𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

★ 854 words ★

⎈"Jealousy"⎈

'Stay focused or you'll be caught!', you thought as you moved your gaze reluctantly from person sitting in front of your desk. Your eyes roamed at half written blackboard where professor Stein was writing something about actions you need to take to be unnoticed by the enemy. What a coincidence...

You sighed quietly and took a pencil that was lying at blank page of notebook. It started to getting out of control...

Your crush. He was the reason for your many problems. In last few days, even weeks you couldn't eat, sleep...EXIST properly. And that jealousy of yours. It was eating you up from the inside. Your conflicting emotions were the best pleasure for Ms. Jealousy.

Yes, it was a high level of envy. You could barely think about anything else...

You peeked again at his perfect soul. It was shimmering beautifully. You sighed again, this time a bit louder.

It was enough for Stein.

You suddenly felt a sharp pain on your right cheek. You blinked once...and twice...even three times and turned slightly. You saw a little knife sticked in Maka Albarn's desk. She looked at you, fear in her eyes. You touched your burning cheek and felt something warm flowing from it. You had no doubts. It was blood.

Professor Stein had a weird way to silence his students. Sometimes he cut someone's ear, nose, even a little of hair...and sometimes it was cheek.
You turned again to face him. He bit more on his cigarette.

- (Surname), next time I won't miss. - he said through clenched teeth. - Is it only me that have a feeling you've been somehow...absent?

You felt your cheeks got even more red. You actually hated to be in the centre of attention...And everybody was looking at you.

- I...um... - you stuttered.

- Maybe a good talk with Shinigami-sama will make you feel better. - Stein was a specific person. You had no idea if he liked you or not but at that moment - you hated him.

With your head down, you started walking downstairs to exit the class.

- Yes, professor. - you grunted and closed the door behind your back.

...

Conversation with Shinigami-sama wasn't that bad. He just made you smile a little and told you to work on focusing.

...

You sat on a little bench next to class and waited for ring.

Ms. Jealousy once again started filling your head with her presence.

Why were you jealous? Wasn't that obvious?

Just look at them. That team of three. Patty, Liz and Kid.

You actually liked Patty but...Liz. There was something about her that made your heart ache whenever she interacted with Death.

Besides...thought of him holding her all the time they were in danger, was making your stomach flip over. They were so close...
What was wrong with that? They were partners. Nothing more...

'Yeah right...'

Tears gathered up in corners of your eyes. You needed to escape from your thoughts.

...

Cold water was just what you needed. A little splash on your face helped you forget about your jealousy for a while. You looked at yourself in the mirror.

You were about to leave but someone opened the door. You couldn't see because of quickness of his moves. After few seconds you were standing against the wall, touching it with your back. Your heart was about to explode in your chest.

When you finally regained visual acuity you saw...your Crush.

'Wait a second...did he mistake girls bathroom with boys?', was your first thought...and it was actually the dumbest. 

He was standing so close to you. You could feel his hot breath on your cheeks. It was vexing your injury on right cheek.

- K-Kid...? - you whispered and he put a finger on your lips. He brought his face even closer to yours and murmured to your ear.

- Jealousy doesn't suit you. - his voice, so close to your earlobe...it was just...sensual. You felt very dizzy. You needed to put your hand on his shoulder.

- W-w...what? - you stuttered quietly. Kid leaned back a little to face you. Was it okay that your legs suddenly felt very weak when you looked straight into his golden eyes?

- There's nothing to be jealous about, (Name). - he purred sweetly, right into your ajar lips, touching them a little with every word. You were afraid to breath, like you were about to wake up from this dream.

Death pulled away and turned around to look at himself in the mirror. He adjusted his suit and peeked at you, a faint smile upon his lips.
When he was about to leave, Maka bumped on him. She gazed at him with shock.

- Kid?

- I was just checking the symmetry here. - Kid replied in calm tone and left. You were just standing there, leaning against the wall like it was the only thing keeping you on your legs.

Maka stepped closer to you.

- (Name)? Are you okay? - she put a hand on your shoulder. You slowly lifted your gaze and locked it into her eyes.

- I-I'm not sure...