The School of Stars - A Zodiac Story

Zodiac Chapter 7

Taurus' POV

The twelve of us soon formed an inseparable bond. People new us as a group, but we didn't really have a name. Soon, people started calling us the Zodiacs. Not that we were official or anything, but we just went with the name.

Everyday, we would meet up on the rooftop and hang out, or do homework. The rooftop was our special place. No one else knew about it, and we started treating it as if it were our own. We would send texts, like, "Meet at the rooftop at 5 today, I'm quite busy today." Or, "the rooftop today at 4." Those kinda texts.

One day, Aquarius brought up something important. "Guys, it's our final day of going home before we start to stay here overnight."

"Oh yeah! We could visit this place much more often, or chat in our dorm rooms," Gemini suggested, eating a bag of chips.

"Ooh! Can I have some? Please?" I reached my hand out, and Gemini passed me the chip packet. "Here, have it all." I grinned.

"Yeah... but, I'm kinda going to miss my family..." Cancer said quietly.

"No, please don't cry! You're going to make me cry!" Pisces hugged Cancer tightly.

"Oh, come on guys, it's not the end of the world! I mean, you're going to see them again during the holidays."

"Yeah... and besides, my sister is right here with me!" Gemini reminded.

"I wonder how you're going to cope in your dorm..." Virgo sighed. "It's going to be messy as heck there."

Capricorn rolled his eyes. "How messy could it probably be?"

Leo shrugged. "Dunno. I'm probably messier."

"Nah," Sagittarius laughed. "You should see my bedroom in the morning."

While Leo, Gemini and Sagittarius started a debate on who's bed is the messiest, I started chatting to Capricorn. Throughout the conversation, I caught Capricorn gazing towards Cancer a few times. 

"When are you going to ask her out?" I asked Capricorn.

"Who?" He asked. 

"Cancer," I calmly replied. Capricorn turned red. "Ooooh!" I added unhelpfully. 

"I don't know, maybe when we get closer?" Capricorn shrugged.

"You guys are already close. You're best friends."

"But what if Cancer only sees me that way?"

"Nah, I'm sure she likes you back."

"Huh? I heard my name!" Cancer ran over.

Capricorn looked anxious.

"Wait... are you guys... bad mouthing me?" Tears formed in Cancer's eyes.

"What... no..."

"Capricorn was just talking about what a wonderful friend you are, and how he's always going to have your back-" I piped in, but before I could finish, Cancer wrapped her arms around Capricorn. Both of them were blushing a lot. Cancer walked back to her friends.

"By the way, you guys talk loudly." She said. 

"Did she hear?" Capricorn looked worried.

"Probably... but it's fine."

"Yeah, I guess it is." Capricorn looked down at his shoes.

«Next Day»

Libra's POV

I dragged my suitcase across the sidewalk. I brought so many things - I wanted our room to be decorated. I was really excited - my form said that I shared a room with Aries. However, Cancer was in the same room, so there was going to be fighting between them. I sighed. It was hard to always be the peacemaker.

When I got into the room, Aries was sitting on the top bunk, looking through her phone, while Cancer was unpacking her bag. They weren't fighting - phew.

"Hey Libra, you could sleep below me!" Aries welcomed. Since she was there first, she chose the top bunk. Across our bunk was Cancer's bed.

Aries climbed down the ladder of our bed. "I'm gonna go use the bathroom for a sec," she said.

When I opened my bag, Cancer's head peeked from behind.

"Ooh! Decorations! Can I help decorate? I brought some too!" Cancer showed her decorations.

"Yay! Decoration buddies!" We chorused. This was going to be so fun!

Soon, the room was decorated. There were fairy lights on the walls, and pictures around the room. I even hung my paintings up.

"Whoa.. I didn't know you could paint so well!" Cancer complimented.

We started tossing the throw pillows around until Aries came.

"Whoa... what did you guys do to this place..." she began.

"Decorate!" We said excitedly.

"Eh, not bad. I could get use to this... you guys should do this as a living."

"Really?" Cancer asked.

"Nah, I think you'd rather become a Zodiac."

"That's true... but I could decorate my room when I buy a house. I'm going to buy a house in the future, and decorate everything, even Capricorn's room..." Cancer stopped there, and Aries and I just stared staring at her.

"Looks like someone has a crush on-" Aries started, but Cancer changed the subject. "Why don't we check out Virgo's room?"

"Good idea." I said quickly, and the three of us walked out.

When we finally found their room, we were excited. I knocked on the door, and Aquarius answered it. Their room wasn't as decorated as ours, but more cozy.

"Come in!" Aquarius greeted. The three of us walked in. 

"Your room is so much bigger than ours... wait, where's Virgo?" Cancer asked. Aries was already inside, chatting with Pisces.

"Oh... Virgo went to help Gemini unpack."

"Who's Gemini in a room with?" Pisces asked excitedly. "I'm going to go visit him!"

"Gemini... he's in a room with Leo and Capricorn."

Ugh. Capricorn. For some reason, I didn't like him as much. But I still remained friendly towards him!

We went to visit Gemini's room, since we still had time.

The boys' room were quite cool, but very plain. For some reason, Gemini was giving Pisces piggyback rides. Gemini was probably the most random person in the world. I mean, he showed no interest in Pisces, like talking or even meeting her, and now he was giving her piggybacks? Leo stared longingly at Virgo, wishing that he could piggyback his crush, but it would be a bit too weird. Since Gemini made friends easily, he was fine.

"Let's go back..." Cancer suggested, and we left.

Pisces' POV (3 POV's in 1 chapter?!)

My face turned red. 

"Virgo?" I asked quietly.

"Yeah?"

"I... I think I kinda like Gemini... over the past few days we've bonded, and I think I like him now."

"Uh... okay... but, why are you telling me this?"

"I don't know... I just want to get it off my heart, I guess." 

"Okay, I won't tell a soul!" Virgo said enthusiastically, which wasn't like Virgo.

At my time at this school, I've learnt a lot, like how not to be a pushover, and how to start taking responsibility for my own actions. I never wanted anything to change, and I was happy with things the way they are now. 

Unfortunately, I was about to find out how wrong I was.