Among the Stars [BxB]

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A/N: This song is important(?) for later in this chapter for Reynold and Lucian. I honestly love this song and I would sing this at my wedding if I could... assuming I get married. Also, I can't sing for shit but 💜 Play it when the chapter tells you. Or you can just play it now. It's entirely up to you.

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[Lucian]

The school day had ended, and I was making a few rounds after school. It was raining outside, and the rumbling thunder made me slightly frightened. To top it off, the grey skies made each corridor in the school devoid of any light. It was dark, and the already gloomy atmosphere just felt even gloomier.

I felt a whiff of cigarettes stinging my nose as I walked down the last corridor, noticing light coming from one of the rooms.

I pushed the door open slightly, noticing a tall boy leaning against the window as he held a cigarette stick between his fingers.

I knew of only one idiot who openly smokes on school grounds and was insanely tall.

He turned his head to look at me, frantically hiding the cigarette before he realised it was me.

"Oh. It's just you. What are you doing in school so late?" He asked, puffs of smoke escaping his mouth with every word.

"My duties as a councillor. Now I am contemplating whether to bust you for smoking, or ask you what you're doing in school at this timing instead."

He pondered, stroking his chin sarcastically. "I'd go with the latter. I'm just serving detention. And decided to smoke because I got fucking bored."

I looked at him in shock. I never expected to see him actually serve detention when he would usually just skip it. He flicked the cigarette butt out of the window, grabbing a nearby broomstick and walking to a corner of the music room.

The tables and chairs were everywhere, and the dust was so thick it looked like live animals.

I dropped my bag at the side and grabbed another broom, sweeping another section of the room. I could see Reynold stopping in his tracks and staring at me with wide eyes.

"What are you doing??.."

"I'm helping you," I said as I continued sweeping the dust bunnies and the clutter of trash that has probably been in this room for years, "You can go home faster with my help, yeah?"

He merely nodded and continued sweeping the floor. The two of us remained in silence, cleaning the room and stacking up the chairs at one side of the room.

Reynold grumbled as he tossed the broom aside, clattering loudly against the floor.

I yelped in surprise, almost dropping the broom in my hand. I looked at him as he was pacing back and forth in frustration.

What's gotten into him now?

"This silence is killing me."

Tell me about it...

I whipped my phone out and scrolled through my music library. 

"A little music wouldn't hurt. It helps me work quicker too!" I suggested as I clicked on the very first song.

Everytime We Touch (Slow) by Cascada.

Now this was a good love song. Too bad I'm someone who has been single for his entire life. It's funny how love songs are what mainly makes up my playlist when in reality I am a complete stranger to love.