Mermaids and Men [mlm]

15. I'm Crazy for You and You Know It Too

Throughout the day, Nicki and Elijah were acting like total lovebirds, always exchanging looks with one another, or passing notes. It was such a cheesy, lovey-dovey thing for Nicki to do, but he definitely wasn't complaining. Elijah had him going soft, for sure, but Nicki didn't mind. If anyone in this town could get away with making Nicki a lovesick softy, it would be Elijah most definitely.

In English class, Elijah was sitting in his usual seat in the next row, about three seats up from Nicki. Nicki had sketched something onto a piece of paper and then crumpled it up, making sure the teacher wasn't looking before tossing it in Elijah's direction, and smacking him in the shoulder. Elijah looked over his shoulder, spotting Nick grinning at him, which had him playfully glaring in return. He bent down to grab the crumpled-up paper, then sat back up, glancing over at Nicki once more before bringing his attention down to the paper in his hands, slowly uncrumpling it. Elijah couldn't stop the smile from spreading across his face as he stared down at the little drawing. It was a cute doodle of Nicki and Elijah as little cartoon, animated-like versions of themselves. Cartoon Nicki had Elijah held extremely close to him, his lips pressed to Elijah's cheek, giving him one big smooch. Cartoon Elijah was blushing like crazy and had a happy smile on his face, hands gripping tightly onto Nicki's shirt. Above their heads were three hearts-- the whole thing had Elijah's heart fluttering; it was absolutely adorable.

Of course, Elijah wasn't going to let Nicki know that. He raised his hand up and flipped Nicki off, not once turning to look back at him. Nicki could tell Elijah was blushing though, which only had him smirking even more, letting out a small chuckle. Elijah opened up his binder and slid the drawing into one of the slots; he was going to keep it to himself that he kept this drawing.

Eventually, lunch came around, and Nicki was already making his way towards his usual table, tray in hand. "Hello, my lovelies," the male Siren greeted, sitting down next to Aveline, on the left side, both Rose and Natalie in the seats in front of them. "Hey! Did you... See that the video of Natalie was removed from Zandra, Reagan, AND Richie's accounts?" Aveline questioned, looking at him completely baffled. Nicki's brows raised in surprise and he turned to Natalie, who nodded her head in confirmation. "Yeah. I, uh... I checked last period and they weren't there, and they haven't been reposted. With the amount of times it got reported and taken down, they still kept reposting them... But not this time? Usually, it'd be right back up immediately," she mumbled with a frown. Nicki hummed in thought, brows furrowed. "Well... Isn't that a good thing?" he asked. "Well, yeah it is, but... It's not like them to just give up on reposting it, so..."

She had a point.

Soon, Alex, Logan, and Colin came making their way over to their table and took their seats. "Hey, did anyone else see that the video got taken down and wasn't reposted? Colin and I went on to report it again and stick up for you in the comments like we've been doing, but we saw that it wasn't there," Logan spoke the minute he sat down. Everyone nodded their heads. "Yeah, have you heard anything about it?" Rose questioned, knowing Logan and Colin were sometimes around Richie and the others since they were on the same football team. "No, we haven't been around them. We actually just told the coach we were quitting the team today, so... We won't be around them anymore at all, thankfully," Colin answered. Natalie just pursed her lips in thought, confused as to what was going on. Suddenly, her eyes landed on Elijah stepping out from the lunch line and making his way further into the cafeteria. "Oh, it's Elijah! Maybe he knows?" she spoke, which had everyone turning to look. Nicki's face instantly brightened up once his eyes met Elijah's, and then he quickly motioned for the man to come over. Elijah began making his way over towards their table, his eyes glancing over at the table he usually sat at, spotting Reagan and her other plastic friends. They hadn't noticed him yet, thankfully. He was still a bit nervous to sit with Nicki, but he honestly couldn't stand another minute being around those jackasses.