𝓣𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 || Shattered Glass

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"𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭!" ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜɪᴘ'ꜱ ᴄʀᴇᴡ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀꜱ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏꜰꜰ-ᴅᴇᴄᴋ.

"𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠!" ᴀʀɪᴇʟ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍꜱ ᴀꜱ ꜱʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴠᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴅʀᴏᴡɴᴇᴅ.

"𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜!" ɢʀɪᴍꜱʙʏ ᴄᴀʟʟꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏʀᴇ.

"𝐀 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞...𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠..." ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴜᴛᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ᴄᴀʀᴇᴛᴀᴋᴇʀ ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴅʀʏ.

ᴍᴇᴀɴᴡʜɪʟᴇ, ᴀʀɪᴇʟ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴇʀɪᴄ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ʀᴏᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ, "𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞...𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝!"

ᴜɴʙᴇᴋɴᴏᴡɴꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ, ᴜʀꜱᴜʟᴀ'ꜱ ᴍɪɴɪᴏɴꜱ, ꜰʟᴏᴛꜱᴀᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴇᴛꜱᴀᴍ, ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ.

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"Ngh...now's not the time to be dreaming about classic Disney films..." I muttered as I get up. As I yawned I noticed Grim hunched over the desk reading some sort of notebook muttering to himself, "If the application of this question is...Option 2 is a trick..."

Silently, I grin as I start changing out of my pajamas to my uniform shirt and pants. "Morning Grim!" I greeted with a sinister grin, hoping I could startle him. "FUNGYA!!! Azuma! Don't surprise me like that! You're gonna make me forget everything I memorized!"

After letting out a giggle, I place my hands on my hips "We're you pulling an all-nighter? Last time I checked you kept running away to skip class. What made you change all of a sudden?" "This time's different okay! Wha— HEY!" I grab the notebook from Grim.

Ignoring Grim's pleas to give it back, I flip through the pages. 'What the fuck...? This is the ultimate reviewer for the exams...Where in the world did Grim get this?' Before I could read any further into it, Grim snatches the reviewer away from me. "Hmph. Today's the last day of exams, and two of us count as one student so don't drag me down." Grum huffs with a grin. "Yeah, yeah whatever..." 

Grim and I were able to finish the test a bit earlier than usual so we got some time to doze off...until the bell rang. "Time's up puppies. Put your pens down and pass in your answer sheet like good little pups." Professor Crewel stated as one-by-one we hand him the test papers. After neatly fixing up the stack of papers, our professor announced "This concludes your finals exams." 

"Yay!!!!" The entire class cheered. "Sit! It's still too early to celebrate. Any bad boys who have failing marks on their exams should be prepared to take remedial classes over Christmas break." Crewel reminded us before officially dismissing us.

"Ah~ It's finally over!" Ace exclaimed as he stretched. "I did everything I could. All that's left is to wait for the results." Deuce stated. "Kufufu. This test was a piece of cake for me!" Grim snickers. "Ya'll are acting sus...like. Since when did you become so confident over the exams???" I asked, confused. Cause this s so out-of-character for them.

All of them looked at me, sweat drops evident on their faces. "Um...Well I just wanted to redeem myself!" Deuce said. "I'm different from the past me yanno!" Grim exclaimed. "Eh...Studying's easy." said Ace. I glare at them, trying to figure out why they're acting so sus.

"A-Anyway, classes are over so I might as well head to the track and field club." Deuce said as he grabbed his belongings. "I actually feel like going all out at basketball for the first time in a while. See you later then!" Ace heads out the door. I turn back to Grim, "Hieee~ Why are making such a scary face?" he asks. "Because you guys are acting weird!" I stated. "Well whatever, I'm sleepy so let's go home." Grim yawned.

"You go on ahead, I'm heading to the library." I say as I sling my bag over my shoulder. "Suit yourself then..."

The library was sorta packed, most of the students in here were returning books that they had used to review in their exams.  "Oh Azuma, what are you doing here?" a voice asks. "Riddle! Jeez...you startled me." I say before noticing the stack of books he's carrying, "Are you gonna return all of that?"

"Of course, I'll also be borrowing a few books later as well. What about you? I'm surprised that Ace, Deuce and Grim aren't with you." Riddle said. "Ah...I just need to do research on something but I don't know if I can find the right books for it." I replied as I sat down on a nearby table, taking out my notebook and pens.

I hear Riddle's footsteps walk off, most likely to return the books but I didn't expect that he'd come back. "Let me help, as your senior it's my job to make sure to guide my juniors in academics." 

I look at him with widened eyes, before explaining. "I'm researching on overblots..." "Overblots?" He places a hand on his chin trying to think, "I'm not sure if there are any books that have that topic...let's check the Magical History section just in case."

Riddle and I have been checking the shelves and only picking out those that are probably related. "If you don't mind me asking...why do you call us second years without honorifics?" Riddle asks as he skims through the pages of a book he's holding. "I'm supposed to be a second year in my world but I ditched school before I started classes." I replied. "...why?" Riddle turned to me, pausing his reading. I stopped, trying to figure out how to explain it, "I just...Ugh. Something happened a few months ago before I came here...that's all I can say." I replied hoping that he wouldn't pry any further but I was starting to have second thoughts.

'I feel bad...I saw his past after he overblotted and even though it's out of my control, why did I have to go through his privacy? I...didn't need too and I didn't want to. Maybe just to make it even...'

"Fine, I'll tell you. Just...don't tell anyone please?" I plead. He gives me an approving nod. "My mom and I had a fight and I ran away..." I reply before glancing at him before continuing, "She became the president of my country and made shit go down...I disagreed with her ideals yada-yada then we start yelling about each other about how she tried doing what's best for me but she was always neglecting me by going out on a fling or whatever." I let out a heavy sigh before resting my hand on my chin.

"My family's fucked up and the government is out for me...which is why I went into hiding thanks to my friend for letting me stay at his place every now and then...So yeah." I ended with a happy tone but I was trying to hold back tears. "I'm so fucking selfish..." I muttered but then felt something wet on my face...I was crying.

Riddle rubs my back, trying to comfort me "I may not understand what's going on in your world but what's done was done. If you weren't here I probably wouldn't have survived my overblot, the same goes for Leona...A lot of things wouldn't have happened if you weren't here and who knows what might have happened if you were still back in your world."

I silently nod, "Yeah..."

We stay silent for a while, it was comforting...I didn't expect this to happen trying to make things even. "Well, I need to go. Grim probably lost his soul thanks to the ghosts' pranks!" I say as I wipe the last of my tears and pick up the books for borrowing, before turning to him "Thank you...Riddle"

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Did ya'll miss me? 👀
Sorry for the late update for Chapter 3, I'm working on a few other projects outside of wattpad and school begun...which means I'll probably upload less frequently (best is 1 chapter every 2 weeks, worst would be 1 chapter per month).

On the bright side...I GOT A LEVEL 90 BIRTHDAY ORTHO
AND I GOT BIRTHDAY RIDDLE IN 30 PULLS

I felt that Riddle and Azuma should've talked more after everything in Chapter 1 (and mother issues) but here's a disclaimer: Don't ship them ^w^ I don't plan any romance happening hahahahahaha