conversation hearts • malum ✓

february seventh

calum sighs, his morning off to a productive start. he's already made it to school and worked out, and he's finishing a shower in the locker room before class. he's got twenty-five minutes until the bell rings as he steps out, and walks over to his gym bag go change. nobody uses the locker room or works out before class the way calum does, so he's comfortable changing out in the open. the tan boy slides on his school uniform, pulling a cardigan over his usual attire.

calum takes the longer way to his first period class after going to his locker, passing michael's locker to see if they'd had a chance to see the conversation heart of the day that the tan boy had left there. calum smiles to himself when he sees michael had just gotten to their locker, holding the ziploc bag in their hand and smiling. calum keeps walking, and almost crashes into a girl trying to get into the library.

"shit, sorry," calum says to the short brunette.

"that's okay," she blushes. one of the most popular boys in school had just talked to her and touched her, and calum didn't ever realize the younger girl was freaking out. he moves on his way to class, and the small girl pulls out her phone to text her friend about the encounter.

calum makes it to philosophy just as the anthem starts, so he just puts his backpack down and stands next to his unassigned assigned seat.