Silenced Scream (Deuce Gorgon x oc)

5- Ana in the Bathroom

Anastasia's pov:

I go into one of the stalls of the bathroom and lean against the far wall, sliding down it as I try to even out my breath.

They know now...are they gonna stop talking to me? Is Headmistress Bloodgood going to kick me out, where would I even go? We could move to Japan, or Hawaii, but mam would be mad that I got kicked out on the first day...

I don't want to go...

I jolt up from my thoughts when I hear a knock on the stall, wiping the tears that managed to escape from my eyes.

"Ana, are you in this stall?"

Frankie.

"I can see your boots, Ana. You're the only person that has little sonic waves painted on the side."

I pull my legs up, hugging my knees.

I can see their shadow lower down and lean against the outside of the stall.

"You okay?"

Silence.

"I forgot you can't tell me." They laugh slightly. "...y'know, when I first got here, I had a really hard time understanding normal ghoul things, like high fives and...surprisingly, friends."

I slowly crawl towards the door, sitting back down.

"But Clawdeen and Draculaura helped me with learning how to make friends...I don't think they'll start shunning you for something you can't control, Ana."

"....how do you know-?" I whisper, my voice raspy.

I could tell they stiffened at my voice, given the stall door shuffled slightly.

"Because that's how they are. we stick up for each other no matter what happens."

"...thanks, Frankie."

"Of course, that's what friends are for...are you ready to go back?"

"...can we sit here for a bit?"

"Sure...you wanna play tic-tac-toe?"

I laugh slightly "why not?"

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Still Ana's pov:

So for 45 minutes, I had opened the stall and we sat on the counter of the sink, playing Shocker with a deck of cards I had in my bag for the rest of class.

The bell rings, so me and Frankie get up and walk out towards...somewhere while they tell me about some story about a monsterous squirrel.

They suddenly stop, me bumping into them.

"Wh-"

"Ana! Are you okay? I saw you run off- is she okay?" I could hear a lower pitched, male voice that I recognized as Deuce, in which I hid behind Frankie like a ghoul shield.

"She's alright, she just needed a bit."

"Well, do you guys want to join me and the others? We got permission from the Headmistress to go to the maul."

Frankie glances over at me.

I nod.

They turn back over to Deuce. "Sure."

He nods and starts walking, me and the dark haired ghoul following him.

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When we finally get to the maul, I see the usual friend group waiting by the fountain, seeming to be waiting for us.

Clawdeen spots me and runs over, giving me a hug. "I saw you run out, are you alright?"

I nod, hugging back slightly.

She smiles. "Great. Well, we're probably gonna end up splitting into smaller groups to shop, so we have to meet in the food court at 6, m'kay?"

The others answer in acknowledgement, quickly grabbing their best ghouls and running off to do their own thing.

Draculaura ends up grabbing Frankie and Clawdeen, pulling them towards a store, muttering something about broken crystals.

I stand there awkwardly as the others leave, before I feel a hand on my shoulder.

I look up at Deuce.

"I'm gonna be just window shopping, wanna come?"

I nod, walking side by side with him as we walk around.

I look over at the windows, quickly getting distracted by the comics shop.

He follows me into the store as I look around at all the merchandise.

Spotting something I liked, I gasped and grabbed the green haired boy's hand, pulling him towards a section for Zelda Merchandise.

"They have a tablet cover that looks like a Sheikah Slate!" I fawn over it, practically buzzing in excitement.

He looks over at me for a second, which confuses me before I realized.

I just spoke.

But he rubs the back of his neck, laughing a bit. "I didn't take you for a Zelda fan."

I nod, blushing in embarrassment as I look down at the tablet cover's tag.

30 bucks for a tablet cover? Jesus Nixs-

I freeze when I feel breathing on my neck as Deuce looks over my shoulder at the tag, him scoffing slightly.

"I could probably paint that on a regular tablet cover for like, 3 dollars."

"Mhm." I put it back before looking over at something blue that caught my eye.

A necklace, with Navi at the end.

I gently take it, smiling gently at the cuteness of it, before glancing at the tag.

Its only $16.99...where's my- shit.

I felt around my back pocket before remembering i left my wallet in my dorm, thinking that I wouldn't need it for the school day.

I huff slightly before putting it back.

"Ready to go?" He asked, his green eyes planted on the necklace.

"Mhm."

Deuce nods, walking out, still hand in hand.

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We walk to the food court, looking around at the options while we wait for the others to show up, us being the first ones there.

"How's Umi sound to you?" I ask quietly.

"Sounds good to me...I'm gonna go see where the others are, can you find us a table?"

I nod, watching him walk away as I find a table towards the back of the food court, where the large glass wall is, showing how high we are off the ground.

I always loved high spaces, the feeling of the harsh winds don't leave me cold, but still leaves me breathless at the scenaries.

Albeit, it's not as pretty as Mount Everest was, but it still leaves me at peace at the sweet sounds of nature and seemingly endless sight of the horizon.

I smile through my mask.

I think I'll be able to last more than 3 months.

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Another chapter!!! This one was really nice to write, especially when i realized that 1.56k people has read this!?!?!?

I almost cried when I found out, so thank you SO much for taking the time to read this.

At some point while writing this, I thought I had to rewrite it, as I thought it didn't save properly, but we're good!

Anyway, have a good day/night, and try not to leave your wallet in your dorm, because maybe your friends will spontaneously take you to the maul

-Bow <3