Moon Madness (High School Jelsa)

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It's pouring down, the rain. I'm starting to wonder if she's coming or not and for some reason my thoughts keep getting stronger as my wet clothes start to weigh on me.

"Okay, she's not coming," I sigh after looking at the time from my phone. It had already been an hour.

When I turn around I see a figure running to my direction. I wipe some of the water off from my face. It truly didn't feel like my own skin. I am a stranger even to myself now.

"Why aren't you wearing an umbrella?" Elsa pants after she got to me.

"I would if Hans had one but no...he doesn't," I reply to her sarcastically and push her umbrella back over her when she tried to offer me some shelter from the rain under her umbrella.

"It's useless, I am already soaked through," I laugh and sneeze.

"Well let's get going then before you catch a cold or something. I'm sorry but my sister took a bit longer to get ready for her date so the house wasn't free. I just can't bring Hans in our house otherwise," she explained and looks really sorry.

"It's fine, I understand...I guess... though I don't know what exactly this Hans has done," I hum and start to follow after her.

It was friday evening and we had agreed to go and search stuff about minds switching bodies. This part of town was really unfamiliar to me because my school was in opposite direction as well as my real home which is why she promised to pick me up.

"Hey...why are we going to subway?" I ask as she turns towards the stairs going down.

She folds the umbrella after giving it a shake to get most of the water off. Then she looks at me and smiles a bit.

"Well I always come to school by first taking a subway." she explains and my heart starts pounding as we go to this blue line.

"Wait a minute..." I hum as we wait for the ride.

Elsa wipes her ponytail behind her back and looks at me with questions all over her face.

"Something wrong?" She asks from me and just keeps staring.

"No...nothing" I mumble and the subway train comes to the station.

The airflow from the passing train made my skin feel cool as the result of the wet clothes on me. I rub my arms as we step inside a cart. I noticed her looking at me in a worried way.

"I am fine, I will feel warmer in a bit," I grin and keep rubbing my hands together as we sat down.

This subway line, I always took it while going to school. My school was just three stops ahead and we were going to opposite way. Maybe I have seen her in this train before? Now it was me who kept glancing at her.

"It's the next stop" she says casually and stands up. Yeah, I have probably seen her before. Well, I usually napped during the rides so just maybe...

"Hey, we need to get off" She says and pokes my shoulder with the umbrella.

I got up and went out from the train with her. The rain had stopped.

This station was just one station away from where my home was. Still I couldn't bring myself to tell her this. It was something that hurt, that I couldn't just go home looking like this, this stranger. We had been taking the same train, for who knows how long while I was still myself.

"It is just a little walk from the station. Are you really fine?" She asks and turns around to look at me as we pass the subway gates.

"Y-yeah," I say and realize immediately why she kept checking on me. My fingers were stiff from the cold as I passed my travel id on the gate and my body was shaking a bit as it tried to keep warm.

I hear her sighing and then she takes off a blue scarf which she had around her neck. She walks over to me and throws it over my shoulders and wraps it around my neck.

"I'm doing this for you Jack, though I am really bothered of Hans" she said and then smiled a bit again.

"T-thank you," I hum and lift the scarf to cover half of my face as I feel a sudden heat to rise on my cheeks.

When she began walking again and told me to follow I had this urge to just grab her hand. It had felt warm as she tied the scarf around me but well, I don't dare to do that. She hates this guy after all. What if she just still thinks that I'm trying to fool her?

Once we arrived to this big mansion I couldn't help but to whistle amazed. It made her giggle and grab my arm.

"Come on, quickly inside before any neighbour sees" She chuckles and pulls me inside this huge house.