Beautiful Disaster [Stingue]

Won't Give Up on Us

The first quarter had just ended, and Rogue felt even more miserable than usual when his report card came in. He only had one A and the rest were C's and D's. He had tried so hard to keep his grades up but his lack of sleep and overwhelming anxiety plus stress had been restricting him from his goals. He also had trouble concentrating in class and was often tired 24/7.

Ever since the second day of school, Sting and Rogue hadn't spoken to each other. Well, not in person. Sting attempted to talk to him a few times after the incident, but Rogue gave him the cold shoulder and shut him out completely. So Sting started sending him little notes in his locker. Every time Rogue opened his locker, a fresh new note would fall out. Rogue could've even sworn that Sting was starting to follow him home, because he could smell his scent whenever he stepped out of his apartment. Rogue was really confused about all this. Why would somebody treat him so badly and then try to apologize? Why should anybody need to apologize to him, anyway? Rogue saw himself as a worthless being who didn't even deserve the "gift" of life. He just didn't get why Sting was trying so hard to say sorry when he didn't need to. Rogue didn't want to have to do anything with anybody from this school. He just wanted to be alone.

The black-haired mage walked up to his locker and put in the combination. As expected, a new piece of paper fell out onto his book. Rogue couldn't help but to open it, as he was curious to find out what this one read.

"Dear Rogue,

Plz c me after the assemblee today! I hav no idea what the assemblee is for but please come talk 2 me afterwards..I want to tell u something in person.

-Sting"

Rogue found a small amount of amusement in Sting's misspelling of the word assembly. Before he could place the note back into his locker with the pile of all the previous ones, the loudspeaker came on.

"All students please report to the auditorium."

Rogue closed his locker and shoved the note into his backpack as he scurried into the auditorium. He sat down in a corner away from the rest of his peers. Principal Jiemma walked in moments after causing the audience to shut up immediately. They were all well afraid of him.

"Today we have a very...special meeting," Jiemma said through the microphone.

Whispers emerged throughout the crowd. They all looked panicked and worried, clearly aware of what this "special" meeting was all about. Rogue stared at a small speck of dust in the corner, completely ignorant to the events around him.

"Silence!" the principal yelled. The room was silent once again.

"Who could it be this time..." Sting mumbled from the other side of the auditorium. He looked at Minerva, hoping she knew the answer.

"Some poor bastard who's about to have his ass handed to him," Minerva said with a sigh.

Yukino shuddered as she remembered herself being in that position before. One time, she failed to win first place at the state competition and ended up being harassed in front of the whole school. It was a terrible night for her; she ended up being kicked out of the school and had to do a lot of make up work plus extra tutoring/training to be accepted once again. Since she was close with Minerva, she actually had a chance into getting back in. Without her, Yukino would've never been allowed to step foot in the school ever again.

"Rogue Cheney, please step forward," Principal Jiemma said briskly.

Sting's eyes widened. "Wait, what the hell? Did I hear that right?" He turned to Yukino and Minerva. "Tell me I didn't hear that right!"

"The new kid? But why!" Yukino cried, her hands trembling. "He didn't do anything wrong!"

"I heard his grades have been significantly low," Rufus said from beside them. "That's the reason why."