roses of glass { sabo | 1 }

Chapter Thirteen

Third pov

As the night progressed, Arabella and Sabo found themselves actively trying to locate each other. Every now and then, they would try to create an opportunity to be alone together. But of course, something was always bound to stop that.

Kinda like now, with Kira who was passed out on a couch with indigo sunglasses and a road cone.

"Oh my lord." Itami sighs.

"She must have drunken a lot tonight..." Arabella murmurs.

Standing next to them were Marco and Sabo, who noticed the two girls standing over Kira.

"Is something wrong with her?" Sabo questions.

"Not sure. Found her passed out like this." Itami answers, trying to shake her cousin awake.

"Oh, she did mention she felt exhausted to me, yoi. I was on my way to grab her a water just in case, yoi. We were just sitting there together just 5 minutes ago, yoi." Marco explains.

For a moment Arabella suspiciously eyed Marco. She turned her gaze back to Kira, and didn't notice a drink next to her. Marco notices Arabella's state.

"Before you get any ideas, no, I did nothing to her drink, yoi. I was honestly grabbing some water, yoi. She asked me to grab some, yoi." Marco adds.

"For now I will assume you are telling the truth." Arabella says, "But I think we should probably take her back to the dorms and call it a night. We cannot just have Kira hanging around like this with people we do not know." She turns to Sabo and Marco, "We are going to go back to the dorms. Kira needs to have rest."

"I don't really wanna go thought..." Itami protests.

"I can help carry her." Sabo instantly offers, "Besides, it'd be rude of me to have a young lady walking alone on campus at night."

Arabella blushed and averts her gaze from Sabo's gentle eyes. She looks to Itami, "Well when we take Kira back, I'm calling it a night. I feel really tired."

"So I'm gonna be walking back by myself?" Itami inflates.

"I can walk you if Ace isn't completely sloshed, yoi. If he isn't then he can walk with you, yoi." Marco offered.

"A-Ah!" Itami stammers at the mention of Ace, "Sounds perfect! I...I would like that."

Sabo nods, "Then it's settled." Sabo turns to Arabella, "Shall we?"

"We shall."

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Kira turned out to be way heavier than they thought her to be. Arabella would've guessed she was lighter considering she's short. Sabo didn't struggle too much, and ended up carrying Kira on his shoulders. Of course, a secret part of Arabella had a twinge of jealousy strike through her when that happened.

Despite this, the pit of her heart weighed heavy. This was their first time alone together without disruption. Or well, it isn't technically since Kira was with them...but considering the fact that she is passed out, it still counts.

'How do I initiate a conversation in a situation like this?' Arabella pondered, 'I cannot think of a way to just casually start one, especially with how we kissed before.'

'If only I wasn't such a coward I could start a conversation with her. I have so much to tell Arabella.' Sabo thought.

Arabella cleared her voice, "Kira...is not normally like this. She has never passed out on me like this."