Books, Boys and Beds ( Markus x Simon College AU! 🎓)

II - It's the New Kid

After eating breakfast and saying goodbye to his older brother, Simon walked out the Manfred Mansion. He wore a really cheap jacket, unbranded shoes, no watch to be found on his wrist, his hair was messy and, in summary, he basically looked like someone going through their midlife crisis. But he made one thing sure, that his backpack had all the things he needed for the first day. A number of notebooks, books, about 30 pens, pencils and so on. They were the little things that made him proud.

He looked at their academy building and took a huge gulp. He felt intimidated, what if he failed here? How would Daniel react? What are the people like? Will he be bullied? Again..? What if someone knew about their family and mocked them for it? He asked himself so many questions, all of which bore no answer. Simon shook his head and tried to flush away all the negative thoughts, which he managed to do.

Lunch Break
Simon went to the cafeteria to get some food, when something caught his eye. It was a man, taller than him, dark skin, black hair, expensive clothes.

"He looks hot.." Simon said under his breath.

He blinked a few times and walked to get his food. But he wanted to check that guy out again. Who was he?

So, when he turned around again, he was surprised that a pair of blue and green eyes were looking at him. Maybe it was his blond hair that made him stand out. Or maybe his obviously cheap clothes. It didn't matter as he turned red and backed off a few steps.

"Hey! New kid," the taller man yelled.

Simon just continued to back off, and when he realized the other was going to approach him, he turned his back and moved out of the area. Fast.

"Does he know me?" Simon asked as he locked himself in the men's bathroom. He gave off a sigh of relief when he suddenly remembered that he'd left his lunch at a table while escaping earlier. He groaned and cursed himself for it.

CLASS

Class resumed but Simon felt wrong. He felt.. Strange. He'd normally listen to his professor, but he found himself doodling the hot guy from earlier. When he realized this, his eyebrows knitted together and he looked like a confused child.

"What the hell am I doing?" He asked while slapping himself.

He placed his sketchpad back and once again, listened to the class lesson. He found it boring, he already knew all of this. He already taught himself all of this. The same torment continued for half an hour when suddenly, he saw someone a few rows in front of him tilt his head back. It was him, that hot guy from earlier! He looked like he was trying to find someone. Simon lowered his head not wanting to see him again but he couldn't help but look up again, he was just too handsome. He was already looking at him when the blond boy lifted his head up, though. They shared an awkward five-second stare when the attractive guy suddenly gave him a wink. Simon's heart sunk. His face was as red as a tomato, something the other guy noticed and found cute. The older guy smiled and turned his head back to pay attention to the lesson.

"Holy fucking shit he's re- Wait did I just swear..?"

Simon ran a conversation with himself which continued for quite a while until the ring of the bell broke his daze.

"Time sure flies when there's a hottie a few feet away. Doesn't matter, I have to head home.."

He placed all of his things back into his backpack and walked off. Just as he was going to get a ride home, he felt a hand on his wrist. He froze.

Was this one of his many bullies? Someone who hated him? Someone who's going to hurt him?

He tried to break the connection but the grip was far too strong. It only hurt more when he fought back.