Assessment of Abilities

Chapter 6 | Embarrassment

The start of term had begun. Virgil and Patton had started getting along much better after their talk; Virgil had become more relaxed around Patton, allowing his wings to be visible in the flat, Patton had stopped trying to pressure Virgil as much, it took a lot of restraint but Virgil appreciated the effort.

Virgil, when using his abilities, didn't realise how much energy they consumed, because as soon as he'd begun relaxing his powers at home, he suddenly felt as if he had a lot more energy. Said person was on his way to class, it was the fourth day and today he only had one 2-hour class for his minor subject, Textiles.

Once sat down at his a desk he pulled out his phone, Virgil had a tendency of being early to every class, not wanting to risk the embarrassment or anxiety of being late... Thus he sat and waited for the teacher and other students.

"Virgil?" Said person blinked and looked up from their phone, his expression clearly one of surprise when met with the sight of his flatmate. "Roman? You take Textiles as a minor too?" Virgil asked, raising a brow "Wouldn't have pegged you as the hands-on type" he smirked, putting his phone in his pocket and looking at Roman as he took the desk next to him.

"That's my line" Roman replied with a chuckle "Yes, well, I have theatre as my major, so it's only appropriate to be able to make my own costumes as well" he shrugged and pulled out his notebook and pen.

Virgil hummed with pursed lips before facing forward; the tutor entered and introduced themselves before beginning the lecture. The 2-hour lecture was mostly about the modules and exam timetable; though most exams were coursework based, Virgil still internally groaned, not liking the assessment parts of school...

After the lecture Virgil packed away his things silently before standing up, only to be stopped by a hand on his sleeved wrist "H-Hey wait..."

Virgil looked back to see a sheepish expression on Roman's face, an expression Virgil never thought he'd see on this man, needless to say, it took him aback "Roman?"

Roman cleared his throat and stood up, releasing Virgil's tiny wrist with a slight blush and turned his face away "S-Sorry I just... umm... do you wanna get a coffee or something? Patton's class doesn't finish for another hour and well... I thought we could... chat or something" he shrugged.

Virgil was extremely confused and trying his best not to take this offer for a beverage the wrong way "U-Uhh... I... Ummm... Okay?" he replied, he was mentally telling himself that there was no way Roman was asking him out with the cheesy 'wanna get a coffee' line.

Virgil and Roman had been getting along somewhat over the past month, though still pulling pranks and arguing now and then, it had become nothing but playful banter. Sure, Virgil thought Roman was fit, who wouldn't. Roman had even begun to find Virgil easy to talk to, and kind of cute when falling asleep on the couch late at night. However, both knew they would never initiate anything, even if Patton and Logan saw the attraction from a mile away.

Nonetheless, Roman and Virgil left the classroom together, going from the awkward proposition, right into talking about reasons why they joined the class, the awkwardness gone in an instant.

Meanwhile, in a certain cooking classroom, Patton stood at his station. Today's lesson was on cooking Spaghetti Bolognese; the one dish Patton still had trouble with...

"Patton, you're mince is burning..." the tutor mentioned over Patton's shoulder. Patton was currently sweating and panicking, as he bloody-well knew his mince was burning! He'd turned down the heat, constantly stirred it, but nothing seemed to help! This was always his issue with this dish...

"I-I know sir... I'm not sure how to avoid this..." Patton admitted, he was always one for learning new recipes and going the trial and error route multiple times, but this dish was really getting to him, he was now on the brink of tears, and the rest of the class could see it.