A Poisonous Beauty

/3/ Rumors Spread

"You're dating The Neige?!" Your group yelled in unison. "Since when?"

"You're gay?" Ace added.

Some of the other students starting to give you looks now. Some curious while others just seemed more so irritated.

Yet you were hardly paying much attention to them. Only further reading the news that Cater was showing you. Feeling that these people were really only grasping at anything they could.

That was incredibly weird. You had only spoken to Neige a handful of times due to VDC. Though, the people and news reporters likely didn't know that... But still.

You then managed to process their questions. Sending a glare towards Ace specifically.

"Why does that matter?" You crossed your arms. Slowly bringing your tone back down again. "And No, I'm not dating Neige. I don't even know him that well."

"Really~?" Cater teased with a light laugh. Seeming to already know. He pulled his phone away from you to type at it again.

"Oh Cater... This is ridiculous." You muttered under your breath. Before an idea struck you. "Couldn't you tell people that it's just a rumor?"

"I could. Butttt.." His usual smile seeming to falter for a brief moment. Unusually so.

"It's unlikely people will believe it now," Ace finished for him. Sighing at the thought. "Almost everyone is going to hear about that."

"Exactly," Cater agreed.

You facepalmed harshly with a shake of your head. Your initial panick becoming more frustrating by the minute. It was bad enough you still weren't allowed to see Grim. And now you had to deal with this.

Deuce frowned at your reaction. Placing a hand on your shoulder. "You still have that phone the Headmaster gave you, right?"

"Well, yeah. I do?" Your (e/c) eyes met his questionably.

"Why don't you talk to Neige about this?"

"Yeah. Might be a better idea than how your taking this," Ace snickered. Receiving another glare.

Your thoughts were put to a halt at his suggestion. It was actually kind of daunting to have to speak to Neige about this of all things. But he was already apart of this anyhow, so it was more or less logical. Some of his fans at least were likely to believe him.

"I guess, it couldn't hurt," you finally agreed, receiving a nod from Deuce. "Thank you, Deuce."

Your (s/c) hand already moving to get your phone from your pocket. Another idea hitting you. One that would definitely help in the long run. "Cater?"

"Yes~?" His usual smile had thankfully returned. You didn't think it'd be right to see him without it.

Especially when his eyes lit up at your next question, "Do you think you could help me use Magicam? I think I'll be needing it for this.."

|Time Skip|

You tapped your fingers against the desk anxiously. Seeing as this was the last class before everyone would get ready for the festival tonight. But not even Professor Trein drowning on could do anything. Instead, it had the same emptiness.

However, it did seem to do it for Ace. Who had almost immediately fallen asleep. And you couldn't even quite blame him. You kept both him and Deuce up late when looking for Grim. Plus, it was just a normal occurrence that Proffesor Trein's voice bored people to no end.

Deuce noted the male sleeping next to him with a sigh. Meeting your (e/c) eyes with a look that conveyed his annoyance. Though, you'd have to admit, he wasn't much better about paying attention unfortunately. But he's doing his best.