The Science of Falling in Love

Another day at work

⚠BULLYING, HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA⚠

Razor-they/them Bennett-he/they Xingqiu-he/him Chongyun-they/he

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"Oh? Well aren't you looking pretty this morning."

Albedo blushed as he signed Klee into daycare.

"It really isn't anything special. I just have a non-uniform day at school today and decided to wear what I usually do." They replied.

The outfit in question was very similar to the one he wore to the café. A beige cardigan, a fluffy black skirt and a white shirt. A new addition however was the sparkly eyeshadow painted delicately over his eyes as well as the slight tint of pink on his lips.

"Don't undersell yourself, you look stunning." Kaeya said, leaning slightly closer 

Albedo turned bright red and looked away. 

"Thank you Kaeya. I have to go to work now. I'll see you this afternoon."

"Nice skirt faggot."

Bennett looked at the floor as he walked through the school. This was the second time someone had commented on his outfit since he had arrived. He usually enjoyed wearing this sort of stuff but with everyone staring and whispering he just felt exposed.

"Are you ok Bennett?"  Chongyun  asked as they plonked into the seat next to Razor.

"Everyone's making comments about my outfit. I knew it was going to happen but it's getting to me more than I thought but the only spare clothes I have is my PE uniform."

"Why would Benny change?" Razor asked as Bennett laid his head on their lap.

"Because I'm feeling insecure now." He replied.

"But you like wearing it, that matters more. Razor thinks you look cute." They said, looking down at Bennett. 

He blushed brightly.

"You think I look cute?"

" Yes. If anyone is mean to you, Razor will fix it. "

Yet as the day went on the comments kept coming. Xingqiu usually was able to deal with this but due to a re scheduled business meeting for his father's company, he hadn't been able to attend school that day. It got to the point where Bennett wanted to just bunk his last class, chemistry with Mr Kreideprinz. He decided against it however since Razor and Chongyun were also in that class so any rudeness would be dealt with by then. 

So they stood in line to go in, Bennett fiddling with the hem of his skirt. He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around, Razor giving him a big grin, making them smile too. 

"Alright class you may come in. Please take your seats quickly, we have a lot to cover today." Albedo said, ushering his class into the room. 

A few class members whispered and stared as they walked past the teacher. Bennett was confused until he saw the attire of their teacher. He smiled slightly.

Albedo began to teach the lesson, ignoring the odd giggle or whisper. He didn't care whether students thought he dressed weird or not, they liked it so they were going to do it. His temperament faltered however when he noticed a sad looking Bennett holding a folded piece of paper.

"Bennett may I have a look at that?" He asked as he approached the student.

Bennett sat there looking worried for a moment but decided to hand it over. When Albedo opened it they were appalled.