They've both been hungry for a very long time. It's too bad their hungers aren't exactly the same.. and neither were their species.
Elias once had a friend. A best friend at that. Unfortunately, Elias's friend disappeared in his 2nd year of middle s...
"I-is this a joke?" I asked, staring up at Marion. Why were they acting as if they didn't know me? I mean, there's no one like me in the school. I'm a pretty big loser so it'd be hard not to know it was me.
Delphine stepped in. "I think Marion is a little shocked, as I am too."
"A little?" Marion echoed.
"Okay fine— a lot then."
"B-but why?" I asked. They didn't suddenly think I was weird, right? I didn't want to lose the first two friends I made this year! "Is there something wrong with me?"
"There is nothing wrong with you, Elias. You're just.. surprisingly.. prince like?"
"H-huh?"
"The ones we see in movies or posters."
I stared at her like a deer in headlights. What the fuck was she talking about?"
Delphine sighed, angry at herself for not being able to get her point across. She paused for a second and thought. "Well.." Delphine began, "you are a very, very, very pretty boy."
I stood at her in shock. "I-I'm pretty?"
"Yes. We're shocked because we've never seen your face before. Your hair covered everything." Marion chimed in, apparently out of her shock now. I was caught off guard by what they were saying. Was that why people were looking at me? Was I— the known loser— actually pretty? There was no way. Marion and Delphine were probably just encouraging me.
"Hey Elias!" I heard a familiar, annoying voice say. I didn't have to turn around to know who it was.
"Hi James and Kuro." I deadpanned.
"Hey! Why do you sound so annoyed by us?!" James pouted and swung an arm around me. I was getting used to how annoying he was.
"Maybe because you're a loud dick." Kuro said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh cmon, at least I'm not boring like Elias."
"What?! B-boring?!" I exclaimed.
I whipped my head around to face James and Kuro, but they just looked at me in silence. Their eyes trailed my body up and down and finally landed on my face. Oh gosh. Please don't joke about my hair. I couldn't take another one of their jokes or my self esteem would seriously be thrown out the window (if I had any left).
"Are you like.. a secret model or something?" James asked.
I glared at him. "S-stop making fun of my face." I angrily said.
"But we're not." Kuro chimed in.
"Whatever! Let's just g-go to class." I groaned.
I was really wishing I wore a hoodie to cover my face.
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Before I knew it, it was lunchtime. My class had been dismissed late and the registers were closed. I looked around for James, Kuro, Delphine and Marion. They were nowhere to be seen through the large cafeteria. Every seat was taken and I didn't even have a lunch. What kind of bad day is this?!
I awkwardly stood to the corner and hid, still searching for the group. I had been constantly stared at today. The teachers mistook me for a new student and someone even asked me if I needed a tour around the school. Usually, no one even talked to me. And usually, Brian would have teased me by now.
I didn't get it. I was wearing a sweatshirt that I occasionally wear and pants that I always wear to go with it.
Did they really never notice me? Am I ugly? Why are people looking? I should've stayed home. Is my hair bad? Should change into a hoodie? Thoughts ran through my head. I wasn't a very confident person, and whatever was going on was making me even less confident.
I tried ignoring the thoughts and scanned my eyes across the lunchroom, again.
Instead of seeing my friends, my eyes landed on Kaiden.
He was sat at a table filled with boys. One of them was talking to him and was playfully nudging him. Every single person at that table was known. Even Brian was there and I hated his guts. I didn't know how Kaiden had already made friends. Usually, he doesn't talk at all and honestly, he's a bit unapproachable.
I watched as a girl sat down next to Kaiden and smiled at him. She was so close to him. It bothered me. I could feel my stomach tighten and my fists clenching up at the sight. She looked like a girl anyone would want: Blonde hair, blue eyes, skinny, cute.
She wore makeup and rested her arm against Kaiden's. She pushed her long hair back and pulled her shirt down a little. I knew what she was doing and I hated it. I hated watching her trying to get a reaction out of Kaiden. I narrowed my eyes at her and watched as she talked and laughed. Kaiden wasn't making a move to stop her from getting closer to him. She was all up in his space.
I felt the mark on my wrist ache.
I hate her. I thought. Dumb bitch.
Kaiden turned around and met my eyes. He sat still for a second, examining me. He glanced at the girl then at me. It was sudden, but he smiled and I felt myself tense up. Smiles didn't look very.. appealing on Kaiden. It was more like intimidating.
Something about the look in his eyes told me that he understood what I was feeling. It was almost like he was looking through me.
Kaiden shoved the girl off of him and stood up to walk towards me. He didn't even glance back at her. He didn't even tell her where he was going. He didn't even make a move to brush her off.
And there was something wrong with me.
I liked how he left her behind. I liked how he kept his eyes only on me more.
Usually I didn't have bad thoughts about someone and usually I wasn't easily jealous.
But today, the word "usually" felt alien to me.
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