The Birth of Venus || Various!TwistedWonderland X Siren!Reader

✧18. Dorms.✧

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Eventually, you were able to get lunch and you and your group sat down at a nearby table. You got a rather large steak. You won't lie, the sight of blood made you hungry for meat. Deuce and Ace sat down across from you, and Yuu and Grim sat down next to you. Deuce sighed, looking a bit disappointed. "I can't believe this." He shook his head. "Textbook bullies at an academy that's supposed to be famous for producing exceptional mages..."

Grim rolled his eyes. "Aw, get over it already. It's time to chow like the wind!" He took a few large bites of his food. "This omelet is as fluffy as a cloud, and practically burstin' with cheese!"Grim exclaimed excitedly, taking a few more bites. "So, I saw your guys' dorm, but what are the other ones like?" You looked down at your fork and knife, a little bit confused. In the ocean, you kinda... just ate with your hands, y'know? Obviously, eating with your hands is not the norm here, though. You hesitantly grabbed your knife and fork. You thought for a moment, you're really overcomplicating this.

You looked around, the boys were still busy talking about other dorms. Fuck it. You grab your fork and stab it into the steak, gripping the fork with your whole hand. You grabbed your knife and successfully cut off a slice of steak. You promptly shoved it into your mouth. This was so. Good. You didn't have a lot of time to enjoy your first bite of steak due to a rapidly approaching ginger. "I'm sure you're familiar with the statues of the Great Seven?
Night Raven College has a dorm themed after each one." You jumped at the sudden voice and the sudden feeling of hands on your shoulders.

Oh! It's the loud one!

"Bwah! You're that guy from this morning!" He pointed at Cater in an accusatory way as if it wasn't obvious. "Another astute observation from Ace, guys." You sassily ate another piece of steak. "You canNOT be saying that when you have the goofiest run I have ever seen." Ace retorted. "I'll remember this-" you were interrupted by Grim. "You tricked us into paintin' those dumb roses!" He accused Cater. You forgot that Cater's hands were still on your shoulders. Ew. Man hands. You shrugged his hands off.

"Tricked" is such an ugly word." Cater twirled a piece of hair in his fingers. "Do you think I wanted to spend MY morning painting roses? It's dorm policy! I was just following orders." Cater shrugged as he placed a hand on his hip. "And grinning like a fiend all the while." Deuce remarked. "Now, now, Deucey." Cater wagged his finger at Deuce. "Outside of the dorm, I don't care what rules you follow. Here, I'm just a friendly mentor figure!" Cater smiled. You deadpanned. "Yeah. A friendly mentor figure who literally pushed us out of your dorm but go off, I guess." You mumbled under your breath to no one in particular, earning a quiet snicker from Yuu.

"Please. Do NOT call me Deucey." Deuce frowned. You will definitely call Deuce "Deucey" later. A new boy appeared behind Ace and Deuce. "Ah ha ha. That's how Cater shows he cares." He gave a carefree smile. He had short, dark green hair. His eyes were a nice shade of amber and he wore full-rimmed glasses. On his left cheek was a small clover marking. He was older looking compared to Ace and Deuce. "And who are you?" Ace turned to look at the boy. "Ah, I should introduce myself. The name's Trey. Trey Clover. I'm a junior at Heartslabyul, like Cater here." Trey motioned to Cater before sitting down next to Deuce. Cater wedged his way in between you and Yuu, earning a bit of a side-eye from Yuu.

Trey's attention turned to you. "And you must be Y/N, the new prefect from that dump of a- ah, I mean, the "rustic" dorm"." You gave him a bit of a frown. "I heard the whole story from Cater. Thanks for looking out for our boys yesterday." Trey smiled at you. He sounds like a dad talking about his sons. You nodded in return. "I don't recall inviting you to sit with us..." Ace crossed his arms, his tone laced with sass. "Hey now, we're all from the same dorm, right? Let's try to get along. Here, gimme your digits." Cater took out his phone. You assumed he meant number so you opened your phone to the messaging app. "Me and Yuu just share a phone. It's easier." You explained as you handed Cater your phone. Yuu nodded. When Yuu enrolled, Crowley said that you two would just... share a phone for now. You feel like that arrangement is permanent, but whatever.