Angel With Broken Wings

10 - Mash Burnedead, Kat Ride and the Baleful Bully (2)

[KAT POV]

I yawn, stretching my arms over my head as I stand at the front of the Adler Dorms. I lean against the large fence gate, soon gazing up at the sky with a glare as I soon rub my eyes rapidly, urging the tiredness away. "Ah, Kat." I turn my head, hearing Mash's voice behind me, a small grin forming on my face.

I turn swiftly on my ankle, making my whole body face him and the boy with him, and I instantly recognize him as the dual hair coloured boy from charms class. "Ah, hello!" I greet him, my hands instantly coming together to fidget with my fingers. "Hi..." His tone of voice seemed anxious, seemingly hesitant as he introduces himself, "My name is Finn Ames."

I nod, looking over at Mash, "So you're roommates with Mash? I'm Kat Ride." I hold my arm out, hand open for a shake as I assume how the two met, Finn shaking it with an odd expression. "Yeah, he's a great guy." Mash spoke up, answering the question, his answer causing Finn to make a slightly anxious and uncomfortable expression.

I hum, nodding slightly once more, before moving to stand next to Mash. I grab the cuff of his right sleeve, poking my head around to look at the slightly shorter boy. "It's good to meet you then."

[POV CHANGE | MASH]

"Who's your roommate?" My question seems to make Kat pause, her gaze averting to the side as she sighs, tightening her grip on my sleeve. Finn seems curious about the question, and the reaction, as she responds, "It's Lemon Irvine." I halt my steps, both Finn and Kat managing to step slightly in front of me.

"She proposed to you, right?" My question makes Finn gape, Kat flushing a pink colour as she nods, her head turning away from me. "Yeah, or rather, she's the one who thought I proposed to her. She's even trying to suggest we push our beds together..." I could hear the embarrassment and shyness in her voice as she speaks, Finn beginning to gain a weirder and weirder expression.

I lower my eyes to her hand on my sleeve, soon grabbing it with my left hand to fully situate it in my right. The action surprises her, her eyes seeming to stare at our clasped hands with curiosity. Her look makes me wince, my eyes shaking as I manage to control me expression. "This way we won't lose each other, right?"

[POV CHANGE | FINN]

Truthfully, I didn't want to come along to walk with Mash and his friend to our flying class, itching to find a way to run away. However, right when I saw the girl from the other day standing at the gates and Mash call her name, I could find my opinion slightly changing. Their conversation, after our initial introduction, turned into an odd conversation surrounding her roommate.

Mash seemed distraught at the fact that her roommate had proposed to her, or assumed Kat had proposed to her, but I had to agree that the situation seemed...interesting? I shake my head, my eyes landing on her shy and embarrassed figure, the colour added to her cheeks making me pause my thinking. 'I can see why a proposal took place.'

I bite my bottom lip slightly, as we continue walking, Mash now holding Kat's hand. Her strawberry blonde hair was long, reaching below her waist and her bangs covering her left eye, just like last time I saw her. "Why do you cover you left eye?" I couldn't stop the question from rolling out, covering my mouth as we get to the field and they stop walking.

She glances over at Mash, then the ground, before her blue eyes come into contact with my yellow ones. "Well..." She mutters, seemingly hesitant and I quickly interject, "Y-You don't have to answer if you don't want to!! It's inappropriate of me to ask! I'm so sorry, it's none of my business!" I bow quickly, feeling embarrassed as I rush away to a larger group of students, not bothering to look behind me, my face flushed red.