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﹏ㅤ✦ㅤ( O1 ) ㅤTHE IKEA KIDS ₍ᐢ. ̫ .⑅ᐢ₎ ㅤ— ㅤJ. VIPER ㅤ+ ㅤK. AL ASIM ㅤ+ ㅤN. VIPERㅤ !

There are people that we look up to, swear to become one day, no matter how 'impossible.' There are also people we look down upon, people we swore to our parents we'd never become. Yet, we become them anyway because nothing else is good enough. (inspired by sk8, but not really.)

ONE. TWO. THREE.

It doesn’t matter how many times you see the faces around you, there will only ever be two that actually matter to you. Don’t misunderstand, you love your family, it’s a genetic obligation, but if you got to choose who raised you these people would be your last pick. They don’t care about you and you don’t care about them, it’s just the sad truth.

You jumped out the window and landed in front of your skateboard. You picked it up and walked down the narrow path on the side of your house. You flipped the building, as you usually do when you leave and tossed your skateboard down, riding off to a familiar meeting place.

You dodged the hanging vines of trees that grew abundant in your area, your movements on beat with the music blasting in your ears. You rode past the wonderland of houses until you reached the main streets, the busy ones. You kicked up your board to run across the long street and were back on it the moment you hit the sidewalk. You continued your way past small shops, waving to the people you knew as you passed.

“Oh, Yn! Good morning! You’re here earlier than usual.”

You tail scraped your board to a stop and tossed the familiar shophand a smile, “Morning, Najma.”

“Jamil is just getting ready upstairs, I fixed you some breakfast while we wait!” Najma grinned, placing the doorstop under the glass door.

There was something about their small shop that never failed to put a smile on your face upon entering. No matter where you smelled the cinnamon scent or saw the warm red color of the walls it always brought back swell memories.

“Any new, exciting stories to share?” She asked while she prepared you a plate of her cooking.

You let out an exasperated sigh, sitting in your usual seat, “I’d hardly call them ‘exciting,’ but I suppose I do have something to share. You know that convenience store just a way down from here?” You pointed out the direction so she’d have an idea.

“Yea, mhm.”

“Kalim and I met a couple kids there, an interesting lot.” You nodded, your volume lowering and it became yourself you were talking to, “One in particular caught my attention, I wonder what he was playing…”

“Yn, you’re talking to me,” Najma laughed, placing the food in front of you.

“Ooh, smells good in here!” Another voice took the words out of your mouth. You both turned to the door and there in his usual attire stood Kalim.

“Morning, ‘Lim!” Najma waved, “Yn was just telling me about those kids you met at Sam’s!”

Kalim took a seat next to you, watching Najma prepare his breakfast with the eyes of a little kid. You snapped to bring his attention back to her question and not just her food.

“What? Oh, those kids. They were pretty cool!”

“Who was?”

You groaned, hating to hear the same explanation over again, “One of these days we’re gonna replace you with your sister.”

Kalim laughed, but still ran him up to speed, “They both had blue hair, nobody ‘round here is bold enough to dye their hair like that, excluding us obviously! One of them actually looked a little younger than your sister.”

“Really,” Jamil raised a brow. They both thanked his sister when she brought them their food.

“Yea!” Kalim answered, mouth stuffed with bread.

“What was he like?” Najma asked, sitting next to her brother, “If you start hanging out with the older one, it’d be really cool having a younger brother!”

“You have a brother.”

“I know, Jamil, but a little brother!”

For the rest of the morning you talked about all sorts of things, their importances varied from subject to subject, until customers started coming and Najma had to excuse herself. You handled the dishes after that while Jamil fetched his things for your departure.

“Do you think we’ll run into them at the skatepark?” Kalim asked, tapping the tip of his board onto the floor gently.

“Doubt it. They’ve been here long enough to know Sam’s is the place to go for literally everything, actually, they’ve been here long enough to know that place exists. It easily hides from new eyes.” You explained, shaking the water off your hands, “Though if we do it’ll be a treat, the tall one was so frightened it was actually funny. What was his name again?”

“I have it here!” Kalim checked the sides of his backpack and pulled out a small piece of paper. “The taller one, Idia. The younger one, Ortho.”

“Hm,” you hummed, walking over to the staircase that led to the sibling’s living quarters, “Jamil! We’ll wait for you in the front!”

You listened for his quick “Okay!” before you and your other friend made your ways outside.

“Think we should stop by the high school and see if they're there?” Kalim suggested.

“No, dumbass, that’s creepy and I’m enrolled there! They’ll make me stay for sure.” You opened your phone, checking your socials for anything before settling with scrolling through TikTok. You leaned your head on Kalim’s shoulder, sharing your screen with him as you waited.

“Man, you’re slow,” Kalim commented when Jamil finally decided to join you.

“Let’s go get lunch at Uncle Sam’s before we go to the skatepark, looks like a newbie’s challenging Lily to a skate match or whatever.” You turned your phone off and got on your board, the other two following.

“Really? Wow, there hasn’t been one in years! Way before Yn and I started going!” Kalim kept a steady pace at the same speed as you.

“And there is a reason for that. They can get dangerous.” Jamil, the only one out of you three that has even been to a TSM, kept at a distance behind you both.

“Oh, how dangerous? The skatepark was pretty much made for babies!” Kalim rolled his eyes, turning around to face him.

“The TSM’s do not take place in the skatepark, Kalim.” You could hear him shake his head at his words.

“Then where?” You asked, finally getting interested in the conversation, “What does TSM even stand for?”

Jamil sighed, clicking the button at the intersection, “To make this quick, a TSM is a Twisted SkateMatch, the term isn’t used as often as it used to be-”

“Why not?” Kalim got back on his board when you could finally cross, though you and Jamil decided to walk across.

“There’s no need for it until recently, if Yn is right. It depends on what is being challenged, the Tsunotaro and Lily decide where it will take place. They never reuse a location and each time it gets increasingly dangerous.”

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junoie · 2 years

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𖨂 THE BICKERING OF BEASTS!

🕹⸝⸝ ♡ ꒱﹕ PLOT \ the prefect caught the attention of a certain lion and dragon, call it simping or being 'down bad.' whatever it is, the heartslabyul duo and grim have made it a competition and compete they will.

A CLEAN BOARD WITH TWO NAMES!

Being an object of interest for a lion and dragon, isn’t as dangerous as it sounds. At any and all costs they’d keep you safe, that was the only thing they agreed upon. It wasn’t dangerous, no, it was quite amusing how they took it upon themselves to go to any lengths if it meant impressing you.

You stared at the mountain of gifts in the reflection of the mirror. You weren’t ignorant to what the Lion and Dragon dorm leaders were doing: trying to buy your approval with nice things, helping at every chance they got, goodness, they even showed up to class if you had it together! You chuckled at the thought of them, pinching your nose with your index finger and thumb. Your favorite duo and familiar were sorting the gifts (the ones from malleus and from leona) and counted how many from each.

“Finally! We’re done!” Ace jumped to his feet while Deuce did a final count.

Grim yawned and stretched on Ace’s head, supposedly he took this time to take a nap, “Done? Done already?”

“Yes, though, you weren’t much of a help,” Ace complained.

You rolled your eyes and lifted a finger to point at the large whiteboard across from them, “Now that you’ve finished, explain that for me would you?”

“Yea, sure.” Deuce rose and wrote two words on the whiteboard, separated by a two lines line:

“That looks like a score board?” You noted, matter-of-factly.

“Because, it is.” Ace said, “We will use it to track the competition!”

“What competition?” You knew what competition, you just hoped it’d end if you never acknowledged it. The three stared at you with looks that made you feel stupid, as if they read your mind.

“The competition for your heart, Yn! It starts… Now.” Ace announced while Deuce wrote the date on the board.

From then on the three became your (unofficial) scorekeepers. Everywhere you went at least one of them followed closely behind, when the others couldn’t. Of course, if you asked they’d back away but for the time being you’d humor them.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

“Yn.” You looked up from your book to Leona and followed his glaring eyes to find Malleus, the one who called you. You were studying while Leona laid in the beanbags of the library.

“Oh, Mally, hi!” – Leona scoffed and rolled his eyes at the nickname, Malleus smiled as he always did at the sound of it. – “I was wondering if you’d assist me in my research for our Astrology Class?”

Your eyes widened in surprise, “You need my help?”

“Yes, the stars themselves have never really interested me, therefore, my knowledge on them is… lacking.”

“Actually, Yn is helping me with my project. Ask Lilia or something.” Leona forced out, he didn’t fancy the idea of you and the dragon working together, much less alone together.

“Woah Woah, we could work together, right? The maximum in a group is three, so?” – You let them draw the conclusions in their heads – “Let’s work together!”

They gave you mixed emotions, Malleus looked relieved that he’d be able to intervene between any advances Leona would make on you; and Leona was quite pissed off by that. Nevertheless, they both agreed with:

“Oh, splendid idea, child of man.”

“Ugh, fine. If we fail it’s his fault.”

SOMEWHERE NEARBY જ

"Hello." The trio nearly screamed when a certain fae teleported in front of them. Ace, the first one to recover, pulled them all behind the bookshelf.

"What the hell, man?" Ace whispered, glancing up to where you were, just to make sure you didn't notice.

"Technically, I'm not 'man' but we can clear that up later." – Lilia straightened out his clothing before proceeding. – "You're spying on my dorm leader."

They blinked, Grim was the first to speak. "Well, we aren't here for that weird dragon guy... we're spying on Yn."

"Why?"

"Because it is out job as the SKT?" Ace interjected.

Lilia frowned, "SKT?"

"ScoreKeeping Trio." Deuce answered, taking over, "You see that?" – he pointed in your direction. "We are scorekeeping to see which one is able to win Yn's heart, Yn called it a 'competition' and it stuck."

"So Yn started this?"

"So now you're giving them our credit?!" Grim was far from happy to hear Lilia's question, but he maintained a low voice.

"No no, I was clarifying." Lilia dismissed.

#THE SCOREKEEPER TRIO’S GOOGLE DOC:

3/30 (3:30 PM) - +1 FOR MALLEUS!

ACE: malleus was happy with what yn chose and showed no hesitance in agreeing! he also

GRIM: AND HE LOOKED GENUINE 2 😩‼

DEUCE: grim, why those emojis?

GRIM: YALL CALL IT 'DADDY MATERIAL?' 😍🤪

GRIM: PLS YALL THINKIN IT 😩 😇

CALLING ALL REPRESENTATIVES!

So it started, Challenge One for Malleus and Leona (we’ll call this ‘An Astronomical Impact.’) The challenge went on even when you weren’t present. I’ll let Ruggie explain this one, though.

You sat in the cafeteria with your lunch, waiting for the ADeuce Duo before you started eating, because unlike Grim you had manners. You played with your food with a rather bored expression when someone cleared their throat somewhere around you. You looked up: Grim was still devouring his food and the Duo were still in line, you looked behind you and locked eyes with Ruggie (the vice dorm leader of Savanaclaw.)

He tossed up the wrapped sandwich in his hand and caught it, grinning from ear to ear at you, “Heya, Yn!”

“Hello, Ruggie?” – You smiled when he nodded – “We have a few classes together… we’ve also met in the Botanical Garden.”

“Bingo! I just wanted to officially meet who’s the cause of my dorm leader’s sudden care about school, and to thank you, of course.”

“Oh? What do you mean?” Your smile turned to one of confusion, but stayed a smile regardless.

“You haven’t seen? Leona is actually getting good grades, many say it’s thanks to you! They say the same for that dragon dude.” Ruggie waved off the topic of the latter rather quickly. “Anyways, I gotta get Leona his lunch before he gets cranky- er, I mean, uh, impatient. If I find the time, I’ll see you later.”

“Oh, of course.” You nodded, respectfully and the hyena walked off.

“He seems nice,” Ace noted, setting his tray down next to you, Deuce doing the same but next to Grim.

“Yea-”

“We shouldn’t trust it!” Grim exclaimed before you could get anything out, “Leona might be using his vice leader’s kindness to get to us!”

“Yn.” Deuce corrected.

“No, us.” Ace butted in, “If either of them do start dating Yn-”

“He starts dating all of us,” Grim completed to which they fist bumped.

You shook your head, “Since when?”

“Since we became your SKT?” Ace explained, “ScoreKeeping Trio!”

“It symbolizes a new level of closeness between us all that your average person can’t achieve!” Grim added.

You and Deuce were still confused, but he seemed to get it a tad bit more than you. “Oh, so we’re like Yn’s family?”

Your face lit up at that question, “Yes, of course you all are!”

The other two nodded, “Our point exactly.”

With that the bell rang and lunch was concluded. You all departed, You and Ace walked together to your next class. The day continued like that, Ace switched with Grim and with Grim you walked off campus to meet the trio.

Or were supposed to.

"Hello."

"OW!" You bumped into someone's forehead, somebody who wasn't hanging upside down a moment ago.

Grim jumped into battle position at the sight of Lilia, "Hey! It's the weirdo from the library!"

"Weirdo? Hm, not quite that either. We'll work on it." Lilia flipped over gracefully so his feet were on the same ground as yours.

"I've met your cat and little friends?–"

"Hey, who're you calling little?!" Grim defended, "Look at yourself!"

LIlia ignored his statement and motioned for you both to follow him, "Allow me to walk you to Heartslabyul while we talk. Ahem, as I was saying, I'm Lilia Vanrouge. Vice dorm leader of Diasomnia."

"Oh!" You snapped, with your fingers, "I've heard about you from Mally!"

"Mally?"

"It's their nickname for your dorm leader, do I need to explain it?" Grim answered, still not thrilled with the fact Lilia was walking you to Heartslabyul.

"Ah, I see." – Lilia nodded – "Hopefully all good things?"

"Yes of course, I hear you're a great dorm leader." You nudged his shoulder.

Lilia's posture straightened more than it already was at your compliment, if that was even possible. "Thank you."

For the rest of the way you walked in silence, talking here and there,, but it wasn't awkward it was a comfortable quiet.

"This is where I leave. Enjoy your time here," Lilia bowed politely and teleported away, just outside the heart shaped bushes of Heartslabyul.

"Thank you, Lilia, we will." You nodded.

"Yea yea, whatever." Grim rolled his eyes, not stopping.

You stared in amazement, the air in which Lilia just occupied was now empty with no trace of him. Teleportation, a fascinating thing.

In a moment you were within HEartslabyul walls

In a moment you were within Heartslabyul walls, in another you were in the 1st year's chambers, and in the last you were in Ace’s room where Deuce and he waited.

“Hey, guys.” You tossed your bag onto the floor and crashed on his bed. “Man, today was a long day.”

“You took a while, did you get food or something?” Ace watched Grim go through your bag looking for any leftover snacks.

“No, we didn’t.” – You rolled onto your stomach – “Lilia walked us here, he is as kind and Malleus made him out to be.”

“Kind?” They all asked at the same time.

“Did you not hear him call me a cat?!”

“I’m sorry, but who could blame him?” You raised a brow. “Would you prefer him call you a rat or a seal?”

“No! But I still don’t like him.”

“Me neither, he gave us a scare at the library.”

“Did he say why he gave you a scare?”

“Something about spying on his dorm leader,” Deuce explained.

“Which you were?”

“No, we were spying on you and you were aware!” Grim started tossing your things out of your bag in search.

“Hey-”

“What did you think of him?” Deuce asked, pulling out his whiteboard from his bag.

“I already said, very polite and well mannered!”

“Yea… sure. What about Ruggie?” Ace looked at you curiously.

“He was kind, nice to talk to as well. Going out of his way to let me know Leona is improving in school.” You smiled at the thought of it.

#THE SCOREKEEPER TRIO’S GOOGLE DOC:

3/31 ( 3:10 ) - +1 FOR LEONA!

GRIM: YN HAS LOST IT YALL

GRIM: ‘VERY POLITE AND MANNERED’ DEUCE’S ASS

DEUCE: why mine??

ACE: today yn met lilia, they claimed he was ‘very nice and polite.’ however they also met ruggie earlier and found him ‘kind, and nice to talk to as well.’ they also found the fact that he went out of his way to tell them leona is improving in school.

GRIM: I LIKED RUGGIE 2 😇💪 IF HE STICKS AROUND WHEN YNNIE AND LEONA GET MARRIED HE’LL BE GOOD BRO IN LAW MATERIAL 😍💋

DEUCE: please, grim, why are you talking like that?

THE IMPORTANCE OF THOUGHT!

“Malleus!” You ran to catch up with Diasomnia’s dorm leader in the hallways before your last class. “The teacher said we have Astrology as a free period to work on our assignments.”

“Oh, is that so?”

You nodded, “We’re gonna be stargazing tonight in Savanaclaw. It’s our job to get the supplies from Uncle Sam’s!”

“And what is Leona doing?”

You gave him a tired look, “We both already know the answer to that. Now let’s go before the line gets too long.”

“Have you picked which star you're doing yet or are you going for extra credit and doing a planet’s moon?”

“If I am to study the sky at night I may as well get the most I can out of it. How about you, Yn?”

“I’m actually doing a full study of what we call ‘zodiac signs’ in my–” You paused for a moment. Where you came from, was often referred to as ‘Yn’s world’ though it didn’t feel like your world. it was just another alternate world in the universe, not your world. at least not anymore. “no, the other world.”

“Do elaborate, please.”

“Well, you know how we were taught that the alignment of the stars may affect one’s mood? In the other world some believe that the stars in the sky when you’re born can predict your personality.”

“Foolishness.” The dragon fae pinch the bridge of his nose, shaking his head in a slight confusion.

“To an extent they were accurate,” You explained, “The way they explained your personality would be very broad and fit many people, but anyways what are you gonna get from Sam’s?”

“The usual. I’m under the assumption we will stay up late so ice cream should keep me awake.”

“Ooh! It’s a little humid in Savanaclaw so ice cream will be great!”

Soon after that you reached Mr. S’s Mystery Shop, Malleus opened the door for you.

“Heyo, kiddos! Done with school already?” Sam asked from the counter.

“Hi, Uncle Sam! Yea, we have a free period in Astrology for our assignment! We just need to pick up a few things.” You explained and turned to look at Malleus but he was already gone.

“Alright then! I’ll let you get to it!”

SOMEWHERE NEARBY જ

Malleus walked through the refrigerated section and saw pre - prepared meat dishes, instinctively he grabbed one that looked familiar without putting in much thought before continuing to the freezers. He saw his favorite and grabbed another that he’d see you enjoy a while back. He’d placed all the items in a basket and strode over to the astrology supplies section when he stumbled upon an old fashioned compass watch. His head perked up at the sound of your footsteps approaching, quickly putting the watch under the pile of food that he’d gathered.

“Malleus! There you are, I was looking for you!” Your pace slowed at the sight of him, your eyes glued to the familiar tub of ice cream you always got. “You got the snacks!”

“Yes, now it is up to you to get the equipment necessary for our endeavors.”

You thought for a minute, not immediately understanding his statement, “Oh, the telescope and stuff, right.”

“Yes,” he nodded, “I’ll follow you.”

You led him the rest of the way to the telescope section and picked out the smallest one that would be of most use. “I’ll need to go to Ignihyde now to ask Idia to modify this… We split up here. You go to Savanaclaw and ask Ruggie where the fridge is.” You told the dragon fae while you paid.

“Who is Ruggie? Why would I ask him instead of the dorm leader?”

You sighed, “Ruggie if the vice dorm leader, you can ask Leo where as long as you promise not to start a fight with him.”

“Where can I most likely find this Ruggie figure?”

“He’s usually just around, now hurry before the ice cream melts!”

FOLLOWING MALLEUS જ

When the human was out of sight, Malleus used a familiar spell to teleport to the Savanaclaw sands. He dusted off his clothes before making his way inside. Just his luck a certain hyena was just running off to his next chore. When their eyes met Ruggie stopped dead in his tracks, mostly in confusion.

“Uh, can I help you? You look… really out of place.”

“Yes, I’m looking for Ruggie, vice dorm leader of this dorm? Can you help me find him, Child of..” Malleus’ words died on his lips as he realized the other wasn’t exactly one hundred percent human.

“You don’t need help, you’ve found him. How can I help you?”

“Oh, good. Yn told me to find you and ask where the freezer is,” he lifted the bag slightly, “We are stargazing for astrology with the dorm leader.”

“Okay, right this way.” Ruggie took the bag and looked through it, noting its contents. “I’ll also show you to the lounge where you can wait for Yn so you don’t have to see Leona.”

“Hm, thank you. Your assistance is much appreciated.”

MEANWHILE IN IGNIHYDE જ

“Idia! Yn is here to see you?” Ortho knocked on his older brother’s door and you both waited patiently. The sound of crashing took place inside much to your concern but Ortho just shrugged it off.

“Uh - Yn, he - hello! H - how - er, no - What - what brings you here?” Idia opened the door, the sound of a lamp falling just within.

“I needed to ask for your help,” – You held up the telescope – “Can you modify it?”

“To see farther,” Ortho added to which you nodded.

“Yea - yea, of course I can.” He rambled a bit studying the technology before disappearing into his room.

“Would you like a cold beverage?” Ortho offered, “He’ll ring me when he’s finished.”

“I’d love one. What do you have?”

“Water.”

“Perfect!”

LMAOO THEY ALL SLEPT TOGETHER!

While Idia worked you took that time to catch up with Ortho. Recently you've been too busy with Leona and Malleus (don't even get me started with the other trio) that you haven't really had time to talk to him. Right on time, the younger's phone rang.

"Idia's finished! We should head over before he thinks there was an apocalypse or something else absurd." You nodded, understanding that Ortho actually wasn't joking. Silently you arrived at the dorm leader's room and again Ortho knocked on the door. "Idia? We're here!"

"Here!" Idia shoved his hand out the door, holding the much more modern looking telescope in his hands, which you took gratefully.

"Thank you gentlemen, for your help today, I'll see myself out."

"Bye, Yn! It was nice talking to you!"

"Bye - bye, Ortho! You as well. Thanks again, Idia!"

A muffled 'yea, sure' came from his room and at that you left.

You stepped onto the grounds of Savanaclaw when the sun was already setting, your breath unsteady and legs sore and aching from the long walk. You walked inside and headed to the Lounge area to get the ice cream from the freezers in the kitchen. "Oh, Malleus, you're here!"

"Yes, Child of Man. Ruggie, a helpful vice dorm leader he is, suggested I'd stay here instead of going to Leona's without you."

"See? Smart. I'll get the ice cream and be back in a moment" You grinned and went to retrieve your snacks. You rushed outside, and tilted your head in the direction of the lion's room suggesting you Malleus would follow. The tall male rose from his seat and grabbed a the grocery bag and your school bag leaving you with a lighter load, "Thank you, it was getting heavy."

"I assumed," he nodded and followed you to Leona's room.

"We're here!" You announced into the seemingly empty room upon your arrival. You set the telescope down and Malleus did the same with his load, "Leona?"

"Here." Leona stood by his huge windows, "I moved a bunch of things so we'd have more space."

"I appreciate that," you grinned stepping over to take a look outside, you stepped on the low windowsill and gave him a head pat, one he'd make sure to rub in the other's face.

"I was able to get us a smaller telescope that'll work just as one of the bigger ones, thanks to Idia!" You explained returning to where you left your things "Wait, Malleus did you get something for Leona?"

"No, I don't recall doing so.." The dragon fae, frowned trying to think back to his shopping at Sam's.

"Oh, shit it slipped my mind, I was looking for Malleus and then the telescope! I'm sorry I completely forgot to get you something!" You rushed to your wallet, "I'll go right now, what do you want?"

Leona looked at both of you and deadpanned. "What are you guys talking about?" Leona held up a wrapped pre - prepared meat dish, it was the same one he'd have Ruggie get when they had it though, it was rare.

"Oh, your favorite? I didn't get that," you let your statement linger and looked at Malleus, with confusion. That was awfully nice of him, You thought, But he'd do that for Leona?

"It appears I did, Yn, though I don't recall doing so." Malleus dismissed. "I also put spoons in there in case we'd forget to grab some while we were down there.

"Wow, you're a lifesaver."

Leona was too hung up on the fact the Malleus Draconia, his sworn rival, had gotten him his favorite food without realizing it to get annoyed with the compliment you gave the other. He stood there thinking, the want to sleep long gone with the replacement of shock. Wait, how did he know his favorite food? Was this apart of his plan to exploit him –

"Ace, Deuce, Lilia, Ruggie, and Grim! Get the fuck out of that tree, right this instant before I go other there and launch you all to space!"

Leona looked at Malleus then to you, surprised by your volume. He saw what you were yelling at, it was a palm tree with decorations? There was a red blob, a blue one, a small grey on top of a pinkish ombre one, and lastly a sandy yellow one.

"Yn, they do that a lot. Does it bother you?" Malleus asked, taking a seat next to you and staring off at the horizon. He opened his tub of ice cream and grabbed a spoon.

"No?" – Leona copied Malleus's action and sat down, opening his snack and listening – "At least not really. I know that it's all a joke and should end sometime soon."

"What's the joke?" Leona asked, mouth full.

"Something stupid. Let's start working on the reports, then we can do the drawing of the stars and what not later." You grabbed your school bag and sat down between them.

For hours you worked before any of you were able to get a clear view of the stars in the night sky. The boys finished their reports far before you did, though it wasn't surprising considering they grew up under these skies. You helped the lion out by drawing his star, completing his assignment, because he fell asleep in your lap. More hours passed, and so did Malleus. He fell asleep, slouched against the wall. You sat in the cool, humid room of Leona's not long before you fell asleep, too.

"So y'all slept together?" Grim concluded at the end of your explanation.

The eyes of everyone present, except Grim, widened. "GRIM!"

"What?" He looked at you all dumb founded, "OH- damn, y'all dirty minded. Holy smokes!"

You shook your head while Ace spoke up, "Let's not call it 'sleeping together,' okay?"

"Yea, okay." Grim shrugged, returning to his lunch.

"You finished that report already? I'm still working on it," Deuce groaned, dropping his head onto the empty table space in front of him.

Ace laughed, "I finished it the day it was assigned."

"Oh, really? Never took you as the studious type." Grim looked up at the red head, mouth full.

"Eat with your mouth closed Grim," You scolded. "Anyways, it was actually a lot easier than it seems."

"Or you're all just really smart."

"Me and Ynnie? Sure, Ace? Wouldn't push it."

"Shut up." Ace rolled his eyes, "Are you done with that Yn?"

"Yes, thank you," You handed Ace your tray and he threw both of yours away.

"Hey, you know what we need to do?" Grim asked, finishing his meal as well.

"Hm?" You hummed, standing and stretching.

"We need to go to your dorm to update the white board."

"He's right," Deuce lifted his head, "We should."

"Wanna ditch?" You suggested when Ace returned, "I'm tired and you guys need to do your KST thing."

"It's ES - KAY - TEE," Ace pronounced as you three made your way out of the cafeteria, in silent agreement of ditching your next classes.

#THE SCOREKEEPING TRIO'S GOOGLE DOC:

3/31 ( 22:00 ) - +1 FOR BOTH! +1 FOR MALLEUS!

GRIM: LMAOOO THEY SLEPT TOGETHER ALL OF THEM 🤣💋‼

DEUCE: yes, but they all actually slept..

ACE: yn, malleus, and leona all had a successful study date. points for both because they both contributed somewhat to make the night productive! despite this, malleus had help yn more directly, in other words they spent more time together and he helped them more.

GRIM: WHY TF YOU TYP LIKE A ROSS BOT 🤔

STAY AFTER CLASS!

Crewel was the type to mind his own business. However there were times he got curious, concerned even–

The start of the school year wasn't just different because you were their new prefect. Malleus and Leona started attending almost all their classes. There was a clear dislike for one another Crewel saw that as well. He saw how they silently fought for your attention, even if it was just a wave, when you brought papers in from another teacher. He saw how one was always later than the other and how the early one didn't seemed pleased with that, he never understood why until he later found out the late one was late because they took turns walking you to your other morning classes.

– and this time he was concerned for you.

"Mx. Ln, do me a favor and take a seat would you?" Crewel stopped you from stepping out of the classroom just as everyone else was.

"Oh? Okay." You looked at the door then back to your teacher, but still obeyed, "Is something the matter?"

"You tell me." – Crewel stacked some papers and put them aside, making space for him to sit on his desk – "Has anyone been bothering you recently? Intimidating or possibly making you uncomfortable?"

"No, why?" You frowned.

"Well, I'll be honest. Recently I've noticed a big change in a certain pair of students and you appear to be the cause of it. I just wasn't to make sure there was no funny business and that they aren't making our new pup uncomfortable."

"Huh," you thought for a minute no one came to mind at his words.

Your thoughts were interrupted when somebody opened the door, Leona peaked inside with a look of relief when he saw you, "There you are, Yn. Was just looking for you." – he shot Crewel a tense nod – "I'll wait outside."

"Thank you, Mr. Kingscholar." Crewel waited to for the door to click closed before giving you a look as if to say 'him.'

"Oh- Oh! Leona and Malleus? No no they're not bothering me at all!" You put on a smile, "Don't worry about them, really. They're just... quite competitive, at everything."

"Alright, I'll take your word for it, pup." He rose, signaling the conclusion of the conversation, "You're dismissed."

Your steps towards the door were quick. You let out a breath of relief that you'd been holding in once you were outside.

"What was that about, Herbivore?" Leona asked, pushing himself off the wall.

"Uhm, I'll show you," you sighed, making your way to Ramshackle. The lion followed and there was silence. You thought of how you'd explain the SKT and the scorekeeping nonsense the duo started. All of which was based upon the assumption that they like you, and if they didn't? You knew from the start their claims were baseless but hearing it so much, you started to believe it. The school grounds were pretty much empty, class ended about an hour ago now and Ramshackle was getting clearer by the second. You were slightly surprised by the lion's silence and repeatedly you looked back to make sure he was still following you. "Watch your step," you mumbled, ascending up the stairs and dreading the moments to come.

"Look at this." You tossed your bag to the side, "A scoreboard."

"And I'm winning by one, great." Leona grinned at the board much to your confusion.

"What do you mean great?"

"Well," – Leona snapped a picture, before erasing the last mark on his making their points even – "Malleus and I actually needed to talk to you about this."

"You knew?!"

"Technically, not of this exactly. We were thinking that why date one of us...?"

You frowned, knowing what he was implying, but, "Would it work?"

"Herbivore," Leona sighed, "Do you really think we aren't capable of making it work? You just have to give us a yes or no. All your call and it doesn't have to be right now. Sleep on it, I can join-"

You glared at him, shutting him up quite quickly. Sleep on it you would.

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