stay with me • albedo

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[edited, 2025] scroll to the end for surprise!! wahoo

Sucrose notices your unusual, quiet demeanor. 

Concerned, she finally tears her gaze from her laptop and books to look at you. 

"You look really deep in thought, did something happen?" She asks, placing her pen flat on the table. You open your mouth to explain the situation to her, but you refrain yourself from doing so. You know that the blonde dude wouldn't want you disclosing his secret to Sucrose, so you simply explain the incident to her without mentioning the drawings.

"He ran away without even apologising!" You rant, and Sucrose listens, nodding her head. "Ugh, school just started, why am I already encountering weirdos?"

Sucrose giggles a little. "This sounds like someone I know. He's also from the fine arts department. You said he was blonde?"

"Yeah, why?" You blink.

"Does he have teal eyes, wears glasses and an old beige cardigan?"

You tilt your head. "How did you know?"

"Hah!" Sucrose verbally laughs. "It is him. My high-school friend."

You scratch your head. So this is where it's going, I didn't know Sucrose was taken.

 "His name is Albedo. Maybe you guys can get along well since you two are in the same course." She claps in excitement.

"You know him?" You ask and she nods. "So you two are dating-" Before you could finish your sentence, Sucrose slaps her palm onto your mouth, stopping you from saying whatever you wanted to say next. You furrow your eyebrows, hands raising to remove her hand from your mouth but to no avail. For some reason, she's really strong.

"We're just high school friends. Don't twist our friendship like that." Sucrose says, slowly removing her hand from your mouth, a trail of your saliva sticking onto her palm, from your attempts of removing her hand from your mouth. Sucrose shoots you a look of disgust, before wiping her hand with a tissue.

"Friend?" You ask and she smiles.

"Albedo and I are really close friends. We both really loved chemistry and we often fantasise about the unknown possibilities of chemistry together. We always ate together, studied together — we were basically attached by the hip. A lot of people thought we were dating, but I can't seem to see him in that way. But anyways, we were actually supposed to take chemistry together in University, but Albedo decided that he would take fine arts since he was better than it. I was upset, of course, but it was his choice and I need to respect it." Sucrose tells you, her eyes glancing out of the window to admire the scenery outside your dorm room.

"Have you ever thought of being something more than just friends at least?" You ask, feeling slightly bad for the guy. 

"We are more than friends." Sucrose says, turning back to look at you again and you gasp, thinking that Albedo would have a slight chance. 

"We are best friends!" You hear her say, and you immediately face palm.

Poor dude. He just got friend-zoned twice.

——

Another day, another bunch of lectures.

You walk into the lecture hall with a laptop in one hand, a coffee in the other, slightly sleep-deprived. However, all the exhaustion leaves your body the moment you spot the guy named 'Albedo' sitting at the back of the lecture hall. With a skip in your step, you make your way towards him, with the intent to interrogate him. When he notices you walking towards him, he immediately closes his notebook and stands up to find another seat, but you stop him from doing so.