Wizard's Wish - (Kinda) Yandere SGE x reader

Chapter 20: I Have a Prince

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The faculty of the School for Good and Evil had seen many things over the years. They had seen students pathetic in the first year end richer than kings. They had seen Class Captains flame out by the third year and end as pigeons or wasps. They had seen pranks, protests, and raids, kisses, vows, and impromptu love songs.
But they had never seen an Ever and a Never hold hands in the lunch line.

"Are you sure I won't get in trouble?" said Sophie, noticing them glaring from balconies.
"If you're good enough for me, you're good enough for a basket," said Tedros, pulling her forward.
"I suppose they should get used to it," Sophie sighed. "I don't want any trouble at the Ball."

Tedros' hand stiffened on hers. Sophie turned bright red.
"Oh... After last night, I just assumed..."
"The Everboys took an oath we wouldn't propose before the Circus of Talents," Tedros said, tugging at his collar. "Espada said it's tradition to wait until the Circus Crowning, the night before the Ball."
"The night before!" Sophie choked. "But how do we match colors and plan our entrance and–"

"This is why we make the oath." Tedros took his wicker basket of lamb sandwiches, saffron couscous, and almond mousse from green-haired nymph. "And one for the lady as well."
The nymph ignored Sophie and held out a basket to the next Ever. Tedros seized the handle. "I said one for the lady,"
The nymph tightened its grip on the basket,
"Lamb is hard to digest anyway," Sophie fretted–

But the prince held on until the nymph surrendered the basket with a grunt. Tedros handed it to Sophie. "Like you said, they better get used to it before the Ball."
Her eyes widened. "You'll... take me?"
"You're so beautiful when you want something."
Sophie touched him. "Promise me," she said, breathless. "Promise me you'll take me to the Ball." Tedros looked down at her soft hands, holding the laces of his shirt.
"All right," he exhaled finally. "I promise. But tell anyone and I'll put a snake in your corsage."
With a squeal, Sophie threw herself into his arms. She could plan her gown after all.

With that, the recently #1 Ever and recently #1 Never, storybook enemies in body and soul, sat hand in hand under a towering oak. Tedros suddenly noticed all the Evers glaring at him, stunned by his disloyalty. Sophie saw Nevers, who she had preached to for weeks about Villain Pride, glower at her, betrayed.

Tedros looked over in the clearing, eating her lamb sandwich and feeding Orion pieces of it as Agatha sat beside her, nose in book. He waved at her, but in response, he only got a slightly depressed hand wave from Y/n. He was tempted to go to her instead of Sophie, to ask her what was wrong. to hug her, but he didn't.

"What's the plan now?" Y/n asked, patting Orion on the head.
"Y/n! Do you want my dessert?" Chaddick asked, walking up to her and Agatha.
"Hm?" Y/n asked, quite confused.
"Well, just noticed you seem quite down at the moment," said the boy, scratching his neck nervously. "So I thought maybe it could cheer you up. I understand it must be hard when your prince leaves you for a Never."
"Oh, um... that's very nice, but me and Tedros were never da-"
"No, you could take my mouse!" Another boy said.
"No, take mine!"

"That's quite sweet of you all, but I'm fine," Y/n said and tried to wave them off. But in the end she had about 20 boys desserts, which Agatha and Orion were quite happy to share with her, and Y/n also gave a few to Hort, who seemed quite heartbroken.
"Mmm! I hate boys, but I don't mind this," Agatha said as she ate her fourth dessert. "But I don't think we need to be worried, because I think Sophie's forgetting a very important thing, now that she's number 1,"

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"To win a Trial by Tale is one of the greatest honors at the School for Good and Evil," Pollux declared, head back next to Castor's on their massive dog body. With fifteen Forest Group Leaders behind him, Pollux peered down at the students, gathered after breakfast in the Theater of Tales.