as he was dragged
out of the classroom by rei. he walked
slowly, almost dragging his feet behind
the rest of his body, behind rei,
mindlessly following her. he was silent,
distant, aware of what the situation
could have been. he was one to avoid
a situation if it got too rough, and it
was currently getting too rough.

he sighed softly, attention adverting
to the ground.

[icycycle]

rei was never one for formalities. she had dragged shylo all the way from school, up three flights of stairs, and then pushed him into her small apartment. if he tried anything, he was in her territory. but then again, if he wasn't what she thought he was, this would be a very awkward situation.

whipping around to face shylo, rei crossed her arms.

"let's try that icebreaker again, shall we? what's your favourite colour, and where were you born?" she said.